Dunkin’ Donuts to boost IPO to $600 million

Joshman reports in the NY Post that Dunkin’ Donuts is banking on a fat IPO — but investors may want to watch their appetite.

Dunkin’ Donuts’ Sugar-Rush IPO

Commentary from MarketWatch: Serving up an expansion plan that could implode:

Dunkin’ Brands to Go Public

Wall Street Journal covers the big story: Dunkin’ Brands Group is seeking some serious dough. The owner of the Dunkin’ Donuts chain as well as Baskin-Robbins ice cream shops, today filed to go public. (Sorry for the terrible pun.)

Dunkin’ Deal: Five Things You Didn’t Know:

Dunkin’ Brands Considering $500 Million IPO

Dunkin’ Brands is considering raising around $500 million in an initial public offering (IPO), Reuters reports. The IPO by Dunkin’ Brands, which owns Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin-Robbins, may be launched in the second half of 2011.

The Franchisor In Play: Your Role as a Stakeholder, Not a Spectator

A DDIFO video presentation (22 minutes) by Eric Karp of Witmer, Karp, Warner & Ryan, an attorney that specializes in representing Franchisee Associations. The presentation is titled: The Franchisor In Play: Your Role as a Stakeholder, Not a Spectator. DDIFO Members Can View the Video Here.

Dunkin’ Brands’ $1.4 Billion Loan Said to Rise in First Trade

Dunkin’ Brands Inc.’s $1.4 billion term loan to refinance debt rose in trading, according to information provider Markit Group Ltd.

Dunkin Brands Financial Story Has Holes

The authors are a columnist and a guest columnist at Reuters. The opinions expressed are their own. By Lisa Lee and Timothy Sifert

Moody’s Bites into Dunkin’ Brands

Dan Primack reports at Fortune.com that Moody’s released a report on the $2 billion in new debt being offered up by Dunkin’ Brands.

Dunkin’ Taps Junk Rally to Fund Private Equity Payout

Sapna Maheshwari and Emre Peker report at Bloomberg Businessweek that Dunkin’ Brands Inc., owner of Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin-Robbins restaurants, is taking advantage of a rally in high-yield debt to raise about $2 billion for a payout to its private-equity shareholders.

Dunkin’ Brands Announces Proposed Financing

Dunkin’ Brands, the parent company of two of the world’s most recognized brands, Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin-Robbins, today announced that Dunkin’ Finance Corp., a corporate finance entity, proposes to raise approximately $625 million through an offering of senior notes. The proceeds from the notes offering would be used, together with borrowings under a new approximately $1.35 billion senior credit facility and available cash, to repay in full the outstanding securitization debt of Dunkin’ Brands’ securitization subsidiaries and to pay a cash dividend to Dunkin’ Brands’ stockholders. Following repayment of the securitization debt, the notes would be assumed by Dunkin’ Brands.