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Fiscal year 2025

Ellen Cooper — FY2025 total compensation $27,991,242

Ellen Cooper is President and CEO of Lincoln National Corp (LNC). The company reported total compensation of $27,991,242 for fiscal year 2025.

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Fiscal year 2025 compensation

Salary$1,314,462
Bonus$0
Stock awards$20,303,444
Option awards$0
Non-equity incentive plan$5,357,880
Pension and non-qualified deferred compensation$0
All other compensation$1,015,456
Total$27,991,242

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed, without adjustment.

Cited to the compensation disclosure Lincoln National Corp filed April 16, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-157983.

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History — every fiscal year held

Fiscal yearRoleSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
FY2025President and CEO$1,314,462$0$20,303,444$0$5,357,880$0$1,015,456$27,991,242
FY2024President and CEO$1,197,885$0$9,422,735$0$4,705,800$0$576,882$15,903,302
FY2023President and CEO$1,144,231$0$6,510,721$1,534,404$3,845,009$0$403,555$13,437,920

Totals as disclosed in each year's own compensation disclosure for Lincoln National Corp.

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Peer context

Peer-group chief executive median$12,593,676
Difference from that median$15,397,566
Percentile within the disclosed peer group99th
Peers with a disclosed figure13

Medians and percentiles are computed across the peer group Lincoln National Corp discloses in its own compensation disclosure.

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The other named executive officers of Lincoln National Corp

Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Ellen Cooper this pagePresident and CEO$27,991,242
Christopher NeczyporExecutive Vice President and CFO$7,683,635
James ReidExecutive Vice President and President, Workplace Solutions$7,352,626
Brian KrollExecutive Vice President, Head of Retail Life and Annuity Solutions$5,290,229
Sean WoodroffeExecutive Vice President and Chief People, Communications and Enterprise Services Officer$5,174,138

The company's named executive officers for fiscal year 2025, and what it reported for each. See the full Lincoln National Corp compensation brief.

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The company page

Ellen Cooper's compensation sits inside Lincoln National Corp's full executive and board picture — the peer group, pay against peers, incentive design and the board itself.

The Lincoln National Corp (LNC) compensation brief