STEPAN CO — Director's Dealing 2012

Jan 17, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: STEPAN CO (SCL)
CIK: 0000094049
Period of Report: 2007-12-26

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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2007-12-26	Common Stock	S	1000	$33.00	Disposed	0	Direct
2012-01-12	Common Stock	M	4223.000	$23.675	Acquired	4223.000	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-01-12	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$23.675	M	4223.000	Disposed	2012-02-10	Common Stock (4223.000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	4697.418	Indirect
Common Stock	450	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: This transaction is being reported late due to an inadvertent oversight.