SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* SACKS RODNEY C (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O HANSEN NATURAL CORP 550 MONICA CIRCLE, SUITE 201 (Street) CORONA CA 92880 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol HANSEN NATURAL CORP [ HANS ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Chairman and CEO
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 04/18/2008
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	04/18/2008		M		160,000	A	$0.531	171,224	D
Common Stock								4,280,000	I	By Hilrod Holdings, LP(1)
Common Stock								800,000	I	By HRS Holdings, LP(1)
Common Stock								8,013,336	I	By Brandon Limited Partnership No. 2(1)
Common Stock								1,306,920	I	By Brandon Limited Partnership No. 1(1)
Common Stock								457,552	I	By Hilrod Holdings II, LP(1)
Common Stock								300,000	I	By The RCS 2007 GRAT
Common Stock								840,000	I	By Hilrod Holdings III, LP(1)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$0.531	04/18/2008		M			160,000	(2)	02/02/2009	Common Stock	800,000	$0.531	0	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$0.446							(3)	07/12/2012	Common Stock	1,200,000		448,176	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$0.531							(4)	05/28/2013	Common Stock	1,200,000		860,324	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$6.588							(5)	03/23/2015	Common Stock	1,200,000		1,100,000	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$16.87							(6)	11/11/2015	Common Stock	600,000		600,000	D

Explanation of Responses:

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

2. Immediately.

3. The options are currently vested.

4. The options are currently vested.

5. The options are currently vested with respect to 620,000 shares. The remaining options vest in two equal installments on March 23, 2009 and 2010.

6. The options are currently vested with respect to 240,000 shares. The remaining options vest in three equal installments on November 1, 2008, 2009 and 2010.

	/s/ Rodney C. Sacks	04/21/2008
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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