STEPAN CO — Director's Dealing 2009

Sep 11, 2009

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: STEPAN CO (SCL)
CIK: 0000094049
Period of Report: 2009-09-09

Reporting Person: STEPAN F QUINN JR (Director, President & CEO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2009-09-09	Common Stock	M	20000.000	$21.75	Acquired	68483.7876	Direct
2009-09-09	Common Stock	F	14326	$57.65	Disposed	54157.7876	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2009-09-09	Employee Stock Option	$21.75	M	20000	Disposed	2010-05-08	Common Stock (20000.00)	Direct

Footnotes

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