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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">As Filed With the Securities and Exchange Commission<BR>
on January&nbsp;2, 2003</FONT>

<P align="right"><FONT size="2">Registration No.&nbsp;333-_________</FONT>

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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B><BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>FORM S-8<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS, INC.</B><BR>
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>Delaware</B></FONT></TD>
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<B>62-1742957</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">(State or other jurisdiction of</FONT></TD>
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(I.R.S. Employer</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
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Identification No.)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>200 Talcott Avenue South</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>Watertown, Massachusetts</B></FONT></TD>
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<B>02472</B></FONT></TD>
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(Zip Code)</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.<BR>
401(k) Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><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)
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>(617)&nbsp;673-8000</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Common Stock</FONT></DIV></TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="center"><FONT size="2">500,000 shares</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">27.74</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">13,870,000</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1,276.04</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of plan
interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan
described herein.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">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 December&nbsp;26, 2002.</FONT></TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>PART II</B></FONT>

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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Item&nbsp;3.</FONT></TD>
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Incorporation of Documents by Reference</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT size="2">&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="90%"><FONT size="2">The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year
ended December&nbsp;31, 2001;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="90%"><FONT size="2">The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the
quarters ended March&nbsp;31, 2002, June&nbsp;30, 2002 and September&nbsp;30, 2002;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="90%"><FONT size="2">The Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated May&nbsp;24,
2002; and</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="90%"><FONT size="2">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&nbsp;8-K filed July&nbsp;28, 1998 from the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-57035).</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT size="2">&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.
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Description of Securities.</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Inapplicable.
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Interests of Experts and Counsel.</FONT></TD>
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Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT size="2">&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.
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<P><FONT size="2">&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 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 such a quorum is not obtainable (or even if
obtainable, a quorum of disinterested directors so directs), 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.
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<P><FONT size="2">&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 such 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.
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<P><FONT size="2">&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.
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<P><FONT size="2">&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.
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Exemption from Registration Claimed.</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;None.
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Exhibits</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See Exhibit&nbsp;Index and Item&nbsp;9(d) below.
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Undertakings</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp; The Registrant hereby undertakes:
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp; To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp; To include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&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&nbsp;424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent not more than a twenty percent change in
the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of
Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective Registration Statement; and
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&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;
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<P><FONT size="2">&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 by the
Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
</FONT>
<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&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.
</FONT>
<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&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.
</FONT>
<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&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&nbsp;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&nbsp;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.
</FONT>
<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&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.
</FONT>
<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&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.
</FONT>
<P align="center"><FONT size="2">II-3</FONT>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>SIGNATURES</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&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&nbsp;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
31st day of December, 2002.
</FONT>
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BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS, INC.</FONT></TD>
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By:</font></td>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <td align="left" valign="top"><font size="2">
/s/ Elizabeth J. Boland</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<HR size="1" noshade></FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Elizabeth J. Boland</FONT></TD>
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Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT size="2">&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.
</FONT>
<P><FONT size="2">&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><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ David H. Lissy
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David H. Lissy</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director and Chief
Executive Officer
(Principal Executive
Officer)
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">December&nbsp;31, 2002</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Elizabeth J. Boland
<HR size="1" noshade>
Elizabeth J. Boland</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Chief Financial
Officer (Principal
Financial and
Accounting Officer)
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">December&nbsp;31, 2002</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Roger H. Brown
<HR size="1" noshade>
Roger H. Brown</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director and Executive
Chairman of the Board
of Directors
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">December&nbsp;31, 2002</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Mary Ann Tocio
<HR size="1" noshade>
Mary Ann Tocio</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director, President
and Chief Operating
Officer
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">December&nbsp;31, 2002</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Linda A. Mason
<HR size="1" noshade>
Linda A. Mason</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">December&nbsp;31, 2002</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Marguerite W. Sallee
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Marguerite W. Sallee</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">December&nbsp;31, 2002</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Joshua Bekenstein
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Joshua Bekenstein</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">December&nbsp;31, 2002</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ JoAnne Brandes
<HR size="1" noshade>
JoAnne Brandes</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">December&nbsp;31, 2002</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ William H. Donaldson
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William H. Donaldson</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">December&nbsp;31, 2002</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ E. Townes Duncan
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E. Townes Duncan</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">December&nbsp;31, 2002</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Fred K. Foulkes
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Fred K. Foulkes</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">December&nbsp;31, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
<HR size="1" noshade>
Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">December&nbsp;31, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Robert D. Lurie
<HR size="1" noshade>
Robert D. Lurie</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">December&nbsp;31, 2002</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Ian M. Rolland
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Ian M. Rolland</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">December&nbsp;31, 2002</FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">The Plan.</FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Trustee, Investors
Bank &#038; Trust Company, of the Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. 401(k) Plan
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on December&nbsp;30, 2002.
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top"><FONT size="2">BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS, INC. 401(K) PLAN</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">By: Investors Bank &#038; Trust Company, Trustee</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">By:</font></td>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ John M. Vinagre</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Title: Associate Counsel</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Certificate of Incorporation (Incorporated by reference to the Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4 filed on June&nbsp;17, 1998 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-57035))</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
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)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.3</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Specimen Common Stock Certificate (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.3
of the Form&nbsp;8-K filed on July&nbsp;28, 1998)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">23*</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP omitted pursuant to Rule&nbsp;437a</FONT></TD>
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Table of Contents
As Filed With the Securities and Exchange Commission
on January 2, 2003
Registration No. 333-_________
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
62-1742957
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
200 Talcott Avenue South
Watertown, Massachusetts
02472
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.
401(k) 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
500,000 shares
$
27.74
$
13,870,000
$
1,276.04
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of plan
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 December 26, 2002.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART II
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
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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, 2001;
(2)
The Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the
quarters ended March 31, 2002, June 30, 2002 and September 30, 2002;
(3)
The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 24,
2002; and
(4)
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 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 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 such a quorum is not obtainable (or even if
obtainable, a quorum of disinterested directors so directs), 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.
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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 such 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 not more than a twenty percent change in
the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement; and
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(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 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
31st day of December, 2002.
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
/s/ David H. Lissy
David H. Lissy
Director and Chief
Executive Officer
(Principal Executive
Officer)
December 31, 2002
/s/ Elizabeth J. Boland
Elizabeth J. Boland
Chief Financial
Officer (Principal
Financial and
Accounting Officer)
December 31, 2002
/s/ Roger H. Brown
Roger H. Brown
Director and Executive
Chairman of the Board
of Directors
December 31, 2002
/s/ Mary Ann Tocio
Mary Ann Tocio
Director, President
and Chief Operating
Officer
December 31, 2002
/s/ Linda A. Mason
Linda A. Mason
Director
December 31, 2002
/s/ Marguerite W. Sallee
Marguerite W. Sallee
Director
December 31, 2002
/s/ Joshua Bekenstein
Joshua Bekenstein
Director
December 31, 2002
/s/ JoAnne Brandes
JoAnne Brandes
Director
December 31, 2002
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/s/ William H. Donaldson
William H. Donaldson
Director
December 31, 2002
/s/ E. Townes Duncan
E. Townes Duncan
Director
December 31, 2002
/s/ Fred K. Foulkes
Fred K. Foulkes
Director
December 31, 2002
/s/ Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
Director
December 31, 2002
/s/ Robert D. Lurie
Robert D. Lurie
Director
December 31, 2002
/s/ Ian M. Rolland
Ian M. Rolland
Director
December 31, 2002
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The Plan.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Trustee, Investors
Bank & Trust Company, of the Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. 401(k) Plan
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on December 30, 2002.
BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS, INC. 401(K) PLAN
By: Investors Bank & Trust Company, Trustee
By:
/s/ John M. Vinagre
Title: Associate Counsel
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
Description
4.1
Certificate of Incorporation (Incorporated by reference to the Registration
Statement on Form S-4 filed on June 17, 1998 (Registration No. 333-57035))
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)
23*
Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP omitted pursuant to Rule 437a
24
Power of Attorney (included on signature page of this Registration Statement)
•
After reasonable efforts, the Registrant has not been able to
obtain the consent of Arthur Andersen to the incorporation into this
Registration Statement on Form S-8, of their report with respect to
the Registrant's financial statements, which appeared in the
Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2001 as filed with the Commission on April 1, 2002.
Under these circumstances Rule 437a under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), permits this Registration
Statement to be filed without the written consent from Arthur
Andersen. Because Arthur Andersen has not consented to the
incorporation by reference of their report into this Registration
Statement, you will not be able to assert claims against Arthur
Andersen under Section 11 of the Securities Act for any untrue
statement of a material fact contained in the Registrant's financial
statements incorporated herein or any omissions to state a material
fact required to be stated therein.