Stock-Based Incentive Compensation Plans

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Stock-Based Incentive Compensation Plans [Abstract]

Stock based incentive compensation plans

11.  Stock-Based Compensation Plans

We sponsor stock-based compensation plans for our employees and directors and for the employees and agents of our subsidiaries that provide for the grant of stock options, performance shares (performance-vested shares as opposed to service-vested shares), stock appreciation rights (“SARs”), restricted stock units (“RSUs”) and deferred stock units (“DSUs”).  We issue new shares to satisfy option exercises.

LNC stock-based awards granted were as follows:

	For the		For the
	Three		Nine
	Months		Months
	Ended		Ended
	September 30,		September 30,
	2014		2014
10-year LNC stock options		14,007		490,852
Performance shares		4,834		182,149
RSUs		11,555		447,012
Non-employee:
SARs		-		62,887
Agent stock options		-		88,311
Director DSUs		7,754		24,035