STEPAN CO — Director's Dealing 2012

Jul 18, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: STEPAN CO (SCL)
CIK: 0000094049
Period of Report: 2012-07-16

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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-07-16	Common Stock	M	48716	$24.94	Acquired	124819.805	Direct
2012-07-16	Common Stock	F	33057	$95.21	Disposed	91762.805	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-07-16	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$24.94	M	48716	Disposed	2014-02-09	Common Stock (48716)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	4188.585	Indirect
Common Stock	55712	Direct
Common Stock	3749	Indirect
Common Stock	17179	Indirect
Common Stock	37488	Indirect
Common Stock	1200	Indirect
Common Stock	30257	Indirect
Common Stock	24000	Indirect
Common Stock	7500	Indirect
Common Stock	17464	Indirect
Common Stock	309917	Indirect

Footnotes

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

F2: Joint Tenancy with Spouse.

F3: The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of such securities for the purpose of Section 16 or for any other purpose.