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* TABER HAROLD C JR (Last) (First) (Middle) 1 MONSTER WAY (Street) CORONA CA 92879 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Monster Beverage Corp [ MNST ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 12/08/2015
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year) 06/14/2016	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	12/08/2015		G		1,200	D	$0	87,768(1)(2)	D
Common Stock	12/09/2015		G		4,500	D	$0	83,268(3)	D
Common Stock	12/10/2015		G		2,100	D	$0	81,168(4)	D
Common Stock	12/14/2015		G		1,200	D	$0	80,001(5)(6)	D

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

Explanation of Responses:

1. On November 9, 2016, the common stock of Monster Beverage Corporation split 3-for-1, resulting in the reporting person's ownership of 59,312 additional shares of common stock.

2. The reporting person's Form 4 filed on June 14, 2016 incorrectly omitted a gift of 400 shares of the Company's common stock on December 8, 2015, which has been adjusted to reflect the stock split that occurred on November 9, 2016.

3. The reporting person's Form 4 filed on June 14, 2016 incorrectly omitted a gift of 1,500 shares of the Company's common stock on December 9, 2015, which has been adjusted to reflect the stock split that occurred on November 9, 2016.

4. The reporting person's Form 4 filed on June 14, 2016 incorrectly omitted a gift of 700 shares of the Company's common stock on December 10, 2015, which has been adjusted to reflect the stock split that occurred on November 9, 2016.

5. The reporting person's Form 4 filed on June 14, 2016 incorrectly omitted a gift of 400 shares of the Company's common stock on December 14, 2015, which has been adjusted to reflect the stock split that occurred on November 9, 2016.

6. Reflects an additional 33 shares which were previously inadvertently omitted from the amount of securities beneficially owned by the reporting person.

	/s/ Paul J. Dechary, attorney-in-fact	02/03/2017
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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