Monster Beverage Corp — Director's Dealing 2022

Mar 16, 2022

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: Monster Beverage Corp (MNST)
CIK: 0000865752
Period of Report: 2022-03-14

Reporting Person: Carling Guy (President of EMEA)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2022-03-14	Common Stock	A	4000	—	Acquired	16256	Direct
2022-03-14	Common Stock	M	1700	—	Acquired	17956	Direct
2022-03-14	Common Stock	M	1050	—	Acquired	19006	Direct
2022-03-14	Common Stock	M	280	—	Acquired	19286	Direct
2022-03-14	Common Stock	F	3305	$73.23	Disposed	15981	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2022-03-14	Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$73.23	A	23000	Acquired	2032-03-14	Common Stock (23000)	Direct
2022-03-14	Restricted Stock Units	$	M	1700	Disposed		Common Stock (1700)	Direct
2022-03-14	Restricted Stock Units	$	M	1050	Disposed		Common Stock (1050)	Direct
2022-03-14	Restricted Stock Units	$	M	280	Disposed		Common Stock (280)	Direct
2022-03-14	Restricted Stock Units	$	A	6800	Acquired		Common Stock (6800)	Direct

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$43.64	2026-12-01	Common Stock ()	18000	Direct
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$58.73	2028-03-14	Common Stock ()	37500	Direct
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$51.5	2028-06-01	Common Stock ()	25000	Direct
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$59.67	2029-03-14	Common Stock ()	22500	Direct
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$62.39	2030-03-13	Common Stock ()	20000	Direct
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$88.94	2031-03-12	Common Stock ()	10000	Direct
Restricted Stock Units	$		Common Stock ()	6000	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Received upon the achievement of the vesting criteria applicable to the second of three tranches of performance share units granted under the Monster Beverage Corporation 2011 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the "2011 Omnibus Incentive Plan"), achievement of which was certified by the Compensation Committee of the Company's Board of Directors (the "Compensation Committee"). Each performance share unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Company's common stock as of the applicable vesting date.

F2: Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Company's common stock as of the vesting date. Accordingly, these restricted stock units were settled in shares of common stock.

F3: The options are fully vested.

F4: No transaction is being reported at this time. This line is only reporting holdings as of the date hereof.

F5: The options are currently vested with respect to 22,500 shares. The remaining options vest on March 14, 2023.

F6: The options are currently vested with respect to 8,334 shares. The remaining options vest in two installments as follow: 8,333 shares on June 1, 2022 and 8,333 shares on June 1, 2023.

F7: The options are currently vested with respect to 8,750 shares. The remaining options vest in two installments as follow: 6,250 shares on March 14, 2023 and 7,500 shares on March 14, 2024.

F8: The options are currently vested with respect to 5,000 shares. The remaining options vest in three installments as follows: 4,000 shares on March 13, 2023? 5,000 shares on March 13, 2024 and 6,000 shares on March 13, 2025.

F9: The options are currently vested with respect to 1,000 shares. The remaining options vest in four installments as follows: 1,500 shares on March 12, 2023? 2,000 shares on March 12, 2024? 2,500 shares on March 12, 2025 and 3,000 shares on March 12, 2026.

F10: The options vest in five installments as follows: 2,300 shares on March 14, 2023; 3,450 shares on March 14, 2024; 4,600 shares on March 14, 2025; 5,750 shares on March 14, 2026 and 6,900 shares on March 14, 2027.

F11: The restricted stock units were granted under the 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.

F12: The remaining restricted stock units vest in two equal installments as follows: June 1, 2022 and 2023.

F13: Not applicable.

F14: The remaining restricted stock units vest in two installments as follows: 2,125 units on March 14, 2023 and 2,550 shares on March 14, 2024.

F15: The remaining restricted stock units vest in three installments as follows: 1,400 units on March 13, 2023? 1,750 units on March 13, 2024 and 2,100 units on March 13, 2025.

F16: The restricted stock units were granted under the Monster Beverage Corporation 2020 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.

F17: The remaining restricted stock units vest in four installments as follows: 420 units on March 12, 2023? 560 units on March 12, 2024? 700 units on March 12, 2025 and 840 units on March 12, 2026.

F18: The restricted stock units vest in five installments as follows: 680 units on March 14, 2023? 1,020 units on March 14, 2024? 1,360 units on March 14, 2025? 1,700 units on March 14, 2026 and 2,040 units on March 14, 2027.