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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As Filed With the Securities and Exchange Commission<BR>
on June&nbsp;29, 2005



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS, INC.</B>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction of<BR>
Incorporation or Organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>62-1742957</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B><BR>200 Talcott Avenue South<BR>
Watertown, Massachusetts</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>02472</B><BR>
(Zip Code)</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Bright Horizons Retirement Plan</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Elizabeth J. Boland<BR>
Chief Financial Officer<BR>
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.<BR>
200 Talcott Avenue South<BR>
Watertown, Massachusetts 02472</B><BR>
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(617)&nbsp;673-8000</B><BR>
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>


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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">Amount To Be</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">Offering Price Per</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">Aggregate Offering</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">Amount Of</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center">20,000 shares</TD>
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    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">38.41</TD>
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    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">768,200.00</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to
the employee benefit plan described herein.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated pursuant to paragraphs (c)&nbsp;and (h)&nbsp;of Rule&nbsp;457 promulgated under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, based upon
the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant&#146;s common stock as reported on the
Nasdaq National Market on June&nbsp;22, 2005.</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <U>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</U>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;)
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;), are incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement:


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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31,
2004;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March
31, 2005;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated February&nbsp;10, 2005;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(4)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated February&nbsp;22, 2005;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(5)</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated May&nbsp;31, 2005;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(6)</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June&nbsp;13, 2005;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(7)</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated
June&nbsp;29, 2005; and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(8)</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock, par value $.01 per share,
incorporated by reference in the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed July
28, 1998 from the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No.
333-57035).</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), after the date hereof and prior
to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all
securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of
filing of such documents. Any statements contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or replaced for purposes hereof to
the extent that a statement contained herein (or in any other subsequently filed document which
also is incorporated by reference herein) modifies or replaces such statement. Any statement so
modified or replaced shall not be deemed, except as so modified or replaced, to constitute a part
hereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Description of Securities.</u>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Inapplicable.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</u>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Inapplicable.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</u>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (&#147;DGCL&#148;) provides that a
corporation may indemnify any of its directors or officers against expenses (including attorneys&#146;
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in
connection with any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit or proceeding (civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative) if such person acted in good faith, and in a manner that person
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation. In actions
brought by or in the right of the corporation, the DGCL provides that no indemnification may be
made if the director or officer was adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the
extent that the court in which such action or suit was brought determines that, despite the
adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly
and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which such court deems proper.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In cases where the director or officer is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense
of any action, suit, or proceeding (or claims or issues therein), the DGCL mandates that the
corporation indemnify the director or officer against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually
and reasonably incurred in the proceeding. In other cases, the DGCL provides that indemnification
shall be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that
indemnification of the director or officer is proper as such person has met the applicable standard
of conduct as described above. Such determination shall be made (1)&nbsp;by a majority vote of the
directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than quorum, or
(2)&nbsp;by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors, even though
less than a quorum, or (3)&nbsp;if there are no such directors, or if


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (4)&nbsp;by the
stockholders of the corporation. Expenses incurred by an officer or director may be paid by the
corporation in advance of the final disposition of the relevant action, suit or proceeding, if and
to the extent such advance upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such officer or
director to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled
to indemnification by the corporation.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;IX of the Registrant&#146;s Certificate of Incorporation (the &#147;Certificate of
Incorporation&#148;) provides that the directors of the Registrant shall not be liable to the Registrant
or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the
extent otherwise required by the DGCL. Additionally, Article&nbsp;X of the Certificate of
Incorporation also provides that the Registrant shall indemnify any of its directors or officers
against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement
actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any threatened, pending, or completed action,
suit or proceeding (civil, criminal, administrative or investigative) if such person acted in good
faith, and in a manner that person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the Registrant. The Certificate of Incorporation also provides that the Registrant
shall not indemnify an officer or director seeking indemnification in connection with any action,
suit, proceeding, claim or counterclaim (or part thereof) initiated by the officer or director
unless the initiation thereof was approved by the Board of Directors of the Registrant. In actions
brought by or in the right of the corporation the Certificate of Incorporation provides that no
indemnification may be made if the director or officer was adjudged to be liable to the Registrant,
unless and only to the extent that the court in which such action or suit was brought determines
that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such
person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which such court deems
proper. In cases where the director or officer is successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the
defense of any action, suit, or proceeding (or claims or issues therein), the Certificate of
Incorporation mandates that the Registrant indemnify the director or officer against expenses
actually and reasonably incurred in the proceeding.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Bylaws (the &#147;Bylaws&#148;) provide that the Registrant shall
indemnify and hold harmless its officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.
Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the Bylaws provide that the Registrant shall only
indemnify an officer or director in connection with a suit or proceeding initiated by such officer
or director if the proceeding was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Registrant. The
Bylaws also provide that the Registrant shall pay all expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) incurred
by any of its officer or directors; provided, however, that, to the extent required by the DGCL,
such payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only
upon receipt of an undertaking by such officer or director to repay all amounts advanced if it
should be ultimately determined that the officer or director is not entitled to indemnification.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant has in effect a directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance policy providing
coverage for certain liabilities of the Registrant&#146;s officers and directors.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Exemption From Registration Claimed.</u>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; None.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u> Exhibits</u>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; See Exhibit&nbsp;Index and Item 9(d) below.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Undertakings</u>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Registrant hereby undertakes:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities
offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may
be reflected in the form of the prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if,
in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a twenty percent change
in the maximum


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the
effective Registration Statement; and


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
the Registration Statement;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this Item&nbsp;9 do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained
in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section
13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered that remain unsold at the termination of the offering.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act (and where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled
by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant hereby undertakes that, in lieu of an opinion of counsel concerning
compliance with the requirements of ERISA and an Internal Revenue Service (&#147;IRS&#148;) determination
letter that the Plan is qualified under Section&nbsp;401 of the Internal Revenue Code (the &#147;Code&#148;), the
Registrant has submitted or will submit the Plan and any amendment thereto to the IRS in a timely
manner and has made or will make all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the Plan under
Section&nbsp;401 of the Code.


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Watertown, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on this 29th day of June,
2005.


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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">                       /s/  Elizabeth J. Boland
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Elizabeth J. Boland&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes
and appoints Elizabeth J. Boland and Stephen I. Dreier, and each of them, his or her true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or
her and in his or her name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises,
as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
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Linda A. Mason</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
Chairman of the Board
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Roger H. Brown
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Roger H. Brown</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
Vice Chairman of the Board
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 29, 2005</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ David H. Lissy
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
David H. Lissy</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
Director, Chief Executive
Officer (Principal
Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 29, 2005</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Mary Ann Tocio
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Mary Ann Tocio</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
Director, President and
Chief Operating Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 29, 2005</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Elizabeth J. Boland
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Elizabeth J. Boland</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 29, 2005</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Joshua Bekenstein</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ JoAnne Brandes
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
JoAnne Brandes</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 29, 2005</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ E. Townes Duncan
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
E. Townes Duncan</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 29, 2005</TD>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Fred K. Foulkes
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Fred K. Foulkes</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 29, 2005</TD>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">
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David Gergen</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"></TD>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Ian M. Rolland
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Ian M. Rolland</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 29, 2005</TD>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Marguerite W. Sallee
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Marguerite W. Sallee</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><U>The Plan</U>.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Trustee, Investors Bank &#038; Trust
Company, of the Bright Horizons Retirement Plan has duly caused this Registration Statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Boston,
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on June 29, 2005.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>BRIGHT HORIZONS RETIREMENT PLAN</B>


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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">By:
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><B>Investors Bank &#038; Trust Company, Trustee</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">By:
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Sally Stubbs&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Title:
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director and Fiduciary Officer&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (Restated for purposes of EDGAR)
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3 of the Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q
filed on August&nbsp;9, 2004).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3 of the
Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q filed on November&nbsp;12, 1999).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen Common Stock Certificate (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.3
of the Form&nbsp;8-K filed on July&nbsp;28, 1998).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</TD>
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BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS, INC.
Table of Contents
As Filed With the Securities and Exchange Commission
on June 29, 2005
Registration No. 333-_________
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
62-1742957
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
200 Talcott Avenue South
Watertown, Massachusetts
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
02472
(Zip Code)
Bright Horizons Retirement Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Elizabeth J. Boland
Chief Financial Officer
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.
200 Talcott Avenue South
Watertown, Massachusetts 02472
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
(617) 673-8000
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities
Amount To Be
Offering Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Amount Of
To Be Registered
Registered (1)
Share (2)
Price (2)
Registration Fee
Common Stock
20,000 shares
$
38.41
$
768,200.00
$
90.42
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to
the employee benefit plan described herein.
(2)
Estimated pursuant to paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 promulgated under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, based upon
the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant's common stock as reported on the
Nasdaq National Market on June 22, 2005.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-23 CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
Table of Contents
PART II
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents filed by Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. (the "Registrant")
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), are incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement:
(1)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2004;
(2)
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March
31, 2005;
(3)
The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 10, 2005;
(4)
The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 22, 2005;
(5)
The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 31, 2005;
(6)
The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 13, 2005;
(7)
The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated
June 29, 2005; and
(8)
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock, par value $.01 per share,
incorporated by reference in the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed July
28, 1998 from the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No.
333-57035).
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), after the date hereof and prior
to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all
securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of
filing of such documents. Any statements contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or replaced for purposes hereof to
the extent that a statement contained herein (or in any other subsequently filed document which
also is incorporated by reference herein) modifies or replaces such statement. Any statement so
modified or replaced shall not be deemed, except as so modified or replaced, to constitute a part
hereof.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Inapplicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Inapplicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware ("DGCL") provides that a
corporation may indemnify any of its directors or officers against expenses (including attorneys'
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in
connection with any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit or proceeding (civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative) if such person acted in good faith, and in a manner that person
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation. In actions
brought by or in the right of the corporation, the DGCL provides that no indemnification may be
made if the director or officer was adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the
extent that the court in which such action or suit was brought determines that, despite the
adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly
and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which such court deems proper.
In cases where the director or officer is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense
of any action, suit, or proceeding (or claims or issues therein), the DGCL mandates that the
corporation indemnify the director or officer against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually
and reasonably incurred in the proceeding. In other cases, the DGCL provides that indemnification
shall be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that
indemnification of the director or officer is proper as such person has met the applicable standard
of conduct as described above. Such determination shall be made (1) by a majority vote of the
directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than quorum, or
(2) by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors, even though
less than a quorum, or (3) if there are no such directors, or if
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such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (4) by the
stockholders of the corporation. Expenses incurred by an officer or director may be paid by the
corporation in advance of the final disposition of the relevant action, suit or proceeding, if and
to the extent such advance upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such officer or
director to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled
to indemnification by the corporation.
Article IX of the Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation (the "Certificate of
Incorporation") provides that the directors of the Registrant shall not be liable to the Registrant
or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the
extent otherwise required by the DGCL. Additionally, Article X of the Certificate of
Incorporation also provides that the Registrant shall indemnify any of its directors or officers
against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement
actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any threatened, pending, or completed action,
suit or proceeding (civil, criminal, administrative or investigative) if such person acted in good
faith, and in a manner that person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the Registrant. The Certificate of Incorporation also provides that the Registrant
shall not indemnify an officer or director seeking indemnification in connection with any action,
suit, proceeding, claim or counterclaim (or part thereof) initiated by the officer or director
unless the initiation thereof was approved by the Board of Directors of the Registrant. In actions
brought by or in the right of the corporation the Certificate of Incorporation provides that no
indemnification may be made if the director or officer was adjudged to be liable to the Registrant,
unless and only to the extent that the court in which such action or suit was brought determines
that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such
person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which such court deems
proper. In cases where the director or officer is successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the
defense of any action, suit, or proceeding (or claims or issues therein), the Certificate of
Incorporation mandates that the Registrant indemnify the director or officer against expenses
actually and reasonably incurred in the proceeding.
The Registrant's Amended and Restated Bylaws (the "Bylaws") provide that the Registrant shall
indemnify and hold harmless its officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.
Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the Bylaws provide that the Registrant shall only
indemnify an officer or director in connection with a suit or proceeding initiated by such officer
or director if the proceeding was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Registrant. The
Bylaws also provide that the Registrant shall pay all expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred
by any of its officer or directors; provided, however, that, to the extent required by the DGCL,
such payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only
upon receipt of an undertaking by such officer or director to repay all amounts advanced if it
should be ultimately determined that the officer or director is not entitled to indemnification.
The Registrant has in effect a directors' and officers' liability insurance policy providing
coverage for certain liabilities of the Registrant's officers and directors.
Item 7.
Exemption From Registration Claimed.
None.
Item 8.
Exhibits
See Exhibit Index and Item 9(d) below.
Item 9.
Undertakings
(a)      The Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)      To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)      To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act;
(ii)      To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities
offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may
be reflected in the form of the prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if,
in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a twenty percent change
in the maximum
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aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
effective Registration Statement; and
(iii)      To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
the Registration Statement;
Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this Item 9 do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained
in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section
13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement.
(2)      That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3)      To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered that remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)      The Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act (and where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c)      Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled
by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
(d)      The Registrant hereby undertakes that, in lieu of an opinion of counsel concerning
compliance with the requirements of ERISA and an Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") determination
letter that the Plan is qualified under Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code (the "Code"), the
Registrant has submitted or will submit the Plan and any amendment thereto to the IRS in a timely
manner and has made or will make all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the Plan under
Section 401 of the Code.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Watertown, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on this 29th day of June,
2005.
BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS, INC.
By:
/s/  Elizabeth J. Boland
Elizabeth J. Boland
Chief Financial Officer
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes
and appoints Elizabeth J. Boland and Stephen I. Dreier, and each of them, his or her true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or
her and in his or her name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises,
as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
Linda A. Mason
Chairman of the Board
/s/ Roger H. Brown
Roger H. Brown
Vice Chairman of the Board
June 29, 2005
/s/ David H. Lissy
David H. Lissy
Director, Chief Executive
Officer (Principal
Executive Officer)
June 29, 2005
/s/ Mary Ann Tocio
Mary Ann Tocio
Director, President and
Chief Operating Officer
June 29, 2005
/s/ Elizabeth J. Boland
Elizabeth J. Boland
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
June 29, 2005
Joshua Bekenstein
Director
/s/ JoAnne Brandes
JoAnne Brandes
Director
June 29, 2005
/s/ E. Townes Duncan
E. Townes Duncan
Director
June 29, 2005
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Fred K. Foulkes
Fred K. Foulkes
Director
June 29, 2005
David Gergen
Director
Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
Director
/s/ Ian M. Rolland
Ian M. Rolland
Director
June 29, 2005
/s/ Marguerite W. Sallee
Marguerite W. Sallee
Director
June 29, 2005
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The Plan
.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Trustee, Investors Bank & Trust
Company, of the Bright Horizons Retirement Plan has duly caused this Registration Statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Boston,
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on June 29, 2005.
BRIGHT HORIZONS RETIREMENT PLAN
By:
Investors Bank & Trust Company, Trustee
By:
/s/ Sally Stubbs
Title:
Director and Fiduciary Officer
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
Description
4.1
Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (Restated for purposes of EDGAR)
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3 of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
filed on August 9, 2004).
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3 of the
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 12, 1999).
4.3
Specimen Common Stock Certificate (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3
of the Form 8-K filed on July 28, 1998).
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Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
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Power of Attorney (included on signature page of this Registration Statement).