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Issuer:     STEPAN CO (SCL)
CIK:        0000094049
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-02-20T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-25-024210
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Stepan board member Edward Wehmer to retire at 2025 annual meeting; Dearth named Lead Independent Director
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- Edward J. Wehmer to retire from Stepan Company Board effective April 29, 2025, after 22 years of service.
- Wehmer served as Lead Independent Director since 2016 and Audit Committee Chair from 2007-2023.
- Board size to reduce from 8 to 7 directors upon his retirement.
- Randall S. Dearth to succeed Wehmer as Lead Independent Director.
- Wehmer's retirement is not due to any disagreement with the company.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94049/000095017025024210/0000950170-25-024210-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94049/000095017025024210/scl-20250220.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-25-024210

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