---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-049704"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MNST"
cik: "0000865752"
company_name: "Monster Beverage Corp"
filed_at: "2022-04-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T05:12:54.357991+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Monster Beverage director Benjamin Polk will not stand for reelection at 2022 Annual Meeting

## Summary
- Director Benjamin M. Polk notified Monster on April 19, 2022 that he will not stand for reelection at the 2022 Annual Meeting.
- Polk stated his decision is not due to any disagreement with the Company, management, or Board.
- Polk will continue as a director until the 2022 Annual Meeting; no successor named yet.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-049704
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MNST
- cik: 0000865752
- company_name: Monster Beverage Corp
- filed_at: 2022-04-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/865752/000110465922049704/0001104659-22-049704-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/865752/000110465922049704/tm2213326d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-049704.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-049704.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Benjamin M. Polk departed as Director at Monster Beverage Corp.
  - Action: not stand for reelection
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 19, 2022, current director Benjamin M. Polk provided notice to the Company of his intention not to stand for reelection at the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “ 2022 Annual Meeting ”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/865752/000110465922049704/0001104659-22-049704-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.