STEPAN CO — Director's Dealing 2025

Feb 19, 2025

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: STEPAN CO (SCL)
CIK: 0000094049
Period of Report: 2025-02-14

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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2025-02-14	Common Stock	M	455	$62.435	Acquired	12190.9285	Direct
2025-02-14	Common Stock	F	158	$62.435	Disposed	12032.9285	Direct
2025-02-18	Common Stock	M	1937	—	Acquired	13969.9285	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2025-02-14	Restricted Stock Units	$	M	455	Disposed	2026-02-14	Restricted Stock Units (455)	Direct
2025-02-18	Performance Shares	$	M	2157	Disposed		Common Stock (2157)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	4420.939	Indirect

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Share Units	$		Common Stock (5751.281)	5751.281	Direct

Footnotes

F1: The restricted stock units ("RSUs") were settled in shares of common stock per the terms of the award.

F2: Withholding of shares to satisfy tax liability on the vesting of RSUs.

F3: Each performance share represents a contingent right to receive one share of Stepan Company common stock. The performance shares vested upon the certification of Stepan Company achieving certain performance goals for the performance period ended December 31, 2024.

F4: Includes exempt acquisitions under Rule 16a-11 pursuant to dividend reinvestments since the date of the reporting person's last report.

F5: Includes exempt acquisitions under Rule 16b-3(c) and Rule 16b-3(d) since the date of the reporting person's last report.

F6: 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.

F7: Share Units owned under the MIP are generally payable at end of employment, unless otherwise elected.

F8: Each restricted stock unit ("RSU") represents a contingent right to receive one share of Stepan Company common stock.

F9: Vests ratably over three years beginning on the date shown.