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* HALL MARK J (Last) (First) (Middle) 550 MONICA CIRCLE SUITE 201 (Street) CORONA CA 92880 (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) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) President-Monster Beverage Div
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 09/01/2012
	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	09/01/2012		M		5,000	A	(1)	260,602(2)	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
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$15.86(3)							(4)	06/02/2018	Common Stock	600,000(3)		240,000(3)	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$17.82(5)							(6)	12/01/2019	Common Stock	400,000(5)		320,000(5)	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$26.26(7)							(8)	12/01/2020	Common Stock	100,000(7)		100,000(7)	D
Restricted Stock Units	(9)	09/01/2012		M			5,000	(10)	(11)	Common Stock	25,000(12)	(1)	20,000(12)	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. 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.

2. On February 15, 2012, the common stock of Monster Beverage Corporation split 2-for-1, resulting in the reporting person's ownership of 127,801 additional shares of common stock.

3. This employee stock option was previously reported as covering 300,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $31.72 per share, but was adjusted to reflect the stock split that occurred on February 15, 2012.

4. The options are currently vested with respect to 120,000 shares. The remaining options vest on June 2, 2013.

5. This employee stock option was previously reported as covering 200,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $35.64 per share, but was adjusted to reflect the stock split that occurred on February 15, 2012.

6. The options are currently vested with respect to 80,000 shares. The remaining options vest in three equal installments on December 1, 2012, 2013 and 2014.

7. This employee stock option was previously reported as covering 50,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $52.51 per share, but was adjusted to reflect the stock split that occurred on February 15, 2012.

8. The options are currently vested with respect to 20,000 shares. The remaining options vest in four equal installments on December 1, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015

9. The restricted stock was granted under the Hansen Natural 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.

10. The remaining restricted stock units vest in four equal installments on September 1, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016.

11. Not applicable.

12. These restricted stock units were previously reported as covering 12,500 shares of common stock, but were adjusted to reflect the stock split that occurred on February 15, 2012

Remarks:

	Mark J. Hall	09/05/2012
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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