Stock-Based Compensation Plans

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2017

Stock-Based Compensation Plans [Abstract]

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		Six
		Months		Months
		Ended		Ended
	June 30,		June 30,
		2017		2017
10-year LNC stock options		15,270		407,637
Performance shares		5,126		154,351
RSUs		37,365		435,865
Non-employee:
SARs		-		26,494
Agent stock options		-		102,638
Director DSUs		7,059		14,534

- Definition

The entire disclosure for compensation-related costs for equity-based compensation, which may include disclosure of policies, compensation plan details, allocation of equity compensation, incentive distributions, equity-based arrangements to obtain goods and services, deferred compensation arrangements, employee stock ownership plan details and employee stock purchase plan details.

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