UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 23, 2010
ARGAN, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-31756 | 13-1947195 | ||
| (State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| One Church Street, Suite 201,
Rockville, MD |
20850 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (301) 315-0027
| Not
Applicable |
| (Former name or former address if changed since last report.) |
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
There were two matters submitted to a vote of securities holders at the Argan, Inc. (“Argan”) Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which was held on June 23, 2010. Following are the two proposals:
(1) To elect eight directors to the Board of Directors of Argan to serve until the 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.
The results of the voting were as follows:
| NAME OF DIRECTOR | VOTES FOR |
VOTES WITHHELD |
BROKER NON-VOTES |
|||||||||
|
Rainer H. Bosselmann
|
7,905,047 | 28,330 | 1,427,631 | |||||||||
|
Henry A. Crumpton
|
7,894,309 | 39,068 | 1,427,631 | |||||||||
|
Cynthia A. Flanders
|
7,745,453 | 187,924 | 1,427,631 | |||||||||
|
DeSoto S. Jordan
|
7,906,968 | 26,409 | 1,427,631 | |||||||||
|
William F. Leimkuhler
|
7,898,453 | 34,924 | 1,427,631 | |||||||||
|
Daniel A. Levinson
|
7,894,309 | 39,068 | 1,427,631 | |||||||||
|
W.G. Champion Mitchell
|
7,891,794 | 41,583 | 1,427,631 | |||||||||
|
James W. Quinn
|
7,723,981 | 209,396 | 1,427,631 | |||||||||
(2) To ratify the selection of Grant Thornton LLP as the independent registered public accountants for Argan for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2011.
The results of the voting were as follows:
|
VOTES FOR
|
9,359,245 | |||
|
VOTES AGAINST
|
1,763 | |||
|
ABSTAINED
|
0 | |||
|
BROKER NON-VOTES
|
0 |
SIGNATURES
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.
ARGAN, INC.
| Date: June 28, 2010 | By: | /s/ Arthur Trudel |
| Arthur Trudel Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |