Capital Stock

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Equity [Abstract]

Capital Stock

Capital Stock

At the 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders in April 2015, the Company's stockholders approved an amendment to the Company's Restated Articles of Incorporation as detailed below:

Preferred Stock — The Company decreased the par value of its preferred stock from $1.00 to $0.01. None of the 500,000 authorized shares have been issued.

Common Stock — In 2015, the Company decreased the per share par value of its common stock from $0.10 to $0.01 which resulted in a reclassification of approximately $2.2 million from common stock to capital in excess of par value. As of December 31, 2016, 11,434 Lydall stockholders of record held 17,232,146 shares of Common Stock.

Dividend policy — The Company does not pay a cash dividend on its common stock. The Company’s Amended Credit Facility does not place any restrictions on cash dividend payments, so long as the payments do not place the Company in default.