497K 1 d289997d497k.htm LVIP U.S. AGGRESSIVE GROWTH ALLOCATION MANAGED RISK FUND LVIP U.S. Aggressive Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund
LVIP U.S. Aggressive Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund
(Standard and Service Class)
Summary Prospectus
May 1, 2022
 
 

Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund’s Prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund’s Prospectus, reports to shareholders, and other information about the Fund online at www.LincolnFinancial.com/lvip. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 877 ASK LINCOLN (877-275-5462). The Fund’s Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, both dated May 1, 2022, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus.
Investment Objective
The investment objective of the LVIP U.S. Aggressive Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund (the “Fund”) is to seek capital appreciation.
Fees and Expenses
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. This table does not reflect any variable contract expenses. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below. If variable contract expenses were included, the expenses shown would be higher.
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(Expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
 
 
Standard
Class
Service
Class
Management Fee
0.25%
0.25%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees
None
0.25%
Other Expenses
0.11%
0.11%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses (AFFE)
0.48%
0.48%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (including AFFE)1
0.84%
1.09%
Less Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement2
(0.04%)
(0.04%)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (After Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement)
0.80%
1.05%
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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses do not correlate to the ratio of expenses to average net assets appearing in the Financial Highlights table, which reflects only the operating expenses of the Fund and does not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses.
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Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (the “Adviser”) has contractually agreed to waive the following portion of its advisory fee: 0.015% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. The Adviser has also contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund to the extent that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (excluding Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses) exceed 0.315% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for the Standard Class (and 0.565% for the Service Class). Any reimbursements made by the Adviser are subject to recoupment from the Fund within three years after the occurrence of the reimbursement, provided that such recoupment shall not be made if it would cause annual Fund operating expenses of a class of the Fund to exceed the lesser of (a) the expense limitation in effect at the time of the reimbursement, or (b) the current expense limitation in effect, if any. Both agreements will continue through at least April 30, 2023 and cannot be terminated before that date without the mutual agreement of the Fund’s Board of Trustees and the Adviser.
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Example
This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example illustrates the hypothetical expenses that you would incur over the time periods indicated if you invest $10,000 in the Fund’s shares. The example also assumes that the Fund provides a return of 5% a year and that operating expenses remain the same. This example reflects the net operating expenses with fee waiver and expense reimbursement for the one-year contractual period and the total operating expenses without fee waiver and expense reimbursement for the remaining time periods shown below. Your actual costs may be higher or lower than this example. This example does not reflect any variable contract expenses. If variable contract expenses were included, the expenses shown would be higher. The results apply whether or not you redeem your investment at the end of the given period.
 
 
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
Standard Class
$82
$264
$462
$1,033
Service Class
$107
$343
$597
$1,325
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 18% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund operates under a “fund of funds” structure. The Fund, under normal circumstances, invests substantially all of its assets in mutual funds (the “Underlying Funds”), which are advised by the Fund’s investment adviser, Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (the “Adviser”). The Fund also seeks to stabilize its overall portfolio volatility and reduce downside exposure with a risk management strategy. This is a type of risk management sometimes referred to as an “overlay” because the risk management portion of the portfolio supplements the Fund’s main investment portfolio.
Underlying Funds Allocation Strategy. The Fund, under normal circumstances, invests in Underlying Funds so that approximately 80% of the assets in Underlying Funds invest primarily in equity securities (stocks) and approximately 20% of the assets in Underlying Funds invest primarily in fixed income securities (bonds). Additionally, under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in a portfolio of investments that provides exposure to U.S. securities.
The Adviser develops the Fund’s asset allocation strategy based on the Fund’s investment objective. The Fund allocates a substantial portion of its assets in Underlying Funds employing a passive investment style (i.e., index funds or rules-based strategy). The Fund’s largest allocation is to Underlying Funds that invest primarily in domestic equity securities, including securities of large-, medium- and small-cap companies and those with growth and value characteristics. A smaller allocation is made to Underlying Funds that invest primarily in domestic fixed income securities, including mortgage-backed securities, inflation-protected securities, and high yield securities (otherwise known as “junk” bonds). Mortgage-backed securities may be collateralized by mortgage loans and contracts for future delivery of such securities (such as to-be-announced contracts). In addition, Underlying Funds may hold foreign fixed income securities.
On at least an annual basis, the Adviser will reassess and may make revisions in the Fund’s asset allocation strategy consistent with the Fund’s investment strategy and objective, including revising the weightings among the Underlying Funds and adding or removing Underlying Funds from the asset allocation strategy. The Adviser will also periodically rebalance the weightings in the Underlying Funds to the current asset allocation strategy. In general, the Adviser does not anticipate making frequent changes in the asset allocation strategy and will not attempt to time the market.
The Adviser uses various analytical tools and proprietary and third-party research to construct the portfolio in ways that seek to outperform the U.S. Aggressive Allocation Blended Composite, an unmanaged index compiled by the Adviser. The Underlying Fund selection is made based on the Fund’s particular asset allocation strategy, the Adviser’s desired asset class exposures, and the investment styles and performance of the Underlying Funds. The Adviser also considers the portfolio characteristics and risk profile for each Underlying Fund over various periods and market environments to assess each Underlying Fund’s suitability as an investment for the Fund.
The U.S. Aggressive Allocation Blended Composite is constructed as follows: 56% Russell 1000® Index, 20% Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, 16% Russell Midcap® Index, and 8% Russell 2000® Index. The Fund's risk management strategy may cause the Fund's return to trail the unhedged return of the U.S. Aggressive Allocation Blended Composite index in strong, increasing markets.
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Risk Management Strategy. Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC (“Milliman” or “overlay manager”) implements the Fund’s risk management strategy. Although up to 20% of the Fund’s assets may be used to implement the risk management strategy, under normal market conditions, it is expected that less than 10% of the Fund’s net assets will be used for the strategy. Milliman uses a proprietary volatility forecasting model to manage the assets allocated to this strategy. As part of the risk management strategy, Milliman will invest the portion of Fund assets not invested in Underlying Funds in exchange-traded futures or options contracts, cash collateral to support these contracts and/or high-quality short-term money market investments. Milliman also may use interest rate futures as part of the risk management strategy.
The risk management strategy consists of using hedging instruments (short or long positions in exchange-traded futures or options contracts) to stabilize the Fund’s overall portfolio volatility and reduce the downside exposure of the Fund during significant market downturns. “Volatility” in this context is a statistical measurement of the frequency and level of changes in the Fund’s returns without regard to the direction of those changes. Volatility may result from rapid and dramatic price swings of securities held directly or indirectly by the Fund. Parameterization and implementation of the volatility forecasting model may be adjusted based upon changes in market conditions.
Milliman uses a proprietary model to monitor and forecast volatility and will adjust the level of exchange-traded futures or options contracts on that basis. Futures or options contracts can be purchased or sold by the Fund for less than their contract value, allowing an efficient use of Fund assets for the risk management strategy. The risk management strategy is separate and distinct from any riders or features of your insurance contract.
Milliman selects individual futures or options contracts on indices of markets that it believes are highly correlated to the Fund’s investment exposure. Milliman primarily will buy or sell (short) futures or options contracts on these indices to decrease the Fund’s aggregate economic exposure (from both Underlying Funds and exchange-traded futures or options) based upon Milliman’s evaluation of market volatility and downside market risk. Short futures contracts increase in value as domestic and/or foreign markets decline. Milliman will seek to hedge currency risks involved in the foreign futures contracts primarily through the use of exchange-traded currency futures contracts. Interest rate futures also may be used in an effort to control the volatility of the Fund’s returns and to synthetically earn a yield premium on the Fund’s cash holdings.
Even in periods of low volatility in the markets, Milliman will continue to use the hedging techniques designed to preserve gains in favorable market conditions and reduce losses in adverse market conditions. The Fund’s investment in exchange-traded futures or options and their resulting costs could limit the upside participation of the Fund in strong, appreciating markets relative to unhedged funds. In situations of extreme market volatility, the short positions held in exchange-traded futures or options could potentially reduce the Fund’s net economic exposure to domestic and foreign securities to a substantial degree.
Principal Risks
All mutual funds carry risk. Accordingly, loss of money is a risk of investing in the Fund. Because the Fund invests its assets in shares of Underlying Funds, the Fund indirectly owns the investments made by the Underlying Funds. By investing in the Fund, therefore, you indirectly assume the same types of risks as investing directly in the Underlying Funds. The Fund's investment performance is affected by each Underlying Fund's investment performance, and the Fund's ability to achieve its investment objective depends, in large part, on each Underlying Fund's ability to meet its investment objective. The following risks reflect the Fund's principal risks, which include the Underlying Funds' principal risks.
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Market Risk. The value of portfolio investments may decline. As a result, your investment in the Fund may decline in value and you could lose money.
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Stock Investing Risk. Stocks generally fluctuate in value more than bonds and may decline significantly over short time periods. Stock prices overall may decline because stock markets tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising and falling prices.
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Fund of Funds Risk. The Fund bears all risks of an Underlying Fund’s investment strategies, including the risk that an Underlying Fund may not meet its investment objective which may negatively affect the Fund’s performance. In addition, the Fund indirectly will pay a proportional share of the fees and expenses of an Underlying Fund.
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Issuer Risk. The prices of, and the income generated by, portfolio securities may decline in response to various factors directly related to the issuers of such securities.
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Asset Allocation Risk. With an asset allocation strategy, the amount invested in various asset classes of securities may change over time. Asset allocation risk could result in an allocation to an underperforming asset class.
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Rules-Based Strategy Risk. A “rules-based” strategy is a methodology based on a systematic approach. Its investment performance may differ significantly from the performance of any index against which its performance may be compared.
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Passive Management Risk. Index funds invest in the securities of an index rather than actively selecting among securities. With an indexing strategy there is no attempt to manage volatility, use defensive strategies, or reduce the effects of any long-term period of poor investment performance.
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Value Stocks Risk. Value stocks tend to be inexpensive relative to their earnings or assets compared to other types of stocks, such as growth stocks. Value stocks can continue to be inexpensive for long periods of time, may not ever realize their potential value, and may even go down in price.
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Growth Stocks Risk. Growth stocks, due to their relatively high market valuations, typically have been more volatile than value stocks. Growth stocks may not pay dividends, or may pay lower dividends, than value stocks and may be more adversely affected in a down market.
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Small- and Medium-Cap Companies Risk. The value of securities issued by small- and medium-sized companies may be subject to more abrupt market movements and may involve greater risks than investments in larger companies. These less developed, lesser-known companies may experience greater risks than those normally associated with larger companies.
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Exchange-Traded Fund (“ETF”) Risk. ETFs generally reflect the risks of owning the underlying securities they hold, although lack of liquidity in ETF shares could result in the price of the ETF being more volatile.
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Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, fixed income securities (i.e., debt obligations) generally will decline in value. These declines in value are greater for fixed income securities with longer maturities or durations.
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Credit Risk. Credit risk is the risk that the issuer of a debt obligation will be unable or unwilling to make interest or principal payments on time. Credit risk is often gauged by “credit ratings” assigned by nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (NRSROs). A decrease in an issuer’s credit rating may cause a decline in the value of the issuer’s debt obligations. However, credit ratings may not reflect the issuer’s current financial condition or events since the security was last rated by a rating agency. Credit ratings also may be influenced by rating agency conflicts of interest or based on historical data that are no longer applicable or accurate.
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Prepayment/Call Risk. Debt securities are subject to prepayment risk when the issuer can “call” the security, or repay principal, in whole or in part, prior to the security’s maturity. When the Fund reinvests the prepayments of principal it receives, it may receive a rate of interest that is lower than the rate on the called security.
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Mortgage-Backed Securities Risk. The value of mortgage-backed securities (commercial and residential) may fluctuate significantly in response to changes in interest rates. During periods of falling interest rates, underlying mortgages may be paid early, lowering the potential total return (pre-payment risk). During periods of rising interest rates, the rate at which the underlying mortgages are pre-paid may slow unexpectedly, causing the maturity of the mortgage-backed securities to increase and their value to decline (maturity extension risk).
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Mortgage-Backed “To Be Announced” (TBA) Transaction Risk. Some mortgage-backed securities are sold in what is referred to as to-be-announced (TBA) transactions, which include when-issued and delayed delivery securities and forward commitments. These transactions involve the Fund’s commitment to purchase securities for a predetermined price or yield with payment and delivery taking place after a period longer than the customary settlement period for that type of security (generally more than three days after the transaction). TBA transactions involve the risks that the security the Fund buys will lose value prior to its delivery and that the counterparty will default.
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Inflation Indexed Bond Risk. The value of inflation-indexed bonds generally changes in response to changes in real interest rates. Real interest rates in turn are tied to the relationship between nominal interest rates (i.e., non-inflation adjusted interest rates) and the rate of inflation. If the periodic adjustment rate measuring inflation falls, the principal value of inflation-indexed bonds will be adjusted downward and the interest payable will be reduced. The adjusted principal value of an inflation-related bond repaid at maturity may be less than the original principal. If nominal interest rates increase at a faster rate than inflation, the value of inflation indexed bonds may decrease. Inflation-indexed securities may not be protected from short-term increases in inflation.
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U.S. Treasury Risk. Securities backed by the U.S. Treasury or the full faith and credit of the U.S. government are guaranteed only as to the timely payment of interest and principal when held to maturity. Accordingly, the current market values for these securities will fluctuate with changes in interest rates.
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Below Investment Grade Bond Risk. Below investment grade bonds, otherwise known as “high yield” bonds or “junk” bonds, generally have a greater risk of principal loss than investment grade bonds. Below investment grade bonds are often considered speculative and involve significantly higher credit risk and liquidity risk. The value of these bonds may fluctuate more than the value of higher-rated debt obligations, and may decline significantly in periods of general economic difficulty or periods of rising interest rates and may be subject to negative perceptions of the junk bond markets generally and less secondary market liquidity.
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Derivatives Risk. Derivatives, such as futures, forwards, options, swaps, structured securities and other instruments are financial contracts whose value depends on, or is derived from, the value of an underlying asset, reference rate or index. Derivatives may involve costs and risks that are different from, or possibly greater than, the costs and risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments. Derivatives prices can be volatile, may correlate imperfectly with price of the applicable underlying asset, reference rate or index and may move in unexpected ways, especially in unusual market conditions, such as markets with high volatility or large market declines. Some derivatives are particularly sensitive to changes in interest rates. Other risks include the potential inability to terminate or sell derivative positions. Further, losses could result if the counterparty to a transaction does not perform as promised. Derivative instruments that involve a small initial investment relative to the risk assumed may be considered to be “leveraged,” which can magnify or otherwise increase investment losses.
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Futures Risk. A futures contract is considered a derivative because it derives its value from the price of the underlying security or financial index. The prices of futures contracts can be volatile, and futures contracts may be illiquid. In addition, there may be imperfect or even negative correlation between the price of the futures contracts and the price of the underlying securities. Losses on futures contracts may exceed the amount invested.
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Risk Management Strategy Risk. The success of the Fund’s risk management strategy depends in part on Milliman’s ability, as the overlay manager, to effectively and efficiently implement its risk forecasts and to manage the strategy for the Fund’s benefit. The risk management strategy may depend upon one or more of the overlay manager’s proprietary forecasting models and information and data from one or more third parties to support the proprietary forecasting models. There is no guarantee that the models or the data the models are based on will be accurate or that the Fund can achieve or maintain optimal risk targets. The Fund’s performance may be negatively impacted in certain underlying markets as a result of reliance on these models. The Fund’s performance also may be impacted by the Fund’s use of short or long futures positions to implement the risk management strategy. Certain markets could negatively impact the success of the risk management strategy, such as rapidly and unpredictably changing markets, “v-shaped” markets (a sharp market sell-off followed by a strong rally retracing such sell-off), or other extreme or disrupted markets, each of which could cause the Fund to be invested in the underlying market when it declines or to be uninvested when the underlying market appreciates. Milliman seeking to manage currency risk could result in losses if currencies do not perform as expected.
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Hedging Risk. The success of a hedging strategy cannot be guaranteed. Effective hedging requires correctly assessing the degree of correlation between the performance of the instruments used in the hedging strategy and the performance of the investments in the portfolio being hedged, as well as continual recalculation, readjustment, and execution of hedges in an efficient and timely manner. For example, futures contract short positions may not provide an effective hedge because changes in futures contract prices may not track those of the underlying securities or indices they are intended to hedge.
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Limited Portfolio Holdings Risk. Because the Fund may hold large positions in a small number of Underlying Funds, an increase or decrease in the value of such securities may have a greater impact on the Fund’s value and total return.
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Natural Disaster/Epidemic Risk. Natural or environmental disasters, such as earthquakes, fires, floods, hurricanes, tsunamis, and other severe weather-related phenomena generally, and widespread disease and illness, including pandemics and epidemics (such as the novel coronavirus), have been and can be highly disruptive to economies and markets.
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Liquidity Risk. Liquidity risk is the risk that the Fund cannot meet requests to redeem Fund-issued shares without significantly diluting the remaining investors’ interest in the Fund. This may result when portfolio holdings may be difficult to value and may be difficult to sell, both at the time or price desired. Liquidity risk also may result from increased shareholder redemptions in the Fund.
Fund Performance
The following bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of choosing to invest in the Fund. The information shows: (a) how the Fund's Standard Class investment results have varied from year to year; and (b) how the average annual total returns of the Fund's Standard and Service Classes compare with those of a broad measure of market performance. The bar chart shows performance of the Fund's Standard Class shares, but does not reflect the impact of variable contract expenses. If it did, returns would be lower than those shown. Performance in the average annual returns table does not reflect the impact of variable contract expenses. The Fund's past performance is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.
Annual Total Returns (%)
 
 
Highest Quarterly Return
Q4 2020
9.31%
Lowest Quarterly Return
Q1 2020
(10.88%)
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Average Annual Total Returns for periods ended 12/31/21
 
 
1 year
Since
Inception
Inception
Date
LVIP U.S. Aggressive Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund – Standard Class
18.18%
12.77%
11/1/18
LVIP U.S. Aggressive Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund – Service Class
17.88%
12.49%
11/1/18
Russell 1000® Index (reflects no deductions for fees, expenses or taxes)
26.45%
21.73%
 
U.S. Aggressive Allocation Blended Composite (reflects no deductions for fees, expenses
or taxes)
19.01%
17.98%
 
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The U.S. Aggressive Allocation Blended Composite is constructed as follows: 56% Russell 1000® Index, 20% Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, 16% Russell Midcap® Index, and 8% Russell 2000® Index. The performance of the U.S. Aggressive Blended Composite does not reflect the impact of the risk management strategy used by the Fund. Such strategy would impact the returns shown.
Investment Adviser and Sub-Adviser
Investment Adviser: Lincoln Investment Advisors Corporation (“LIAC”)
Investment Sub-Adviser:  Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC (“Milliman”)
Portfolio Managers
 
LIAC
Portfolio Managers
Company Title
Experience with Fund
Jay Shearon
Assistant Vice President and Senior Director
Since November 2018
Alex Zeng, Ph.D., CFA, CAIA
Vice President & Managing Director
Since November 2018
Lu Fan, CFA
Assistant Vice President & Senior Director
Since May 2022
 
Milliman
Portfolio Managers
Company Title
Experience with Fund
Jeff Greco, FRM
Senior Director – Head of Strategy Research
Since November 2018
Adam Schenck, CFA
Managing Director, Director of Portfolio Management
Since November 2018
Maria Schiopu, CFA
Senior Director – Head of Portfolio Management
Since April 2021
Ruby Shi
Portfolio Manager
Since August 2019
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
Fund shares are available as underlying investment options for variable life insurance and variable annuity products issued by The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln Life”), Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (“LNY”), and unaffiliated insurance companies. These insurance companies are the record owners of the separate accounts holding the Fund’s shares. You do not buy, sell or exchange Fund shares directly – you choose investment options through your variable annuity contract or variable life insurance policy. The insurance companies then cause the separate accounts to purchase and redeem Fund shares according to the investment options you choose. Fund shares also may be available for investment by certain funds of the Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust.
Tax Information
In general, Contract owners are taxed only on underlying Fund amounts they withdraw from their variable accounts. Contract owners should consult their Contract Prospectus for more information on the federal income tax consequences to them regarding their indirect investment in the Fund. Contract owners also may wish to consult with their own tax advisors as to the tax consequences of investments in variable contracts and the Fund, including application of state and local taxes.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and other Financial Intermediaries
Shares of the Fund are available only through the purchase of variable contracts issued by certain life insurance companies. Parties related to the Fund (such as the Fund's principal underwriter or investment adviser) may pay such insurance companies (or their related companies) for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest and may influence the insurance company to include the Fund as an investment option in its variable contracts. Such insurance companies (or their related companies) may pay broker-dealers or other financial intermediaries (such as banks) for the sale and retention of variable contracts that offer Fund shares. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealers or other financial intermediaries to recommend variable contracts that offer Fund shares. The prospectus or other disclosure documents for the variable contracts may contain additional information about these payments, if any. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's website for more information.
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