STEPAN CO — Director's Dealing 2011

Sep 19, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: STEPAN CO (SCL)
CIK: 0000094049
Period of Report: 2011-09-15

Reporting Person: MASON SCOTT C (Vice President, Supply Chain)

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	4566	Direct
Common Stock	108.128	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Effective July 1, 2011, the Employee Stock Ownership Plan ("ESOP") merged with and into the Employee Stock Ownership Plan II ("ESOP II"). All shares previously held under ESOP and ESOP II are now reflected as indirect holdings under the ESOP II trust. The amount reported for ESOP II in column five consists of shares that were previously reported as direct holdings, but are now reported as indirect holdings. The amount reported for ESOP II in column five also includes .392 shares of common stock acquired pursuant to a dividend reinvestment feature of ESOP II.