POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Ryan Schaffer, Richard Emmett, and Paul
Carbone, with full power of substitution, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1) prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf, and
submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID,
including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to
obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with
the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, or any rule or regulation of the SEC;
(2) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as
officer and/or director of Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4,
and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules thereunder;
(3) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that may be
necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete
and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with
the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
(4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing that,
in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of,
or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents
executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this
Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's
discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and
perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the
exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute
or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no
longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a
signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of March 27, 2015.
/s/ John L. Clare
John L. Clare
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