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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;13, 2010
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt">Registration No. <U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ATA Inc.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)<BR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Cayman Islands</B><BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction of <BR>
Incorporation or Organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Not Applicable</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>8th Floor, Tower E<BR>
6 Gongyuan West Street,<BR>
Jian Guo Men Nei<BR>
Beijing 100005, China</B><BR>
(Address, Including Zip Code, of Principal Executive Offices)<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14t; margin-top: 18pt"><B>ATA Inc. 2008 Employee Share Incentive Plan</B></DIV>
<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt">(Full Title of the Plan)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">CT Corporation System<BR>
111 Eighth Avenue, 13th Floor<BR>
New York, New York 10011<BR>
(212)&nbsp;894-8940<BR>
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">COPY TO:
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">David Johnson, Esq. <BR>
O&#146;Melveny &#038; Myers LLP <BR>
1999 Avenue of the Stars, 7<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> Floor <BR>
Los Angeles <BR>
CA 90067-6035<BR>
(310)&nbsp;553-6700
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">David Roberts, Esq.<BR>
O&#146;Melveny &#038; Myers LLP<BR>
37th Floor, Yin Tai Center, Office Tower<BR>
2 Jian Guo Men Wai Avenue<BR>
Beijing 100022, China<BR>
&#043;86-10-6563-4209</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the
definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting
company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Shares,
$0.01 par value per
share, Issuable
Under the ATA Inc.
2008 Employee Share
Incentive Plan</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">336,307<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)(2)</SUP> shares</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$1.53<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(3)</SUP></TD>
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    <TD>This Registration Statement covers, in addition to the number of common shares of ATA Inc., a Cayman Islands
corporation (the &#147;Company&#148; or the &#147;Registrant&#148;), par value $0.01 per share (the &#147;Common Shares&#148;), stated above, options and
other rights to purchase or acquire the Common Shares covered by this Registration Statement and, pursuant to Rule 416(c)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), an additional indeterminate number of shares, options
and rights that may be offered or issued pursuant to the ATA Inc. 2008 Employee Share Incentive Plan (the &#147;2008 Plan&#148;) as a
result of one or more adjustments under the 2008 Plan to prevent dilution resulting from one or more stock splits, stock
dividends or similar transactions.</TD>
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    <TD>These Common Shares may be represented by the Registrant&#146;s ADSs, each of which represents two Common Shares.
The Registrant&#146;s ADSs issuable upon deposit of the Common Shares registered hereby have been registered under a separate
registration statement on Form F-6 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-148641) filed on January&nbsp;14, 2008, and any other amendment or report
filed for the purpose of updating such statement.</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Securities Act Rule&nbsp;457(h)(1), the maximum aggregate offering price with respect to the 2008 Plan
is calculated as the product of 336,307 Common Shares issuable or reserved under the 2008 Plan multiplied by the average of
the high and low prices for the Registrant&#146;s Common Shares represented by American Depositary Shares as reported on the
Nasdaq Global Market on August&nbsp;11, 2010.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#002">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE<BR> SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">PART II</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement is filed by the Company to register additional securities issuable
pursuant to the Plan and consists of only those items required by General Instruction E to Form
S-8.
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SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The document(s) containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 will be sent or
given to participants as specified by Securities Act Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1).
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. </B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents of the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;Commission&#148;) are incorporated herein by reference:
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Registration Statements on Form S-8, filed with the Commission on
April&nbsp;17, 2008 (Commission File No.&nbsp;333-150287) and February&nbsp;23, 2009 (Commission File
No.&nbsp;333-157463);</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 20-F for its fiscal year ended March&nbsp;31,
2010, filed with the Commission on July&nbsp;7, 2010 (Commission File No.&nbsp;001-33910); and</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Company&#146;s Common Shares and ADSs contained in the
Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (Commission File No.&nbsp;001-33910),
originally filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;10, 2008 and as subsequently amended.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) subsequent to the date hereof,
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to
be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date
of filing of such documents; provided, however, that documents or information deemed to have been
furnished and not filed in accordance with Commission rules shall not be deemed incorporated by
reference into this Registration Statement. Any statement contained herein or in a document, all
or a portion of which is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, shall be
deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that
a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed
to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement
so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or amended, to constitute a
part of this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. </B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. </B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Exhibits</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See the attached Exhibit&nbsp;Index at page 7, which is incorporated herein by reference.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Form S-8 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in Beijing, China, on August&nbsp;13, 2010.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>ATA Inc.</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Kevin Xiaofeng Ma
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Kevin Xiaofeng Ma&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chairman and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Kevin Xiaofeng Ma as his or
her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him or her and in his or her name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and
all amendments (including post-effective amendments, exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes
as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Kevin Xiaofeng Ma
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Kevin Xiaofeng Ma
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;13, 2010</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Walter Lin Wang<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Walter Lin Wang
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director and President
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;13, 2010</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Andrew Yan<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Andrew Yan
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;13, 2010</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Hope Ni<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Hope Ni
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;13, 2010</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Alec Tsui<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Alec Tsui
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;13, 2010</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Benson Tsang
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Benson Tsang
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial
and Accounting
Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;13, 2010</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly authorized
representative in the United States of the Registrant, has signed this registration statement in
Newark, Delaware on August&nbsp;13, 2010.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>Puglisi &#038; Associates</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Donald J. Puglisi
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">ATA Inc. 2008 Employee Share Incentive Plan (Incorporated by Reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.2 to the
Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;F-1 filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;8, 2008
(registration number 333-148512)).</TD>
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S-8
Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 13, 2010
Registration No.
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ATA Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Cayman Islands
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
Not Applicable
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
8th Floor, Tower E
6 Gongyuan West Street,
Jian Guo Men Nei
Beijing 100005, China
(Address, Including Zip Code, of Principal Executive Offices)
ATA Inc. 2008 Employee Share Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
CT Corporation System
111 Eighth Avenue, 13th Floor
New York, New York 10011
(212) 894-8940
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
COPY TO:
David Johnson, Esq.
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
1999 Avenue of the Stars, 7
th
Floor
Los Angeles
CA 90067-6035
(310) 553-6700
David Roberts, Esq.
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
37th Floor, Yin Tai Center, Office Tower
2 Jian Guo Men Wai Avenue
Beijing 100022, China
+86-10-6563-4209
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the
definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," and "smaller reporting
company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
þ
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Maximum
Maximum
Title of
Amount
Offering
Aggregate
Amount Of
Securities
To Be
Price
Offering
Registration
To Be Registered
Registered
Per Share
Price
Fee
Common Shares,
$0.01 par value per
share, Issuable
Under the ATA Inc.
2008 Employee Share
Incentive Plan
336,307
(1)(2)
shares
$1.53
(3)
$514,550
(3)
$37
(3)
(1)
This Registration Statement covers, in addition to the number of common shares of ATA Inc., a Cayman Islands
corporation (the "Company" or the "Registrant"), par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Shares"), stated above, options and
other rights to purchase or acquire the Common Shares covered by this Registration Statement and, pursuant to Rule 416(c)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), an additional indeterminate number of shares, options
and rights that may be offered or issued pursuant to the ATA Inc. 2008 Employee Share Incentive Plan (the "2008 Plan") as a
result of one or more adjustments under the 2008 Plan to prevent dilution resulting from one or more stock splits, stock
dividends or similar transactions.
(2)
These Common Shares may be represented by the Registrant's ADSs, each of which represents two Common Shares.
The Registrant's ADSs issuable upon deposit of the Common Shares registered hereby have been registered under a separate
registration statement on Form F-6 (Registration No. 333-148641) filed on January 14, 2008, and any other amendment or report
filed for the purpose of updating such statement.
(3)
Pursuant to Securities Act Rule 457(h)(1), the maximum aggregate offering price with respect to the 2008 Plan
is calculated as the product of 336,307 Common Shares issuable or reserved under the 2008 Plan multiplied by the average of
the high and low prices for the Registrant's Common Shares represented by American Depositary Shares as reported on the
Nasdaq Global Market on August 11, 2010.
The Exhibit Index for this Registration Statement is at page 7.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXPLANATORY NOTE
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
SIGNATURES
POWER OF ATTORNEY
SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-5.1
EX-23.1
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement is filed by the Company to register additional securities issuable
pursuant to the Plan and consists of only those items required by General Instruction E to Form
S-8.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or
given to participants as specified by Securities Act Rule 428(b)(1).
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference
The following documents of the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") are incorporated herein by reference:
(a)
The Company's Registration Statements on Form S-8, filed with the Commission on
April 17, 2008 (Commission File No. 333-150287) and February 23, 2009 (Commission File
No. 333-157463);
(b)
The Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for its fiscal year ended March 31,
2010, filed with the Commission on July 7, 2010 (Commission File No. 001-33910); and
(c)
The description of the Company's Common Shares and ADSs contained in the
Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A (Commission File No. 001-33910),
originally filed with the Commission on January 10, 2008 and as subsequently amended.
All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") subsequent to the date hereof,
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to
be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date
of filing of such documents; provided, however, that documents or information deemed to have been
furnished and not filed in accordance with Commission rules shall not be deemed incorporated by
reference into this Registration Statement. Any statement contained herein or in a document, all
or a portion of which is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, shall be
deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that
a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed
to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement
so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or amended, to constitute a
part of this Registration Statement.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
See the attached Exhibit Index at page 7, which is incorporated herein by reference.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Form S-8 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in Beijing, China, on August 13, 2010.
ATA Inc.
By:
/s/ Kevin Xiaofeng Ma
Kevin Xiaofeng Ma
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Kevin Xiaofeng Ma as his or
her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him or her and in his or her name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and
all amendments (including post-effective amendments, exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes
as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Kevin Xiaofeng Ma
Kevin Xiaofeng Ma
Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
August 13, 2010
/s/ Walter Lin Wang
Walter Lin Wang
Director and President
August 13, 2010
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Andrew Yan
Andrew Yan
Director
August 13, 2010
/s/ Hope Ni
Hope Ni
Director
August 13, 2010
/s/ Alec Tsui
Alec Tsui
Director
August 13, 2010
/s/ Benson Tsang
Benson Tsang
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial
and Accounting
Officer)
August 13, 2010
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SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly authorized
representative in the United States of the Registrant, has signed this registration statement in
Newark, Delaware on August 13, 2010.
Puglisi & Associates
By:
/s/ Donald J. Puglisi
Donald J. Puglisi
Managing Director
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibit
4.1
ATA Inc. 2008 Employee Share Incentive Plan (Incorporated by Reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the
Company's Registration Statement on Form F-1 filed with the Commission on January 8, 2008
(registration number 333-148512)).
5.1
Opinion of Conyers Dill & Pearman (opinion re legality).
23.1
Consent of KPMG.
23.2
Consent of Conyers Dill & Pearman (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included in this Registration Statement under "Signatures").
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