0001181431-12-004479.txt : 20120130 0001181431-12-004479.hdr.sgml : 20120130 20120130175133 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001181431-12-004479 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120126 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120130 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120130 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Dawson John CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001522664 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-35258 FILM NUMBER: 12556770 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 130 ROYALL STREET CITY: CANTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02021 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DUNKIN' BRANDS GROUP, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001357204 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-EATING & DRINKING PLACES [5810] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 130 ROYALL STREET CITY: CANTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02021 BUSINESS PHONE: 7817374516 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 130 ROYALL STREET CITY: CANTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02021 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DUNKIN' BRANDS GROUP HOLDINGS, INC. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20100401 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DUNKIN' BRANDS GROUP HOLDINGS, INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20100401 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DUNKIN BRANDS GROUP HOLDINGS, INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20090821 4 1 rrd331816.xml X0304 4 2012-01-26 0 0001357204 DUNKIN' BRANDS GROUP, INC. DNKN 0001522664 Dawson John C/O DUNKIN' BRANDS GROUP, INC. 130 ROYALL STREET BOSTON MA 02021 0 1 0 0 Chief Development Officer Common Stock 2012-01-26 4 A 0 8506 0 A 112680 D On 5/26/2006 the reporting person was granted a restricted stock award of 29,553 shares that became eligible to vest, pending the achievement of certain performance criteria, in four equal annual installments beginning on March 1, 2007. As of January 26, 2012 the performance criteria (investment returns to investment funds affiliated with Bain Capital Partners, LLC, The Carlyle Group and Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P.) as to 28.8% of the award was achieved, resulting in vesting as to 8,506 shares. /s/ Richard Emmett, as attorney-in-fact for John Dawson 2012-01-30