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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JULY 15, 2011
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 6pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, DC 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ARGAN, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>13-1947195</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>One Church Street<BR>
Suite&nbsp;201<BR>
Rockville, MD 20850</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Argan, Inc. 2011 Stock Plan</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Rainer H. Bosselmann<BR>
Chief Executive Officer<BR>
Argan, Inc.<BR>
One Church Street<BR>
Suite&nbsp;201<BR>
Rockville, MD 20850</B><BR>
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(301)&nbsp;315-0027</B><BR>
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Copies of all communications to:</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Richard A. Krantz, Esq.<BR>
Robinson &#038; Cole LLP<BR>
1055 Washington Boulevard<BR>
Stamford, Connecticut 06901-2249</B></DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Large accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></FONT>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</FONT></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Title of Each</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Amount</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Registered<SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)</SUP></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Registered<SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Share<SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(3)</SUP></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Price<SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(3)</SUP></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par value $.15 per share</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">500,000</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$10.35</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$5,175,000</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)</SUP></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to
be offered or sold pursuant to the Argan, Inc. 2011 Stock Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) described herein.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP></TD>
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    <TD>Represents 500,000 shares of common stock of Argan, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;)
available for issuance under the Plan. Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 of the Securities Act, this
Registration Statement shall also cover an additional indeterminate number of shares of common
stock of the Registrant as may be required pursuant to the Plan in the event of a stock dividend,
stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction without the receipt of consideration
which results in an increase in the number of the Registrant&#146;s outstanding shares of common stock.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(3)</SUP></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and are
based on the average of high and low prices of the common stock of Registrant on the NYSE Amex
Equities on July 12, 2011, in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#Y91995000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#Y91995001">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#Y91995002">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#Y91995003">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#Y91995004">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#Y91995005">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#Y91995006">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#Y91995007">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#Y91995008">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#Y91995009">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#Y91995010">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="y91995exv5.htm">EX-5</A></TD></TR>
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<B>PART I<BR>

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B></DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in Item&nbsp;1 and Item&nbsp;2 of Part&nbsp;I of the
Registration Statement on Form S-8 are omitted from this filing in accordance with the provisions
of Rule&nbsp;424 under the Securities Act, and the introductory note to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8. The
documents containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I will be sent or given to employees as
specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) of the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated
by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II of this Registration
Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of
the Securities Act.
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<B>PART II<BR>

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></DIV>


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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">1.</TD>
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    <TD>Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January&nbsp;31, 2011;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">2.</TD>
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    <TD>Proxy for our 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on June&nbsp;21,
2011, filed on May&nbsp;9, 2011;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">3.</TD>
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    <TD>Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended April&nbsp;30, 2011,
filed June&nbsp;13, 2011.</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">4.</TD>
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    <TD>Current Reports on Form 8-K filed April&nbsp;15, 2011, April&nbsp;21, 2011, June
2, 2011, June&nbsp;14, 2011,  June&nbsp;22, 2011 and July 14, 2011; and</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">5.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The description of our common stock set forth in the Registration
Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the SEC on August&nbsp;1, 2003, including
any amendments or reports filed for the purposes of updating this
description.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition to the foregoing, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the SEC
pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered under this Registration Statement have been sold or which deregisters all
securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the date of filing of such
documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement 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 subsequently filed document that is also
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified
or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of
this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the &#147;DGCL&#148;) provides that a corporation
may indemnify its directors and officers, as well as other employees and individuals, against
expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement in connection
with specified actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation &#151; a &#147;derivative
action&#148;), 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&#146; fees) incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of such actions,
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">and the statute requires court approval before there can be any indemnification in which the person
seeking indemnification has been found liable to the corporation. The statute provides that it is
not exclusive of other indemnification that may be granted by a corporation&#146;s charter, bylaws,
disinterested director vote, stockholder vote, agreement or otherwise.</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the DGCL permits a corporation to provide in its certificate of
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)&nbsp;any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its
stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of law, (iii)&nbsp;payments of unlawful dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or
redemptions, or (iv)&nbsp;any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Bylaws provide that the Registrant shall indemnify its officers and directors
and may indemnify its employees and other agents to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law.
The Registrant&#146;s Certificate of Incorporation limits, to the maximum extent permitted by Delaware
law, the personal liability of directors for monetary damages for breach of their fiduciary duties
as a director. The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors
containing provisions which provide for the indemnification of such directors to the fullest extent
permitted by Delaware law.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following exhibits are included or incorporated herein by reference:
</DIV>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit No.</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Argan, Inc. 2011 Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to the
Registrant&#146;s definitive Proxy Statement filed on Schedule&nbsp;14A
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;9, 2011).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Robinson &#038; Cole LLP</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Grant Thornton LLP, independent registered public
accounting firm</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Robinson &#038; Cole LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5 hereof)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereof)</TD>
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</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with
the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth
in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in this Registration Statement;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>provided, however, </I>that paragraphs 1(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if this Registration
Statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the
Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the Securities Act
to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned Registrant
undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned Registrant pursuant to this
Registration Statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the
purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following
communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered
to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating to
the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of
the undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned Registrant;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering
containing material information about the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided
by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned
Registrant to the purchaser.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.&nbsp;That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of
the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and,
where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 15(d)
of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Rockville, State of Maryland, on this 15 day of July, 2011.
</DIV>

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<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">ARGAN, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Rainer H. Bosselmann
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Rainer H. Bosselmann&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chairman of the Board and
<BR>
Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Rainer H. Bosselmann and Arthur F. Trudel, and each of them, as his or her true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or
her and in his or her name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments, exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith (including any registration statement relating to this
Registration Statement and filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended), with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as
he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="16%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">NAME</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">TITLE</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">DATE</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Rainer H. Bosselmann
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Rainer H. Bosselmann
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
<BR>(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 15, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Arthur F. Trudel
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Arthur F. Trudel
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer
<BR>
(Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 15, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size:14pt"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Henry A. Crumpton
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;July &#95;&#95;&#95;, 2011</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Cynthia A. Flanders
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Cynthia A. Flanders
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 15, 2011</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ William F. Leimkuhler
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William F. Leimkuhler
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 15, 2011</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Daniel A. Levinson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;July &#95;&#95;&#95;, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ W. G. Champion Mitchell
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
W. G. Champion Mitchell
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 15, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James W. Quinn
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James W. Quinn
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 15, 2011</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Exhibits required by Item&nbsp;601 of Regulation&nbsp;S-K:</DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit No.</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Argan, Inc. 2011 Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to the
Registrant&#146;s definitive Proxy Statement filed on Schedule&nbsp;14A
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;9, 2011).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Robinson &#038; Cole LLP</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JULY 15, 2011
Registration No. 333-_____
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ARGAN, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
13-1947195
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
One Church Street
Suite 201
Rockville, MD 20850
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Argan, Inc. 2011 Stock Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Rainer H. Bosselmann
Chief Executive Officer
Argan, Inc.
One Church Street
Suite 201
Rockville, MD 20850
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(301) 315-0027
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copies of all communications to:
Richard A. Krantz, Esq.
Robinson & Cole LLP
1055 Washington Boulevard
Stamford, Connecticut 06901-2249
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
þ
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Title of Each
Maximum
Maximum
Class of Securities
Amount
Offering
Aggregate
Amount Of
To Be
To Be
Price Per
Offering
Registration
Registered
(1)
Registered
(2)
Share
(3)
Price
(3)
Fee
(3)
Common Stock, par value $.15 per share
500,000
$10.35
$5,175,000
$600.82
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to
be offered or sold pursuant to the Argan, Inc. 2011 Stock Plan (the "Plan") described herein.
(2)
Represents 500,000 shares of common stock of Argan, Inc. (the "Registrant")
available for issuance under the Plan. Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act, this
Registration Statement shall also cover an additional indeterminate number of shares of common
stock of the Registrant as may be required pursuant to the Plan in the event of a stock dividend,
stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction without the receipt of consideration
which results in an increase in the number of the Registrant's outstanding shares of common stock.
(3)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and are
based on the average of high and low prices of the common stock of Registrant on the NYSE Amex
Equities on July 12, 2011, in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act.
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PART I
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-5
EX-23.1
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of the
Registration Statement on Form S-8 are omitted from this filing in accordance with the provisions
of Rule 424 under the Securities Act, and the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8. The
documents containing the information specified in Part I will be sent or given to employees as
specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated
by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration
Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of
the Securities Act.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
1.
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2011;
2.
Proxy for our 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on June 21,
2011, filed on May 9, 2011;
3.
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended April 30, 2011,
filed June 13, 2011.
4.
Current Reports on Form 8-K filed April 15, 2011, April 21, 2011, June
2, 2011, June 14, 2011,  June 22, 2011 and July 14, 2011; and
5.
The description of our common stock set forth in the Registration
Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the SEC on August 1, 2003, including
any amendments or reports filed for the purposes of updating this
description.
In addition to the foregoing, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the SEC
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered under this Registration Statement have been sold or which deregisters all
securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the date of filing of such
documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement 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 subsequently filed document that is also
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified
or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of
this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL") provides that a 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 or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation — 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,
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and the statute requires court approval before there can be any indemnification in which the person
seeking indemnification has been found liable to the corporation. The statute provides that it is
not exclusive of other indemnification that may be granted by a corporation's charter, bylaws,
disinterested director vote, stockholder vote, agreement or otherwise.
Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL permits a corporation to provide in its certificate of
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 or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of law, (iii) payments of unlawful dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or
redemptions, or (iv) any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
The Registrant's Bylaws provide that the Registrant shall indemnify its officers and directors
and may indemnify its employees and other agents to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law.
The Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation limits, to the maximum extent permitted by Delaware
law, the personal liability of directors for monetary damages for breach of their fiduciary duties
as a director. The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors
containing provisions which provide for the indemnification of such directors to the fullest extent
permitted by Delaware law.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The following exhibits are included or incorporated herein by reference:
Exhibit No.
Description
4
Argan, Inc. 2011 Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to the
Registrant's definitive Proxy Statement filed on Schedule 14A
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 9, 2011).
5
Opinion of Robinson & Cole LLP
23.1
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP, independent registered public
accounting firm
23.2
Consent of Robinson & Cole LLP (included in Exhibit 5 hereof)
24
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereof)
Item 9. Undertakings.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
1. To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
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individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with
the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth
in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in this Registration Statement;
provided, however,
that paragraphs 1(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if this Registration
Statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the
Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement.
2. That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
3. To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
4. That, for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the Securities Act
to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned Registrant
undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned Registrant pursuant to this
Registration Statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the
purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following
communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered
to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating to
the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of
the undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned Registrant;
(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering
containing material information about the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided
by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant; and
(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned
Registrant to the purchaser.
5. That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of
the Registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and,
where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d)
of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at
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that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
6. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Rockville, State of Maryland, on this 15 day of July, 2011.
ARGAN, INC.
By:
/s/ Rainer H. Bosselmann
Rainer H. Bosselmann
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Rainer H. Bosselmann and Arthur F. Trudel, and each of them, as his or her true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or
her and in his or her name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments, exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith (including any registration statement relating to this
Registration Statement and filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended), with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as
he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
NAME
TITLE
DATE
/s/ Rainer H. Bosselmann
Rainer H. Bosselmann
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
July 15, 2011
/s/ Arthur F. Trudel
Arthur F. Trudel
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)
July 15, 2011
Henry A. Crumpton
Director
July ___, 2011
/s/ Cynthia A. Flanders
Cynthia A. Flanders
Director
July 15, 2011
/s/ William F. Leimkuhler
William F. Leimkuhler
Director
July 15, 2011
Daniel A. Levinson
Director
July ___, 2011
/s/ W. G. Champion Mitchell
W. G. Champion Mitchell
Director
July 15, 2011
/s/ James W. Quinn
James W. Quinn
Director
July 15, 2011
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K:
Exhibit No.
Description
4
Argan, Inc. 2011 Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to the
Registrant's definitive Proxy Statement filed on Schedule 14A
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 9, 2011).
5
Opinion of Robinson & Cole LLP
23.1
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP, independent registered public
accounting firm
23.2
Consent of Robinson & Cole LLP (included in Exhibit 5 hereof)
24
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereof)