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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Stepan (SCL)

Stepan Co: Global VP Finance Samuel Hinrichsen to resign effective October 31, 2025

Neutral Impact 2 of 5 leadership Written later

Stepan Company disclosed that Samuel S. Hinrichsen, who served as Vice President and Interim Chief Financial Officer from October 30, 2024 to July 15, 2025 and then as Global Vice President, Finance and Investor Relations, resigned on October 10, 2025, effective October 31, 2025. The company said the resignation was not due to any disagreement on its operations, policies, or practices, and the filing does not name a successor.

Key points

  • Samuel S. Hinrichsen notified Stepan of his resignation on October 10, 2025, effective October 31, 2025.
  • Hinrichsen was Interim Chief Financial Officer from October 30, 2024 to July 15, 2025, then became Global Vice President, Finance and Investor Relations.
  • The filing states the resignation was not the result of any disagreement with Stepan on its operations, policies, or practices.

The filing

CompanyStepan (SCL)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECOct 14, 2025, 6:10 AM ET
Accession number0001193125-25-237880

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 6:57 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on October 14, 2025.

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