James V Laughlan Form 4 LYDALL / JAMES V LAUGHLAN ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

LAUGHLAN JAMES V

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O LYDALL, INC.

ONE COLONIAL ROAD, P.O. BOX 151

(Street)

MANCHESTER CT 06045-0151

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
LYDALL INC /DE/ [ LDL ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
VP, CAO & Treasurer

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/20/2018

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	02/20/2018		A		550(1)	D	$0	15,367	D
Common Stock	02/20/2018		F		724(2)	D	$44.35	14,643	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents an increase from the number of Performance Shares granted under the Company's 2012 Stock Incentive Plan on December 5, 2014, following the certification, on February 20, 2018, by the Compensation Committee of the attainment of the performance criteria set forth in the award in excess of target. The shares covered by this report, as well as the original 1,800 shares underlying the award previously reported on December 9, 2014, vested in full on February 20, 2018.

2. In conjunction with the vesting on February 20, 2018 of 2,350 shares of Performance Shares granted under the Company's 2012 Stock Incentive Plan on December 5, 2014, 724 shares of common stock were surrendered to satisfy tax obligations of the Reporting Person.

Remarks:

	Chad A. McDaniel, Attorney-in-fact for James V. Laughlan	02/22/2018
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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