SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Son Christine K.

(Last) (First) (Middle)
450 N BRAND BLVD
7TH FLOOR

(Street)
GLENDALE CA 91203

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
04/23/2021
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Dine Brands Global, Inc. [ DIN ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
SVP, Legal, GC and Secretary
5. If Amendment, Date of 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
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
COMMON STOCK 3,029 D
COMMON STOCK 3,033(1) D
COMMON STOCK 2,250(2) D
COMMON STOCK 1,691(3) D
COMMON STOCK 1,151(4) D
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
STOCK OPTION (RIGHT TO BUY) (5) 02/24/2025 COMMON STOCK 1,621 113.72 D
STOCK OPTION (RIGHT TO BUY) (6) 02/26/2026 COMMON STOCK 3,764 90.9 D
STOCK OPTION (RIGHT TO BUY) (7) 03/03/2027 COMMON STOCK 12,593 53.49 D
STOCK OPTION (RIGHT TO BUY) (8) 02/22/2028 COMMON STOCK 4,767 68.8 D
STOCK OPTION (RIGHT TO BUY) (9) 02/25/2029 COMMON STOCK 2,559 98.97 D
STOCK OPTION (RIGHT TO BUY) (10) 02/26/2030 COMMON STOCK 4,143 87.17 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. Represents shares of restricted stock that will vest as to one-third of the shares on each of March 4, 2022, 2023 and 2024 subject to the reporting person's continued service with the Issuer on each vesting date.
2. Represents shares of restricted stock that will vest as to one-third of the shares on each of December 15, 2021, 2022 and 2023 subject to the reporting person's continued service with the Issuer on each vesting date.
3. Represents shares of restricted stock that will vest on February 26, 2023 subject to the reporting person's continued service with the Issuer on the vesting date.
4. Represents shares of restricted stock that will vest on February 25, 2022 subject to the reporting person's continued service with the Issuer on the vesting date.
5. The stock option was granted to the reporting person under the Issuer's 2011 Stock Incentive Plan. The option vested as to one-third of the shares on each of February 24, 2016, 2017 and 2018.
6. The stock option was granted to the reporting person under the Issuer's 2011 Stock Incentive Plan. The option vested as to one-third of the shares on each of February 26, 2017, 2018 and 2019.
7. The stock option was granted to the reporting person under the Issuer's 2016 Stock Incentive Plan. The option vested as to one-third of the shares on each of March 3, 2018, 2019 and 2020.
8. The stock option was granted to the reporting person under the Issuer's 2016 Stock Incentive Plan. The option vested as to one-third of the shares on each of February 22, 2019, 2020 and 2021.
9. The stock option was granted to the reporting person under the Issuer's 2016 Stock Incentive Plan. The option vested as to one-third of the shares on each of February 25, 2020 and 2021 and will vest as to one-third of the shares on February 25, 2022.
10. The stock option was granted to the reporting person under the Issuer's 2019 Stock Incentive Plan. The option vested as to one-third of the shares on February 26, 2021 and will vest as to one-third of the shares on each of February 26, 2022 and 2023.
Remarks:
/s/ Christine K. Son 04/27/2021
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

       	Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Joshua E. Clorfeine and Mark L. Hammes, signing singly, 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 (the "Exchange Act"), or any rule or regulation of
the SEC;

(2)	prepare and execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Dine Brands
Global, Inc. (the "Corporation"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 (and any
amendments thereto) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Exchange Act and the rules thereunder;

(3)		do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which 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 which, 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 each 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 Corporation assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

       	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
Corporation, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys in fact.

       	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to

be executed as of this 15th day of April, 2021.


	X   /s/ Christine K. Son

	Name: Christine K. Son