0001209191-16-132759.txt : 20160714 0001209191-16-132759.hdr.sgml : 20160714 20160714174204 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001209191-16-132759 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160712 FILED AS OF DATE: 20160714 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160714 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: STEPAN CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000094049 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SOAP, DETERGENT, CLEANING PREPARATIONS, PERFUMES, COSMETICS [2840] IRS NUMBER: 361823834 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: EDENS & WINNETKA ROAD CITY: NORTHFIELD STATE: IL ZIP: 60093 BUSINESS PHONE: 8474467500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: EDENS & WINNETKA ROAD CITY: NORTHFIELD STATE: IL ZIP: 60093 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: STEPAN CHEMICAL CO /DE/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19840108 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Servatius Gregory CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001351355 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-04462 FILM NUMBER: 161768117 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 22 W. FRONTAGE ROAD CITY: NORTHFIELD STATE: IL ZIP: 60093 4 1 doc4.xml FORM 4 SUBMISSION X0306 4 2016-07-12 0 0000094049 STEPAN CO SCL 0001351355 Servatius Gregory 22 W. FRONTAGE ROAD NORTHFIELD IL 60093 0 1 0 0 VP of Human Resources Common Stock 2016-07-12 4 M 0 1000 18.46 A 24731.382 D Common Stock 2016-07-12 4 S 0 1000 61.80 D 23731.382 D Common Stock 2016-07-13 4 M 0 466 18.46 A 24197.382 D Common Stock 2016-07-13 4 S 0 466 62.00 D 23731.382 D Common Stock 11723.454 I By ESOP II Trust Common Stock 442047 I Member of Plan Committee of Stepan Company Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 18.46 2016-07-12 4 M 0 1000 18.46 D 2011-02-10 2017-02-09 Common Stock 1000 5400 D Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 18.46 2016-07-13 4 M 0 466 18.46 D 2011-02-10 2017-02-09 Common Stock 466 4934 D Transaction completed pursuant to a 10b5-1 Trading Plan. Greg Servatius 2016-07-14 EX-24 2 attachment1.htm EX-24 DOCUMENT

POWER OF ATTORNEY

   KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints Jennifer Ansbro Hale and Matthew Michael Rice, signing singly, as the
undersigned's true and lawful authorized representative and attorney-in-fact to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as an officer of Stepan Company ("the Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5, and any and
all amendments thereto, in accordance with section 16 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"), and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder,

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete the execution of any such form or
schedule and the timely filing of such form or schedule with the United States
Securities Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or stock market or other
authority, and

(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact, on behalf of
the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in
such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 or any other provision of the 1934 Act.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 14th day of July 2016.



							/s/ Gregory Servatius