ARGAN INC — Director's Dealing 2017

Dec 11, 2017

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ARGAN INC (AGX)
CIK: 0000100591
Period of Report: 2017-12-08

Reporting Person: QUINN JAMES W (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2017-12-08	Common Stock	M	10000	$18.87	Acquired	59570	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2017-12-08	Stock Option to purchase Common Stock	$18.87	M	10000	Disposed	2022-12-18	Common Stock (10000)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: On December 8, 2017, the Reporting Person exercised his stock option to purchase 10,000 shares of the Issuer's common stock at a price of $18.87 per share.

F2: As of the date of this filing, the total number of options owned by the Reporting Person includes (a) options to acquire 10,000 shares of common stock at a price of $ 26.88 with Date Exercisable of 12/17/2014 and Expiration Date of 12/17/2023; (b) options to acquire 10,000 shares of common stock at a price of $31.82 per share with Date Exercisable of 12/11/2015 and Expiration Date of 12/11/2024; (c) options to acquire 10,000 shares of common stock at a price of $30.44 per share with Date Exercisable of 1/7/2017 and Expiration Date of 1/7/2026; and (d) options to acquire 10,000 shares of common stock at a price of $71.75 per share with Date Exercisable of 1/5/2018 and Expiration Date of 1/5/2027.