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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-16-104486
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20160311
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160311
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160311

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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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-31756
		FILM NUMBER:		161500555

	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
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):<b> March&nbsp;11, 2016</b></font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ARGAN,&nbsp;INC.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Check the appropriate box below if the Form&nbsp;8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the Registrant under any of the following provisions:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 8.01.&#160; Other Events.</font></b></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On March&nbsp;11, 2016, Argan,&nbsp;Inc. (&#147;Argan&#148;) issued a press release announcing that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Gemma Power Systems, has received from Competitive Power Venture&#146;s Towantic Energy Center project, a notice to proceed with engineering, procurement and construction activities for a 785 MW dual fuel combined cycle power plant in Oxford, Connecticut.&#160; Construction </font>on the facility will begin this year with completion scheduled in 2018.</p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Press Release issued by   Argan on March&nbsp;11, 2016.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>  </table>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">March&nbsp;11, 2016</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Argan,&nbsp;Inc.&#146;s Wholly Owned Subsidiary Gemma Power Systems Receives Notice to Proceed on CPV&#146;s Towantic Energy Center</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;">Rockville, Md.&#160; -&#160; <b>Argan,&nbsp;Inc. (NYSE: AGX) </b>today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Gemma Power Systems (GPS), has received Notice to Proceed to commence activities under an Engineering, Procurement and Construction Agreement with Competitive Power Venture&#146;s Towantic Energy Center project (&#147;CPV Towantic&#148;) to construct a 785 MW state-of-the-art dual-fuel combined-cycle electric generating facility in Oxford, Connecticut.&#160; Construction </font>on the facility will begin this year with completion scheduled in 2018.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;CPV is to be congratulated for bringing this project to fruition.&#160; CPV is a valued customer and we are pleased with the opportunity to continue our relationship by delivering another great project experience,&#148; said William F. Griffin,&nbsp;Jr., CEO of Gemma Power Systems.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Rainer Bosselmann, Chairman and CEO of Argan,&nbsp;Inc., stated, &#147;We are excited to see our total backlog increase to over $1.5 billion with the addition of CPV&#146;s Towantic Energy Center, when added to our backlog balance at the end of January.&#160; Gemma continues to execute and grow with each new large scale, state of the art power facility it works on.&#148;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">About Argan,&nbsp;Inc.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Argan&#146;s primary business is providing a full range of services to the power industry including the engineering, procurement and construction of gas-fired and biomass-fired power plants, along with related commissioning, operations management, maintenance, project development and consulting services, through its Gemma Power Systems and Atlantic Projects Company operations. Argan also owns Southern Maryland Cable, which provides telecommunications infrastructure services, and The Roberts Company, which is a fully integrated fabrication, construction and plant services company.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Certain matters discussed in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws and are subject to risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to: (1)&nbsp;the continued strong performance of our power industry services business; (2)&nbsp;the Company&#146;s ability to successfully and profitably integrate acquisitions; and (3)&nbsp;the Company&#146;s ability to achieve its business strategy while effectively managing costs and expenses. Actual results and the timing of certain events could differ materially from those projected in or contemplated by the forward-looking statements due to a number of factors detailed from time to time in Argan&#146;s filings with the SEC. In addition, reference is hereby made to cautionary statements with respect to risk factors set forth in the Company&#146;s most recent reports on Form&nbsp;10-K and 10-Q, and other SEC filings.</font></i></p>
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