EX-10.4 5 d508587dex104.htm EX-10.4 FIRST AMENDMENT TO NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

EX-10.4 5 d508587dex104.htm EX-10.4

EXHIBIT 10.4

FIRST AMENDMENT TO NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

THIS FIRST AMENDMENT dated as of January 30, 2018 (the or this “First Amendment”) to the Note Purchase Agreement (as defined below) is among STEPAN COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and each of the institutions set forth on the signature pages to this First Amendment (collectively, the “Noteholders”).

RECITALS

A. The Company and each of the Noteholders have heretofore entered into the Note Purchase Agreement dated as of July 10, 2015, (the “Note Purchase Agreement”). The Company has heretofore issued an aggregate principal amount of its $100,000,000 3.95% Senior Notes due July 10, 2027 (the “Notes”) pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement.

B. The Company and the Noteholders now desire to amend the Note Purchase Agreement in the respects, but only in the respects, hereinafter set forth.

C. Capitalized terms used herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Note Purchase Agreement, as amended by this First Amendment, unless herein defined or the context shall otherwise require.

D. All requirements of law have been fully complied with and all other acts and things necessary to make this First Amendment a valid, legal and binding instrument according to its terms for the purposes herein expressed have been done or performed.

STATEMENT OF AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Noteholders, in consideration of good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, do hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

AMENDMENTS TO NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

Effective upon the First Amendment Effective Date (as hereinafter defined), the Note Purchase Agreement is hereby amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) and to add the double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: double-underlined text) as set forth in the composite conformed copy of the Note Purchase Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A.

ARTICLE II

CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS

Section 2.1. This First Amendment shall not become effective until, and shall become effective (the “First Amendment Effective Date”) when, each and every one of the following conditions shall have been satisfied:

(a) executed counterparts of this First Amendment, duly executed by the Company and the Required Holders (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement) of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes, shall have been delivered to the Noteholders;

(b) the Noteholders shall have received a copy, certified by a Responsible Officer of the Company as true and complete, of each of the following: (i) the Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof among the Company, the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers, the Lenders, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and Bank of America, N.A., as Syndication Agent (ii) an amendment dated as of the date hereof to the Note Purchase Agreement dated as of September 29, 2005 (as supplemented and amended, the “2005 Note Purchase Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company issued its: 5.69% Series 2005-A Senior Notes due November 1, 2018; 5.88% Series 2010-A Senior Notes due June 1, 2022; and 4.86% Series 2011-A Senior Notes due November 1, 2023, and (iii) an amendment dated as of the date hereof to the Note Purchase Agreement dated as of June 27, 2013 (the “2013 Note Purchase Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company issued its 3.86% Senior Notes due June 27, 2025, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Noteholders;

(c) the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Section 3.1 hereof are true and correct on and with respect to the date hereof; and

(d) the Company shall have paid the fees and expenses of Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxx LLP, counsel to the Noteholders, in connection with the negotiation, preparation, approval, execution and delivery of this First Amendment.

ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

Section 3.1. To induce the Noteholders to execute and deliver this First Amendment, the Company represents and warrants (which representations and warranties shall survive the execution and delivery of this First Amendment) to the Noteholders that:

(a) this First Amendment has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and this First Amendment constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation, contract and agreement of the Company enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws or equitable principles relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally;

(b) the Note Purchase Agreement, as amended by this First Amendment, constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation, contract and agreement of the Company enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws or equitable principles relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally;

(c) the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this First Amendment (i) has been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action and, if required, shareholder action, (ii) does not require the consent or approval of any governmental or regulatory body or agency, and (iii) will not (A) violate (1) any provision of law, statute, rule or regulation or its certificate of incorporation or bylaws, (2) any order of any court or any rule, regulation or order of any other agency or government binding upon it, or (3) any provision of any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or by which its properties or assets are or may be bound, including, without limitation, the Bank Credit Agreement, or (B) result in a breach or constitute (alone or with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument referred to in clause (iii)(A)(3) of this Section 3.1(c);

(d) as of the date hereof and after giving effect to this First Amendment, no Default or Event of Default has occurred which is continuing;

(e) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has paid or agreed to pay any fees or other consideration to the lenders under the Bank Credit Agreement, or any agent acting on their behalf, or to any of the holders of the senior notes issued pursuant to the 2005 Note Purchase Agreement or the 2013 Note Purchase Agreement, respectively, for the amendments and Bank Credit Agreement described in Section 2.1(b) above, except for customary and usual commitment and arrangement fees and agent fees paid in connection with entering into the Bank Credit Agreement and out of pocket expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred in connection therewith; and

(f) all of the representations and warranties contained in Section 5 of the Note Purchase Agreement are true and correct in all material respects with the same force and effect as if made by the Company on and as of the date hereof, except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate solely to an earlier date (including, but not limited to, Section 5.3 of the 2015 Note Purchase Agreement and, for the avoidance of doubt, the Company is not updating or amending Schedules 5.4, 5.5, or 5.15 to the Note Purchase Agreement in connection with this First Amendment).

ARTICLE IV

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 4.1. This First Amendment shall be construed in connection with and as part of the Note Purchase Agreement, and except as modified and expressly amended by this First Amendment, all terms, conditions and covenants contained in the Note Purchase Agreement and the Notes are hereby ratified and shall be and remain in full force and effect.

Section 4.2. Any and all notices, requests, certificates and other instruments executed and delivered after the execution and delivery of this First Amendment may refer to the Note Purchase Agreement without making specific reference to this First Amendment but nevertheless all such references shall include this First Amendment unless the context otherwise requires.

Section 4.3. The descriptive headings of the various Sections or parts of this First Amendment are for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof.

Section 4.4. This First Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with New York law.

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The execution hereof by you shall constitute a contract between us for the uses and purposes hereinabove set forth, and this First Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each executed counterpart constituting an original, but all together only one agreement.


Very truly yours,

STEPAN COMPANY

By:		/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Name:		Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title:		Vice President, Corporate Controller and Interim Chief Financial Officer

SIGNATURE PAGE TO

FIRST AMENDMENT TO 2015 NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

Accepted as of the date first written above.


MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
		By: Barings LLC as Investment Adviser

By:		/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Name:		Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Title:		Managing Director

		We acknowledge that we hold $22,700,000 3.95% Senior Notes, due July 10, 2027

C.M. LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
		By: Barings LLC as Investment Adviser

By:		/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Name:		Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Title:		Managing Director

		We acknowledge that we hold $1,300,000 3.95% Senior Notes, due July 10, 2027

BANNER LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
		By: Barings LLC as Investment Adviser

By:		/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Name:		Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Title:		Managing Director

		We acknowledge that we hold $5,000,000 3.95% Senior Notes, due July 10, 2027

MASSMUTUAL ASIA LIMITED
		By: Barings LLC as Investment Adviser

By:		/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Name:		Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Title:		Managing Director

		We acknowledge that we hold $1,000,000 3.95% Senior Notes, due July 10, 2027

Stepan Company

First Amendment to 2015 Note Purchase Agreement

Accepted as of the date first written above.


THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
		By: Barings LLC as Investment Adviser

By:		/s/ AC
		Vice President
		We acknowledge that we hold $10,000,000 3.95% Senior Notes, due July 10, 2027

		THE GIBRALTAR LIFE INSURANCE CO., LTD.
		By: Prudential Invesment Management Japan Co., Ltd. (as Investment Manager)
		By: PGIM, Inc. (as Sub-Adviser)

By:		/s/ AC
		Vice President
		We acknowledge that we hold $5,000,000 3.95% Senior Notes, due July 10, 2027

		FARMERS NEW WORLD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY PHYSICIANS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
		FARMERS INSURANCE EXCHANGE
		MID CENTURY INSURANCE COMPANY
		By: Prudential Private Placement Investors, L.P. (as Investment Advisor)
		By: Prudential Private Placement Investors, Inc. (as its General Partner)

By:		/s/ AC
		Vice President

		We acknowledge that Farmers New World Life Insurance Company holds $3,750,000 3.95% Senior Notes, due July 10, 2027

		We acknowledge that Physicians Mutual Insurance Company holds $1,250,000 3.95% Senior Notes, due July 10, 2027

		We acknowledge that Farmers Insurance Exchange holds $7,000,000 3.95% Senior Notes, due July 10, 2027

		We acknowledge that Mid Century Insurance Company holds $3,000,000 3.95% Senior Notes, due July 10, 2027

Stepan Company

First Amendment to 2015 Note Purchase Agreement

Accepted as of the date first written above.


THE LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
		By: Macquarie Investment Management Advisers, as series of Macquarie Investment Management Business Trust,
		Attorney in Fact

By:		/s/ Xxxxxx Xxx
Name:		Xxxxxx Xxx
Title:		Vice President

		We acknowledge that we hold $20,000,000 3.95% Senior Notes, due June 10, 2027

Stepan Company

First Amendment to 2015 Note Purchase Agreement

Accepted as of the date first written above.


THE GUARDIAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA

By:		/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Name:		Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title:		Senior Director

		We acknowledge that we hold $14,000,000 3.95% Senior Notes, due July 10, 2027

Stepan Company

First Amendment to 2015 Note Purchase Agreement

Accepted as of the date first written above.


CONNECTICUT GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
		By: Cigna Investments, Inc. (authorized agent)

By:		/s/ Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Name:		Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title:		Managing Director

		We acknowledge that we hold $1,000,000 3.95% Senior Notes, due July 10, 0000

		XXXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXX XX XXXXX XXXXXXX

		By: Cigna Investments, Inc. (authorized agent)

By:		/s/ Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Name:		Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title:		Managing Director

We acknowledge that we hold $5,000,000 3.95% Senior Notes, due July 10, 2027

Stepan Company

First Amendment to 2015 Note Purchase Agreement

EXECUTION VERSION

EXHIBIT A TO FIRST AMENDMENT DATED AS OF

JANUARY 30, 2018

Double underscore indicates insertion.

Strikethrough indicates deletion.

STEPAN COMPANY

NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

DATED AS OF JULY 10, 2015

Issuance of

$100,000,000 3.95% Senior Notes,

due July 10, 2027

TABLE OF CONTENTS


SECTION	HEADING	PAGE
SECTION 1.	-AUTHORIZATION OF NOTES		1

SECTION 2.	SALE AND PURCHASE OF NOTES		1
Section 2.1.	Notes		1
Section 2.2.	Subsidiary Guaranty		2

SECTION 3.	CLOSING DATE AND FUNDING DATE		2

SECTION 4.	CONDITIONS TO CLOSING AND FUNDING		2

Section 4.1.	Representations and Warranties		2
Section 4.2.	Performance; No Default		2
Section 4.3.	Compliance Certificates		3
Section 4.4.	Opinions of Counsel		3
Section 4.5.	Purchase Permitted By Applicable Law, Etc.		3
Section 4.6.	Sale of Other Notes		4
Section 4.7.	Payment of Special Counsel Fees		4
Section 4.8.	Private Placement Number		4
Section 4.9.	Changes in Corporate Structure		4
Section 4.10.	Funding Instructions		4
Section 4.11.	Proceedings and Documents		4
Section 4.12.	Subsidiary Guaranty		4

SECTION 5.	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY		5

Section 5.1.	Organization; Power and Authority		5
Section 5.2.	Authorization, Etc.		5
Section 5.3.	Disclosure		5
Section 5.4.	Organization and Ownership of Shares of Subsidiaries; Affiliates		5
Section 5.5.	Financial Statements; Material Liabilities		6
Section 5.6.	Compliance with Laws, Other Instruments, Etc.		6
Section 5.7.	Governmental Authorizations, Etc.		7
Section 5.8.	Litigation; Observance of Agreements, Statutes and Orders		7
Section 5.9.	Taxes		7
Section 5.10.	Title to Property; Leases		7
Section 5.11.	Licenses, Permits, Etc.		8
Section 5.12.	Compliance with ERISA		8
Section 5.13.	Private Offering by the Company		9
Section 5.14.	Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations		9
Section 5.15.	Existing Debt; Future Liens		9

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Section 5.16.	Foreign Assets Control Regulations, Etc.	10
Section 5.17.	Status under Certain Statutes	11
Section 5.18.	Environmental Matters	11
Section 5.19.	Notes Rank Pari Passu	12

SECTION 6.	REPRESENTATIONS OF THE PURCHASER	12

Section 6.1.	Purchase for Investment	12
Section 6.2.	Accredited Investor	1312
Section 6.3.	Source of Funds	12

SECTION 7.	INFORMATION AS TO COMPANY	14

Section 7.1.	Financial and Business Information	14
Section 7.2.	Officer’s Certificate	17
Section 7.3.	Visitation	17
Section 7.4.	Electronic Delivery	18

SECTION 8.	PAYMENT OF THE NOTES	18

Section 8.1.	Required Prepayments	18
Section 8.2.	Optional Prepayments with Make-Whole Amount	19
Section 8.3.	Allocation of Partial Prepayments	2019
Section 8.4.	Maturity; Surrender, Etc.	19
Section 8.5.	Purchase of Notes	20
Section 8.6.	Make-Whole Amount	20
Section 8.7.	Change in Control	21

SECTION 9.	AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS	24

Section 9.1.	Compliance with Law	24
Section 9.2.	Insurance	2524
Section 9.3.	Maintenance of Properties	2524
Section 9.4.	Payment of Taxes and Claims	24
Section 9.5.	Corporate Existence, Etc.	25
Section 9.6.	Designation of Subsidiaries Intentionally Omitted	2625
Section 9.7.	Notes to Rank Pari Passu	2625
Section 9.8.	Additional Subsidiary Guarantors	2625
Section 9.6.9.9.	Books and Records	2726

SECTION 10.	NEGATIVE COVENANTS	2726

Section 10.1.	Consolidated Net Worth	2726
Section 10.2.	Consolidated Debt to Consolidated Total Capitalization Maximum Net Leverage Ratio	2727
Section 10.3.	Interest Coverage Ratio	27
Section 10.4.	Priority Debt	27
Section 10.5.	Limitation on Liens	2728

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Section 10.6.	Sales of Asset	29
Section 10.7.	Merger and Consolidation	30
Section 10.8.	Restrictions on InvestmentsIntentionally Omitted	31
Section 10.9.	Transactions with Affiliates	32
Section 10.10.	Terrorism Sanctions Regulations	3232
Section 10.11.	Lien Restrictions	32

SECTION 11.	EVENTS OF DEFAULT	32

SECTION 12.	REMEDIES ON DEFAULT, ETC.	3535

Section 12.1.	Acceleration	3535
Section 12.2.	Other Remedies	35
Section 12.3.	Rescission	35
Section 12.4.	No Waivers or Election of Remedies, Expenses, Etc.	36

SECTION 13.	REGISTRATION; EXCHANGE; SUBSTITUTION OF NOTES	36

Section 13.1.	Registration of Notes	36
Section 13.2.	Transfer and Exchange of Notes	36
Section 13.3.	Replacement of Notes	37
Section 13.4.	Prohibition on Transfer to a Competitor	37

SECTION 14.	PAYMENTS ON NOTES	38

Section 14.1.	Place of Payment	38
Section 14.2.	Home Office Payment	38

SECTION 15.	EXPENSES, ETC.	38

Section 15.1.	Transaction Expenses	38
Section 15.2.	Survival	39

SECTION 16.	SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; ENTIRE AGREEMENT	39

SECTION 17.	AMENDMENT AND WAIVER	39

Section 17.1.	Requirements	39
Section 17.2.	Solicitation of Holders of Notes	40
Section 17.3.	Binding Effect, etc.	40
Section 17.4.	Notes Held by Company, etc.	4140

SECTION 18.	NOTICES	41

SECTION 19.	REPRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS	41

SECTION 20.	CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION	42

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SECTION 21.	SUBSTITUTION OF PURCHASER	43

SECTION 22.	MISCELLANEOUS	43

Section 22.1.	Successors and Assigns	43
Section 22.2.	Payments Due on Non-Business Days	43
Section 22.3.	Accounting Terms	43
Section 22.4.	Severability	44
Section 22.5.	Construction	44
Section 22.6.	Counterparts	44
Section 22.7.	Governing Law	44
Section 22.8.	Jurisdiction and Process; Waiver of Jury Trial	44

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SCHEDULE A	—	INFORMATION RELATING TO PURCHASERS

SCHEDULE B	—	DEFINED TERMS

SCHEDULE 5.4	—	Subsidiaries of the Company, Ownership of Subsidiary Stock, Affiliates

SCHEDULE 5.5	—	Financial Statements

SCHEDULE 5.11	—	Licenses, Permits, Etc.

SCHEDULE 5.15	—	Existing Debt

SCHEDULE 10.5	—	Existing Liens

SCHEDULE B-10	—	Specified Account Debtors

EXHIBIT 1	—	Form of 3.95% Senior Notes due July 10, 2027

EXHIBIT 2.2	—	Form of Subsidiary Guaranty

EXHIBIT 4.4(a)	—	Form of Opinion of Deputy General Counsel to the Company

EXHIBIT 4.4(b)	—	Form of Opinion of Special Counsel to the Company

EXHIBIT 4.4(c)	—	Form of Opinion of Special Counsel to the Purchasers

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STEPAN COMPANY

XXXXX AND XXXXXXXX XXXX

XXXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXX 00000

$100,000,000 3.95% SENIOR NOTES,

DUE JULY 10, 2027

Dated as of

July 10, 2015

TO THE PURCHASERS LISTED IN

THE ATTACHED SCHEDULE A:

Ladies and Gentlemen:

STEPAN COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (together with any successor thereto that becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 10.7, the “Company”), agrees with the Purchasers listed in the attached Schedule A (the “Purchasers”) to this Note Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) as follows:

SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF NOTES.

The Company will authorize the issue and sale of $100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.95% Senior Notes due July 10, 2027 (as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time pursuant to Section 17 and including any such notes issued in substitution therefor pursuant to Section 13, the “Notes”). The Notes shall be substantially in the form set out in Exhibit 1. Certain capitalized and other terms used in this Agreement are defined in Schedule B. References to a “Schedule” are references to a Schedule attached to this Agreement unless otherwise specified. References to a “Section” are references to a Section of this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

SECTION 2. SALE AND PURCHASE OF NOTES.

Section 2.1. Notes. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company will issue and sell to each Purchaser and each Purchaser will purchase from the Company, at the Closing provided for in Section 3, Notes in the principal amount specified opposite such Purchaser’s name in Schedule A at the purchase price of 100% of the principal amount thereof. The Purchasers’ obligations hereunder are several and not joint obligations and no Purchaser shall have any liability to any Person for the performance or non-performance of any obligation by any other Purchaser hereunder.


STEPAN COMPANY				NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

Section 2.2. Subsidiary Guaranty. The payment by the Company of all amounts due with respect to the Notes and the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement will be absolutely and unconditionally guaranteed by the Subsidiary Guarantor(s) pursuant to the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement dated as of even date herewith, which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.2 attached hereto, and otherwise in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.8 hereof (the “Subsidiary Guaranty”).

SECTION 3. CLOSING.

The sale and purchase of the Notes to be purchased by each Purchaser shall occur at the offices of Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000 on July 10, 2015 at a closing (the “Closing”) or on such other Business Day thereafter as may be agreed upon by the Company and the Purchasers. On the Closing Date, the Company will deliver to each Purchaser the Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser in the form of a single Note (or such greater number of Notes in denominations of at least $100,000 as such Purchaser may request) dated the Closing Date and registered in such Purchaser’s name (or in the name of such Purchaser’s nominee), against delivery by such Purchaser to the Company or its order of immediately available funds in the amount of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of immediately available funds for the account of the Company to Account Number 0000000, at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Chicago, Illinois, ABA Number 000-000-000, in the Account Name of “Stepan Company.” If at the Closing the Company shall fail to tender such Notes to any Purchaser as provided above in this Section 3, or any of the conditions specified in Section 4 shall not have been fulfilled to such Purchaser’s satisfaction, such Purchaser shall, at its election, be relieved of all further obligations under this Agreement, without thereby waiving any rights such Purchaser may have by reason of any of the conditions specified in Section 4 not having been fulfilled to such Purchaser’s satisfaction or such failure by the Company to tender such Notes.

SECTION 4. CONDITIONS TO CLOSING.

Each Purchaser’s obligation to purchase and pay for the Notes to be sold to such Purchaser on the Closing Date is subject to the fulfillment to such Purchaser’s satisfaction, prior to or at the Closing Date, of the following conditions:

Section 4.1. Representations and Warranties.

(a) Representations and Warranties of the Company. The representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement shall be correct when made and at the time of the Closing.

(b) Representations and Warranties of the Subsidiary Guarantor. The representations and warranties of the Subsidiary Guarantor in the Subsidiary Guaranty shall be correct when made and at the time of the Closing.

Section 4.2. Performance; No Default. The Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor shall have performed and complied with all agreements and conditions contained in this Agreement and the Subsidiary Guaranty required to be performed or complied with by the Company and each such Subsidiary Guarantor prior to or at the Closing, and after giving effect to the issue and sale of the Notes (and the application of the proceeds thereof as contemplated by Section 5.14), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall have entered into any transaction since the date of the Memorandum that would have been prohibited by Section 10 hereof had such Sections applied since such date.

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Section 4.3. Compliance Certificates.

(a) Officer’s Certificate of the Company. The Company shall have delivered to such Purchaser an Officer’s Certificate, dated the Closing Date, certifying that the conditions specified in Sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.9 have been fulfilled.

(b) Secretary’s Certificate of the Company. The Company shall have delivered to such Purchaser a certificate, dated the Closing Date, certifying as to the resolutions attached thereto and other corporate proceedings relating to the authorization, execution and delivery of the Notes and this Agreement.

(c) Officer’s Certificate of the Subsidiary Guarantor. The Subsidiary Guarantor shall have delivered to such Purchaser an Officer’s Certificate, dated the Closing Date, certifying that the conditions specified in Sections 4.1(b), 4.2 and 4.9 have been fulfilled.

(d) Secretary’s Certificate of the Subsidiary Guarantor. The Subsidiary Guarantor shall have delivered to such Purchaser a certificate, dated the Closing Date, certifying as to the resolutions attached thereto and other corporate proceedings relating to the authorization, execution and delivery of the Subsidiary Guaranty.

Section 4.4. Opinions of Counsel. Such Purchaser shall have received opinions in form and substance satisfactory to such Purchaser, dated the Closing Date (a) from Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of the Company, covering the matters set forth in Exhibit 4.4(a) and covering such other matters incident to the transactions contemplated hereby as such Purchaser or its counsel may reasonably request (and the Company hereby instructs its counsel to deliver such opinion to the Purchasers), (b) from Xxxxx Day, special counsel for the Company, covering the matters set forth in Exhibit 4.4(b) and covering such other matters incident to the transactions contemplated hereby as such Purchaser or its counsel may reasonably request (and the Company hereby instructs its counsel to deliver such opinion to the Purchasers), and (c) from Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxx LLP, the Purchasers’ special counsel in connection with such transactions, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit 4.4(c) and covering such other matters incident to such transactions as such Purchaser may reasonably request.

Section 4.5. Purchase Permitted By Applicable Law, Etc. On the Closing Date, such Purchaser’s purchase of Notes shall (a) be permitted by the laws and regulations of each jurisdiction to which such Purchaser is subject, without recourse to provisions (such as section 1405(a)(8) of the New York Insurance Law) permitting limited investments by insurance companies without restriction as to the character of the particular investment, (b) not violate any applicable law or regulation (including, without limitation, Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) and (c) not subject such Purchaser to any tax, penalty or liability under or pursuant to any applicable law or regulation, which law or regulation was not in effect on the date hereof. If requested by such Purchaser, such Purchaser shall have received an Officer’s Certificate certifying as to such matters of fact as such Purchaser may reasonably specify to enable such Purchaser to determine whether such purchase is so permitted.

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Section 4.6. Sale of Other Notes. Contemporaneously on the Closing Date the Company shall sell to each other Purchaser and each other Purchaser shall purchase the Notes to be purchased by it at the Closing Date as specified in Schedule A.

Section 4.7. Payment of Special Counsel Fees. Without limiting the provisions of Section 15.1, the Company shall have paid on or before the Closing Date, the reasonable fees, reasonable charges and reasonable disbursements of the Purchasers’ special counsel referred to in Section 4.4 to the extent reflected in a statement of such counsel rendered to the Company at least one Business Day prior to the Closing Date.

Section 4.8. Private Placement Number. A Private Placement Number issued by Standard & Poor’s CUSIP Service Bureau (in cooperation with the SVO) shall have been obtained for the Notes.

Section 4.9. Changes in Corporate Structure. The Company shall not have changed its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, as applicable, or been a party to any merger or consolidation or succeeded to all or any substantial part of the liabilities of any other entity, at any time following the date of the most recent financial statements referred to in Schedule 5.5.

Section 4.10. Closing Instructions. At least three Business Days prior to the Closing Date, each Purchaser shall have received written instructions signed by a Responsible Officer on letterhead of the Company confirming the information specified in Section 3 including (i) the name and address of the transferee bank, (ii) such transferee bank’s ABA number and (iii) the account name and number into which the purchase price for the Notes is to be deposited.

Section 4.11. Proceedings and Documents. All corporate and other organizational proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and all documents and instruments incident to such transactions shall be satisfactory to such Purchaser and its special counsel, and such Purchaser and its special counsel shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as such Purchaser or such special counsel may reasonably request.

Section 4.12. Subsidiary Guaranty. The Subsidiary Guaranty shall have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Stepan Specialty Products, LLC, shall constitute the legal, valid and binding contract and agreement of such Subsidiary Guarantor and such Purchaser shall have received a true, correct and complete copy thereof.

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SECTION 5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.

The Company represents and warrants to each Purchaser that:

Section 5.1. Organization; Power and Authority. The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required by law, other than those jurisdictions as to which the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has the corporate power and authority to own or hold under lease the properties it purports to own or hold under lease, to transact the business it transacts and proposes to transact, to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Notes and to perform the provisions hereof and thereof.

Section 5.2. Authorization, Etc. This Agreement and the Notes have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company, and this Agreement constitutes, and upon execution and delivery thereof each such Note will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

Section 5.3. Disclosure. The Company, through its agent, Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated, has delivered to you and each other Purchaser a copy of a Private Placement Memorandum, dated April, 2015 (the “Memorandum”), relating to the transactions contemplated hereby. The Memorandum fairly describes, in all material respects, the general nature of the business and principal properties of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries. This Agreement, the Memorandum, the documents, certificates or other writings delivered to the Purchasers by or on behalf of the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, the financial statements listed in Schedule 5.5 and the Company’s Forms 10-K and 10-Q heretofore filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, in each case, delivered to the Purchasers (or deemed to be delivered to the Purchasers in the case of the Company’s Forms 10-K and 10-Q) prior to May 8, 2015 (this Agreement, the Memorandum and such documents, certificates or other writings and such financial statements being referred to, collectively, as the “Disclosure Documents”), taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made. Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Documents, since December 31, 2014, there has been no change in the financial condition, operations, business or properties of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries except changes that individually or in the aggregate would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There is no fact known to the Company that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect that has not been set forth herein or in the Disclosure Documents.

Section 5.4. Organization and Ownership of Shares of Subsidiaries; Affiliates. (a) Schedule 5.4 contains (except as noted therein) complete and correct lists (i) of the Company’s Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries, showing, as to each Subsidiary, the correct name thereof, the jurisdiction of its organization, and the percentage of shares of each class of its capital stock or similar equity interests outstanding owned by the Company and each other Subsidiary, (ii) of the Company’s Affiliates, other than Subsidiaries, and (iii) of the Company’s directors and senior officers.

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(b) All of the outstanding shares of capital stock or similar equity interests of each Subsidiary shown in Schedule 5.4 as being owned by the Company and its Subsidiaries have been validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned by the Company or another Subsidiary free and clear of any Lien (except as otherwise disclosed in Schedule 5.4).

(c) Each Subsidiary identified in Schedule 5.4 is a corporation or other legal entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation or other legal entity and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required by law, other than those jurisdictions as to which the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each such Subsidiary has the corporate or other power and authority to own or hold under lease the properties it purports to own or hold under lease and to transact the business it transacts and proposes to transact.

(d) No Subsidiary is a party to, or otherwise subject to, any legal, regulatory or contractual restriction (other than this Agreement, the agreements listed on Schedule 5.4 and customary limitations imposed by corporate law or similar statutes) restricting the ability of such Subsidiary to pay dividends out of profits or make any other similar distributions of profits to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that owns outstanding shares of capital stock or similar equity interests of such Subsidiary.

Section 5.5. Financial Statements; Material Liabilities. The Company has delivered to each Purchaser copies of the financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 5.5. All of said financial statements (including in each case the related schedules and notes) fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the respective dates specified in such Schedule and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the respective periods so specified and have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods involved except (a) as set forth in the notes thereto (subject, in the case of any interim financial statements, to normal year-end adjustments), and (b) as specifically disclosed in writing by the Company in its public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company and its Subsidiaries do not have any Material liabilities that are not disclosed on such financial statements or otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Documents.

Section 5.6. Compliance with Laws, Other Instruments, Etc. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the Notes will not (a) contravene, result in any breach of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation of any Lien in respect of any property of the Company or any Subsidiary under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan, purchase or credit agreement, lease, corporate charter or by-laws, shareholders agreement (if any) or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or by which the Company or any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties may be bound or affected, (b) conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any order, judgment, decree, or ruling of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary, or (c) violate any provision of any statute or other rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary.

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Section 5.7. Governmental Authorizations, Etc. No consent, approval or authorization of, or registration, filing or declaration with, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by the Company of this Agreement or the Notes.

Section 5.8. Litigation; Observance of Agreements, Statutes and Orders. (a) There are no actions, suits, investigations or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or any property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in any court or before any arbitrator of any kind or before or by any Governmental Authority that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary is (i) in default under any agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound, (ii) in violation of any order, judgment, decree or ruling of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority or (iii) in violation of any applicable law, ordinance, rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority (including, without limitation, Environmental Laws, the USA PATRIOT Act or any of the other laws and regulations that are referred to in Section 5.16), which default or violation could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.9. Taxes. The Company and its Subsidiaries have filed all tax returns that are required to have been filed in any jurisdiction, and have paid all taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns and all other taxes and assessments levied upon them or their properties, assets, income or franchises, to the extent such taxes and assessments have become due and payable and before they have become delinquent, except for any taxes and assessments (a) the amount of which is not individually or in the aggregate Material or (b) the amount, applicability or validity of which is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which the Company or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, has established adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP. The Company knows of no basis for any other tax or assessment that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Company and its Subsidiaries in respect of federal, state or other taxes for all fiscal periods are adequate. The federal income tax liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries have been finally determined (whether by reason of completed audits or the statute of limitations having run) for all fiscal years up to and including the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010.

Section 5.10. Title to Property; Leases. The Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries have good and sufficient title, leasehold or other interest to their respective properties which the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries own or purport to own that individually or in the aggregate are Material, including all such properties reflected in the most recent audited balance sheet referred to in Section 5.5 or purported to have been acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary after said date (except as sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business), in each case free and clear of Liens prohibited by this Agreement. All leases that individually or in the aggregate are Material are valid and subsisting and are in full force and effect in all material respects.

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Section 5.11. Licenses, Permits, Etc. Except as disclosed in Schedule 5.11,

(a) the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries own or possess all licenses, permits, franchises, authorizations, patents, copyrights, proprietary software, service marks, trademarks and trade names, or rights thereto, that individually or in the aggregate are Material, without known conflict with the rights of others;

(b) to the best knowledge of the Company, no product of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries infringes in any Material respect any license, permit, franchise, authorization, patent, copyright, proprietary software, service xxxx, trademark, trade name or other right owned by any other Person, except for any such infringement which would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and

(c) to the best knowledge of the Company, there is no Material violation by any Person of any right of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to any patent, copyright, proprietary software, service xxxx, trademark, trade name or other right owned or used by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, except violations which would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.12. Compliance with ERISA. (a) The Company and each ERISA Affiliate have operated and administered each Plan in compliance with all applicable laws except for such instances of noncompliance as have not resulted in and would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred any liability pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or the penalty or excise tax provisions of the Code relating to employee benefit plans (as defined in section 3 of ERISA), and no event, transaction or condition has occurred or exists that would reasonably be expected to result in the incurrence of any such liability by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate, or in the imposition of any Lien on any of the rights, properties or assets of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate, in either case pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or to section 430(k) of the Code or to any such penalty or excise tax provisions under the Code or federal law or section 4068 of ERISA or by the granting of a security interest in connection with the amendment of a Plan, other than such liabilities or Liens as would not be individually or in the aggregate reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) The Unfunded Liabilities under each of the Plans (other than Multiemployer Plans), determined as of the end of such Plan’s most recently ended plan year on the basis of the actuarial assumptions specified for funding purposes in such Plan’s most recent actuarial valuation report, did not exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate for all Plans.

(c) The Company and its ERISA Affiliates have not incurred any Unfunded Liabilities in respect of Multiemployer Plans that individually or in the aggregate are Material.

(d) The expected postretirement benefit obligation (determined as of the last day of the Company’s most recently ended fiscal year in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 715-60, without regard to liabilities attributable to continuation coverage mandated by section 4980B of the Code) of the Company and its Subsidiaries is not Material.

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(e) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the issuance and sale of the Notes hereunder will not involve any transaction that is subject to the prohibitions of section 406 of ERISA or in connection with which a tax would be imposed pursuant to section 4975(c)(1)(A)-(D) of the Code. The representation by the Company to each Purchaser in the first sentence of this Section 5.12(e) is made in reliance upon and subject to the accuracy of such Purchaser’s representation in Section 6.3 as to the sources of the funds to be used to pay the purchase price of the Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser.

Section 5.13. Private Offering by the Company. Neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf has offered the Notes or any similar Securities for sale to, or solicited any offer to buy the Notes or any similar Securities from, or otherwise approached or negotiated in respect thereof with, any Person other than the Purchasers and not more than 35 other Institutional Investors, each of which has been offered the Notes at a private sale for investment. Neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf has taken, or will take, any action that would subject the issuance or sale of the Notes to the registration requirements of section 5 of the Securities Act or to the registration requirements of any Securities or blue sky laws of any applicable jurisdiction.

Section 5.14. Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations. The Company will apply the proceeds of the sale of the Notes to refinance existing Debt and for general corporate purposes of the Company. No part of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes hereunder will be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of buying or carrying any margin stock within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (12 CFR 221), or for the purpose of buying or carrying or trading in any securities under such circumstances as to involve the Company in a violation of Regulation X of said Board (12 CFR 224) or to involve any broker or dealer in a violation of Regulation T of said Board (12 CFR 220). Margin stock does not constitute more than 5% of the value of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries and the Company does not have any present intention that margin stock will constitute more than 5% of the value of such assets. As used in this Section, the terms “margin stock” and “purpose of buying or carrying” shall have the meanings assigned to them in said Regulation U.

Section 5.15. Existing Debt; Future Liens. (a) Except as described therein, Schedule 5.15 sets forth a complete and correct list of all outstanding Debt of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of May 31, 2015 (including descriptions of the obligors and obligees, principal amounts outstanding, any collateral therefor and any Guaranties thereof), since which date there has been no Material change in the amounts, interest rates, sinking funds, installment payments or maturities of the Debt of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary is in default and no waiver of default is currently in effect, in the payment of any principal or interest on any Debt of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, and no event or condition exists with respect to any Debt of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, that would permit (or that with notice or the lapse of time, or both, would permit) one or more Persons to cause such Debt to become due and payable before its stated maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment.

(b) Except as disclosed in Schedule 5.15, neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary has agreed or consented to cause or permit any of its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to be subject to a Lien that secures Debt or to cause or permit in the future (upon the happening of a contingency or otherwise) any of its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to be subject to a Lien that secures Debt.

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(c) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is a party to, or otherwise subject to any provision contained in, any instrument evidencing Debt of the Company or such Subsidiary, any agreement relating thereto or any other agreement (including, but not limited to, its charter or other organizational document) which limits the amount of, or otherwise imposes restrictions on the incurring of, Debt of the Company, except the agreements specifically identified in Schedule 5.15.

Section 5.16. Foreign Assets Control Regulations, Etc. (a) Neither the Company nor any Controlled Entity is (i) a Person whose name appears on the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons published by the Office of Foreign Assets Control, United States Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”) (an “OFAC Listed Person”) (ii) an agent, department, or instrumentality of, or is otherwise beneficially owned by, controlled by or acting on behalf of, directly or indirectly, (x) any OFAC Listed Person or (y) any Person, entity, organization, foreign country or regime that is subject to any OFAC Sanctions Program, or (iii) otherwise blocked, subject to sanctions under or engaged in any activity in violation of other United States economic sanctions, including but not limited to, the Trading with the Enemy Act, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act (“CISADA”) or any similar law or regulation with respect to Iran or any other country, the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act, any OFAC Sanctions Program, or any economic sanctions regulations administered and enforced by the United States or any enabling legislation or executive order relating to any of the foregoing (collectively, “U.S. Economic Sanctions”) (each OFAC Listed Person and each other Person, entity, organization and government of a country described in clause (i), clause (ii) or clause (iii), a “Blocked Person”). Neither the Company nor any Controlled Entity has been notified that its name appears or may in the future appear on a state list of Persons that engage in investment or other commercial activities in Iran or any other country that is subject to U.S. Economic Sanctions.

(b) No part of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes hereunder constitutes or will constitute funds obtained on behalf of any Blocked Person or will otherwise be used by the Company or any Controlled Entity, directly or indirectly, (i) in connection with any investment in, or any transactions or dealings with, any Blocked Person, or (ii) otherwise in violation of U.S. Economic Sanctions.

(c) Neither the Company nor any Controlled Entity (i) has been found in violation of, charged with, or convicted of, money laundering, drug trafficking, terrorist-related activities or other money laundering predicate crimes under the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (otherwise known as the Bank Secrecy Act), the USA PATRIOT Act or any other United States law or regulation governing such activities (collectively, “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”) or any U.S. Economic Sanctions violations, (ii) to the Company’s actual knowledge after making due inquiry, is under investigation by any Governmental Authority for possible violation of Anti-Money Laundering Laws or any U.S. Economic Sanctions violations, (iii) has been assessed civil penalties under any Anti-Money Laundering Laws or any U.S. Economic Sanctions, or (iv) has had any of its funds seized or forfeited in an action under any Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The Company has established procedures and controls which it reasonably believes are adequate (and otherwise comply with applicable law) to ensure that the Company and each Controlled Entity is and will continue to be in compliance with all applicable current and future Anti-Money Laundering Laws and U.S. Economic Sanctions.

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(d) (1) Neither the Company nor any Controlled Entity (i) has been charged with, or convicted of bribery or any other anti-corruption related activity under any applicable law or regulation in a U.S. or any non-U.S. country or jurisdiction, including but not limited to, the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the U.K. Xxxxxxx Xxx 0000 (collectively, “Anti-Corruption Laws”), (ii) to the Company’s actual knowledge after making due inquiry, is under investigation by any U.S. or non-U.S. Governmental Authority for possible violation of Anti-Corruption Laws, (iii) has been assessed civil or criminal penalties under any Anti-Corruption Laws or (iv) has been or is the target of sanctions imposed by the United Nations or the European Union;

(2) To the Company’s actual knowledge after making due inquiry, neither the Company nor any Controlled Entity has, within the last five years, directly or indirectly offered, promised, given, paid or authorized the offer, promise, giving or payment of anything of value to a Governmental Official or a commercial counterparty for the purposes of: (i) influencing any act, decision or failure to act by such Government Official in his or her official capacity or such commercial counterparty, (ii) inducing a Governmental Official to do or omit to do any act in violation of the Governmental Official’s lawful duty, or (iii) inducing a Governmental Official or a commercial counterparty to use his or her influence with a government or instrumentality to affect any act or decision of such government or entity; in each case in order to obtain, retain or direct business or to otherwise secure an improper advantage in violation of any applicable law or regulation or which would cause any holder to be in violation of any law or regulation applicable to such holder; and

(3) No part of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes hereunder will be used, directly or indirectly, for any improper payments, including bribes, to any Governmental Official or commercial counterparty in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage. The Company has established procedures and controls which it reasonably believes are adequate (and otherwise comply with applicable law) to ensure that the Company and each Controlled Entity is and will continue to be in compliance with all applicable current and future Anti-Corruption Laws.

Section 5.17. Status under Certain Statutes. Neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary is subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005, as amended, the ICC Termination Act of 1995, as amended, or the Federal Power Act, as amended.

Section 5.18. Environmental Matters. (a) Neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary has knowledge of any liability or has received any notice of any liability, and no proceeding has been instituted raising any liability against the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their respective real properties now or formerly owned, leased or operated by any of them, or other assets, alleging any damage to the environment or violation of any Environmental Laws, except, in each case, such as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

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(b) Neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary has knowledge of any facts which would give rise to any liability, public or private, of violation of Environmental Laws or damage to the environment emanating from, occurring on or in any way related to real properties now or formerly owned, leased or operated by any of them or to other assets or their use, except, in each case, such as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(c) Neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary has stored any Hazardous Materials on real properties now or formerly owned, leased or operated by any of them in a manner which is contrary to any Environmental Law that could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(d) Neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary has disposed of any Hazardous Materials in a manner which is contrary to any Environmental Law that could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(e) All buildings on all real properties now owned, leased or operated by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary are in compliance with applicable Environmental Laws, except where failure to comply could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.19. Notes Rank Pari Passu. The obligations of the Company under this Agreement and the Notes rank pari passu in right of payment with all other senior unsecured Debt (actual or contingent) of the Company, including, without limitation, all senior unsecured Debt of the Company described in Schedule 5.15 hereto.

SECTION 6. REPRESENTATIONS OF THE PURCHASER.

Section 6.1. Purchase for Investment. Each Purchaser severally represents that it is purchasing the Notes for its own account or for one or more separate accounts maintained by it or for the account of one or more pension or trust funds and not with a view to the distribution thereof, provided that the disposition of such Purchaser’s or such pension or trust funds’ property shall at all times be within such Purchaser’s or such pension or trust funds’ control. Each Purchaser understands that the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act and may be resold only if registered pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act or if an exemption from registration is available, except under circumstances where neither such registration nor such an exemption is required by law, and that the Company is not required to register the Notes.

Section 6.2. Accredited Investor. Each Purchaser represents that it is an “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act acting for its own account (and not for the account of others) or as a fiduciary or agent for others (which others are also “accredited investors”). Each Purchaser further represents that such Purchaser has had the opportunity to ask questions of the Company and received answers concerning the terms and conditions of the sale of the Notes.

Section 6.3. Source of Funds. Each Purchaser severally represents that at least one of the following statements is an accurate representation as to each source of funds (a “Source”) to be used by such Purchaser to pay the purchase price of the Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser hereunder:

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(a) the Source is an “insurance company general account” (as the term is defined in the United States Department of Labor’s Prohibited Transaction Exemption (“PTE”) 95-60) in respect of which the reserves and liabilities (as defined by the annual statement for life insurance companies approved by the NAIC (the “NAIC Annual Statement”)) for the general account contract(s) held by or on behalf of any employee benefit plan together with the amount of the reserves and liabilities for the general account contract(s) held by or on behalf of any other employee benefit plans maintained by the same employer (or affiliate thereof as defined in PTE 95-60) or by the same employee organization in the general account do not exceed 10% of the total reserves and liabilities of the general account (exclusive of separate account liabilities) plus surplus as set forth in the NAIC Annual Statement filed with such Purchaser’s state of domicile; or

(b) the Source is a separate account that is maintained solely in connection with such Purchaser’s fixed contractual obligations under which the amounts payable, or credited, to any employee benefit plan (or its related trust) that has any interest in such separate account (or to any participant or beneficiary of such plan (including any annuitant)) are not affected in any manner by the investment performance of the separate account; or

(c) the Source is either (i) an insurance company pooled separate account, within the meaning of PTE 90-1 or (ii) a bank collective investment fund, within the meaning of the PTE 91-38 and, except as disclosed by such Purchaser to the Company in writing pursuant to this clause (c), no employee benefit plan or group of plans maintained by the same employer or employee organization beneficially owns more than 10% of all assets allocated to such pooled separate account or collective investment fund; or

(d) the Source constitutes assets of an “investment fund” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14 (the “QPAM Exemption”)) managed by a “qualified professional asset manager” or “QPAM” (within the meaning of Part VI of the QPAM Exemption), no employee benefit plan’s assets that are managed by the QPAM in such investment fund, when combined with the assets of all other employee benefit plans established or maintained by the same employer or by an affiliate (within the meaning of Part VI(c)(1) of the QPAM Exemption) of such employer or by the same employee organization and managed by such QPAM, represent more than 20% of the total client assets managed by such QPAM, the conditions of Part I(c) and (g) of the QPAM Exemption are satisfied, neither the QPAM nor a person controlling or controlled by the QPAM maintains an ownership interest in the Company that would cause the QPAM and the Company to be “related” within the meaning of Part VI(h) of the QPAM Exemption and (i) the identity of such QPAM and (ii) the names of any employee benefit plans whose assets in the investment fund, when combined with the assets of all other employee benefit plans established or maintained by the same employer or by an affiliate (within the meaning of Part VI(c)(1) of the QPAM Exemption) of such employer or by the same employee organization, represent 10% or more of the assets of such investment fund, have been disclosed to the Company in writing pursuant to this clause (d); or

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(e) the Source constitutes assets of a “plan(s)” (within the meaning of Part IV(h) of PTE 96-23 (the “INHAM Exemption”)) managed by an “in-house asset manager” or “INHAM” (within the meaning of Part IV(a) of the INHAM Exemption), the conditions of Part I(a), (g) and (h) of the INHAM Exemption are satisfied, neither the INHAM nor a person controlling or controlled by the INHAM (applying the definition of “control” in Part IV(d)(3) of the INHAM Exemption) owns a 10% or more interest in the Company and (i) the identity of such INHAM and (ii) the name(s) of the employee benefit plan(s) whose assets constitute the Source have been disclosed to the Company in writing pursuant to this clause (e); or

(f) the Source is a governmental plan; or

(g) the Source is one or more employee benefit plans, or a separate account or trust fund comprised of one or more employee benefit plans, each of which has been identified to the Company in writing pursuant to this clause (g); or

(h) the Source does not include assets of any employee benefit plan, other than a plan exempt from the coverage of ERISA.

As used in this Section 6.3, the terms “employee benefit plan,” “governmental plan,”and “separate account” shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in section 3 of ERISA.

SECTION 7. INFORMATION AS TO COMPANY.

Section 7.1. Financial and Business Information. The Company shall deliver to each holder of Notes that is an Institutional Investor:

(a) Quarterly Statements — within 60 days (or such shorter period as is 15 days greater than the period applicable to the filing of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (the “Form 10-Q”) with the SEC regardless of whether the Company is subject to the filing requirements thereof) after the end of each quarterly fiscal period in each fiscal year of the Company (other than the last quarterly fiscal period of each such fiscal year), duplicate copies of,

(i) a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter, and

(ii) consolidated statements of income, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries, for such quarter and (in the case of the second and third quarters) for the portion of the fiscal year ending with such quarter,

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setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding periods in the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP applicable to quarterly financial statements generally, and certified by a Senior Financial Officer as fairly presenting, in all material respects, the financial position of the companies being reported on and their results of operations and cash flows, subject to changes resulting from year-end adjustments;

(b) Annual Statements — within 105 days (or such shorter period as is 15 days greater than the period applicable to the filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “Form 10-K”) with the SEC regardless of whether the Company is subject to the filing requirements thereof) after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, duplicate copies of

(i) a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such year, and

(ii) consolidated statements of income, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such year,

setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP, and accompanied by an opinion thereon of independent public accountants of recognized national standing, which opinion shall state that such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the companies being reported upon and their results of operations and cash flows and have been prepared in conformity with GAAP, and that the examination of such accountants in connection with such financial statements has been made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, and that such audit provides a reasonable basis for such opinion in the circumstances;

(c) SEC and Other Reports — promptly upon their becoming available, one copy of (i) each financial statement, report, notice or proxy statement sent by the Company or any Subsidiary to its principal lending banks as a whole (excluding information sent to such banks in the ordinary course of administration of a bank facility, such as information relating to pricing and borrowing availability) or to its public Securities holders generally, and (ii) each regular or periodic report, each registration statement (without exhibits except as expressly requested by such Purchaser or holder), and each prospectus and all amendments thereto filed by the Company or any Subsidiary with the SEC and of all press releases and other statements made available generally by the Company or any Subsidiary to the public concerning developments that are Material;

(d) Notice of Default or Event of Default — promptly, and in any event within five Business Days (i) after a Responsible Officer becomes aware of the existence of any Default or Event of Default or that any Person has given any notice or taken any action with respect to a claimed default hereunder or that any Person has given any notice or taken any action with respect to a claimed default of the type referred to in Section 11(f), a written notice specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action the Company

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is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto and (ii) of their becoming available, one copy of any letter, certificate or other writing supplied by the Company’s independent public accountants to any other Person pertaining to whether such accountants have cause to believe that there has been any default by the Company under any other agreement or evidence of Debt;

(e) ERISA Matters — promptly, and in any event within five Business Days after a Responsible Officer becomes aware of any of the following, a written notice setting forth the nature thereof and the action, if any, that the Company or an ERISA Affiliate proposes to take with respect thereto:

(i) with respect to any Plan, any reportable event, as defined in Section 4043(c) of ERISA and the regulations thereunder, for which notice thereof has not been waived pursuant to such regulations as in effect on the date thereof; or

(ii) the taking by the PBGC of steps to institute, or the threatening by the PBGC of the institution of, proceedings under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan, or the receipt by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate of a notice from a Multiemployer Plan that such action has been taken by the PBGC with respect to such Multiemployer Plan; or

(iii) any event, transaction or condition that would result in the incurrence of any liability by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or the imposition of a penalty or excise tax under the provisions of the Code relating to employee benefit plans, or the imposition of any Lien on any of the rights, properties or assets of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or such penalty or excise tax provisions, if such liability or Lien, taken together with any other such liabilities or Liens then existing, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(f) Notices from Governmental Authority — promptly, and in any event within 30 days of receipt thereof, copies of any notice to the Company or any Subsidiary from any federal or state Governmental Authority relating to any order, ruling, statute or other law or regulation that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and

(g) Requested Information — with reasonable promptness, such other data and information relating to the business, operations, affairs, financial condition, assets or properties of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including, but without limitation, actual copies of the Company’s Form 10-Q and Form 10-K) or relating to the ability of the Company to perform its obligations hereunder and under the Notes as from time to time may be reasonably requested by any such holder of a Note.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Company shall have one or more Unrestricted Subsidiaries, then, within the respective periods provided in Section 7.1(a) and (b) above, the Company shall deliver to each holder of Notes that is an Institutional Investor, unaudited

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financial statements of the character and for the dates and periods as in said Sections 7.1(a) and (b) covering the group of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis), together with a consolidating statement reflecting eliminations or adjustments required to reconcile the financial statements of such group of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries to the financial statements delivered pursuant to Sections 7.1(a) and (b).

Section 7.2. Officer’s Certificate. Each set of financial statements delivered to a holder of a Note pursuant to Section 7.1(a) or Section 7.1(b) shall be accompanied by a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer:

(a) Covenant Compliance — setting forth the information from such financial statements that is required in order to establish whether the Company was in compliance with the requirements of Sections 10.1 through 10.8 during the quarterly or annual period covered by the statements then being furnished, (including with respect to each such provision that involves mathematical calculations, the information from such financial statements that is required to perform such calculations) and detailed calculations of the maximum or minimum amount, ratio or percentage, as the case may be, permissible under the terms of such Section, and the calculation of the amount, ratio or percentage then in existence; and

(b) Event of Default — certifying that such Senior Financial Officer has reviewed the relevant terms hereof and has made, or caused to be made, under his or her supervision, a review of the transactions and conditions of the Company and its Subsidiaries from the beginning of the quarterly or annual period covered by the statements then being furnished to the date of the certificate and that such review shall not have disclosed the existence during such period of any condition or event that constitutes a Default or an Event of Default or, if any such condition or event existed or exists (including, without limitation, any such event or condition resulting from the failure of the Company or any Subsidiary to comply with any Environmental Law), specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action the Company shall have taken or proposes to take with respect thereto.

Section 7.3. Visitation. The Company shall permit the representatives of each holder of Notes that is an Institutional Investor:

(a) No Default — if no Default or Event of Default then exists, at the expense of such holder and upon reasonable prior notice to the Company, to visit the principal executive office of the Company, to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Company and its Subsidiaries with the Company’s officers, and (with the consent of the Company, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld) its independent public accountants, and (with the consent of the Company, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld) to visit the other offices and properties of the Company and each Restricted Subsidiary, all at such reasonable times and as often as may be reasonably requested in writing; and

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(b) Default — if a Default or Event of Default then exists, at the expense of the Company, to visit and inspect any of the offices or properties of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, to examine all their respective books of account, records, reports and other papers, to make copies and extracts therefrom, and to discuss their respective affairs, finances and accounts with their respective officers and independent public accountants (and by this provision the Company authorizes said accountants to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Company and its Subsidiaries), all at such times and as often as may be requested.

Section 7.4. Electronic Delivery. Financial statements, opinions of independent certified public accountants, other information and Officers’ Certificates that are required to be delivered by the Company pursuant to Sections 7.1(a), (b) or (c) and Section 7.2 shall be deemed to have been delivered if the Company satisfies any of the following requirements:

(i) such financial statements satisfying the requirements of Section 7.1(a) or (b) and related Officer’s Certificate satisfying the requirements of Section 7.2 are delivered to each holder of a Note by e-mail;

(ii) the Company shall have timely filed such Form 10–Q or Form 10–K, satisfying the requirements of Section 7.1(a) or Section 7.1(b), as the case may be, with the SEC and shall have made such form and the related Officer’s Certificate satisfying the requirements of Section 7.2 available on its home page on the internet, which is located at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxx.xxx as of the date of this Agreement;

(iii) such financial statements satisfying the requirements of Section 7.1(a) or Section 7.1(b) and related Officer’s Certificate(s) satisfying the requirements of Section 7.2 are timely posted by or on behalf of the Company on IntraLinks or on any other similar website to which each holder of Notes has free access; or

(iv) the Company shall have filed any of the items referred to in Section 7.1(c) with the SEC and shall have made such items available on its home page on the internet or on IntraLinks or on any other similar website to which each holder of Notes has free access;

provided however, that in the case of any of clauses (ii), (iii) or (iv), the Company shall have given each holder of a Note prior written notice, which may be by e-mail or in accordance with Section 18, of such posting or filing in connection with each delivery, provided further, that upon request of any holder to receive paper copies of such forms, financial statements and Officer’s Certificates or to receive them by e-mail, the Company will promptly e-mail them or deliver such paper copies, as the case may be, to such holder.

SECTION 8. PAYMENT OF THE NOTES.

Section 8.1. Required Prepayments. (a) On July 10, 2021 and on each July 10 thereafter to and including July 10, 2026, the Company will prepay $14,285,714.29 principal amount (or such lesser principal amount as shall then be outstanding) of the Notes at par and without payment of the Make-Whole Amount or any premium. The entire unpaid principal amount of the Notes shall become due and payable on July 10, 2027.

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(b) Upon any partial prepayment of the Notes pursuant to Section 8.2 or 8.7 or the purchase of any Notes pursuant to Section 8.5, the principal amount of each required prepayment of the Notes becoming due under this Section 8.1 on and after the date of such prepayment or purchase shall be reduced in the same proportion as the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Notes is reduced as a result of such prepayment or purchase.

Section 8.2. Optional Prepayments with Make-Whole Amount. The Company may, at its option, upon notice as provided below, prepay at any time all, or from time to time any part of, the Notes, in an amount not less than 10% of the aggregate principal amount then outstanding of the Notes to be prepaid in the case of a partial prepayment (or such lesser amount as shall be required to effect a partial prepayment resulting from an offer of prepayment pursuant to Section 10.6), at 100% of the principal amount so prepaid, together with interest accrued thereon to the date of such prepayment, plus the Make-Whole Amount determined for the prepayment date with respect to such principal amount of each Note then outstanding. The Company will give each holder of Notes written notice of each optional prepayment under this Section 8.2 not less than 15 days and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for such prepayment unless the Company and the Required Holders agree to another time period pursuant to Section 17. Each such notice shall specify such date (which shall be a Business Day), the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be prepaid on such date, the principal amount of each Note held by such holder to be prepaid (determined in accordance with Section 8.3), and the interest to be paid on the prepayment date with respect to such principal amount being prepaid, and shall be accompanied by a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer as to the estimated Make-Whole Amount due in connection with such prepayment (calculated as if the date of such notice were the date of the prepayment), setting forth the details of such computation. Two Business Days prior to such prepayment, the Company shall deliver to each holder of Notes a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer specifying the calculation of each such Make-Whole Amount as of the specified prepayment date.

Section 8.3. Allocation of Partial Prepayments. In the case of each partial prepayment of the Notes pursuant to Section 8.1 Section 8.2, the principal amount of the Notes to be prepaid shall be allocated among all of the Notes at the time outstanding in proportion, as nearly as practicable, to the respective unpaid principal amounts thereof not theretofore called for prepayment

Section 8.4. Maturity; Surrender, Etc. In the case of each prepayment of Notes pursuant to this Section 8, the principal amount of each Note to be prepaid shall mature and become due and payable on the date fixed for such prepayment, together with interest on such principal amount accrued to such date and the applicable Make-Whole Amount. From and after such date, unless the Company shall fail to pay such principal amount when so due and payable, together with the interest and Make-Whole Amount as aforesaid, interest on such principal amount shall cease to accrue. Any Note paid or prepaid in full shall be surrendered to the Company and cancelled and shall not be reissued, and no Note shall be issued in lieu of any prepaid principal amount of any Note.

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Section 8.5. Purchase of Notes. The Company will not and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to purchase, redeem, prepay or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any of the outstanding Notes except (a) upon the payment or prepayment of the Notes in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Notes or (b) pursuant to a written offer to purchase any outstanding Notes made by the Company or a Subsidiary pro rata to the holders of the Notes upon the same terms and conditions. Any such offer shall provide each holder with sufficient information to enable it to make an informed decision with respect to such offer, and shall remain open for at least 10 Business Days. If the holders of more than 50% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding accept such offer, the Company shall promptly notify the remaining holders of Notes of such fact and the expiration date for the acceptance by holders of Notes of such offer shall be extended by the number of days necessary to give each such remaining holder at least 5 Business Days from its receipt of such notice to accept such offer. The Company will promptly cancel all Notes acquired by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to any payment, prepayment or purchase of Notes pursuant to any provision of this Agreement and no Notes may be issued in substitution or exchange for any such Notes.

Section 8.6. Make-Whole Amount.

“Make-Whole Amount” means, with respect to any Note, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Discounted Value of the Remaining Scheduled Payments with respect to the Called Principal of such Note over the amount of such Called Principal, provided that the Make-Whole Amount may in no event be less than zero. For the purposes of determining the Make-Whole Amount, the following terms have the following meanings:

“Called Principal” means, with respect to any Note, the principal of such Note that is to be prepaid pursuant to Section 8.2 or has become or is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to Section 12.1, as the context requires.

“Discounted Value” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the amount obtained by discounting all Remaining Scheduled Payments with respect to such Called Principal from their respective scheduled due dates to the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, in accordance with accepted financial practice and at a discount factor (applied on the same periodic basis as that on which interest on the Notes is payable) equal to the Reinvestment Yield with respect to such Called Principal.

“Reinvestment Yield” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, 0.50% over the yield to maturity implied by the yield(s) reported as of 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the second Business Day preceding the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, on the display designated as “Page PX1” (or such other display as may replace Page PX1) on Bloomberg Financial Markets for the most recently issued actively traded on-the-run U.S. Treasury securities (“Reported”) having a maturity equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal as of such Settlement Date. If there are no such U.S. Treasury securities Reported having a maturity equal to such Remaining Average Life, then such implied yield to maturity will be determined by (a) converting U.S. Treasury xxxx quotations to bond equivalent yields in accordance with accepted financial practice and (b) interpolating linearly between the yields Reported for the applicable most recently issued actively traded on-the-run U.S. Treasury securities with the maturities (1) closest to and greater than such Remaining Average Life and (2) closest to and less than such Remaining Average Life. The Reinvestment Yield shall be rounded to the number of decimal places as appears in the interest rate of the applicable Note.

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If such yields are not Reported or the yields Reported as of such time are not ascertainable (including by way of interpolation), then “Reinvestment Yield” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, 0.50% over the yield to maturity implied by the U.S. Treasury constant maturity yields reported, for the latest day for which such yields have been so reported as of the second Business Day preceding the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (or any comparable successor publication) for the U.S. Treasury constant maturity having a term equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal as of such Settlement Date. If there is no such U.S. Treasury constant maturity having a term equal to such Remaining Average Life, such implied yield to maturity will be determined by interpolating linearly between (1) the U.S. Treasury constant maturity so reported with the term closest to and greater than such Remaining Average Life and (2) the U.S. Treasury constant maturity so reported with the term closest to and less than such Remaining Average Life. The Reinvestment Yield shall be rounded to the number of decimal places as appears in the interest rate of the applicable Note.

“Remaining Average Life” means, with respect to any Called Principal, the number of years obtained by dividing (i) such Called Principal into (ii) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the principal component of each Remaining Scheduled Payment with respect to such Called Principal by (b) the number of years, computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months and calculated to two decimal places, that will elapse between the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal and the scheduled due date of such Remaining Scheduled Payment.

“Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, all payments of such Called Principal and interest thereon that would be due after the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal if no payment of such Called Principal were made prior to its scheduled due date, provided that if such Settlement Date is not a date on which interest payments are due to be made under the Notes, then the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued to such Settlement Date and required to be paid on such Settlement Date pursuant to Section 8.2 or Section 12.1.

“Settlement Date” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the date on which such Called Principal is to be prepaid pursuant to Section 8.2 or has become or is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to Section 12.1, as the context requires.

Section 8.7. Change in Control. (a) Notice of Change in Control or Control Event. The Company will, within 15 Business Days after any Responsible Officer has knowledge of the occurrence of any Change in Control or Control Event, give written notice of such Change in Control or Control Event to each holder of Notes unless notice in respect of such Change in Control (or the Change in Control contemplated by such Control Event) shall have been given pursuant to subparagraph (b) of this Section 8.7. If a Change in Control has occurred, such notice shall contain and constitute an offer to prepay all of the Notes as described in subparagraph (c) of this Section 8.7 and shall be accompanied by the certificate described in subparagraph (g) of this Section 8.7.

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(b) Condition to Company Action. The Company will not take any action that consummates or finalizes a Change in Control unless (i) at least 15 Business Days prior to such action it shall have given to each holder of Notes written notice containing and constituting an offer to prepay Notes as described in subparagraph (c) of this Section 8.7, accompanied by the certificate described in subparagraph (g) of this Section 8.7, and (ii) contemporaneously with such action, it prepays all Notes required to be prepaid in accordance with this Section 8.7.

(c) Offer to Prepay Notes. The offer to prepay Notes contemplated by subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 8.7 shall be an offer to prepay, in accordance with and subject to this Section 8.7, all, but not less than all, the Notes held by each holder (in this case only, “holder” in respect of any Note registered in the name of a nominee for a disclosed beneficial owner shall mean such beneficial owner) on a date specified in such offer (the “Proposed Prepayment Date”). If such Proposed Prepayment Date is in connection with an offer contemplated by subparagraph (a) of this Section 8.7, such date shall be not less than 20 days and not more than 30 days after the date of such offer (if the Proposed Prepayment Date shall not be specified in such offer, the Proposed Prepayment Date shall be the 20th day after the date of such offer).

(d) Acceptance; Rejection. A holder of Notes may accept or reject the offer to prepay made pursuant to this Section 8.7 by causing a written notice of such acceptance or rejection to be delivered to the Company at least 5 Business Days prior to the Proposed Prepayment Date. A failure by a holder of Notes to respond to an offer to prepay made pursuant to this Section 8.7 shall be deemed to constitute a rejection of such offer by such holder.

(e) Prepayment. Prepayment of the Notes to be prepaid pursuant to this Section 8.7 shall be at 100% of the unpaid principal amount of such Notes, together with interest on such Notes accrued to the date of prepayment but without any premium or Make Whole Amount (the “Repurchase Price”). The prepayment shall be made on the Proposed Prepayment Date except as provided in subparagraph (f) of this Section 8.7.

(f) Deferral Pending Change in Control. The obligation of the Company to prepay Notes pursuant to the offers required by subparagraph (b) and accepted in accordance with subparagraph (d) of this Section 8.7 is subject to the occurrence of the Change in Control in respect of which such offers and acceptances shall have been made. In the event that such Change in Control does not occur on the Proposed Prepayment Date in respect thereof, the prepayment shall be deferred until and shall be made on the date on which such Change in Control occurs. The Company shall keep each holder of Notes reasonably and timely informed of (i) any such deferral of the date of prepayment, (ii) the date on which such Change in Control and the prepayment are expected to occur, and (iii) any determination by the Company that efforts to effect such Change in Control have ceased or been abandoned (in which case the offers and acceptances made pursuant to this Section 8.7 in respect of such Change in Control shall be deemed rescinded).

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(g) Officer’s Certificate. Each offer to prepay the Notes pursuant to this Section 8.7 shall be accompanied by a certificate, executed by a Senior Financial Officer of the Company and dated the date of such offer, specifying: (i) the Proposed Prepayment Date; (ii) that such offer is made pursuant to this Section 8.7; (iii) the Repurchase Price; (iv) that the conditions of this Section 8.7 have been fulfilled; and (v) in reasonable detail, the nature and date or proposed date of the Change in Control.

(h) Effect on Required Payments. The amount of each payment of the principal of the Notes made pursuant to this Section 8.7 shall be applied against and reduce each of the then remaining principal payments due pursuant to Section 8.1 by a percentage equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Notes so paid divided by the aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding immediately prior to such payment.

(i) “Change in Control” Defined. “Change in Control” means (a) the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any Person or group (within the meaning of the Exchange Act and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder as in effect on the date hereof), other than the Stepan Family acting in concert, of Equity Interests representing more than 35% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Company; or (b) occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of the Company by Persons who were neither (i) nominated by the board of directors of the Company nor (ii) appointed by directors so nominated.

(j) “Control Event” Defined. “Control Event” means:

(i) the execution by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates of any agreement or letter of intent with respect to any proposed transaction or event or series of transactions or events which, individually or in the aggregate, may reasonably be expected to result in a Change in Control,

(ii) the execution of any written agreement which, when fully performed by the parties thereto, would result in a Change in Control, or

(iii) the making of any written offer by any person (as such term is used in section 13(d) and section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act as in effect on the date of the Closing) or related persons constituting a group (as such term is used in Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act as in effect on the date of the Closing) to the holders of the common stock of the Company, which offer, if accepted by the requisite number of holders, would result in a Change in Control.

(k) “Equity Interest” Defined. “Equity Interests” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any such equity interest.

(l) “Stepan Family” Defined. “Stepan Family” means at any time, collectively, F. Xxxxx Xxxxxx and family, Xxxx X. Xxxxxx and family, Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx and family, Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx and family, Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx III and family, Xxxx X. Xxxxxx and family, Stratford X. Xxxxxx and family, all trusts for the benefit of the foregoing or their heirs or any one or more of them, Stepan Venture I and Stepan Venture II and any entity controlled by any of the foregoing.

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SECTION 9. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS.

The Company covenants that so long as any of the Notes are outstanding:

Section 9.1. Compliance with Law. Without limiting Section 10.9, the Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all laws, ordinances or governmental rules or regulations to which each of them is subject, including, without limitation, ERISA, Environmental Laws, the USA PATRIOT Act and the other laws and regulations that are referred to in Section 5.16, and will obtain and maintain in effect all licenses, certificates, permits, franchises and other governmental authorizations necessary to the ownership of their respective properties or to the conduct of their respective businesses, in each case to the extent necessary to ensure that non-compliance with such laws, ordinances or governmental rules or regulations or failures to obtain or maintain in effect such licenses, certificates, permits, franchises and other governmental authorizations could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 9.2. Insurance. The Company will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurers, insurance with respect to their respective properties and businesses against such casualties and contingencies, of such types, on such terms and in such amounts (including deductibles, co-insurance and self-insurance, if adequate reserves are maintained with respect thereto) as is customary in the case of entities of established reputations engaged in the same or a similar business and similarly situated except for any non-maintenance that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 9.3. Maintenance of Properties. The Company will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, maintain and keep, or cause to be maintained and kept, their respective properties in good repair, working order and condition (other than ordinary wear and tear), so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly conducted at all times, provided that this Section shall not prevent the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from discontinuing the operation and the maintenance of any of its properties if such discontinuance is desirable in the conduct of its business and the Company has concluded that such discontinuance would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 9.4. Payment of Taxes and Claims. The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, file all tax returns required to be filed in any jurisdiction and to pay and discharge all taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns and all other taxes, assessments, governmental charges, or levies imposed on them or any of their properties, assets, income or franchises, to the extent such taxes and assessments have become due and payable and before they have become delinquent and all claims for which sums have become due and payable that have or might become a Lien on properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary not permitted by Section 10.5, provided that neither the Company nor any Subsidiary need pay any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim if (i) the amount, applicability or validity thereof is contested by the Company or such Subsidiary on a timely basis in good faith and in appropriate proceedings,

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and the Company or a Subsidiary has established adequate reserves therefor in accordance with GAAP on the books of the Company or such Subsidiary or (ii) the non-filing or nonpayment, as the case may be, of all such taxes, assessments, charges, levies and claims in the aggregate would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 9.5. Corporate Existence, Etc. Subject to Sections 10.6 and 10.7, the Company will at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence, and will at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect the corporate existence of each of its Restricted Subsidiaries (unless merged into the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) and all rights and franchises of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries unless, in the good faith judgment of the Company, the termination of or failure to preserve and keep in full force and effect such corporate existence, right or franchise would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 9.6. Designation of Subsidiaries. The Company may from time to time cause any Subsidiary (other than a Subsidiary Guarantor) to be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be designated a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that at the time of such designation and immediately after giving effect thereto, (a) no Default or Event of Default would exist under the terms of this Agreement, and (b) the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries would be in compliance with all of the covenants set forth in this Section 9 and Section 10 if tested on the date of such action and provided, further, that once a Subsidiary has been designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary, it shall not thereafter be redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary on more than one occasion and once a Subsidiary has been designated a Restricted Subsidiary, it shall not thereafter be redesignated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary on more than one occasion. Within ten (10) days following any designation described above, the Company will deliver to you a notice of such designation accompanied by a certificate signed by a Senior Financial Officer of the Company certifying compliance with all requirements of this Section 9.6 and setting forth all information required in order to establish such compliance.Intentionally Omitted.

Section 9.7. Notes to Rank Pari Passu. The Notes and all other obligations under this Agreement of the Company are and at all times shall remain direct and unsecured obligations of the Company ranking pari passu as against the assets of the Company with all other present and future unsecured Debt (actual or contingent) of the Company which is not expressed to be subordinate or junior in rank to any other unsecured Debt of the Company.

Section 9.8. Additional Subsidiary Guarantors. (a) The Company will cause any Subsidiary which is required by the terms of the Bank Credit Agreement or any Debt Agreement to become a party to, or otherwise guarantee, Debt in respect of the Bank Credit Agreement or such Debt Agreement, to enter into the Subsidiary Guaranty and deliver to each of the holders of the Notes (concurrently with the incurrence of any such obligation pursuant to the Bank Credit Agreement) the following items:

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(i) a joinder agreement in respect of the Subsidiary Guaranty;

(ii) a certificate signed by an authorized Responsible Officer of the Company making representations and warranties to the effect of those contained in Sections 5.4, 5.6 and 5.7, with respect to such Subsidiary and the Subsidiary Guaranty, as applicable; and

(iii) an opinion of counsel (who may be in-house counsel for the Company) addressed to each of the holders of the Notes satisfactory to the Required Holders, to the effect that the Subsidiary Guaranty by such Person has been duly authorized, executed and delivered and that the Subsidiary Guaranty constitutes the legal, valid and binding contract and agreement of such Person enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as an enforcement of such terms may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance and similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles.

(b) At any time in which a Subsidiary Guaranty shall be in existence, the holders of the Notes agree to discharge and release any Subsidiary Guarantor from such Subsidiary Guaranty upon receipt of written notice from the Company, provided that (i) such Subsidiary Guarantor has been released and discharged (or will be released and discharged concurrently with the release of such Subsidiary Guarantor under such Subsidiary Guaranty) as an obligor and guarantor under and in respect of the Bank Credit Agreement and each Debt Agreement of the Company and the Company so certifies to the holders of the Notes in a certificate of a Responsible Officer, (ii) at the time of such release and discharge, the Company shall deliver a certificate of a Responsible Officer to the holders of the Notes stating that no Default or Event of Default exists, and (iii) if any fee or other form of consideration is given to any holder of Debt of the Company expressly for the purpose of such release, holders of the Notes shall receive equivalent consideration.

Section 9.9. Books and Records. The Company will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, maintain proper books of record and account in conformity with GAAP and all applicable requirements of any Governmental Authority having legal or regulatory jurisdiction over the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be. The Company will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, keep books, records and accounts which, in reasonable detail, accurately reflect all transactions and dispositions of assets. The Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries have devised a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that their respective books, records, and accounts accurately reflect all transactions and dispositions of assets and the Company will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, continue to maintain such system.

SECTION 10. NEGATIVE COVENANTS.

The Company covenants that so long as any of the Notes are outstanding:

Section 10.1. Consolidated Net Worth. The Company will not permit Consolidated Net Worth to be less than $325,000,000.

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Section 10.2. Consolidated Debt to Consolidated Total Capitalization. The Company will not at any time permit the ratio of Consolidated Debt to Consolidated Total Capitalization to exceed 60%. (a) Maximum Net Leverage Ratio. The Company will not permit the ratio (the “Net Leverage Ratio”), determined as of the end of each of its fiscal quarters ending on and after March 31, 2018, of (i) Consolidated Debt minus Qualified Cash, in each case as of the last day of the applicable fiscal quarter (it being understood that such difference shall not be less than zero) to (ii) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four (4) fiscal quarters then ended, all calculated for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, to be greater than 3.50 to 1.00; provided, that the Company may, not more than two (2) times during the term of this Agreement, elect (an “Acquisition Holiday Election”) to increase the maximum Net Leverage Ratio permitted under this Section 10.2 to 4.00 to 1.00 for a period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters in connection with, and commencing with the first fiscal quarter ending after, an Acquisition (the “Acquisition Holiday Election Quarter”) if, the aggregate consideration paid or to be paid in respect of such Acquisition equals or exceeds $75,000,000 (it being understood that the Net Leverage Ratio shall return to less than or equal to 3.50 to 1.00 no later than the fifth fiscal quarter following the Acquisition Holiday Election Quarter) and the Company pays the additional fees required by Section 10.2(b).

(b) If the Net Leverage Ratio exceeds 3.50 to 1.00 as permitted by Section 10.2(a), as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 7.2(a), the Company shall pay a fee on the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Notes on a per annum basis equal to 0.75% (the “Additional Fee”). Such Additional Fee shall begin to accrue on the first day of the fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter in respect of which such Officer’s Certificate was delivered, and shall continue to accrue until the Company has provided an Officer’s Certificate pursuant to Section 7.2(a) demonstrating that, as of the last day of the fiscal quarter in respect of which such Officer’s Certificate is delivered, the Net Leverage Ratio is not more than 3.50 to 1.00. In the event such Officer’s Certificate evidencing that the Net Leverage Ratio is not more than 3.50 to 1.00 is delivered, the Additional Fee shall cease to accrue on the last day of the fiscal quarter in respect of which such Officer’s Certificate is delivered.

Within 10 Business Days of the delivery of an Officer’s Certificate pursuant to Section 7.2(a) evidencing that Net Leverage Ratio exceeds 3.50 to 1.00, the Company shall pay to each holder of a Note the amount attributable to the Additional Fee (the “Additional Fee Payment”) which shall be the product of (i) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Notes held by such holder (or its predecessor(s) in interest) as of the first day that Additional Fee begins to accrue with respect to the period covered by such Officer’s Certificate, (ii) 0.75% (to reflect the Additional Fee) and (iii) 0.25 (to reflect that the Additional Fee is payable quarterly). The Additional Fee Payment, if any, shall be paid quarterly by wire transfer of immediately available funds to each holder of the Notes in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

Section 10.3. Interest Coverage Ratio. The Company will not permit the ratio of, determined as of the end of each of its fiscal quarters ending on and after March 31, 2018, of (i) Consolidated EBITEBITDA to (ii) Consolidated Interest Expense, in each case for eachthe period of four consecutive fiscal quarters (calculated as at the end of each fiscal quarter for the four(4) consecutive fiscal quarters then ended), all calculated for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, to be less than 1.753.50 to 1.00.

Section 10.4. Priority Debt. The Company will not at any time permit the aggregate amount of all Priority Debt to exceed 25% of Consolidated Adjusted Tangible Net Worth (Consolidated Adjusted Tangible Net Worth to be determined as of the end of the then most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company).

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Section 10.5. Limitation on Liens. The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly create, incur, assume or permit to exist (upon the happening of a contingency or otherwise) any Lien on or with respect to any property or asset (including, without limitation, any document or instrument in respect of goods or accounts receivable) of the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary, whether now owned or held or hereafter acquired, or any income or profits therefrom, or assign or otherwise convey any right to receive income or profits (unless it makes, or causes to be made, effective provision whereby the Notes will be equally and ratably secured with any and all other obligations thereby secured, such security to be pursuant to an agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders and, in any such case, the Notes shall have the benefit, to the fullest extent that, and with such priority as, the holders of the Notes may be entitled under applicable law, of an equitable Lien on such property), except:

(a) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges that are not yet due and payable or the payment of which is not at the time required by Section 9.4;

(b) any attachment or judgment Lien, unless the judgment it secures shall not, within 60 days after the entry thereof, have been discharged or execution thereof stayed pending appeal, or shall not have been discharged within 60 days after the expiration of any such stay;

(c) Liens incidental to the conduct of business or the ownership of properties and assets (including landlords’, carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s and other similar Liens for sums not yet due and payable) and Liens to secure the performance of bids, tenders, leases, or trade contracts, or to secure statutory obligations (including obligations under workers compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation), surety or appeal bonds or other Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money;

(d) leases or subleases granted to others, easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar charges or encumbrances, in each case incidental to the ownership of property or assets or the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, on Liens incidental to minor survey exceptions and the like, provided that such Liens do not, in the aggregate, materially detract from the value of such property;

(e) Liens securing Debt of a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or to a Restricted Subsidiary;

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(g) Liens incurred after the Closing Date given to secure the payment of the purchase price incurred in connection with the acquisition, construction or improvement of property (other than accounts receivable or inventory) useful and intended to be used in carrying on the business of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, including Liens existing on such property at the time of acquisition or construction thereof or Liens incurred within 365 days of such acquisition or completion of such construction or improvement, provided that (i) the Lien shall attach solely to the property acquired, purchased, constructed or improved; (ii) at the time of acquisition, construction or improvement of such property (or, in the case of any Lien incurred within three hundred sixty-five (365) days of such acquisition or completion of such construction or improvement, at the time of the incurrence of the Debt secured by such Lien), the aggregate amount remaining unpaid on all Debt secured by Liens on such property, whether or not assumed by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, shall not exceed the lesser of (y) the cost of such acquisition, construction or improvement or (z) the Fair Market Value of such property (as determined in good faith by one or more officers of the Company to whom authority to enter into the transaction has been delegated by the board of directors of the Company); and (iii) at the time of such incurrence and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default would exist;

(h) any Lien incurred after the Closing Date that exists on property of a Person immediately prior to its being consolidated with or merged into the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or its becoming a Restricted Subsidiary, or any Lien incurred after the Closing Date that exists on any property acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary at the time such property is so acquired (whether or not the Debt secured thereby shall have been assumed), provided that (i) no such Lien shall have been created or assumed in contemplation of such consolidation or merger or such Person’s becoming a Restricted Subsidiary or such acquisition of property, (ii) each such Lien shall extend solely to the item or items of property so acquired and, if required by the terms of the instrument originally creating such Lien, other property which is an improvement to or is acquired for specific use in connection with such acquired property, and (iii) at the time of such incurrence and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default would exist;

(i) any extensions, renewals or replacements of any Lien permitted by the preceding subparagraphs (e), (f), (g) and (h) of this Section 10.5, provided that (i) no additional property shall be encumbered by such Liens, (ii) the unpaid principal amount of the Debt or other obligations secured thereby shall not be increased on or after the date of any extension, renewal or replacement, and (iii) at such time and immediately after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

(j) Liens securing Priority Debt of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, provided that the aggregate principal amount of any such Priority Debt shall be permitted by Section 10.4.

Section 10.6. Sales of Assets. The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any substantial part (as defined below) of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may sell, lease or otherwise dispose of assets constituting a substantial part of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries if such assets are sold in an arms

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length transaction and, at such time and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and an amount equal to the net proceeds received from such sale, lease or other disposition (but only with respect to that portion of such assets that exceeds the definition of “substantial part” set for,th below) shall be used within 365 days of such sale, lease or disposition, in any combination:

(1) to acquire productive assets used or useful in carrying on the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and having a value at least equal to the value of such assets sold, leased or otherwise disposed of; and/or

(2) to prepay or retire Senior Debt of the Company and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries, provided that (i) the Company shall offer to prepay each outstanding Note ratably with all such Senior Debt prepaid or retired, and (ii) any such prepayment of the Notes shall be made in accordance with the terms of Section 8.2 (but without the payment of any Make-Whole Amount or any other premium).

As used in this Section 10.6, a sale, lease or other disposition of assets shall be deemed to be a “substantial part” of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries if the book value of such assets, when added to the book value of all other assets sold, leased or otherwise disposed of by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries during the period of 12 consecutive months ending on the date of such sale, lease or other disposition, exceeds 10% of the book value of Consolidated Total Assets, determined as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately preceding such sale, lease or other disposition; provided that there shall be excluded from any determination of a “substantial part” any (i) sale or disposition of assets in the ordinary course of business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, (ii) any transfer of assets from the Company to any Restricted Subsidiary or from any Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, and (iii) any sale or transfer of property acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary after the date of this Agreement to any Person within 365 days following the acquisition or construction of such property by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary if the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary shall concurrently with such sale or transfer, lease such property, as lessee and (iv) the sale by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of accounts receivable owing to it by account debtors which customarily pay on terms longer than general market practices pursuant to a receivables purchase agreement, negotiable instrument purchase agreement, or other customary documentation (any such agreement a “Receivables Purchase Agreement”) with JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association or another institution (any such institution a “Receivables Facility Counterpart Counterparty”) whereby the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary promptly receive cash proceeds from such Receivables Facility Counterparty equal to the face value of such receivables or negotiable instruments net of a commercially reasonable and customary discount rate; provided further that (i) any such sale is a true sale with recourse to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary limited to breach of representation, warranty or covenant by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary with respect to the sold receivables; (ii) such Receivables Purchase Agreement is on customary terms for such arrangement; and (iii) no Default or Event of Default exists or would result from the sale of such receivables.

Section 10.7. Merger and Consolidation. The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consolidate with or merge with any other Person or convey, transfer or lease substantially all of its assets in a single transaction or series of transactions to any Person; provided that:

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(1) any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company may (x) consolidate with or merge with, or convey, transfer or lease substantially all of its assets in a single transaction or series of transactions to, (i) the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary so long as in any merger or consolidation involving the Company, the Company shall be the surviving or continuing corporation or (ii) any other Person so long as the survivor is the Restricted Subsidiary, or (y) convey, transfer or lease all of its assets in compliance with the provisions of Section 10.6; and

(2) the foregoing restriction does not apply to the consolidation or merger of the Company with, or the conveyance, transfer or lease of substantially all of the assets of the Company in a single transaction or series of transactions to, any Person so long as:

(a) the successor formed by such consolidation or the survivor of such merger or the Person that acquires by conveyance, transfer or lease substantially all of the assets of the Company as an entirety, as the case may be (the “Successor Corporation”), shall be a solvent entity organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia;

(b) if the Company is not the Successor Corporation, such Successor Corporation shall have executed and delivered to each holder of Notes its assumption of the due and punctual performance and observance of each covenant and condition of this Agreement and the Notes (pursuant to such agreements and instruments as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders), and the Successor Corporation shall have caused to be delivered to each holder of Notes (A) an opinion of nationally recognized independent counsel, to the effect that all agreements or instruments effecting such assumption are enforceable in accordance with their terms and (B) an acknowledgment from each Subsidiary Guarantor that the Subsidiary Guaranty continues in full force and effect; and

Section 10.8. Restrictions on Investments. The Company will not and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to make any Investment, or commit to make any Investment, in any Unrestricted Subsidiaries after March 15, 2015, if, immediately after giving effect to any such proposed Investment, the aggregate amount of such proposed Investment together with all prior Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries made after March 15, 2015 pursuant to this Section 10.8 (all such Investments to be taken at the cost thereof at the time of making such Investment without allowance for any subsequent write-offs or appreciation or depreciation thereof, but less any amount repaid or recovered on account of capital or principal after March 15, 2015) shall exceed 30% of Consolidated Tangible Net Worth as of the date of such proposed Investment.Intentionally Omitted.

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Section 10.9. Transactions with Affiliates. The Company will not and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to enter into directly or indirectly any Material transaction or Material group of related transactions (including without limitation the purchase, lease, sale or exchange of properties of any kind or the rendering of any service) with any Affiliate (other than the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary), except in the ordinary course and upon fair and reasonable terms that are not materially less favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, taken as a whole, than would be obtainable in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate.

Section 10.10. Terrorism Sanctions Regulations. The Company will not and will not permit any Controlled Entity (a) to become (including by virtue of being owned or controlled by a Blocked Person), own or control a Blocked Person or any Person that is the target of sanctions imposed by the United Nations or by the European Union, or (b) directly or indirectly to have any investment in or engage in any dealing or transaction (including, without limitation, any investment, dealing or transaction involving the proceeds of the Notes) with any Person if such investment, dealing or transaction (i) would cause any holder to be in violation of any law or regulation applicable to such holder, or (ii) is prohibited by or subject to sanctions under any U.S. Economic Sanctions, or (c) to engage, nor shall any Affiliate of either engage, in any activity that could subject such Person or any holder to sanctions under CISADA or any similar law or regulation with respect to Iran or any other country that is subject to U.S. Economic Sanctions.

Section 10.11. Lien Restrictions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 10.5, no Liens permitted pursuant to the terms of Section 10.5 may secure any obligations under the Bank Credit Agreement or any private placement document pursuant to which the Company has issued senior notes, either existing as of the Closing Date or in the future unless the Company makes, or causes to be made, effective a provision whereby the Notes will be equally and ratably secured with any and all other obligations thereby secured, such security to be pursuant to an agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders.

SECTION 11. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.

An “Event of Default” shall exist if any of the following conditions or events shall occur and be continuing:

(a) the Company defaults in the payment of any principal or Make-Whole Amount, if any, on any Note when the same becomes due and payable, whether at maturity or at a date fixed for prepayment or by declaration or otherwise; or

(b) the Company defaults in the payment of any interest on any Note for more than five Business Days after the same becomes due and payable; or

(c) the Company defaults in the performance of or compliance with any term contained in Section 10 or any Subsidiary Guarantor defaults in the performance of or compliance with any term of the Subsidiary Guaranty beyond any period of grace or cure period provided with respect thereto; or

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(d) the Company defaults in the performance of or compliance with any term contained herein (other than those referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 11) and such default is not remedied within 30 days after the earlier of (i) a Responsible Officer obtaining actual knowledge of such default or (ii) the Company receiving written notice of such default from any holder of a Note (any such written notice to be identified as a “notice of default” and to refer specifically to this paragraph (d) of Section 11); or

(e) any Subsidiary Guaranty ceases to be a legally valid, binding and enforceable obligation or contract of a Subsidiary Guarantor (other than upon a release of any Subsidiary Guarantor from a Subsidiary Guaranty in accordance with the terms of Section 9.8(b) hereof), or any Subsidiary Guarantor or any party by, through or on account of any such Person, challenges the validity, binding nature or enforceability of any such Subsidiary Guaranty; or

(f) any representation or warranty made in writing by or on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor in this Agreement or any Subsidiary Guaranty or by any officer of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor in any writing furnished in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or by any Subsidiary Guaranty proves to have been false or incorrect in any material respect on the date as of which made; or

(g) (i) the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary is in default (as principal or as guarantor or other surety) in the payment of any principal of or premium or make-whole amount or interest (in the payment amount of at least $100,000) on any Debt other than the Notes that is outstanding in an aggregate principal amount of at least $20,000,000 beyond any period of grace provided with respect thereto, or (ii) the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary is in default in the performance of or compliance with any term of any instrument, mortgage, indenture or other agreement relating to any Debt other than the Notes in an aggregate principal amount of at least $20,000,000 or any other condition exists, and as a consequence of such default or condition such Debt has become, or has been declared, due and payable or one or more Persons has the right to declare such Debt to be due and payable before its stated maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment, or (iii) as a consequence of the occurrence or continuation of any event or condition (other than the passage of time or the right of the holder of Debt to convert such Debt into equity interests), the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary has become obligated to purchase or repay Debt other than the Notes before its regular maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment in an aggregate outstanding principal amount of at least $20,000,000 or one or more Persons have the right to require the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to purchase or repay such Debt; or

(h) the Company, any Material Subsidiary or any Subsidiary Guarantor (i) is generally not paying, or admits in writing its inability to pay, its debts as they become due, (ii) files, or consents by answer or otherwise to the filing against it of, a petition for relief or reorganization or arrangement or any other petition in bankruptcy, for liquidation or to take advantage of any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar law of any jurisdiction, (iii) makes an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, (iv)

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consents to the appointment of a custodian, receiver, trustee or other officer with similar powers with respect to it or with respect to any substantial part of its property, (v) is adjudicated as insolvent or to be liquidated, or (vi) takes corporate action for the purpose of any of the foregoing; or

(i) a court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction enters an order appointing, without consent by the Company, any of its Material Subsidiaries or any Subsidiary Guarantor, a custodian, receiver, trustee or other officer with similar powers with respect to it or with respect to any substantial part of its property, or constituting an order for relief or approving a petition for relief or reorganization or any other petition in bankruptcy or for liquidation or to take advantage of any bankruptcy or insolvency law of any jurisdiction, or ordering the dissolution, winding-up or liquidation of the Company, any of its Material Subsidiaries or any Subsidiary Guarantor, or any such petition shall be filed against the Company, any of its Material Subsidiaries or any Subsidiary Guarantor and such petition shall not be dismissed within 60 days; or

(j) a final judgment or judgments at any one time outstanding for the payment of money aggregating in excess of $20,000,000 are rendered against one or more of the Company, its Restricted Subsidiaries or any Subsidiary Guarantor and which judgments are not, within 60 days after entry thereof, bonded, discharged or stayed pending appeal, or are not discharged within 60 days after the expiration of such stay; or

(j) if (i) any Plan shall fail to satisfy the minimum funding standards of ERISA or the Code for any plan year or part thereof or a waiver of such standards or extension of any amortization period is sought or granted under Section 412 of the Code, (ii) a notice of intent to terminate any Plan shall have been or is reasonably expected to be filed with the PBGC or the PBGC shall have instituted proceedings under ERISA section 4042 to terminate or appoint a trustee to administer any Plan or the PBGC shall have notified the Company or any ERISA Affiliate that a Plan may become a subject of any such proceedings, (iii) the aggregate “amount of unfunded benefit liabilities” (within the meaning of section 4001(a)(18) of ERISA) under all Plans, determined in accordance with Title IV of ERISA, shall exceed an amount that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (iv) the Company or any ERISA Affiliate shall have incurred or is reasonably expected to incur any liability pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or the penalty or excise tax provisions of the Code relating to employee benefit plans, (v) the Company or any ERISA Affiliate withdraws from any Multiemployer Plan, or (vi) the Company or any Subsidiary establishes or amends any employee welfare benefit plan that provides post-employment welfare benefits in a manner that would increase the liability of the Company or any Subsidiary thereunder; and any such event or events described in clauses (i) through (vi) above, either individually or together with any other such event or events, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. As used in this Section 11(j), the terms “employee benefit plan” and “employee welfare benefit plan” shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in section 3 of ERISA; or

As used in Section 11(j), the terms “employee benefit plan” and “employee welfare benefit plan” shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in Section 3 of ERISA.

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SECTION 12. REMEDIES ON DEFAULT, ETC.

Section 12.1. Acceleration. (a) If an Event of Default with respect to the Company described in paragraph (h) or (i) of Section 11 (other than an Event of Default described in clause (i) of paragraph (h) or described in clause (vi) of paragraph (h) by virtue of the fact that such clause encompasses clause (i) of paragraph (h)) has occurred, all the Notes then outstanding shall automatically become immediately due and payable.

(b) If any other Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any holder or holders of more than 50% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding may at any time at its or their option, by notice or notices to the Company, declare all the Notes then outstanding to be immediately due and payable.

(c) If any Event of Default described in paragraph (a) or (b) of Section 11 has occurred and is continuing with respect to any Notes, any holder or holders of Notes at the time outstanding affected by such Event of Default may at any time, at its or their option, by notice or notices to the Company, declare all the Notes held by such holder or holders to be immediately due and payable.

Upon any Note’s becoming due and payable under this Section 12.1, whether automatically or by declaration, such Note will forthwith mature and the entire unpaid principal amount of such Note, plus (i) all accrued and unpaid interest thereon (including, but not limited to, interest accrued thereon at the Default Rate) and (ii) the Make-Whole Amount determined in respect of such principal amount (to the full extent permitted by applicable law), shall all be immediately due and payable, in each and every case without presentment, demand, protest or further notice, all of which are hereby waived. The Company acknowledges, and the parties hereto agree, that each holder of a Note has the right to maintain its investment in the Notes free from repayment by the Company (except as herein specifically provided for) and that the provision for payment of a Make-Whole Amount by the Company in the event that the Notes are prepaid or are accelerated as a result of an Event of Default, is intended to provide compensation for the deprivation of such right under such circumstances.

Section 12.2. Other Remedies. If any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and irrespective of whether any Notes have become or have been declared immediately due and payable under Section 12.1, the holder of any Note at the time outstanding may proceed to protect and enforce the rights of such holder by an action at law, suit in equity or other appropriate proceeding, whether for the specific performance of any agreement contained herein or in any Note or Subsidiary Guaranty, or for an injunction against a violation of any of the terms hereof or thereof, or in aid of the exercise of any power granted hereby or thereby or by law or otherwise.

Section 12.3. Rescission. At any time after the Notes have been declared due and payable pursuant to clause (b) or (c) of Section 12.1, the holders of more than 50% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, by written notice to the Company, may rescind and annul any such declaration and its consequences if (a) the Company has paid all overdue interest on the Notes, all principal of and Make-Whole Amount on any Notes that are due and payable and are unpaid other than by reason of such declaration, and all interest on such overdue principal and

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Make-Whole Amount and (to the extent permitted by applicable law) any overdue interest in respect of the Notes, at the Default Rate, (b) neither the Company nor any other Person shall have paid any amounts which have become due solely by reason of such declaration, (c) all Events of Default and Defaults, other than non-payment of amounts that have become due solely by reason of such declaration, have been cured or have been waived pursuant to Section 17, and (d) no judgment or decree has been entered for the payment of any monies due pursuant hereto or to any Notes. No rescission and annulment under this Section 12.3 will extend to or affect any subsequent Event of Default or Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

Section 12.4. No Waivers or Election of Remedies, Expenses, Etc. No course of dealing and no delay on the part of any holder of any Note in exercising any right, power or remedy shall operate as a waiver thereof or otherwise prejudice such holder’s rights, powers or remedies. No right, power or remedy conferred by this Agreement, any Subsidiary Guaranty or by any Note upon any holder thereof shall be exclusive of any other right, power or remedy referred to herein or therein or now or hereafter available at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise. Without limiting the obligations of the Company under Section 15, the Company will pay to the holder of each Note on demand such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover all costs and expenses of such holder incurred in any enforcement or collection under this Section 12, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, expenses and disbursements.

SECTION 13. REGISTRATION; EXCHANGE; SUBSTITUTION OF NOTES.

Section 13.1. Registration of Notes. The Company shall keep at its principal executive office a register for the registration and registration of transfers of Notes. The name and address of each holder of one or more Notes, each transfer thereof and the name and address of each transferee of one or more Notes shall be registered in such register. If any holder of one or more Notes is a nominee, then (a) the name and address of the beneficial owner of such Note or Notes shall also be registered in such register as an owner and holder thereof and (b) at any such beneficial owner’s option, either such beneficial owner or its nominee may execute any amendment, waiver or consent pursuant to this Agreement. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the Person in whose name any Note shall be registered shall be deemed and treated as the owner and holder thereof for all purposes hereof, and the Company shall not be affected by any notice or knowledge to the contrary. The Company shall give to any holder of a Note that is an Institutional Investor promptly upon request therefor, a complete and correct copy of the names and addresses of all registered holders of Notes.

Section 13.2. Transfer and Exchange of Notes. Upon surrender of any Note to the Company at the address and to the attention of the designated officer (all as specified in Section 18(iii)), for registration of transfer or exchange (and in the case of a surrender for registration of transfer accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed by the registered holder of such Note or such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing and accompanied by the relevant name, address and other information for notices of each transferee of such Note or part thereof), within ten Business Days thereafter, the Company shall execute and deliver, at the Company’s expense (except as provided below), one or more new Notes (as requested by the holder thereof) in exchange therefor, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unpaid principal amount of the surrendered Note. Each such new Note shall be payable to such Person as such holder may request

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and shall be substantially in the form of the Note originally issued hereunder. Each such new Note shall be dated and bear interest from the date to which interest shall have been paid on the surrendered Note or dated the date of the surrendered Note if no interest shall have been paid thereon. The Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any stamp tax or governmental charge imposed in respect of any such transfer of Notes. Notes shall not be transferred in denominations of less than $100,000, provided that if necessary to enable the registration of transfer by a holder of its entire holding of Notes, one Note may be in a denomination of less than $100,000. Any transferee, by its acceptance of a Note registered in its name (or the name of its nominee), shall be deemed to have made the representation set forth in Section 6.3, provided, that in lieu thereof such holder may (in reliance upon information provided by the Company, which shall not be unreasonably withheld) make a representation to the effect that the purchase by any holder of any Note will not constitute a non-exempt prohibited transaction under section 406(a) of ERISA.

The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act or under the securities laws of any state and may not be transferred or resold unless registered under the Securities Act and all applicable state securities laws or unless an exemption from the requirement for such registration is available.

Section 13.3. Replacement of Notes. Upon receipt by the Company at the address and to the attention of the designated officer (all as specified in Section 18(iii)) of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the ownership of and the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Note (which evidence shall be, in the case of an Institutional Investor, notice from such Institutional Investor of such ownership and such loss, theft, destruction or mutilation), and

(a) in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it (provided that if the holder of such Note is, or is a nominee for, an original Purchaser or another holder of a Note with a minimum net worth of at least $50,000,000 or a Qualified Institutional Buyer, such Person’s own unsecured agreement of indemnity shall be deemed to be satisfactory), or

(b) in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation thereof,

the Company at its own expense shall execute and deliver not more than ten Business Days following satisfaction of such conditions, in lieu thereof, a new Note dated and bearing interest from the date to which interest shall have been paid on such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note or dated the date of such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note if no interest shall have been paid thereon.

Section 13.413.4. Prohibition on Transfer to a Competitor. Each Purchaser agrees that, prior to the existence of a Default or Event of Default, it will not sell, assign or otherwise transfer any Note or portion thereof to a Competitor or Competitor Affiliate. As used herein “Competitor” means any Person which is primarily engaged in the lines of business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as described in the Memorandum or as changed from time to time. “Competitor Affiliate” means, with respect to any Competitor, (a) any Person at the time directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Competitor, (b) any

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other Person of which such Competitor at the time owns 50% or more on a consolidated basis of the equity interest of such Person, and (c) any other Person which at the time owns 50% or more of any class of the capital stock or other equity interest of such Competitor, provided that: (i) the provision of investment advisory services by a Person to an employee benefit plan which is owned or controlled by a Person which would otherwise be a Competitor or Competitor Affiliate shall not of itself cause the Person providing such services to be deemed a Competitor or Competitor Affiliate; and (ii) in no event shall an Institutional Investor be deemed a Competitor or Competitor Affiliate.

SECTION 14. PAYMENTS ON NOTES.

Section 14.1. Place of Payment. Subject to Section 14.2, payments of principal, Make-Whole Amount and interest becoming due and payable on the Notes shall be made in New York, New York at the principal office of Bank of America, N.A. in such jurisdiction. The Company may at any time, by notice to each holder of a Note, change the place of payment of the Notes so long as such place of payment shall be either the principal office of the Company in such jurisdiction or the principal office of a bank or trust company in such jurisdiction.

Section 14.2. Home Office Payment. So long as any Purchaser or its nominee shall be the holder of any Note, and notwithstanding anything contained in Section 14.1 or in such Note to the contrary, the Company will pay all sums becoming due on such Note for principal, Make-Whole Amount, if any, interest and all other amounts becoming due hereunder by the method and at the address specified for such purpose below such Purchaser’s name in Schedule A, or by such other method or at such other address as such Purchaser shall have from time to time specified to the Company in writing for such purpose, without the presentation or surrender of such Note or the making of any notation thereon, except that upon written request of the Company made concurrently with or reasonably promptly after payment or prepayment in full of any Note, such Purchaser shall surrender such Note for cancellation, reasonably promptly after any such request, to the Company at its principal executive office or at the place of payment most recently designated by the Company pursuant to Section 14.1. Prior to any sale or other disposition of any Note held by a Purchaser or its nominee, such Purchaser will, at its election, either endorse thereon the amount of principal paid thereon and the last date to which interest has been paid thereon or surrender such Note to the Company in exchange for a new Note or Notes pursuant to Section 13.2. The Company will afford the benefits of this Section 14.2 to any Institutional Investor that is the direct or indirect transferee of any Note purchased by a Purchaser under this Agreement and that has made the same agreement relating to such Note as the Purchasers have made in this Section 14.2.

SECTION 15. EXPENSES, ETC.

Section 15.1. Transaction Expenses. Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, the Company will pay all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees of a special counsel and, if reasonably required by the Required Holders, local or other counsel) incurred by the Purchasers and each other holder of a Note in connection with such transactions and in connection with any amendments, waivers or consents under or in respect of this Agreement, any Subsidiary Guaranty or the Notes (whether or not such amendment, waiver

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or consent becomes effective) within 15 Business Days after the Company’s receipt of any invoice therefor, including, without limitation: (a) the costs and expenses incurred in enforcing or defending (or determining whether or how to enforce or defend) any rights under this Agreement, any Subsidiary Guaranty or the Notes or in responding to any subpoena or other legal process or informal investigative demand issued in connection with this Agreement, any Subsidiary Guaranty or the Notes, or by reason of being a holder of any Note, (b) the costs and expenses, including financial advisors’ fees, incurred in connection with the insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company or any Subsidiary or in connection with any work-out or restructuring of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Notes and any Subsidiary Guaranty and (c) the costs and expenses incurred in connection with the initial filing of this Agreement and all related documents and financial information with the SVO provided, that such costs and expenses under this clause (c) shall not exceed $3,500. The Company will pay, and will save each Purchaser and each other holder of a Note harmless from, all claims in respect of any fees, costs or expenses, if any, of brokers and finders (other than those, if any, retained by a Purchaser or other holder in connection with its purchase of the Notes).

Section 15.2. Survival. The obligations of the Company under this Section 15 will survive the payment or transfer of any Note, the enforcement, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, any Subsidiary Guaranty or the Notes, and the termination of this Agreement.

SECTION 16. SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; ENTIRE AGREEMENT.

All representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Notes, the purchase or transfer by any Purchaser of any Note or portion thereof or interest therein and the payment of any Note, and may be relied upon by any subsequent holder of a Note, regardless of any investigation made at any time by or on behalf of such Purchaser or any other holder of a Note. All statements contained in any certificate or other instrument delivered by or on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed representations and warranties of the Company under this Agreement. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement, the Notes and any Subsidiary Guaranties embody the entire agreement and understanding between each Purchaser and the Company and supersede all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter hereof.

SECTION 17. AMENDMENT AND WAIVER.

Section 17.1. Requirements. This Agreement and the Notes may be amended, and the observance of any term hereof or of the Notes may be waived (either retroactively or prospectively), only with the written consent of the Company and the Required Holders, except that (a) no amendment or waiver of any of Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 21 hereof, or any defined term (as it is used therein), will be effective as to any Purchaser unless consented to by such Purchaser in writing; and (b) no amendment or waiver may, without the written consent of each Purchaser and the holder of each Note at the time outstanding, (i) subject to Section 12 relating to acceleration or rescission, change the amount or time of any prepayment or payment of principal of, or reduce the rate or change the time of payment or method of computation of (x) interest on the Notes or (y) the Make-Whole Amount, (ii) change the percentage of the principal amount of the Notes the holders of which are required to consent to any amendment or waiver, or (iii) amend any of Sections 8 (except as set forth in the second sentence of Section 8.2), 11(a), 11(b), 12, 17 or 20.

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Section 17.2. Solicitation of Holders of Notes.

(a) Solicitation. The Company will provide each holder of a Note with sufficient information, sufficiently far in advance of the date a decision is required, to enable such holder to make an informed and considered decision with respect to any proposed amendment, waiver or consent in respect of any of the provisions hereof or of the Notes or any Subsidiary Guaranty. The Company will deliver executed or true and correct copies of each amendment, waiver or consent effected pursuant to this Section 17 or any Subsidiary Guaranty to each holder of a Note promptly following the date on which it is executed and delivered by, or receives the consent or approval of, the requisite holders of Notes.

(b) Payment. The Company will not directly or indirectly pay or cause to be paid any remuneration, whether by way of supplemental or additional interest, fee or otherwise, or grant any security or provide other credit support, to any holder of a Note as consideration for or as an inducement to the entering into by such holder of any waiver or amendment of any of the terms and provisions hereof or of any Subsidiary Guaranty or any Note unless such remuneration is concurrently paid, or security is concurrently granted or other credit support concurrently provided, on the same terms, ratably to each holder of a Note even if such holder did not consent to such waiver or amendment.

(c) Consent in Contemplation of Transfer. Any consent given pursuant to this Section 17 or any Subsidiary Guaranty by a holder of a Note that has transferred or has agreed to transfer its Note to the Company, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate of the Company in connection with such consent shall be void and of no force or effect except solely as to such holder, and any amendments effected or waivers granted or to be effected or granted that would not have been or would not be so effected or granted but for such consent (and the consents of all other holders of Notes that were acquired under the same or similar conditions) shall be void and of no force or effect except solely as to such holder.

Section 17.3. Binding Effect, etc. Any amendment or waiver consented to as provided in this Section 17 or any Subsidiary Guaranty applies equally to all holders of Notes and is binding upon them and upon each future holder of any Note and upon the Company without regard to whether such Note has been marked to indicate such amendment or waiver. No such amendment or waiver will extend to or affect any obligation, covenant, agreement, Default or Event of Default not expressly amended or waived or impair any right consequent thereon. No course of dealing between the Company and any holder of a Note and no delay in exercising any rights hereunder or under any Note or Subsidiary Guaranty shall operate as a waiver of any rights of any holder of such Note.

Section 17.4. Notes Held by Company, etc. Solely for the purpose of determining whether the holders of the requisite percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding approved or consented to any amendment, waiver or consent to be given under this Agreement, any Subsidiary Guaranty or the Notes, or have directed the taking of any action provided herein or in any Subsidiary Guaranty or the Notes to be taken upon the direction of the holders of a specified percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding, Notes directly or indirectly owned by the Company or any of its Affiliates shall be deemed not to be outstanding.

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SECTION 18. NOTICES.

Except to the extent otherwise provided in Section 7.4, all notices and communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing and sent (a) by telecopy if the sender on the same day sends a confirming copy of such notice by an internationally recognized overnight delivery service (charges prepaid), or (b) by registered or certified mail with return receipt requested (postage prepaid), or (c) by an internationally recognized overnight delivery service (with charges prepaid). Any such notice must be sent:

(i) if to any Purchaser or its nominee, to such Purchaser or nominee at the address specified for such communications in Schedule A, or at such other address as such Purchaser or nominee shall have specified to the Company in writing,

(ii) if to any other holder of any Note, to such holder at such address as such other holder shall have specified to the Company in writing, or

(iii) if to the Company, to the Company at its address set forth at the beginning hereof to the attention of Chief Financial Officer, with a copy to the General Counsel, or at such other address as the Company shall have specified to the holder of each Note in writing.

Notices under this Section 18 will be deemed given only when actually received.

SECTION 19. REPRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS.

This Agreement and all documents relating thereto, including, without limitation, (a) consents, waivers and modifications that may hereafter be executed, (b) documents received by any Purchaser at the Closing (except the Notes themselves), and (c) financial statements, certificates and other information previously or hereafter furnished to any Purchaser, may be reproduced by such Purchaser by any photographic, photostatic, electronic, digital, or other similar process and such Purchaser may destroy any original document so reproduced. The Company agrees and stipulates that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any such reproduction shall be admissible in evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding (whether or not the original is in existence and whether or not such reproduction was made by such Purchaser in the regular course of business) and any enlargement, facsimile or further reproduction of such reproduction shall likewise be admissible in evidence. This Section 19 shall not prohibit the Company or any other holder of Notes from contesting any such reproduction to the same extent that it could contest the original, or from introducing evidence to demonstrate the inaccuracy of any such reproduction.

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SECTION 20. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.

For the purposes of this Section 20, “Confidential Information” means information delivered to any Purchaser by or on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with the transactions contemplated by or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement that is proprietary in nature and that was clearly marked or labeled or otherwise adequately identified when received by such Purchaser as being confidential information of the Company or such Subsidiary, provided that such term does not include information that (a) was publicly known or otherwise known to such Purchaser prior to the time of such disclosure, (b) subsequently becomes publicly known through no act or omission by such Purchaser or any Person acting on such Purchaser’s behalf, (c) otherwise becomes known to such Purchaser other than through disclosure by the Company or any Subsidiary or (d) constitutes financial statements delivered to such Purchaser under Section 7.1 that are otherwise publicly available. Each Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of such Confidential Information in accordance with procedures adopted by such Purchaser in good faith to protect confidential information of third parties delivered to such Purchaser, provided that such Purchaser may deliver or disclose Confidential Information to (i) its directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys, trustees and affiliates (to the extent such disclosure reasonably relates to the administration of the investment represented by its Notes), (ii) its auditors, financial advisors and other professional advisors who agree to hold confidential the Confidential Information substantially in accordance with this Section 20, (iii) any other holder of any Note, (iv) any Institutional Investor to which it sells or offers to sell such Note or any part thereof or any participation therein (if such Person has agreed in writing prior to its receipt of such Confidential Information to be bound by this Section 20), (v) any Person from which it offers to purchase any Security of the Company (if such Person has agreed in writing prior to its receipt of such Confidential Information to be bound by this Section 20), (vi) any federal or state regulatory authority having jurisdiction over such Purchaser, (vii) the NAIC or the SVO or, in each case, any similar organization, or any nationally recognized rating agency that requires access to information about such Purchaser’s investment portfolio, or (viii) any other Person to which such delivery or disclosure may be necessary or appropriate (w) to effect compliance with any law, rule, regulation or order applicable to such Purchaser, (x) in response to any subpoena or other legal process, (y) in connection with any litigation to which such Purchaser is a party or (z) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to the extent such Purchaser may reasonably determine such delivery and disclosure to be necessary or appropriate in the enforcement or for the protection of the rights and remedies under such Purchaser’s Notes, this Agreement or any Subsidiary Guaranty. Each holder of a Note, by its acceptance of a Note, will be deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to be entitled to the benefits of this Section 20 as though it were a party to this Agreement. On reasonable request by the Company in connection with the delivery to any holder of a Note of information required to be delivered to such holder under this Agreement or requested by such holder (other than a holder that is a party to this Agreement or its nominee), such holder will enter into an agreement with the Company embodying this Section 20.

In the event that as a condition to receiving access to information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries in connection with the transactions contemplated by or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement, any Purchaser or holder of a Note is required to agree to a confidentiality undertaking (whether through IntraLinks, another secure website, a secure virtual workspace or otherwise) which is different from this Section 20, this Section 20 shall not be amended thereby and, as between such Purchaser or such holder and the Company, this Section 20 shall supersede any such other confidentiality undertaking.

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SECTION 21. SUBSTITUTION OF PURCHASER.

Each Purchaser shall have the right to substitute any one of its Affiliates or another Purchaser or any one of such other Purchaser’s Affiliates (a “Substitute Purchaser”) as the purchaser of the Notes that it has agreed to purchase hereunder, by written notice to the Company, which notice shall be signed by both such Purchaser and such Substitute Purchaser, shall contain such Substitute Purchaser’s agreement to be bound by this Agreement and shall contain a confirmation by such Substitute Purchaser of the accuracy with respect to it of the representations set forth in Section 6. Upon receipt of such notice, any reference to such Purchaser in this Agreement (other than in this Section 21), shall be deemed to refer to such Substitute Purchaser in lieu of such original Purchaser. In the event that such Substitute Purchaser is so substituted as a Purchaser hereunder and such Substitute Purchaser thereafter transfers to such original Purchaser all of the Notes then held by such Substitute Purchaser, upon receipt by the Company of notice of such transfer, any reference to such Substitute Purchaser as a “Purchaser” in this Agreement (other than in this Section 21), shall no longer be deemed to refer to such Substitute Purchaser, but shall refer to such original Purchaser, and such original Purchaser shall again have all the rights of an original holder of the Notes under this Agreement.

SECTION 22. MISCELLANEOUS.

Section 22.1. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and other agreements contained in this Agreement by or on behalf of any of the parties hereto bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns (including, without limitation, any subsequent holder of a Note) whether so expressed or not.

Section 22.2. Payments Due on Non-Business Days. Anything in this Agreement or the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding (but without limiting the requirement in Section 8.2 that the notice of any optional prepayment specify a Business Day as the date fixed for such prepayment), any payment of principal of or Make-Whole Amount or interest on any Note that is due on a date other than a Business Day shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day without including the additional days elapsed in the computation of the interest payable on such next succeeding Business Day; provided that if the maturity date of any Note is a date other than a Business Day, the payment otherwise due on such maturity date shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and shall include the additional days elapsed in the computation of interest payable on such next succeeding Business Day.

Section 22.3. Accounting Terms. (a) All accounting terms used herein which are not expressly defined in this Agreement have the meanings respectively given to them in accordance with GAAP. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, (i) all computations made pursuant to this Agreement shall be made in accordance with GAAP, and (ii) all financial statements shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of determining compliance with this Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 9, Section 10 and the definition of “Debt”), any election by the Company to measure any financial liability using fair value (as permitted by

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Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic No. 000-00-00 – Fair Value Option, International Accounting Standard 39 – Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement or any similar accounting standard) shall be disregarded and such determination shall be made as if such election had not been made.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of Section 22.2(a), if at any time any change in GAAP would require a lessee to capitalize its operating leases under GAAP on the balance sheet of such lessee, the GAAP treatment of operating leases on the date of the Closing shall continue to apply for purposes of this Agreement and the calculation of the financial covenants under this Agreement.

Section 22.4. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall (to the full extent permitted by law) not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

Section 22.5. Construction. Each covenant contained herein shall be construed (absent express provision to the contrary) as being independent of each other covenant contained herein, so that compliance with any one covenant shall not (absent such an express contrary provision) be deemed to excuse compliance with any other covenant. Where any provision herein refers to action to be taken by any Person, or which such Person is prohibited from taking, such provision shall be applicable whether such action is taken directly or indirectly by such Person.

For the avoidance of doubt, all Schedules and Exhibits attached to this Agreement shall be deemed to be a part hereof.

Section 22.6. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original but all of which together shall constitute one instrument. Each counterpart may consist of a number of copies hereof, each signed by less than all, but together signed by all, of the parties hereto.

Section 22.7. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the parties shall be governed by, the law of the State of New York excluding choice-of-law principles of the law of such State that would permit the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State.

Section 22.8. Jurisdiction and Process; Waiver of Jury Trial. (a) The Company irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State or federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Notes. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company irrevocably waives and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense or otherwise, any claim that it is not subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court and any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

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(b) The Company consents to process being served by or on behalf of any holder of Notes in any suit, action or proceeding of the nature referred to in Section 22.8(a) by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to it at its address specified in Section 18 or at such other address of which such holder shall then have been notified pursuant to said Section. The Company agrees that such service upon receipt (i) shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon it in any such suit, action or proceeding and (ii) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be taken and held to be valid personal service upon and personal delivery to it. Notices hereunder shall be conclusively presumed received as evidenced by a delivery receipt furnished by the United States Postal Service or any reputable commercial delivery service.

(c) Nothing in this Section 22.8 shall affect the right of any holder of a Note to serve process in any manner permitted by law, or limit any right that the holders of any of the Notes may have to bring proceedings against the Company in the courts of any appropriate jurisdiction or to enforce in any lawful manner a judgment obtained in one jurisdiction in any other jurisdiction.

(d) THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION BROUGHT ON OR WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE NOTES OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENT EXECUTED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THEREWITH.

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The execution hereof by the Purchasers shall constitute a contract among the Company and the Purchasers for the uses and purposes hereinabove set forth. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each executed counterpart constituting an original but all together only one agreement.


Very truly yours,

STEPAN COMPANY

By
		Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
		Title: Vice President and Chief
		Financial Officer

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Accepted as of the date first written above.


MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

By:		Babson Capital Management LLC
		as Investment Adviser

By:
		Name:
		Title:

CM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

By:		Babson Capital Management LLC
		as Investment Adviser

By:
		Name:
		Title:

BANNER LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

By:		Babson Capital Management LLC
		as Investment Adviser

By:
		Name:
		Title:

MASSMUTUAL ASIA LIMITED

By:		Babson Capital Management LLC
		as Investment Adviser

By:
		Name:
		Title:

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Accepted as of the date first written above.


THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA

By:
		Vice President

THE GIBRALTAR LIFE INSURANCE CO., LTD.

By:		Prudential Investment Management Japan
		Co., Ltd. (as Investment Manager)

By:		Prudential Investment Management, Inc.
		(as Sub-Adviser)

By:
		Vice President

FARMERS NEW WORLD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
PHYSICIANS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
FARMERS INSURANCE EXCHANGE
MID CENTURY INSURANCE COMPANY

By:		Prudential Private Placement Investors,
		L.P. (as Investment Advisor)

By:		Prudential Private Placement Investors, Inc.
		(as its General Partner)

By:
		Vice President

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Accepted as of the date first written above.


THE LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

By:		Delaware Investment Advisers, a series of
		Delaware Management Business Trust,
		Attorney in Fact

By:
		Name:
		Title:

THE GUARDIAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA

By:
		Name:
		Title:

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Accepted as of the date first written above.


CONNECTICUT GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

By:		Cigna Investments, Inc.
		(authorized agent)

By
		Name:
		Title:

LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA

By:		Cigna Investments, Inc.
		(authorized agent)

By
		Name:
		Title:

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INFORMATION RELATING TO PURCHASERS


NAME OF AND ADDRESS OF PURCHASER		PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES TO BE PURCHASED

MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY c/o Babson Capital Management LLC 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx – Suite 2200 XX Xxx 00000 Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000 Attn: Securities Investment Division		$22,700,000

Payments

All payments on account of the Note shall be made by crediting in the form of bank wire transfer of Federal or other immediately available funds, (identifying each payment as “Stepan Company 3.95% Senior Notes, due July 10, 2027, PPN 858586 J*2” interest and principal), to:

MassMutual

Citibank

New York, New York

ABA # 000000000

Acct # 30510685

RE: Description of security, cusip, principal and interest split

With advice of payment to the Treasury Operations Liquidity Management Department at Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company at xxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx or (000) 000-0000 (facsimile).

Notices

Send Communications and Notices to:

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company

c/o Babson Capital Management LLC

0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000

XX Xxx 00000

Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000

Send Notices on Payments to:

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company

0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx

Treasury Operations Liquidity Management

Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000

Attn: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx

With a copy to:

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company

c/o Babson Capital Management LLC

0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx — Suite 2200

XX Xxx 00000

Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000

SCHEDULE A

(to Note Purchase Agreement)


STEPAN COMPANY				NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

Electronic delivery of financials and other information to:

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company

c/o Babson Capital Management LLC

0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx — Xxxxx 0000

Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000

With email notification to:

1.	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx

2.	xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx

Physical Delivery of Notes

All securities should be registered to Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company and sent via overnight mail to:

Xxxxxx Xxxx, Counsel

Babson Capital Management LLC

0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000

Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000

Telephone: 000-000-0000

Facsimile: 000-000-0000

E-mail: xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx

Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None

Taxpayer I.D. Number: 00-0000000

A-2


STEPAN COMPANY				NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT


NAME OF AND ADDRESS OF PURCHASER		PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES TO BE PURCHASED

BANNER LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY c/o Babson Capital Management LLC 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx – Suite 2200 XX Xxx 00000 Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000 Attn: Securities Investment Division		$5,000,000

Payments

BANNER

LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

The

Bank of New York/Mellon

New

York, New York

ABA

# 000000000

Acct

Name: Banner Life Insurance Company

Acct

# GLA 111566

Attention:

P&I Department

RE:

Description of security, cusip, principal and interest split

Notices

Send Communications and Notices, including notices on payments, to:

Banner Life Insurance Company

c/o Babson Capital Management LLC

0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx – Suite 2200

XX Xxx 00000

Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000

Electronic Delivery of Financials and other information to: Banner Life Insurance Company

c/o Babson Capital Management LLC

0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx – Suite 2200

XX Xxx 00000

Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000

With notification to:

1. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx

2. xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx

A-3


STEPAN COMPANY				NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

Physical Delivery of Notes

All securities should be registered to Hare & Co., LLC and sent via overnight mail to:

Bank of New York

Depository ineligible and physical issues:

The Bank of New York

One Wall Street – 3rd Floor/Window A

Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000

For account: U.S. Bank N.A. #117612

With a copy to:

Xxxxxx Xxxx, Counsel

Babson Capital Management LLC

0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000

Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000

Telephone: 000-000-0000

Facsimile: 000-000-0000

E-mail: xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx

Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: Hare & Co., LLC

Taxpayer I.D. Number: 00-0000000

A-4


STEPAN COMPANY				NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT


NAME OF AND ADDRESS OF PURCHASER		PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES TO BE PURCHASED

C.M. LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY c/o Babson Capital Management LLC 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx – Suite 2200 XX Xxx 00000 Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000 Attn: Securities Investment Division		$1,300,000

Payments

XX Xxxxxx Xxxxx Bank

New York, NY

ABA # 000000000

Account Name: CM Life Insurance Company

Account Number: 771061371

RE: Description of security, cusip, principal and interest split

With advice of payment to the Treasury Operations Liquidity Management Department at Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company at xxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx or (000) 000-0000 (facsimile).

Notices

Send Communications and Notices to

C.M. Life Insurance Company

c/o Babson Capital Management LLC

0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx – Suite 2200

XX Xxx 00000

Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000

Electronic Delivery of Financials and other information to:

C.M. Life Insurance Company

c/o Babson Capital Management LLC

0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx – Suite 2200

XX Xxx 00000

Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000

Send Notices on Payments to

C.M. Life Insurance Company

Treasury Operations Liquidity Management

0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx

Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000

Attn: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx

With a copy to:

C.M. Life Insurance Company

c/o Babson Capital Management LLC

0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx – Suite 2200

XX Xxx 00000

Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000

A-5


STEPAN COMPANY				NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

With email notification to:

1.	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx

2.	xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx

Physical Delivery of Notes

All securities should be registered to C.M. Life Insurance Company and sent via overnight mail to:

Xxxxxx Xxxx, Counsel

Babson Capital Management LLC

0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000

Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000

Telephone: 000-000-0000

Facsimile: 000-000-0000

E-mail: xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx

Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None

Taxpayer I.D. Number: 00-0000000

A-6


STEPAN COMPANY				NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT


NAME OF AND ADDRESS OF PURCHASER		PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES TO BE PURCHASED

MASSMUTUAL ASIA LIMITED c/o Babson Capital Management LLC 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx – Suite 2200 XX Xxx 00000 Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000 Attn: Securities Investment Division		$1,000,000

Payments

Xxxxxxx & Co.

Citibank, N.A.

ABA Number 000000000

Concentration Account 00000000

FFC: MassMutual Asia 849195

Name of Security/CUSIP Number

With advice of payment to the Treasury Operations Liquidity Management Department at Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company at xxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx or (000) 000-0000 (facsimile).

Notices

Send Communications and Notices to

MassMutual Asia Limited

c/o Babson Capital Management LLC

0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx – Suite 2200

XX Xxx 00000

Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000

Electronic Delivery of Financials and other information to:

MassMutual Asia Limited

c/o Babson Capital Management LLC

0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx – Suite 2200

XX Xxx 00000

Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000

Send Notices on Payments to

MassMutual Asia Limited

Treasury Operations Liquidity Management

0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx

Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000

Attn: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx

With a copy to:

MassMutual Asia Limited

c/o Babson Capital Management LLC

0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx – Suite 2200

XX Xxx 00000

Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000

A-7


STEPAN COMPANY				NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

With email notification to:

1.	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx

2.	xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx

Send Corporate Action Notification to:

Citigroup Global Securities Services

Attn: Corporate Action Dept

0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx

Xxxxxxxx X Xxxxx 0

Xxxxx, XX 00000-0000

Physical Delivery of Notes

All securities should be registered in Citibank’s nominee name of Xxxxxxx & Co. and sent via overnight mail to:

Citibank NA

000 Xxxx Xxxxxx

Xxxxx X Xxxxx

Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000

Acct. #849195

With a copy to:

Xxxxxx Xxxx, Counsel

Babson Capital Management LLC

0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000

Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000

Telephone: 000-000-0000

Facsimile: 000-000-0000

E-mail: xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx

Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: Xxxxxxx & Co.

A-8


STEPAN COMPANY				NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT


NAME OF AND ADDRESS OF PURCHASER		PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES TO BE PURCHASED

THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA c/o Prudential Capital Group Two Prudential Plaza 000 X. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000 Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 Attention: Managing Director, Corporate Finance		$10,000,000

Payments

All payments on account of Notes held by such purchaser shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds for credit to:

JPMorgan Chase Bank

New York, NY

ABA No.: 000-000-000

Account Name: Motorola

Account No.: P30875 (please do not include spaces)

Each such wire transfer shall set forth the name of the Company, a reference to “3.95% Senior Notes due 10 July 2027, Security No. INV10081, PPN 858586J*2” and the due date and application (as among principal, interest and Make-Whole Amount) of the payment being made.

Notices

All notices with respect to payments, and written confirmation of each such payment, to be addressed to:

The Prudential Insurance Company of America

c/o Investment Operations Group

Gateway Center Two, 10th Floor

000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx

Xxxxxx, XX 00000-0000

Attention: Manager, Xxxxxxxx and Collections

All other notices and communications to be addressed as first provided above.

A-9


STEPAN COMPANY				NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

Physical Delivery of Notes

Send physical security by nationwide overnight delivery service to:

Prudential Capital Group

Two Prudential Plaza

000 X. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx

Xxxxx 0000

Xxxxxxx, XX 00000

Attention: Xxx X. Xxxxxxx

Telephone: (000) 000-0000

Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None

Taxpayer I.D. Number: 00-0000000

A-10


STEPAN COMPANY				NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT


NAME OF AND ADDRESS OF PURCHASER		PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES TO BE PURCHASED

FARMERS INSURANCE EXCHANGE Prudential Private Placement Investors, L.P. c/o Prudential Capital Group Two Prudential Plaza 000 X. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx 0000 Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 Attention: Managing Director, Corporate Finance		$7,000,000

Payments

All payments on account of Notes held by such purchaser shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds for credit to:

JPMorgan Chase Bank

ABA: 000000000

Beneficiary Account No: 9009000200

Beneficiary Account Name: JPMorgan Income

Ultimate Beneficiary: P13939 Farmers Insurance Exchange

Each such wire transfer shall set forth the name of the Company, a reference to “3.95% Senior Notes due 10 July 2027, PPN 858586J*2” and the due date and application (as among principal, interest and Make-Whole Amount) of the payment being made.

Notices

All notices with respect to payments, and written confirmation of each such payment, to be addressed to:

Farmers

0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx.

Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000

Attention: Treasury

Treasury:

Treasury Manager

000-000-0000

xxx.xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx

All other notices and communications to be addressed as first provided above.

A-11


STEPAN COMPANY				NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

Physical Delivery of Notes

(a)	Send physical security by nationwide overnight delivery

service to:

Mailing Address (for overnight mail)

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Physical Receive Department

0 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx

0xx Xxxxx

Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000

Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Tel. 000-000-0000

Please include in the cover letter accompanying the Notes a reference to the Purchaser’s account number (“P13939—Farmers Insurance Exchange”) and CUSIP information.

(b)	Send copy by nationwide overnight delivery service to:

Prudential Capital Group

Gateway Center 2, 10th Floor

000 Xxxxxxxx

Xxxxxx, XX 00000

Attention: Trade Management, Manager

Telephone: (000) 000-0000

Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None

Taxpayer I.D. Number: 00-0000000

A-12


STEPAN COMPANY				NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT


NAME OF AND ADDRESS OF PURCHASER		PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES TO BE PURCHASED

THE GIBRALTAR LIFE INSURANCE CO., LTD. Prudential Private Placement Investors, L.P. c/o Prudential Capital Group Two Prudential Plaza 000 X. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx 0000 Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 Attention: Managing Director, Corporate Finance		$5,000,000

Payments (principal, interest and Make-Whole)

All principal, interest and Make-Whole Amount payments on account of Notes held by such purchaser shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds for credit to:

JPMorgan Chase Bank

New York, NY

ABA No.: 000-000-000

Account Name: GIBPRVAFS2

Account No.: P30784 (please do not include spaces)

Payments (other than principal, interest or Make-Whole)

All payments, other than principal, interest or Make-Whole Amount, on account of Notes held by such purchaser shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds for credit to:

JPMorgan Chase Bank

New York, NY

ABA No. 000-000-000

Account No. 304199036

Account Name: Prudential International Insurance Service Co.

A-13


STEPAN COMPANY				NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

Notices

All notices with respect to payments, and written confirmation of each such payment, to be addressed to:

The Gibraltar Life Insurance Co., Ltd.

0-00-00, Xxxxxx-xxx

Xxxxxxx-xx, Xxxxx 000-0000, Xxxxx

Telephone: 00-0-0000-0000

Facsimile: 00-0-0000-0000

E-mail: xxxxxx.xxxxxxxxx@xxx-xxxx.xx.xx

Attention: Mizuho Matsumoto, Team Leader of Investment

Administration Team

and e-mail copy to:

Xxx_Xxxx@xxx-xxxx.xx.xx

Xxxx.Xxxxxxxx@xxx-xxxx.xx.xx

Xxxxx.Xxxxx@xxx-xxxx.xx.xx

All other notices and communications to be addressed as first provided above.

Physical Delivery of Notes

Prudential Capital Group

Two Prudential Plaza

000 X. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx

Xxxxx 0000

Xxxxxxx, XX 00000

Attention: Xxx X. Xxxxxxx

Telephone: (000) 000-0000

Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None

Taxpayer I.D. Number: 00-0000000

A-14


STEPAN COMPANY				NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT


NAME OF AND ADDRESS OF PURCHASER		PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES TO BE PURCHASED

FARMERS NEW WORLD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY Prudential Private Placement Investors, L.P. c/o Prudential Capital Group Two Prudential Plaza 000 X. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx 0000 Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 Attention: Managing Director, Corporate Finance		$3,750,000

Payments

All payments on account of Notes held by such purchaser shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds for credit to:

JPMorgan Chase Bank

New York, NY

ABA No.: 000000000

Account No.: 9009000200

Account Name: SSG Private Income Processing

For further credit to Account P58834 Farmers NWL

Notices

All notices with respect to payments, and written confirmation of each such payment, to be addressed to:

xxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx

Farmers Insurance Company

Attention: Investment Accounting Team

0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx., 0xx Xxxxx

Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000

and

xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx

Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

Attention: Investment Operations Team

0000 00xx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx

Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX 00000-0000

A-15


STEPAN COMPANY				NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

All other notices and communications to be addressed as first provided above.

Physical Delivery of Notes

(a)	Send physical security to:

If sending by overnight delivery:

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

0 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx

Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000

Attention: Physical Receive Department

Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx

Telephone: (000) 000-0000

Please include in the cover letter accompanying the Notes a reference to the Purchaser’s account number (“P58834 – Farmers New World Life Private Placement”) and CUSIP information.

(b)	Send copy by nationwide overnight delivery service to:

Prudential Capital Group

Gateway Center 2, 10th Floor

000 Xxxxxxxx

Xxxxxx, XX 00000

Attention: Trade Management, Manager

Telephone: (000) 000-0000

Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None

Taxpayer I.D. Number: 00-0000000

A-16


STEPAN COMPANY				NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT


NAME OF AND ADDRESS OF PURCHASER		PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES TO BE PURCHASED

MID CENTURY INSURANCE COMPANY Prudential Private Placement Investors, L.P. c/o Prudential Capital Group Two Prudential Plaza 000 X. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx 0000 Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 Attention: Managing Director, Corporate Finance		$3,000,000

Payments

All payments on account of Notes held by such purchaser shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds for credit to:

JPMorgan Chase Bank

ABA: 000000000

Beneficiary Account No: 9009000200

Beneficiary Account Name: JPMorgan Income

Ultimate Beneficiary: G23628 Mid Century Insurance Company

Notices

All notices with respect to payments, and written confirmation of each such payment, to be addressed to:

Farmers

0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx.

Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000

Attention: Treasury

Treasury:

Treasury Manager

000-000-0000

xxx.xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx

All other notices and communications to be addressed as first provided above.

A-17


STEPAN COMPANY				NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

Physical Delivery of Notes

(a)	Send physical security by nationwide overnight delivery

service to:

Mailing Address (for overnight mail)

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Physical Receive Department

0 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx

0xx Xxxxx

Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000

Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Tel. 000-000-0000

Please include in the cover letter accompanying the Notes a reference to the Purchaser’s account number (“G23628—Mid Century Insurance Company”) and CUSIP information.

(b)	Send copy by nationwide overnight delivery service to:

Prudential Capital Group

Gateway Center 2, 10th Floor

000 Xxxxxxxx

Xxxxxx, XX 00000

Attention: Trade Management, Manager

Telephone: (000) 000-0000

Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None

Taxpayer I.D. Number: 00-0000000

A-18


STEPAN COMPANY				NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT


NAME OF AND ADDRESS OF PURCHASER		PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES TO BE PURCHASED

PHYSICIANS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY Prudential Private Placement Investors, L.P. c/o Prudential Capital Group Two Prudential Plaza 000 X. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx 0000 Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 Attention: Managing Director, Corporate Finance		$1,250,000

Payments

All payments on account of Notes held by such purchaser shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds for credit to:

The Northern Trust Company

Chicago, IL

ABA No.: 000000000

Account Name: Physicians Mutual Insurance Company

Account No.: 26-27099

Notices

All notices with respect to payments, and written confirmation of each such payment, to be addressed to:

Physicians Mutual Insurance Company

0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx

Xxxxx, XX 00000

Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx

Facsimile: (000) 000-0000

All other notices and communications to be addressed as first provided above.

A-19


STEPAN COMPANY				NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

Physical Delivery of Notes

(a)	Send physical security by nationwide overnight delivery

service to:

The Northern Trust Company of New York

Harborside Financial Xxxxxx 00, Xxxxx 0000

0 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx

Xxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000

Attention: Xxxx Xxxx & Xxxx Xxxx

Please include in the cover letter accompanying the Notes a reference to the Purchaser’s account number (Physicians Mutual Insurance Company-Prudential; 26-27099).

(b)	Send copy by nationwide overnight delivery service to:

Prudential Capital Group

Gateway Center 2, 10th Floor

000 Xxxxxxxx

Xxxxxx, XX 00000

Attention: Trade Management, Manager

Telephone: (000) 000-0000

Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: How & Co.

Taxpayer I.D. Number: 00-0000000

A-20


STEPAN COMPANY				NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT


NAME OF AND ADDRESS OF PURCHASER		PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES TO BE PURCHASED

THE LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY c/o Delaware Investment Advisers 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Mail Stop 00-000 Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000 Attention: Fixed Income Private Placements Private Placement Fax: (000) 000-0000		$10,000,000 $4,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000

Payments

All principal and interest payments on or in respect of the Notes shall be made in immediately available funds via Fed Wire to:

The Bank of New York Mellon

New York, NY

ABA #: 000000000

BENEFICIARY/Account #: GLA 111566

Attn: The Bank of New York Mellon Private Placement P & I Dept.

Bank to Bank Information Ref: insert Custody Account# listed above;

PPN 858586 J*2/Sec Desc/ P&I Details

Reference Registered Holder: The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company

For Further Credit Account Numbers Listed Below:


NOTE AMOUNT	LINCOLN ACCOUNT NAME	CUSTODY NUMBER
$10,000,000	The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company – Seg 66		215733
$ 4,000,000	The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company – Seg 62		215730
$ 3,000,000	The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company – Seg 46		215726
$ 3,000,000	The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company – Seg 76		215736

Notices

All notices of payments on or in respect of the Notes and written confirmation of each such payment to be addressed to:

Delaware Investment Advisers

0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Mail Stop 00-000

Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000

Attention: Fixed Income Private Placements

Private Placement Fax: 000-000-0000

A-21


STEPAN COMPANY				NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

With notices of PAYMENT ONLY:

Lincoln Financial Group

0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx

Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000

Attention: X. Xxxxx — Investment Accounting

Investment Accounting Fax: 000-000-0000

and

The Bank of New York Mellon

P. O. Xxx 000000

Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000

Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx X&X Department

Registered Holder/Sec Desc/PPN 858586 J*2

Email: xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx

All other notices and communications to be addressed as first provided above.

Physical Delivery

The Depository Trust Company

000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx – 0xx Xxxxx

Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000

Attention: BNY Mellon/Branch Deposit Department

(in cover letter reference note amt, acct name, and bank custody account #)

Please fax copy of cover letter to:

Xxxxx Xxxxx – The Bank of New York Mellon—Fax #: 000-000-0000

Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None

Taxpayer I.D. Number: 00-0000000

A-22


STEPAN COMPANY				NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT


NAME OF AND ADDRESS OF PURCHASER		PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES TO BE PURCHASED

THE GUARDIAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA 0 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000 Attn: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Investment Department 9-A FAX # (000) 000-0000 Email address: xxxxxxx_xxxxxx@xxxx.xxx		$14,000,000

Payments

All payments on or in respect of the Notes shall be made by wire transfer to:

XX Xxxxxx Chase

FED ABA #000000000

Chase/NYC/CTR/BNF

A/C 000-0-000000

Reference A/C #G05978, Guardian Life, PPN 858586 J*2, Stepan Company

Notices

All notices and communications with respect to payments and written confirmation of each such payment, to be addressed as first provided above.

Physical Delivery of Notes

XX Xxxxxx Xxxxx Bank, N.A.

4 Chase Metrotech Center – 0xx Xxxxx

Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000

Reference A/C #G05978, Guardian Life

Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None

Taxpayer I.D. Number: 00-0000000

A-23


STEPAN COMPANY				NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT


NAME OF AND ADDRESS OF PURCHASER		PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES TO BE PURCHASED

LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA CIG & Co. c/o Cigna Investments, Inc. Attention: Fixed Income Securities Wilde Building, A5PRI 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xx. Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000 E-Mail: XXXXxxxxXxxxxxXxxxxxxxxx@Xxxxx.xxx		$5,000,000

Payments

All payments on or in respect of the Notes to be by Federal Funds Wire Transfer to:

X. X. Xxxxxx Xxxxx Bank

BNF=Cigna Private Placements/AC=9009001802

ABA #000000000

OBI = Stepan Company 3.95% Senior Notes, due July 10, 2027, PPN 858586 J*2

Notices

Address for Notices Related to Payments:

CIG & Co.

c/o Cigna Investments, Inc.

Attention: Fixed Income Securities

Wilde Building, A5PRI

000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xx.

Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000

E-Mail: XXXXxxxxXxxxxxXxxxxxxxxx@Xxxxx.xxx

Address for All Other Notices to be addressed as first provided above.

Physical Delivery of Notes

X.X. Xxxxxx Xxxxx Bank, N.A.

4 Chase Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx

0xx Xxxxx

Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000

Attention: Physical Receive Department

(000) 000-0000

Name of Nominee in which Notes are issued: CIG & Co.

Taxpayer I.D. Number for CIG & Co.: 00-0000000

A-24


STEPAN COMPANY				NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT


NAME OF AND ADDRESS OF PURCHASER		PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES TO BE PURCHASED

CONNECTICUT GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY CIG & Co. c/o Cigna Investments, Inc. Attention: Fixed Income Securities Wilde Building, A5PRI 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xx. Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000 E-Mail: XXXXxxxxXxxxxxXxxxxxxxxx@Xxxxx.xxx		$500,000 $500,000

Payments

All payments on or in respect of the Notes to be by Federal Funds Wire Transfer to:

X. X. Xxxxxx Xxxxx Bank

BNF=Cigna Private Placements/AC=9009001802

ABA #000000000

OBI = Stepan Company 3.95% Senior Notes, due July 10, 2027, PPN 858586 J*2

Notices

Address for Notices Related to Payments:

CIG & Co.

c/o Cigna Investments, Inc.

Attention: Fixed Income Securities

Wilde Building, A5PRI

000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xx.

Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000

E-Mail: XXXXxxxxXxxxxxXxxxxxxxxx@Xxxxx.xxx

Address for All Other Notices to be addressed as first provided above.

Physical Delivery of Notes

X.X. Xxxxxx Xxxxx Bank, N.A.

4 Chase Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx

0xx Xxxxx

Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000

Attention: Physical Receive Department

(000) 000-0000

Name of Nominee in which Notes are issued: CIG & Co.

Taxpayer I.D. Number for CIG & Co.: 00-0000000

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DEFINED TERMS

As used herein, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below or set forth in the Section hereof following such term:

“Acquisition” means any transaction, or any series of related transactions, consummated on or after the First Amendment Effective Date (as defined in this First Amendment dated as of January 30, 2018), by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (i) acquires any going business or all or substantially all of the assets of any firm, corporation or limited liability company or other business entity, or division thereof, whether through purchase of assets, merger or otherwise or (ii) directly or indirectly acquires (in one transaction or as the most recent transaction in a series of transactions) at least a majority (in number of votes) of the securities of a corporation which have ordinary voting power for the election of directors (other than securities having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) or a majority (by percentage of voting power) of the outstanding ownership interests of a partnership or limited liability company or other business entity.

“Acquisition Holiday Election” is defined in Section 10.2(a).

“Acquisition Holiday Election Quarter” is defined in Section 10.2(a).

“Affiliate” means, at any time, and with respect to any Person, (a) any other Person that at such time directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries Controls, or is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such first Person, and (b) any Person beneficially owning or holding, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of any class of voting or equity interests of the Company or any Subsidiary or any Person of which the Company and its Subsidiaries beneficially own or hold, in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of any class of voting or equity interests. As used in this definition, “Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, any reference to an “Affiliate” is a reference to an Affiliate of the Company.

“Agreement” means this Agreement, including all Schedules attached to this Agreement, as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Anti-Corruption Laws” is defined in Section 5.16(d)(1).

“Anti-Money Laundering Laws” is defined in Section 5.16(c).

SCHEDULE B

(to Note Purchase Agreement)


STEPAN COMPANY				NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

“Blocked Person” is defined in Section 5.16(a).

“Bank Credit Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of July 10, 2014January 30, 2018 by and among the Company, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the other financial institutions party thereto, as amended, restated, joined, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, and any renewals, extensions or, refinancings replacements thereof, which constitute the primary bank credit facility of the Company.

“Blocked Person” is defined in Section 5.16(a).

“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are required or authorized to be closed.

“Capital Lease” means, at any time, a lease with respect to which the lessee is required concurrently to recognize the acquisition of an asset and the incurrence of a liability in accordance with GAAP.

“Capital Lease Obligation” means, with respect to any Person and a Capital Lease, the amount of the obligation of such Person as the lessee under such Capital Lease which would, in accordance with GAAP, appear as a liability on a balance sheet of such Person.

“CISADA” means the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act.

“Closing” is defined in Section 3 hereof.

“Closing Date” is the date of the Closing.

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time.

“Company” means Stepan Company, a Delaware corporation.

“Confidential Information” is defined in Section 20.

“Consolidated Adjusted Tangible Net Worth” shall mean the sum of the amounts set forth on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with GAAP and as of any date selected by the Company not more than 45 days prior to the taking of any action for the purpose of which the determination is being made, which appears as (a) the par or stated value of all outstanding stock, (b) capital, paid-in and earned surplus and (c) long term deferred tax liabilities, less the sum of (i) any surplus resulting from any write-up of assets, (ii) good will, including any amounts (however designated on such balance sheet) representing the cost of acquisitions of Subsidiaries in excess of underlying tangible assets, unless an appraisal of such assets made by a reputable firm of appraisers at the time of acquisition shall indicate sufficient value to cover such excess, (iii) any amounts by which Investments in Persons appearing on the asset side of the balance sheet exceed the lesser of cost or the proportionate share of such corporation in the book value of the assets of such Persons, provided that such book value shall be reduced by any amounts representing restrictions on the payment of dividends by such Persons pursuant to any law, charter provisions, mortgage or indenture or, in lieu of the foregoing, any Investment may be carried at its market value if the securities representing such Investment are publicly traded, (iv) patents, trademarks, copyrights, leasehold improvements not recoverable at

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the expiration of a lease and deferred charges (including, but not limited to, unamortized debt discount and expense, organization expenses, experimental and development expenses, but excluding prepaid expenses), (v) any amounts at which shares of capital stock of the Company appear on the asset side of such balance sheet, (vi) any amount of Debt not included on the liability side of such balance sheet and (vii) other comprehensive income or expense (as defined by GAAP), to the extent included in subclause (a), (b) or (c) above.

“Consolidated Debt” means as of any date of determination the total amount of all Debt (other than Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities arising from any Permitted Supplier Financings) of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

““Consolidated EBIT”EBITDA” shall mean, for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus, (a) to the extent deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income and without duplication, (ai) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period, (bii) income tax expense for such period, and (c(iii) depreciation expense, (iv) amortization expenses, (v) other non -cash charges (including, without limitation, deferred compensation expense, stock option expense and share-based compensation expense) for such period, (vi) any loss resulting from the extinguishment of indebtedness, (vii) all costs fees and expenses incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Bank Credit Agreement, amending this Agreement, and amending the Company’s other note purchase agreements in existence on the date of this First Amendment and (viii) non-recurring or unusual restructuring charges, costs or expenses in an aggregate amount not to exceed $25,000,000 for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters, minus (b) to the extent included in computing such Consolidated Net Income and without duplication, (i) any cash payments, excluding cash distributions under deferred compensation plans relating to benefits previously charged to Consolidated EBITDA and fully funded through purchase of mutual funds or other securities, made during such period in respect of non-cash charges described in clause (a)(v) taken in a prior period, (ii) any extraordinary gains and any non-cash items of income for such period, and (iii) any gain resulting from the extinguishment of indebtedness, all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

For the purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters (each such period, a “Reference Period”), (i) if at any time during such Reference Period the Company or any Subsidiary shall have made any Material Disposition, the Consolidated EBITDA for such Reference Period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if positive) attributable to the property that is the subject of such Material Disposition for such Reference Period or increased by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if negative) attributable thereto for such Reference Period, and (ii) if during such Reference Period the Company or any Subsidiary shall have made a Material Acquisition, Consolidated EBITDA for such Reference Period shall be calculated after giving effect thereto on a pro forma basis reasonably acceptable to the Required Holders as if such Material Acquisition occurred on the first day of such Reference Period. As used in this definition, “Material Acquisition” means any acquisition of property or series of related acquisitions of property that (a) constitutes (i) assets comprising all or substantially all or any significant portion of a business or operating unit of a business, or (ii) all or substantially all of the common stock or other Equity Interests of a Person, and (b) involves the payment of consideration by the Company and its Subsidiaries in excess of

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$25,000,000; and “Material Disposition” means any sale, transfer or disposition of property or series of related sales, transfers, or dispositions of property that yields gross proceeds to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $25,000,000; provided, however, that any sales of receivables pursuant to Permitted Supplier Financings shall not give rise to or be included in any calculation of Material Disposition.

“Consolidated Interest Expense” shall mean, for any period, without duplication, (a) the gross interest expense of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries deducted in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP. plus (b) without duplication of the amounts described in clause (a), payments in the nature of interest under Capital Lease Obligations and the discount or implied interest component of Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities minus (c) to the extend included in clause (a) or (b), interest expense associated with Permitted Supplier Financings in an aggregate amount for the applicable four quarter period not to exceed 10% of unadjusted interest expense. For purposes of clarification, any Additional Fees payable in connection with an Acquisition Holiday Election pursuant to Section 10.2 shall be included in Consolidated Interest Expense.

“Consolidated Net Income” shall mean, for any period, the consolidated net income (or loss) of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

“Consolidated Net Worth” shall mean the consolidated stockholder’s equity of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, as defined according to GAAP.

“Consolidated Tangible Assets” means, as at any date as of which the amount thereof is to be determined, an amount equal to the amount by which (a) the aggregate amount at which all assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries would be set forth on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, exceeds (b) the sum of the amounts which would be set forth on such consolidated balance sheet as (i) any surplus resulting from any write-up of assets and (ii) the aggregate value of all patents, licenses, trade names, trademarks, copyrights, goodwill and deferred charges (including, but not limited to, unamortized debt discount and expenses, organizational expenses and experimental and developmental expenses, but excluding prepaid expenses).

“Consolidated Tangible Net Worth” shall mean the sum of the amounts set forth on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, prepared in accordance with GAAP and as of any date selected by the Company not more than 45 days prior to the taking of any action for the purpose of which the determination is being made, which appears as (a) the par or stated value of all outstanding stock, (b) capital, paid-in and earned surplus and (c) long term deferred tax liabilities, less the sum of (i) any surplus resulting from any write-up of assets, (ii) good will, including any amounts (however designated on such balance sheet) representing the cost of acquisitions of Restricted Subsidiaries in excess of underlying tangible assets, unless an appraisal of such assets made by a reputable firm of appraisers at the time of acquisition shall indicate sufficient value to cover such excess, (iii) any amounts by which Investments in persons appearing on the asset side of such balance sheet exceed the lesser of cost or the proportionate share of such corporation in the book value of the assets of such persons, provided that such book

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value shall be reduced by any amounts representing restrictions on the payment of dividends by such persons pursuant to any law, charter provision, mortgage or indenture or, in lieu of the foregoing, any Investment may be carried at its market value if the securities representing such Investment are publicly traded, (iv) patents, trademarks, copyrights, leasehold improvements not recoverable at the expiration of a lease and deferred charges (including, but not limited to, unamortized debt discount and expense, organization expenses, experimental and development expenses, but excluding prepaid expenses), (v) any amounts at which shares of capital stock of the Company appear on the asset side of such balance sheet, (vi) any amount of Debt not included on the liability side of such balance sheet and (vii) other comprehensive income or expense (as defined by GAAP), to the extent included in subclause (a), (b) or (c) above.

“Consolidated Total Assets” means, as of any date of determination, the total amount of all assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

“Consolidated Total Capitalization” means, at any time, the sum of (i) Consolidated Net Worth and (ii) Consolidated Debt.

“Controlled Entity” means (i) any of the Subsidiaries of the Company and any of their or the Company’s respective Controlled Affiliates and (ii) if the Company has a parent company, such parent company and its Controlled Affiliates. As used in this definition, “Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

“Debt” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication,

(a) its liabilities for borrowed money;

(b) its liabilities for the deferred purchase price of property acquired by such Person (excluding accounts payable and other accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business but including, without limitation, all liabilities created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to any such property);

(d) its liabilities for borrowed money secured by any Lien with respect to any property owned by such Person (whether or not it has assumed or otherwise become liable for such liabilities); and

(e) its Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities;

(f) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty;

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(g) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances; and

(h) Guarantees by such Person with respect to liabilities of a type described in any of clauses (a) through (dg) hereof.

Debt of any Person shall include all obligations of such Person of the character described in clauses (a) through (eh) to the extent such Person remains legally liable in respect thereof notwithstanding that any such obligation is deemed to be extinguished under GAAP.

“Debt Agreement” with respect to any Person means any note, note agreement, loan agreement or other similar agreement or instrument that evidences Debt of such Person.

“Default” means an event or condition the occurrence or existence of which would, with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both, become an Event of Default.

“Default Rate” means that rate of interest that is 2% per annum above the rate of interest stated in clause (a) of the first paragraph of the Notes.

“Disclosure Documents” is defined in Section 5.3.

“Domestic Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary organized under the laws of a jurisdiction located in the United States of America.

“Electronic Delivery” is defined in Section 7.1(a).

“Environmental Laws” means any and all federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including but not limited to those related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public systems.

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time in effect.

“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that is treated as a single employer together with the Company under section 414 of the Code.

“Event of Default” is defined in Section 11.

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

“Fair Market Value” means, at any time and with respect to any property, the sale value of such property that would be realized in an arm’s-length sale at such time between an informed and willing buyer and an informed and willing seller (neither being under a compulsion to buy or sell), as reasonably determined in the good faith opinion of the Company’s board of directors.

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“Form 10-K” is defined in Section 7.1(b).

“Form 10-Q” is defined in Section 7.1(a).

“GAAP” means those generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time in the United States of America.

“Governmental Authority” means

(a) the government of

(i) the United States of America or any state or other political subdivision thereof, or

(ii) any jurisdiction in which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary conducts all or any part of its business, or which has jurisdiction over any properties of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, or

(b) any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of, or pertaining to, any such government.

“Governmental Official” means any governmental official or employee, employee of any government-owned or government-controlled entity, political party, any official of a political party, candidate for political office, official of any public international organization or anyone else acting in an official capacity.

“Guaranty” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation (except the endorsement in the ordinary course of business of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection) of such Person guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any Debt, dividend or other obligation of any other Person in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including (without limitation) obligations incurred through an agreement, contingent or otherwise, by such Person:

(a) to purchase such Debt or obligation or any property constituting security therefor primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Debt or obligation of the ability of any other Person to make payment of the Debt or obligation;

(b) to advance or supply funds (i) for the purchase or payment of such Debt or obligation, or (ii) to maintain any working capital or other balance sheet condition or any income statement condition of any other Person or otherwise to advance or make available funds for the purchase or payment of such Debt or obligation;

(c) to lease properties or to purchase properties or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Debt or obligation of the ability of any other Person to make payment of the Debt or obligation; or

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(d) otherwise to assure the owner of such Debt or obligation against loss in respect thereof.

In any computation of the Debt or other liabilities of the obligor under any Guaranty, the Debt or other obligations that are the subject of such Guaranty shall be assumed to be direct obligations of such obligor, provided that the amount of such Debt outstanding for purposes of this Agreement shall not exceed the maximum amount of Debt that is the subject of such Guaranty.

“Hazardous Material” means any and all pollutants, toxic or hazardous wastes or other substances that might pose a hazard to health and safety, the removal of which may be required or the generation, manufacture, refining, production, processing, treatment, storage, handling, transportation, transfer, use, disposal, release, discharge, spillage, seepage or filtration of which is or shall be restricted, prohibited or penalized by any applicable law including, but not limited to, asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, polychlorinated biphenyls, petroleum, petroleum products, lead based paint, radon gas or similar restricted, prohibited or penalized substances.

“holder” means, with respect to any Note, the Person in whose name such Note is registered in the register maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 13.1, provided, however, that if such Person is a nominee, then for the purposes of Sections 7, 12, 17.2 and 18 and any related definitions in this Schedule B, “holder” shall mean the beneficial owner of such Note whose name and address appears in such register.

“INHAM Exemption” is defined in Section 6.2(e).

“Institutional Investor” means (a) any Purchaser of a Note, (b) any holder of a Note holding (together with one or more of its affiliates) at least $2,000,000 of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, (c) any bank, trust company, savings and loan association or other financial institution, any pension plan, any investment company, any insurance company, any broker or dealer, or any other similar financial institution or entity, regardless of legal form, and (d) any Related Fund of any holder of any Note.

“Investments” shall mean all investments, in cash or by delivery of property made, directly or indirectly in any Person, whether by acquisition of shares of capital stock, Debt or other obligations or securities or by loan, advance, capital contribution or otherwise.

“Lease Rentals” shall mean, for any period, the aggregate amount of fixed rental or operating lease expense payable by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to leases of real and personal property (excluding Capital Lease Obligations) determined in accordance with GAAP.

“Lien” means, with respect to any Person, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance, or any interest or title of any vendor, lessor, lender or other secured party to or of such Person under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement (other than an operating lease) or Capital Lease, upon or with respect to any property or asset of such Person (including, in the case of stock, shareholder agreements, voting trust agreements and all similar arrangements).

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“Make-Whole Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.6 with respect to any Note.

“Material” means material in relation to the business, operations, affairs, financial condition, assets or properties of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, operations, affairs, financial condition, assets or properties of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or (b) the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Notes, (c) the ability of any Subsidiary Guarantor to perform its obligations under the Subsidiary Guaranty or (d) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement, the Notes or the Subsidiary Guaranty.

“Material Subsidiary” means, at any time, any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company which, together with all other Restricted Subsidiaries of such Restricted Subsidiary, accounts for more than (i) 5% of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries or (ii) 5% of consolidated revenue of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

“Memorandum” is defined in Section 5.3.

“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc.

“Multiemployer Plan” means any Plan that is a “multiemployer plan” (as such term is defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA).

“NAIC” means the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any successor thereto.

“Net Leverage Ratio” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.2(a).

“Notes” is defined in Section 1.

“OFAC” is defined in Section 5.16(a).

“OFAC Listed Person” is defined in Section 5.16(a).

“OFAC Sanctions Program” means any economic or trade sanction that OFAC is responsible for administering and enforcing. A list of OFAC Sanctions Programs may be found at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx/xxxxxxxx-xxxxxx/xxxxxxxxx/Xxxxxxxx/Xxxxx/Xxxxxxxx.xxxx.

“Off-Balance Sheet Liability” of a Person means (i) any repurchase obligation or liability of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to accounts or notes receivable sold by such Person or any of its Subsidiaries (calculated to include the unrecovered investment of purchasers or transferees of accounts or any other obligation of such Person or such transferor to purchasers/transferees of interests in accounts or notes receivable or the agent for such purchasers/transferees), (ii) any liability under any sale and leaseback transaction which is not a

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Capital Lease, (iii) any liability under any financing lease or Synthetic Lease or “tax ownership operating lease” transaction entered into by such Person, including any Synthetic Lease Obligations, or (iv) any obligation arising with respect to any other transaction which is the functional equivalent of or takes the place of borrowing but which does not constitute a liability on the balance sheets of such Person, but excluding from this clause (iv) Operating Leases.

“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer or of any other officer of the Company whose responsibilities extend to the subject matter of such certificate.

“Operating Lease” of a Person means, subject to Section 22.3, any lease of Property (other than a Capital Lease) by such Person as lessee which has an original term (including any required renewals and any renewals effective at the option of the lessor) of one year or more.

“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA or any successor thereto.

“Permitted Investments” means:

(a) direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America (or by any agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America), in each case maturing within eighteen (18) months from the date of acquisition thereof;

(b) investments in commercial paper maturing within 270 days from the date of acquisition thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, a rating of A-l or better by S&P or P-l or better by Moody’s;

(c) investments in certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances and time deposits issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, any domestic office of any commercial bank (whether domestic or foreign) which has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $200,000,000;

(d) fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than thirty (30) days for securities described in clause (a) above and entered into with a financial institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (c) above; and

(e) money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in SEC Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, (ii) are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by Moody’s and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000,000,000.

“Permitted Supplier Financing” means the sale by the Company or any Subsidiary of accounts receivable or negotiable instruments based upon accounts receivable owing to it by (x) the Persons listed on Schedule B-10 hereto as amended and supplemented from time to time with the consent of the Required Holders, (y) any Subsidiaries, or successors of the Persons described in the preceding clause (x), or (z) any Affiliates Controlled by the Persons described in the preceding clause (x) or (y) (the “Specified Account Debtors”) or by one or more other account

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debtors which customarily pay on terms longer than general market practices (the “Non-Specified Account Debtors”), in any such case, pursuant to a Receivables Purchase Agreement, whereby the Company or such Subsidiary, as applicable, promptly receives cash proceeds from the counterparty institution in an amount equal to the face value of the sold receivables or negotiable instruments net of a commercially reasonable and customary discount rate; provided, that:

(i)

any such sale is a true sale with any recourse to the Company or such Subsidiary limited to breach of representation, warranty or covenant by the Company or such Subsidiary, as applicable, with respect to the sold receivables;

(ii)

such Receivables Purchase Agreement is on customary terms for such arrangement;

(iii)

no Default or Event of Default exists at the time of, or would result from, the sale of such accounts receivable; and

(iv)

the aggregate face amount of all accounts receivable of the Company and its Subsidiaries owing from Non-Specified Account Debtors that are sold during any one fiscal year of the Company shall not exceed 10% of Consolidated Tangible Assets as of the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year of the Company (it being understood that the limitation in this clause (iv) shall not apply to sales of accounts receivable owing from Specified Account Debtors).

“Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, trust, unincorporated organization, business entity or a Governmental Authority.

“Plan” means an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is or, within the preceding five years, has been established or maintained, or to which contributions are or, within the preceding five years, have been made or required to be made, by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate or with respect to which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate may have any liability.

“Priority Debt” means (without duplication), as of the date of any determination thereof, the sum of (i) all unsecured Debt of Subsidiaries (including all Guaranties of Debt but excluding (x) Debt owing to the Company or any other Subsidiary, (y) Debt outstanding at the time such Person became a Subsidiary, provided that such Debt shall have not been incurred in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary, and (z) all Debt of Subsidiary Guarantors, and (ii) all Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries secured by Liens other than Debt secured by Liens permitted by subparagraphs (a) through (i), inclusive, of Section 10.5 (including for purposes of such subparagraphs, Debt secured by Liens on assets of Unrestricted Subsidiaries in the same manner as Liens are permitted on the assets of Restricted Subsidiaries in such subparagraphs, except that, solely for purposes of this definition of Priority Debt, subparagraph (f) of Section 10.5 shall be read as permitting only Liens existing as of the Closing Date and reflected in Schedule 10.5 with respect to Unrestricted Subsidiaries).

“property” or “properties” means, unless otherwise specifically limited, real or personal property of any kind, tangible or intangible, xxxxxx or inchoate.

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“PTE” is defined in Section 6.2(a).

“Purchaser” or “Purchasers” means each of the purchasers that has executed and delivered this Agreement to the Company and such Purchaser’s successors and assigns (so long as any such assignment complies with Section 13.2), provided, however, that any Purchaser of a Note that ceases to be the registered holder or a beneficial owner (through a nominee) of such Note as the result of a transfer thereof pursuant to Section 13.2 shall cease to be included within the meaning of “Purchaser” of such Note for the purposes of this Agreement upon such transfer.

“Qualified Cash” means, as of any date of determination, unrestricted and unencumbered cash or Permitted Investments of the Company and its Domestic Subsidiaries on deposit in accounts located in the United States on such date in excess of $50,000,000 and in an aggregate amount not to exceed $150,000,000.

“Qualified Institutional Buyer” means any Person who is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of such term as set forth in Rule 144A(a)(1) under the Securities Act.

“QPAM Exemption” is defined in Section 6.2(e).

“Receivables Facility Counterpart Counterparty” is defined in Section 10.6.

“Receivables Purchase Agreement” is defined in Section 10.6.

“Related Fund” means, with respect to any holder of any Note, any fund or entity that (i) invests in Securities or bank loans, and (ii) is advised or managed by such holder, the same investment advisor as such holder or by an affiliate of such holder or such investment advisor.

“Required Holders” means, at any time, the holders of more than 50% in principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding (exclusive of Notes then owned by the Company or any of its Affiliates and any Notes held by parties who are contractually required to abstain from voting with respect to matters affecting the holders of the Notes).

“Responsible Officer” means any Senior Financial Officer and any other officer of the Company with responsibility for the administration of the relevant portion of this Agreement.

“Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary in which: (i) at least a majority of the voting securities are owned by the Company and/or one or more Restricted Subsidiaries and (ii) the Company has not designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by notice in writing given to the holders of the Notes.

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC business.

“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States, or any successor thereto.

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“Securities” or “Security” shall have the meaning specified in section 2(a)(1) of the Securities Act.

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time in effect.

“Senior Debt” means, as of the date of any determination thereof, all Consolidated Debt, other than Subordinated Debt.

“Senior Financial Officer” means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or comptroller of the Company.

“Source” is defined in Section 6.2.

“Subordinated Debt” means all unsecured Debt of the Company which shall contain or have applicable thereto subordination provisions providing for the subordination thereof to other Debt of the Company (including, without limitation, the obligations of the Company under this Agreement or the Notes).

“Subsidiary” means, as to any Person, any other Person in which such first Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries or such first Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries owns sufficient equity or voting interests to enable it or them (as a group) ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, to elect a majority of the directors (or Persons performing similar functions) of such second Person, and any partnership or joint venture if more than a 50% interest in the profits or capital thereof is owned by such first Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries or such first Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries (unless such partnership or joint venture can and does ordinarily take major business actions without the prior approval of such Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries). Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, any reference to a “Subsidiary” is a reference to a Subsidiary of the Company.

“Subsidiary Guarantor” means each Subsidiary which is party to a Subsidiary Guaranty.

“Subsidiary Guaranty” is defined in Section 2.2 of this Agreement.

“Substitute Purchaser” is defined in Section 21.

“SVO” me ans the Securities Valuation Office of the NAIC or any successor to such Office.

“Synthetic Lease” means any so-called “synthetic”, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease, or any other agreement for the use or possession of property creating obligations that are not treated as a Capital Lease under GAAP but that is treated as a financing under the Code.

“Synthetic Lease Obligations” means, collectively, the payment obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to a Synthetic Lease.

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STEPAN COMPANY				NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

“Unfunded Liabilities” means (i) in the case of Plans (other than Multiemployer Plans) the amount (if any) by which the present value of all vested nonforfeitable benefits under such Plan exceeds the fair market value of all Plan assets allocable to such benefits, all determined as of the then most recent valuation date for such Plan, and (ii) in the case of Multiemployer Plans, the withdrawal liability of the Company and Subsidiaries. The interest rate for computing the present value of all vested nonforfeitable benefits shall be the Valuation Liability Interest Rate, as indicated on Form 5500 Schedule B for such Plan. For purposes of this defined term ‘Unfunded Liabilities’ only, the term ‘Plan’ means an employee pension benefit plan which is covered by Title IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code as to which the Company or any Subsidiary may have any liability.

“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary so designated by the Company.

“USA PATRIOT Act” means United States Public Law 107-56, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time in effect.

“U.S. Economic Sanctions” is defined in Section 5.16(a).

B-14

SUBSIDIARIES OF THE COMPANY AND OWNERSHIP OF SUBSIDIARY STOCK

SUBSIDIARIES OF THE COMPANY


CORPORATE NAME	JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION OR FORMATION	PERCENTAGE OF SHARES HELD OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED			RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARY (Y/N)
Stepan Holdings, LLC	United States		100	%		Y
Stepan Canada Inc.	Canada		100	%		Y
Stepan Asia Pte. Ltd.	Singapore		100	%		Y
Stepan Specialty Products, LLC	United States		100	%		Y
Stepan Specialty Products B.V.	Netherlands		100	%		Y
Stepan Europe S.A.S.	France		100	%		N
Stepan Mexico, S.A. de C.V.	Mexico		100	%		N
Stepan Quimica Ltda.	Brazil		100	%		Y
Stepan Colombia S.A.S.	Colombia		100	%		N
Stepan UK Limited	England and Wales		100	%		N
Stepan Deutschland GmbH	Germany		100	%		N
Stepan Polska Sp. z o.o.	Poland		100	%		N
Stepan Philippines, Inc.	Philippines		100	%		N
Stepan Philippines Quaternaries, Inc.	Philippines		100	%		N
Stepan India (Private) Limited	India		100	%		N
Stepan Chemical (Nanjing) Co., Ltd.	China		100	%		N
Nanjing Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Chemical LLC. (Joint Venture)	China		80	%		N
Stepan Chemical (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.	China		100	%		N
Stepan (Nanjing) Chemical R&D Co., Ltd.	China		100	%		N
Stepan International Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.	China		100	%		N

SCHEDULE 5.4

(to Note Purchase Agreement)

AFFILIATES OF THE COMPANY


CORPORATE NAME	JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION OR FORMATION	PERCENTAGE OF SHARES HELD OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
Tiorco, LLC (Joint Venture)	United States		50	%

As of the Closing Date, the Company’s directors are Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, F. Xxxxx Xxxxxx, F. Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Jr., and Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx.

As of the Closing Date, the Company’s senior officers are F. Xxxxx Xxxxxx, F. Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Jr., Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, and Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1.	Financial statements for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2015

2.	Financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2010, December 31, 2011, December 31, 2012, December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2014

SCHEDULE 5.5

(to Note Purchase Agreement)

LICENSES, PERMITS, ETC.

None.

SCHEDULE 5.11

(to Note Purchase Agreement)

EXISTING DEBT

Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on May 31, 2015


OBLIGOR	CREDITOR	DESCRIPTION OF INDEBTEDNESS (INCLUDING INTEREST RATE)	COLLATERAL (IF ANY)	MATURITY		OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT (000’S)
Stepan Company	JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (as Agent)	Credit Agreement (various rates)	None		2019		$	20,000
Stepan Company	The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company	6.86% Notes	None		2015		$	2,856
Stepan Company	The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company for its Group Annuity	6.86% Notes	None		2015		$	143
Stepan Company	Thrivent Financial for Lutherans	6.86% Notes	None		2015		$	428
Stepan Company	The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York	6.86% Notes	None		2015		$	428
Stepan Company	Prudential Investment Management	6.86% Notes	None		2015		$	428
Stepan Company	Alliance Capital	5.69% Notes	None		2018		$	11,429
Stepan Company	CIGNA	5.69% Notes	None		2018		$	11,429
Stepan Company	Prudential Investment Management	5.88% Notes	None		2022		$	20,000
Stepan Company	AXA/Alliance Capital	5.88% Notes	None		2022		$	10,000
Stepan Company	CIGNA	5.88% Notes	None		2022		$	10,000
Stepan Company	Prudential Investment Management	4.86% Notes	None		2023		$	22,500

SCHEDULE 5.15

(to Note Purchase Agreement)

OBLIGOR

CREDITOR

DESCRIPTION OF INDEBTEDNESS (INCLUDING INTEREST RATE)

COLLATERAL (IF ANY)

MATURITY

OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT (000’S)

Stepan Company

Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company

4.86% Notes

None

2023

15,000

Stepan Company

New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation

4.86% Notes

None

2023

10,600

Stepan Company

New York Life Insurance Company

4.86% Notes

None

2023

9,400

Stepan Company

RGA Reinsurance Company

4.86% Notes

None

2023

7,500

Stepan Company

Babson Capital Management LLC

3.86% Notes

None

2025

40,000

Stepan Company

Delaware Investment Advisors

3.86% Notes

None

2025

25,000

Stepan Company

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America

3.86% Notes

None

2025

18,000

Stepan Company

AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company/Alliance Xxxxxxxxx

3.86% Notes

None

2025

10,000

Stepan Company

Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company

3.86% Notes

None

2025

7,000

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EXISTING LIENS

Debt of Foreign Subsidiaries Secured by Liens as of May 31, 2015

OBLIGOR

CREDITOR

DESCRIPTION OF INDEBTEDNESS

SECURITY

MATURITY

OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT (000’S)

Stepan Europe S.A.S.

LCL

Term Loan

General

Intangibles

2015

275

Stepan UK Limited

HSBC

Short-Term Credit Line

Accounts

Receivable

2015

3,511

Stepan Quimica Ltda.

Banco Itau

Short-Term Credit Line

Accounts Receivable

2015

SCHEDULE 10.5

(to Note Purchase Agreement)

PERMITTED SUPPLIER FINANCING

LIST OF SPECIFIED ACCOUNT DEBTORS

Colgate-Palmolive Company

Xxxxxx XX & Co. KGaA

The Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxx Company

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc

Unilever N.V.

Unilever PLC

Exhibit 1Schedule B-10

(TO NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT)

[FORM OF NOTE]

STEPAN COMPANY

3.95% SENIOR NOTE DUE JULY 10, 2027


No. [ ]		July 10, 2015
$[ ]		PPN 858586 J*2

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, STEPAN COMPANY (herein called the “Company”), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, hereby promises to pay to [ ], or registered assigns, the principal sum of [ ] Dollars (or so much thereof as shall not have been prepaid) on July 10, 2027 (the “Maturity Date”), with interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) (a) on the unpaid balance hereof at the rate of 3.95% per annum from the date hereof, payable semiannually, on the 10th day of July and January in each year, commencing with the July 10 or January 10 next succeeding the date hereof, and on the Maturity Date, until the principal hereof shall have become due and payable, and (b) to the extent permitted by law, (x) on any overdue payment of interest and (y) during the continuance of an Event of Default, on such unpaid balance and on any overdue payment of any Make-Whole Amount, at a rate per annum equal to 5.95%, payable semiannually as aforesaid (or, at the option of the registered holder hereof, on demand).

Payments of principal of, interest on and any Make-Whole Amount with respect to this Note are to be made in lawful money of the United States of America at Bank of America, N.A. in New York, New York or at such other place as the Company shall have designated by written notice to the holder of this Note as provided in the Note Purchase Agreement referred to below.

This Note is one of a series of Senior Notes (herein called the “Notes”) issued pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 10, 2015 (as from time to time amended, the “Note Purchase Agreement”), between the Company and the respective Purchasers named therein and is entitled to the benefits thereof. Each holder of this Note will be deemed, by its acceptance hereof, to have (i) agreed to the confidentiality provisions set forth in Section 20 of the Note Purchase Agreement and (ii) made the representation set forth in Section 6.2 of the Note Purchase Agreement. Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used in this Note shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Note Purchase Agreement.

This Note is a registered Note and, as provided in the Note Purchase Agreement, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer, duly endorsed, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed, by the registered holder hereof or such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, a new Note for a like principal amount will be issued to, and registered in the name of, the transferee. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the Company may treat the person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment and for all other purposes, and the Company will not be affected by any notice to the contrary.

EXHIBIT 1

(to Note Purchase Agreement)

The Company will make required prepayments of principal on the date and in the amounts specified in the Note Agreement. This Note is subject to optional prepayment, in whole or from time to time in part, at the times and on the terms specified in the Note Purchase Agreement, but not otherwise.

If an Event of Default, as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement, occurs and is continuing, the principal of this Note may be declared or otherwise become due and payable in the manner, at the price (including any applicable Make-Whole Amount) and with the effect provided in the Note Purchase Agreement.

This Note shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the issuer and holder hereof shall be governed by, the law of the State of New York excluding choice-of-law principles of the law of such State that would require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State.


STEPAN COMPANY

By
		Name:
		Title:

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FORM OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY

GUARANTY

THIS GUARANTY (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Guaranty”) is made as of July 10, 2015, by Stepan Specialty Products, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together with any Subsidiaries which become parties to this Guaranty by executing a Supplement hereto in the form attached hereto as Annex I, the “Guarantors”), for the benefit of the holders from time to time of the Notes (as defined below) (the “Holders”).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, Stepan Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), has entered into that certain Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 10, 2015 (the “Note Purchase Agreement”), by and among the Borrower and the purchasers named therein.

WHEREAS, the Borrower has authorized the issuance of and, pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement, proposes to issue and sell on the date hereof its 3.95% Senior Notes, due July 10, 2027 (the “Notes”) pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement.

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.8 of the Note Purchase Agreement, the Borrower has agreed that certain of its Subsidiaries (each a “Guarantor” and, collectively, the “Guarantors”) will guarantee the Borrower’s obligations under the Notes and the Note Purchase Agreement;

WHEREAS, the Guarantors hereby execute and deliver this Guaranty, whereby each of the Guarantors, without limitation and with full recourse, shall guarantee the payment when due of all of the “Guaranteed Obligations” (as defined below); and

WHEREAS, the Guarantors each acknowledge that they have and will continue to derive substantial benefits from the issuance of the Notes, and each of the Guarantors is willing to guarantee the Guaranteed Obligations;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

SECTION 1. Definitions. Terms defined in the Note Purchase Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have, as used herein, the respective meanings provided for therein.

SECTION 2. Representations, Warranties and Covenants. Each of the Guarantors represents and warrants to each Holder as of the date of this Agreement that:

(A) It (i) is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company, duly incorporated or organized, as the case may be, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, (ii) is duly qualified to do business as a foreign entity and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where the business by it makes such qualification necessary, and (iii) has all

EXHIBIT 2.2

(to Note Purchase Agreement)

requisite corporate, partnership or limited liability power and authority, as the case may be, to own, operate and encumber its property and to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted except to the extent that the failure to have such authority could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect (a) on the business, financial condition, operations or properties of a Guarantor taken as a whole or (b) on its ability to perform its obligations hereunder.

(B) It has the requisite corporate, limited liability company or partnership, as applicable, power and authority and legal right to execute and deliver this Guaranty and to perform its obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery by it of this Guaranty and the performance of each of its obligations hereunder have been duly authorized by proper proceedings, and this Guaranty constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Guarantor, enforceable against such Guarantor, in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyances or transfers, reorganization or similar laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and (iii) requirements of reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing.

(C) Neither the execution and delivery by it of this Guaranty, nor the consummation by it of the transactions herein contemplated, nor compliance by it with the terms and provisions hereof, will (i) conflict with the charter or other organizational documents of such Guarantor, (ii) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any law, rule, regulation, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree or award (including, without limitation, any environmental property transfer laws or regulations) applicable to such Guarantor or any provisions of any indenture, instrument or agreement to which such Guarantor is party or is subject or which it or its property is bound or affected, or require termination of any such indenture, instrument or agreement, (iii) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien whatsoever upon any of the property or assets of such Guarantor, other than Liens permitted or created by the Note Purchase Agreement, or (iv) require any approval of such Guarantor’s board of directors or shareholders or unitholders except such as have been obtained. The execution, delivery and performance by the Guarantors of this Guaranty do not and will not require any registration with, consent or approval of, or notice to, or other action to, with or by any governmental authority, including under any environmental property transfer laws or regulations, except filings, consents or notices which have been made.

In addition to the foregoing, each of the Guarantors covenants that, so long as any amount is payable under the Note Purchase Agreement or the Notes or any other Guaranteed Obligations shall remain unpaid, it will, and, if necessary, will enable the Borrower to, fully comply with those covenants and agreements of the Borrower applicable to such Guarantor set forth in the Note Purchase Agreement.

SECTION 3. The Guaranty. Each of the Guarantors hereby unconditionally guarantees, jointly with the other Guarantors and severally, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, to each Holder and its successors, transfers and assigns, the full and punctual payment and performance when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, of the principal of and Make-Whole Amount and interest on (including, without limitation, interest whether or not an allowable claim, accruing after the date of filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding relating to the Borrower) the Notes issued from time to time, including Additional Notes issued after the date hereof, and all other amounts under the Note Purchase Agreement and all other obligations, agreements and covenants of the Borrower now or hereafter existing under the Note Purchase Agreement whether for

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principal, Make-Whole Amount, interest (including interest accruing both prior to and subsequent to the commencement of any proceeding against or with respect to the Borrower under any chapter of the Bankruptcy Code), indemnification payments, expenses (including attorneys’ fee and expenses) or otherwise, and all costs and expenses, if any, incurred by any Holder in connection with enforcing any rights under this Guaranty (all of the foregoing being referred to collectively as the “Guaranteed Obligations” and the holders from time to time of the Guaranteed Obligations being referred to collectively as the “Holders of Guaranteed Obligations”). Upon (x) the failure by the Borrower to pay punctually any such amount or perform such obligation, and (y) such failure continuing beyond any applicable grace or notice and cure period, each of the Guarantors agrees that it shall forthwith on demand pay such amount or perform such obligation at the place and in the manner specified in the Note Purchase Agreement. Each of the Guarantors hereby agrees that this Guaranty is an absolute, irrevocable, unconditional, present and continuing guaranty of payment and is not a guaranty of collection, and is no way conditioned upon any attempt to collect from the Borrower or any other action, occurrence or circumstance whatsoever.

Notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such action against the Borrower, if for any reason whatsoever the Borrower shall fail or be unable duly, punctually and fully to perform and (in the case of the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations) pay such amounts as and when the same shall become due and (in the case of the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations) payable or to perform or comply with any other Guaranteed Obligation, whether or not such failure or inability shall constitute an “Event of Default” under the Note Purchase Agreement or the Notes, each Guarantor will forthwith (in the case of the payment of Guaranteed Obligations) pay or cause to be paid such amounts to the Holders, in lawful money of the United States of America, at the place specified in the Note Purchase Agreement, or perform or comply with such Guaranteed Obligations or cause such Guaranteed Obligations to be performed or complied with, (in the case of the payment of Guaranteed Obligations) together with interest (in the amounts and to the extent required under such Notes) on any amount due and owing.

SECTION 4. Guaranty Unconditional. The obligations of each of the Guarantors hereunder shall be unconditional and absolute and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, shall not be released, discharged or otherwise affected by:

(A) any extension, renewal, settlement, indulgence, compromise, waiver or release of or with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof or any agreement relating thereto, or with respect to any obligation of any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, whether (in any such case) by operation of law or otherwise, or any failure or omission to enforce any right, power or remedy with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof or any agreement relating thereto, or with respect to any obligation of any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations;

(B) any modification or amendment of or supplement to the Note Purchase Agreement, including, without limitation, any such amendment which may increase the amount of, or the interest rates applicable to, any of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby;

(C) any release, surrender, compromise, settlement, waiver, subordination or modification, with or without consideration, of any collateral securing the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof, any other guaranties with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof, or any other obligation of any person or entity with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof, or any nonperfection or invalidity of any direct or indirect security for the Guaranteed Obligations;

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(D) any change in the corporate, partnership or other existence, structure or ownership of the Borrower or any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar proceeding affecting the Borrower or any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any of their respective assets or any resulting release or discharge of any obligation of the Borrower or any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations;

(E) the existence of any claim, setoff or other rights which the Guarantors may have at any time against the Borrower, any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, any Holder of Guaranteed Obligations or any other Person, whether in connection herewith or in connection with any unrelated transactions; provided that nothing herein shall prevent the assertion of any such claim by separate suit or compulsory counterclaim;

(F) the enforceability or validity of the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof or the genuineness, enforceability or validity of any agreement relating thereto or with respect to any collateral securing the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof, or any other invalidity or unenforceability relating to or against the Borrower or any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, for any reason related to the Note Purchase Agreement, the Notes or any provision of applicable law, decree, order or regulation of any jurisdiction purporting to prohibit the payment by the Borrower or any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations, of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise affecting any term of any of the Guaranteed Obligations;

(G) the failure of the Holders to take any steps to perfect and maintain any security interest in, or to preserve any rights to, any security or collateral for the Guaranteed Obligations, if any;

(H) the election by, or on behalf of, any one or more of the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations, in any proceeding instituted under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code (11 U.S.C. 101 et seq.) (the “Bankruptcy Code”), of the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code;

(I) any borrowing or grant of a security interest by the Borrower, as debtor-in-possession, under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code;

(J) the disallowance, under Section 502 of the Bankruptcy Code, of all or any portion of the claims of the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations for repayment of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations;

(K) the failure of any other guarantor to sign or become party to this Guaranty or any amendment, change, or reaffirmation hereof; or

(L) any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind by the Borrower, any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations, any Holder of Guaranteed Obligations or any other Person or any other circumstance whatsoever which might, but for the provisions of this Section 4, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of any Guarantor’s obligations hereunder except as provided in Section 5.

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SECTION 5. Discharge Only Upon Payment In Full: Reinstatement In Certain Circumstances.

(A) Each of the Guarantors’ obligations hereunder shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be discharged until such time as all of the principal of, Make-Whole Amount and interest on the Notes, the other Guaranteed Obligations and all other independent payment obligations of such Guarantor under the Guaranty shall have been paid in full in cash and performed in full, and all of the agreements of each of the other Guarantors hereunder shall be duly paid in cash and performed in full. If at any time any payment of the principal of, Make-Whole Amount, or interest on any Note or any other amount payable by the Borrower or any other party under the Note Purchase Agreement or any Note is rescinded or must be otherwise restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Borrower or otherwise, each of the Guarantors’ obligations hereunder with respect to such payment shall be reinstated as though such payment had been due but not made at such time.

(B) A Guarantor shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder in the event that all of the capital stock of such Guarantor shall be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of, or the assets of such Guarantor shall be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of substantially in their entirety, in each case to a Person that is not the Borrower in accordance with the terms of the Note Purchase Agreement.

(C) In connection with any termination or release pursuant to paragraph (A) or (B) of this Section 5 the Holders shall execute and deliver to any Guarantor, as the case may be, at such Guarantor’s expense, all documents that such Guarantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section 5 shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Holders.

SECTION 6. General Waivers; Additional Waivers.

(A) General Waivers. Each of the Guarantors irrevocably waives acceptance hereof, presentment, demand or action on delinquency, protest, the benefit of any statutes of limitations and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any notice not provided for herein, as well as any requirement that at any time any action be taken by any Person against the Borrower, any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any other Person.

(B) Additional Waivers. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each of the Guarantors hereby absolutely, unconditionally, knowingly, and expressly waives:

(i) any right it may have to revoke this Guaranty as to future indebtedness or notice of acceptance hereof;

(ii) (a) notice of acceptance hereof; (b) notice of any financial accommodations made or extended under the Note Purchase Agreement or the creation or existence of any Guaranteed Obligations; (c) notice of the amount of the Guaranteed Obligations, subject, however, to each

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Guarantor’s right to make inquiry of the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations to ascertain the amount of the Guaranteed Obligations at any reasonable time; (d) notice of any adverse change in the financial condition of the Borrower or of any other fact that might increase such Guarantor’s risk hereunder; (e) notice of presentment for payment, demand, protest, and notice thereof as to any instruments under the Note Purchase Agreement or the Notes; (f) notice of any Default or Event of Default; and (g) all other notices (except if such notice is specifically required to be given to such Guarantor hereunder or under the Note Purchase Agreement) and demands to which each Guarantor might otherwise be entitled;

(iii) its right, if any, to require the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations to institute suit against, or to exhaust any rights and remedies which the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations have or may have against, the other Guarantors or any third party, or against any collateral provided by the other Guarantors, or any third party; and each Guarantor further waives any defense arising by reason of any disability or other defense (other than the defense that the Guaranteed Obligations shall have been fully and finally performed and indefeasibly paid) of the other Guarantors or by reason of the cessation from any cause whatsoever of the liability of the other Guarantors in respect thereof;

(iv) (a) any rights to assert against the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations any defense (legal or equitable), set-off, counterclaim, or claim which such Guarantor may now or at any time hereafter have against the other Guarantors or any other party liable to the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations; (b) any defense, set-off, counterclaim, or claim, of any kind or nature, arising directly or indirectly from the present or future lack of perfection, sufficiency, validity, or enforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or any security therefor; (c) any defense such Guarantor has to performance hereunder, and any right such Guarantor has to be exonerated, arising by reason of: the impairment or suspension of the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations’ rights or remedies against the other Guarantors; the alteration by the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations of the Guaranteed Obligations; any discharge of the other Guarantors’ obligations to the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations by operation of law as a result of the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations’ intervention or omission; or the acceptance by the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations of anything in partial satisfaction of the Guaranteed Obligations; and (d) the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting such Guarantor’s liability hereunder or the enforcement thereof, and any act which shall defer or delay the operation of any statute of limitations applicable to the Guaranteed Obligations shall similarly operate to defer or delay the operation of such statute of limitations applicable to such Guarantor’s liability hereunder; and

(v) any defense arising by reason of or deriving from (a) any claim or defense based upon an election of remedies by the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations; or (b) any election by the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations under Section 1111(b) of Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy”, as now and hereafter in effect (or any successor statute), to limit the amount of, or any collateral securing, its claim against the Guarantors.

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SECTION 7. Subordination of Subrogation; Subordination of Intercompany Indebtedness.

(A) Subordination of Subrogation. Until the Guaranteed Obligations have been fully and finally performed and indefeasibly paid in full in cash (other than contingent indemnity obligations), the Guarantors (i) shall have no right of subrogation with respect to such Guaranteed Obligations and (ii) waive any right to enforce any remedy which the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations now have or may hereafter have against the Borrower, any endorser or any guarantor of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other Person, and the Guarantors waive any benefit of, and any right to participate in, any security or collateral given to the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations to secure the payment or performance of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other liability of the Borrower to the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations. Should any Guarantor have the right, notwithstanding the foregoing, to exercise its subrogation rights, each Guarantor hereby expressly and irrevocably (a) subordinates any and all rights at law or in equity to subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution, indemnification or set off that such Guarantor may have to the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations (other than contingent indemnity obligations) and (b) waives any and all defenses available to a surety, guarantor or accommodation co-obligor until the Guaranteed Obligations are indefeasibly paid in full in cash and performed in full. Each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that this subordination is intended to benefit the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations and shall not limit or otherwise affect such Guarantor’s liability hereunder or the enforceability of this Guaranty, and that the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations and their successors and assigns are intended third party beneficiaries of the waivers and agreements set forth in this Section 7(A).

(B) Subordination of Intercompany Indebtedness. Each Guarantor agrees that any and all claims of such Guarantor against the Borrower or any other Guarantor hereunder (each an “Obligor”) with respect to any “Intercompany Indebtedness” (as hereinafter defined), any endorser, obligor or any other guarantor of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, or against any of its properties shall be subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior payment, in full and in cash, of all Guaranteed Obligations; provided that, as long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, such Guarantor may receive payments of principal and interest from any Obligor with respect to Intercompany Indebtedness. Notwithstanding any right of any Guarantor to ask, demand, xxx for, take or receive any payment from any Obligor, all rights, liens and security interests of such Guarantor, whether now or hereafter arising and howsoever existing, in any assets of any other Obligor shall be and are subordinated to the rights of the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations in those assets. No Guarantor shall have any right to possession of any such asset or to foreclose upon any such asset, whether by judicial action or otherwise, unless and until all of the Guaranteed Obligations shall have been fully paid and satisfied (in cash) and fully performed. If all or any part of the assets of any Obligor, or the proceeds thereof, are subject to any distribution, division or application to the creditors of such Obligor, whether partial or complete, voluntary or involuntary, and whether by reason of liquidation, bankruptcy, arrangement, receivership, assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other action or proceeding, or if the business of any such Obligor is dissolved or if substantially all of the assets of any such Obligor are sold, then, and in any such event (such events being herein referred to as an “Insolvency Event”), any payment or distribution of any kind or character, either in cash, securities or other property, which shall be payable or deliverable upon or with respect to any indebtedness of any Obligor to any Guarantor (“Intercompany Indebtedness”) shall be paid or delivered directly to the Holders for application on any of the Guaranteed Obligations, due or to become due, until such Guaranteed Obligations shall have first been fully paid and satisfied (in cash). Should any payment, distribution, security or instrument or proceeds thereof be received by the applicable Guarantor upon or with respect to the Intercompany Indebtedness after any Insolvency Event and prior to the satisfaction of all of the

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Guaranteed Obligations, such Guarantor shall receive and hold the same in trust, as trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations and shall forthwith deliver the same to the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations, in precisely the form received (except for the endorsement or assignment of the Guarantor where necessary), for application to any of the Guaranteed Obligations, due or not due, and, until so delivered, the same shall be held in trust by the Guarantor as the property of the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations. If any such Guarantor fails to make any such endorsement or assignment to the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations, the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations or any of their officers or employees are irrevocably authorized to make the same. Each Guarantor agrees that until the Guaranteed Obligations (other than the contingent indemnity obligations) have been paid in full (in cash) and satisfied and fully performed, no Guarantor will assign or transfer to any Person any claim any such Guarantor has or may have against any Obligor.

SECTION 8. Contribution with Respect to Guaranteed Obligations.

(A) To the extent that any Guarantor shall make a payment under this Guaranty (a “Guarantor Payment”) which, taking into account all other Guarantor Payments then previously or concurrently made by any other Guarantor, exceeds the amount which otherwise would have been paid by or attributable to such Guarantor if each Guarantor had paid the aggregate Guaranteed Obligations satisfied by such Guarantor Payment in the same proportion as such Guarantor’s “Allocable Amount” (as defined below) (as determined immediately prior to such Guarantor Payment) bore to the aggregate Allocable Amounts of each of the Guarantors as determined immediately prior to the making of such Guarantor Payment, then, following indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations and termination of the Note Purchase Agreement, such Guarantor shall be entitled to receive contribution and indemnification payments from, and be reimbursed by, each other Guarantor for the amount of such excess, pro rata based upon their respective Allocable Amounts in effect immediately prior to such Guarantor Payment.

(B) As of any date of determination, the “Allocable Amount” of any Guarantor shall be equal to the excess of the fair value of the property of such Guarantor over the total liabilities of such Guarantor (including the maximum amount reasonably expected to become due in respect of contingent liabilities, calculated, without duplication, assuming each other Guarantor that is also liable for such contingent liability pays its ratable share thereof), giving effect to all payments made by other Guarantors as of such date in a manner to maximize the amount of such contributions.

(C) This Section 8 is intended only to define the relative rights of the Guarantors, and nothing set forth in this Section 8 is intended to or shall impair the obligations of the Guarantors, jointly and severally, to pay any amounts as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Guaranty.

(D) The parties hereto acknowledge that the rights of contribution and indemnification hereunder shall constitute assets of the Guarantor or Guarantors to which such contribution and indemnification is owing.

(E) The rights of the indemnifying Guarantors against other Guarantors under this Section 8 shall be exercisable upon the full and indefeasible payment of the Guaranteed Obligations in cash, the performance in full of the Guaranteed Obligations and the termination of the Note Purchase Agreement.

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(F) In determining the solvency of any Guarantor, it is the intention of the parties hereto that any rights of subrogation or contribution which such Guarantor may have under this Guaranty, any other agreement or applicable law shall be taken into account.

SECTION 9. Limitation of Obligations. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Guaranty, each Guarantor’s obligation to pay the amount guaranteed by each Guarantor hereunder shall be limited to the extent, if any, required so that its obligations hereunder shall not be subject to avoidance under Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code or under any applicable state Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act or similar statute or common law.

SECTION 10. Stay of Acceleration. If acceleration of the time for payment of any amount payable by the Borrower under the Note Purchase Agreement or any Note is stayed upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Borrower, all such amounts otherwise subject to acceleration under the terms of the Note Purchase Agreement or any Note shall nonetheless be payable by each of the Guarantors hereunder forthwith on demand by the Holders.

SECTION 11. Notices. All notices, requests and other communications to any party hereunder shall be given in the manner prescribed in the Note Purchase Agreement with respect to the Holders at their notice address therein and with respect to any Guarantor, in care of the Borrower at the address of the Borrower set forth in the Note Purchase Agreement or such other address or telecopy number as such party may hereafter specify for such purpose by notice in accordance with the provisions of the Note Purchase Agreement.

SECTION 12. No Waivers. No failure or delay by the Holder of Guaranteed Obligations in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies provided in this Guaranty, the Note Purchase Agreement, and the Notes shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.

SECTION 13. Successors and Assigns. This Guaranty is for the benefit of the Holders and the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations and their respective successors, transfers and permitted assigns; provided, that no Guarantor shall have any right to assign its rights or obligations hereunder without the consent of all of the Holders, and any such assignment in violation of this Section 13 shall be null and void; and in the event of an assignment of any amounts payable under the Note Purchase Agreement or the Notes in accordance with the respective terms thereof, the rights hereunder, to the extent applicable to the indebtedness so assigned, may be transferred with such indebtedness. This Guaranty shall be binding upon each of the Guarantors and their respective successors and assigns.

SECTION 14. Changes in Writing. Other than in connection with the addition of additional Subsidiaries, which become parties hereto by executing a supplement hereto in the form attached as Annex I, neither this Guaranty nor any provision hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated orally, but only in writing signed by each of the Guarantors and the Holders.

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SECTION 15. GOVERNING LAW. THIS GUARANTY SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

SECTION 16. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; SERVICE OF PROCESS; JURY TRIAL.

(A) CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY NEW YORK STATE OR FEDERAL COURT SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, THE CITY OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT OR ANY NOTE AND EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN ANY SUCH COURT AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE AS TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT OR THAT SUCH COURT IS AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT OF ANY HOLDER OF GUARANTEED OBLIGATIONS TO BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ANY GUARANTOR IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING BY ANY GUARANTOR AGAINST ANY HOLDER OF GUARANTEED OBLIGATIONS INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OTHER RELATED DOCUMENT SHALL BE BROUGHT ONLY IN A COURT SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, THE CITY OF NEW YORK.

(B) WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER (WHETHER SOUNDING IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH THIS GUARANTY, THE NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT OR ANY NOTE OR THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED THEREUNDER.

SECTION 17. No Strict Construction. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Guaranty. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Guaranty shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provisions of this Guaranty.

SECTION 18. Taxes, Expenses of Enforcement, etc.

(A) Taxes.

(i) All payments by any Guarantor to or for the account of any Holder of Guaranteed Obligations hereunder or under any promissory note shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any and all taxes. If any Guarantor shall be required by law to deduct any taxes from or in respect of any sum payable hereunder to any Holder of Guaranteed Obligations, (a) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including

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deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 18(A)) such Holder or Holder of Guaranteed Obligations (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (b) such Guarantor shall make such deductions, (c) such Guarantor shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant authority in accordance with applicable law and (d) such Guarantor shall furnish to the Holders the original copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof within ten (10) days after such payment is made.

(ii) In addition, the Guarantors hereby agree to pay any present or future stamp or documentary taxes and any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies which arise from any payment made hereunder or under any promissory note or from the execution or delivery of, or otherwise with respect to, this Guaranty or any promissory note (“Other Taxes”).

(iii) The Guarantors hereby agree to indemnify the Holder of Guaranteed Obligations for the full amount of taxes or Other Taxes (including, without limitation, any taxes or Other Taxes imposed on amounts payable under this Section 18(A)) paid by any Holder or Holder of Guaranteed Obligations and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto. Payments due under this indemnification shall be made within thirty (30) days of the date the Holder of Guaranteed Obligations makes demand therefor.

(B) Expenses of Enforcement, Etc. Subject to the terms of the Note Purchase Agreement, after the occurrence of a Default under the Note Purchase Agreement, the Holders shall have the right at any time to commence enforcement proceedings with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations. The Guarantors agree to reimburse the Holders and Holders of Guaranteed Obligations for any costs and out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and time charges of attorneys for the Holders), paid or incurred by any Holder or Holder of Guaranteed Obligations in connection with the collection and enforcement of amounts due under the Note Purchase Agreement, the Notes and this Guaranty.

SECTION 19. Setoff. At any time after all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations have become due and payable (by acceleration or otherwise), each Holder of Guaranteed Obligations may, without notice to any Guarantor and regardless of the acceptance of any security or collateral for the payment hereof, appropriate and apply in accordance with the terms of the Note Purchase Agreement and the Notes toward the payment of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations (i) any indebtedness due or to become due from such Holder of Guaranteed Obligations to any Guarantor, and (ii) any moneys, credits or other property belonging to any Guarantor, at any time held by or coming into the possession of such Holder of Guaranteed Obligations or any of their respective affiliates.

SECTION 20. Financial Information. Each Guarantor hereby assumes responsibility for keeping itself informed of the financial condition of the Borrower and any and all endorsers and/or other Guarantors of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof, that diligent inquiry would reveal, and each Guarantor hereby agrees that none of the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations shall have any duty to advise such Guarantor of information known to any of them regarding such condition or any such circumstances. In the event any Holder of Guaranteed Obligations in its sole discretion, undertakes at any time or from time to time to provide any such information to a Guarantor, such Holder of Guaranteed Obligations shall be under no obligation (i) to undertake any investigation not a part of its regular business routine, (ii) to disclose any information which such Holder of Guaranteed Obligations, pursuant to accepted or reasonable commercial finance practices, wishes to maintain confidential or (iii) to make any other or future disclosures of such information or any other information to such Guarantor.

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SECTION 21. Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Guaranty shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Guaranty shall be prohibited by or invalid under such law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Guaranty.

SECTION 22. Merger. This Guaranty represents the final agreement of each of the Guarantors with respect to the matters contained herein and may not be contradicted by evidence of prior or contemporaneous agreements, or subsequent oral agreements, between the Guarantor and any Holder of Guaranteed Obligations.

SECTION 23. Headings. Section headings in this Guaranty are for convenience of reference only and shall not govern the interpretation of any provision of this Guaranty.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has caused this Guaranty to be duly executed by its authorized officer as of the day and year first above written.


Stepan Specialty Products, LLC, as a Guarantor

By:
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: President

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ANNEX I TO GUARANTY

Reference is hereby made to the Guaranty (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Guaranty”), dated as of July 10, 2015, made by Stepan Specialty Products, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together with any Subsidiaries which become parties to the Guaranty by executing a Supplement thereto substantially similar in form and substance hereto, the “Guarantors”), for the benefit of the Holders. Each capitalized term used herein and not defined herein shall have the meaning given to it in the Guaranty. By its execution below, the undersigned, [NAME OF NEW GUARANTOR], a [corporation] [partnership] [limited liability company] (the “New Guarantor”), agrees to become, and does hereby become, a Guarantor under the Guaranty and agrees to be bound by such Guaranty as if originally a party thereto. By its execution below, the undersigned represents and warrants as to itself that all of the representations and warranties contained in Section 2 of the Guaranty are true and correct in all respects as of the date hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Guarantor has executed and delivered this Annex I counterpart to the Guaranty as of this day of , .

[NAME OF NEW GUARANTOR]

By:

Title:

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FORM OF OPINION OF GENERAL COUNSEL

TO THE COMPANY

The closing opinion of Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of the Company, which is called for by Section 4.4 of the Note Purchase Agreement, shall be dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Purchasers, shall be satisfactory in scope and form to each Purchaser and shall be to the effect that:

1. The Company and Stepan Specialty Products, LLC (the “Guarantor”) each have the corporate or limited liability company power, as applicable, and authority to own, pledge and operate its properties, to lease any properties it operates under lease, to conduct its business as presently conducted and to execute and deliver the Note Purchase Agreement, the Notes and the Subsidiary Guaranty (the “Transaction Documents”) to which it is a party and to perform its obligations thereunder.

2. Assuming the proceeds of the Notes are used solely for the purposes set forth in the Note Purchase Agreement, neither the execution and delivery by the Company or the Guarantor of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, nor the performance by the Company or the Guarantor of its obligations thereunder (including the issuance and sale of the Notes): (i) results in the breach of, or constitutes a default under, any material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease or sublease agreement to which the Company or the Guarantor is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound; (ii) results in the creation or imposition of any lien upon any of the property of the Company or the Guarantor under any indenture, mortgage or other agreement described in clause (i) above; or (iii) requires the consent or approval of, or withholding of objection, or any filing of qualification or registration with, any governmental body, agency or authority other than those which have been obtained.

3. Except as disclosed in the Note Purchase Agreement or the Subsidiary Guaranty, there are no actions, suits, or proceedings pending or overtly threatened against the Company or the Guarantor or any of their assets and properties that questions or may affect the validity of any action to be taken by the Company or the Guarantor pursuant to the Transaction Documents, or that seeks to restrain the Company or the Guarantor from carrying out the transactions contemplated therein or the Company’s or the Guarantor’s obligations thereunder.

EXHIBIT 4.4(a)

(to Note Purchase Agreement)

FORM OF OPINION OF SPECIAL COUNSEL

TO THE COMPANY

The closing opinion of Xxxxx Day, special counsel to the Company, which is called for by Section 4.4 of the Note Purchase Agreement, shall be dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Purchasers, shall be satisfactory in scope and form to each Purchaser and shall be to the effect that:

(1) The Company is a corporation validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware as of the date listed on the Company Good Standing Certificate. The Guarantor is a limited liability company validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware as at the date listed on the Guarantor Good Standing Certificate. The Company is authorized or qualified to do business and in good standing as a foreign corporation in the State of Illinois as at the date listed on the Foreign Good Standing Certificate.

(2) The issuance and sale of the Notes and the execution and delivery to the Purchasers by the Company of the Notes and the Note Purchase Agreement (the “Company Documents”) and the performance by the Company of its obligations thereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company. The execution and delivery to the Purchasers by, Stepan Specialty Products, LLC (the “Guarantor”) of the Subsidiary Guaranty (the “Guaranty”) and the performance by the Guarantor of its obligations thereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary limited liability company action of the Guarantor.

(3) Each Company Document has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of the Company and, when the Notes are delivered against payment therefor in accordance with the terms of the Note Purchase Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms. The Guaranty has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of the Guarantor and, when the Notes are delivered against payment therefor in accordance with the terms of the Note Purchase Agreement, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Guarantor, enforceable against the Guarantor in accordance with its terms.

(4) Assuming the proceeds of the Notes are used solely for the purposes set forth in the Note Purchase Agreement, the execution and delivery to the Purchasers by the Company of the Note Purchase Agreement and the performance by the Company of its obligations thereunder, and the issuance and sale of the Notes: (i) do not contravene any provision of the Company Certificate of Incorporation or the Company By-Laws; and (ii) do not violate (A) any present law, or present regulation of any governmental agency or authority, of the State of New York or the United States of America applicable to the Company or its property or (B) any court decree or order binding upon the Company or its property that is listed on Annex I to the Company Officer’s Certificate (this opinion being limited in that we express no opinion (1) with respect to any violation not readily ascertainable from the face of any such decree or order, or arising under or based upon any cross default provision insofar as it relates to a default under an agreement not so identified to us, or arising under or based upon any covenant of a financial or numerical nature or requiring computation or (2) as to any law which might be violated by any misrepresentation or omission or a fraudulent act).

EXHIBIT 4.4(b)

(to Note Purchase Agreement)

(5) The execution and delivery to the Purchasers by the Guarantor of the Guaranty and the performance by the Guarantor of its obligations thereunder: (i) do not contravene any provision of the Guarantor Certificate of Formation or the Guarantor LLC Agreement; and (ii) do not violate (A) any present law, or present regulation of any governmental agency or authority, of the State of New York or the United States of America applicable to the Guarantor or its property or (B) any court decree or order binding upon the Guarantor or its property that is listed on Annex I to the Guarantor Officer’s Certificate (this opinion being limited in that we express no opinion (1) with respect to any violation not readily ascertainable from the face of any such decree or order, or arising under or based upon any cross default provision insofar as it relates to a default under an agreement not so identified to us, or arising under or based upon any covenant of a financial or numerical nature or requiring computation or (2) as to any law which might be violated by any misrepresentation or omission or a fraudulent act).

(6) Neither the Company nor the Guarantor is required to register as an “investment company” (under, and as defined in, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) or, to our knowledge, is a company controlled by a company required to register as such under the 0000 Xxx.

(7) Assuming the offer, issuance, sale and delivery of the Notes occurs solely in the manner and under the circumstances contemplated by the Note Purchase Agreement, it is not necessary in connection with the offer and sale of the Notes to the Purchasers under the Note Purchase Agreement to register the Notes under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

(8) The issuance by the Company of the Notes and the application of the proceeds thereof as provided in the Note Purchase Agreement will not violate Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Margin Regulations”).

The opinion of Xxxxx Day, shall cover such other matters relating to the sale of the Notes as each Purchaser may reasonably request and successors and assigns of the Purchasers shall be entitled to rely on such opinion. With respect to matters of fact on which such opinion is based, such counsel shall be entitled to rely on appropriate certificates of public officials and other officers of the Company.

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FORM OF OPINION OF SPECIAL COUNSEL

TO THE PURCHASERS

[To be provided to the Purchasers only]

EXHIBIT 4.4(C)

(to Note Purchase Agreement)

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