January 25, 2012
Ms. Kathleen Collins
Accounting Branch Chief
Division of Corporate Finance
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
RE: | Actuate Corporation Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2010, Filed March 11, 2011 Form 8-K, Filed May 31, 2011 File No. 000-24607
REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO RESPOND TO COMMENT LETTER DATED JANUARY 20, 2012 |
Dear Ms. Collins:
We are writing in response to the letter from the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) dated January 20, 2012 (the “Comment Letter”) in which the Staff of the Commission (the “Staff”) requested certain information regarding recent 10-K and 8-K filings. As we discussed with Ms. Bouvet, we would like to request an extension to the filing deadline for our response. Currently, a response was requested within 10 business days, which would make the response due by February 3, 2012. We are requesting that this date be extended to February 20, 2012. If this date is not acceptable to you please let us know, otherwise we will post our response on Edgar by February 20, 2012.
Should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to call me at (650) 645-3494.
Sincerely,
/s/ Dan A. Gaudreau
Dan A. Gaudreau
Senior Vice President, Operations and CFO
cc: | Mrs. Laura Veator, Staff Accountant, Division of Corporate Finance |
Stephani Bouvet, Staff Attorney