New York, Jan. 28, 2011 - Adecoagro S.A., a leading agricultural company in South America, commenced trading its shares on the New York Stock Exchange today under the symbol “AGRO”. In its initial public offering, Adecoagro offered a total of 28,571,428 shares of common stock at a price to the public of $11.00 per share. Including the investment made by the Al Gharrafa Investment Company of 7,377,598 shares, a wholly owned subsidiary of Qatar Holding LLC, the Company is expecting to receive net proceeds of approximately $378 million at closing, which is expected to occur on February 2nd.
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