The Carlyle Group acquires Dunkin' Brands

The Carlyle Group acquired Dunkin' Brands for $2.425B, a transaction completed in March 2006, structured as All-cash consortium buyout / carve-out from Pernod Ricard (~33% Carlyle).

Dunkin' Brands operates in Corporate Private Equity — Consumer & Retail, is based in Canton, Massachusetts, USA. A private-equity consortium of Bain Capital, The Carlyle Group and Thomas H. Lee Partners agreed to acquire Dunkin' Brands, parent of Dunkin' Donuts, Baskin-Robbins and Togo's, from Pernod Ricard for $2.425 billion. The Canton, Massachusetts company was carved out of the French spirits group to operate as an independent franchisor. Each of the three sponsors took an approximately one-third stake; the deal closed March 1, 2006, and the sponsors later took Dunkin' public in 2011.

Acquire a global multi-brand quick-service franchisor with room to expand store count and franchise economics as a standalone company.

Advisory firms were not disclosed for this transaction.

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