MSA Safety Inc — Director's Dealing 2007

Oct 26, 2007

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: MINE SAFETY APPLIANCES CO (MSA)
CIK: 0000066570
Period of Report: 2007-10-25

Reporting Person: RYAN JOHN T III (Director, Chairman & CEO, 10% Owner)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2007-10-25	Common Stock, no par value	G	792	—	Disposed	969171	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock, no par value	1521889	Indirect
Common Stock, no par value	147574	Indirect
Common Stock, no par value	352517	Indirect
Common Stock, no par value	160357	Indirect
Common Stock, no par value	474156	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Shares held in a trust of which I am a Trustee and in which a member of my immediate family is the beneficiary. I disclaim beneficial ownership of these shares.

F2: Shares held by a family limited partnership of which I am a general partner and the other partners include members of my immediate family. I disclaim beneficial ownership of these shares except to the extent of my pecuniary interest.

F3: I disclaim beneficial ownership of these shares.

F4: Shares held in trusts of which I am not a trustee and in which members of my immediate family are beneficiaries. I disclaim beneficial ownership of these shares.

F5: Shares held in trusts of which I am a trustee and in which I and members of my immediate family are among the beneficiaries.