STEPAN CO — Director's Dealing 2010

Feb 24, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: STEPAN CO (SCL)
CIK: 0000094049
Period of Report: 2010-02-22

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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-02-22	Common Stock	J	45376	—	Disposed	370190	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: On February 22, 2010, 45,376 shares of Stepan Company Common Stock were sold from the Stepan Company Pension Plan to the Employee Stock Ownership Plan II (ESOP II) established by Stepan Company. The reporting person is a member of the Plan Committee of Stepan Company which has oversight responsibility over investments of funds for employee benefit programs.