STEPAN CO - FORM 10-K - EX-23 - CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM - February 26, 2010

Attached files

file filename
10-K - FORM 10-K - STEPAN COd10k.htm
EX-24 - POWER OF ATTORNEY - STEPAN COdex24.htm
EX-32 - CEO AND CFO CERTIFICATIONS - STEPAN COdex32.htm
EX-21 - SUBSIDIARIES OF REGISTRANT - STEPAN COdex21.htm
EX-31.1 - CERTIFICATION OF PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER - STEPAN COdex311.htm
EX-10.(I).(7) - COPY OF THE THIRD AMENDMENT OF THE 2006 INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN - STEPAN COdex10i7.htm
EX-10.(I).(8) - COPY OF THE FOURTH AMENDMENT OF THE 2006 INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN - STEPAN COdex10i8.htm
EX-10.(I).(6) - COPY OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT OF THE 2006 INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN - STEPAN COdex10i6.htm
EX-31.2 - CERTIFICATION OF VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER - STEPAN COdex312.htm

Exhibit (23)

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement Nos. 2-64668, 2-40183, 2-80336, 33-57189, and 333-39938 on Form S-8 of our reports dated February 26, 2010, relating to the financial statements of Stepan Company and subsidiaries (the “Company”) (which report expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory paragraph relating to the Company’s adoption of Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 825, Financial Instruments (formerly, FASB Statement No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities — Including an amendment of FASB Statement No. 115) and ASC Topic 810, Consolidation (formerly, FASB Statement No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests in the Consolidated Financial Statements — an amendment of ARB No. 51)) and the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting, appearing in this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Stepan Company for the year ended December 31, 2009.

 

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Chicago, Illinois

February 26, 2010

 

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