EX-99.1 2 a17-15706_1ex99d1.htm EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

ARGAN, INC.

RESULTS OF VOTING

2017 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS OF ARGAN, INC.

 

(1)                                 The election of the following nine (9) directors to the Board of Directors of the Company, each to serve until the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his/her successor has been elected and qualified or until his/her earlier resignation, death or removal.

 

The results of the voting were as follows:

 

NAME OF DIRECTOR

 

FOR

 

WITHHELD

 

BROKER
NON-VOTES

Rainer H. Bosselmann

 

11,849,543

 

656,084

 

1,597,482

John R. Jeffrey, Jr.

 

12,475,783

 

29,844

 

1,597,482

Cynthia A. Flanders

 

10,818,188

 

1,687,439

 

1,597,482

Peter W. Getsinger

 

7,314,322

 

5,191,305

 

1,597,482

William F. Griffin, Jr.

 

11,447,503

 

1,058,124

 

1,597,482

William F. Leimkuhler

 

6,828,380

 

5,677,247

 

1,597,482

W.G. Champion Mitchell

 

12,124,868

 

380,759

 

1,597,482

James W. Quinn

 

6,665,061

 

5,840,566

 

1,597,482

Brian R. Sherras

 

11,346,208

 

1,159,419

 

1,597,482

 

(2)                                 The nonbinding advisory approval of the Company’s executive compensation (the “say-on-pay” vote).

 

The results of the voting were as follows:

 

FOR

 

AGAINST

 

ABSTAIN

 

BROKER
NON-VOTES

5,668,106

 

6,817,254

 

20,267

 

1,597,482

 

(3)                                 The ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountants for the year ending January 31, 2018.

 

The results of the voting were as follows:

 

FOR

 

AGAINST

 

ABSTAIN

13,657,240

 

391,336

 

54,533