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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 6, 2020
1933 Act Registration No. 333-149434
1940 Act Registration No. 811-08517
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 31
and
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
AMENDMENT NO. 795
Lincoln Life Variable Annuity Account N
(Exact Name of Registrant)
Lincoln ChoicePlus AssuranceSM (B Class)
THE LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
(Name of Depositor)
1300 South Clinton Street
Post Office Box 1110
Fort Wayne, Indiana 46801
(Address of Depositor’s Principal Executive Offices)
Depositor’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (260) 455-2000
Leon E. Roday, Esquire
The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
150 North Radnor Chester Road
Radnor, PA 19087
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Copy to:
Carolyn E. Augur, Esquire
The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
350 Church Street
Hartford, Connecticut 06103
Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: Continuous
It is proposed that this filing will become effective:
/X/ immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
/ / on ______, pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
/ / 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
/ / on __________, pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
Title of Securities being registered:
Interests in a separate account under individual flexible
payment deferred variable annuity contracts.



THE LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

Lincoln Life Variable Annuity Account N

ChoicePlus AssuranceSM A Class
ChoicePlus AssuranceSM B Class
ChoicePlusSM Fusion

LINCOLN LIFE & ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK

Lincoln New York Account N for Variable Annuities

ChoicePlus AssuranceSM A Class
ChoicePlus AssuranceSM B Class
ChoicePlusSM Fusion

Supplement dated November 6, 2020 to the Prospectus dated May 1, 2020

This Supplement to your prospectus outlines important changes that become effective on and after November 16, 2020.  These charges are related to:

a) Investment options; and
b) Investment Requirements for Living Benefit Riders.

All other provisions outlined in your variable annuity prospectus remain unchanged. This Supplement is for informational purposes and requires no action on your part.

Fund Additions: The following fund family and fund are available as a new investment option beginning November 16, 2020:

First Trust Variable Insurance Trust, advised by First Trust Advisors, L.P.
•
First Trust Capital Strength Portfolio (Class I): To provide capital appreciation.


Fund Fees and Expenses: The following table shows the expenses charged by the fund (as a percentage of the fund’s average net assets):

 
 
Management Fees (before any waivers/
reimburse-ments)            +
 
12b-1 Fees (before any waivers/ reimburse-ments)       +
Other Expenses
(before any waivers/ reimburse-ments)       +
 
 
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses   =
Total Expenses (before any waivers/ reimburse-ments)
Total Contractual waivers/ reimburse-ments (if any)
Total Expenses (after any waivers/ reimburse-ments)
First Trust Capital Strength Portfolio
Class I
0.50%
0.25%
0.45%
0.00%
1.20%
-0.10%
1.10%


The Contracts – Investment Requirements: If you have elected a Living Benefit Rider, you may be subject to the Investment Requirements outlined in the prospectus, according to which Living Benefit Rider you own and when you elected that rider. Please refer to your prospectus to determine if you are subject to Investment Requirements. The changes outlined below are effective for November 16, 2020 and are added to the existing Investment Requirements in your prospectus. All other provisions of Investment Requirements remain unchanged.

Please note that your contract may not offer every rider impacted by these requirements.

The following changes apply to Investment Requirements for other Living Benefit Riders. The First Trust Capital Strength Portfolio is added to the list of funds that cannot exceed 80% of your Contract Value.



Please retain this Supplement for future reference.


PART A




PART B




 
Lincoln Life Variable Annuity Account N
PART C - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 24. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(a) List of Financial Statements
1. Part A
2. Part B
Statement of Assets and Liabilities - December 31, 2019
Statement of Operations - Year ended December 31, 2019
Statements of Changes in Net Assets - Years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018
Notes to Financial Statements - December 31, 2019
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
3. Part B
Consolidated Balance Sheets - Years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) - Years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017
Consolidated Statements of Stockholder’s Equity - Years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - December 31, 2019
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
(b) List of Exhibits
(2) Not Applicable.

 

B-2

 

B-3

 

B-4

 

(8)(a) Fund Participation Agreements and Amendments between The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company and:
B-5

 

(b) Rule 22c-2 Agreements between The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company and:
(11) Not Applicable
(12) Not Applicable
B-6

 

Item 25. Directors and Officers of the Depositor
The following list contains the officers and directors of The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company who are engaged directly or indirectly in activities relating to Lincoln Life Variable Annuity Account N as well as the contracts. The list also shows The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company's executive officers.
Name   Positions and Offices with Depositor
Ellen G. Cooper*   Executive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer, and Director
Randal J. Freitag*   Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Director
Wilford H. Fuller*   Executive Vice President and Director
Christopher A. Giovanni*   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
Dennis R. Glass*   President and Director
Stephen B. Harris*   Senior Vice President and Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer
Christine Janofsky*   Senior Vice President and Controller
Leon E. Roday*   Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Director
Keith J. Ryan**   Vice President and Director
Nancy A. Smith*   Senior Vice President and Secretary
Joseph D. Spada***   Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer for Separate Accounts
*Principal business address is Radnor Financial Center, 150 Radnor Chester Road, Radnor, PA 19087
**Principal business address is 1300 South Clinton Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802
***Principal business address is 350 Church Street, Hartford, Connecticut 06096
Item 26. Persons Controlled by or Under Common Control with the Depositor or Registrant
See Exhibit 13 above: Lincoln National Corporation Organizational Chart.
Item 27. Number of Contractowners
As of October 31, 2020 there were 415,914 contract owners under Account N.
Item 28. Indemnification
a) Brief description of indemnification provisions.
In general, Article VII of the By-Laws of The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (Lincoln Life or Company) provides that Lincoln Life will indemnify certain persons against expenses, judgments and certain other specified costs incurred by any such person if he/she is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to a suit or proceeding because he/she was a director, officer, or employee of Lincoln Life, as long as he/she acted in good faith and in a manner he/she reasonably believed to be in the best interests of, or act opposed to the best interests of, Lincoln Life. Certain additional conditions apply to indemnification in criminal proceedings.
In particular, separate conditions govern indemnification of directors, officers, and employees of Lincoln Life in connection with suits by, or in the right of, Lincoln Life.
Please refer to Article VII of the By-Laws of Lincoln Life (Exhibit no. 6(b) hereto) for the full text of the indemnification provisions. Indemnification is permitted by, and is subject to the requirements of, Indiana law.
b) Undertaking pursuant to Rule 484 of Regulation C under the Securities Act of 1933:
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the provisions described in Item 28(a) above or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any such action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
B-7

 

Item 29. Principal Underwriter
(a) Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”) currently serves as Principal Underwriter for: Lincoln National Variable Annuity Account C; Lincoln National Flexible Premium Variable Life Account D; Lincoln National Variable Annuity Account E; Lincoln National Flexible Premium Variable Life Account F; Lincoln National Flexible Premium Variable Life Account G; Lincoln National Variable Annuity Account H; Lincoln Life & Annuity Variable Annuity Account H; Lincoln Life Flexible Premium Variable Life Account J; Lincoln Life Flexible Premium Variable Life Account K; Lincoln National Variable Annuity Account L; Lincoln Life & Annuity Variable Annuity Account L; Lincoln Life Flexible Premium Variable Life Account M; Lincoln Life & Annuity Flexible Premium Variable Life Account M; Lincoln Life Variable Annuity Account N; Lincoln New York Account N for Variable Annuities; Lincoln Life Variable Annuity Account Q; Lincoln Life Flexible Premium Variable Life Account R; LLANY Separate Account R for Flexible Premium Variable Life Insurance; Lincoln Life Flexible Premium Variable Life Account S; LLANY Separate Account S for Flexible Premium Variable Life Insurance; Lincoln Life Variable Annuity Account T; Lincoln Life Variable Annuity Account W; and Lincoln Life Flexible Premium Variable Life Account Y and Lincoln Life & Annuity Flexible Premium Variable Life Account Y; Lincoln Life Variable Annuity Account JF-H; Lincoln Life Variable Annuity Account JF-I; Lincoln Life Flexible Premium Variable Life Account JF-A; Lincoln Life Flexible Premium Variable Life Account JF-C; Lincoln Life Variable Annuity Account JL-A; Lincoln Life & Annuity Flexible Premium Variable Life Account JA-B; Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust; Lincoln Advisors Trust.
(b) Officers and Directors of Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc.:
Name   Positions and Offices with Underwriter
Andrew J. Bucklee*   Senior Vice President and Director
Wilford H. Fuller*   President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Christopher A. Giovanni*   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
John C. Kennedy*   Senior Vice President, Head of Retirement Solutions Distribution, and Director
MacGregor B. Maitland*   Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer
Thomas P. O'Neill*   Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Christopher P. Potochar*   Senior Vice President and Director, Head of Finance and Strategy
Claire H. Hanna*   Secretary
*Principal Business address is Radnor Financial Center, 150 Radnor Chester Road, Radnor, PA 19087
(c) N/A
Item 30. Location of Accounts and Records
All accounts, books, and other documents, except accounting records, required to be maintained by Section 31a of the 1940 Act and the Rules promulgated thereunder are maintained by The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, 1300 South Clinton Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802. The accounting records are maintained by State Street Bank and Trust Company, 801 Pennsylvania Avenue, Kansas City, MO 64105.
Item 31. Management Services
Not Applicable.
Item 32. Undertakings
(a) Registrant undertakes that it will file a post-effective amendment to this registration statement as frequently as necessary to ensure that the audited financial statements in the registration statement are never more than 16 months old for so long as payments under the variable annuity contracts may be accepted.
(b) Registrant undertakes that it will include either (1) as part of any application to purchase a Certificate or an Individual Contract offered by the Prospectus, a space that an applicant can check to request a Statement of Additional Information, or (2) a post card or a similar written communication affixed to or included in the Prospectus that the applicant can remove to send for a Statement of Additional Information.
(c) Registrant undertakes to deliver any Statement of Additional Information and any financial statements required to be made available under this Form promptly upon written or oral request to Lincoln Life at the address or phone number listed in the Prospectus.
(d) The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company hereby represents that the fees and charges deducted under the contract, in the aggregate, are reasonable in relation to the services rendered, the expenses expected to be incurred, and the risks assumed by The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company.
B-8

 

Item 33.
For contracts sold in connection with the Texas Optional Retirement Program, Registrant is relying on Rule 6c-7 and represents that paragraphs (a) through (d) of that rule have been complied with.
B-9

SIGNATURES

(a)
As required by the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets the requirements of Securities Act Rule 485(b) for effectiveness of these Registration Statements and has caused these Post-Effective Amendments to the registration statements to be signed on its behalf, in the City of Fort Wayne, and the State of Indiana on this 6th day of November, 2020 at 12:00 pm.



Lincoln Life Variable Annuity Account N (File No: 811-08517; CIK:0001048606)

333-138190 (Amendment No. 57)
  
333-149434 (Amendment No. 31)
  
333-174367 (Amendment No. 25)
  

Lincoln Life Variable Annuity Account N
(Registrant)

By: /s/ Delson R. Campbell
Delson R. Campbell
Vice President, The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company

Signed on its behalf, in the City of Hartford, and the State of Connecticut on this 6th day of November, 2020 at 12:00 pm.

The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
(Depositor)
By: /s/ Michelle L. Grindle
Michelle L. Grindle
(Signature-Officer of Depositor)
Assistant Vice President, The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company

(b) As required by the Securities Act of 1933, these Amendments to the registration statements have been signed by the following persons in their capacities indicated on November 6, 2020 at 12:00 pm.

Signature
Title
 
*/s/ Dennis R. Glass 
Dennis R. Glass
 
President, Director, and Chairman
(Principal Executive Officer)
 
*/s/ Ellen Cooper 
Ellen Cooper
 
Executive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer, and Director
 
* /s/ Randal J. Freitag 
Randal J. Freitag
 
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Director
(Principal Financial Officer)
 
* /s/ Wilford H. Fuller 
Wilford H. Fuller
 
Executive Vice President, and Director
 
* /s/ Leon E. Roday 
Leon E. Roday
 
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Director
 
* /s/ Keith J. Ryan 
Keith J. Ryan
 
Vice President and Director
 
* By /s/ Delson R. Campbell, Pursuant to a Power of Attorney
       Delson R. Campbell