Annual and transition report of foreign private issuers pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

(15)       COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

Lease commitments

 

The Group entered into non-cancelable operating leases, primarily for office space, for initial terms of nineteen months to six years.

 

Minimum rent payments under operating leases are recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease, including any periods of free rent.

 

Future minimum lease payments under non-cancelable operating leases (with initial or remaining lease terms in excess of one year) as of March 31, 2014 are:

 

 

 

Minimum

 

 

 

Lease Payments
Amount

 

 

 

RMB

 

Year ended March 31:

 

 

 

2015

 

13,098,314

 

2016

 

13,900,657

 

2017

 

9,496,776

 

2018

 

9,971,305

 

2019

 

10,467,905

 

Thereafter

 

10,986,576

 

 

 

67,921,533

 

 

Rental expense for operating leases (except leases with a term of one month or less that are not renewed) for the years ended March 31, 2012, 2013 and 2014 were RMB 5,159,138, RMB 6,517,907 and RMB 7,848,918 respectively.