Submissions via e-mail will not be accepted. Go to the Monster Beverage Corporation's web site at www.monsterbevcorp.

Your assignment is due at the beginning of class March 20, 2018 and must be typed. Submissions via e-mail will not be accepted.

Go to the Monster Beverage Corporation's web site at www.monsterbevcorp.com. Under 'FINANCIAL INFORMATION' click on SEC FILINGS and retrieve ( download ) the 2017 Form 10-K in PDF FORMAT. 

Required:

1.     What is the par value of the Company's common stock? Pg 74

Common stock - $0.005 par value;

2.     How many shares of common stock were authorized, how many shares were issued and how many shares were outstanding at the end of 2017? Pg 74

 1,250,000 shares authorized; 629,255 shares issued and 566,298 shares outstanding as of

December 31, 2017

3.     What is the aggregate value, in USD ( US dollars ) that the Company reports for the par value of common stock at the end of 2016 and at the end of 2017?

2016 was 3,116

2017 was 3146

4.     What is the aggregate value, in USD ( US dollars ) that the Company reports for Additional Paid-in Capital at the end of 2016 and at the end of 2017?

2016 was 4,051,245

2017 was 4,150,628

5.     How many shares of common stock were held as Treasury Stock at the end of 2016 and 2017?

6.     How many shares of Treasury Stock did the Company repurchase during the year ended 12/31/17?

7.     What was the average purchase price, per share, of the stock bought back under the "February 2017 Repurchase Plan"

8.     During the year, how many shares were purchased from employees in lieu of cash payments for options exercised?

9.     List the names (titles) of the financial statements and the footnotes (by number and name) and any other parts of the annual report used in researching your answer.

Attach the pages of the 2016 Form 10 K for Monster Beverage Corporation that you used to answer the above questions.  Do not attach additional pages - only the pages used to answer the questions. The pages attached are not your answer rather they are in support of your answers.

Students should take note that BOTH footnote(s) and financial statement(s) are involved in researching this assignment. Some of the solutions may be found in the MD&A however, the correct solution(s) to the above assignment would include financial statement & note information only.