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0001229289
XXXXXXXX
LIVE
0000094049
STEPAN CO
001-04462
EDENS & WINNETKA ROAD
NORTHFIELD
IL
60093
8474467500
STEPAN F QUINN JR
Director
Common
Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
900 Salem Street
Smithfield
RI
02917
2500
238075.00
22341234
08/01/2023
NYSE
Common
08/01/2023
Options Granted 02/17/2015
Issuer
N
2500
08/01/2023
Cash
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Frank Q. Stepan Jr
1101 Skokie Boulevard
Suite 500
Northbrook
IL
60062
Common
07/31/2023
7668
726552.03
08/01/2023
/s/ Griffin Cain, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Frank Stepan