UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
15
CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION
UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Commission File Number: 001-35258
Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Three
Glenlake Pkwy
Atlanta, GA 30328
678-514-4100
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Common Stock, $0.001 par value
(Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)
None
(Titles of all
other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)
Please place an X in the
box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:
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Rule 12g-4(a)(1)
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Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)
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Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)
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Rule 15d-6
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Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date: One (1)
Explanatory Note: Effective December 15, 2020, Vale Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Inspire Brands, Inc., was merged with
and into Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc., with Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc. continuing as the surviving corporation and thereby being converted from a public corporation into a private corporation.