---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-072358"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AGX"
cik: "0000100591"
company_name: "ARGAN INC"
filed_at: "2026-06-10T20:20:24+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T20:29:06.975710+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Argan declares $0.50 quarterly dividend; all 9 board nominees elected

## Summary
- Board declared regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.50/share, payable July 31, 2026, to holders of record July 23, 2026.
- All 9 director nominees elected; votes for ranged from ~10.4M to ~11.2M, with ~1.33M broker non-votes.
- Advisory say-on-pay passed with 10.9M for, 277K against, 173K abstain.
- Ratification of Grant Thornton as auditor passed with 12.6M for, 104K against, 13K abstain.
- CEO David Watson cited 'tremendous opportunity set' and disciplined project selection.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-072358
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AGX
- cik: 0000100591
- company_name: ARGAN INC
- filed_at: 2026-06-10T20:20:24+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100591/000110465926072358/0001104659-26-072358-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100591/000110465926072358/agx-20260610x8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  ARGAN INC shareholders approved Election of nine directors at the 2026-06-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-10
  source text: At the 2026 Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of Argan, Inc. (“Argan” or the “Company”) held on June 10, 2026, the following three (3) matters were resolved by the stockholders of Argan. (1) The election of the following nine (9) members to the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), each to serve until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his/her successor has been elected and qualified or until his/her earlier resignation, death or removal: • Lisa L. Alexander • Cynthia A. Flanders • Peter W. Getsinger • William F. Griffin, Jr. • John R. Jeffrey, Jr. • William F. Leimkuhler • James W. Quinn • Karen A. Sweeney • David H. Watson
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100591/000110465926072358/0001104659-26-072358-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.