Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership (4)

FORM 4 [ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5
	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^* SCHLOSBERG HILTON H	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 __ X __ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Vice Chairman and President
(Last) (First) (Middle) 1 MONSTER WAY	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY) 5/8/2018
(Street) CORONA, CA 92879 (City) (State) (Zip)	4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)	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. Trans. Date	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	3. Trans. 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)
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans. Date	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	5/8/2018		G ⁽¹⁾	V	1000000	D	$0	89858	D
Common Stock	9/27/2018		G ⁽²⁾	V	268060	A	$0	357918	D
Common Stock	11/14/2018		G	V	535	D	$0	357383	D
Common Stock	12/21/2018		G ⁽¹⁾	V	300000	D	$0	57383	D
Common Stock								5645568	I	By Brandon Limited Partnership No. 1 ⁽³⁾
Common Stock								29386944	I	By Brandon Limited Partnership No. 2 ⁽³⁾
Common Stock								104772	I	By Hilrod Holdings IV, L.P. ⁽³⁾
Common Stock								214284	I	By Hilrod Holdings V, L.P. ⁽³⁾
Common Stock								323700	I	By Hilrod Holdings VI, L.P. ⁽³⁾
Common Stock								120216	I	By Hilrod Holdings VII, L.P. ⁽³⁾
Common Stock								568584	I	By Hilrod Holdings VIII, L.P. ⁽³⁾
Common Stock								453444	I	By Hilrod Holdings IX, L.P. ⁽³⁾
Common Stock								249918	I	By Hilrod Holdings X, L.P. ⁽³⁾
Common Stock								505242	I	By Hilrod Holdings XI, L.P. ⁽³⁾
Common Stock								327186	I	By Hilrod Holdings XII, L.P. ⁽³⁾
Common Stock								1440954	I	By Hilrod Holdings XIII, L.P. ⁽³⁾
Common Stock								186790	I	By Hilrod Holdings XIV, L.P. ⁽³⁾
Common Stock								4176	I	By Hilrod Holdings XV, L.P. ⁽³⁾
Common Stock								1713070 ⁽⁴⁾	I	By Hilrod Holdings XVI, L.P. ⁽³⁾
Common Stock	5/8/2018		G ⁽⁵⁾	V	2000000	A	$0	2000000	I	By Hilrod Holdings XVII, L.P. ⁽³⁾
Common Stock	12/21/2018		G ⁽⁵⁾	V	600000	A	$0	600000	I	By Hilrod Holdings XIX, L.P. ⁽³⁾
Common Stock								90204	I	By RCS 2008 GRAT #2 ⁽³⁾
Common Stock								231363	I	By RCS 2009 GRAT #2 ⁽³⁾
Common Stock								105486	I	By RCS Direct 2010 GRAT ⁽³⁾
Common Stock								4836	I	By RCS Direct 2010 GRAT #2 ⁽³⁾
Common Stock								1639842	I	By RCS 2010 GRAT #3 ⁽³⁾
Common Stock								80598	I	By RCS Direct 2011 GRAT ⁽³⁾

*Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g.* , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)**
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Trans. Date	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	4. Trans. 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		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 of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Trans. Date	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)			11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$5.94							⁽⁶⁾	12/1/2019	Common Stock	⁽⁷⁾		16830	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$5.94							⁽⁶⁾	12/1/2019	Common Stock	⁽⁷⁾		283170	I	By Hilrod Holdings XVI, L.P. ⁽³⁾
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$17.99							⁽⁶⁾	6/3/2023	Common Stock	⁽⁷⁾		11118	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$17.99							⁽⁶⁾	6/3/2023	Common Stock	⁽⁷⁾		408882	I	By Hilrod Holdings XVI, L.P. ⁽³⁾
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$17.99							⁽⁶⁾	6/3/2023	Common Stock	⁽⁷⁾		210000	I	By Hilrod Holdings XV, L.P. ⁽³⁾
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$23.35	5/9/2018		G ⁽⁸⁾	V		205719	⁽⁶⁾	3/14/2024	Common Stock	205719	$0	4281	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$23.35							⁽⁶⁾	3/14/2024	Common Stock	⁽⁷⁾		420000	I	By Hilrod Holdings XVI, L.P. ⁽³⁾
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$23.35							⁽⁶⁾	3/14/2024	Common Stock	205719		205719	I	By Hildrod Holdings XVIII, L.P. ⁽³⁾
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$45.16	5/9/2018		G ⁽⁸⁾	V		156186	⁽⁶⁾	3/13/2025	Common Stock	156186	$0	2214	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$45.16							⁽⁶⁾	3/13/2025	Common Stock	⁽⁷⁾		79200	I	By Hilrod Holdings XVI, L.P. ⁽³⁾
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$45.16							⁽⁶⁾	3/13/2015	Common Stock	156186		156186	I	By Hilrod Holdings XVIII, L.P. ⁽³⁾
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$43.99	5/9/2018		G ⁽⁸⁾	V		210000	⁽⁹⁾	3/14/2026	Common Stock	210000	$0	105000	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$43.99							⁽⁶⁾	3/14/2026	Common Stock	210000		210000	I	By Hilrod Holdings XVIII, L.P. ⁽³⁾
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$46.27	5/9/2018		G ⁽⁸⁾	V		101834	⁽¹⁰⁾	3/14/2027	Common Stock	101834	$0	203666	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$46.27							⁽⁶⁾	3/14/2027	Common Stock	101834		101834	I	By Hildrod Holdings XVIII, L.P. ⁽³⁾
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$58.73							⁽¹¹⁾	3/14/2028	Common Stock	⁽⁷⁾		264000	D
Restricted Stock Units	⁽¹²⁾							⁽¹³⁾	⁽¹⁴⁾	Common Stock	⁽⁷⁾		39000	D
Restricted Stock Units	⁽¹²⁾							⁽¹⁵⁾	⁽¹⁴⁾	Common Stock	⁽⁷⁾		77400	D
Restricted Stock Units	⁽¹²⁾							⁽¹⁶⁾	⁽¹⁴⁾	Common Stock	⁽⁷⁾		102200	D

Explanation of Responses:
(1)	Reflects the assignment of shares from the reporting person to Hilrod Holdings XVII, L.P. and Hilrod Holdings XIX, L.P., of which the reporting person is one of the general partners. The shares assigned to Hilrod Holdings XVII, L.P. and Hilrod Holdings XIX, L.P. are indirectly beneficially owned by the reporting person.
(2)	As a result of the distribution of shares, which were previously reported as indirectly beneficially owned by the reporting person, as the proceeds of in-kind annuity payments from existing grantor retained annuity trusts to the reporting person, the total amount of shares directly owned has increased.
(3)	The reporting person is one of the general partners of each of Brandon Limited Partnership No. 1, Brandon Limited Partnership No. 2, Hilrod Holdings IV, L.P., Hilrod Holdings V, L.P., Hilrod Holdings VI, L.P., Hilrod Holdings VII, L.P., Hilrod Holdings VIII, L.P., Hilrod Holdings IX, L.P., Hilrod Holdings X, L.P., Hilrod Holdings XI, L.P., Hilrod Holdings XII, L.P., Hilrod Holdings XIII, L.P., Hilrod Holdings XIV, L.P., Hilrod Holdings XV, L.P., Hilrod Holdings XVI, L.P., Hilrod Holdings XVII, L.P., Hilrod Holdings XVIII, L.P. and Hilrod Holdings XIX, L.P. The reporting person is the trustee of RCS 2008 GRAT #2, RCS 2009 GRAT #2, RCS Direct 2010 GRAT, RCS Direct 2010 GRAT #2, RCS 2010 GRAT #3 and RCS Direct 2011 GRAT.
(4)	Reflects the distribution of shares as the proceeds of in-kind annuity payments from existing grantor retained annuity trusts. The shares received from the in-kind annuity payment are directly beneficially owned by the reporting person.
(5)	Reflects the assignment of shares from the reporting person and Hilton Schlosberg to Hilrod Holdings XVII, L.P. and Hilrod Holdings XIX, L.P., of which the reporting person is one of the general partners. The shares assigned to Hilrod Holdings XVII, L.P. and Hilrod Holdings XIX, L.P. are indirectly beneficially owned by the reporting person..
(6)	The options are currently vested.
(7)	No transaction is being reported at this time. This line is only reporting holdings as of the date hereof.
(8)	Reflects the assignment of options from the reporting person to Hilrod Holdings XVIII, L.P., of which the reporting person is one of the general partners. The options assigned to Hilrod Holdings XVIII, L.P. are indirectly beneficially owned by the reporting person.
(9)	The remaining options vest on March 14, 2019.
(10)	The remaining options vest in two equal installments on March 14, 2019 and 2020.
(11)	The options vest in three equal installments on March 14, 2019, 2020 and 2021.
(12)	The restricted stock units were granted under the Monster Beverage 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.
(13)	The remaining restricted stock units vest on March 14, 2019.
(14)	Not applicable.
(15)	The restricted stock units vest in two equal installments on March 14, 2019 and 2020.
(16)	The restricted stock units vest in three equal installments on March 14, 2019, 2020 and 2021.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
SCHLOSBERG HILTON H 1 MONSTER WAY CORONA, CA 92879	X		Vice Chairman and President

Signatures
Paul J. Dechary, attorney-in-fact		12/31/2018
^** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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