Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF 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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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Abbruzzi Joseph A.
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
02/20/2014		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
LYDALL INC /DE/ [LDL]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O LYDALL, INC., ONE COLONIAL ROAD		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Pres., Industrial Filtration
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

MANCHESTER, CT 06042		 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 Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock 5,000 (1)
D
 
Common Stock 4,449 (2)
D
 

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Incentive Stock Option 12/05/2013(3) 12/04/2022 Common Stock 10,000 $ 13.29 D  
Incentive Stock Option 12/06/2014(3) 12/05/2023 Common Stock 4,150 $ 16.98 D  

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 02/24/2014
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(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) Restricted stock award granted under the Lydall, Inc. 2012 Stock Incentive Plan. Award vests in full on the third anniversary of the date of grant (12/5/2015).
(2) Represents an award of Performance Shares granted under the Lydall 2012 Stock Incentive Plan, which award is subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture and vests, if at all, to the extent determined upon certification by the Compansation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company that the Company has achieved certain specified financial performance criteria during the three--year period, January 1, 2013 and ending as of December 31, 2015.
(3) Incentive stock options granted under the Lydall, Inc. 2012 Stock Incentive Plan. Options become exercisable at the rate of 25% per year, beginning one year from initial grant date.

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