<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001104659-16-118850.txt : 20160506
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20160506181325
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-16-118850
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150622
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160506
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160506

ISSUER:		

	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

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE CHURCH STREET SUITE 201
		CITY:			ROCKVILLE
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			20850
		BUSINESS PHONE:		301 315-0027

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE CHURCH STREET SUITE 201
		CITY:			ROCKVILLE
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			20850

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

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ULTRA DYNAMICS CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19830522

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Griffin William F Jr
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001384123

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-31756
		FILM NUMBER:		161629475

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O GEMMA POWER SYSTEMS, LLC
		STREET 2:		2461 MAIN STREET
		CITY:			GLASTONBURY
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06033
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    <periodOfReport>2015-06-22</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000100591</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>ARGAN INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>AGX</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

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        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001384123</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Griffin William F Jr</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O GEMMA POWER SYSTEMS,</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>LLC, 2461 MAIN STREET</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>GLASTONBURY</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CT</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>06033</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>VC/CEO of Gemma Power Systems</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>158576</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
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            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By William F. Griffin, Jr. GRAT DTD 03/29/14</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>347574</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
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            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By William F. Griffin, Jr. Revocable Trust DTD 12/09/04</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option to purchase Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>18.87</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2016-12-18</value>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2022-12-18</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>10000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>10000</value>
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            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">As of the filing date, the Reporting Person owns a total of 506,150 shares of the Issuer's common stock, which  includes 158,576 shares indirectly owned by the Reporting Person through William F. Griffin, Jr. GRAT DTD 03/29/14 (the &quot;GRAT&quot;) and 347,574 shares indirectly owned through William F. Griffin, Jr. Revocable Trust DTD 12/09/04 (the &quot;Revocable Trust&quot;). This amount does not include the 98,843 shares of common stock, reported on the Form 5 filed by the Reporting Person on March 28, 2014 (the &quot;2014 Form 5&quot;), indirectly owned through Joel M. Canino Revocable Trust, because the Reporting Person ceased to be the trustee of such trust since June 22, 2015.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The GRAT previously owned 274,960 shares of the Issuer's common stock, while the Revocable Trust 231, 210 shares. With 116,384 transferred out from the GRAT to the Revocable Trust, the GRAT currently owns 158,576 shares of common stock, while the Revocable Trust 347,574 shares.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">In the 2014 Form 5, the amount of shares owned by William F. Griffin Jr. GRAT U/A DTD 02/13/12, which was the trust replaced by the GRAT, was reported to be 374,960 shares, which was an inadvertent mistake and should have been 274,960 shares as reported under this Form 4. Accordingly, this resulted in a related mistake in the Issuer's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on May 2, 2014 which stated that the shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Person herein was 714,993 shares, which should have been 100,000 shares less.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ William F. Griffin, Jr.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-05-06</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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