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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-014968"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SCL"
cik: "0000094049"
company_name: "STEPAN CO"
filed_at: "2023-04-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T11:08:40.751568+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.0
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.0
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Stepan Company stockholders elect directors, approve say-on-pay, ratify auditor at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- Joaquin Delgado and F. Quinn Stepan, Jr. elected as directors with 17.4M and 16.7M FOR votes respectively.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 18.4M FOR (94.5% of votes cast excluding broker non-votes).
- Stockholders selected a 1-year frequency for future say-on-pay votes (17.4M votes for 1 year).
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as independent auditor for 2023 with 20.1M FOR votes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-014968
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SCL
- cik: 0000094049
- company_name: STEPAN CO
- filed_at: 2023-04-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.0
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94049/000095017023014968/0000950170-23-014968-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94049/000095017023014968/scl-20230425.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  STEPAN CO shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-25
  source text: Proposal 1: Election of Directors NAME FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN BROKER NON-VOTES Joaquin Delgado 17,385,957 1,374,259 8,485 1,710,771 F. Quinn Stepan, Jr. 16,654,489 2,106,200 8,013 1,710,771
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94049/000095017023014968/0000950170-23-014968-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  STEPAN CO shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Stepan's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2023 at the 2023-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-25
  source text: Proposal 4: Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Stepan’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2023 FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN 20,091,930 364,502 23,040
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94049/000095017023014968/0000950170-23-014968-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  STEPAN CO shareholders approved Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation of Stepan's Named Executive Officers at the 2023-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-25
  source text: Proposal 2: Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation of Stepan’s Named Executive Officers FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN BROKER NON-VOTES 18,382,427 354,211 32,063 1,710,771
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94049/000095017023014968/0000950170-23-014968-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  STEPAN CO shareholders approved Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Voting on the Compensation of Stepan's Named Executive Officers at the 2023-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-25
  source text: Proposal 3: Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Voting on the Compensation of Stepan’s Named Executive Officers 1 YEAR 2 YEARS 3 YEARS ABSTAIN BROKER NON-VOTES 17,360,600 125,071 1,186,872 96,158 1,710,771
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94049/000095017023014968/0000950170-23-014968-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.