---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-194098"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SCL"
cik: "0000094049"
company_name: "STEPAN CO"
filed_at: "2026-04-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T01:29:15.307110+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Stepan stockholders elect all three director nominees; approve say-on-pay and auditor ratification

## Summary
- Directors Delgado, Painter, and Stepan each elected with over 17.7M votes for.
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation passed: 17.0M for, 1.2M against.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as 2026 auditor approved with 19.63M for (98.5% of votes cast).
- Quorum of 19,939,848 shares (approx. 73% of outstanding) present at the annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-194098
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SCL
- cik: 0000094049
- company_name: STEPAN CO
- filed_at: 2026-04-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94049/000119312526194098/0001193125-26-194098-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94049/000119312526194098/scl-20260428.htm

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