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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Abbruzzi Joseph A.   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) Pres., Industrial Filtration (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O LYDALL, INC., ONE COLONIAL ROAD 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 02/17/2017 (Street) MANCHESTER, CT 06042 4. If Amendment, Date 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 (City) (State) (Zip) 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 02/17/2017   A   3,000 (1) A $ 0 45,457 D   Common Stock 02/17/2017   F   5,924 (2) D $ 59.35 39,533 D   Common Stock 02/21/2017   F   885 (3) D $ 60.25 38,648 D

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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 Underlying Securities (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 of Derivative Security: 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

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Abbruzzi Joseph A. C/O LYDALL, INC. ONE COLONIAL ROAD MANCHESTER, CT 06042			Pres., Industrial Filtration

Signatures

Chad A. McDaniel, Attorney-in-fact for Joseph A. Abbruzzi		02/22/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Represents an increase from the number of Performance Shares granted under the Company's 2012 Stock Incentive Compensation Plan on March 7, 2014, following the certification, on February 17, 2017, 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 15,000 shares underlying the award previously reported on March 11, 2014, vested in full on February 17, 2017.
(2)	In conjunction with the vesting on February 17, 2017 of 18,000 performance shares from the Performance Share Award granted on March 7, 2014 and certified on February 17, 2017; 5,924 shares of common stock were surrendered to satisfy tax obligations of the Reporting Person.
(3)	Represents Securities surrendered to satisfy tax obligation of the Reporting Person in connection with the vesting on the Transaction Date of February 21, 2017, 1,915 shares of restricted stock awarded by the Issuer to the Reporting Person on February 21, 2014.

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