SEC Form 4 · accession 0001567619-19-004916

Monster Beverage Corp · MNST

Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗

Reporting owner

Hilton H Schlosberg

Officer — Vice Chairman and President · Director

Period of report

Feb 14, 2019

Accepted (ET)

Feb 19, 2019 · 5:45 pm EST

Rule 10b5-1 plan

unknown — predates the checkbox

Issuer CIK

0000865752

Table I — non-derivative securities

Security	Date	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Owned after	D/I	Nature of ownership
Common Stock	Feb 14, 2019	M	16,830	$5.94	A	74,213	D
Common Stock^F1	Feb 14, 2019	M	566,340	$5.94	A	2,279,410	I	By Hilrod Holdings XVI, L.P.
Common Stock^F1	Feb 14, 2019	F	247,224	$58.63	D	2,032,186	I	By Hilrod Holdings XVI, L.P.
Common Stock^F1	holding	—	—		—	5,645,568	I	By Brandon Limited Partnership No. 1
Common Stock^F1	holding	—	—		—	29,386,944	I	By Brandon Limited Partnership No. 2
Common Stock^F1	holding	—	—		—	104,772	I	By Hilrod Holdings IV, L.P.
Common Stock^F1	holding	—	—		—	214,284	I	By Hilrod Holdings V, L.P.
Common Stock^F1	holding	—	—		—	323,700	I	By Hilrod Holdings VI, L.P.
Common Stock^F1	holding	—	—		—	120,216	I	By Hilrod Holdings VII, L.P.
Common Stock^F1	holding	—	—		—	568,584	I	By Hilrod Holdings VIII, L.P.
Common Stock^F1	holding	—	—		—	453,444	I	By Hilrod Holdings IX, L.P.
Common Stock^F1	holding	—	—		—	249,918	I	By Hilrod Holdings X, L.P.
Common Stock^F1	holding	—	—		—	505,242	I	By Hilrod Holdings XI, L.P.
Common Stock^F1	holding	—	—		—	327,186	I	By Hilrod Holdings XII, L.P.
Common Stock^F1	holding	—	—		—	1,440,954	I	By Hilrod Holdings XIII, L.P.
Common Stock^F1	holding	—	—		—	186,790	I	By Hilrod Holdings XIV, L.P.
Common Stock^F1	holding	—	—		—	4,176	I	By Hilrod Holdings XV, L.P.
Common Stock^F1	holding	—	—		—	2,000,000	I	By Hilrod Holdings XVII, L.P.
Common Stock^F1	holding	—	—		—	600,000	I	By Hilrod Holdings XIX, L.P.
Common Stock^F1	holding	—	—		—	90,204	I	By RCS 2008 GRAT #2
Common Stock^F1	holding	—	—		—	231,363	I	By RCS 2009 GRAT #2
Common Stock^F1	holding	—	—		—	105,486	I	By RCS Direct 2010 GRAT
Common Stock^F1	holding	—	—		—	4,836	I	By RCS Direct 2010 GRAT #2
Common Stock^F1	holding	—	—		—	1,639,842	I	By RCS 2010 GRAT #3
Common Stock^F1	holding	—	—		—	80,598	I	By RCS Direct 2011 GRAT

Table II — derivative securities

Security	Conv. / exercise price	Date	Code	Shares	A/D	Exercisable	Expires	Underlying	Underlying shares	Owned after	D/I
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)^F2	$5.94	Feb 14, 2019	M	16,830	D	—	Dec 1, 2019	Common Stock	16,830	0	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)^F1,F2	$5.94	Feb 14, 2019	M	283,170	D	—	Dec 1, 2019	Common Stock	283,170	0	I
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)^F2,F3	$17.99	holding	—	—	—	—	Jun 3, 2023	Common Stock	—	11,118	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)^F1,F2,F3	$17.99	holding	—	—	—	—	Jun 3, 2023	Common Stock	—	408,882	I
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)^F1,F2,F3	$17.99	holding	—	—	—	—	Jun 3, 2023	Common Stock	—	210,000	I
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)^F2,F3	$23.35	holding	—	—	—	—	Mar 14, 2024	Common Stock	—	4,281	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)^F1,F2,F3	$23.35	holding	—	—	—	—	Mar 14, 2024	Common Stock	—	420,000	I
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)^F1,F2,F3	$23.35	holding	—	—	—	—	Mar 14, 2024	Common Stock	—	205,719	I
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)^F2,F3	$45.16	holding	—	—	—	—	Mar 13, 2025	Common Stock	—	2,214	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)^F1,F2,F3	$45.16	holding	—	—	—	—	Mar 13, 2025	Common Stock	—	79,200	I
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)^F1,F2,F3	$45.16	holding	—	—	—	—	Mar 13, 2015	Common Stock	—	156,186	I
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)^F4,F3	$43.99	holding	—	—	—	—	Mar 14, 2026	Common Stock	—	105,000	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)^F1,F2,F3	$43.99	holding	—	—	—	—	Mar 14, 2026	Common Stock	—	210,000	I
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)^F5,F3	$46.27	holding	—	—	—	—	Mar 14, 2027	Common Stock	—	203,666	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)^F1,F2,F3	$46.27	holding	—	—	—	—	Mar 14, 2027	Common Stock	—	101,834	I
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)^F6,F3	$58.73	holding	—	—	—	—	Mar 14, 2028	Common Stock	—	264,000	D
Restricted Stock Units^F7,F8,F9,F3	—	holding	—	—	—	—	—	Common Stock	—	39,000	D
Restricted Stock Units^F7,F10,F9,F3	—	holding	—	—	—	—	—	Common Stock	—	77,400	D
Restricted Stock Units^F7,F11,F9,F3	—	holding	—	—	—	—	—	Common Stock	—	102,200	D

Explanation of responses

F1The reporting person is one of the general partners of each of Brandon Limited Partnership No. 1, Brandon Limited Partnership No. 2, Hilrod Holdings IV, L.P., Hilrod Holdings V, L.P., Hilrod Holdings VI, L.P., Hilrod Holdings VII, L.P., Hilrod Holdings VIII, L.P., Hilrod Holdings IX, L.P., Hilrod Holdings X, L.P., Hilrod Holdings XI, L.P., Hilrod Holdings XII, L.P., Hilrod Holdings XIII, L.P., Hilrod Holdings XIV, L.P., Hilrod Holdings XV, L.P., Hilrod Holdings XVI, L.P., Hilrod Holdings XVII, L.P., Hilrod Holdings XVIII, L.P. and Hilrod Holdings XIX, L.P. The reporting person is the trustee of RCS 2008 GRAT #2, RCS 2009 GRAT #2, RCS Direct 2010 GRAT, RCS Direct 2010 GRAT #2, RCS 2010 GRAT #3 and RCS Direct 2011 GRAT.
F10The restricted stock units vest in two equal installments on March 14, 2019 and 2020.
F11The restricted stock units vest in three equal installments on March 14, 2019, 2020 and 2021.
F2The options are currently vested.
F3No transaction is being reported at this time. This line is only reporting holdings as of the date hereof.
F4The remaining options vest on March 14, 2019.
F5The remaining options vest in two equal installments on March 14, 2019 and 2020.
F6The options vest in three equal installments on March 14, 2019, 2020 and 2021.
F7The restricted stock units were granted under the Monster Beverage Corporation 2011 Omnibus Incentive Plan. Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Company's common stock as of the vesting date.
F8The remaining restricted stock units vest on March 14, 2019.
F9Not applicable.