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Agria Partners with Ngāi Tahu to Award First Ever Agria-Hōaka Scholarship
Date：2014/2/19
BEIJING—February 19, 2014 -- Agria Corporation (NYSE: GRO) (the "Company" or "Agria") today announced that it has teamed with Ngāi Tahu Holdings Corporation Ltd. to award the inaugural Agria-Hōaka Scholarship. This scholarship is dedicated to honoring and supporting young leaders of Ngāi Tahu to pursue cultural and professional development, commit to intergenerational excellence, and strengthen global partnership.
The scholarship is awarded each year to an outstanding Ngāi Tahu scholar, and is intended to support a year of work in his or her field of interest at an elite university in Beijing, China. This year’s recipient is Miss Tāima Van der Leden, who will study Mandarin at Tsinghua University, considered one of the top universities in China. At an award ceremony held on Monday, February 10th, the scholarship was presented to Miss Van der Leden by Agria Chairman Alan Lai, Ngāi Tahu Holdings Corporation CEO Mike Sang, and Madam Tan Xiutian, Consul-General of China in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Mr. Lai commented, “We are pleased to award the first ever Agria-Hōaka Scholarship to this year’s outstanding scholar, Miss Tāima Van der Leden. Since Agria’s entry into the New Zealand market in 2009, we have learned from and grown together with Ngāi Tahu, and thus are excited about this opportunity to support the community. Through this scholarship program, we hope to support the development of young leaders in Ngāi Tahu, as well as further strengthen the environmental and economic cooperation between New Zealand and China.”
Miss Van der Leden, 20, attends the University of Auckland, where she is pursuing a dual Bachelor of Science (majoring in mathematics and physics) and Bachelor of Arts (majoring in Māori and Spanish). Upon her return from China, she intends to start the program for a Bachelor of Engineering, focusing on environmental or natural resources.
About Agria Corporation
Agria Corporation (NYSE: GRO) is an international agricultural company with operations in China, South America, New Zealand and Australia. Agria operates three principal business lines: China seeds, international seeds and agriservices. In China, Agria engages in research and development, production and sale of seed products, including proprietary field corn seeds, edible corn seeds, vegetable seeds, grass seeds and forage. Agria owns through Agria Asia a 50.22% equity interest in PGG Wrightson Limited, New Zealand's largest forage and agricultural services company. For more information about PGG Wrightson Limited, please visit www.pggwrightson.co.nz. For more information about Agria Corporation, please visit www.agriacorp.com.
About Ngāi Tahu Holdings Corporation Ltd.
Ngāi Tahu Holdings Corporation Ltd is a long-term intergenerational New Zealand focused investor with an active approach to investment, managing assets and governance. It is the investment company of the Ngāi Tahu Charitable Trust of which Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu is the sole Trustee. Ngāi Tahu Holdings Corporation adheres to a highly developed investment policy framework which acts as a roadmap to deliver long-term sustainable returns to the iwi. Ngāi Tahu Holdings Corporation's mission is to be an outstanding investment company creating wealth for Ngāi Tahu Whānui and respecting and contributing to the mana of Ngāi Tahu in all that they do. For more information about Ngāi Tahu Holdings Corporation, please visit http://www.ngaitahuholdings.co.nz/.
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For more information, please contact:
Agria Corporation
Patrick Tsang
Chief Financial Officer
Phone: +852 2748 9390
Email: patrick.tsang@agriacorp.com
ICR, LLC
Gary Dvorchak, CFA
Senior Vice President
Phone (U.S.): +1 (310) 954-1123
Phone (China): +86 (10) 6583 7500
Email: gary.dvorchak@icrinc.com