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Dunkin' Brands (DNKN) IPO Jumps Higher

July 27, 2011 10:50 AM EDT
The much anticipated IPO for Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: DNKN) is open for trading. Shares are trading at $25 after pricing 22,250,000 shares at $19 per share, which was above the expected $16-$18 range.

The offering is being led by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., and Morgan Stanley & Co. along with BofA Merrill Lynch, and Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Sponsors of the deal are private equity firm's Bain Capital, LLC, The Carlyle Group and Thomas H. Lee Partners.

Dunkin' Brands is world's leading franchisor of quick service restaurants (QSR) serving hot and cold coffee and baked goods, as well as hard-serve ice cream. The company has more than 16,000 points of distribution in 57 countries worldwide. Nearly all stores are franchised and include 9,760 Dunkin' Donuts restaurants and 6,433 Baskin-Robbins restaurants.

For fiscal years 2008, 2009 and 2010, the company generated total revenues of $544.9 million, $538.1 million and $577.1 million, respectively, operating income (loss) of $(140.9) million, $184.5 million and $193.5 million, respectively and net income (loss) of $(269.9) million, $35.0 million and $26.9 million, respectively.

The number of shares expected to be outstanding after the offering is 126,355,687 shares.


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