secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     STEPAN CO (SCL)
CIK:        0000094049
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-05-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-25-063136
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.40
Item codes: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Stockholders approve amended 2022 equity plan, adding 500K authorized shares
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- Proposal 4 approved: amendment of 2022 Equity Incentive Plan; adds 500K shares for total 1M authorized.
- Elected directors Lorinda A. Burgess and Luis E. Rojo to three-year terms (each >97% support).
- Advisory say-on-pay passed with 17.4M for vs 336K against; broker non-votes 1.98M.
- Ratified Deloitte & Touche as independent auditor for fiscal 2025 (19.5M for).
- Plan effective April 29, 2025; includes minimum vesting of one year except for limited exceptions.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94049/000095017025063136/0000950170-25-063136-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94049/000095017025063136/scl-20250505.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-25-063136

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