Stepan Announces First Quarter Earnings Conference Call and Webcast

NORTHFIELD, Ill., April 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Stepan Company NYSE: SCL will hold its first quarter earnings conference call on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. ET (1:00 p.m. CT). The earnings report will be released on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at approximately 8:00 a.m. ET, prior to the open of the market.

A live, listen-only web-cast of our conference call will be available at our investor site at http://www.stepan.com. A replay of the conference call and the question/answer session will be available at the company's web site for approximately five days following the call. It will be necessary to have Windows Media Player installed on your computer. Windows Media Player can be downloaded from the Stepan investor relations web page.

Corporate Profile

Stepan Company is a major manufacturer of specialty and intermediate chemicals used in a broad range of industries. Stepan is a leading merchant producer of surfactants, which are the key ingredients in consumer and industrial cleaning compounds. The company is also a principal supplier of phthalic anhydride used in polyester resins, alkyd resins and plasticizers. Polyurethane polyols and foam systems are used in the expanding thermal insulation market primarily by the construction and refrigeration industries.

Headquartered in Northfield, Illinois, Stepan utilizes a network of modern production facilities located in North and South America, Europe and the Philippines.