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SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Stepan Richard Finn

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

22 WEST FRONTAGE ROAD

(Street)

NORTHFIELD

60093

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
01/01/2021

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
STEPAN CO [ SCL ]

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
V.P. and Gen'l. Mgr., Polymers

5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	210,142	D
Common Stock	860.849	I	By ESOP II Trust
Common Stock	66,000	I	By Trust
Common Stock	22,307	I	By Spouse
Common Stock	22,407	I	By Daughter
Common Stock	22,407	I	By Daughter
Common Stock	22,407	I	By Son

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	12/31/2020	02/20/2028	Common Stock	184	72.99	D
Performance Shares	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	Common Stock	438	⁽¹⁾	D
Stock Appreciation Right	12/31/2020	02/20/2028	Common Stock	552	72.99	D
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	12/31/2020⁽²⁾	02/19/2029	Common Stock	376	92.29	D
Performance Shares	⁽³⁾	⁽³⁾	Common Stock	433	⁽³⁾	D
Stock Appreciation Right	12/31/2020⁽²⁾	02/19/2029	Common Stock	1,126	92.29	D
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	12/31/2020⁽⁴⁾	02/18/2030	Common Stock	579	102.3	D
Performance Shares	⁽⁵⁾	⁽⁵⁾	Common Stock	391	⁽⁵⁾	D
Stock Appreciation Right	12/31/2020⁽⁴⁾	02/18/2030	Common Stock	1,736	102.3	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Each performance share represents a contingent right to receive 1 share of Stepan Company Stock. The performance shares vest upon Stepan Company achieving certain financial targets by December 31, 2020.

2. Vests ratably over two years beginning on the date shown.

3. Each performance share represents a contingent right to receive one share of Stepan Company Common Stock. The performance shares vest upon Stepan Company achieving certain financial targets by December 31, 2021.

4. Vests ratably over three years beginning on the date shown.

5. Each performance share represents a contingent right to receive one share of Stepan Company Common Stock. The performance shares vest upon Stepan Company achieving certain financial targets by December 31, 2022.

	/s/ Stephanie Jane Pacitti, attorney-in-fact for Richard F. Stepan	01/08/2021
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

	KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
 hereby constitutes and appoints each of David Gerard Kabbes,
Brian William Bichkoff and Stephanie Jane Pacitti, signing
singly, as the undersigned?s true and lawful authorized
representatives and attorneys-in-fact to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned?s capacity as an executive 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 and
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 attorneys-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 attorneys-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 attorneys-in-fact may
approve in such attorneys-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 attorneys-in-fact,
or such attorneys-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 18th day of December, 2020.

/s/ Richard F. Stepan



	Richard F. Stepan