0001214659-17-006746.txt : 20171115 0001214659-17-006746.hdr.sgml : 20171115 20171115102033 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001214659-17-006746 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20171110 FILED AS OF DATE: 20171115 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20171115 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: UTTER LYNN M CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001226873 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-06028 FILM NUMBER: 171204138 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O ADOLPH COORS CO STREET 2: 311 10TH ST NH311 BOX 4030 CITY: GOLDEN STATE: CO ZIP: 80401 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LINCOLN NATIONAL CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000059558 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: LIFE INSURANCE [6311] IRS NUMBER: 351140070 STATE OF INCORPORATION: IN FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 150 N RADNOR CHESTER RD CITY: RADNOR STATE: PA ZIP: 19087 BUSINESS PHONE: 4845831400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 150 N RADNOR CHESTER RD CITY: RADNOR STATE: PA ZIP: 19087 3 1 marketforms-40147.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0206 3 2017-11-10 0 0000059558 LINCOLN NATIONAL CORP LNC 0001226873 UTTER LYNN M C/O ADOLPH COORS CO 311 10TH ST NH311 BOX 4030 GOLDEN CO 80401 true false false false No securities are beneficially owned 0 D /s/ Nancy A. Smith, Attorney-in-Fact 2017-11-15 EX-24 2 poa.htm POA DOCUMENT

      SECTION 16 POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
each of Andrea D. Goodrich, Kirkland L. Hicks and Nancy A. Smith, signing
individually, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact to:

(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as a director and/or officer of Lincoln National Corporation (the "Company"),
Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned,
including but not limited to executing a Form ID, which may be necessary or
desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5 and timely file such
form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock
exchange or similar authority; and

(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the forgoing
which, in the opinion of such attorneys-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the
best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood
that the documents executed by such attorneys-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorneys-in-fact may approve in such
attorneys-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to such attorneys-in-fact full power and authority
to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary,
or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact, or such
attorneys-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the attorneys-in-fact, in serving in
such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the
Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This power of attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this power of attorney to be
executed as of this 13th day of November, 2017.



/s/ Lynn Utter________________
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Lynn Utter __________________
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