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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i440cbb7680554998a0e85ba0d4880833_1"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 24, 2024</font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:84.340%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:13.460%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160; </font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">File No. 333-</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">UNITED STATES&#160;</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">_______________________</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">FORM S-8</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">UNDER</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Lincoln National Corporation</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)<br></font></div><div style="padding-left:32.4pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:93.269%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:45.979%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:51.821%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Indiana</font></div><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(State or Other Jurisdiction of <br>Incorporation or Organization)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">35-1140070</font></div><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(I.R.S. Employer <br>Identification No.)</font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">150 N. Radnor-Chester Road</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Radnor, PA&#160;&#160;19087</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Lincoln National Corporation</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">2020 Incentive Compensation Plan</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Full Title of Plan)</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Nancy A. Smith</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Senior Vice President and Secretary</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Lincoln National Corporation</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">150 N. Radnor-Chester Road</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Radnor, PA&#160;&#160;19087</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> (Name and Address of Agent for Service)</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">(484) 583-1400</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Telephone Number, including area code, of Agent for Service)</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company.&#160;&#160;See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;smaller reporting company&#8221; and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.&#160;&#160;(Check one)&#58;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:48.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:48.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Large accelerated filer &#91;X&#93;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Accelerated filer &#91;&#160;&#160;&#93;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">&#160;</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Non-accelerated filer &#91;&#160;&#160;&#93;    </font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Smaller reporting company &#91;&#160;&#160;&#93;</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Emerging growth company &#91;  &#93;</font></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of Securities Act. &#91;  &#93;</font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="i440cbb7680554998a0e85ba0d4880833_4"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="-sec-extract:summary;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">EXPLANATORY NOTE</font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-indent:24.5pt"><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, Lincoln National Corporation (the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;) is filing this Registration Statement on Form&#160;S-8&#160;(this &#8220;Registration Statement&#8221;) to register an additional 4,500,000 shares of its common stock, no par value, that may be issued under the Lincoln National Corporation 2020 Incentive Compensation Plan (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;), following the amendment to the Plan to increase the number of shares issuable under the Plan that was approved by the Registrant&#8217;s shareholders on, and became effective as of, May 23, 2024. This Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statements on Form&#160;S-8&#160;(File Nos.&#160;333-239117, 333-265314 and 333-272223)&#160;filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on&#160;June 12, 2020, May 31, 2022, and May 26, 2023, respectively,&#160;to the extent not superseded hereby.</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="-sec-extract:summary;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">1</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">PART II</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 3.&#160;&#160;Incorporation of Documents by Reference.&#160;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The following documents and information previously filed by Lincoln National Corporation (the &#8220;Corporation&#8221;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;), pursuant to the Securities Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), are hereby incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement&#58;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:86.858%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:20.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:14.5pt">the Corporation&#8217;s Annual Report on </font><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000059558/000005955824000013/lnc-20231231.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Form 10-K</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> (File No. 1-6028) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the Commission on February 22, 2024&#59;</font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:20.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:14.5pt">the Corporation&#8217;s Quarterly Report on </font><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/59558/000005955824000024/lnc-20240331.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Form 10-Q</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> (File No. 1-6028) for the quarter ended March 31, 2024, filed with the Commission on May 2, 2024&#59;</font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:20.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;padding-left:14.5pt">the Corporation&#8217;s Current Reports on Form 8-K (file No 1-6028) filed with the Commission on </font><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000059558/000119312524068052/d793821d8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">March 14, 2024</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, </font><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/59558/000005955824000027/lnc-20240510.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">May 15, 2024</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> and </font><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000059558/000005955824000033/lnc-20240523.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">May 24, 2024</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.</font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:20.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:14.5pt">the description of the Corporation&#8217;s Common Stock contained in Form 10 filed with the Commission on April 28, 1969 (File No. 1-6028), including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating that description.</font></div></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Except to the extent that information therein is deemed furnished and not filed pursuant to the Exchange Act, each document filed subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained therein (or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein) modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute part of this Registration Statement.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="-sec-extract:summary;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">2</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div></div><div><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 8. Exhibits.</font></div><div><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;</font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:8.261%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:89.539%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-right:0.8pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">No.</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-right:0.8pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Exhibit</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-right:0.8pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59558/000005955817000043/restatedarticles.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">4.1</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-right:0.8pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Restated Articles of Incorporation of LNC are incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of LNC&#8217;s Form 8-K (File No. 1-6028) filed with the SEC on August 14, 2017.</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-right:0.8pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59558/000119312522291112/d386745dex31.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">4.2</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-right:0.8pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Articles of Amendment of the Restated Articles of Incorporation of LNC designating the 9.250% Fixed Rate Reset Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, 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Document
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 24, 2024
File No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
_______________________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Lincoln National Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Indiana
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
35-1140070
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
150 N. Radnor-Chester Road
Radnor, PA  19087
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Lincoln National Corporation
2020 Incentive Compensation Plan
(Full Title of Plan)
Nancy A. Smith
Senior Vice President and Secretary
Lincoln National Corporation
150 N. Radnor-Chester Road
Radnor, PA  19087
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(484) 583-1400
(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, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company.  See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.  (Check one):
Large accelerated filer [X]
Accelerated filer [  ]
Non-accelerated filer [  ]
Smaller reporting company [  ]
Emerging growth company [  ]
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of Securities Act. [  ]
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, Lincoln National Corporation (the "Registrant") is filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this "Registration Statement") to register an additional 4,500,000 shares of its common stock, no par value, that may be issued under the Lincoln National Corporation 2020 Incentive Compensation Plan (the "Plan"), following the amendment to the Plan to increase the number of shares issuable under the Plan that was approved by the Registrant's shareholders on, and became effective as of, May 23, 2024. This Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Registrant's Registration Statements on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-239117, 333-265314 and 333-272223) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 12, 2020, May 31, 2022, and May 26, 2023, respectively, to the extent not superseded hereby.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents and information previously filed by Lincoln National Corporation (the "Corporation") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), pursuant to the Securities Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are hereby incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement:
•
the Corporation's Annual Report on
Form 10-K
(File No. 1-6028) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the Commission on February 22, 2024;
•
the Corporation's Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
(File No. 1-6028) for the quarter ended March 31, 2024, filed with the Commission on May 2, 2024;
•
the Corporation's Current Reports on Form 8-K (file No 1-6028) filed with the Commission on
March 14, 2024
,
May 15, 2024
and
May 24, 2024
.
•
the description of the Corporation's Common Stock contained in Form 10 filed with the Commission on April 28, 1969 (File No. 1-6028), including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating that description.
Except to the extent that information therein is deemed furnished and not filed pursuant to the Exchange Act, each document filed subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained therein (or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein) modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute part of this Registration Statement.
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Item 8. Exhibits.
No.
Exhibit
4.1
Restated Articles of Incorporation of LNC are incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of LNC's Form 8-K (File No. 1-6028) filed with the SEC on August 14, 2017.
4.2
Articles of Amendment of the Restated Articles of Incorporation of LNC designating the 9.250% Fixed Rate Reset Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series C, dated November 18, 2022, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to LNC's Form 8-K (File No. 1-6028) filed with the SEC on November 22, 2022.
4.3
Articles of Amendment of the Restated Articles of Incorporation of LNC designating the 9.000% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series D, dated November 18, 2022, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to LNC's Form 8-K (File No. 1-6028) filed with the SEC on November 22, 2022.
4.4
Amended and Restated Bylaws of LNC (effective September 11, 2023) are incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to LNC's Form 8-K (File No. 1-6028) filed with the SEC on September 11, 2023.
4.5
*
Lincoln National Corporation 2020 Incentive Compensation Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-239117) filed with the Commission on June 12, 2020.
4.6
*
Amendment No. 1 to Lincoln National Corporation 2020 Incentive Compensation Plan (effective May 27, 2022), incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-265314) filed with the Commission on May 31, 2022.
4.7
*
Amendment No. 2 to Lincoln National Corporation 2020 Incentive Compensation Plan (effective May 25, 2023), incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Corporation's Form 8-K (File No. 1-6028) filed with the Commission on May 26, 2023.
4.8
*
Amendment No. 3 to Lincoln National Corporation 2020 Incentive Compensation Plan (effective May 23, 2024), incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Corporation's Form 8-K (File No. 1-6028) filed with the Commission on May 24, 2024.
5.1
Opinion of Eric B. Wilmer, Esq., as to the legality of the securities being registered.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2
Consent of Eric B. Wilmer, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (contained on signature pages of this Registration Statement).
107
Filing Fee Table
* This exhibit is a management contract or a compensatory plan or arrangement.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant 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 Radnor, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on the 24
th
day May, 2024.
LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Christopher Neczypor
Christopher Neczypor, Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby makes, designates, constitutes and appoints Craig T. Beazer, Nancy A. Smith and Claire H. Hanna, and each of them (with full power and authority to act without the other), his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this Registration Statement, and any registration statement relating to the offering covered by this Registration Statement and filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Ellen G. Cooper
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
May 24, 2024
Ellen G. Cooper
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Christopher Neczypor
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
May 24, 2024
Christopher Neczypor
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Adam Cohen
Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer
May 24, 2024
Adam Cohen
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Deirdre P. Connelly
Director
May 24, 2024
Deirdre P. Connelly
/s/ William H. Cunningham
Director
May 24, 2024
William H. Cunningham
/s/ Reginald E. Davis
Director
May 24, 2024
Reginald E. Davis
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/s/ Eric G. Johnson
Director
May 24, 2024
Eric G. Johnson
/s/ Gary C. Kelly
Director
May 24, 2024
Gary C. Kelly
/s/ M. Leanne Lachman
Director
May 24, 2024
M. Leanne Lachman
/s/ Dale Le Febvre
Director
May 24, 2024
Dale LeFebvre
/s/ Janet Liang
Director
May 24, 2024
Janet Liang
/s/ Owen Ryan
Director
May 24, 2024
Owen Ryan
/s/ Lynn M. Utter
Director
May 24, 2024
Lynn M. Utter
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