On March 1, 2006, Pernod Ricard SA completed the sale of the entire share capital of Dunkin' Brands, Inc. to a consortium of global private equity firms consisting of Bain Capital Partners, The Carlyle Group and Thomas H. Lee Partners for a purchase price of US$2.425 billion.
Dunkin' Brands, which operates the Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin-Robbins brands in Canada, as well as the Togo's banner in the United States, was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Allied Domecq plc and as such was acquired by Pernod Ricard incidentally as a result of Pernod Ricard's acquisition of Allied Domecq in July 2005.
In Canada, Stikeman Elliott LLP acted for both Pernod Ricard and the investor's consortium, with a team that included Paul Collins and Debbie Salzberger (competition). Jane Willis and Taylor Hart of Ropes & Gray LLP, and Paul Bird of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP and Ian Fitzsimons, Pernod Ricard's general counsel, were on in the US for the investor's consortium and Pernod Ricard, respectively.
Dunkin' Brands, which operates the Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin-Robbins brands in Canada, as well as the Togo's banner in the United States, was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Allied Domecq plc and as such was acquired by Pernod Ricard incidentally as a result of Pernod Ricard's acquisition of Allied Domecq in July 2005.
In Canada, Stikeman Elliott LLP acted for both Pernod Ricard and the investor's consortium, with a team that included Paul Collins and Debbie Salzberger (competition). Jane Willis and Taylor Hart of Ropes & Gray LLP, and Paul Bird of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP and Ian Fitzsimons, Pernod Ricard's general counsel, were on in the US for the investor's consortium and Pernod Ricard, respectively.
