Monster Beverage Corp — Director's Dealing 2010

Aug 27, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: HANSEN NATURAL CORP (HANS)
CIK: 0000865752
Period of Report: 2010-08-27

Reporting Person: SCHLOSBERG HILTON H (Director, Vice Chairman and President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-05-21	Common Stock	J	39080	—	Disposed	1040928	Indirect
2010-08-16	Common Stock	J	500000	—	Disposed	7513336	Indirect

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	800000	Indirect
Common Stock	4080000	Indirect
Common Stock	21096	Indirect
Common Stock	192462	Indirect
Common Stock	95714	Indirect
Common Stock	265720	Indirect
Common Stock	42740	Indirect
Common Stock	153618	Indirect
Common Stock	347602	Indirect
Common Stock	66408	Indirect
Common Stock	121894	Indirect
Common Stock	5149	Direct

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$0.446	2012-07-12	Common Stock (1200000)	448176	Direct
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$0.531	2013-05-28	Common Stock (1200000)	860324	Direct
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$6.588	2015-03-23	Common Stock (1200000)	1100000	Direct
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$16.87	2015-11-11	Common Stock (600000)	600000	Direct
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$31.72	2018-06-02	Common Stock (400000)	400000	Direct
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$35.64	2019-12-01	Common Stock (250000)	250000	Direct

Footnotes

F1: The shares of common stock listed in column 4 of table 1 represent shares which are held of record by Brandon Limited Partnership No. 1. Such shares were distributed to certain limited partners in accordance with the terms of the partnership agreement, which did not affect the beneficial interest of the reporting person.

F2: The shares of common stock listed in column 4 of table 1 represent shares which are held of record by Brandon Limited Partnership No. 2. Such shares were distributed to certain limited partners in accordance with the terms of the partnership agreement, which did not affect the beneficial interest of the reporting person.

F3: N/A.

F4: The reporting person is one of the general partners of each of Brandon Limited Partnership No. 1, Brandon Limited Partnership No. 2, HRS Holdings, L.P., Hilrod Holdings, L.P., Hilrod Holdings III, L.P., 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. and Hilrod Holdings X, L.P.

F5: Reflects the distribution of shares as the proceeds of an in-kind annuity payment from existing grantor retained annuity trusts.

F6: These shares were previously reported as indirectly beneficially owned by Hilrod Holdings II, L.P. but were contributed to Hilrod Holdings XI, L.P. on July 28, 2010.

F7: The reporting person is one of the general partners of the new limited partnership, Hilrod Holdings XI, L.P.

F8: As a result of the in-kind annuity distributions by Hilrod Holdings V, L.P. and Hilrod Holdings VIII, L.P., the total amount of shares directly and indirectly owned have been increased by 354 shares.

F9: The options are currently vested.

F10: The options are currently vested with respect to 480,000 shares. The remaining options vest on November 11, 2010.

F11: The options are currently vested with respect to 160,000 shares. The remaining options vest in three equal installments on June 2, 2011, 2012 and 2013.

F12: The options vest in five equal installments on December 1, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.