STEPAN CO — Director's Dealing 2009

Dec 18, 2009

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: STEPAN CO (SCL)
CIK: 0000094049
Period of Report: 2009-12-16

Reporting Person: VENEGONI JOHN V (VP/GM Surfactants)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2009-12-16	Common Stock	M	986	$24.94	Acquired	20292.7885	Direct
2009-12-16	Common Stock	S	986	$65.99	Disposed	19306.7885	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2009-12-16	Employee Stock Option	$24.94	M	986	Disposed	2014-02-09	Common Stock (986)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	1000	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Transaction completed pursuant to a 10b5-1 trading plan.