bright horizons family solutions® (nyse: bfam) believes the most successful companies for investors are also dream companies for employees. and our goal is to help employers become those dream companies. since launching our first employer-sponsored child care center in 1986, we’ve been at the forefront of modern business cultures that are changing the way employers support people and achieve success. today, thousands of working parents around the world rely on more than 1,000 bright horizons child care centers for the care and education of their children; and many of the world’s top employers look to our benefits programs – early education and child care, back-up child care, elder care, educational support for children, and educational guidance for adult learners – as the foundation for cultures recognized year after year by lists including fortune and working mother. a fortune “best company” ourselves, we’re as dedicated to our own people as to our clients’. and we’re proud to support