Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Sheehan Daniel J
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
DUNKIN' BRANDS GROUP, INC. [DNKN]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Chief Information Officer
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O DUNKIN' BRANDS GROUP, INC., 130 ROYALL STREET
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
04/26/2012
(Street)

CANTON, MA 02021
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 04/26/2012(1)   A   3,264 A $ 0 55,885 D  
Common Stock 04/26/2012(2)   A   1,088 A $ 0 56,973 D  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Sheehan Daniel J
C/O DUNKIN' BRANDS GROUP, INC.
130 ROYALL STREET
CANTON, MA 02021
      Chief Information Officer  

Signatures

 /s/ Richard Emmett, as attorney-in-fact for Daniel Sheehan   04/30/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) On 5/26/2006 the reporting person was granted a restricted stock award of 10,836 shares that became eligible to vest, pending the achievement of certain performance criteria, in four equal annual installments beginning on March 1, 2007. As of April 26, 2012 the performance criteria (investment returns to investment funds affiliated with Bain Capital Partners, LLC, The Carlyle Group and Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P.) as to 58.9% of the award was achieved, resulting in incremental vesting of this award as to 3,264 shares. In total, as of April 26, 2012, an aggregate of 6,382 shares subject to this award have vested.
(2) On 7/1/2008 the reporting person was granted a restricted stock award of 3,612 shares that became eligible to vest, pending the achievement of certain performance criteria, in four equal annual installments beginning on July 1, 2009. As of April 26, 2012 the performance criteria (investment returns to investment funds affiliated with Bain Capital Partners, LLC, The Carlyle Group and Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P.) as to 58.9% of the award was achieved, resulting in satisfaction of the performance criteria as to an additional 1,088 shares of which 816 are vested and an additional 272 shares are eligible to vest on 7/1/2012. In total, as of April 26, 2012, the performance criteria has been met with respect to an aggregate of 2,127 shares of common stock subject to this award, with 1,595 shares vested and the remaining 532 shares eligible to vest on 7/1/2012.

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