secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     STEPAN CO (SCL)
CIK:        0000094049
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-05-03T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001564590-22-017469
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.45
Item codes: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Stepan shareholders approve 2022 Equity Incentive Plan at annual meeting
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- 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).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94049/000156459022017469/0001564590-22-017469-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94049/000156459022017469/scl-8k_20220426.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-22-017469

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