Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On June 3, 2020, at the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") of Monster Beverage Corporation (the "Company"), the Company's stockholders approved the Monster Beverage Corporation 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the "2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan"), which provides for the granting of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance awards, and other share-based awards. The 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan provides for the grant of up to 46,169,367 shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.005 per share ("Common Stock"), comprised of 32,000,000 new shares of Common Stock reserved under the 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan and 14,169,367 shares of Common Stock that were available for grant under the Monster Beverage Corporation 2011 Omnibus Incentive Plan as of December 31, 2019.

The 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan is described in more detail in Proposal Four in the Company's definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 21, 2020 (the "Proxy Statement"). The descriptions of the 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan contained herein and in the Proxy Statement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan, a copy of which was filed as Appendix A to the Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The Annual Meeting of the Company was held on June 3, 2020, at which the following matters were submitted to a vote of the stockholders. For more information on the following proposals, see the Proxy Statement.

Proposal No. 1. To elect ten directors of the Company to serve until the 2021 annual meeting of stockholders.





In accordance with the results below, the following individuals were re-elected
as directors of the Company and received the number of votes set opposite their
respective names.



       Director           Votes For    Votes Withheld   Broker Non-Votes
Rodney C. Sacks          439,374,386     23,788,733        12,657,316
Hilton H. Schlosberg     424,868,514     38,294,605        12,657,316
Mark J. Hall             439,008,872     24,154,247        12,657,316
Kathleen E. Ciaramello   440,558,126     22,604,993        12,657,316
Gary P. Fayard           459,346,867     3,816,252         12,657,316
Jeanne P. Jackson        460,652,376     2,510,743         12,657,316
Steven G. Pizula         459,948,185     3,214,934         12,657,316
Benjamin M. Polk         433,143,583     30,019,536        12,657,316
Sydney Selati            446,402,724     16,760,395        12,657,316
Mark S. Vidergauz        432,860,349     30,302,770        12,657,316









Proposal No. 2. To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP to serve as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020.





In accordance with the results below, the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP
was ratified and approved.



 Votes For    Votes Against   Abstentions
460,844,830    14,861,627       113,978



Proposal No. 3. To approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers.

In accordance with the results below, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers was approved on a non-binding, advisory basis.





 Votes For    Votes Against   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes
441,419,735    21,352,174       391,210        12,657,316



Proposal No. 4. To approve the 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan.





In accordance with the results below, the 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan was
approved.



 Votes For    Votes Against   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes
443,035,518    19,978,542       149,059        12,657,316

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.





(d) Exhibits


Exhibit 10.1 Monster Beverage Corporation 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed April 21, 2020 ).

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