The Firm recently represented a group of underwriters, led by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and BofA Merrill Lynch, in connection with a registered public offering of common stock of Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc. (“Dunkin’ Brands”), a portfolio company of Bain Capital LLC, The Carlyle Group and Thomas H. Lee Partners. A total of approximately $543.9 million in proceeds was raised in the offering. Affiliates of Bain Capital LLC, The Carlyle Group, Thomas H. Lee Partners and certain other selling stockholders received all of the gross proceeds from the offering.
With more than 16,500 points of distribution in 56 countries worldwide, Dunkin’ Brands is the world’s leading franchisor of quick service restaurants serving hot and cold coffee and baked goods, as well as hard-serve ice cream.
The Simpson Thacher team included Rhett Brandon and Daniel Bae (Capital Markets & Securities), Noreen Lavan (Environmental), Greg Grogan and Julia Gaffin (Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits), Jennie Getsin (FINRA), Parijat Sharma (Intellectual Property), Mardi Merjian and Daniel Molina (Real Estate) and Jonathan Cantor and Danny Salinas (Tax).