secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     STEPAN CO (SCL)
CIK:        0000094049
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-02-15T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-24-015934
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Stepan Company appoints Susan M. Lewis to Board of Directors
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- Board expanded from 7 to 8 directors; Lewis elected to Class II, term at 2024 annual meeting.
- Lewis spent over 30 years at Dow and was SVP Global Operations at Corteva until 2021 retirement.
- Will serve on Audit, Compliance, Human Capital & Compensation, and Nominating & Corporate Governance committees.
- Chairman highlights her supply chain and agricultural industry expertise as key additions.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94049/000095017024015934/0000950170-24-015934-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94049/000095017024015934/scl-20240215.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-015934

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