BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 2004--Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:BFAM), will release results for the period ended September 30, 2004, on Tuesday, October 26, 2004 after the market closes. The earnings release will be available on the Company's website. Following the release, the Company will host a telephone conference call with investors and analysts at 4:30 PM ET to discuss results for the quarter.

The public and other interested parties are invited to listen to the conference call by dialing 713-481-0086 and asking for the Bright Horizons Family Solutions conference call, moderated by David Lissy, the Company's Chief Executive Officer. Replays of the entire call will be available through Friday, November 12, 2004, at 973-341-3080, PIN # 5270306. A webcast of the conference call will also be available through the Investor Relations section of the company's web site, www.brighthorizons.com.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions is the world's leading provider of employer-sponsored child care, early education and work/life consulting services, managing more than 500 early care and child education centers in the United States, Europe and Canada.

    CONTACT: Bright Horizons Family Solutions
             Elizabeth Boland, 617-673-8128 (Investor Relations)
             Ilene Hoffer, 617-673-8044 (Media)

    SOURCE: Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.