0001104659-15-040669.txt : 20150526 0001104659-15-040669.hdr.sgml : 20150525 20150526134235 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-15-040669 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-8 POS PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20150526 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150526 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20150526 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: 391679918 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-8 POS SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-41333 FILM NUMBER: 15888783 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 S-8 POS 1 a15-12585_2s8pos.htm S-8 POS

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 26, 2015.

Registration No. 033-92526

Registration No. 333-41333

Registration No. 333-89123

Registration No. 333-131467

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2 To Form S-8, Registration Statement No. 033-92526

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 To Form S-8, Registration Statement No. 333-41333

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 To Form S-8, Registration Statement No. 333-89123

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 To Form S-8, Registration Statement No. 333-131467

 

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

MONSTER BEVERAGE CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware

 

39-1679918

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

 

1 Monster Way

Corona, California 92879

(Address of Principal Executive Officers)(Zip code)

 

 

Stock Option Plan for Outside Directors

Hansen Natural Corporation Stock Option Plan

Hansen Natural Corporation Stock Option Plan

2005 Hansen Natural Corporation Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors

(Full title of the plans)

 

 

Rodney C. Sacks

1 Monster Way

Corona, California 92879

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

(951) 739-6200
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copies to:

 

John T. Owen
Jones Day

 

Michael R. Littenberg
Farzad F. Damania

222 East 41st Street

 

Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP

New York, NY 10017

 

919 Third Avenue

(212) 326-7874

 

New York, NY 10022

 

 

(212) 756-2573

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer

x

Accelerated filer o

 

 

 

Non-accelerated filer

o (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Smaller reporting company o

 

 

 

 


 

DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

 

This Post-Effective Amendment relates to the following Registration Statements on Form S-8, including all post-effective amendments thereto (each a “Registration Statement” and collectively, the “Registration Statements”) filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, by Monster Beverage Corporation (formerly Hansen Natural Corporation), a Delaware corporation (the “Registrant”):

 

·                  Registration Statement No. 033-92526 pertaining to the registration of 1,600,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.005 per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Registrant issuable under the Registrant’s Stock Option Plan for Outside Directors;

 

·                  Registration Statement No. 333-41333 pertaining to the registration of 500,000 shares of Common Stock of the Registrant issuable under the Hansen Natural Corporation Stock Option Plan;

 

·                  Registration Statement No. 333-89123 pertaining to the registration of 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock of the Registrant issuable under the Hansen Natural Corporation Stock Option Plan; and

 

·                  Registration Statement No. 333-131467 pertaining to the registration of 200,000 shares of Common Stock of the Registrant issuable under the 2005 Hansen Natural Corporation Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors.

 

Each of the plans covered by the aforementioned Registration Statements has now terminated. Accordingly, all of the Registrant’s Common Stock registered for sale under the Registration Statements that remains unsold is hereby deregistered pursuant to the Registrant’s undertakings in the Registration Statement identified above.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Corona, State of California, on May 26, 2015.

 

 

MONSTER BEVERAGE CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Hilton H. Schlosberg

 

 

Hilton H. Schlosberg

 

 

Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, President, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Secretary

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on May 26, 2015.

 

Signature

 

Title

 

 

 

*

 

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive

Rodney C. Sacks

 

Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

/s/ Hilton H. Schlosberg

 

Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, President, Chief

Hilton H. Schlosberg

 

Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Secretary  (Principal Financial Officer, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer)

 

 

 

*

 

Director

Norman C. Epstein

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Director, Chief Marketing Officer

Mark J. Hall

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

Benjamin M. Polk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Director

Sydney Selati

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

Harold C. Taber

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Director

Mark S. Vidergauz

 

 

 

 

*By:

/s/ Hilton H. Schlosberg

 

 

Hilton H. Schlosberg

 

 

Attorney-in-Fact

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

24.1

 

Power of Attorney (included in Registration Statement on Form S-8 No. 033-92526 filed on May 19, 1995 under “Signatures” and incorporated herein by reference)

24.2

 

Power of Attorney (included in Registration Statement on Form S-8 No. 333-41333 filed on December 2, 1997 under “Signatures” and incorporated herein by reference)

24.3

 

Power of Attorney (included in Registration Statement on Form S-8 No. 333-89123 filed on October 15, 1999 under “Signatures” and incorporated herein by reference)

24.4

 

Power of Attorney (included in Registration Statement on Form S-8 No. 333-131467 filed on February 1, 2006 under “Signatures” and incorporated herein by reference)

 

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