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Stock-Based Compensation Plans | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Stock-Based Compensation Plans [Abstract] |
Stock-Based Compensation Plans | 11. Stock-Based Compensation Plans ﻿ We sponsor stock-based compensation plans for our employees and directors and for the employees and agents of our subsidiaries that provide for the grant of stock options, performance shares (performance-vested shares as opposed to service-vested shares), stock a ppreciation rights (“SARs”), restricted stock units (“RSUs”) and deferred stock units (“DSUs”). We issue new shares to satisfy option exercises. ﻿ LNC stock-based awards granted were as follows: ﻿ ﻿
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﻿ | September 30, | September 30, |
﻿ |  | 2017 |  |  | 2017 |  |
﻿10-year LNC stock options |  | - |  |  | 407,637 |  |
﻿Performance shares |  | - |  |  | 154,351 |  |
﻿RSUs |  | 7,869 |  |  | 443,734 |  |
﻿Non-employee: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿SARs |  | - |  |  | 26,494 |  |
﻿Agent stock options |  | 90 |  |  | 102,728 |  |
﻿Director DSUs |  | 6,110 |  |  | 20,644 |  |
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- Definition The entire disclosure for compensation-related costs for equity-based compensation, which may include disclosure of policies, compensation plan details, allocation of equity compensation, incentive distributions, equity-based arrangements to obtain goods and services, deferred compensation arrangements, employee stock ownership plan details and employee stock purchase plan details. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2228938 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 50 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/subtopic&trid=2208855 + Details
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