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The Firm recently represented Barclays Capital Inc. (“Barclays”) as underwriter in connection with a registered public offering of 8,000,000 shares of common stock of Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. (“Bright Horizons").  Bright Horizons concurrently repurchased 4,500,000 of the shares from Barclays.  A total of approximately $358.5 million in proceeds was raised in the offering.  Affiliates of Bain Capital Partners, LLC and certain other selling stockholders received all of the proceeds from the offering.

Bright Horizons is a leading provider of high-quality child care and early education services as well as other services designed to help employers and families better address the challenges of work and life.  Bright Horizons’ common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “BFAM.”

The Simpson Thacher team included Rhett Brandon, Sunny Cheong and Dan Areshenko (Capital Markets & Securities); Jennie Getsin (FINRA); and Michael Badain (Tax).