UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): ~~May~~June 71, 2026

Monster Beverage Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

001-18761		47-1809393
(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1 Monster Way

Corona, California 92879

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

(951) 739 - 6200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock		MNST		Nasdaq Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

Emerging growth company ¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Item 25.02. ~~Results~~Departure of ~~Operations~~Directors ~~and~~or ~~Financial~~Certain ~~Condition~~Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On ~~May~~June 71, 2026, ~~Monster~~Mark ~~Beverage~~J. Hall, ~~Corporation~~currently a director on the Board of Directors (the “~~Company~~Board”) ~~issued~~of aMonster ~~press~~Beverage ~~release~~Corporation ~~relating~~(the “Company”), provided notice to ~~its~~the ~~financial~~Board ~~results~~and ~~for~~management of the ~~first~~Company ~~quarter~~of ~~ended~~his ~~March~~intention ~~31, 2026,~~to resign as a ~~copy~~director ofon ~~which~~the isBoard, ~~furnished~~effective as ~~Exhibit~~of ~~99.~~August 1, ~~hereto.~~2026, ~~The~~and ~~press~~as ~~release~~an ~~did~~employee ~~not~~of ~~include~~Monster ~~certain~~Energy ~~financial~~US ~~statements~~LLC, ~~related~~a ~~footnotes and~~subsidiary ~~certain~~of ~~other~~the ~~financial~~Company ~~information~~(“MEUS”), ~~that~~effective ~~will~~as beof ~~filed~~April ~~with~~1, ~~the~~2027. Mr. ~~Securities~~Hall ~~and~~noted ~~Exchange~~that ~~Commission~~his decision to resign is not as ~~part~~a result of any disagreement with the Company’s, MEUS, their management, the Board ~~Quarterly~~or ~~Report~~any oncommittee ~~Form~~of ~~10-Q~~the Board.

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~~Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.~~SIGNATURES

~~The~~Pursuant ~~Company’s~~to ~~investor presentation~~the ~~containing~~requirements ~~scanner~~of ~~data~~the ~~for~~Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the ~~first~~registrant ~~quarter~~has ~~ended~~duly ~~March~~caused ~~31,~~this ~~2026~~report isto ~~furnished~~be assigned ~~Exhibit~~on ~~99.2~~its tobehalf ~~this~~by ~~Current~~the ~~Report~~undersigned ~~on Form~~hereunto ~~8-K~~duly authorized.

The information under Items 2.02 and 7.01 above (including Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 hereto) is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

	Monster Beverage Corporation

Date: June 4, 2026	/s/ Hilton H. Schlosberg
	Hilton H. Schlosberg
	Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and
	Chief Executive Officer

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit 99.1	Press Release dated May 7, 2026.
Exhibit 99.2	Investor Presentation.
Exhibit 104	The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in iXBRL (Inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language).

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	Monster Beverage Corporation
Date: May 7, 2026	/s/ Hilton H. Schlosberg
	Hilton H. Schlosberg
	Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer

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