As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 29, 2020

1933 Act Registration No. 333-237112

1940 Act Registration No. 811-08557

CIK No. 0001048607

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-6

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Post-Effective Amendment No. 2

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

Amendment No. 263

Lincoln Life Flexible Premium Variable Life Account M
(Exact Name of Registrant)

Lincoln AssetEdge^® VUL 2020

THE LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
(Exact Name of Depositor)

1300 South Clinton Street

Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802

(Address of Depositor’s Principal Executive Offices)

Depositor’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (260) 455-2000

Leon E. Roday, Esq.

The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
150 North Radnor Chester Road
Radnor, PA 19087

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

Copy To:

Jassmin McIver-Jones

The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
350 Church Street

Hartford, CT 06103

Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: Continuous

Title of Securities being registered:

Indefinite Number of Units of Interest in Variable Life Insurance Contracts.

An indefinite amount of the securities being offered by the Registration Statement has been registered pursuant to
Rule 24f-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The Form 24F-2 for the Registrant for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2019 was filed March 25, 2020.

It is proposed that this filing will become effective:

/ /	immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
/ /	on _____, 2020 pursuant to paragraph (b)
/ /	60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
/ /	on _______, 2020 pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485.
/X/	This Post-Effective Amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed Post-Effective Amendment. Such effective date shall be November 11, 2020.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant, Lincoln Life Flexible Premium Variable Life Account M, has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form N-6 (File No. 333-237112; 811-08557; CIK: 0001048607) to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized, in the City of Hartford and State of Connecticut on the 29^th day of October, 2020 at 12:00 pm.

Lincoln Life Flexible Premium Variable Life Account M

(Registrant)

/s/Joshua R. Durand

By _________________________________

Joshua R. Durand

Vice President

The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company

(Depositor)

/s/Joshua R. Durand

By _________________________________

Joshua R. Durand

Vice President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form N-6 (File No. 333-237112; 811-08557; CIK: 0001048607) has been signed below on October 29, 2020 at 11:24 am, by the following persons, as officers and directors of the Depositor, in the capacities indicated:

Signature Title

/s/ Dennis R. Glass *

______________________________

President and Director

Dennis R. Glass

/s/ Ellen G. Cooper *

______________________________

Executive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer

Ellen G. Cooper

/s/ Randal J. Freitag *

______________________________

Executive Vice President; Chief Financial Officer and

Randal J. Freitay

Director

/s/Leon E. Roday*

______________________________

Executive Vice President, Chief Counsel and Director

Leon E. Roday

/s/ Wilford H. Fuller*

______________________________ Executive Vice President and Director

Wilford H. Fuller

/s/ Keith J. Ryan *

______________________________ Vice President and Director

Keith J. Ryan

/s/Jassmin McIver-Jones

* By ________________________________________

Jassmin McIver-Jones

Attorney-in-Fact, pursuant to a Power-

of-Attorney filed with this Registration Statement