0001181431-12-026367.txt : 20120430 0001181431-12-026367.hdr.sgml : 20120430 20120430171739 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001181431-12-026367 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120426 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120430 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120430 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: 12796481 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 rrd343224.xml J. DAWSON FORM 4 X0305 4 2012-04-26 0 0001357204 DUNKIN' BRANDS GROUP, INC. DNKN 0001522664 Dawson John C/O DUNKIN' BRANDS GROUP, INC. 130 ROYALL STREET CANTON MA 02021 0 1 0 0 Chief Development Officer Common Stock 2012-04-26 4 A 0 8900 0 A 41580 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 April 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 58.9% of the award was achieved, resulting in incremental vesting of this award as to 8,900 shares. In total, as of April 26, 2012, an aggregate of 17,406 shares subject to this award have vested. /s/ Richard Emmett, as attorney-in-fact for John Dawson 2012-04-30