MSA Safety Inc — Director's Dealing 2017

May 5, 2017

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: MSA Safety Inc (MSA)
CIK: 0000066570
Period of Report: 2017-05-04

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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2017-05-04	Common Stock, no par value	S	4298.0000	$78.8201	Disposed	1018984.0000	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock, no par value	120011.0000	Indirect
Common Stock, no par value	288513.0000	Indirect
Common Stock, no par value	11000.0000	Indirect
Common Stock, no par value	823878.0000	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Share price on this transaction ranged from $78.74 to $78.95.

F2: Family limited partnership in which I am a general partner and in which I and members of my immediate family are owners of pecuniary interests.

F3: Shares held in trusts of which I am a trustee and in which I and members of my immediate family are among the beneficiaries.