UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of August 2011
Commission File Number: 001-34900
TAL EDUCATION GROUP
18/F, Hesheng Building
32 Zhongguancun Avenue, Haidian District
Beijing 100080
People’s Republic of China
+86 (10) 5292 6669
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F x Form 40-F ¨
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TAL Education Group
(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)
(NYSE Ticker: XRS)
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
To be held on August 26, 2011
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an annual general meeting (the “AGM”) of TAL Education Group (the “Company”) will be held at 42/F, Edinburgh Tower, The Landmark, 15 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong, China, on August 26, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. (local time). No proposal will be submitted for shareholder approval at the AGM. Instead, the AGM will serve as an open forum for shareholders and beneficial owners of the Company’s American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) to discuss Company affairs with management.
The Board of Directors of the Company (the “Directors”) has fixed the close of business on August 5, 2011 as the record date (the “Record Date”) for determining the shareholders entitled to receive notice of the AGM or any adjournment or postponement thereof.
Holders of record of our common shares at the close of business on the Record Date are entitled to attend the AGM and any adjournment or postponement thereof in person. Beneficial owners of the Company’s ADSs are welcome to attend the AGM in person.
Holders of the Company’s common shares or ADSs may obtain a hard copy of the Company’s annual report on Form 20-F, free of charge, by emailing the Company’s Investor Relations Department at ir@xueersi.com, or by writing to:
18/F, Hesheng Building
32 Zhongguancun Avenue, Haidian District
Beijing 100080
People’s Republic of China
Attention: Ms. Willow Wu
| By Order of the Board of Directors, | ||
| TAL Education Group | ||
| By: |
/s/ Bangxin Zhang | |
| Name: |
Bangxin Zhang | |
| Title: |
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | |
Beijing, China
July 31, 2011
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| TAL Education Group | ||
| By: |
/s/ Bangxin Zhang | |
| Name: |
Bangxin Zhang | |
| Title: |
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | |
Date: August 2, 2011
Exhibit Index
Exhibit 99.1 - Press Release
Exhibit 99.1
TAL Education Group to Hold Annual General Meeting on August 26, 2011
(Beijing – August 2, 2011) —TAL Education Group (NYSE:XRS) (“TAL” or the “Company”), a leading K-12 after-school tutoring services provider in China, today announced that it will hold its annual general meeting of shareholders at 42/F, Edinburgh Tower, The Landmark, 15 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong, China, on August 26, 2011 at 10:00 a.m (Beijing/Hong Kong time).
No proposal will be submitted for shareholder approval at the annual general meeting. Instead, the annual general meeting will serve as an open forum for shareholders and beneficial owners of the Company’s American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) to discuss Company affairs with management.
The Board of Directors of the Company has fixed the close of business on August 5, 2011 as the record date (the “Record Date”) for determining the shareholders entitled to receive notice of the annual general meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.
Holders of record of the Company’s common shares at the close of business on the Record Date are entitled to attend the annual general meeting and any adjournment or postponement thereof in person. Beneficial owners of the Company’s ADSs are welcome to attend the annual general meeting in person.
The Company has filed its annual report on Form 20-F (the “Annual Report”), which includes the Company’s audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2011, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The Company’s Annual Report can be accessed on the investor relations section of its website at http://en.xueersi.org/investor, as well as on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. Holders of the Company’s common shares or ADSs may obtain a hard copy of the Annual Report free of charge by emailing the Company’s Investor Relations Department at ir@xueersi.com or by writing to:
18/F, Hesheng Building
32 Zhongguancun Avenue, Haidian District
Beijing 100080
People’s Republic of China
Attention: Ms. Willow Wu
About TAL Education Group
TAL Education Group, which operates under the brand “Xueersi,” is a leading K-12 after-school tutoring service provider in China associated with high teaching quality and outstanding student academic performance. Its tutoring services cover the core subjects in China’s school curriculum, including mathematics, English, Chinese, physics, chemistry and biology, and are delivered through three formats: small class, one-on-one, and online courses. The Company’s network includes 199 physical learning centers as of May 31, 2011, located in ten key cities in China: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Wuhan, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Chengdu and Xi’an. It also operates www.eduu.com, a leading online education platform in China. The Company’s ADSs trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “XRS.”
For investor and media inquiries please contact:
For Investors:
Willow Wu
Investor Relations
TAL Education Group
Tel: +86-10-5292-6658
Email: ir@xueersi.com
For Media:
Caroline Straathof
IR Inside
Tel: +31 6 5462 4301
Email: info@irinside.com