Monster Expects to Transition Distribution Rights by March 1

Dear Client:For those A-B distributors who have been waiting to learn when they will lose Monster in the wake of Coke's recently announced 16.6% stake, the company shared some details in a letter to them just yesterday. Monster expects to secure regulatory approvals so that the deal will close by early 2015. As such, they indeed "expect to transition distribution rights" to Coke bottlers in a large portion of the U.S. and are " currently targeting a March 1, 2015