---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-003829"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MNST"
cik: "0000865752"
company_name: "Monster Beverage Corp"
filed_at: "2023-01-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T15:44:53.604078+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Monster Beverage appoints Ernst & Young as auditor for FY2023; Deloitte stays for FY2022

## Summary
- Audit Committee approved engagement of EY as independent auditor for fiscal year ending Dec 31, 2023, subject to engagement letter.
- Deloitte & Touche LLP remains auditor for fiscal year ending Dec 31, 2022; no disagreements or reportable events exist.
- Auditor change follows a review process and is not related to any disagreement between the company and Deloitte.
- Press release announcing the change was issued January 13, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-003829
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MNST
- cik: 0000865752
- company_name: Monster Beverage Corp
- filed_at: 2023-01-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/865752/000110465923003829/0001104659-23-003829-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/865752/000110465923003829/tm233359d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-003829
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-003829.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-003829.txt

## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  Monster Beverage Corp engaged Ernst & Young LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: Ernst & Young LLP
  source text: on January 11, 2023, the Audit Committee approved the engagement of Ernst & Young LLP (“EY”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/865752/000110465923003829/0001104659-23-003829-index.htm

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