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Indiana
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(State
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(Commission
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(IRS
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Identification
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Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17
CFR
230.425)
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Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17
CFR
240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17
CFR
240.13e-4(c))
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Problems
arising with the ability to successfully integrate our and Jefferson-Pilot
Corporation’s businesses, which may affect our ability to operate as
effectively and efficiently as expected or to achieve the expected
synergies from the merger or to achieve such synergies within our
expected
timeframe;
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Legislative,
regulatory or tax changes, both domestic and foreign, that affect
the cost
of, or demand for, our products, the required amount of reserves
and/or
surplus, or otherwise affect our ability to conduct business, including
changes to statutory reserves and/or risk-based capital requirements
related to secondary guarantees under universal life and variable
annuity
products such as Actuarial Guideline VACARVM; restrictions on revenue
sharing and 12b-1 payments; and the potential for U.S. Federal tax
reform;
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The
initiation of legal or regulatory proceedings against us or our
subsidiaries and the outcome of any legal or regulatory proceedings,
such
as: (a) adverse actions related to present or past business practices
common in businesses in which we and our subsidiaries compete;
(b) adverse decisions in significant actions including, but not
limited to, actions brought by federal and state authorities, and
extra-contractual and class action damage cases; (c) new decisions
that result in changes in law; and (d) unexpected trial court
rulings;
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Changes
in interest rates causing a reduction of investment income, the margins
of
our fixed annuity and life insurance businesses and demand for our
products;
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A
decline in the equity markets causing a reduction in the sales of
our
products, a reduction of asset fees that we charge on various investment
and insurance products, an acceleration of amortization of deferred
acquisition costs, value of business acquired, deferred sales inducements
and deferred front-end loads and an increase in liabilities related
to
guaranteed benefit features of our variable annuity
products;
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Ineffectiveness
of our various hedging strategies used to offset the impact of declines
in
and volatility of the equity
markets;
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A
deviation in actual experience regarding future persistency, mortality,
morbidity, interest rates or equity market returns from our assumptions
used in pricing its products, in establishing related insurance reserves,
and in the amortization of intangibles that may result in an increase
in
reserves and a decrease in net income including as a result of
investor-owned life insurance
business;
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Changes
in accounting principles generally accepted in the United States
that may
result in unanticipated changes to our net income, including the
impact of
the applications of Statement of Position 07-1 and Statements of
Financial
Accounting Standard 157 and 159;
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Lowering
of one or more of our debt ratings issued by nationally recognized
statistical rating organizations, and the adverse impact such action
may
have on our ability to raise capital and on its liquidity and financial
condition;
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Lowering
of one or more of the insurer financial strength ratings of our insurance
subsidiaries and the adverse impact such action may have on the premium
writings, policy retention, and profitability of its insurance
subsidiaries;
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Significant
credit, accounting, fraud or corporate governance issues that may
adversely affect the value of certain investments in the portfolios
of our
companies requiring that we realize losses on such
investments;
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The
impact of acquisitions and divestitures, restructurings, product
withdrawals and other unusual items, including our ability to integrate
acquisitions and to obtain the anticipated results and synergies
from
acquisitions;
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The
adequacy and collectibility of reinsurance that we have
purchased;
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Acts
of terrorism, war, or other man-made and natural catastrophes that
may
adversely affect our businesses and the cost and availability of
reinsurance;
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Competitive
conditions, including pricing pressures, new product offerings and
the
emergence of new competitors, that may affect the level of premiums
and
fees that we can charge for our
products;
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The
unknown impact on our business resulting from changes in the demographics
of ourclient base, as aging baby-boomers move from the asset-accumulation
stage to the asset-distribution stage of
life;
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Loss
of key management, portfolio managers in the Investment Management
segment, financial planners or wholesalers;
and
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Changes
in general economic or business conditions, both domestic and foreign,
that may be less favorable than expected and may affect foreign exchange
rates, premium levels, claims experience, the level of pension benefit
costs and funding, and investment
results.
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Lincoln
National Corporation
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By:
/s/ Frederick J. Crawford
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Frederick
J. Crawford
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Senior
Vice President and
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Chief
Financial Officer
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