X0303 4 2009-12-31 0000060977 LYDALL INC /DE/ LDL 0001189228 SODERSTROM S CARL JR C/O LYDALL, INC. 1 COLONIAL ROAD MANCHESTER CT 06042 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 2009-12-31 4 A 0 3455 5.21 A 25099 D Pursuant to the Issuer's Amended and Restated 2003 Stock Incentive Compensation Plan, on June 30 and December 31 of each year during the term of the Plan, non-employee Directors of the Company automatically receive a fully vested and unrestricted stock award consisting of that number of whole shares of common stock equal in value to 50% of their Annual Cash Retainer Amount, based on the fair market value of the Issuer's common stock as of the close of business on such dates and in lieu of any Annual Cash Retainer. The 2009 Annual Cash Retainer Amount for non-employee Directors is $36,000; accordingly, each non-employee Director received $18,000 worth of the Issuer's common stock on December 31, 2009. Paul G. Igoe, Attorney-in-fact for S. Carl Soderstrom, Jr. 2010-01-04