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| Item 8.01. | Other Events |
On August 12, 2019, Lincoln National Corporation (the “Company”) announced that it has commenced a cash tender offer to purchase the Company’s 6.15% Senior Notes due 2036 (the “6.15% Notes”) and the Company’s 4.85% Senior Notes due 2021 (the “4.85% Notes”, and together with the 6.15% Notes, collectively the “Notes”). The Company will purchase Notes for an aggregate purchase price of up to $150,000,000 and, in the case of the 4.85% Notes, up to $50,000,000 in aggregate principal amount. The tender offer is being made exclusively pursuant to an offer to purchase dated August 12, 2019 and related letter of transmittal, which set forth the terms and conditions of the tender offer.
Furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference is a copy of the press release announcing the tender offer.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION | ||
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/s/ Randal J. Freitag | |
| Name: |
Randal J. Freitag | |
| Title: |
Executive Vice President and | |
| Chief Financial Officer | ||
Date: August 12, 2019