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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-18-071875
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20181207
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20181207
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20181207

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Monster Beverage Corp
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000865752
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	BOTTLED & CANNED SOFT DRINKS CARBONATED WATERS [2086]
		IRS NUMBER:				471809393
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-18761
		FILM NUMBER:		181224380

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1 MONSTER WAY
		CITY:			CORONA
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92879
		BUSINESS PHONE:		909-739-6200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1 MONSTER WAY
		CITY:			CORONA
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92879

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	HANSEN NATURAL CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19930328

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	UNIPAC CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19600201
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CURRENT REPORT</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): <b>&nbsp;December&nbsp;7, 2018</b></font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1 Monster Way</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(951) 739 - 6200</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Item 8.01. Other Events.</font></i></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On December&nbsp;7, 2018, Monster Beverage Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) issued a press release announcing that, on Thursday, December&nbsp;6, 2018, a jury in a California Superior Court in Riverside, California, in the case of <i>Bledsoe v. Monster</i>, unanimously found that Monster Energy drinks do not cause cardiac arrhythmias or cardiac arrest.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)&nbsp;Exhibits</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Jury in California Superior Court Unanimously Found Monster Energy Drinks Do Not Cause Cardiac Arrhythmias or Cardiac Arrest</font></b></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CORONA, Calif., December&nbsp;7, 2018</font></b> &#151; Monster Beverage Corporation (NASDAQ: MNST) today reported that on Thursday, December&nbsp;6th, a jury in a California Superior Court in Riverside, California unanimously found that Monster Energy drinks do not cause cardiac arrhythmias or cardiac arrest.&#160; The case was Bledsoe v. Monster.</p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;This is the first case of this type to ever go to verdict and I am pleased the jury listened to the medical and scientific evidence and followed the law,&#148; said Marc P. Miles of Shook, Hardy&nbsp;&amp; Bacon. &#147;After years of unsupported allegations regarding the safety of energy drinks, the jury needed only fifteen minutes to reach this finding.&#148;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">More than 100 billion energy drinks have been sold and safely consumed worldwide for more than 27 years. More than 25 billion Monster Energy drinks have been sold and safely consumed worldwide for more than 15 years.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Monster Energy drinks contain approximately 10 mg of caffeine per ounce from all sources.&#160; A 16 oz Monster Energy drink contains less than half the caffeine contained in a same-sized coffeehouse coffee.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Monster has always been confident in the safety of its products and stands by them.&#160; This verdict further validates what Monster has always known - Monster Energy drinks are safe.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Monster was represented by Shook, Hardy&nbsp;&amp; Bacon attorneys Marc Miles, Kristy Schlesinger, Janet Hickson and Gabe Spooner.</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Based in Corona, California, Monster Beverage Corporation is a holding company and conducts no operating business except through its consolidated subsidiaries.&nbsp;The Company&#146;s subsidiaries develop and market energy drinks, including Monster Energy&#174; energy drinks, Monster Energy Ultra&#174; energy drinks, Monster MAXX&#153; maximum strength energy drinks, Java Monster&#174; non-carbonated coffee + energy drinks, Espresso Monster&#153; espresso + energy drinks, Caff&#233; Monster&#174; non-carbonated energy coffee drinks, Monster Rehab&#174; non-carbonated energy drinks with electrolytes, Muscle Monster&#174; energy shakes, &#220;bermonster&#174; energy drinks, Monster Hydro&#174; energy drinks, NOS&#174; energy drinks, Full Throttle&#174; energy drinks, Burn&#174; energy drinks, Samurai&#174; energy drinks, Relentless&#174; energy drinks, Mother&#174; energy drinks, Power Play&#174; energy drinks, BU&#174; energy drinks, Nalu&#174; energy drinks, BPM&#174; energy drinks, Gladiator&#174; energy drinks, Ultra Energy&#174; energy drinks, Mutant&#174; energy drinks and Predator&#174; energy drinks.&nbsp; </font>For more information, visit www.monsterbevcorp.com.</p>
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