---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-000558"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MNST"
cik: "0000865752"
company_name: "Monster Beverage Corp"
filed_at: "2022-01-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T21:11:19.132654+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Monster Beverage appoints Ana Demel to Board of Directors effective Dec 31, 2021

## Summary
- Ana Demel elected to Monster Beverage board, effective Dec 31, 2021; will receive customary director compensation.
- Ms. Demel is Chair of Pro Mujer board and Adjunct Professor at NYU Law; previously partner at Cleary Gottlieb.
- Spouse is partner at Schulte Roth & Zabel, which provided approx $0.69M in services to Monster in 2021.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-000558
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MNST
- cik: 0000865752
- company_name: Monster Beverage Corp
- filed_at: 2022-01-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/865752/000110465922000558/0001104659-22-000558-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/865752/000110465922000558/tm221333d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-000558
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-000558.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-000558.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ana Demel was elected as Director at Monster Beverage Corp.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On December 30, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Monster Beverage Corporation (the “Company”) elected Ms. Ana Demel to serve as a director of the Company, effective as of December 31, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/865752/000110465922000558/0001104659-22-000558-index.htm

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