X0201 4 2004-04-22 0000060977 LYDALL INC /DE/ LDL 0001227816 DUFFY W LESLIE C/O CAHILL GORDON & REINDEL 80 PINE STREET, 19TH FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10005 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 14406 D Option to Buy 10.30 2004-04-22 4 A 0 3000 0 A 2005-04-22 2014-04-21 Common Stock 3000 36916 D Option to Buy 10.30 2004-04-22 4 A 0 325 0 A 2005-04-22 2014-04-21 Common Stock 325 37241 D Grant to each Outside Director in lieu of cash-based retirement benefits. Options become exercisable in three annual installments beginning 4/22/2005. Automatic grant to each Outside Director on date of Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Options become exercisable in four equal annual installments beginning on 4/22/2005. David Jacoboski, Attorney-in-fact for W. Leslie Duffy 2004-04-26