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*
DUNCAN E TOWNES

(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)
01/16/2014
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)
Common Stock 100 D
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
Remarks:
/s/ John Casagrande, as attorney in fact for E. Townes Duncan 01/22/2014
** 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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Limited Power of Attorney - Securities Law Compliance
    The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Stephen Dreier, Elizabeth Boland and John Casagrande, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agent to complete and execute such Forms 3, 4 and 5 and other forms (collectively, the "Reporting Forms") as such attorney shall in his discretion determine to be required or advisable pursuant to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended) and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any successor laws and regulations (collectively, "SEC Law"), as a consequence of the undersigned's ownership, acquisition or disposition of securities of Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. (the "Company"), and to do all acts necessary in order to file such forms with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), any securities exchange or national association, the Company and such other person or agency as the attorney shall deem appropriate. The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
The undersigned acknowledges that:
(1)     this Limited Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, the attorney-in-fact to act in his discretion on information provided to such attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information;
(2)    any Reporting Forms prepared and/or executed by the attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney will be in such form and will contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in his discretion, deems necessary or desirable;
(3)     neither the Company nor the attorney-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirements of SEC Law, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act;
(4    this Limited Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under SEC Law, including without limitation the reporting requirements under Section 16 of the Exchange Act; and
(5)    in order to execute any Reporting Forms, it is the undersigned's responsibility to notify the attorney-in-fact in a timely manner of any transaction regarding the undersigned's ownership, acquisition or disposition of Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. securities (SEC requires Reporting Forms to be filed within two business days of the transaction).
In such instances where the undersigned has executed any of the Reporting Forms on his or her own behalf, the undersigned hereby consents to the filing of copies of such Reporting Forms that reflect a conformed signature. The undersigned will maintain fully executed copies of any Reporting Forms so filed, in his or her own records.

This Limited Power of Attorney is executed at  Nashville   ,    Tennessee      (city/state)  as of the date set forth below.




Signed   /s/ E. Townes Duncan                  Dated:           01/17/14
        E. Townes Duncan