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

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

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

(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS INC
200 TALCOTT AVENUE SOUTH

(Street)
WATERTOWN MA 02472

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
12/19/2017
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS INC. [ BFAM ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
Remarks:
Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney
No securities are beneficially owned.
/s/ John Casagrande, as attorney in fact for Julie Atkinson 12/20/2017
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
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BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Elizabeth Boland, John
Casagrande, Stephen Dreier and Elizabeth Larcano, signing
singly, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-
fact to:

1.	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of
Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. (the "Company"),
Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Act"),
and the rules thereunder;

2.	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf
of the undersigned which may be necessary or
desirable to complete and execute any amendment or
amendments thereto, and timely file such form with
the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar
authority; and

3.	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-
fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or
legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood
that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on
behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney
shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

     The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-
fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every
act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be
done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with
full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying
and confirming all the acts such attorney-in-fact shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of
attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The
undersigned acknowledges that each of the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request
of the undersigned, is not assuming any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Act.

     This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file
Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings
of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this
Power of Attorney to be executed as of the date set below.

Signed:	/s/ Julie Atkinson

Date	December20, 2017

Julie Atkinson