---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000059558-24-000027"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LNC"
cik: "0000059558"
company_name: "LINCOLN NATIONAL CORP"
filed_at: "2024-05-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T23:48:26.824379+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lincoln National EVP Matthew Grove departs as executive officer; advisor role until year-end

## Summary
- Matthew Grove ceased to be an executive officer effective May 15, 2024.
- Grove previously led Life & Annuities and wealth management businesses.
- He will serve as advisor to the Company until December 31, 2024.
- Upon departure, eligible for post-employment benefits per involuntary termination not for cause described in 2024 Proxy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000059558-24-000027
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LNC
- cik: 0000059558
- company_name: LINCOLN NATIONAL CORP
- filed_at: 2024-05-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59558/000005955824000027/0000059558-24-000027-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59558/000005955824000027/lnc-20240510.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000059558-24-000027
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000059558-24-000027.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000059558-24-000027.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Matthew Grove departed as named executive officer at LINCOLN NATIONAL CORP.
  - Action: ceased to be an executive officer
  - Role: named executive officer
  source text: Effective May 15, 2024, Matthew Grove, a named executive officer who was previously responsible for the Lincoln National Corporation (“Company”) wealth management business and led the Company’s Life and Annuities businesses, ceased to be an executive officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59558/000005955824000027/0000059558-24-000027-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.