Article: Stepan Announces Completion of Amendments to Its U.S. Loan Agreements.

Stepan Company announced today completion of amendments to its U.S. loan agreements effective December 31, 2003. The Company previously announced that it was not in compliance with certain covenants in its U.S. loan agreements due to weaker than expected fourth quarter and full year 2003 earnings that included a non-cash deferred compensation expense of $2.0 million, non-cash asset impairment charge of $1.4 million and employee severance charges of $0.9 million related to a workforce reduction. The new amendments result in compliance with all loan agreements, as of December 31, 2003. Under the terms of the amendments, Stepan expects to remain in compliance with these ...

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