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FILED AS OF DATE:		20080716
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20080716
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20080716

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ARGAN INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000100591
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CONSTRUCTION SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS [1700]
		IRS NUMBER:				131947195
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0131

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		FORM TYPE:		S-8
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-152367
		FILM NUMBER:		08955421

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE CHURCH STREET SUITE 401
		CITY:			ROCKVILLE
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			20850
		BUSINESS PHONE:		301 315-0027

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		STREET 1:		ONE CHURCH STREET SUITE 401
		CITY:			ROCKVILLE
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			20850

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		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	PUROFLOW INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ULTRA DYNAMICS CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19830522
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      the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
      Post-Effective Amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that
      all
      securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters those securities
      remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this
      Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
      documents. Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or
      deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified
      or
      superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a
      statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which
      also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
      supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not
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      corporation may indemnify its directors and officers, as well as other employees
      and individuals, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines
      and amounts paid in settlement in connection with specified actions, suits
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      than an action by or in the right of the corporation&#160;&#8211; a "derivative
      action"), if they acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed
      to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with
      respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe
      their conduct was unlawful. A similar standard is applicable in the case of
      derivative actions, except that indemnification only extends to expenses
      (including attorneys' fees) incurred in connection with the defense or
      settlement of such actions, and the statute requires court approval before
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      of other indemnification that may be granted by a corporation's charter, bylaws,
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      incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be personally liable
      to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of
      fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability for (i) any breach of the
      director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) acts
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      plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as amended),
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      connection with the preparation of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 to
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      filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Registration Statement")
      with respect to the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
      of up to 900,000 shares (the "Shares") of Common Stock, $.15 par value, of
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      certificates of officers of the Company and/or public officials and such other
      documents and have made such other factual and legal investigations as we have
      deemed relevant and necessary as the basis for the opinions set forth below.
      In
      such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the
      authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity
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      original documents of all documents submitted to us as conformed or photostatic
      copies and the authenticity of the originals of such copies.</font></div>
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      relying on the statements of fact contained in the documents that we have
      examined, we are of the opinion that (i) the issuance by the Company of the
      Shares has been duly authorized and (ii) when issued in accordance with the
      terms of the Plan, the Shares will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and
      non-assessable shares of Common Stock.</font></div>
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      practice in the State of Delaware. However, for the limited purposes of our
      opinion set forth above, we are generally familiar with the General Corporation
      Law of the State of Delaware (the "DGCL") as presently in effect and have made
      such inquiries as we consider necessary to render this opinion with respect
      to a
      Delaware corporation. This opinion letter is limited to the laws of the State
      of
      Connecticut and, to the limited extent set forth above, the DGCL, as such laws
      presently exist and to the facts as they presently exist. We express no opinion
      with respect to the effect or applicability of the laws of any other
      jurisdiction. We assume no obligation to revise or supplement this opinion
      letter should the laws of such jurisdictions be changed after the date hereof
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      financial statements and schedule of Argan, Inc.(which report expressed an
      unqualified opinion and contains an explanatory paragraph relating to the
      adoption of Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 48,
      Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes) appearing in the 2008 </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Annual
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