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accession: "0001564590-22-017469"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SCL"
cik: "0000094049"
company_name: "STEPAN CO"
filed_at: "2022-05-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T01:50:55.905268+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Stepan shareholders approve 2022 Equity Incentive Plan at annual meeting

## Summary
- Plan approved with 17,863,792 votes for and 452,987 against; effective April 26, 2022.
- Plan authorizes up to 500,000 new common shares plus unused shares from prior plan.
- Directors Scott R. Behrens, Lorinda A. Burgess, Edward J. Wehmer elected to three-year terms.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed (18,083,433 for); Deloitte & Touche ratified as auditor.
- Equity awards under new plan subject to minimum one-year vesting (5% of shares exempt).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-22-017469
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SCL
- cik: 0000094049
- company_name: STEPAN CO
- filed_at: 2022-05-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94049/000156459022017469/0001564590-22-017469-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94049/000156459022017469/scl-8k_20220426.htm

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