STEPAN CO — Director's Dealing 2009

Aug 5, 2009

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: STEPAN CO (SCL)
CIK: 0000094049
Period of Report: 2009-08-04

Reporting Person: WOOD ROBERT JOHN (V.P. & General Manager)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2009-08-04	Common Stock	M	1000	$21.75	Acquired	8332.2924	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2009-08-04	Employee Stock Option	$21.75	M	1000	Disposed	2010-05-08	Common Stock (1000)	Direct

Footnotes

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