U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Washington, D.C. 20549


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FORM 10-K/A


(Amendment No. 1)


ýANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.


For the year ended December 29, 2012


OR


 ̈TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.


For the transition period from             to


Commission file number 001-35258


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DUNKIN’ BRANDS GROUP, INC.


(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware20-4145825(State or other jurisdiction ofincorporation or organization)(I.R.S. EmployerIdentification No.)


130 Royall Street


Canton, Massachusetts 02021


(Address of principal executive offices) (zip code)


(781) 737-3000


(Registrants’ telephone number, including area code)


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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each className of each exchange on which registeredCommon Stock, $0.001 par value per shareThe NASDAQ Global Select Market


Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: NONE


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Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.    Yes ý No  ̈


Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.    Yes  ̈ No ý


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes ý No  ̈


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes ý No  ̈


Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. ý


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.


Large accelerated filerýAccelerated filer ̈Non-accelerated filer ̈Smaller Reporting Company ̈


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ̈ No ý




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The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting stock of the registrant held by non-affiliates of Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc. computed by reference to the closing price of the registrant’s common stock on the NASDAQ Global Select Market as of June 30, 2012, was approximately $2.88 billion .


As of February 15, 2013, 106,273,454 shares of common stock of the registrant were outstanding.


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DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE


Portions of the registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement for the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Regulation 14A not later than 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Form 10-K, are incorporated by reference in Part III, Items 10-14 of this Form 10-K.










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EXPLANATORY NOTE


This Amendment No. 1 to Form 10-K (this “Amendment”) amends the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2012, originally filed on February 22, 2013 (the “Original 10-K”), of Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”, or “we”). We are filing this Amendment to amend Item 15 to include the separate financial statements of each of BR Korea Co., Ltd. (“BR Korea”) and B-R 31 Ice Cream Co., Ltd. (“BR Japan”) for their fiscal years ended December 31, 2012 as required by Regulation S-X Rule 3-09 (the “Rule 3-09 financial statements”), which were not included in the Original 10-K in reliance on Rule 3-09. The Rule 3-09 financial statements were prepared and provided to the Company by BR Korea and BR Japan, respectively.


This Amendment should be read in conjunction with the Original 10-K and the Company’s other filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission subsequent to the filing of the Original 10-K on February 22, 2013. The Original 10-K has not been amended or updated to reflect events occurring after February 22, 2013, except as specifically set forth in this Amendment.




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Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules


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|(a) | The following documents are filed as part of this report:

1Financial statements: All financial statements are included in Part II, Item 8 of this report.


2Financial statement schedules:


For fiscal year 2010, our joint ventures BR Korea Co., Ltd. and B-R 31 Ice Cream Co., Ltd. were deemed significant to us under Rule 3-09 of Regulation S-X, and as such the financial statements of these joint ventures are required to be filed as financial statement schedules herein within six months of their fiscal year end. Accordingly, the financial statements of these joint ventures are filed herein as Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2, respectively.


All other financial statement schedules are omitted because they are not required or are not applicable, or the required information is provided in the consolidated financial statements or notes described in Item 15(a)(1) above.


3Exhibits:


ExhibitNumberExhibit Title3.1Form of Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-173898, as amended on July 11, 2011)3.2Form of Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-173898, as amended on July 11, 2011)4.2Specimen Common Stock certificate of Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-173898, as amended on July 11, 2011)10.1*Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc. (f/k/a Dunkin’ Brands Group Holdings, Inc.) Amended and Restated 2006 Executive Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-173898, filed with the SEC on May 4, 2011)10.2*Form of Option Award under 2006 Executive Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-173898, filed with the SEC on May 4, 2011)10.3*Form of Restricted Stock Award under 2006 Executive Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-173898, filed with the SEC on May 4, 2011)10.4*Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc. Amended & Restated 2011 Omnibus Long-Term Incentive Plan  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, File No. 001-35258, filed with the SEC on February 22, 2013)10.5*Form of Amended Option Award under 2011 Omnibus Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, File No. 001-35258, filed with the SEC on February 22, 2013)10.6*Form of Amended Restricted Stock Unit Award under 2011 Omnibus Long-Term Incentive Plan  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, File No. 001-35258, filed with the SEC on February 22, 2013)




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10.7*Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc. Annual Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, File No. 001-35258, filed with the SEC on February 22, 2013)10.8*Amended and Restated Dunkin’ Brands, Inc. Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-173898, filed with the SEC on May 4, 2011)10.9*Amended and Restated Executive Employment Agreement among Dunkin’ Brands, Inc., Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc. (f/k/a Dunkin’ Brands Group Holdings, Inc.), and Jon Luther, dated as of December 31, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-173898, filed with the SEC on May 4, 2011)10.10*Transition Agreement of Jon Luther, dated as of June 30, 2010 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-173898, filed with the SEC on May 4, 2011)10.11*First Amended and Restated Executive Employment Agreement between Dunkin’ Brands, Inc., Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc. and Nigel Travis (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-173898, filed with the SEC on May 4, 2011)10.12*Amendment No. 1 to First Amended and Restated Executive Employment Agreement between Dunkin’ Brands, Inc., Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc. and Nigel Travis (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, File No. 001-35258, filed with the SEC on December 3, 2012)10.13*Offer Letter to Neil Moses dated September 27, 2010 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-173898, filed with the SEC on May 4, 2011)10.14*Separation Agreement with Neil Moses dated November 13, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, File No. 001-35258, filed with the SEC on February 22, 2013)10.15*Offer Letter to John Costello dated September 30, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-173898, filed with the SEC on May 4, 2011)10.16*Form of amendment to Offer Letters (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16(a) to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-173898, as amended on July 11, 2011)10.17*Offer Letter to Ginger Gregory dated March 6, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, File No. 001-35258, filed with the SEC on February 22, 2013)10.18*Offer Letter to Giorgio Minardi dated February 1, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, File No. 001-35258, filed with the SEC on February 22, 2013)10.19*Offer Letter to Paul Carbone dated June 4, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, File No. 001-35258, filed with the SEC on February 22, 2013)10.20Form of Non-Competition/Non-Solicitation/Confidentiality Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-173898, filed with the SEC on May 4, 2011)




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10.21Credit Agreement among Dunkin’ Finance Corp, Dunkin’ Brands Holdings, Inc., Dunkin’ Brands, Inc., Barclays Bank PLC and the other lenders party thereto, dated as of November 23, 2010 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.20 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-173898, as amended on June 7, 2011)10.22Joinder to Credit Agreement dated as of December 3, 2010 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.21 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-173898, filed with the SEC on May 4, 2011)10.23Amendment 1, dated as of February 18, 2011, to the Credit Agreement among Dunkin’ Brands, Inc., Dunkin’ Brands Holdings, Inc., Barclays Bank PLC and the other lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.22 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-173898, filed with the SEC on May 4, 2011)10.24Amendment 2, dated as of May 25, 2011, to the Credit Agreement among Dunkin’ Brands, Inc., Dunkin’ Brands Holdings, Inc., Barclays Bank PLC and the other lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.29 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-173898, as amended on June 7, 2011)10.25Amendment 3, dated as of August 9, 2012, to the Credit Agreement among Dunkin’ Brands, Inc., Dunkin’ Brands Holdings, Inc., Barclays Bank PLC and the other lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, File No. 001-35258, filed with the SEC on August 9, 2012)10.26Amendment 4, dated as of February 14, 2013, to the Credit Agreement among Dunkin’ Brands, Inc., Dunkin’ Brands Holdings, Inc., Barclays Bank PLC and the other lenders party thereto and Amendment No. 1 to the Guaranty among Dunkin’ Brands Holdings, Inc., the other guarantors named therein and the Administrative Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, File No. 001-35258, filed with the SEC on February 14, 2013)10.27Security Agreement among the Grantors identified therein and Barclays Bank PLC, dated as of December 3, 2010 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-173898, filed with the SEC on May 4, 2011)10.28Form of Director and Officer Indemnification Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.24 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-173898, as amended on June 7, 2011)10.29Lease between LSF3 Royall Street, LLC and Dunkin’ Donuts Incorporated, dated as of October 29, 2003 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-173898, filed with the SEC on May 4, 2011)10.30Assignment of Lease between Dunkin’ Donuts Incorporated and Dunkin’ Brands, Inc., dated as of July 22, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.26 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-173898, filed with the SEC on May 4, 2011)10.31Guaranty delivered with LSF3 Royall Street, LLC Lease dated as of October 29, 2003 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.27 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-173898, filed with the SEC on May 4, 2011)10.32Form of Baskin-Robbins Franchise Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.30 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-173898, as amended on June 23, 2011)10.33Form of Dunkin’ Donuts Franchise Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.33 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, File No. 001-35258, filed with the SEC on February 22, 2013)




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10.34Form of Combined Baskin-Robbins and Dunkin’ Donuts Franchise Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.34 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, File No. 001-35258, filed with the SEC on February 22, 2013)10.35Form of Dunkin’ Donuts Store Development Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.34 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, File No. 001-35258, filed with the SEC on February 24, 2012)10.36Form of Baskin-Robbins Store Development Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.35 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, File No. 001-35258, filed with the SEC on February 24, 2012)21.1Subsidiaries of Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 21.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, File No. 001-35258, filed with the SEC on February 22, 2013)23.1Consent of KPMG LLP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 23.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, File No. 001-35258, filed with the SEC on February 22, 2013)23.2Consent of Deloitte Anjin LLC23.3Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata31.1Certification pursuant to Section 302 of Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 by Chief Executive Officer31.2Certification pursuant to Section 302 of Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 by Chief Financial Officer32.1Certification of periodic financial report pursuant to Section 906 of Sarbanes Oxley Act of 200232.2Certification of periodic financial report pursuant to Section 906 of Sarbanes Oxley Act of 200299.1Financial statements of BR Korea Co., Ltd for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2012 (unaudited), December 31, 2011 (audited) and December 31, 2010 (audited)99.2Financial statements of B-R 31 Ice Cream Co., Ltd. for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2012 (unaudited), December 31, 2011 (unaudited) and December 31, 2010 (audited)101The following financial information from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2012, formatted in Extensible Business Reporting Language, (i) the Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Operations, (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit), (v) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (vi) the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 101 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, File No. 001-35258, filed with the SEC on February 22, 2013)





*Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement




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SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


Date: March 27, 2013





DUNKIN’ BRANDS GROUP, INC.By:/s/ Nigel TravisName:Nigel TravisTitle:Chief Executive Officer