STEPAN CO — Director's Dealing 2009

Nov 3, 2009

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: STEPAN CO (SCL)
CIK: 0000094049
Period of Report: 2009-11-02

Reporting Person: POTTER ROBERT G (Director)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2009-11-02	Directors Deferred Compensation Plan	$56.15	J	2946	Disposed	1988-08-08	Common Stock (2946)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: On November 2, 2009, 2,946 shares were disposed of from the Directors Deferred Compensation Plan account and paid in cash to the Director pursuant to the provisions of the Directors Deferred Compensation Plan Amended and Restated as of January 1, 2005.