Lincoln National Corp: director Eric G Johnson received 1,117.73 shares

What happened

• Eric G Johnson, a director, received 1,117.73 phantom stock units (reported as shares) as a grant/award. The filing shows a per-unit price of $40.26 and a total value of $45,000. The transaction is reported as a derivative acquisition.

Key details

• Transaction date and price: Sep 30, 2026, at $40.26 per unit (transaction code A).
• Filing date: Oct 2, 2026 (Accession 0001214659-26-012487).
• Shares owned after the transaction: not stated in the filing.
• Relevant footnotes:
  • Each phantom stock unit equals one share of LNC common stock (F1).
  • The units represent quarterly board retainer and fees accrued in the Directors' Deferred Compensation Plan and are payable solely in shares at resignation or retirement; units may be moved to an alternative investment account in the plan (F2).
  • The reported amount includes 964.95 shares acquired through dividend reinvestment since the reporting person's last report (F3).

Why it may matter

• This was a derivative grant of phantom stock units rather than a market purchase or sale; the units are payable in shares under the deferred compensation plan.
• This filing does not show why the insider traded or why the company acted.