Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. filings document the public-company disclosures of an employer-sponsored care and education services provider. Recent Form 8-K reports furnish operating results, financial guidance, investor presentation materials, authorized share repurchases, and amendments to credit agreements involving Bright Horizons Family Solutions LLC and related subsidiaries.
Proxy materials cover board elections, executive compensation, equity incentive arrangements, and shareholder voting matters. The filing record also identifies the company’s common stock as listed on the New York Stock Exchange under BFAM and provides formal disclosures tied to governance, capital structure, compensation programs, and material events.
Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. reported higher full-year 2025 results and updated its long-term incentives. Revenue for 2025 was $2.93 billion, up 9%, with net income of $193 million and diluted EPS of $3.36, increases of 38% and 40% from 2024.
Fourth-quarter 2025 revenue rose 9% to $734 million, but net income fell 25% to $22 million and diluted EPS declined to $0.38, mainly due to $14.8 million of impairment and lease termination costs and a higher tax rate. On an adjusted basis, Q4 diluted EPS grew 17% to $1.15.
The company generated $351 million of operating cash flow in 2025 and ended the year with $140 million in cash and $384 million available under its revolver. For 2026, management guides to revenue of $3.075–$3.125 billion and diluted adjusted EPS of $4.90–$5.10.
Governance-wise, the board increased the performance-based mix of executive equity awards, eliminating stock options from 2026 and setting CEO Stephen Kramer’s target LTIP at $5.0 million and CFO Elizabeth Boland’s at $1.5 million, while granting a one-time $500,000 RSU award to COO Mandy Berman.
Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. reported beneficial ownership of 2,982,913 shares of Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. common stock, representing 5.3% of the class. It has shared voting power over 2,731,420 shares and shared dispositive power over 2,982,913 shares, with no sole voting or dispositive authority.
The firm certifies that the shares were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and not for the purpose of changing or influencing control of Bright Horizons. Certain Goldman Sachs operating units also expressly disclaim beneficial ownership of securities held for clients and certain investment entities.
Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) posted stronger Q3 results. Revenue rose to $802.8 million from $719.1 million, and diluted EPS increased to $1.37 from $0.94 as operating income improved. Net income was $78.6 million versus $54.9 million a year ago.
Growth was broad-based: full service center-based child care revenue reached $515.5 million and back-up care climbed to $253.4 million, with management noting a 26% year-over-year increase in back-up care revenue on higher utilization. For the nine months, revenue was $2.20 billion and diluted EPS was $2.97.
The company reworked its capital structure: it expanded its revolving credit facility to $900 million, repaid term loan A, and refinanced term loan B (now maturing in 2032), contributing to lower weighted average interest rates. It also repurchased about 0.9 million shares for $106.0 million, leaving $448.8 million under its authorization. Shares outstanding were 56,801,470 as of September 30, 2025; as of October 27, 2025, there were 56,553,944.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. filed Amendment No. 5 to a Schedule 13G disclosing its beneficial ownership in Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM). The filing reports 2,534,459 shares of common stock, representing 4.4% of the class as of 09/30/2025.
JPMorgan reports sole voting power over 2,176,148 shares and sole dispositive power over 2,530,637 shares, with shared dispositive power over 3,822 shares and no shared voting power. The filer classifies itself as a HC (parent holding company/control person) and indicates ownership of 5 percent or less of the class. The certification states the securities were acquired and are held in the ordinary course and not to change or influence control.
Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. furnished a press release announcing financial results for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2025 and an update to 2025 financial guidance. The press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1.
The information was furnished on October 30, 2025 and is not deemed “filed” under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Mary Lou Burke, identified as COO North America Center Ops of Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. (BFAM), sold 1,000 shares of common stock on 10/01/2025 at a reported price of $108.52 per share under a pre-existing trading plan. After the sale, the filing reports 26,449 shares beneficially owned directly by Ms. Burke and an additional 1,320 shares held indirectly as UTMA custodian for her daughter. The Form 4 notes the transactions were made pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1(c) plan adopted on December 12, 2024, and the form was signed on behalf of Ms. Burke by an attorney-in-fact on 10/02/2025. This filing discloses a single non-derivative sale; no options, conversions, or other derivative transactions are reported.
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. (BFAM) filed a Form 144/A reporting a proposed sale of 1,000 common shares through Merrill Lynch with an aggregate market value of $108,445 and an approximate sale date of 10/01/2025. The filer acquired 11,404 vested RSU shares on 01/25/2013, and the company reports 57,354,223 shares outstanding. The notice lists three prior small sales in the past three months—1,000 shares each on 07/01/2025, 08/01/2025, and 09/02/2025—with gross proceeds shown for each sale. The filer certifies no undisclosed material adverse information.
This Form 144 notice reports a proposed sale under Rule 144 by an individual related to Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. The filer intends to sell 1,000 common shares through Merrill Lynch on or about 10/01/2025 with an aggregate market value reported as $108,445. The securities were acquired as RSU vesting on 01/25/2013 totaling 11,404 shares acquired in that grant. The filing also discloses three sales in the past three months of 1,000 shares each on 07/01/2025, 08/01/2025, and 09/02/2025 with gross proceeds listed for each sale. Outstanding shares are shown as 57,354,223, indicating the proposed sale is a very small fraction of total outstanding stock.
Mary Lou Burke, Chief Operating Officer, North America Center Ops at Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. (BFAM), reported an insider sale on 09/02/2025 executed under a previously adopted Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. The filing shows a disposition of 1,000 shares of common stock sold at $116.49 per share, leaving 27,449 shares owned directly after the transaction. The report also discloses 1,320 shares held indirectly as UTMA custodian for her daughter. The reporting attorney-in-fact signed the Form 4 on 09/03/2025. The filing states the 10b5-1 plan was adopted on 12/12/2024 and indicates the sale was made pursuant to that plan.
Form 144 filed for Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. (BFAM) reports a proposed sale of 1,000 common shares through Merrill Lynch with an approximate aggregate market value of $116,415 and an intended sale date of 09/02/2025. The filing shows 57,354,223 shares outstanding for the issuer. The securities to be sold were acquired as RSU vesting on 01/25/2013 totaling 11,404 shares. The filer, Mary Lou Burke, also reported three prior open-market sales in the past three months: 1,000 shares on 06/02/2025 for $128,175, 1,000 shares on 07/01/2025 for $122,410, and 1,000 shares on 08/01/2025 for $128,915. Broker contact listed as Merrill Lynch, 45 William Street, Wellesley, MA.