0001193125-12-124835.txt : 20120629 0001193125-12-124835.hdr.sgml : 20120629 20120321105609 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-12-124835 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120321 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ATA Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001420529 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-EDUCATIONAL SERVICES [8200] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: E9 FISCAL YEAR END: 0331 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8TH FLOOR, TOWER E, 6 GONGYUAN WEST ST. STREET 2: JIAN GUO MEN NEI CITY: BEIJING STATE: F4 ZIP: 100005 BUSINESS PHONE: 8610-6518-1122 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8TH FLOOR, TOWER E, 6 GONGYUAN WEST ST. STREET 2: JIAN GUO MEN NEI CITY: BEIJING STATE: F4 ZIP: 100005 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm Correspondence

LOGO

March 21, 2012

VIA EDGAR

Division of Corporation Finance

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, NE

Washington, D.C. 20549

Attn: Larry Spirgel, Assistant Director

Reid Hooper, Attorney-Advisor

 

Re:   ATA Inc.   
 

Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011;

Filed June 15, 2011

File No. 1-33910

  

Dear Mr. Hooper:

We have received the Staff’s comment letter dated March 9, 2012 concerning the above referenced Form 20-F. The comment letter requests ATA Inc. (the “Company”) to provide its written responses to the Staff within 10 business days or to tell the Staff when it will provide its responses. The Company has begun preparing responses to the comment letter, but would like to request an extension of time to respond to the comments in order to devote the appropriate amount of time and resources to ensure a sufficient response. The Company expects to provide its responses to the comment letter by no later than April 6, 2012.

If you have any questions or require any additional information with respect to any of the matters discussed in this letter, please do not hesitate to contact me at (86-10) 6518-1122 ext. 5107 or David Roberts of O’Melveny & Myers LLP at (86-10) 6563-4209.

 

Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Benson Tsang
Name:    Benson Tsang
Title:      Chief Financial Officer

 

cc: David Roberts

O’Melveny & Myers LLP

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