---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-22-008156"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SCL"
cik: "0000094049"
company_name: "STEPAN CO"
filed_at: "2022-03-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T02:42:29.140891+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Stepan issues $75M in 2.83% senior notes due 2032

## Summary
- Issued $25M Series 2022-A and $50M Series 2022-B senior notes at 2.83% fixed rate.
- Notes mature March 1, 2032; principal amortization begins March 1, 2026 with equal annual payments.
- Subsidiary guarantors Stepan Specialty Products and Stepan Surfactants Holdings confirmed guaranties.
- Covenants similar to existing long-term debt; make-whole premium on prepayment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-22-008156
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SCL
- cik: 0000094049
- company_name: STEPAN CO
- filed_at: 2022-03-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94049/000156459022008156/0001564590-22-008156-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94049/000156459022008156/scl-8k_20220301.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-22-008156.txt

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