STEPAN CO — Director's Dealing 2011

Oct 28, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: STEPAN CO (SCL)
CIK: 0000094049
Period of Report: 2011-10-27

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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-10-27	Common Stock	M	1750.000	$31.70	Acquired	2750.000	Direct
2011-10-27	Common Stock	S	1700.000	$79.490	Disposed	1050.000	Direct
2011-10-27	Common Stock	S	50.000	$79.515	Disposed	1000.000	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2011-10-27	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$31.700	M	1750.000	Disposed	2015-02-12	Common Stock (1750.000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	4644.43	Indirect
Common Stock	500	Indirect

Footnotes

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