ARGAN INC — Director's Dealing 2017

Feb 27, 2017

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ARGAN INC (AGX)
CIK: 0000100591
Period of Report: 2017-01-05

Reporting Person: CRUMPTON HENRY A (Director)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2017-01-05	Stock Option to purchase Common Stock	$71.75	A	10000	Acquired	2027-01-05	Common Stock (10000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	20000	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Pursuant to a stock option agreement dated January 5, 2017, the Reporting Person received 10-year options to purchase 10,000 shares of the Issuer's common stock with an exercise price of $71.75 per share.

F2: The total number of stock options owned by the Reporting Person includes options to acquire (i) 10,000 shares of Common Stock at an Exercise Price of $26.88 per share with Date Exercisable of 12/17/2014 and Expiration Date of 12/17/2023; (ii) 10,000 shares of Common Stock at an Exercise Price of $31.82 per share with Date Exercisable of 12/11/2015 and Expiration Date of 12/11/2024; (iii) 10,000 shares of Common Stock at an Exercise Price of $30.44 per share with Date Exercisable of 1/7/2017 and Expiration Date of 1/7/2026; and (iv) 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.