Edgar Filing: STEPHAN CO

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q/A

Amendment No. 1

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2009

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from _____to______

Commission File Number 1-4436

THE STEPHAN CO.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Florida		59-0676812
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1850 West McNab Road, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33309

(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (954) 971-0600

Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report: not applicable.

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. YES x NO ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of "large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer" and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer ¨		Accelerated filer ¨		Non-accelerated filer ¨		Smaller reporting company x
				(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). YES ¨ NO x

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date:

4,252,675 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value, as of April 30, 2009

EXPLANATORY NOTE

We are filing this amendment to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009 to reflect changes made in response to comments received by us from the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the Staff’s review of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008. Their comments on the 2008 Form 10-K are also applicable to our 2009 filings on Form 10-Q. This filing amends Item 4T (Controls and Procedures). In this Form 10-Q/A, we have expanded our disclosure with respect to Controls and Procedures. No other changes have been made to the report as originally filed on May 20, 2009. Additionally, we have included currently-dated management certifications from our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer required by Sections 302 and 909 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and they are attached to this Form 10-Q/A as Exhibits 31.1, 31.2, 32.1 and 32.2.

Item 4T:

Controls and Procedures

(a)

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified by the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our CEO and CFO, as appropriate, to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure. We recognize that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can only provide reasonable assurance of achieving desired control objectives. Judgment is required when designing and evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of potential controls and procedures.

As of the end of the period covered by this report, with the supervision and participation of management, including our CEO and CFO, we evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures. Based on this evaluation, our CEO and CFO have concluded that, as of the end of such period, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.

Evaluation of Internal Control over Financial Reporting

We are responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting for the Company. During 2008 we reviewed procedures at all of our subsidiaries and evaluated the control structure of the Company as a whole. However, because of organization changes recently made in our company, including the acquisition of Bowman in 2008 that we have not had a chance to fully document, and in an abundance of caution, we believe it prudent to report that our Company did not have effective internal control over financial reporting (“ICFR”) at March 31, 2009. Later in 2009, we will again review our controls and determine the effectiveness of our ICFR, and our auditors will attest to our ICFR determination.

This quarterly report does not include an attestation report of the Company's registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management's report was not subject to attestation by the Company's registered public accounting firm pursuant to temporary rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission that permit the Company to provide only management's report in this quarterly report.

(b)

Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no significant changes in our internal control over financial reporting to the knowledge of our management, or in other factors that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect these internal controls over financial reporting subsequent to the evaluation date.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto, duly authorized.

THE STEPHAN CO.

By:	/s/ Frank F. Ferola
	Frank F. Ferola
	President and Chairman of the Board
	December 7, 2009

By:	/s/ Robert C. Spindler
	Robert C. Spindler
	Chief Financial Officer
	December 7, 2009