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<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">As filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 15, 2014</P>

<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right; border-bottom: Black 2.25pt double"><B>Registration No. 333-</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 13.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3 0 0; text-align: center">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: center">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 13.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: center">FORM S-8</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">UNDER</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: center">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 13.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6pt 0; text-align: center">ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</FONT></P>

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        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: center"><B>Delaware</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(State of Incorporation)</P></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: center"><B>14-0462060</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">1373 Broadway</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Albany, New York 12204</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: center">(518) 445-2200</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>(Address of
Registrant&rsquo;s Principal Executive Offices)</B> </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.5pt"> </FONT><BR>
<BR>
<B>ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP. </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Directors&rsquo; Annual Retainer Plan</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">(Full
Title of the Plan)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6 0 0; text-align: center">Charles J. Silva, Jr.<BR>
Albany International Corp.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">216 Airport Drive</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Rochester, New Hampshire 03867</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(518) 445-2200<BR>
<BR>
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<P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">(Name,
Address, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant
is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of
&ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer,&rdquo; and &ldquo;smaller reporting company&rdquo; in Rule 12b-2
of the Exchange Act. (Check one):</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-left: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">Large accelerated filer</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">x</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-left: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">Accelerated filer</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">o</FONT></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">Non-accelerated filer</FONT>
        <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">o</FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 1.5pt">(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</P></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">Smaller reporting company</FONT>
        <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">o</FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 1.5pt">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 6; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>to be registered</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 16%; border-top: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Amount to be registered (1)(2)</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 13%; border-top: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Proposed maximum offering price per share (3)</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 14%; border-top: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Proposed maximum aggregate offering price (3)</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 12%; border-top: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Amount of registration fee</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Class A common stock, par value $.001 per share</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">&nbsp;100,000</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border: black 1pt solid; font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">$35.54</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">$3,553,500</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">$458.00</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 17.1pt">(1)</TD><TD STYLE="padding-right: 25.9pt">Consists of shares of Class A common stock of Albany International Corp. (the &ldquo;Shares&rdquo;)
to be made available pursuant to the Albany International Corp. Directors&rsquo; Annual Retainer Plan (the &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;).
This Registration Statement also registers such indeterminable number of additional Shares as may be required in the event of a
stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar change in the Shares. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;), this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate
amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the Plan.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 25.9pt 0 17.1pt; text-indent: -17.1pt">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 17.1pt">(2)</TD><TD STYLE="padding-right: 25.9pt">Estimated solely for purposes of calculation of the registration fee, in accordance with Rule
457(h) of the Securities Act. Such estimate is based upon the average of the high and low sales prices of the shares of Class A
common stock of Albany International Corp. (the &ldquo;Corporation&rdquo;) on April 9, 2014, as reported by the New York Stock
Exchange.</TD></TR></TABLE>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B>PART I</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN SECTION 10(a)
PROSPECTUS</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">All information required by Part I to
be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with the Note to Part I
of Form S-8 and Rule 428 of the Securities Act. Such information will be sent or given to directors as specified by Securities
and Exchange Commission Rule 428(b)(1).</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B>PART II</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT</B></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left"><B>Item&nbsp;3.</B></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0%"></TD><TD><B><U>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</U>.</B></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">The following documents, previously filed
by the Corporation with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(i)
&nbsp;The Corporation&rsquo;s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(ii)&nbsp;
The Corporation&rsquo;s current report on Form 8-K filed April 10, 2014; and</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">(ii)&nbsp;&#9;The Corporation&rsquo;s registration
statement on Form 8-A, dated August 18, 1988, filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;Exchange Act&rdquo;), describing the Corporation&rsquo;s Class A common stock.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">All reports and other documents filed
by the Corporation pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration
Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment hereto, which indicates that all securities offered hereunder have
been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Information furnished under Items 2.02
or 7.01 of Form 8-K shall not be deemed incorporated herein unless such Form 8-K explicitly states that is shall be.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">For purposes of this Registration Statement,
any document or any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed
to be modified or superseded to the extent that a subsequently filed document or a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently
filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such document or such statement
in such document. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute
a part of this Registration Statement.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left"><B>Item 4.</B></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0%"></TD><TD><B><U>Description of Securities</U>.</B></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Not applicable.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left"><B>Item 5.</B></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0%"></TD><TD><B><U>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</U>.</B></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Charles J. Silva, Jr., who is delivering
the opinion on the validity of the Shares referred to in Item 8 hereof, is the Corporation&rsquo;s General Counsel and is a full
time employee of the Corporation. He is also eligible to participate in the Corporation&rsquo;s benefit plans offered to employees
generally, on the same basis as other employees. He beneficially owns or has rights to acquire beneficial ownership of less than
0.1% of the Corporation&rsquo;s Class A common stock.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left"><B>Item 6.</B></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0%"></TD><TD><B><U>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</U>.</B></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation
Law provides that a corporation has the power to indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation and certain
other persons serving at the request of the corporation in related capacities against amounts paid and expenses incurred in connection
with an action or proceeding to which he or she is or is threatened to be made a party by reason of such position, if such person
shall have acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and in any criminal proceeding, if such person had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful;
provided that, in the case of actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, no indemnification shall be made with respect
to any matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be </P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt">liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that
the adjudicating court determines that such indemnification is proper under the circumstances.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General
Corporation Law, as amended, permits a corporation to include in its certificate of incorporation a provision eliminating or limiting
the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as
a director, provided that such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i) for any breach of the director&rsquo;s
duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional
misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (relating to unlawful
payment of dividends and unlawful stock purchase and redemption), or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an
improper personal benefit.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Article V of the Corporation&rsquo;s
Certificate of Incorporation provides that, to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, no director
of the Corporation shall be liable to the Corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as
a director.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Article IV of the Corporation&rsquo;s
By-Laws require that the Corporation indemnify any person who is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, or who is called
or threatened to be called to give testimony (whether during pre-trial discovery, at trial or otherwise) in connection with any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding of any kind, whether civil, criminal or investigative, including an
action by or in the right of the Corporation, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or
agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against costs, expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments,
fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding
if (i) such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests
of the Corporation, (ii) such person did not personally gain, as a result of the acts or omissions to which such action, suit or
proceeding relates, a financial profit or other financial advantage to which such person was not legally entitled and, (iii) with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, such person had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The
termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its
equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not meet the standards of conduct set forth in the preceding
sentence.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">The Corporation has also entered into
indemnification agreements with each of its directors, pursuant to which it is generally obligated to indemnify each director against
all expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement by such director and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection
with any suit, action, or other proceeding to which he or she is made a party due to his or her status as a director, provided
that he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests
of the Corporation and, with respect any criminal proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct to be unlawful.
The agreements also set forth the procedures pursuant to which claims for indemnification are resolved. A form of indemnification
agreement was filed as Exhibit 10(t) to the Corporation&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 12, 2006.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">The Corporation has also purchased directors&rsquo;
and officers&rsquo; liability insurance covering certain liabilities incurred by directors and officers in connection with the
performance of their duties.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Certain of the Corporation&rsquo;s benefit
plans also provide that, in addition to such other rights of indemnification they may have as directors, the Corporation shall
indemnify and save harmless any member of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors against reasonable expenses, including
attorneys&rsquo; fees, actually and necessarily incurred in connection with the defense of any action, suit or proceeding, or in
connection with an appeal therein, to which they or any of them may be a party by reason of any action taken or failure to act
under or in connection with the plan or award granted thereunder and against all amounts paid by them settlement thereof (provided
such settlement is approved by independent legal counsel selected by the Corporation) or paid by them in satisfaction of a judgment
in any such action, suit or proceeding, except in relation to matters as to which it shall be adjudged in such action, suit or
proceeding that such Committee member is liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his or her duties; provided
that within sixty days after institution of any such action, suit or </P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt">proceeding, a Committee member shall in writing offer the
Company the opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">The following exhibits are filed with
or incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement (numbering corresponds to Exhibit Table in Item 601 of Regulation
S-K):</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 83%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><U>Description</U></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">4.1</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Article IV of Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (incorporated by&nbsp;reference to Exhibit F to the Corporation's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, file no.&nbsp;1-10026, declared effective by the Commission on August 26, 1988 (as to The Pacific Stock&nbsp;Exchange, Inc.) and on September 7, 1988 (as to The New York Stock Exchange, Inc.))</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">5.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Opinion of Charles J. Silva, Jr. as to the legality of the issuance of the Shares*</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23.1 </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Consent of Charles J. Silva, Jr. (included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)*</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23.2 </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Accountants*</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">24.1 </FONT></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt">Power of Attorney (included on signature page)</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">* Filed electronically herewith.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(a)</TD><TD STYLE="width: 5pt"></TD><TD>The Corporation hereby undertakes:</TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(1)</TD><TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt 1.25in; text-indent: 22.5pt">(i)&#9;to include any prospectus
required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt 1.25in; text-indent: 22.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(ii)&#9;to
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in this Registration Statement</FONT>;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt 1.25in; text-indent: 22.5pt">(iii)&#9;to include any material
information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change
to such information in this Registration Statement;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD>provided, however,<I> </I> that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs if contained in periodic reports filed with the Commission by the Corporation pursuant
to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(2)</TD><TD>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof; and</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(3)</TD><TD>To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold
at the termination of the offering.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(b)</TD><TD>The Corporation hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of
the Corporation&rsquo;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each
filing of an employee benefit plan&rsquo;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at the time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(h)</TD><TD>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Corporation pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Corporation has been advised that in the opinion
of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.
In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Corporation of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Corporation in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Corporation
will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</TD></TR></TABLE>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act, the Corporation certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form
S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized,
in the City of Albany, State of New York, on this 15<SUP>th</SUP> day of April, 2014.</P>



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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ John B. Cozzolino&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; text-indent: 0in; width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; text-indent: 0in; width: 3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; text-indent: 0in; width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>Name</I>:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">John B. Cozzolino</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Title:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each
of the undersigned directors and officers of the Corporation hereby constitutes and appoints John B. Cozzolino, David M. Pawlick,
and Charles J. Silva, Jr. and each of them with full power to act without the others, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full and several power of substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act relating to the Plan, and any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) thereto, and any and all other exhibits and documents relating thereto, with power where
appropriate to affix the corporate seal of the Corporation thereto and to attest said seal, with the Commission, and generally
to do all such things in his or her name and in his or her capacity as an officer or director of the Corporation to enable the
Corporation to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act, and all other requirements of the Commission hereby granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite
and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The appointment of any attorney-in-fact and
agent hereunder shall automatically terminate at such time as such attorney-in-fact and agent ceases to be an officer of the Corporation.
Any of the undersigned may terminate the appointment of any of his or her attorneys-in-fact and agents hereunder by delivering
written notice thereof to the Corporation.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act, this Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><U>/s/ Erland E. Kailbourne</U></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center">Erland E. Kailbourne</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0"><U>April 15, 2014&#9;</U></P></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt">President and Director<BR>
        (Principal Executive Officer)</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><U>/s/ Joseph G. Morone </U></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center">Dr. Joseph G. Morone</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0"><U>April 15, 2014</U></P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>
                                                                                <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer&nbsp;</FONT><BR> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Principal Financial Officer)</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><U>/s/ John B. Cozzolino</U></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center">John B. Cozzolino</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0"><U>April 15, 2014</U></P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt">Vice President--Controller<BR>
        (Principal Accounting Officer)</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><U>/s/ David M. Pawlick</U></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center">David M. Pawlick</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0"><U>April 15, 2014</U></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt">Director</P></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><U>/s/ John R. Scannell</U></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center">John R. Scannell</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0"><U>April 15, 2014</U></P></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><U>/s/ John F. Cassidy, Jr.</U></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center">John F. Cassidy, Jr.</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0"><U>April 15, 2014</U></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt">Director</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><U>/s/ Katharine L. Plourde</U></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center">Katharine L. Plourde</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0"><U>April 15, 2014</U></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt">Director</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><U>/s/ Edgar G. Hotard</U></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center">Edgar G. Hotard</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0"><U>April 15, 2014</U></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt">Director</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><U>/s/ Christine L. Standish</U></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center">Christine L. Standish</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0"><U>April 15, 2014</U></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt">Director</P></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><U>/s/ John C. Standish</U></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center">John C. Standish</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0"><U>April 15, 2014</U></P></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt">4.1</P>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Article IV of Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit F to the Corporation's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, file no. 1-10026, declared effective by the Commission on August 26, 1988 (as to The Pacific Stock Exchange, Inc.) and on September 7, 1988 (as to The New York Stock Exchange, Inc.))</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Opinion of Charles J. Silva, Jr. as to the legality of the issuance of the Shares*</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Consent of Charles J. Silva, Jr. (included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)*</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23.2 </FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Accountants*</FONT></TD></TR>
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As filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 15, 2014
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State of Incorporation)
14-0462060
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1373 Broadway
Albany, New York 12204
(518) 445-2200
(Address of
Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)
ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP.
Directors' Annual Retainer Plan
(Full
Title of the Plan)
Charles J. Silva, Jr.
Albany International Corp.
216 Airport Drive
Rochester, New Hampshire 03867
(518) 445-2200
(Name,
Address, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant
is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of
"large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2
of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
x
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of each class of securities
to be registered
Amount to be registered (1)(2)
Proposed maximum offering price per share (3)
Proposed maximum aggregate offering price (3)
Amount of registration fee
Class A common stock, par value $.001 per share
100,000
$35.54
$3,553,500
$458.00
(1)
Consists of shares of Class A common stock of Albany International Corp. (the "Shares")
to be made available pursuant to the Albany International Corp. Directors' Annual Retainer Plan (the "Plan").
This Registration Statement also registers such indeterminable number of additional Shares as may be required in the event of a
stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar change in the Shares. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate
amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the Plan.
(2)
Estimated solely for purposes of calculation of the registration fee, in accordance with Rule
457(h) of the Securities Act. Such estimate is based upon the average of the high and low sales prices of the shares of Class A
common stock of Albany International Corp. (the "Corporation") on April 9, 2014, as reported by the New York Stock
Exchange.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN SECTION 10(a)
PROSPECTUS
All information required by Part I to
be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with the Note to Part I
of Form S-8 and Rule 428 of the Securities Act. Such information will be sent or given to directors as specified by Securities
and Exchange Commission Rule 428(b)(1).
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
The following documents, previously filed
by the Corporation with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof:
(i)
 The Corporation's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013;
(ii) 
The Corporation's current report on Form 8-K filed April 10, 2014; and
(ii) 	The Corporation's registration
statement on Form 8-A, dated August 18, 1988, filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), describing the Corporation's Class A common stock.
All reports and other documents filed
by the Corporation pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration
Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment hereto, which indicates that all securities offered hereunder have
been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Information furnished under Items 2.02
or 7.01 of Form 8-K shall not be deemed incorporated herein unless such Form 8-K explicitly states that is shall be.
For purposes of this Registration Statement,
any document or any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed
to be modified or superseded to the extent that a subsequently filed document or a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently
filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such document or such statement
in such document. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute
a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4.
Description of Securities
.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
.
Charles J. Silva, Jr., who is delivering
the opinion on the validity of the Shares referred to in Item 8 hereof, is the Corporation's General Counsel and is a full
time employee of the Corporation. He is also eligible to participate in the Corporation's benefit plans offered to employees
generally, on the same basis as other employees. He beneficially owns or has rights to acquire beneficial ownership of less than
0.1% of the Corporation's Class A common stock.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation
Law provides that a corporation has the power to indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation and certain
other persons serving at the request of the corporation in related capacities against amounts paid and expenses incurred in connection
with an action or proceeding to which he or she is or is threatened to be made a party by reason of such position, if such person
shall have acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and in any criminal proceeding, if such person had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful;
provided that, in the case of actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, no indemnification shall be made with respect
to any matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be
liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that
the adjudicating court determines that such indemnification is proper under the circumstances.
Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General
Corporation Law, as amended, permits a corporation to include in its certificate of incorporation a provision eliminating or limiting
the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as
a director, provided that such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i) for any breach of the director's
duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional
misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (relating to unlawful
payment of dividends and unlawful stock purchase and redemption), or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an
improper personal benefit.
Article V of the Corporation's
Certificate of Incorporation provides that, to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, no director
of the Corporation shall be liable to the Corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as
a director.
Article IV of the Corporation's
By-Laws require that the Corporation indemnify any person who is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, or who is called
or threatened to be called to give testimony (whether during pre-trial discovery, at trial or otherwise) in connection with any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding of any kind, whether civil, criminal or investigative, including an
action by or in the right of the Corporation, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or
agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against costs, expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments,
fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding
if (i) such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests
of the Corporation, (ii) such person did not personally gain, as a result of the acts or omissions to which such action, suit or
proceeding relates, a financial profit or other financial advantage to which such person was not legally entitled and, (iii) with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, such person had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The
termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its
equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not meet the standards of conduct set forth in the preceding
sentence.
The Corporation has also entered into
indemnification agreements with each of its directors, pursuant to which it is generally obligated to indemnify each director against
all expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement by such director and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection
with any suit, action, or other proceeding to which he or she is made a party due to his or her status as a director, provided
that he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests
of the Corporation and, with respect any criminal proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct to be unlawful.
The agreements also set forth the procedures pursuant to which claims for indemnification are resolved. A form of indemnification
agreement was filed as Exhibit 10(t) to the Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 12, 2006.
The Corporation has also purchased directors'
and officers' liability insurance covering certain liabilities incurred by directors and officers in connection with the
performance of their duties.
Certain of the Corporation's benefit
plans also provide that, in addition to such other rights of indemnification they may have as directors, the Corporation shall
indemnify and save harmless any member of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors against reasonable expenses, including
attorneys' fees, actually and necessarily incurred in connection with the defense of any action, suit or proceeding, or in
connection with an appeal therein, to which they or any of them may be a party by reason of any action taken or failure to act
under or in connection with the plan or award granted thereunder and against all amounts paid by them settlement thereof (provided
such settlement is approved by independent legal counsel selected by the Corporation) or paid by them in satisfaction of a judgment
in any such action, suit or proceeding, except in relation to matters as to which it shall be adjudged in such action, suit or
proceeding that such Committee member is liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his or her duties; provided
that within sixty days after institution of any such action, suit or
proceeding, a Committee member shall in writing offer the
Company the opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
The following exhibits are filed with
or incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement (numbering corresponds to Exhibit Table in Item 601 of Regulation
S-K):
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Article IV of Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit F to the Corporation's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, file no. 1-10026, declared effective by the Commission on August 26, 1988 (as to The Pacific Stock Exchange, Inc.) and on September 7, 1988 (as to The New York Stock Exchange, Inc.))
5.1
Opinion of Charles J. Silva, Jr. as to the legality of the issuance of the Shares*
23.1
Consent of Charles J. Silva, Jr. (included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)*
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Accountants*
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
* Filed electronically herewith.
Item 9.
Undertakings
.
(a)
The Corporation hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)	to include any prospectus
required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)	to
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in this Registration Statement
;
(iii)	to include any material
information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change
to such information in this Registration Statement;
provided, however,
that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs if contained in periodic reports filed with the Commission by the Corporation pursuant
to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof; and
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold
at the termination of the offering.
(b)
The Corporation hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of
the Corporation's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each
filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at the time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(h)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Corporation pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Corporation has been advised that in the opinion
of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.
In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Corporation of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Corporation in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Corporation
will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act, the Corporation certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form
S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized,
in the City of Albany, State of New York, on this 15
th
day of April, 2014.
ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP.
By:
/s/ John B. Cozzolino
Name
:
John B. Cozzolino
Title:
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each
of the undersigned directors and officers of the Corporation hereby constitutes and appoints John B. Cozzolino, David M. Pawlick,
and Charles J. Silva, Jr. and each of them with full power to act without the others, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full and several power of substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act relating to the Plan, and any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) thereto, and any and all other exhibits and documents relating thereto, with power where
appropriate to affix the corporate seal of the Corporation thereto and to attest said seal, with the Commission, and generally
to do all such things in his or her name and in his or her capacity as an officer or director of the Corporation to enable the
Corporation to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act, and all other requirements of the Commission hereby granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite
and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
The appointment of any attorney-in-fact and
agent hereunder shall automatically terminate at such time as such attorney-in-fact and agent ceases to be an officer of the Corporation.
Any of the undersigned may terminate the appointment of any of his or her attorneys-in-fact and agents hereunder by delivering
written notice thereof to the Corporation.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act, this Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated:
Title
Signature
Date
Chairman of the Board and Director
/s/ Erland E. Kailbourne
Erland E. Kailbourne
April 15, 2014
President and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Joseph G. Morone
Dr. Joseph G. Morone
April 15, 2014
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ John B. Cozzolino
John B. Cozzolino
April 15, 2014
Vice President--Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ David M. Pawlick
David M. Pawlick
April 15, 2014
Director
/s/ John R. Scannell
John R. Scannell
April 15, 2014
Director
/s/ John F. Cassidy, Jr.
John F. Cassidy, Jr.
April 15, 2014
Director
/s/ Katharine L. Plourde
Katharine L. Plourde
April 15, 2014
Director
/s/ Edgar G. Hotard
Edgar G. Hotard
April 15, 2014
Director
/s/ Christine L. Standish
Christine L. Standish
April 15, 2014
Director
/s/ John C. Standish
John C. Standish
April 15, 2014
INDEX OF EXHIBITS
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Article IV of Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit F to the Corporation's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, file no. 1-10026, declared effective by the Commission on August 26, 1988 (as to The Pacific Stock Exchange, Inc.) and on September 7, 1988 (as to The New York Stock Exchange, Inc.))
5.1
Opinion of Charles J. Silva, Jr. as to the legality of the issuance of the Shares*
23.1
Consent of Charles J. Silva, Jr. (included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)*
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Accountants*
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
* Filed electronically herewith.