Lincoln National

Lincoln National

LNC· Finance· Fiscal year ends in December

CEO pay in FY2025

Ellen G. Cooper is the CEO of Lincoln National and was paid $28.0M in FY2025 (Dec), up 76%.

PayNo stock prices for these years
CEO pay is from each Lincoln National proxy. The stock line is the value of $100 put in the stock at the start, from the price change of each fiscal year. Dividends are not in it.

Executives5

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  1. 1Ellen G. CooperFY2025
  2. 2Christopher NeczyporFY2025
  3. 3James ReidFY2025
  4. 4Brian KrollFY2025
  5. 5Sean N. Woodroffe(FY2025

Named executives and their total pay, from the Summary Compensation Table of the latest proxy.

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Lincoln National paid its 5 named executives $53.5M in total in FY2025 (Dec). CEO Ellen G. Cooper was paid $28.0M of that.

Name
Ellen G. CooperPresident and CEO
Christopher NeczyporEVP and CFO
James ReidEVP & President, Workplace Solutions
Brian KrollEVP, Head of Retail Life and Annuity SolutionsNot disclosedNot disclosed
Sean N. Woodroffe(EVP, Chief People, Communications & Enterprise Services OfficerNot disclosed

of each named executive, from the Summary Compensation Table of each proxy.

Peers

No disclosed peer group

No proxy on file names a pay peer group for Lincoln National. The peer group comes from the proxy statement, so it shows here when a proxy read has it.

Board8

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  • Ellen G. CooperChair · 3 yr on the boardNot independentExecutive (Chair)—Paid as an executive
  • M. Leanne LachmanDirector · 40 yr on the boardIndependentAudit, Corporate Governance (Chair), Executive—Paid as an executive
  • Eric G. JohnsonDirector · 27 yr on the boardIndependentCompensation, Corporate Governance, Executive, Finance (Chair)—Paid as an executive
  • Gary C. KellyDirector · 16 yr on the boardIndependentAudit (Chair), Executive, Finance—Paid as an executive
  • Deirdre ConnellyDirector · 9 yr on the boardIndependentAudit, Compensation (Chair), Corporate Governance, Executive—Paid as an executive
  • James MorrisDirector · 0 yr on the boardIndependentCompensation, Finance—Paid as an executive

The board of the latest proxy (FY2025).

Shared directors

Activity

  1. Pay
    Lincoln National Division head pay rose 24% to $7.4M in FY2025 (Dec).
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  2. Pay
    Lincoln National Division head pay rose 26% to $5.9M in FY2024 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  3. Pay
    Lincoln National CEO pay rose 76% to $28.0M in FY2025 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  4. Pay
    Lincoln National CEO pay rose 18% to $15.9M in FY2024 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  5. Pay
    Lincoln National CFO pay rose 26% to $7.7M in FY2025 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  6. Pay
    Lincoln National CFO pay rose 22% to $6.1M in FY2024 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  7. Board
    James Morris joined the board of Lincoln National. James Morris sits on no other public board.
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  8. Pay
    Lincoln National Woodroffe pay fell 50% to $4.8M in FY2024 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  9. Pay
    Lincoln National Division head pay rose 77% to $10.4M in FY2024 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  10. Pay
    Lincoln National EVP & Head of IT Transition pay rose 11% to $4.8M in FY2024 (Dec).
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  11. Pay
    Lincoln National EVP & Head of IT Transition pay fell 44% to $4.3M in FY2023 (Dec).
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  12. Pay
    Lincoln National Former CFO pay fell 54% to $4.3M in FY2023 (Dec).
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  13. Pay
    Lincoln National Former CFO pay rose 62% to $9.4M in FY2022 (Dec).
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  14. Pay
    Lincoln National Division head pay fell 12% to $5.9M in FY2023 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  15. Pay
    Lincoln National CEO pay rose 48% to $13.4M in FY2023 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  16. Pay
    Lincoln National CEO pay rose 63% to $9.1M in FY2022 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  17. Board
    Owen Ryan joined the board of Lincoln National. Owen Ryan sits on no other public board.
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Filings6

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Proxy statementDEF 14AApr 16, 2026FY2025
Annual report10-KFeb 19, 2026FY2025
Proxy statementDEF 14AApr 10, 2025FY2024
Annual report10-KFeb 21, 2025FY2024
Proxy statementDEF 14AApr 11, 2024FY2023
Annual report10-KFeb 22, 2024FY2023
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