{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001564590-23-002130","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"LNC","cik":"0000059558","company_name":"LINCOLN NATIONAL CORP","filed_at":"2023-02-21T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:47.751584+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-19T07:26:36.221136+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","9.01"],"event_type":"other_material","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.3,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.3,"confidence":"high","headline":"Lincoln National caps executive severance at 2.99x salary+bonus; sets CFO Neczypor's pay","bullets":["Board adopted policy limiting new executive cash severance to 2.99x base salary plus target bonus without shareholder ratification.","Policy also prohibits amending existing severance plans to increase benefits beyond that threshold without shareholder vote.","New CFO Christopher Neczypor (effective Feb 17, 2023) gets $800k base salary, 134% target AIP, and $1.825M LTIP target.","Neczypor remains eligible for existing severance plans (LNC CoC Plan and Officers' Severance Plan)."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-23-002130","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-23-002130.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-23-002130.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-23-002130.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59558/000156459023002130/0001564590-23-002130-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59558/000156459023002130/lnc-8k_20230215.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-19T07:26:36.221136+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"1ebff1ca91","claim":"Christopher Neczypor was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at LINCOLN NATIONAL CORP.","evidence_excerpt":"On February 15, 2023, the Compensation Committee of the Board approved the compensation for the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer, Christopher Neczypor, who assumed the role effective February 17, 2023, as previously disclosed on a Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company on February 8, 2023.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59558/000156459023002130/0001564590-23-002130-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"appointed"},{"label":"Role","value":"Chief Financial Officer"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}