Agria Files Annual Report on Form 20-F for Fiscal Year 2016

HONG KONG, CHINA--(Marketwired - Sep 23, 2016) - Agria Corporation (NYSE: GRO) (the "Company" or "Agria"), a global agricultural company, today announced that it has filed the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2016 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on September 20, 2016. The annual report on Form 20-F, which contains the Company's audited financial statements, can be accessed on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov and the Company's investor relations website at http://ir.agriacorp.com. Hard copies of the annual report are available, free of charge, to shareholders upon request.

About Agria Corporation

Agria (NYSE: GRO) is a global agricultural company with three principal business segments: Seed and Grain; Crop Protection, Nutrients and Merchandise; and Rural Services. The Seed and Grain segment is engaged in research and development, production and sale of a broad range of seed products and trading of seed and grain products globally. The Crop Protection, Nutrients and Merchandise segment operates an extensive chain of retail stores that supply farm input materials. The Rural Services segment provides livestock trading, wool trading, irrigation and pumping, real estate agency and other agriservices. For more information about Agria Corporation, please visit www.agriacorp.com.

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