STEPAN CO — Director's Dealing 2018

Dec 18, 2018

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: STEPAN CO (SCL)
CIK: 0000094049
Period of Report: 2018-12-14

Reporting Person: Moriarty Sean Thomas (VP & GM Polymers)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2018-12-14	Share Units	$	A	17.114	Acquired		Common Stock (17.114)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	3662.731	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Reflects ESOP II acquisitions that have occurred since the Reporting Person's last ownership report covering ESOP II holdings.

F2: Share Units acquired under the Management Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2015) ("MIP"), a nonqualified deferred compensation plan which allows MIP participants to elect to defer all or a portion of their deferred compensation into accounts pursuant to MIP provisions.

F3: Share Units convert on a one-for-one basis into Common Stock.

F4: Reflects acquisition of Share Units pursuant to a dividend equivalent feature of the MIP, generally payable at end of employment, unless otherwise elected.

F5: Price reported is the price of Common Stock on the date the dividend equivalents are payable pursuant to a dividend equivalent feature of the MIP.