X0303 4 2009-04-24 0000060977 LYDALL INC /DE/ LDL 0001248993 BURDETT KATHLEEN 553 AMOSTOWN ROAD WEST SPRINGFIELD MA 01089 1 0 0 0 Option to Buy 3.67 2009-04-24 4 A 0 325 3.67 A 2010-04-24 2019-04-23 Common Stock 325 24716 D Option to Buy 3.67 2009-04-24 4 A 0 3000 3.67 A 2010-04-24 2019-04-23 Common Stock 3000 27716 D Grant to each Outside Director in lieu of cash based retirement benefits. Options become exercisable in three annual installments beginning oneyear from initial grant date. Automatic grant to each Outside Director on the date of the Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Option becomes exercisable in four equal annual installments beginning one year from initial grant date. Kathleen J. Carroll, Attorney-in-fact for Kathleen Burdett 2009-04-27