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* Purnell Sharon (Last) (First) (Middle) 1101 SKOKIE BLVD, SUITE 500 (Street) NORTHBROOK IL 60062 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 09/18/2023	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) VP & CHRO	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)

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)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

No securities are beneficially owned.

	Stephanie J. Pacitti, attorney-in-fact for Sharon Purnell	09/27/2023
	** 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, Stephanie Jane Pacitti and James Andrew
Hart, 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 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 September, 2023.


/s/ Sharon Purnell
Sharon Purnell