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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001564590-20-044657
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-3ASR
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		8
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200925
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200925
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20200925

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LINCOLN NATIONAL CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000059558
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	LIFE INSURANCE [6311]
		IRS NUMBER:				351140070
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			IN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-3ASR
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-249058
		FILM NUMBER:		201200271

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		150 N RADNOR CHESTER RD
		CITY:			RADNOR
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19087
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4845831400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		150 N RADNOR CHESTER RD
		CITY:			RADNOR
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19087
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</p>&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on September 25, 2020<br /></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">FORM S-3</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:9pt;margin-top:7pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><font style="text-decoration:underline;">Lincoln National Corporation<br /></font><font style="font-size:8pt;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:9pt;margin-top:9pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><font style="text-decoration:underline;">Indiana<br /></font><font style="font-size:8pt;">(State or other jurisdiction of<br />incorporation or organization)</font></p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:9pt;margin-top:9pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><font style="text-decoration:underline;">35-1140070<br /></font><font style="font-size:8pt;">(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)</font></p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:9pt;margin-top:9pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><br /><font style="font-size:10pt;">150 N. Radnor-Chester Road<br />Radnor, PA 19087<br /></font><font style="text-decoration:underline;font-size:10pt;">(484) 583-1400<br /></font>(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,<br />including area code, of registrant&#8217;s principal executive <font style="font-size:9pt;">offices)</font></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Nancy A. Smith</p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Senior Vice President and Secretary</p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Lincoln National Corporation</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:2pt;text-indent:3.85%;font-weight:bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale of the securities to the public:&nbsp;&nbsp;<font style="font-weight:normal;">From time to time after the effective date of this registration statement.</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:2pt;text-indent:3.85%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box:&nbsp;&nbsp; <font style="font-family:MS Gothic;">&#9744;</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:2pt;text-indent:3.85%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box:&nbsp;&nbsp; <font style="font-family:MS Gothic;">&#9746;</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:2pt;text-indent:3.85%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.&nbsp;&nbsp; <font style="font-family:MS Gothic;">&#9744;</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:2pt;text-indent:3.85%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.&nbsp;&nbsp; <font style="font-family:MS Gothic;">&#9744;</font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:2pt;text-indent:3.85%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_AEIOULastRenderedPageBreakAEIOU2"></a><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">e) under the Securities Act, check the following box.&nbsp;&nbsp; </font><font style="font-family:MS Gothic;">&#9746;</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:2pt;text-indent:3.85%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box.&nbsp;&nbsp; <font style="font-family:MS Gothic;">&#9744;</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:2pt;text-indent:3.85%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company.&nbsp;&nbsp;See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;smaller reporting company&#8221; and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:2pt;text-indent:3.85%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">An indeterminate number of the securities of each identified class is being registered as may from time to time be offered and sold at indeterminate prices.&nbsp;&nbsp;In accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Lincoln National Corporation (&#8220;LNC&#8221;) is deferring payment of the entire registration fee.</p></td></tr></table></div>
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<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">In addition, this Registration Statement includes such presently indeterminate number of offered securities as may be issuable from time to time upon conversion or exchange of the offered securities being offered hereunder, including upon the exercise of warrants or delivery upon settlement of stock purchase contracts.&nbsp;&nbsp;Separate consideration may or may not be received for securities that are issuable on exercise, conversion or exchange of other securities or that are issued in units or represented by depository shares.&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, the securities may be sold in either primary or secondary offerings.</p></td></tr></table></div>
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<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">Including such indeterminate number of warrants as may, from time to time, be issued at indeterminate prices, representing rights to purchase debt securities, preferred stock, common stock or other securities registered hereunder.&nbsp;&nbsp;Warrants may be sold separately or with debt securities, preferred stock, common stock or other securities registered hereunder.</p></td></tr></table></div>
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<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">Each stock purchase contract obligates the registrant to sell, and the holder thereof to purchase, an indeterminate number of shares of common stock or preferred stock.</p></td></tr></table></div>
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<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">Each depository share will be issued under a deposit agreement, will represent an interest in a fractional share or multiple shares of preferred stock and will be evidenced by a depository receipt.</p></td></tr></table></div>
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<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">Each stock purchase unit will be issued under a unit agreement or indenture and will represent an interest in two or more debt securities or purchase contracts, which may or may not be separable from one another.</p></td></tr></table></div>
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<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We will provide you with more specific terms of these securities in supplements to this prospectus.&nbsp;&nbsp;The securities we may offer may be convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for our other securities.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">By this prospectus, we or the selling securityholders may offer, from time to time, the securities described in this prospectus separately or together in any combination.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We and the selling securityholders may offer and sell these securities to or through one or more underwriters, dealers and agents, or directly to purchasers, on a continuous or delayed basis, at prices and on other terms to be determined at the time of offering.&nbsp;&nbsp;We and the selling securityholders reserve the sole right to accept, and together with any agents, dealers and underwriters, reserve the right to reject, in whole or in part, any proposed purchase of securities.&nbsp;&nbsp;If any agents, dealers or underwriters are involved in the sale of any securities, the applicable prospectus supplement will set forth any applicable commissions or discounts.&nbsp;&nbsp;The net proceeds to us and the selling securityholders from the sale of securities also will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Unless otherwise stated in a prospectus supplement, none of these securities will be listed on any securities exchange.&nbsp;&nbsp;Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol &#8220;LNC.&#8221;</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Before you invest, you should carefully read this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement and information described under the headings &#8220;Where You Can Find More Information&#8221; and &#8220;Documents Incorporated by Reference.&#8221;</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-weight:bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Investing in our securities involves risks.&nbsp;&nbsp;See &#8220;<a href="#RISK_FACTORS"><font style="text-decoration:underline;">Risk Factors</font></a><font style="font-weight:bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#8221; beginning on page 4 of this prospectus.</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-weight:bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus.&nbsp;&nbsp;Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin-top:24pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The date of this prospectus is September 25, 2020.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">This prospectus is one part of a &#8220;shelf&#8221; registration statement that we have filed on Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;Under the shelf registration statement, we are registering an unspecified amount of each class of the securities described in this prospectus, as applicable, and we and the selling securityholders may sell, from time to time, in one or more offerings, any combination of the securities described in this prospectus.&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, we or any of our respective affiliates may use this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement in a remarketing or other sale transaction involving the securities after their initial sale.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we may offer.&nbsp;&nbsp;Each time we, or the selling securityholders, sell securities, we and, if applicable, the selling securityholders will provide a prospectus supplement that will contain specific information about the terms of that offering.&nbsp;&nbsp;The prospectus supplement may also add to, update, supplement or clarify information contained in this prospectus.&nbsp;&nbsp;This prospectus does not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement and the exhibits to the registration statement.&nbsp;&nbsp;For further information concerning us and the securities, you should read the entire registration statement and the additional information described under &#8220;Documents Incorporated by Reference&#8221; below.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-weight:bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We have not, and any underwriter, dealer, agent or remarketing firm has not, authorized any other person to provide you with information other than the information contained in or incorporated by reference into this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement. We, and any underwriter, dealer, agent or remarketing firm, take no responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you.&nbsp;&nbsp;We are not, and any underwriter, dealer, agent or remarketing firm is not, making an offer to sell these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted or in which the person making such offer or solicitation is not qualified to do so or to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation.&nbsp;&nbsp;You should assume that the information appearing in this prospectus is accurate as of the date on the front cover.&nbsp;&nbsp;Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since that date.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Unless otherwise indicated, or the context otherwise requires, all references in this prospectus to &#8220;LNC,&#8221; &#8220;we,&#8221; &#8220;our,&#8221; &#8220;us,&#8221; or similar terms refer to Lincoln National Corporation.</p>
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<p style="Background-color:#FFFFFF;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;text-indent:7.69%;"><font style="color:#000000;">We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information and documents with the SEC. The SEC maintains an Internet site, </font><font style="font-style:italic;color:#000000;">http://www.sec.gov</font><font style="color:#000000;">, that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC.</font></p>
<p style="Background-color:#FFFFFF;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="Background-color:#FFFFFF;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;text-indent:7.69%;">This prospectus is one part of a registration statement filed on Form S-3 with the SEC under the Securities Act. This prospectus does not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement and the exhibits and schedules to the registration statement. For further information concerning us and the securities, you should read the entire registration statement and the additional information described under &#8220;Documents Incorporated by Reference&#8221; below. The registration statement has been filed electronically and may be obtained in the manner listed above. Any statements contained herein concerning the provisions of any document are not necessarily complete, and, in each instance, reference is made to the copy of such document filed as an exhibit to the registration statement or otherwise filed with the SEC. Each such statement is qualified in its entirety by such reference.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The SEC&#8217;s rules allow us to incorporate by reference information into this prospectus.&nbsp;&nbsp;This means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to another document.&nbsp;&nbsp;Any information referred to in this way is considered part of this prospectus from the date we file that document.&nbsp;&nbsp;Any reports filed by us with the SEC after the date of this prospectus and before the date that the offering of the securities by means of this prospectus is terminated will automatically update and, where applicable, supersede any information contained in this prospectus or incorporated by reference in this prospectus.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;">The description of our Common Stock contained in the Form 10 filed with the SEC on April 28, 1969, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating that description.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Each document filed subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents.&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein (or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein) modifies or supersedes such statement.&nbsp;&nbsp;Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute part of this Registration Statement.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We will provide without charge to each person to whom this prospectus is delivered, upon the written or oral request of such person, a copy of the documents incorporated by reference as described above (other than exhibits to such documents unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference into such documents).&nbsp;&nbsp;Please direct your oral or written request to:&nbsp;&nbsp;Nancy A. Smith, Senior Vice President &amp; Secretary, 150 N. Radnor-Chester Road, Radnor, PA&nbsp;&nbsp;19087, 484-583-1400.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">LNC was organized under the laws of the state of Indiana in 1968.&nbsp;&nbsp;We currently maintain our principal executive offices at 150 N. Radnor-Chester Road, in Radnor, Pennsylvania 19087, and our telephone number is (484)&#160;583-1400.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8220;Lincoln Financial Group&#8221; is the marketing name for LNC and its subsidiary companies.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Investing in our securities involves risks.&nbsp;&nbsp;You should carefully consider the risks described in any prospectus supplement and those incorporated by reference into this prospectus before making an investment decision.&nbsp;&nbsp;The risks and uncertainties described in any prospectus supplement and incorporated by reference into this prospectus are not the only ones facing our company.&nbsp;&nbsp;Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business operations.&nbsp;&nbsp;If any of these risks actually occur, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially affected.&nbsp;&nbsp;In that case, the value of our securities could decline substantially.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">General</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We may issue senior debt securities in one or more series under the indenture, dated as of March 10, 2009, between LNC and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, as amended by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 18, 2020, between LNC and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, which we refer to as the &#8220;senior indenture.&#8221; We may also issue subordinated debt securities in one or more series under the indenture to be entered into between LNC and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, which we refer to as the &#8220;subordinated indenture&#8221; and together with the senior indenture as the &#8220;indentures&#8221; or each of the senior indenture and the subordinated indenture individually, as the &#8220;applicable indenture.&#8221; For purposes of this section, we refer to:  (i)&#160;the senior debt securities together with the subordinated debt securities as the &#8220;debt securities;&#8221; and (ii)&#160;The Bank of New York Mellon, or any successor or additional trustee, in its respective capacity as trustee under the applicable indenture, as the &#8220;trustee.&#8221;  The senior indenture and the form of the subordinated indenture are filed as exhibits to the registration statement that includes this prospectus.&nbsp;&nbsp;See &#8220;Where You Can Find More Information&#8221; for information on how to obtain copies of the indentures.&nbsp;&nbsp;The indentures have been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, which we refer to as the &#8220;Trust Indenture Act.&#8221;</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">This summary of the indentures and the debt securities relates to terms and conditions applicable to the debt securities generally.&nbsp;&nbsp;We will summarize the particular terms of any series of debt securities in the applicable prospectus supplement.&nbsp;&nbsp;If indicated in the prospectus supplement, the terms of any series may differ from the terms summarized below.&nbsp;&nbsp;Because the summary of the material provisions of the indentures and the debt securities set forth below and the summary of the material terms of a particular series of debt securities set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement are not complete, you should refer to the indentures and the debt securities for complete information regarding the terms and provisions of the indentures (including defined terms) and the debt securities.&nbsp;&nbsp;Wherever we refer to particular articles, sections or defined terms of the indentures in this prospectus or in a prospectus supplement, those articles, sections or defined terms are incorporated in this prospectus and the prospectus supplement by reference, and the statement with respect to which such reference is made is qualified in its entirety by such reference.&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, unless specified otherwise, references to such particular articles, sections or defined terms are applicable to both the senior indenture and the subordinated indenture.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The senior debt securities will be unsecured and will rank on parity with all of our other unsecured and unsubordinated obligations.&nbsp;&nbsp;Unless otherwise provided in the prospectus supplement, each series of subordinated debt securities will rank equally with all other series of subordinated debt securities issued under the subordinated indenture and will be unsecured and subordinate and junior in right of payment to all of our senior debt (as defined below).&nbsp;&nbsp;See &#8220;&#8212;Subordination Under Subordinated Indenture.&#8221;</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We are a holding company that transacts substantially all of our business directly and indirectly through subsidiaries. Our primary assets are the stock of our operating subsidiaries. Our ability to meet our obligations on our outstanding debt and to pay dividends and our general and administrative expenses depends on the surplus and earnings of our subsidiaries and the ability of our subsidiaries to pay dividends or to advance or repay funds to us. The payment of dividends by our insurance company subsidiaries is limited under the insurance company holding company laws of the states in which those subsidiaries are domiciled. These subsidiaries are separate and distinct legal entities and have no obligation to pay any amounts due under our obligations or to make any funds available for such payment.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Because we are a holding company, our right to participate in any distribution of assets of any of our subsidiaries upon the subsidiary&#8217;s liquidation or reorganization or otherwise is subject to the prior claims of that subsidiary&#8217;s creditors, except to the extent that we may be recognized as a creditor of that subsidiary. Accordingly, our obligations under the debt securities will be effectively subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness and liabilities of our subsidiaries, including liabilities under contracts of insurance and annuities written by our insurance subsidiaries, and holders of our debt securities should look only to our assets for payment thereunder.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Debt securities may also be issued under the indentures upon the exercise of warrants.&nbsp;&nbsp;See &#8220;Warrants.&#8221;</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We may, in certain circumstances, without notice to or consent of the holders of the debt securities, issue additional debt securities having the same terms and conditions as the debt securities previously issued under this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement, so that such additional debt securities and the debt securities previously offered under this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement form a single series, and references in this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement to the debt securities shall include, unless the context otherwise requires, any further debt securities issued as described in this paragraph.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_AEIOULastRenderedPageBreakAEIOU12"></a><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The purchase price of any of the debt securities may be payable in one</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> or more foreign currencies or currency units</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The debt securities may be denominated in one or more foreign currencies or currency units, or the principal of, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any debt securities may be payable in one or more fore</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">ign currencies or currency units</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We will describe the restrictions, elections, U.S. federal income tax considerations, specific terms and other information relating to the debt securities and any foreign currencies or currency units in the applicable pro</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">spectus supplement.</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">If we use any index to determine the amount of payments of principal of, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any series of debt securities, we will also describe in the applicable prospectus supplement the special U.S. federal income tax, accounting and other considerations applicable to the debt securities.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Payment and Paying Agents</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Unless we state otherwise in an applicable prospectus supplement, we will pay principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on your debt securities at the office of the trustee for your debt securities in the City of New York or at the office of any other paying agent that we may designate.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Unless we state otherwise in an applicable prospectus supplement, we will pay any interest on debt securities to the registered owner of the debt security at the close of business on the record date for the interest, except in the case of defaulted interest.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Any moneys or U.S. government obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the trustee or any paying agent, or then held by us in trust, for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any debt security that remains unclaimed for two years after the principal, premium or interest has become due and payable will be repaid to us.&nbsp;&nbsp;After repayment to us, you are entitled to seek payment only from us as a general unsecured creditor.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Denominations, Registration and Transfer</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Except as we may describe in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will issue debt securities in fully registered form without coupons and in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Debt securities of any series will be exchangeable for other debt securities of the same series, in any authorized denominations, of a like tenor and aggregate principal amount and having the same terms.&nbsp;&nbsp;You may present debt securities for exchange, as described above, or for registration of transfer, at the office of the security registrar or at the office of any transfer agent we designate for that purpose.&nbsp;&nbsp;You will not incur a service charge but you must pay any taxes, assessments and other governmental charges as described in the applicable indenture.&nbsp;&nbsp;We will appoint the trustee as the initial security registrar under the applicable indenture.  We may at any time rescind the designation of any transfer agent that we initially designate or approve a change in the location through which the transfer agent acts.&nbsp;&nbsp;We will specify the transfer agent in the applicable prospectus supplement.&nbsp;&nbsp;We may at any time designate additional transfer agents.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Global Debt Securities</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We may issue all or any part of a series of debt securities in the form of one or more global debt securities.&nbsp;&nbsp;We will appoint the depository holding the global debt securities.&nbsp;&nbsp;Unless we otherwise state in the applicable prospectus supplement, the depository will be The Depository Trust Company, or DTC.&nbsp;&nbsp;We will issue global debt securities in registered form and in either temporary or definitive form.&nbsp;&nbsp;Unless it is exchanged for individual debt securities, a global debt security may not be transferred except:</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_AEIOULastRenderedPageBreakAEIOU13"></a><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We will describe the specific terms of the depository arrangement in the applicable prospectus supplement</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We expect that the following provisions will generally apply to these depository arrangements.</font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">If we issue a global debt security, the depository for the global debt security or its nominee will credit on its book-entry registration and transfer system the principal amounts of the individual debt securities represented by the global debt security to the accounts of persons that have accounts with it.&nbsp;&nbsp;We refer to those persons as &#8220;participants&#8221; in this prospectus.&nbsp;&nbsp;The accounts will be designated by the dealers, underwriters or agents for the debt securities, or by us if the debt securities are offered and sold directly by us.&nbsp;&nbsp;Ownership of beneficial interests in a global debt security will be limited to participants or persons who may hold interests through participants.&nbsp;&nbsp;Ownership and transfers of beneficial interests in the global debt security will be shown on, and transactions can be effected only through, records maintained by the applicable depository or its nominee, for interests of participants, and the records of participants, for interests of persons who hold through participants.&nbsp;&nbsp;The laws of some states require that you take physical delivery of securities in definitive form.&nbsp;&nbsp;These limits and laws may impair your ability to transfer beneficial interests in a global debt security.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">So long as the depository or its nominee is the registered owner of a global debt security, the depository or its nominee will be considered the sole owner or holder of the debt securities represented by the global debt security for all purposes under the applicable indenture.&nbsp;&nbsp;Except as provided below, you:</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:7.69%;text-indent:0%;;font-style:italic;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Payments of Principal, Premium and Interest</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We will make principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, payments on global debt securities to the depository that is the registered holder of the global debt security or its nominee.&nbsp;&nbsp;The depository for the global debt securities will be solely responsible and liable for all payments made on account of your beneficial ownership interests in the global debt security and for maintaining, supervising and reviewing any records relating to your beneficial ownership interests.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We expect that the depository or its nominee, upon receipt of any principal, premium, if any, or interest, if any, payment immediately will credit participants&#8217; accounts with amounts in proportion to their respective beneficial interests in the principal amount of the global debt security as shown on the records of the depository or its nominee.&nbsp;&nbsp;We also expect that payments by participants to you, as an owner of a beneficial interest in the global debt security held through those participants, will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices, as is now the case with securities held for the accounts of customers in bearer form or registered in &#8220;street name.&#8221; These payments will be the responsibility of those participants.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:7.69%;text-indent:0%;;font-style:italic;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Issuance of Individual Debt Securities</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Unless we state otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, if a depository for a series of debt securities is at any time unwilling, unable or ineligible to continue as depository, we will appoint a successor depository or we will issue individual debt securities in exchange for the global debt security.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Unless we state otherwise in an applicable prospectus supplement, debt securities will not be subject to any sinking fund, and we may, at our option, redeem all or any part of debt securities of any series prior to their stated maturity on the terms set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Except as we may otherwise specify in the applicable prospectus supplement, the redemption price for any debt security which we redeem will equal 100% of the principal amount plus any accrued and unpaid interest up to, but excluding, the redemption date.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We will mail notice of any redemption of debt securities at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to the registered holders of the debt securities at their addresses as shown on the security register.&nbsp;&nbsp;On and after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on the debt securities or the portions of the debt securities called for redemption.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">This covenant would not apply to the direct or indirect conveyance or transfer of all or any portion of the stock, assets or liabilities of any of our wholly owned subsidiaries to us or to our other wholly owned subsidiaries.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Limitation on Liens on Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">For the purposes of this prospectus, &#8220;capital stock&#8221; means any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in corporate stock.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We and the trustee may modify and amend the applicable indenture by entering into a supplemental indenture with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of all series affected by such supplemental indenture (acting as one class).&nbsp;&nbsp;However, no modification or amendment may, without the consent of the holder of each outstanding debt security affected:</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of all outstanding debt securities and the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of each series to be affected may waive compliance by us with certain restrictive covenants of the applicable indenture.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of a series may, on behalf of the holders of all debt securities of that series, waive any past default under the applicable indenture relating to that series of debt securities and the consequences of such default.&nbsp;&nbsp;However, a default in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any debt security of that series or relating to a covenant or provision which under the applicable indenture relating to that series of debt security cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holder of each outstanding debt security of that series affected cannot be so waived.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We are required to furnish the trustee annually with a statement as to the fulfillment of our obligations under the applicable indenture.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The indentures provide that the trustee may withhold notice to you of any default, except in respect of the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any debt securities or the payment of any sinking fund installment with respect to debt securities, if the trustee considers the withholding of such notice to be in the interests of the holders of the debt securities.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_AEIOULastRenderedPageBreakAEIOU17"></a>If an event of default exists (other than an event of default in the case of certain events of bankruptcy as described below), the trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of a series of outstanding debt securities may declare the principal amount, or, if the debt securities are original issue discount securities, such portion of the principal amount of such debt securities as may be specified in the terms of that series, </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">If an event of default in the case of certain events of bankruptcy exists with respect to debt securities of any series at that time outstanding, the principal amount of all debt securities of that series or, if any debt securities of that series are original issue discount securities, such portion of the principal amount of such debt securities as may be specified in the terms of that series, will automatically, and without any declaration or other action on the part of the trustee or any holder of such outstanding debt securities, become immediately due and payable.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Subject to the provisions of the applicable indenture relating to the duties of the trustee, if an event of default exists, the trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the applicable indenture at your request or direction, unless you have offered to the trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which the trustee might incur in compliance with such request or direction.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Subject to the provisions for the security or indemnification of the trustee, the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of a series of outstanding debt securities have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the trustee in connection with the debt securities of that series.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">You will not have any right to institute any proceeding in connection with the applicable indenture or for any remedy under the applicable indenture, unless you have previously given to the trustee written notice of a continuing event of default with respect to debt securities of that series.&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of a series of the outstanding debt securities or, in the case of an event of default in case of certain events of bankruptcy, of all series (voting as a class) with respect to which such event of default is continuing, must have made written request, and offered indemnity satisfactory, to the trustee to institute that proceeding as trustee, and, within 60 days following the receipt of that notice, the trustee must not have received from such holders a direction inconsistent with that request, and must have failed to institute the proceeding.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">However, you will have an absolute and unconditional right to receive payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on that debt security on the due dates expressed in the debt security (or, in the case of redemption, on the redemption date) and to institute a suit for the enforcement of that payment.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">then the applicable indenture will cease to be of further effect with respect to a series of debt securities, and we will be deemed to have satisfied and discharged the applicable indenture with respect to such series.&nbsp;&nbsp;However, we will continue to be obligated to pay all other sums due under the applicable indenture and to provide the officer&#8217;s certificate and opinion of counsel described in the applicable indenture.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Unless we state otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, the indentures provide that we may discharge all of our obligations, other than as to transfers and exchanges and certain other specified obligations, under any series of the debt securities at any time, and that we may also be released from our obligations described above under &#8220;&#8212;Consolidation, Merger and Transfer of Assets,&#8221; &#8220;&#8212;Limitation on Liens on Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries,&#8221; &#8220;&#8212;Limitation on Issuance or Disposition of Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries&#8221; and from certain other obligations, as applicable, including obligations imposed by supplemental indentures with respect to that series, if any, and elect not to comply with those sections and obligations without creating an event of default.&nbsp;&nbsp;Discharge under the first procedure is called &#8220;defeasance&#8221; and under the second procedure is called &#8220;covenant defeasance.&#8221;</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;">we irrevocably deposit with the trustee money or U.S. government obligations or a combination thereof, as trust funds in an amount sufficient to pay on the respective stated maturities or the redemption date, the principal of and any premium and interest on, all debt securities of that series along with an opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent accountants expressed in a written certification as to the sufficiency of the deposit;</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the holders of the debt securities of that series will not recognize gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit, defeasance and discharge or as a result of the deposit and covenant defeasance; and</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The subordinated indenture will not be discharged as described above if we have defaulted in the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any senior debt, as defined below under &#8220;Subordination Under Subordinated Indenture,&#8221; and that default is continuing or an event of default on the senior debt then exists and has resulted in the senior debt becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date it otherwise would have become due and payable.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Conversion or Exchange</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We may issue debt securities that we may convert or exchange into cash or other securities or property of our company or any other person.&nbsp;&nbsp;If so, we will describe the specific terms on which the debt securities may be converted or exchanged in the applicable prospectus supplement.&nbsp;&nbsp;The conversion or exchange may be mandatory, at your option, or at our option.&nbsp;&nbsp;The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the manner in which the shares of common stock or other securities, property or cash you would receive would be issued or delivered.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">In the subordinated indenture, we will agree, and holders of subordinated debt securities will be deemed to have agreed, that any subordinated debt securities are subordinate and junior in right of payment to all senior debt to the extent provided in the subordinated indenture.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Upon any payment or distribution of assets to creditors upon any liquidation, dissolution, winding up, reorganization, assignment for the benefit of creditors, marshaling of assets or any bankruptcy, insolvency, debt restructuring or similar proceeding in connection with our insolvency or bankruptcy, the holders of senior debt will first be entitled to receive payment in full of principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the senior debt before the holders of subordinated debt securities will be entitled to receive or retain any payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the subordinated debt securities.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">When we use the term &#8220;debt&#8221; we mean, with respect to any person, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on debt of such person, whether incurred on, prior to, or after, the date of the subordinated indenture, whether recourse is to all or a portion of the assets of that person and whether or not contingent, which includes:</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">When we use the term &#8220;senior debt&#8221; we mean the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on debt, whether incurred on, prior to, or after, the date of the subordinated indenture, unless the instrument creating or evidencing that debt or pursuant to which that debt is outstanding states that those obligations are not superior in right of payment to the subordinated debt securities or to other debt which ranks equally with, or junior to, the subordinated debt securities.&nbsp;&nbsp;Interest on this senior debt includes interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to us, whether or not the claim for post-petition interest is allowed in that proceeding.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The subordinated indenture provides that we may change the subordination provisions relating to any particular issue of subordinated debt securities prior to issuance.&nbsp;&nbsp;We will describe any change in the prospectus supplement relating to the subordinated debt securities.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Governing Law</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The indentures and the debt securities will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Concerning the Trustee</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The trustee will have all the duties and responsibilities of an indenture trustee specified in the Trust Indenture Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;The trustee is not required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in performing its duties or exercising its rights and powers if it reasonably believes that it is not reasonably assured of repayment or adequate indemnity.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We may issue junior subordinated debt securities in one or more series under a junior subordinated indenture, dated as of March 10, 2009, between LNC and The Bank of New York Mellon, as junior subordinated indenture trustee.&nbsp;&nbsp;The junior subordinated indenture (including the form of the junior subordinated debt securities) is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement that includes this prospectus.&nbsp;&nbsp;The junior subordinated indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;See &#8220;Where You Can Find More Information&#8221; for information on how to obtain the junior subordinated indenture.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">This summary of the junior subordinated indenture and the junior subordinated debt securities relates to terms and conditions applicable to the junior subordinated debt securities generally.&nbsp;&nbsp;We will summarize the particular terms of any series of junior subordinated debt securities in the applicable prospectus supplement.&nbsp;&nbsp;If indicated in the prospectus supplement, the terms of any series may differ from the terms summarized below.&nbsp;&nbsp;Because the summary of the material provisions of the junior subordinated indenture and the junior subordinated debt securities set forth below and the summary of the material terms of a particular series of junior subordinated debt securities set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement are not complete, you should refer to the forms of the junior subordinated indenture and the junior subordinated debt securities for complete information regarding the terms and provisions of the junior subordinated indenture (including defined terms) and the junior subordinated debt securities.&nbsp;&nbsp;Wherever we refer to particular articles, sections or defined terms of the junior subordinated indenture in this prospectus or in a prospectus supplement, those articles, sections or defined terms are incorporated in this prospectus and the prospectus supplement by reference, and the statement with respect to which such reference is made is qualified in its entirety by such reference.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">General</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Each series of junior subordinated debt securities will rank equally with all other series of junior subordinated debt securities, unless otherwise provided in the supplemental indenture, and will be unsecured and subordinate and junior in right of payment to the extent and in the manner set forth in the junior subordinated indenture to all of our senior debt as defined in the junior subordinated indenture, which includes all debt issued under our senior indenture or subordinated indenture.&nbsp;&nbsp;See &#8220;&#8212;Subordination.&#8221;</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We are a holding company that transacts substantially all of our business directly and indirectly through subsidiaries.&nbsp;&nbsp;Our primary assets are the stock of our operating subsidiaries.  Our ability to meet our obligations on our outstanding debt and to pay dividends and our general and administrative expenses depends on the surplus and earnings of our subsidiaries and the ability of our subsidiaries to pay dividends or to advance or repay funds to us. The payment of dividends by our insurance company subsidiaries is limited under the insurance company holding company laws of the states in which those subsidiaries are domiciled.  These subsidiaries are separate and distinct legal entities and have no obligation to pay any amounts due under our obligations or to make any funds available for such payment.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Because we are a holding company, our right to participate in any distribution of assets of any of our subsidiaries upon the subsidiary&#8217;s liquidation or reorganization or otherwise is subject to the prior claims of that subsidiary&#8217;s creditors, except to the extent that we may be recognized as a creditor of that subsidiary.  Accordingly, our obligations under the junior subordinated debt securities will be effectively junior subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness and liabilities of our subsidiaries, including liabilities under contracts of insurance and annuities written by our insurance subsidiaries, and holders of our junior subordinated debt securities should look only to our assets for payment thereunder<font style="color:#2E98D4;font-size:8pt;">.</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Except as otherwise provided in the applicable prospectus supplement, the junior subordinated indenture does not limit our incurrence or issuance of other secured or unsecured debt, whether under the junior subordinated indenture or any other indenture that we may have entered into or may enter into in the future or otherwise.&nbsp;&nbsp;See &#8220;&#8212;Subordination&#8221; and the prospectus supplement relating to any offering of junior subordinated debt securities.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We will issue the junior subordinated debt securities in one or more series pursuant to an indenture supplemental to the junior subordinated indenture or a resolution of our board of directors (as defined in the junior subordinated indenture) or a committee thereof.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the date or dates on which the principal of the junior subordinated debt securities is payable (which we refer to as the &#8220;stated maturity&#8221;) or the method of determination of the stated maturity;</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the rate or rates, if any, at which the junior subordinated debt securities will bear interest, the interest payment dates on which interest will be payable, our right, if any, to defer or extend an interest payment date and the regular record date for interest payable on any interest payment date or the method by which any of these items will be determined;</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the place or places where the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the junior subordinated debt securities will be payable and where the junior subordinated debt securities may be presented for registration of transfer or exchange and the place or places where notices and demands to or upon us regarding the junior subordinated debt securities and the junior subordinated indenture may be made;</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;">our obligation or right, if any, or the obligation or right of, if any, a holder to redeem, purchase or repay the junior subordinated debt securities and the terms and conditions upon which the junior subordinated debt securities shall be redeemed, repaid or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;">any additions or changes to the junior subordinated indenture with respect to a series of junior subordinated debt securities as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of the series in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons;</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We may, in certain circumstances, without notice to or consent of the holders of the junior subordinated debt securities, issue additional junior subordinated debt securities having the same terms and conditions as junior subordinated debt securities as previously issued under this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement, so that such additional junior subordinated debt securities and the junior subordinated debt securities previously offered under this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement form a single series, and references in this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement to the junior subordinated debt securities shall include, unless the context otherwise requires, any further junior subordinated debt securities issued as described in this paragraph.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We may sell junior subordinated debt securities at a substantial discount below their stated principal amount, bearing no interest or interest at a rate which is below market rates at the time of issuance.&nbsp;&nbsp;We will describe certain U.S. federal income tax consequences and special considerations applicable to any junior subordinated debt securities in the applicable prospectus supplement.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The purchase price of any junior subordinated debt securities may be payable in one or more foreign currencies or currency units.&nbsp;&nbsp;Junior subordinated debt securities may be denominated in one or more foreign currencies or currency units, or the principal of, or premium or interest, if any, on any junior subordinated debt securities may be payable in one or more foreign currencies or currency units.&nbsp;&nbsp;We will describe the restrictions, elections, certain U.S. federal income tax consequences, specific terms and other information with respect to the junior subordinated debt securities and foreign currency or currency units in the applicable prospectus supplement.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">If we use any index to determine the amount of any principal, premium or interest payable with respect to any series of junior subordinated debt securities, we will describe the special U.S. federal income tax, accounting and other considerations in the applicable prospectus supplement.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Denominations, Registration and Transfer</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Debt securities of any series will be exchangeable for other debt securities of the same series, in any authorized denominations, of a like tenor and aggregate principal amount and having the same terms.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_AEIOULastRenderedPageBreakAEIOU24"></a>You may present debt securities for exchange, as described above, or for registration of transfer, at the office of the security registrar or at the office of any transfer agent we designate for that purpose.&nbsp;&nbsp;You will not incur a service charge but you must pay any taxes, assessments and other governmental charges as described in the junior subordinated indenture.  We will appoint the trustee as the initial security registrar as specified in the junior subordinated indenture.&nbsp;&nbsp;We may at any time rescind the designation of any transfer agent that we initially designate </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">or approve a change in the location through which the transfer agent acts</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We will specify the transfer agent in the applicable prospectus </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">supplement</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We may at any time designate additional transfer agents.</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Global Junior Subordinated Debt Securities</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We may issue all or any part of a series of junior subordinated debt securities in the form of one or more global junior subordinated debt securities.&nbsp;&nbsp;We will appoint the depository holding the global junior subordinated debt securities.&nbsp;&nbsp;Unless we otherwise state in the applicable prospectus supplement, the depository will be The Depository Trust Company, or DTC.&nbsp;&nbsp;We will issue global junior subordinated debt securities in registered form and in either temporary or definitive form.&nbsp;&nbsp;Unless it is exchanged for individual debt securities, a global junior subordinated debt security may not be transferred except:</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We will describe the specific terms of the depository arrangement in the applicable prospectus supplement.&nbsp;&nbsp;We expect that the following provisions will generally apply to these depository arrangements.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:7.69%;text-indent:0%;;font-style:italic;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Beneficial Interests in a Global Junior Subordinated Debt Security</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">If we issue a global junior subordinated debt security, the depository for the global junior subordinated debt security or its nominee will credit on its book-entry registration and transfer system the principal amounts of the individual debt securities represented by the global junior subordinated debt security to the accounts of persons that have accounts with it.&nbsp;&nbsp;We refer to those persons as &#8220;participants&#8221; in this prospectus.&nbsp;&nbsp;The accounts will be designated by the dealers, underwriters or agents for the debt securities, or by us if the debt securities are offered and sold directly by us.&nbsp;&nbsp;Ownership of beneficial interests in a global junior subordinated debt security will be limited to participants or persons who may hold interests through participants.&nbsp;&nbsp;Ownership and transfers of beneficial interests in the global junior subordinated debt security will be shown on, and transactions can be effected only through, records maintained by the applicable depository or its nominee, for interests of participants, and the records of participants, for interests of persons who hold through participants.&nbsp;&nbsp;The laws of some states require that you take physical delivery of securities in definitive form.&nbsp;&nbsp;These limits and laws may impair your ability to transfer beneficial interests in a global junior subordinated debt security.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">So long as the depository or its nominee is the registered owner of a global junior subordinated debt security, the depository or its nominee will be considered the sole owner or holder of the junior subordinated debt securities represented by the global junior subordinated debt security for all purposes under the junior subordinated indenture.&nbsp;&nbsp;Except as provided below, you:</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We expect that the depository or its nominee, upon receipt of any principal, premium, if any, or interest, if any, payment immediately will credit participants&#8217; accounts with amounts in proportion to their respective beneficial interests in the principal amount of the global junior subordinated debt security as shown on the records of the depository or its nominee.&nbsp;&nbsp;We also expect that payments by participants to you, as an owner of a beneficial interest in the global junior subordinated debt security held through those participants, will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices, as is now the case with securities held for the accounts of customers in bearer form or registered in &#8220;street name.&#8221; These payments will be the responsibility of those participants.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Unless we state otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, if a depository for a series of debt securities is at any time unwilling, unable or ineligible to continue as depository, we will appoint a successor depository or we will issue individual debt securities in exchange for the global junior subordinated debt security.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will pay the principal of and any premium and interest on junior subordinated debt securities at the office of the junior subordinated indenture trustee in the City of New York, or at the office of any paying agent or paying agents as we may designate from time to time in the applicable prospectus supplement.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will make payments of interest on junior subordinated debt securities to the person or entity in whose name the junior subordinated debt security is registered at the close of business on the regular record date for such interest, except in the case of defaulted interest.&nbsp;&nbsp;We may at any time designate additional paying agents or rescind the designation of any paying agent.&nbsp;&nbsp;However, we will be required to maintain at all times a paying agent in each place of payment for each series of junior subordinated debt securities.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Any moneys that we deposit with the junior subordinated indenture trustee or any paying agent, or then held by us in trust, for the payment of the principal of and any premium or interest on any junior subordinated debt security that remains unclaimed for two years after becoming due and payable will be repaid to us at our request.&nbsp;&nbsp;After that time, the holder of the junior subordinated debt security will look, as a general unsecured creditor, only to us for payment of those amounts.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;">if a special event as described below has occurred and is continuing with respect to a series of junior subordinated debt securities, we may, at our option, redeem that series of junior subordinated debt securities in whole, but not in part, after the occurrence of the special event, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the junior subordinated debt securities of that series then outstanding plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">A &#8220;special event&#8221; means a &#8220;tax event&#8221; or an &#8220;investment company event.&#8221; A &#8220;tax event&#8221; occurs when we receive an opinion of counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that as a result of any amendment to, or change or announced prospective change in, the laws or regulations of the U.S. or any political subdivision or taxing authority in the U.S., or as a result of any official administrative pronouncement or judicial decision interpreting or applying those laws or regulations, which amendment or change is effective or which pronouncement or decision is announced on or after the date of issuance of the preferred securities of a trust, there is more than an insubstantial risk that:</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the trust is, or will be within 90 days of the date of the opinion, subject to more than a de minimis amount other taxes, duties or other governmental changes.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">An &#8220;investment company event&#8221; occurs when, in respect of a trust, we receive an opinion of counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that, as a result of a change in law or regulation or a change in interpretation or application of law or regulation by any legislative body, court, governmental agency or regulatory authority, the trust is, or will be considered an &#8220;investment company&#8221; that is required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, which becomes effective on or after the date of original issuance of the preferred securities of the trust.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We and the junior subordinated indenture trustee may generally modify the junior subordinated indenture in a manner affecting the rights of the holders of one or more series of the junior subordinated debt securities with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of each outstanding series of junior subordinated debt securities affected.&nbsp;&nbsp;However, no modification may, without the consent of the holder of each outstanding junior subordinated debt security affected:</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">In the case of junior subordinated debt securities that correspond to a series of trust preferred securities, so long as any of the related trust preferred securities remain outstanding:</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">without the prior consent of the holders of at least a majority of the aggregate liquidation preference of the related trust preferred securities unless and until the principal of and all accrued and unpaid interest on the corresponding junior subordinated debt securities has been paid in full and certain other conditions are satisfied.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">In addition, we and the junior subordinated indenture trustee may execute a supplemental junior subordinated indenture for the purpose of creating any new series of junior subordinated debt securities without the consent of any holder of junior subordinated debt securities.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_AEIOULastRenderedPageBreakAEIOU29"></a>The holders of a majority in aggregate outstanding principal amount of an applicable series of junior subordinated debt securities have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the junior subordinated indenture trustee.&nbsp;&nbsp;The junior subordinated indenture trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate outstanding principal amount of an applicable series of junior subordinated debt securities may declare the principal due and payable immediately upon a junior subordinated debt security event of default.&nbsp;&nbsp;In the case of junior subordinated debt securities that correspond to a series of trust preferred securities, if the junior subordinated indenture trustee or the holders of the corresponding junior subordinated debt securities fail to declare the principal due and payable immediately upon a junior subordinated debt security event of default, then the holders of at least 25% in aggregate liquidation preference of the related trust preferred securities may exercise that right.&nbsp;&nbsp;The holders of a majority in aggregate outstanding principal amount of a series of junior subordinated debt securities may annul the declaration and its consequences if the default (other than the non-</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The holders of a majority in aggregate outstanding principal amount of a series of junior subordinated debt securities may, on behalf of the holders of all the affected junior subordinated debt securities of that series, waive any past default, except:</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We must file annually with the junior subordinated indenture trustee a certificate as to whether or not we are in compliance with all the conditions and covenants applicable to it under the junior subordinated indenture.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">If a junior subordinated debt security event of default has occurred and is continuing as to a series of junior subordinated debt securities that correspond to a series of trust preferred securities, the property trustee will have the right to declare the principal of and the interest on the corresponding junior subordinated debt securities, and any other amounts payable under the junior subordinated indenture, to be immediately due and payable and to enforce its other rights as a creditor with respect to the corresponding junior subordinated debt securities.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">If a junior subordinated debt security event of default has occurred and is continuing and the default is attributable to our failure to pay interest or principal on the corresponding junior subordinated debt securities on the date such interest or principal is otherwise payable, a holder of trust preferred securities may, subject to the terms of the junior subordinated indenture, institute a legal proceeding directly against us for enforcement of payment to the holder of the principal of or interest on corresponding junior subordinated debt securities having a principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the related trust preferred securities held by the holder (which we refer to as a &#8220;direct action&#8221;).&nbsp;&nbsp;We may not amend the junior subordinated indenture to remove this right to bring a direct action without the prior written consent of the holders of all of the trust preferred securities.&nbsp;&nbsp;If we remove the right to bring a direct action, the applicable trust may become subject to the reporting obligations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.&nbsp;&nbsp;We will have the right under the junior subordinated indenture to set-off any payment made to the holder of trust preferred securities by us in connection with a direct action.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The holders of the trust preferred securities will not be able to exercise directly any remedies, other than those set forth in the preceding paragraph, available to the holders of the corresponding junior subordinated debt securities unless a trust agreement event of default has occurred and is continuing under the applicable trust agreement.&nbsp;&nbsp;See &#8220;Description of Securities We May Sell&#8212;Trust Preferred Securities&#8212;Events of Default; Notice.&#8221;</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Unless we state otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, the junior subordinated indenture provides that we may discharge all of our obligations, other than as to transfers and exchanges and certain other specified obligations, under any series of the debt securities at any time, and that we may also be released from our obligations described above under &#8220;Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets&#8221; and from certain other obligations, including obligations imposed by supplemental indentures with respect to that series, if any, and elect not to comply with those sections and obligations without creating an event of default.&nbsp;&nbsp;Discharge under the first procedure is called &#8220;defeasance&#8221; and under the second procedure is called &#8220;covenant defeasance.&#8221;</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;">other conditions specified in the indentures are met.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The junior subordinated indenture will not be discharged as described above if we have defaulted in the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any senior debt, as defined below under &#8220;Subordination,&#8221; and that default is continuing or another event of default on the senior debt then exists and has resulted in the senior debt becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date it otherwise would have become due and payable.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">If and to the extent indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, the junior subordinated debt securities of any series may be convertible or exchangeable into trust preferred securities or other securities.&nbsp;&nbsp;We will describe the specific terms on which junior subordinated debt securities of any series may be so converted or exchanged in the applicable prospectus supplement.&nbsp;&nbsp;Such terms may include provisions for conversion or exchange, either mandatory, at the option of the holder, or at our option, in which case the number of shares of trust preferred securities or other securities to be received by the holders of junior subordinated debt securities would be calculated as of a time and in the manner stated in the applicable prospectus supplement.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">In the junior subordinated indenture, we have agreed that any junior subordinated debt securities will be subordinate and junior in right of payment to all senior debt to the extent provided in the junior subordinated indenture.&nbsp;&nbsp;Upon any payment or distribution of our assets to creditors upon any liquidation, dissolution, winding up, reorganization, assignment for the benefit of creditors, marshaling of assets or any bankruptcy, insolvency, debt restructuring or similar proceedings in connection with our insolvency, the holders of senior debt will first be entitled to receive payment in full of principal and premium and interest, if any, on the senior debt before the holders of junior subordinated debt securities or, in the case of corresponding junior subordinated debt securities, before the property trustee on behalf of the holders, will be entitled to receive or retain any payment with respect to the corresponding junior subordinated debt securities.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_AEIOULastRenderedPageBreakAEIOU32"></a><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">In the event of the acceleration of the maturity of any junior subordinated debt securities, the holders of all senior debt outstanding at the tim</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">e of such acceleration will first be entitled to receive payment in full of all amounts due on the outstanding senior debt (including any amounts due upon acceleration) before the holders of junior subordinated debt securities will be entitled to receive o</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">r retain any payment with respect to the junior subordinated debt securities.</font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#8220;Senior debt&#8221; means the principal of, and premium and interest, if any, on debt, whether incurred on, prior to, or after the date of the junior subordinated indenture, unless, in the instrument creating or evidencing the debt or pursuant to which the debt is outstanding states that those obligations are not superior in right of payment to the junior subordinated debt securities or to other debt which ranks equally with, or junior to, the junior subordinated debt securities.&nbsp;&nbsp;Interest on this senior debt includes interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to us, whether or not the claim for post-petition interest is allowed in that proceeding.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The junior subordinated indenture provides that the subordination provisions described above, insofar as they relate to any particular issue of junior subordinated debt securities, may be changed prior to such issuance.&nbsp;&nbsp;We will describe any change in the applicable prospectus supplement.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The junior subordinated indenture and the junior subordinated debt securities will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of New York.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The junior subordinated indenture trustee will have and be subject to all the duties and responsibilities specified with respect to an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;Subject to those provisions, the junior subordinated indenture trustee is under no obligation to exercise any of the powers vested in it by the junior subordinated indenture at the request of any holder of junior subordinated debt securities, unless offered by the holder security or indemnity satisfactory to such trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which the junior subordinated trustee might incur in connection with its exercise of those powers.&nbsp;&nbsp;The junior subordinated indenture trustee is not required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of its duties if the junior subordinated indenture trustee reasonably believes that it is not reasonably assured of repayment or adequate indemnity.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We and our affiliates maintain various commercial and service relationships with the trustee and its affiliates in the ordinary course of business.&nbsp;&nbsp;An affiliate of the junior subordinated indenture trustee may act as trustee under various of other indentures, trusts and guarantees of LNC and its affiliates in the ordinary course of business.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debt Securities</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We may issue corresponding junior subordinated debt securities in one or more series of junior subordinated debt securities under the junior subordinated indenture with terms corresponding to the terms of a series of related trust preferred securities.&nbsp;&nbsp;In that event, concurrently with the issuance of each trust&#8217;s trust preferred securities, the trust will invest the proceeds of that issuance and the consideration paid by us for the common securities in a series of corresponding junior subordinated debt securities issued by us to the trust.&nbsp;&nbsp;We will issue each series of corresponding junior subordinated debt securities with a principal amount equal to the aggregate stated liquidation amount of the related trust preferred securities and the common securities of such trust.&nbsp;&nbsp;Each series of corresponding junior subordinated debt securities will rank equally with all other series of junior subordinated debt securities.&nbsp;&nbsp;Unless otherwise provided in the applicable prospectus supplement, holders of the related trust preferred securities for a series of corresponding junior subordinated debt securities will have certain rights in connection with modifications to the junior subordinated indenture and upon occurrence of junior subordinated debt security events of default as described under &#8220;&#8212;Modification of Junior Subordinated Indenture&#8221; and &#8220;&#8212;Junior Subordinated Debt Security Events of Default.&#8221;</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_AEIOULastRenderedPageBreakAEIOU34"></a>If a Special Event (which we define in &#8220;Description of Securities We May Sell&#8212;Trust Preferred Securities&#8212;Redemption or Exchange&#8221; below) has occurred and is continuing with respect to a trust that issued trust preferred securities, we may, at our option, redeem the corresponding junior subordinated debt securities, in whole but not in part, subject to the provisions of the junior subordinated indenture.&nbsp;&nbsp;The redemption price for any corresponding junior subordinated debt securities will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the outstanding corresponding junior subordinated debt securities plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date.&nbsp;&nbsp;As long </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">we will pay to the trust the additional sums with respect to the trust securities.  The junior subordinated indenture defines &#8220;additional sums&#8221; as may be necessary in order that the amount of distributions then due and payable by a trust on the outstanding securities of the trust will not be reduced as a result of any additional taxes, duties and other governmental charges to which the trust has become subject as a result of a tax event.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;text-transform:none;font-weight:bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_Toc49637598"></a><a name="COMMON_STOCK_AND_PREFERRED_STOCK"></a>C<a name="COMMON_STOCK_AND_PREFERRED_STOCK"></a>ommon Stock and Preferred Stock</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">General</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We may issue, separately or together with other offered securities, shares of common stock or preferred stock, all as set forth in the prospectus supplement relating to the common stock or preferred stock for which this prospectus is being delivered.&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, if the prospectus supplement so provides, the debt securities or preferred stock may be convertible into or exchangeable for common stock.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Our restated articles of incorporation currently authorize the issuance of 800,000,000 shares of common stock and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock.&nbsp;&nbsp;We may issue our preferred stock from time to time in one or more series by resolution of our board of directors.  As of September 14, 2020, 193,252,493 shares of our common stock were issued and outstanding</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">prospectus supplement relating to the particular series of the preferred stock) in a share of the particular series of the preferred stock issued and deposited with a preferred stock depository.</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The following description of our capital stock is a summary.&nbsp;&nbsp;It summarizes only those aspects of our capital stock which we believe will be most important to your decision to invest in our capital stock.&nbsp;&nbsp;You should keep in mind, however, that it is our restated articles of incorporation and our amended and restated bylaws, and the Indiana Business Corporation Law, which we refer to as the IBCL (described below), and not this summary, which define your rights as a securityholder.&nbsp;&nbsp;There may be other provisions in these documents which are also important to you.  You should read these documents for a full description of the terms of our capital stock.&nbsp;&nbsp;Our restated articles of incorporation and our amended and restated bylaws are incorporated by reference as exhibits to the registration statement that includes this prospectus.&nbsp;&nbsp;See &#8220;Where You Can Find More Information&#8221; for information on how to obtain copies of these documents.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Common Stock</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-style:italic;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Transfer Agent and Registrar.<font style="font-style:normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;Our common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol &#8220;LNC.&#8221; The registrar and transfer agent is </font><font style="Background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#000000;font-style:normal;">EQ Shareowner Services</font><font style="font-style:normal;">.</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-style:italic;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Voting Rights.<font style="font-style:normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;Except as set forth below under &#8220;Anti-Takeover Provisions&#8212;Certain State Law Provisions,&#8221; each holder of record of our common stock is entitled to one vote for each share of our common stock held on all matters submitted to a vote of the shareholders, including election of directors.&nbsp;&nbsp;Holders of our common stock do not have cumulative voting rights with respect to the election of directors or any other matter.</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-style:italic;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Dividend Rights.<font style="font-style:normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;The holders of our common stock may receive cash dividends, if and when declared by our board of directors out of funds legally available for that purpose, and subject to preferential rights of the holders of preferred stock or other special classes of stock.</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-style:italic;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Liquidation Rights.<font style="font-style:normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;In the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up, holders of our common stock will be entitled to share ratably in all assets remaining after payments to creditors and after satisfaction of the liquidation preference, if any, of the holders of any preferred stock that may at the time be outstanding.</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-style:italic;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Preemptive Rights.<font style="font-style:normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;Holders of our common stock do not have any preemptive or similar equity rights.</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Preferred Stock</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-style:italic;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">General.<font style="font-style:normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;Our restated articles of incorporation authorize our board of directors to provide for the issuance of up to ten million shares of preferred stock, in one or more series, and to fix by resolution and to the extent permitted by the IBCL, the relative rights, preferences and limitations of each series of preferred stock, including dividend, redemption, liquidation, sinking fund, conversion and other provisions in the resolutions or certificate establishing or designating the series, without a vote or any other action taken by our shareholders.</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-style:italic;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Shares Outstanding.<font style="font-style:normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;We currently have no preferred stock outstanding.</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-style:italic;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Voting Rights.<font style="font-style:normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;Unless otherwise provided in accordance with our amended and restated bylaws, each holder preferred stock would be entitled to one vote per share and to vote together, as a single class, with holders of our common stock on all matters submitted to a vote of the common shareholders.</font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">restated bylaws to determine who may deliver a written request to call such special meeting, capital stock representing ten percent</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> (10%) of the voting stock (the &#8220;Special Meeting Request Required Shares&#8221;), and who continue to own the Special Meeting Request Required Shares at all times between such record date and the date of the applicable meeting of shareholders.&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Article I of the </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">amended and restated bylaws further provides that control shares (as discussed below) of the corporation acquired in a control share acquisition with respect to which the acquiring person has not filed wit</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">h the corporation the statement </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">required by the IBC</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">L may, at any time during the period ending 60 days after the last acquisition of control shares by the acquiring person, be redeemed by the corporation at their fair value pursuant to procedures authorized by a resolution of the board of directors</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Artic</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">le I also gives the board of directors the authority to enter into any arrangement to direct the voting of any other person</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#8217;</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">s shares in connection with a change of control of LNC.</font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Chapter 43 of the IBCL also restricts business combinations with interested shareholders.&nbsp;&nbsp;It prohibits certain business combinations, including mergers, sales of assets, recapitalizations, and reverse stock splits, between certain corporations having 100 or more shareholders that also have a class of voting shares registered with the SEC under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (which includes us) and an interested shareholder, defined as the beneficial owner of 10% or more of the voting power of the outstanding voting shares of that corporation, for five years following the date the shareholder acquired such 10% beneficial ownership, unless the acquisition or the business combination was approved by the board of directors in advance of that date.&nbsp;&nbsp;If the combination was not previously approved, the interested shareholder may effect a combination after the five-year period only if the shareholder receives approval from a majority of the disinterested shares or the offer meets certain fair price criteria.&nbsp;&nbsp;A corporation may elect to opt out of these provisions in an amendment to its articles of incorporation approved by a majority of the disinterested shares.&nbsp;&nbsp;Such an amendment, however, would not become effective for 18 months after its passage and would apply only to stock acquisitions occurring after its effective date.&nbsp;&nbsp;Our restated articles of incorporation do not elect to opt out of these provisions.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Chapter 42 of the IBCL includes provisions designed to protect minority shareholders in the event that a person acquires, pursuant to a tender offer or otherwise, shares giving it more than 20%, more than 33 1/3%, or more than 50% of the outstanding voting power (which we refer to as &#8220;control shares&#8221;) of an &#8220;issuing public corporation.&#8221; Unless the issuing public corporation&#8217;s articles of incorporation or bylaws provide that Chapter 42 does not apply to control share acquisitions of shares of the corporation before the control share acquisition, an acquirer who purchases control shares cannot vote the control shares until each class or series of shares entitled to vote separately on the proposal, by a majority of all votes entitled to be cast by that group (excluding the control shares and any shares held by officers of the corporation and employees of the corporation who are directors thereof), approve in a special or annual meeting the rights of the acquirer to vote the control shares.&nbsp;&nbsp;Unless otherwise provided in a corporation&#8217;s articles of incorporation or bylaws before a control share acquisition has occurred, in the event that control shares acquired in a control share acquisition are accorded full voting rights and the acquiring person acquires control shares with a majority or more of all voting power, all shareholders of the issuing public corporation have dissenters&#8217; rights to receive the fair value of their shares.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_AEIOULastRenderedPageBreakAEIOU37"></a><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Indiana insurance laws and regulations provide that no person may acquire our voting securities if that person would dir</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">ectly or indirectly be in control of us after the acquisition, unless that person has provided certain required information to us and to the Indiana Insurance Commissioner, and the Indiana Insurance Commissioner has approved the acquisition</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Control of us</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> is presumed to exist if any person beneficially owns 10% or more of our voting securities</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Furthermore, the Indiana Insurance Commissioner may determine, after notice and hearing, that control exists despite the absence of a presumption to that effect</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Consequently, no person may acquire, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of our voting securities to be outstanding after any offering of securities pursuant to this prospectus, or otherwise acquire control of us, unless that person has provided such requi</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">red information to the Indiana Insurance Commissioner and the Indiana Insurance Commissioner has approved such acquisition.</font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The descriptions below and in any prospectus supplement of certain provisions of the deposit agreement and depositary receipts summarize the material terms of these documents.&nbsp;&nbsp;Because these summaries are not complete, you should refer to the form of deposit agreement and form of depositary receipts relating to the series of security offered.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We may, at our option, elect to have debt securities, shares of common stock or shares of preferred stock be represented by depositary shares.&nbsp;&nbsp;We will deposit the shares of any series of preferred stock, the number of debt securities or shares of common stock (which we refer to collectively as &#8220;securities&#8221;) underlying the depositary shares under a separate deposit agreement (which we refer to as a &#8220;deposit agreement&#8221;) between us and a bank or trust company selected by us (which we refer to as the &#8220;depositary&#8221;).&nbsp;&nbsp;We will include the name and address of the depositary for any depositary shares in the applicable prospectus supplement.&nbsp;&nbsp;Subject to the terms of the deposit agreement, each owner of a depositary share will be entitled, proportionately, to all the rights, preferences and privileges of the security represented by that depositary share, including dividend, voting, redemption, conversion, exchange and liquidation rights.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">If we distribute property other than in cash with respect to the securities, the depositary will distribute property received by it to the record holders of depositary receipts in proportion, insofar as possible, to the number of depositary shares owned by the holders, unless the depositary determines that it is not feasible to make the distribution.&nbsp;&nbsp;In this event, the depositary may, with our approval, adopt any method it deems equitable and practicable for the purpose of effecting the distribution, including a public or private sale of the property and distribution of the net proceeds from the sale to the record holders of the depositary receipts.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">If securities underlying the depositary shares are subject to redemption, the depositary shares will be redeemed from the proceeds received by the depositary as a result of the redemption, in whole or in part, of the securities held by the depositary.&nbsp;&nbsp;The redemption price per depositary share will be equal to the aggregate redemption price payable with respect to the number of securities underlying that depositary share.&nbsp;&nbsp;Whenever we redeem securities from the depositary, the depositary will redeem as of the same redemption date a proportionate number of depositary shares representing the securities that were redeemed.&nbsp;&nbsp;If less than all the depositary shares are to be redeemed, the depositary shares to be redeemed will be selected by lot or proportionately as we may determine.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">After the date fixed for redemption, the depositary shares called for redemption will no longer be deemed to be outstanding and all rights of the holders of the depositary shares will cease, other than the right to receive the redemption price upon redemption.&nbsp;&nbsp;Any funds deposited by us with the depositary for any depositary shares which the holders fail to redeem shall be returned to us after a period of two years from the date the funds are deposited.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which the holders of any securities underlying the depositary shares are entitled to vote, the depositary will mail the information contained in the notice to the record holders of the depositary receipts.&nbsp;&nbsp;Each record holder of depositary receipts on the record date (which will be the same date as the record date for the securities) will be entitled to instruct the depositary as to the exercise of the voting rights pertaining to the number of securities underlying that holder&#8217;s depositary shares.&nbsp;&nbsp;The depositary will endeavor, insofar as practicable, to vote the number of securities underlying the depositary shares in accordance with those instructions, and we will agree to take all reasonable action which may be deemed necessary by the depositary in order to enable the depositary to do so.&nbsp;&nbsp;The depositary will abstain from voting the securities to the extent it does not receive specific written instructions from holders of depositary receipts representing the securities.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">the depositary shall in each case fix a record date (which shall be the same as the record date for the securities) for the determination of the holders of depositary receipts:</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Amendment and Termination of the Deposit Agreement</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We and the depositary may amend the form of depositary receipt and any provision of the deposit agreement at any time.&nbsp;&nbsp;However, any amendment that imposes or increases any fees, taxes or other charges payable by the holders of depositary receipts (other than taxes and other governmental charges, fees and other expenses payable by the holders as described below under &#8220;Charges of Depositary&#8221;), or that otherwise prejudices any substantial existing right of holders of depositary receipts, will not take effect as to outstanding depositary receipts until the expiration of 90 days after notice of the amendment has been mailed to the record holders of outstanding depositary receipts.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Whenever so directed by us, the depositary will terminate the deposit agreement by mailing notice of the termination to the record holders of all depositary receipts then outstanding at least 30 days prior to the termination date.&nbsp;&nbsp;The depositary may likewise terminate the deposit agreement if at any time:</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">At any time beginning two years after the termination date, the depositary may sell the securities then held by it at public or private sales, at places and upon terms as it deems proper.&nbsp;&nbsp;Without liability for any interest, the depositary may hold the net proceeds of any sale, together with any money and other property then held by it, for the proportionate benefit of the holders of depositary receipts that have not been surrendered.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The depositary will make available for inspection by holders of depositary receipts at its corporate office and its New York office, all reports and communications that we deliver to the depositary as the holder of securities.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Neither we nor the depositary will be liable if it is prevented or delayed by law or any circumstance beyond its control in performing its obligations under the deposit agreement.&nbsp;&nbsp;The obligations of the depositary under the deposit agreement are limited to performing its duties in good faith without negligence or bad faith.&nbsp;&nbsp;Neither we nor the depositary are obligated to prosecute or defend any legal proceeding regarding any depositary shares or securities unless satisfactory indemnity is furnished.&nbsp;&nbsp;We and the depositary are entitled to rely upon advice of or information from counsel, accountants or other persons believed to be competent and on documents believed to be genuine.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We may remove the depositary and the depositary may resign at any time, effective upon the acceptance by a successor depositary of its appointment.&nbsp;&nbsp;However, if a successor depositary has not been appointed or accepted such appointment within 45 days after the depositary has delivered to us a notice of election to resign, the depositary may terminate the deposit agreement.&nbsp;&nbsp;See &#8220;&#8212;Amendment and Termination of the Deposit Agreement&#8221; above.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">General</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We may issue warrants to purchase debt securities, common stock, preferred stock, depositary shares, property, assets or other securities described in this prospectus, including other warrants (which we refer to collectively as the &#8220;underlying warrant securities&#8221;).&nbsp;&nbsp;We may issue the warrants independently or together with any underlying warrant securities and either attached to or separate from any underlying warrant securities.&nbsp;&nbsp;We will issue each series of warrants under a separate warrant agreement (which we refer to as a &#8220;warrant agreement&#8221;) to be entered into between LNC and a warrant agent.&nbsp;&nbsp;The warrant agent will act solely as our agent in connection with the series of warrants and will not assume any obligation or agency relationship for or with holders or beneficial owners of warrants.&nbsp;&nbsp;The following describes certain general terms and provisions of the warrants offered pursuant to this prospectus.&nbsp;&nbsp;We will describe further terms of the warrants and the warrant agreement in the applicable prospectus supplement.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;">debt obligations of third parties, including U.S. Treasury securities.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The stock purchase contracts may require us to make periodic payments to the holders of the stock purchase units or vice versa, and such payments may be unsecured or prefunded on some basis.&nbsp;&nbsp;The stock purchase contracts may require holders to secure their obligations thereunder in a specified manner.&nbsp;&nbsp;In certain circumstances, LNC may deliver newly issued prepaid stock purchase contracts (which we refer to as &#8220;prepaid securities&#8221;) upon release to a holder of any collateral securing the holder&#8217;s obligations under the original stock purchase contract.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We will describe the terms of any stock purchase contracts, stock purchase units and prepaid securities in the applicable prospectus supplement.&nbsp;&nbsp;The description in the prospectus supplement will not purport to be complete and will be qualified in its entirety by reference to the stock purchase contracts, the collateral arrangements and depositary arrangements, if applicable, relating to the stock purchase contracts, stock purchase units and prepaid securities and any document pursuant to which the prepaid securities will be issued.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_Toc49637602"></a><a name="_AEIOULastRenderedPageBreakAEIOU42"></a><a name="PLAN_OF_DISTRIBUTION"></a><font style="font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant: normal;">Plan o</font><font style="font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant: normal;"><a name="PLAN_OF_DISTRIBUTION"></a>f</font><font style="font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant: normal;"> Distribu</font><font style="font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant: normal;">tion</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We or the selling securityholders may sell the offered securities (a)&#160;through agents; (b)&#160;through underwriters or dealers; (c)&#160;directly to one or more purchasers; or (d)&#160;through a combination of any of these methods of sale.&nbsp;&nbsp;Any selling securityholders will act independently of us in making decisions with respect to the timing, manner and size of each sale of the securities covered by this prospectus.&nbsp;&nbsp;We will identify the specific plan of distribution, including any underwriters, dealers, agents or direct purchasers and their compensation in a prospectus supplement.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Sales of shares of common stock and other securities also may be effected from time to time in one or more types of transactions (which may include block transactions, special offerings, exchange distributions, secondary distributions or purchases by a broker or dealer) on the New York Stock Exchange or any other national securities exchange or automated trading and quotation system on which the common stock or other securities are listed, in the over-the-counter market, in hedging or derivatives transactions, negotiated transactions, through options transactions relating to the shares (whether these options are listed on an options exchange or otherwise), through the settlement of short sales or a combination of such methods of sale, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at negotiated prices or at fixed prices.&nbsp;&nbsp;The securities may also be exchanged for satisfaction of the selling securityholders&#8217; obligations or other liabilities to their creditors.&nbsp;&nbsp;Such transactions may or may not involve brokers or dealers.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The selling securityholders might not sell any securities under this prospectus.&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, any securities covered by this prospectus that qualify for sale pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities Act may be sold under Rule 144 rather than pursuant to this prospectus.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_Toc49637603"></a><a name="VALIDITY_OF_THE_SECURITIES"></a>Validity o<a name="VALIDITY_OF_THE_SECURITIES"></a>f the Securities</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">In connection with particular offerings of the securities in the future, and if stated in the applicable prospectus supplement, the validity of those securities may be passed upon for us by Eric B. Wilmer, Esquire, Assistant Vice President and Senior Counsel of LNC and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen &amp; Katz, special counsel to LNC and/or by counsel named in the applicable prospectus supplement, and for any underwriters or agents, by counsel named in the applicable prospectus supplement. As of the date of this registration statement, Mr. Wilmer owns, or has the right to acquire, a number of shares of our common stock that represents less than 1% of the total outstanding shares of common stock of LNC.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_Toc49637604"></a><a name="EXPERTS"></a><a name="EXPERTS"></a>Experts</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The consolidated financial statements of Lincoln National Corporation (&#8220;LNC&#8221;) appearing in LNC&#8217;s Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2019 (including schedules appearing therein), and the effectiveness of LNC&#8217;s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019, have been audited by Ernst &amp; Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their reports thereon included therein, and incorporated herein by reference.&nbsp;&nbsp;Such consolidated financial statements are, and audited financial statements to be included in subsequently filed documents will be, incorporated herein in reliance upon the reports of Ernst &amp; Young LLP pertaining to such financial statements and the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of the respective dates (to the extent covered by consents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission) given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Item 15.<font style="margin-left:54pt;"></font><font style="font-style:italic;">Indemnification of Directors and Officers</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Our amended and restated bylaws, pursuant to authority contained in the Indiana Business Corporation Law and the Indiana Insurance Law, respectively, provide for the indemnification of our officers, directors and employees against the following:</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;">reasonable expenses (including attorneys&#8217; fees) incurred by them in connection with the defense of any action, suit or proceeding to which they are made or threatened to be made parties (including those brought by, or on behalf of us) if they are successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of such proceeding; and</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;">reasonable costs of judgments, settlements, penalties, fines and reasonable expenses (including attorneys&#8217; fees) incurred with respect to, any action, suit or proceeding, if the person&#8217;s conduct was in good faith and the person reasonably believed that his/her conduct was in our best interest. In the case of a criminal proceeding, the person must also have reasonable cause to believe his/her conduct was lawful or have no reasonable cause to believe his/her conduct was unlawful.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;text-indent:7.69%;">Indiana law requires that a corporation, unless limited by its articles of incorporation, indemnify its directors and officers against reasonable expenses incurred in the successful defense of any proceeding arising out of their serving as a director or officer of the corporation.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;text-indent:7.69%;">&#160;</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;text-indent:7.69%;">No indemnification or reimbursement will be made to an individual judged liable to us, unless a court determines that in spite of a judgment of liability to the corporation, the individual is reasonably entitled to indemnification, but only to the extent that the court deems proper. Additionally, if an officer, director or employee does not meet the standards of conduct described above, such individual will be required to repay us for any advancement of expenses it had previously made.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#160;</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;text-indent:7.69%;">Such indemnification may apply to claims arising under the&#160;Securities Act. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the&#160;Securities Act&#160;may be permitted for our directors, officers or controlling persons pursuant to the foregoing provisions, we have been informed that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the&#160;Securities Act&#160;and therefore unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by us of expenses incurred or paid by one of our directors, officers or controlling persons in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, we will, unless in the opinion of our counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by us is against public policy as expressed in the&#160;Securities Act&#160;and will be governed by the final adjudication of the issue by the court.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;text-indent:7.69%;">We maintain a program of insurance under which our directors and officers are insured, subject to specified exclusions and deductible and maximum amounts, against actual or alleged errors, misstatements, misleading statements, acts or omissions, or neglect or breach of duty while acting in their respective capacities for us.&#160;In addition, our directors have separate indemnification agreements providing the same general rights to indemnification as set forth above.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;text-indent:7.69%;">The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided for in our amended and restated bylaws does not exclude or limit any other rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses that a person may be entitled to under other agreements, shareholders&#8217; and board resolutions and our restated articles of incorporation<font style="color:#000000;">.</font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Item 16.<font style="margin-left:54pt;"></font><font style="font-style:italic;">Exhibits</font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:9pt;">To be filed by an amendment or as an exhibit to a document filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and incorporated by reference herein.</p></td></tr></table></div>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</p></td></tr></table></div>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this registration statement.&nbsp;&nbsp;Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#8220;Calculation of Registration Fee&#8221; table in the effective registration statement; and</p></td></tr></table></div>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material change to such information in this registration statement;</p></td></tr></table></div>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-style:italic;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">provided, however<font style="font-style:normal;"> , that paragraphs (a)(1), (a)(2) and (a)(3) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of this registration statement.</font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_AEIOULastRenderedPageBreakAEIOU46"></a><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(b)</font><font style="margin-left:72pt;"></font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">That, </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">be deemed to be the initial</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-style:italic;">bona fide</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">offering thereof.</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(c)<font style="margin-left:72pt;"></font>To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;text-indent:7.69%;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Radnor, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on the 25th day of September, 2020. &#160;</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Exhibit A<font style="margin-left:36pt;">Form of Note</font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_AEIOULastRenderedPageBreakAEIOU2"></a><font style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of August 18, 2020 (this &#8220;</font><font style="text-decoration:underline;">First Supplemental Indenture</font><font style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#8221;), between Lincoln National Corporation, an Indiana corporation (the &#8220;</font><font style="text-decoration:underline;">Company</font><font style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#8221;), and The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (referred to herein as the &#8220;</font><font style="text-decoration:underline;">Notes Trustee</font><font style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#8221;) under the Senior Indenture, dated as of March 10, 2009 (the &#8220;</font><font style="text-decoration:underline;">Base Indenture</font><font style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#8221;), between the Company and the Notes Trustee, amending and supplementing the Base Indenture. </font></p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">RECITALS</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">WHEREAS, the Company executed and delivered the Base Indenture to the Notes Trustee to provide for the future issuance of the Company&#8217;s senior debt securities (the &#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">Securities</font>&#8221;), to be issued from time to time in one or more series as might be determined by the Company under the Base Indenture; </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Base Indenture and this First Supplemental Indenture (together, the &#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">Indenture</font>&#8221;), the Company has duly authorized the creation, issuance and sale to Belrose Funding Trust (the &#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">Trust</font>&#8221;), pursuant to the Facility Agreement, dated as of August 18, 2020, among the Company, the Trust, and the Notes Trustee (the &#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">Facility Agreement</font>&#8221;), of a new series of Securities of the Company designated as its 2.330% Senior Notes due 2030 (the &#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">Notes</font>&#8221;), not to exceed the Maximum Amount at any one time outstanding; </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">WHEREAS, Section 9.01(vii) of the Base Indenture permits the Company and the Notes Trustee to enter into one or more indentures supplemental to the Base Indenture to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 2.01 and/or 3.02 of the Base Indenture, and the Company and the Notes Trustee wish to enter into the First Supplemental Indenture to establish the form and terms of the Notes; </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">WHEREAS, Section 9.01(v) of the Base Indenture permits the Company and the Notes Trustee to enter into one or more indentures supplemental to the Base Indenture to add to, change or eliminate any provisions of the Base Indenture, <font style="text-decoration:underline;">provided</font> that any such addition, change or elimination shall become effective only when there is no Security Outstanding of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is adversely affected by such change in or elimination of such provision, and the Company and the Notes Trustee wish to amend Sections 1.01, 2.01, 3.02 and 3.04 of the Base Indenture, for purposes of the Notes and each other series of Securities created on or after the date hereof, to provide for, among other items, execution of instruments in electronic format; and</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Notes Trustee execute and deliver this First Supplemental Indenture, and all requirements necessary to make this First Supplemental Indenture a valid instrument in accordance with its terms and for the purposes herein expressed have been performed and fulfilled. </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, and for the purpose of setting forth, as provided in the Indenture, the form and substance of the Notes, the terms, provisions and conditions thereof and the amendment to the Base Indenture, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;text-transform:uppercase;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_Toc46337936"></a><a name="_Toc47980513"></a><a name="_AEIOULastRenderedPageBreakAEIOU3"></a><a name="_Toc46326008"></a><font style="text-transform:uppercase;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;font-variant: normal;">Article I</font><font style="text-transform:none;"><br /></font><font style="text-transform:none;"><br /><a name="_Toc46326008"></a></font><font style="text-transform:none;">Definitions and Interpretation</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:7.69%;text-indent:0%;;font-style:normal;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_Toc46326009"></a><a name="_Toc46337937"></a><a name="_Toc47980514"></a>Section 1.01.<font style="margin-left:129pt;"></font><font style="font-style:italic;text-transform:none;">Definitions and Interpretation. </font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">For all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires: </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(a) <font style="margin-left:36pt;">the terms defined in this Section have the meanings assigned to them in this Section and include the plural as well as the singular; </font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(b) <font style="margin-left:36pt;">the words &#8220;herein&#8221;, &#8220;hereinafter&#8221;, &#8220;hereof&#8221; and &#8220;hereunder&#8221; and other words of similar import refer to this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision. Certain terms, used principally within an Article or Section of this Supplemental Indenture, may be defined in that Article or Section;</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(c) <font style="margin-left:36pt;">the Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof; </font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(d) <font style="margin-left:36pt;">each of the following terms shall have the respective meaning set forth in the Facility Agreement: Cash Settlement Election, Issuance Right, Maximum Amount, Repurchase, Settlement Date and Voluntary Exercise; </font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(e) <font style="margin-left:36pt;">each of the following terms shall have the respective meaning set forth in the Trust Declaration: Depositor Affiliated Owner/Holder, Pledge Agreement, Transaction Agreements, Trust and Trust Securities; and</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_Ref46317971"></a>(f) <font style="margin-left:36pt;"><a name="_Ref46317971"></a></font>the following terms have the meanings given to them in this Section 1.01(f): </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">Interest Payment Date</font>&#8221; means, in respect of the Notes, February 15 and August 15 of each year, commencing on the February 15 or August 15 immediately following the date of original issuance of the Notes. </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">Regular Record Date</font>&#8221; means, in respect of the Notes, the February 1 or August 1 of each year (whether or not a Business Day) immediately preceding the related Interest Payment Date; <font style="text-decoration:underline;">provided</font> that (a) at any time that the Notes are held by the Trust or in book-entry form only, interest will be paid to the persons in whose names such Notes are registered at the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date and (b) if any Notes are issued in definitive form to the holders of the Trust Securities in exchange therefor after February 1 or August 1 and prior to the next February 15 or August 15, as the case may be, interest shall be payable on such February 15 or August 15 to the persons in whose names the Trust Securities were registered at the close of business on the preceding February 1 or August 1, as the case may be (whether or not a Business Day).</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">Restricted Legend</font>&#8221; means the legend set forth in Exhibit B.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_AEIOULastRenderedPageBreakAEIOU4"></a><font style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#8220;</font><font style="text-decoration:underline;">Rule 144</font><font style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#8221; means Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time, or any successor provision.</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">Rule 144A</font>&#8221; means Rule 144A under the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time, or any successor provision. </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">Rule 144A Certificate</font>&#8221; means a certificate substantially in the form of Annex A to Exhibit A.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">Securities Act</font>&#8221; means the Securities Act of 1933 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">Trust Declaration</font>&#8221; means the Amended and Restated Declaration of the Trust, dated as of August 18, 2020, among the Company, as depositor, The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee of the Trust, BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware, as Delaware Trustee, and the Company (solely for the purposes of Section&#160;5.10(f) and Section&#160;10.4(c) thereof), relating to the Trust.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;text-transform:uppercase;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_Toc47980515"></a><a name="_Ref47980367"></a>Article II<font style="text-transform:none;"><br /><br /><a name="_Ref47980367"></a>Amendments to Base Indenture</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:7.69%;text-indent:0%;;font-style:normal;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_Toc47980516"></a>Section 2.01.<font style="margin-left:129pt;"></font><font style="font-style:italic;text-transform:none;">Amendments to the Base Indenture.</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(a) <font style="margin-left:36pt;">Section 1.01 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended to (i) delete the period at the end of clause (d), (ii) move the word &#8220;and&#8221; at the end of clause (c) to the end of clause (d) and (iii) insert the following clause (e): </font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:7.69%;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_AEIOULastRenderedPageBreakAEIOU5"></a>(e) <font style="margin-left:36pt;">the words &#8220;execution&#8221;, &#8220;signed&#8221;, &#8220;signature&#8221;, and words of like import in the Indenture shall include images of manually executed signatures transmitted by facsimile, email or other electronic format (including, without limitation, &#8220;pdf,&#8221; &#8220;tif&#8221; or &#8220;jpg&#8221;) and other electronic signatures (including without limitation, Diligent, DocuSign and AdobeSign or any other similar platform identified by the Company and reasonably available at no undue burden or expense to the Notes Trustee, with respect to the signatures of the Notes Trustee).&nbsp;&nbsp;The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code. Without limitation to the foregoing, and anything in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, (a)&#160;any Officer&#8217;s Certificate, company order, Opinion of Counsel, Note, certificate of authentication appearing on or attached to any Note, supplemental indenture or other certificate, opinion of counsel, instrument, agreement or other document delivered pursuant to this Indenture may be executed, attested and transmitted by any of the foregoing electronic means and formats and (b)&#160;all </font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><font style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">references in Section&#160;3.04 or elsewhere in this Indenture to the execution, attestation or authentication of any Note or any certificate of authentication appearing on or attached to any Note shall be deemed to include signatures that are made or transmitted by any of the foregoing electronic means or formats. The Notes Trustee shall have no duty to inquire into or investigate the authenticity or authorization of any such electronic signature and shall be entitled to conclusively rely on any such electronic signature without any liability with respect thereto.</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(b) <font style="margin-left:36pt;">Section 2.01 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended to replace the first sentence of the last paragraph with the sentence: &#8220;Unless otherwise provided with respect to any series of Securities pursuant to Section 3.02, the Securities of each series will initially be issued in the form of one or more Global Securities.&#8221;</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(c) <font style="margin-left:36pt;">Clause (a) of Section 3.02 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended to (i) delete the word &#8220;and&#8221; at the end of sub-clause (xxi), (ii) delete sub-clause (xxii) and replace such sub-clause with the following:</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;text-indent:7.69%;">(xxii)<font style="margin-left:36pt;">if applicable, that the Securities of the series, in whole or any specified part, shall be defeasible pursuant to Section 13.02 or Section 13.03 or both such Sections and any additional restrictions or limitations on the Company&#8217;s option to elect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance; and</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">and (iii) insert the following clause (xxiii): </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;text-indent:7.69%;">(xxiii) any other terms of any of the Securities of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture).</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(d) <font style="margin-left:36pt;">Section 3.04 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended to add the phrase &#8220;Unless otherwise provided with respect to any series of Securities pursuant to Section 3.02,&#8221; to the beginning of clause (h). </font></p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;text-transform:uppercase;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_Toc46337938"></a><a name="_Toc47980517"></a><a name="_Toc46326010"></a>Article III<font style="text-transform:none;"><br /><br /><a name="_Toc46326010"></a>The Notes</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:7.69%;text-indent:0%;;font-style:normal;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_Toc46337939"></a><a name="_Toc47980518"></a><a name="_Toc46326011"></a>Section 3.01.<font style="margin-left:129pt;"></font><font style="font-style:italic;text-transform:none;">Establishment. </font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(a) <font style="margin-left:36pt;">There is hereby established a new series of Securities to be issued under the Indenture, to be designated as the Company&#8217;s &#8220;2.330% Senior Notes due 2030&#8221;. </font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_Ref509577741"></a><a name="_Ref536698372"></a><a name="_AEIOULastRenderedPageBreakAEIOU6"></a>(b) <font style="margin-left:36pt;">On the date hereof, the Company shall execute, and the Notes Trustee shall authenticate, a single certificate, registered in the name of the Trust (the &#8220;</font><font style="text-decoration:underline;">Initial Note Certificate</font>&#8221;), to evidence Notes that may be sold to the Trust from time to time pursuant to the Facility Agreement. The initial principal amount of the Initial Note Certificate shall be $0, and the aggregate principal amount of Notes represented by such certificate may from time to time be increased or decreased to reflect (i) any issuance and sale, or any Repurchase, of Notes pursuant to the Facility Agreement upon receipt of written confirmation from the Company (in the case of any exercise of the Issuance Right) or the trustee of the Trust (in the case of any Repurchase) of </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><font style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">the receipt of the purchase price for the Notes to be delivered or repurchased, (ii)&#160;any cancellation of Notes pursuant to </font><font style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Section 3.03(f)</font><font style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> or (iii) any redemption of Notes in accordance with their terms and Article XI of the Base Indenture, in each case by adjustments made on the books and records of the Security Registrar, as hereinafter provided; </font><font style="text-decoration:underline;">provided</font><font style="font-style:italic;"> </font><font style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">that the principal amount of Notes represented by the Initial Note Certificate may at no time exceed the Maximum Amount.</font><font style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> The Notes evidenced by the Initial Note Certificate shall be exchangeable for one or more Global Securities as provided in </font><font style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Section 3.04(b)</font><font style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(c) <font style="margin-left:36pt;">Notes that have been redeemed shall be cancelled as provided in Section 3.10 of the Base Indenture and may not be reissued. </font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:7.69%;text-indent:0%;;font-style:normal;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_Toc46337940"></a><a name="_Toc47980519"></a><a name="_Toc46326012"></a>Section 3.02.<font style="margin-left:129pt;"></font><font style="font-style:italic;text-transform:none;">Payment of Principal and Interest. </font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_Ref46352406"></a>(a) <font style="margin-left:36pt;"><a name="_Ref46352406"></a></font>The Notes will mature on August 15, 2030 (the &#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">Stated Maturity</font>&#8221; in respect of the principal of the Notes). The unpaid principal amount of the Notes, if issued and outstanding, shall bear interest at the rate of 2.330% per year until paid or duly provided for. Interest shall be calculated as set forth in the form of Notes and shall be paid semi-annually in arrears on each Interest Payment Date to the Person in whose name the Notes are registered on the Regular Record Date for such Interest Payment Date; <font style="text-decoration:underline;">provided</font> that interest payable at the Stated Maturity or upon redemption will be paid to the Person to whom principal is payable. Any such interest that is not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the holders on such Regular Record Date and may be paid as provided in Section&#160;3.08(b) of the Base Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time the Notes are held by the Trust, or are solely represented by one or more Global Securities, interest will be paid to the Persons in whose names the Notes are registered at the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_cp_text_1_162"></a>(b) <font style="margin-left:36pt;"><a name="_cp_text_1_162"></a>The Company hereby designates the Notes Trustee as the initial Paying Agent, Security Registrar and transfer agent for the Notes. Accordingly, the Corporate Trust Office of the Notes Trustee shall be and hereby is, designated as the office or agency where the Notes may be presented for payment and where notices to or demands upon the Company in respect of the Notes and the Indenture may be served. Transfers of the Notes will</font> be registrable at the Corporate Trust Office of the Notes Trustee and at any of the Company&#8217;s other offices or agencies that it may maintain for that purpose.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(c) <font style="margin-left:36pt;">The principal of, and premium, if any, and interest due on the Notes shall be paid in Dollars. Payments of interest (including interest on any Interest Payment Date) will be made subject, in the case of a Global Security, to the Notes Trustee&#8217;s or Paying Agent&#8217;s arrangements with the Depository (</font><font style="text-decoration:underline;">a</font>) if a Note is held by the Trust, by wire transfer in immediately available funds and (<font style="text-decoration:underline;">b</font>)&#160;if a Note has been distributed in physical form by the Trust to the holders of the Trust Securities upon the dissolution and termination of the Trust and is not represented by a Global Security, at the option of the Company, (<font style="text-decoration:underline;">i</font>) by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register, or (<font style="text-decoration:underline;">ii</font>)&#160;by wire transfer at such place and to such account at a banking institution in the United States of America as may be designated in writing to the Notes Trustee and Paying Agent at least 15 days prior to the date for payment by the Person entitled thereto. </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:7.69%;text-indent:0%;;font-style:normal;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_Toc46337941"></a><a name="_Toc47980520"></a><a name="_Ref46312805"></a><a name="_Ref46312814"></a><a name="_Ref46318010"></a><a name="_Toc46326013"></a><a name="_AEIOULastRenderedPageBreakAEIOU7"></a><font style="font-style:normal;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-variant: normal;">Section 3.03.</font><font style="margin-left:129pt;"></font><font style="font-style:italic;text-transform:none;">Transfer and Exchange</font><font style="font-style:italic;text-transform:none;">.</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(a) <font style="margin-left:36pt;">Section 3.06 of the Base Indenture, as supplemented by this </font>Section 3.03, shall apply to the transfer and exchange of the Notes. </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_Ref46329873"></a><a name="_Ref46352262"></a>(b) <font style="margin-left:36pt;"><a name="_Ref46329873"></a><a name="_Ref46352262"></a></font>The Security Registrar shall not be required to effect any transfer (other than to the Company or The Depository Trust Company or its nominee) of any individual Security on the Security Register unless (<font style="text-decoration:underline;">i</font>)&#160;it receives a certificate substantially in the form of the Rule 144A Certificate duly executed by the holder or his attorney duly authorized in writing, or (<font style="text-decoration:underline;">ii</font>)&#160;the Company determines that any other exemption from the registration requirements under the Securities Act is available and the Company causes to be delivered to the Security Registrar (if other than the Company) an Officer&#8217;s Certificate to such effect; and in each case, the Company or the Notes Trustee receives such documentation, including opinions of counsel, requested by the Company or the Notes Trustee in order to confirm compliance with the transfer restrictions set forth herein; <font style="text-decoration:underline;">provided</font> that, if the requested transfer or exchange is made by the registered holder of an individual Security that does not bear the Restricted Legend, then no certification shall be required. In the event that a Global Security or an individual Security that does not bear the Restricted Legend is surrendered for transfer or exchange, upon transfer or exchange the Notes Trustee shall deliver an individual Security that does not bear the Restricted Legend. The Company may require from any Person requesting a transfer or exchange in reliance upon this Section 3.03(b) an opinion of counsel and any other reasonable certifications and evidence in order to support such certificate.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_Ref46329827"></a>(c) <font style="margin-left:36pt;"><a name="_Ref46329827"></a></font>No certification is required in connection with any transfer or exchange of any Note (or a beneficial interest therein) after such Note is eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144 without being subject to any conditions as provided in Rule 144; <font style="text-decoration:underline;">provided</font> that the Company has provided the Notes Trustee with an Officer&#8217;s Certificate to that effect. Any individual Security delivered in reliance upon this paragraph will not bear the Restricted Legend. </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(d) <font style="margin-left:36pt;">The Notes Trustee shall retain copies of all certificates, opinions and other documents received in connection with the transfer or exchange of a Note that is not a Global Security (or a beneficial interest therein), and the Company shall have the right to inspect and make copies thereof at any reasonable time upon written notice to the Notes Trustee. </font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(e) <font style="margin-left:36pt;">The Notes Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this First Supplemental Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among Depository participants or beneficial owners of interests in any Global Security) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this First Supplemental Indenture, and to examine the same to determine compliance on their face as to form with the express requirements hereof. </font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_Ref536700272"></a><a name="_Ref46315956"></a><a name="_AEIOULastRenderedPageBreakAEIOU8"></a>(f) <font style="margin-left:36pt;"><a name="_Ref46315956"></a></font>In the event that a Depositor Affiliated Owner/Holder requests that the trustee of the Trust exchange Trust Securities for Notes pursuant to Section&#160;5.4(e) of the Trust Declaration, the Notes Trustee shall register the transfer of such Notes to the Depositor Affiliated Owner/Holder or, if requested by such Depositor Affiliated Owner/Holder, cancel such Notes in </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><font style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">accordance with Section&#160;3.10 of the Base Indenture.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company shall provide the Notes Trustee with a copy of any request by any Depositor Affiliated Owner/Holder under Section&#160;5.4(e) of the Trust Declaration promptly after such a request is made, accompanied by an Officer&#8217;s Certificate that the exchange complies with the applicable Transaction Agreements and is permitted hereunder.</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:7.69%;text-indent:0%;;font-style:normal;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_Toc46337942"></a><a name="_Toc47980521"></a><a name="_Ref46313010"></a><a name="_Toc46326014"></a>Section 3.04.<font style="margin-left:129pt;"></font><font style="font-style:italic;text-transform:none;">Restricted Legends. </font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(a) <font style="margin-left:36pt;">Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (c)&#160;of this </font>Section 3.04, Section 3.03(b) or Section 3.03(c), each Note shall bear the Restricted Legend. </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_Ref503445727"></a><a name="_Ref46313437"></a>(b) <font style="margin-left:36pt;"><a name="_Ref46313437"></a></font>If the Trust distributes the Notes to the holders of the Trust Securities upon its dissolution and termination, then prior to such distribution, the Notes shall, and the Company shall take commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Notes to, be exchanged for one or more Global Securities and the Depository shall be The Depository Trust Company; <font style="text-decoration:underline;">provided</font> that, if such Notes are not eligible to be settled through The Depository Trust Company at the time of such distribution, such Notes will be distributed in the form of one or more individual Securities. Any such Global Securities shall be Global Securities for purposes of the Base Indenture and shall be subject to the provisions thereof governing Global Securities, except as modified hereby.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_Ref46313470"></a>(c) <font style="margin-left:36pt;"><a name="_Ref46313470"></a></font>If the Company determines (upon the advice of counsel and such other certifications and evidence as the Company may reasonably require) that a Note is eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144 without compliance with any limits thereunder and that the Restricted Legend is no longer necessary or appropriate in order to ensure that subsequent transfers of the Note (or a beneficial interest therein) are effected in compliance with the Securities Act, the Company may instruct the Notes Trustee in an Officer&#8217;s Certificate to cancel the Note and issue to the holder thereof (or to its transferee) a new Note of like tenor and amount of the same series, registered in the name of the registered holder thereof (or its transferee), that does not bear the Restricted Legend, and the Notes Trustee will comply with such instruction. </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(d) <font style="margin-left:36pt;">By its acceptance of any Note bearing the Restricted Legend (or any beneficial interest in such a Note), each registered holder thereof and each owner of a beneficial interest therein acknowledges the restrictions on transfer of such Note (and any such beneficial interest) set forth in this First Supplemental Indenture and in the Restricted Legend and agrees that it will transfer such Note (and any such beneficial interest) only in accordance with this First Supplemental Indenture and such legend. </font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:7.69%;text-indent:0%;;font-style:normal;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_Toc46337943"></a><a name="_Toc47980522"></a><a name="_Toc46326015"></a>Section 3.05.<font style="margin-left:129pt;"></font><font style="font-style:italic;text-transform:none;">Defeasance. </font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The provisions of Sections 13.02 and 13.03 of the Base Indenture will apply to the Notes only after the Notes are distributed to the holders of the Trust Securities upon the dissolution and termination of the Trust.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:7.69%;text-indent:0%;;font-style:normal;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_Toc46337944"></a><a name="_Toc47980523"></a><a name="_Toc46326016"></a>Section 3.06.<font style="margin-left:129pt;"></font><font style="font-style:italic;text-transform:none;">No Sinking Fund. </font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The Notes shall not be entitled to any sinking fund. </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:7.69%;text-indent:0%;;font-style:normal;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_Toc46337945"></a><a name="_Toc47980524"></a><a name="_Ref46316000"></a><a name="_Ref46316064"></a><a name="_Toc46326017"></a><a name="_AEIOULastRenderedPageBreakAEIOU9"></a><font style="font-style:normal;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-variant: normal;">Section 3.07.</font><font style="margin-left:129pt;"></font><font style="font-style:italic;text-transform:none;">Redemption at the Option of the Company</font><font style="font-style:italic;text-transform:none;">.</font><font style="font-style:italic;text-transform:none;"> </font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="b"></a><a name="b"></a>The Notes shall be redeemable at the option of the Company on the terms forth in the Notes. The Company shall notify the Notes Trustee of the Optional Redemption Price (as defined in the Notes) of any Notes to be redeemed upon the determination thereof. The Notes Trustee shall not be responsible for calculating said Optional Redemption Price.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:7.69%;text-indent:0%;;font-style:normal;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_Toc46337946"></a><a name="_Toc47980525"></a><a name="_Toc46326018"></a>Section 3.08.<font style="margin-left:129pt;"></font><font style="font-style:italic;text-transform:none;"><a name="_Toc46337946"></a><a name="_Toc47980525"></a><a name="_Toc46326018"></a> Reports.</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">At any time that the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company shall, for so long as any Notes are outstanding or may be issued pursuant to the Facility Agreement, furnish or otherwise make available to each holder of the Notes or Trust Securities and to each prospective investor (as designated by such holder of the Notes or the Trust Securities), upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule&#160;144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;text-transform:uppercase;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_Toc46337948"></a><a name="_Toc47980526"></a><a name="_Toc46326020"></a>Article IV<font style="text-transform:none;"><br /><br /><a name="_Toc46326020"></a>Miscellaneous </font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:7.69%;text-indent:0%;;font-style:normal;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-variant: normal;">Section 4.01.<font style="margin-left:129pt;"></font><font style="font-style:italic;text-transform:none;">Effectiveness. </font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">This First Supplemental Indenture will become effective upon its execution and delivery, provided that the amendments set forth in Article II shall take effect immediately prior to, and shall be in full force and effect with respect to, the creation and establishment of the terms of the Notes pursuant to the other provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture. </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:7.69%;text-indent:0%;;font-style:normal;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_Toc46337949"></a><a name="_Toc47980527"></a><a name="_Toc46326021"></a>Section 4.02.<font style="margin-left:129pt;"></font><font style="font-style:italic;text-transform:none;">Relationship to Base Indenture. </font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Other than with respect to the amendments set forth in Article II, to the extent the terms of the Base Indenture are amended by this First Supplemental Indenture, no such amendment shall in any way affect the terms of any other supplemental indenture or any series of Securities other than the Notes, and the terms of this First Supplemental Indenture (other than the amendments set forth in Article II) shall relate and apply solely to the Notes.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Notwithstanding the foregoing, Article II amends the terms of the Base Indenture in respect of Securities of any series issued on or after the date hereof, including the Notes, but shall not modify, amend or otherwise affect the Base Indenture insofar as it relates to any Securities of any series issued prior to the date hereof. </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_AEIOULastRenderedPageBreakAEIOU10"></a>The recitals contained herein and in the Notes, except the Notes Trustee&#8217;s certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Notes Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Notes Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this First Supplemental Indenture or the Notes. All of the provisions contained in the Base Indenture in respect of the rights, privileges, immunities, powers and duties of the Notes Trustee shall be applicable in respect of the Notes and of this First </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:7.69%;text-indent:0%;;font-style:normal;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_Toc46337952"></a><a name="_Toc47980530"></a><a name="_Toc46326024"></a>Section 4.05.<font style="margin-left:129pt;"></font><font style="font-style:italic;text-transform:none;">Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial.</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">This First Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to applicable principles of conflicts of laws to the extent the laws of another jurisdiction would be required thereby. EACH OF THE COMPANY, EACH HOLDER (BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THE NOTES), AND THE NOTES TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE BASE INDENTURE, THE FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:7.69%;text-indent:0%;;font-style:normal;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_Toc46337955"></a><a name="_Toc47980533"></a><a name="_Toc46326027"></a>Section 4.08.<font style="margin-left:129pt;"></font><font style="font-style:italic;text-transform:none;">Multiple Roles. </font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_AEIOULastRenderedPageBreakAEIOU11"></a>The parties expressly acknowledge and consent to The Bank of New York Mellon acting in the capacity of trustee (in such capacity, the &#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">Owner Trustee</font>&#8221;) under the Trust Declaration, as Collateral Agent and Securities Intermediary under the Pledge Agreement, and as the Notes Trustee under the Indenture and the Facility Agreement. Each of the Owner Trustee, the Securities Intermediary, the Collateral Agent and the Notes Trustee may, in such capacity, discharge its separate functions fully, without hindrance or regard to conflict of interest principles, duty of loyalty principles or other breach of fiduciary duties to the extent any such conflict or breach arises from the performance by the Owner Trustee of express duties set forth in the Trust Declaration, the Collateral Agent and Securities Intermediary of express duties set forth in the Pledge Agreement or the Notes Trustee of express duties set forth in the Facility </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:7.69%;text-indent:0%;;font-style:normal;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_Toc47980534"></a>Section 4.09.<font style="margin-left:129pt;"></font><font style="font-style:italic;text-transform:none;">FATCA</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">In order to comply with Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the &#8220;Code&#8221;) and the rules and regulations thereunder (as in effect from time to time, collectively, the &#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">Applicable Law</font>&#8221;), the Company agrees (i) upon reasonable written request of the Notes Trustee to provide to the Notes Trustee reasonably available information in its possession regarding the Company or the holders of the Securities (solely in their capacity as such) and which is necessary for the Notes Trustee to determine whether it has tax related obligations under Applicable Law, and (ii) that the Notes Trustee shall be entitled to make any withholding or deduction in respect of Taxes from payments under the Indenture to the extent necessary to comply with Applicable Law.&nbsp;&nbsp;Nothing in the immediately preceding sentence shall be construed as obligating the Company to make any &#8220;gross up&#8221; payment or similar reimbursement in connection with a payment in respect of which amounts are so withheld or deducted.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_AEIOULastRenderedPageBreakAEIOU14"></a>Lincoln National Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Indiana (hereinafter called the &#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">Company</font>,&#8221; which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to [&#9679;], or registered assigns, [<font style="font-style:italic;">Include if this Security is issued to the Trust &#8212; </font>the principal sum not in excess of the Maximum Amount (as hereinafter defined) reflected on the books and records of the Security Registrar in accordance with the terms of the Indenture][<font style="font-style:italic;">Include if this Security is a Global Security &#8212;</font> the principal sum set forth on Schedule I hereto (which amount shall not exceed $500,000,000 at any time)] on August 15, 2030 and to pay interest from and including the Initial Interest Accrual Date (as defined below), or from and including the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 of each year, commencing on the February 15 or August 15 immediately following the date of original issuance of this Security (each, an &#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">Interest Payment Date</font>&#8221;) on the principal amount outstanding on such Interest Payment Date or on the Maturity Date (as defined below) at the rate of 2.330% per annum until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment; <font style="font-style:italic;">provided </font>that any principal and any such installment of interest which is overdue shall bear interest at the rate of 2.330% per annum<font style="font-style:italic;"> </font>(to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made available for payment, and such interest shall be payable on demand. The &#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">Initial Interest Accrual Date</font>&#8221; means&#160;(i) if this Security is issued prior to February 15, 2021, August 18, 2020, (ii) if this Security (A) is issued after February 15, 2021 and prior to August 15, 2030 (or upon any earlier date of redemption or repayment) (each such date is referred to herein as the &#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">Maturity Date</font>&#8221;) and (B) is not issued on any February 15 or August 15, the February or August 15 immediately preceding the date of original issuance hereof, or (iii) if this Security is issued on any February 15 or August&#160;15 prior to the Maturity Date, such February 15 or August 15. If any Interest Payment Date falls on a day which is not a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day in the amount that would otherwise have been due on February 15 or August 15 and no additional interest shall accrue in respect of the payment made on that next succeeding Business Day. If August 15, 2030 shall not be a Business Day, payment of the principal and interest due on that date need not be made on that day but may be made on the next day that is a Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on August 15, 2030 and no additional interest shall accrue in respect of the payment made on that next succeeding Business Day. The interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the person in whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date (as hereinafter defined) immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date, provided that any interest payable at August 15, 2030 or on any Optional Redemption Date (as hereinafter defined) will be paid to the person to whom principal is payable, subject to certain </p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><font style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">exceptions as provided in the Indenture. Payment of the principal of, and interest due on, this Note at the Stated Maturity or upon redemption will be made at the designated office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose in The City of New York, New York (which shall initially be the Corporate Trust Office of the Notes Trustee, as Paying Agent, in the City of New York) in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debt. Any interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the holders on such Regular Record Date and shall be payable as provided in Section 3.08(b) of the Indenture. Interest on this Note will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. Payment of interest (including interest on any Interest Payment Date) will be made, subject to the Notes Trustee&#8217;s arrangements with the Depository with respect to any Global Securities, (a) if this Note is held by the Trust, by wire transfer in immediately available funds and (b) if this Note has been distributed by the Trust to the holders of the Trust Securities upon the dissolution and termination of the Trust and is not represented by a Global Security, at the option of the Company, by (i)&#160;check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or (ii) by wire transfer at such place and to such account at a banking institution in the United States of America as may be designated in writing to the Notes Trustee at least 15 days prior to the date for payment by the person entitled thereto. </font></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:12pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">2.330% Senior Notes due 2030</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company of a series hereinafter specified, all issued and to be issued under the Senior Indenture dated as of March 10, 2009 (the &#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">Base Indenture</font>&#8221;), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 18, 2020 (the &#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">First Supplemental Indenture</font>,&#8221; and together with the Base Indenture, the &#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">Indenture</font>&#8221;), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee under the Base Indenture (hereinafter the &#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">Notes Trustee</font>&#8221;, which term includes any successor Notes Trustee under the Indenture), to which the Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Notes Trustee and the Holder of the Securities and the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The Securities may be issued in one or more series, the terms of which different series may vary as provided in the Indenture. This Note is one of a series of the Securities of the Company designated as its 2.330% Senior Notes due 2030 (hereinafter called the &#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">Notes</font>&#8221;), limited in aggregate principal amount to the Maximum Amount. The Notes of this series are issuable in registered form only in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. </p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">All terms used in this Note that are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. </p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">[<font style="font-style:italic;">Include if this Security is a Global Security &#8212; </font>This Note is exchangeable in whole or, from time to time, in part for Notes in definitive registered form only as provided in the Indenture.] </p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The Notes are redeemable, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company (the date of any such redemption, an &#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">Optional Redemption Date</font>&#8221;), at any time or from time to time, upon notice to each Holder of the Notes at least 30 days (or 45 days in the case of any Notes held by the Trust) but not more than 60 days prior to the Optional Redemption Date.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">At any time and from time to time prior to May 15, 2030 (the &#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">Par Call Date</font>&#8221;), the redemption price (the &#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">Optional Redemption Price</font>&#8221;) will be the greater of (i)&#160;100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and (ii) as determined by the Quotation Agent, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes to be redeemed that would be due if such Notes matured on the Par Call Date (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued to the Optional Redemption Date) discounted to the Optional Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus 30 basis points. At any time and from time to time on or after the Par Call Date, the Optional Redemption Price will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed. In each case, the Company shall also pay accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to but excluding the Optional Redemption Date.&nbsp;&nbsp;Prior to the dissolution and termination of the Trust, the Company may redeem the Notes only in integral multiples of $50,000,000 principal amount.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated &#8220;H.15&#8221; published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity) under the caption &#8220;Treasury Constant Maturities&#8221;, for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue. If no maturity is within three months before or after the Remaining Life, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight-line basis, rounding to the nearest month; or </font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;">if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per year equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Optional Redemption Date.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be calculated on the third Business Day preceding such Optional Redemption Date.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">Comparable Treasury Issue</font>&#8221; means the U.S. Treasury security, selected by a Reference Treasury Dealer as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed (assuming, for this purpose, that the Notes matured on the Par Call Date), that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Notes (assuming, for this purpose, that the Notes matured on the Par Call Date) (the &#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">Remaining Life</font>&#8221;).</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">Comparable Treasury Price</font>&#8221; means, with respect to an Optional Redemption Date, (i)&#160;the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Optional Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii)&#160;if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_AEIOULastRenderedPageBreakAEIOU18"></a>&#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">Reference Treasury Dealer</font>&#8221; means (1) Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, BofA Securities, Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and (2) two additional primary U.S. government securities dealers, including dealers outside New York City (each, a &#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">Primary Treasury Dealer</font>&#8221;) </p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations</font>&#8221; means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Optional Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the bid and ask prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Quotation Agent at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Optional Redemption Date.<font style="margin-left:36pt;"></font></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The Company will prepare and mail a notice of redemption to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed by first-class mail (or, if the Notes are represented by one or more Global Securities, transmitted in accordance with DTC&#8217;s standard procedures therefor) at least 30 days (or 45 days in the case of any Notes held by the Trust) and not more than 60 days before the Optional Redemption Date. On and after an Optional Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes called for redemption (unless the Company defaults in payment of the Optional Redemption Price and accrued interest). On or before the Optional Redemption Date, the Company will deposit with a Paying Agent (or the Notes Trustee) money sufficient to pay the Optional Redemption Price of and accrued interest on the Notes to be redeemed on the Optional Redemption Date.&nbsp;&nbsp;If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed following the distribution of the Notes to the holders of the Trust Securities upon the dissolution and termination of the Trust, each Note shall be redeemed <font style="font-style:italic;">pro rata</font>, rounded up or down to the nearest integral multiple of $1,000; <font style="text-decoration:underline;">provided</font> that if the Notes are represented by one or more Global Securities, interests in such Global Securities shall be selected for redemption by DTC in accordance with its standard procedures therefor.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The Notes are not entitled to any sinking fund. If an Event of Default shall occur with respect to the Notes, the principal of the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. </p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the Notes, upon which the Company, at its option, shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to the Notes or shall cease to be under any obligation to comply with certain restrictive covenants of the Indenture. The provisions for defeasance set forth in Sections 13.02 and 13.03 of the Base Indenture shall apply if the Notes are distributed by the Trust to the holders of the Trust Securities upon the dissolution and termination of the Trust. </p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_AEIOULastRenderedPageBreakAEIOU19"></a>Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities affected by such amendment or supplement voting as one class.&nbsp;&nbsp;Without the consent of any Holder, the Company and the Notes Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency.&nbsp;&nbsp;Subject to certain exceptions, any past default or Event of Default may be waived by Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series affected on behalf of the Holders of the Securities of that series or the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of all the Outstanding Securities voting as one class. After the amendment or supplement is effective, any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such </p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, and interest on, this Note at the time, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed. </p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, this Note is transferable on the Security Register of the Company, upon surrender of this Note for transfer at the office or agency of the Company in The City of New York, New York, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar, duly executed by the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. </p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, this Note is exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of different authorized denominations as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. </p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">No service charge shall be made for any such transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. </p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The Company, the Notes Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Security Registrar and any agent of the Company or the Notes Trustee may treat the person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes (subject to Section 3.02(a) of the First Supplemental Indenture), whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Notes Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. Except as provided in Section 3.02(a) of the First Supplemental Indenture, all payments of the principal of and interest due on this Note made to or upon the order of the registered Holder hereof shall, to the extent of the amount or amounts so paid, effectually satisfy and discharge liability for moneys payable on this Note. </p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">No recourse shall be had for payment of the principal of, or the interest on, this Note or for any claim based hereon or otherwise in any manner in respect hereof, or in respect of the Indenture, against any incorporator, shareholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future of the Company or of any predecessor or, except as provided in the Indenture, successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitutional provision or statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or in any other manner, all such liability being expressly waived and released by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof. </p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><font style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Trustee, as Security Registrar, shall not be required to effect any transfer (other than to the Company or DTC or its nominee) of this Note on the Security Register unless it receives a certificate substantially in the form set forth in </font><font style="font-style:italic;">Annex A</font><font style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> and duly executed by the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, together with other documentation, including any opinions of counsel, requested by the Company or the Notes Trustee in order to confirm compliance with the transfer restrictions set forth herein.</font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">150 N. Radnor-Chester Road</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The Bank of New York Mellon<br />240 Greenwich Street, 7E<br />New York, NY 10286<br />Attn: Audrey Williams, GCT &#8211; Financial Institutions</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;">2.330% Senior Notes due August 15, 2030 (the &#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">Notes</font>&#8221;) </p></td></tr></table></div>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE &#8220;<font style="font-style:italic;">SECURITIES ACT</font>&#8221;), OR UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (A) TO A PERSON WHO THE TRANSFEROR REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT ACQUIRING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ONE OR MORE QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYERS IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A OR PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IF APPLICABLE OR ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">ANY PURCHASER OR HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN REPRESENTS BY ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF THIS SECURITY OR SUCH INTEREST THAT EITHER (1) IT IS NOT (A)&#160;AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(3) OF THE U.S. EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (&#8220;<font style="font-style:italic;">ERISA</font>&#8221;) OR THAT IS SUBJECT TO ERISA OR A PLAN DESCRIBED IN SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, (B) AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN THAT IS A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(32) OF ERISA), A CHURCH PLAN (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(33) OF ERISA) OR A NON-U.S. PLAN (AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 4(B)(4) OF ERISA) THAT IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF ERISA OR THE CODE BUT IS SUBJECT TO SIMILAR PROVISIONS UNDER APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL, NON-U.S. OR OTHER LAWS (&#8220;<font style="font-style:italic;">SIMILAR LAWS</font>&#8221;) OR (C) AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS ARE CONSIDERED TO INCLUDE &#8220;PLAN ASSETS&#8221; OF ANY SUCH PLANS PURSUANT TO SECTION 3(42) OF ERISA, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATIONS OR OTHERWISE, OR (2) THE PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF THE SECURITIES WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA, SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR UNDER ANY APPLICABLE SIMILAR LAWS.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_AEIOULastRenderedPageBreakAEIOU25"></a>LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MODIFY THE FORM OF THE SECURITIES FROM TIME TO TIME TO REFLECT ANY CHANGES IN APPLICABLE LAW OR REGULATION (OR THE INTERPRETATION THEREOF) OR IN PRACTICES RELATING TO THEIR PURCHASE OR RESALE. THE SECURITIES AND RELATED DOCUMENTATION, INCLUDING THIS LEGEND, MAY BE AMENDED OR SUPPLEMENTED FROM TIME TO TIME TO MODIFY RESTRICTIONS ON AND PROCEDURES FOR RESALES AND OTHER TRANSFERS OF THE SECURITIES TO </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:11pt;">&nbsp;</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Lincoln National Corporation<br />150 N. Radnor Chester Road<br />Radnor, Pennsylvania 19087</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Ladies and Gentlemen:</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">In my capacity as Assistant Vice President and Senior Counsel of Lincoln National Corporation, an Indiana corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), I am furnishing this opinion in connection with the filing by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) of a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the &#8220;Registration Statement&#8221;) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;), with respect to the contemplated issuance from time to time of the following securities (the &#8220;Registered Securities&#8221;): (i)&#160;senior debt securities of the Company (the &#8220;Senior Debt Securities&#8221;), which may be issued pursuant to a Senior Indenture dated as of March 10, 2009, as supplemented from time to time, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, as amended by Article II of the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 18, 2020, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (as so amended or supplemented, the &#8220;Senior Indenture&#8221;); (ii)&#160;subordinated debt securities of the Company (the &#8220;Subordinated Debt Securities&#8221;), which may be issued pursuant to a Subordinated Indenture, to be entered into by the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the &#8220;Subordinated Indenture&#8221;); (iii)&#160;junior subordinated debt securities of the Company (the &#8220;Junior Subordinated Debt Securities&#8221; and, together with the Senior Debt Securities and Subordinated Debt Securities, the &#8220;Debt Securities&#8221;), which may be issued pursuant to a Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of March 10, 2009, as supplemented from time to time, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (as so supplemented, the &#8220;Junior Subordinated Indenture&#8221; and, together with the Senior Indenture and Subordinated Indenture, the &#8220;Indentures&#8221;); (iv)&#160;shares of preferred stock of the Company, no par value per share (the &#8220;Preferred Stock&#8221;); (v)&#160;shares of common stock of the Company, no par value per share (the &#8220;Common Stock&#8221;); (vi)&#160;depositary shares representing fractional interests in Debt Securities, Common Stock or Preferred Stock (the &#8220;Depositary Shares&#8221;) evidenced by depositary receipts (the &#8220;Receipts&#8221;); (vii)&#160;warrants to purchase any of the foregoing Debt Securities, Preferred Stock, Common Stock or other securities described in the Registration Statement, including other warrants, property or assets (the &#8220;Warrants&#8221;) pursuant to one or more warrant agreements (&#8220;Warrant Agreements&#8221;); (viii)&#160;stock purchase contracts representing rights to purchase or sell Common Stock, Preferred Stock or other securities, property or assets (&#8220;Stock Purchase Contracts&#8221;); (ix)&#160;stock purchase units (&#8220;Stock Purchase Units&#8221;) representing ownership of Stock Purchase Contracts and any of (v)&#160;Preferred Stock, (w)&#160;Debt Securities, (x)&#160;debt obligations of third parties, including U.S. Treasury Securities, or (y)&#160;Depositary Shares.&nbsp;&nbsp;The various securities being registered will be offered on a continuous or delayed basis pursuant to the provisions of Rule 415 under the Securities Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;text-indent:7.69%;">In so acting, I have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to my satisfaction, of the Registration Statement and such corporate records, agreements, documents and other instruments, and such certificates or comparable documents of public officials and of officers and representatives of the Company as I have deemed relevant and necessary as a basis for the opinion hereinafter set forth.&nbsp;&nbsp;I have also made such inquiries of such officers and representatives as I have deemed relevant and necessary as a basis for the opinions hereinafter set forth.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">In rendering this opinion, I have assumed, without inquiry, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to me as originals, the conformity to the original documents of documents submitted to me as facsimile, electronic, certified or photostatic copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such copies.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_AEIOULastRenderedPageBreakAEIOU2"></a>In making my examination of executed documents or documents to be executed, I have assumed that the parties thereto, other than the Company, had or will have the power, corporate or other, to enter into and perform all </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">obligations</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">thereunder and I have also assumed the due authorization by all requisite action, corporate or other, and execution and delivery by such parties of such documents and (except to the extent I have opined on such matters below) the validity and binding effect on such parties</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">In addition, I have assumed</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(i)</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">a definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement with respect to any Registered Securities will have been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the Company and the other parties thereto; (ii)</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto (including any post-effective amendments) will have become effective and comply with all applicable laws at the time the Registered Securities are offered or issued as contemplated by the Registration Statement and no stop order suspending its effectiveness will have been issued and remain in effect;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(iii)</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">that all Registered Securities will be issued and sold in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws and in the manner stated in the Registration Statement and the applicable prospectus supplement;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(iv)</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">that a prospectus supplement or term sheet will have been prepared and filed with the Commission describing the Registered Securities offered thereby and will comply at all relevant times with all applicable laws;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(v)</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">the applicable Indenture or Indentures and indenture trustees will have been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(vi)</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">that the Company will continue to be validly existing under the laws of Indiana;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(vii)</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">the Company will have obtained any legally required consents, approvals, authorizations and other orders of the Commission and any other regulatory authorities necessary</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(x)</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">to issue and sell the Registered Securities being offered and</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(y)</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">to execute and deliver the applicable Indenture, Warrant, Warrant Agreement, Stock Purchase Contract, purchase agreement, Guarantee Agreement or other applicable operative document; and</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(viii)</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">any securities issuable upon conversion, exchange, redemption or exercise of any Registered Securities being offered will be duly authorized, created and, if appropriate, reserved for issuance upon such conversion, exchange, redemption or exercise and, with respect to shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock offered, there will be sufficient shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock authorized under the Company</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#8217;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">s Restated Articles of Incorporation and not otherwise reserved for issuance</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">As to any facts material to the opinions expressed herein that I have not independently established or verified, I</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New 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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Based on the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications, exceptions and assumptions stated herein, I am of the opinion that:</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">2.<font style="margin-left:72pt;"></font>When (i)&#160;the terms of the issuance and sale of the Common Stock have been duly authorized and approved by all necessary action of the Board of Directors of the Company, including any appropriate committee appointed thereby, so as not to violate any applicable law, rule or regulation or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental or regulatory body having jurisdiction over the Company; and (ii)&#160;the shares of Common Stock have been duly issued, sold and paid for as contemplated in the Registration Statement and any prospectus supplement relating thereto, the shares of Common Stock (including any Common Stock duly issued (w)&#160;upon the exchange or conversion of any shares of Preferred Stock that are exchangeable or convertible into Common Stock, (x)&#160;upon the exercise of any Warrants exercisable for Common Stock, (y)&#160;upon the conversion or exchange of any Debt Securities that are convertible or exchangeable into Common Stock or (z)&#160;pursuant to Stock Purchase Contracts), will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_AEIOULastRenderedPageBreakAEIOU3"></a><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">3.</font><font style="margin-left:72pt;"></font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Assuming that the Senior Indenture has been duly authorized by all necessary action of the Board of Directors of the Company, including any appropriate committee appointed thereby, and duly executed and delivered by the Company and the trustee, when</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(i)</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">a Board Resolution (as defined in the Senior Indenture) or supplemental indenture in respect of the Senior Debt Securities has been duly authorized, executed and delivered;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(ii)</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">the Board of Directors of the Company, including any appropriate committee appointed thereby, or appropriate officers of the Company have taken any necessary action to approve the issuance and terms of the Senior Debt Securities and related matters;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(iii)</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">the form, terms, execution and delivery of the Senior</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Debt Securities and of their issuance and sale have been duly established in conformity with the Senior Indenture and the applicable Board Resolution or supplemental indenture relating to such Senior Debt Securities so as not to violate any applicable law, rule or regulation or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental or regulatory body having jurisdiction over the Company; and</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(iv)</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">the Senior Debt Securities have been duly executed, attested, issued, authenticated and delivered in accordance with the Senior Indenture and the applicable Board Resolution or supplemental indenture relating to such Senior Debt Securities, and duly issued, sold and paid for as contemplated by the Registration Statement and any prospectus supplement relating thereto and in accordance with the Senior Indenture and any underwriting agreement, Warrants, Warrant Agreements, or other agreement relating to such issuance, against payment of the consideration fixed therefor by the Board of Directors of the Company (including any appropriate committee appointed thereby), the Senior Debt Securities (including any Senior Debt Securities duly issued</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(x)</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">upon the exchange or conversion of any shares of Preferred Stock that are exchangeable or convertible into Senior Debt Securities,</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(y)</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">upon exercise of any Warrants exercisable for Senior Debt Securities or</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(z)</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">as part of Stock Purchase Units) will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">4.<font style="margin-left:72pt;"></font>Assuming that the Subordinated Indenture, in the form filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, has been duly authorized by all necessary action of the Board of Directors of the Company, including any appropriate committee appointed thereby, when (i)&#160;the Subordinated Indenture has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and the trustee, (ii)&#160;a Board Resolution (as defined in the Subordinated Indenture) or supplemental indenture in respect of the Subordinated Debt Securities has been duly authorized, executed and delivered; (iii)&#160;the Board of Directors of the Company, including any appropriate committee appointed thereby, or appropriate officers of the Company have taken any necessary action to approve the issuance and terms of the Subordinated Debt Securities and related matters; (iv)&#160;the form, terms, execution and delivery of the Subordinated Debt Securities and of their issuance and sale have been duly established in conformity with the Subordinated Indenture and the applicable Board Resolution or supplemental indenture relating to such Subordinated Debt Securities so as not to violate any applicable law, rule or regulation or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental or regulatory body having jurisdiction over the Company; and (v)&#160;the Subordinated Debt Securities have been duly executed, attested, issued, authenticated and delivered in accordance with the Subordinated Indenture and the applicable Board Resolution or supplemental indenture relating to such Subordinated Debt Securities, and duly issued, sold and paid for as contemplated by the Registration Statement and any prospectus supplement relating thereto and in accordance with the Subordinated Indenture and any underwriting agreement, Warrants, Warrant Agreements, or other agreement relating to such issuance, against payment of the consideration fixed therefor by the Board of Directors of the Company (including any appropriate committee appointed thereby), the Subordinated Debt Securities (including any Subordinated Debt Securities duly issued (x)&#160;upon the exchange or conversion of any shares of Preferred Stock that are exchangeable or convertible into Subordinated Debt Securities, (y)&#160;upon exercise of any Warrants exercisable for Subordinated Debt Securities or (z)&#160;as part of Stock Purchase Units) will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_AEIOULastRenderedPageBreakAEIOU4"></a>5.<font style="margin-left:72pt;"></font>Assuming that the Junior Subordinated Indenture has been duly authorized by all necessary action of the Board of Directors of the Company, including any appropriate committee appointed thereby, and duly executed and delivered by the Company and the trustee, when (i)&#160;a Board Resolution (as defined in the Junior Subordinated Indenture) or supplemental indenture in respect of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities has been duly authorized, executed and delivered; (ii)&#160;the Board of Directors of the Company, including any appropriate committee appointed thereby, or appropriate officers of the Company have taken any necessary action to approve the issuance and terms of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities and related matters; (iii)&#160;the form, terms, execution and delivery of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities and of their issuance and sale have been duly </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">established in conformity with the Junior Subordinated Indenture and the applicable Board Resolution or supplemental indenture relating to such Junior Subordinated Debt Securities so as not to violate any applicable law, rule or regulation or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental or regulatory body having jurisdiction over the Company; and</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(iv)</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities have been duly executed, attested, issued, authenticated and delivered in accordance with the Junior Subordinated Indenture and the applicable Board Resolution or supplemental indenture relating to such Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, and duly issued, sold and paid for as contemplated by the Registration Statement and any prospectus supplement relating thereto and in accordance with the Junior Subordinated Indenture and any underwriting agreement, Warrants, Warrant Agreements, or other agreement relating to such issuance, against payment of the consideration fixed therefor by the Board of Directors of the Company (including any appropriate committee appointed thereby), the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities (including any Junior Subordinated Debt Securities duly issued</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(x)</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">upon the exchange or conversion of any shares of Preferred Stock that are exchangeable or convertible into Junior Subordinated Debt Securities,</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(y)</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">upon exercise of any Warrants exercisable for Junior Subordinated Debt Securities or</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(z)</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">as part of Stock Purchase Units) will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.</font></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">6.<font style="margin-left:72pt;"></font>Assuming that a Deposit Agreement relating to the Depositary Shares (the &#8220;Deposit Agreement&#8221;) has been duly authorized by all necessary action of the Board of Directors of the Company, including any appropriate committee appointed thereby, when (i)&#160;the Deposit Agreement and Receipts have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and such depositary as shall have been appointed by the Company (the &#8220;Depositary&#8221;); (ii)&#160;the terms of the Depositary Shares and Receipts and of their issuance and sale have been duly established in conformity with the Deposit Agreement relating to such Depositary Shares so as not to violate any applicable law or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental or regulatory body having jurisdiction over the Company; (iv)&#160;the shares of Preferred Stock relating to the Depositary Shares have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable as contemplated in paragraph 1 above and have been deposited with the Depositary under the applicable Deposit Agreement and (v)&#160;the Receipts have been duly executed, countersigned, registered and delivered, as contemplated by the Registration Statement and any prospectus supplement related thereto, and in accordance with the terms of the Deposit Agreement, Warrants or Warrant Agreements (as defined below) or Stock Purchase Contracts relating to such issuance, against payment of the consideration fixed therefor by the Board of Directors of the Company, the Receipts will be validly issued.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">7.<font style="margin-left:72pt;"></font>Assuming that a Warrant Agreement relating to the Warrants (the &#8220;Warrant Agreement&#8221;) has been duly authorized by all necessary action of the Board of Directors of the Company, including any appropriate committee appointed thereby, when (i)&#160;the Warrant Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and such warrant agent duly appointed by the Company; (ii)&#160;the terms of the Warrants and of their issuance and sale have been duly established in conformity with the Warrant Agreement relating to such Warrants so as not to violate any applicable law or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental or regulatory body having jurisdiction over the Company; and (iii)&#160;the Warrants have been duly executed and countersigned in accordance with the Warrant Agreement relating to such Warrants, and issued and sold in the form and in the manner contemplated in the Registration Statement and any prospectus supplement relating thereto, such Warrants will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_AEIOULastRenderedPageBreakAEIOU5"></a>8.<font style="margin-left:72pt;"></font>Assuming that the Stock Purchase Contracts have been duly authorized by all necessary action of the Board of Directors of the Company, including any appropriate committee appointed thereby, when (i)&#160;the Stock Purchase Contracts have been duly executed and delivered; (ii)&#160;the terms of the Stock Purchase Contracts have been duly established so as not to violate any applicable law or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental or regulatory body having jurisdiction over the Company; (iii)&#160;the Stock Purchase Contracts have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and such contract agent as shall have been duly appointed by the Company and any certificates representing Stock Purchase Contracts have been duly executed, authenticated, if required, issued and delivered, in each case, as contemplated by the Registration Statement and any prospectus supplement relating thereto, and in accordance with any Stock Purchase Contract related to such issuance, against payment of the consideration fixed therefor by the Board of Directors of the Company, the Stock Purchase Contracts </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">9.<font style="margin-left:72pt;"></font>Assuming that the Stock Purchase Units have been duly authorized by all necessary action of the Board of Directors of the Company, including any appropriate committee appointed thereby, when (i)&#160;the Stock Purchase Contracts relating to the Stock Purchase Units have been duly executed and delivered; (ii)&#160;the terms of the Stock Purchase Units and of their issuance and sale have been duly established so as not to violate any applicable law or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental or regulatory body having jurisdiction over the Company; (iii)&#160;the terms of the collateral arrangements relating to such Stock Purchase Units have been duly established and the agreement(s) relating thereto has been duly executed and delivered, in each case so as not to violate any applicable law or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental or regulatory body having jurisdiction over the Company, and the collateral has been deposited with the collateral agent in accordance with such arrangements; and (iv)&#160;the Stock Purchase Units have been duly executed, authenticated, if required, and delivered in accordance with the Stock Purchase Contracts, and issued and sold in the form and in the manner contemplated in the Registration Statement and any prospectus supplement relating thereto, such Stock Purchase Units will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">In addition to the assumptions, comments, qualifications, limitations and exceptions set forth above, the opinions set forth herein are further limited by, subject to and based upon the following:</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">a.<font style="margin-left:72pt;"></font>My opinions herein reflect only the application of applicable laws of the State of Indiana.&nbsp;&nbsp;The opinions set forth herein are made as of the date hereof and are subject to, and may be limited by, future changes in the factual matters set forth herein, and I undertake no duty to advise you of the same.&nbsp;&nbsp;The opinions expressed herein are based upon the law in effect (and published or otherwise generally available) on the date hereof, which laws are subject to change with possible retroactive effect, and I assume no obligation to revise or supplement these opinions should such law be changed by legislative action, judicial decision or otherwise.&nbsp;&nbsp;In rendering my opinions, I have not considered, and hereby disclaim any opinion as to, the application or impact of any laws, cases, decisions, rules or regulations of any other jurisdiction, court or administrative agency.&nbsp;&nbsp;I am a member of the Bar in the State of Indiana, and I have relied as to matters of New York law on the opinion of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen &amp; Katz dated the date hereof and to be filed as Exhibit 5.2 to the Registration Statement.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">b.<font style="margin-left:72pt;"></font>My opinions set forth above are subject to and may be limited by (i)&#160;applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium, receivership, rearrangement, liquidation, conservatorship and other similar laws or equitable principles affecting or related to the rights and remedies of creditors generally, including, without limitation, laws relating to fraudulent conveyances, preferences and equitable subordination; (ii)&#160;general principles of equity (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); (iii)&#160;public policy considerations which may limit the rights of parties to obtain remedies; (iv)&#160;an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing; (v)&#160;requirements that a claim with respect to any Debt Securities or Guarantees denominated other than in United States dollars (or a judgment denominated other than in United States dollars with respect to such a claim) be converted into United States dollars at a rate of exchange prevailing on a date determined pursuant to applicable law; (vi)&#160;governmental authority to limit, delay or prohibit the making of payments outside the United States or in foreign currency or composite currency; and (vii)&#160;the availability of equitable remedies, including, without limitation, specific performance or injunctive relief.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_AEIOULastRenderedPageBreakAEIOU6"></a>c.<font style="margin-left:72pt;"></font>My opinions are further subject to the effect of generally applicable rules of law arising from statutes, judicial and administrative decisions, and the rules and regulations of governmental authorities that: (i)&#160;limit or affect the enforcement of provisions of a contract that purport to require waiver of the obligations of good faith, fair dealing, diligence and reasonableness; (ii)&#160;limit the availability of a remedy under certain circumstances where another remedy has been elected; (iii)&#160;limit the enforceability of provisions releasing, exculpating or exempting a party from, or requiring indemnification of a party for, liability for its own action or inaction, to the extent the action or inaction involves negligence, recklessness, willful misconduct or unlawful conduct; (iv)&#160;may, where less than all of the contract may be unenforceable, limit the enforceability of the balance of the contract to circumstances in </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">which the unenforceable portion is not an essential part of the agreed exchange and</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(v)</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">govern and afford judicial discretion regarding the determination of damages and entitlement to attorneys</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#8217;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> fees.</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">d.<font style="margin-left:72pt;"></font>I express no opinion as to the enforceability of any rights to indemnification or contribution provided for in any Indentures or other agreements which are violative of public policy underlying any law, rule or regulation (including any federal or state securities law, rule or regulation) or the legality of such rights.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">e.<font style="margin-left:72pt;"></font>I express no opinion as to the enforceability of any provision in any Indentures, Deposit Agreements, Warrant Agreements, Stock Purchase Contracts, or other agreements purporting or attempting to (i)&#160;confer exclusive jurisdiction and/or venue upon certain courts or otherwise waive the defenses of forum non conveniens or improper venue; (ii)&#160;confer subject matter jurisdiction on a court not having independent grounds therefor; (iii)&#160;modify or waive the requirements for effective service of process for any action that may be brought; (iv)&#160;waive the right of the Company or any other person to a trial by jury; (v)&#160;provide that decisions by a party are conclusive; or (vi)&#160;modify or waive the rights to claims, notice, legal defenses, rights granted by law, subrogation, opportunity for hearing, evidentiary requirements, statutes of limitations, other procedural rights or other benefits that cannot be waived under applicable law.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">f.<font style="margin-left:72pt;"></font>I express no opinion as to the enforceability of (i)&#160;consents to, or restrictions upon, judicial relief; (ii)&#160;waivers of rights or defenses with respect to stay, extension or usury laws; (iii)&#160;waivers of broadly or vaguely stated rights; (iv)&#160;provisions for exclusivity, election or cumulation of rights or remedies; (v)&#160;provisions authorizing or validating conclusive or discretionary determinations; (vi)&#160;grants of setoff rights; (vii)&#160;proxies, powers and trusts; (viii)&#160;restrictions upon non-written modifications and waivers; (ix)&#160;provisions prohibiting, restricting, or requiring consent to assignment or transfer of any right or property; or (x)&#160;provisions for liquidated damages, default interest, late charges, monetary penalties, make-whole premiums or other economic remedies to the extent such provisions are deemed to constitute a penalty.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">g.<font style="margin-left:72pt;"></font>In addition, I express no opinion with respect to (i)&#160;whether acceleration of the Debt Securities may affect the collectibility of that portion of the stated principal amount thereof that might be determined to constitute unearned interest thereon; (ii)&#160;compliance with laws relating to permissible rates of interest; or (iii)&#160;the creation, validity, perfection or priority of any security interest or lien.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">h.<font style="margin-left:72pt;"></font>You have informed me that you intend to issue the Registered Securities from time to time on a delayed or continuous basis, and this opinion is limited to the laws, including the rules and regulations, as in effect on the date hereof.&nbsp;&nbsp;I understand that prior to issuing any Registered Securities you will afford me an opportunity to review the operative documents pursuant to which such Registered Securities are to be issued (including the applicable prospectus supplement) and will file such supplement or amendment to this opinion (if any) as I may reasonably consider necessary or appropriate by reason of the terms of such Registered Securities.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">I consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.&nbsp;&nbsp;I also consent to any and all references to myself and this opinion in the prospectus which is part of said Registration Statement.&nbsp;&nbsp;In giving this consent, I do not thereby admit that I am within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.&nbsp;&nbsp;This opinion letter is limited to the matters set forth herein, and no opinion may be inferred or implied beyond the matters expressly set forth herein.&nbsp;&nbsp;This opinion letter is not a guaranty nor may one be inferred or implied.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:11pt;">&nbsp;</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Lincoln National Corporation<br />150 N. Radnor Chester Road<br />Radnor, Pennsylvania 19087</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Ladies and Gentlemen:</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We have acted as special counsel to Lincoln National Corporation, an Indiana corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), in connection with the preparation and filing by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) of a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the &#8220;Registration Statement&#8221;) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;), with respect to the contemplated issuance from time to time of, among other securities, the following securities: (i)&#160;senior debt securities of the Company (the &#8220;Senior Debt Securities&#8221;), which may be issued pursuant to a Senior Indenture dated as of March 10, 2009, as supplemented from time to time, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, as amended by Article II of the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 18, 2020, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (as so amended or supplemented, the &#8220;Senior Indenture&#8221;); (ii)&#160;subordinated debt securities of the Company (the &#8220;Subordinated Debt Securities&#8221;) which may be issued pursuant to a Subordinated Indenture, to be entered into by the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the &#8220;Subordinated Indenture&#8221;); and (iii)&#160;junior subordinated debt securities of the Company (the &#8220;Junior Subordinated Debt Securities&#8221; and, together with the Senior Debt Securities and Subordinated Debt Securities, the &#8220;Debt Securities&#8221;), which may be issued pursuant to a Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of March 10, 2009, as supplemented from time to time, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (as so supplemented, the &#8220;Junior Subordinated Indenture&#8221; and, together with the Senior Indenture and Subordinated Indenture, the &#8220;Indentures&#8221;).  The Debt Securities being registered will be offered on a continuous or delayed basis pursuant to the provisions of Rule 415 under the Securities Act.  This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">In rendering the opinions set forth herein, we have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of (i)&#160;the Registration Statement; (ii)&#160;the forms of each of the Senior Indenture, the Subordinated Indenture, and the Junior Subordinated Indenture included as exhibits to the Registration Statement; (iii)&#160;resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company; (iv)&#160;the restated articles of incorporation of the Company; (v)&#160;the amended and restated bylaws of the Company; and (vi)&#160;such other certificates, statutes and other instruments and documents as we considered appropriate for purposes of the opinions hereinafter expressed.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">In rendering this opinion, we have assumed, without inquiry, (i)&#160;the due authorization, execution, authentication and delivery by all persons of the Registration Statement and each of the documents related thereto; (ii)&#160;the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals; (iii)&#160;the conformity to the original documents of all documents submitted to us as facsimile, electronic, certified or photostatic copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such copies; (iv)&#160;the legal capacity of all natural persons and the genuineness of all signatures on the Registration Statement and all documents submitted to us; and (v)&#160;that the books and records of the Company are maintained in accordance with proper corporate procedures.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_AEIOULastRenderedPageBreakAEIOU2"></a>In making our examination of executed documents or documents to be executed, we have assumed that the parties thereto had or will have the power, corporate or other, to enter into and perform all obligations thereunder and we have also assumed the due authorization by all requisite action, corporate or other, and execution and delivery by such parties of such documents and (except to the extent we have opined on such matters below) the validity and binding effect on such parties.  In addition, we have assumed (i)&#160;a definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement with respect to any Debt Securities will have been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the Company and the other parties thereto; (ii)&#160;the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto (including any post-effective amendments) will have become effective and comply with all applicable laws at the </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">time the Debt Securities are offered or issued as contemplated by the Registration Statement and no stop order suspending its effectiveness will have been issued and remain in effect;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(iii)</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">that all Debt Securities will be issued and sold in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws and in the manner stated in the Registration Statement and the applicable prospectus supplement;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(iv)</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">that a prospectus supplement or term sheet will have been prepared and filed with the Commission describing the Debt Securities offered thereby and will comply at all relevant times with all applicable laws;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(v)</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">the applicable Indenture or Indentures and indenture trustees will have been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(vi)</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">that the Company will continue to be validly existing under the laws of Indiana;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(vii)</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">that the choice of New York law to govern the Indentures is a valid and legal provision;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(viii)</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">the Company will have obtained any legally required consents, approvals, authorizations and other orders of the Commission and any other regulatory authorities necessary</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(x)</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">to issue and sell the Debt Securities being offered and</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(y)</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">to execute and deliver the applicable Indenture, purchase agreement, or other applicable operative document; and</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(ix)</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">any securities issuable upon conversion, exchange, redemption or exercise of any Debt Securities being offered will be duly authorized, created and, if appropriate, reserved for issuance upon such conversion, exchange, redemption or exercise.</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> As to any facts material to the opinions expressed herein that we have not independently established or verified, we have relied upon, and assumed the accuracy of, statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company and others.</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Based on the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications, exceptions and assumptions stated herein, we are of the opinion that:</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">1.<font style="margin-left:72pt;"></font><font style="font-size:1pt;"> </font>Assuming that the Senior Indenture, in the form filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, has been duly authorized by all necessary action of the Board of Directors of the Company, including any appropriate committee appointed thereby, and duly executed and delivered by the Company and the trustee, when (i)&#160;any required supplemental indenture in respect of the Senior Debt Securities has been duly authorized, executed and delivered; (ii)&#160;the Board of Directors of the Company, including any appropriate committee appointed thereby, or appropriate officers of the Company have taken any necessary action to approve the issuance and terms of the Senior Debt Securities and related matters; (iii)&#160;the form, terms, execution and delivery of the Senior Debt Securities and of their issuance and sale have been duly established in conformity with the Senior Indenture and the applicable Board Resolution (as defined in the Senior Indenture) or supplemental indenture relating to such Senior Debt Securities so as not to violate any applicable law, rule or regulation or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental or regulatory body having jurisdiction over the Company; and (iv)&#160;the Senior Debt Securities have been duly executed, attested, issued, authenticated and delivered in accordance with the Senior Indenture and the applicable Board Resolution or supplemental indenture relating to such Senior Debt Securities, and duly issued, sold and paid for as contemplated by the Registration Statement and any prospectus supplement relating thereto and in accordance with the Senior Indenture and any duly authorized, executed and delivered underwriting agreement, warrants, warrant agreements, or other agreement relating to such issuance, against payment of the consideration fixed therefor by the Board of Directors of the Company (including any appropriate committee appointed thereby), the Senior Debt Securities (including any Senior Debt Securities duly issued (x)&#160;upon the exchange or conversion of any shares of preferred stock of the Company that are exchangeable or convertible into Senior Debt Securities, (y)&#160;upon exercise of any warrants issued by the Company exercisable for Senior Debt Securities or (z)&#160;as part of stock purchase units issued by the Company) will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_AEIOULastRenderedPageBreakAEIOU3"></a>2.<font style="margin-left:72pt;"></font><font style="font-size:1pt;"> </font>Assuming that the Subordinated Indenture, in the form filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, has been duly authorized by all necessary action of the Board of Directors of the Company, including any appropriate committee appointed thereby, when (i)&#160;the Subordinated Indenture has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and the trustee; (ii)&#160;any required supplemental indenture in respect of the Subordinated Debt Securities has been duly authorized, executed and delivered; (iii)&#160;the Board of Directors of the Company, including any appropriate committee appointed thereby, or appropriate officers of the Company have taken any necessary action to approve the issuance and terms of the Subordinated Debt Securities and related matters; (iv)&#160;the form, terms, execution and delivery of the Subordinated Debt Securities and of their issuance and sale have been duly established in conformity with the Subordinated Indenture and the applicable Board Resolution (as defined in the Subordinated Indenture) or supplemental indenture relating to such Subordinated Debt Securities so as not to violate any applicable law, rule or regulation or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental or </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">regulatory body having jurisdiction over the Company; and</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(v)</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">the Subordinated Debt Securities have been duly executed, attested, issued, authenticated and delivered in accordance with the Subordinated Indenture and the applicable Board Resolution or supplemental indenture relating to such Subordinated Debt Securities, and duly issued, sold and paid for as contemplated by the Registration Statement and any prospectus supplement relating thereto and in accordance with the Subordinated Indenture and any underwriting agreement, warrants, warrant agreements, or other agreement relating to such issuance, against payment of the consideration fixed therefor by the Board of Directors of the Company (including any appropriate committee appointed thereby), the Subordinated Debt Securities (including any Subordinated Debt Securities duly issued</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(x)</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">upon the exchange or conversion of any shares of preferred stock of the Company that are exchangeable or convertible into Subordinated Debt Securities,</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(y)</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">upon exercise of any warrants issued by the Company exercisable for Subordinated Debt Securities or</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(z)</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">as part of stock purchase units issued by the Company) will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.</font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">In addition to the assumptions, comments, qualifications, limitations and exceptions set forth above, the opinions set forth herein are further limited by, subject to and based upon the following:</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">other similar laws or equitable principles affecting or related to the rights and remedies of creditors generally, including, without limitation, laws relating to fraudulent conveyances, preferences and equitable subordination;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(ii)</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">general principles of equity (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(iii)</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">public policy considerations which may limit the rights of parties to obtain remedies;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(iv)</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(v)</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">requirements that a claim with respect to any Debt Securities denominated other than in United States dollars (or a judgment denominated other than in United States dollars with respect to such a claim) be converted into United States dollars at a rate of exchange prevailing on a date determined pursuant to applicable law;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(vi)</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">governmental authority to limit, delay or prohibit the making of payments outside the United States or in foreign currency or composite currency; and</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(vii)</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">the availability of equitable remedies, including, without limitation, specific performance or injunctive relief.</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">c.<font style="margin-left:72pt;"></font>Our opinions are further subject to the effect of generally applicable rules of law arising from statutes, judicial and administrative decisions, and the rules and regulations of governmental authorities that: (i)&#160;limit or affect the enforcement of provisions of a contract that purport to require waiver of the obligations of good faith, fair dealing, diligence and reasonableness; (ii)&#160;limit the availability of a remedy under certain circumstances where another remedy has been elected; (iii)&#160;limit the enforceability of provisions releasing, exculpating or exempting a party from, or requiring indemnification of a party for, liability for its own action or inaction, to the extent the action or inaction involves negligence, recklessness, willful misconduct or unlawful conduct; (iv)&#160;may, where less than all of the contract may be unenforceable, limit the enforceability of the balance of the contract to circumstances in which the unenforceable portion is not an essential part of the agreed exchange; and (v)&#160;govern and afford judicial discretion regarding the determination of damages and entitlement to attorneys&#8217; fees.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">d.<font style="margin-left:72pt;"></font>We express no opinion as to the enforceability of any rights to indemnification or contribution provided for in any Indentures or other agreements which are violative of public policy underlying any law, rule or regulation (including any federal or state securities law, rule or regulation) or the legality of such rights.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">e.<font style="margin-left:72pt;"></font>We express no opinion as to the enforceability of any provision in any Indentures or other agreements purporting or attempting to (i)&#160;confer exclusive jurisdiction and/or venue upon certain courts or otherwise waive the defenses of forum non conveniens or improper venue; (ii)&#160;confer subject matter jurisdiction on a court not having independent grounds therefor; (iii)&#160;modify or waive the requirements for effective service of process for any action that may be brought; (iv)&#160;waive the right of the Company or any other person to a trial by jury; (v)&#160;provide that decisions by a party are conclusive; or (vi)&#160;modify or waive the rights to claims, notice, legal defenses, rights granted by law, subrogation, opportunity for hearing, evidentiary requirements, statutes of limitations, other procedural rights or other benefits that cannot be waived under applicable law.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">g.<font style="margin-left:72pt;"></font><font style="font-size:1pt;"> </font>In addition, we express no opinion with respect to (i)&#160;whether acceleration of the Debt Securities may affect the collectibility of that portion of the stated principal amount thereof that might be determined to constitute unearned interest thereon; (ii)&#160;compliance with laws relating to permissible rates of interest; or (iii)&#160;the creation, validity, perfection or priority of any security interest or lien.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_AEIOULastRenderedPageBreakAEIOU5"></a><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We also consent to any and all references to us and this opinion in the prospectus which is part of said Registration Statement.</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> This opinion letter is limited to the matters set forth herein, and no opinion may be inferred or implied beyond the matters expressly set forth herein.</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> This opinion letter is not a guaranty nor may one be inferred or implied.</font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </font><font style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> Eric B. Wilmer, Vice President and Senior Counsel of the Company, may rely on this opinion in rendering his opinion to be dated the date hereof and filed as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement.</font></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:8.33%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of New York, and State of New York, on the 22nd day of September, 2020.</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:55.16%;text-indent:-5.16%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp; Francine Kincaid</p>
<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:55.16%;text-indent:-5.16%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Vice President </p>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:9pt;">&nbsp;</p>Consolidated&#160;Report&#160;of&#160;Condition&#160;of</p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON</p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">of 240 Greenwich Street, New York, N.Y. 10286<br />And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Cash and balances due from depository institutions:</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:18pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">3,962,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">129,364,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:18pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Held-to-maturity securities</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">43,910,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">106,742,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:18pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Equity securities with readily determinable fair values not held for trading&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">63,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">14,823,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Loans and lease financing receivables:</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:18pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Loans and leases held for sale&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">0</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:18pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Loans and leases held for investment&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">27,370,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:18pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">LESS: Allowance for loan and <br />lease losses&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;...</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">272,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:18pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Loans and leases held for investment, net of allowance</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">27,098,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Trading assets</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">5,353,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">3,058,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Other real estate owned</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">2,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">1,683,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Intangible assets:</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:Solid 0.75pt;padding-bottom:1pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:116.1pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">14,936,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Deposits:</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:18pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">In domestic offices</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">191,267,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:18pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Noninterest-bearing</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">75,420,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:18pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Interest-bearing</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">115,847,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:18pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">117,087,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:18pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Noninterest-bearing</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">5,988,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:18pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Interest-bearing</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">111,099,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:18pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-18pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp; Federal funds purchased in domestic offices&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. </p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">2,352,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp; Securities sold under agreements to</p>
<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; repurchase</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">3,229,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Trading liabilities</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">2,904,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Other borrowed money:<br />(includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)&#8230;&#8230;.</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">2,295,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Not applicable</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Not applicable</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Subordinated notes and debentures</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">0</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Other liabilities</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:Solid 0.75pt;padding-bottom:1pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:116.1pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">10,297,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Total liabilities</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;border-bottom:Double 2.25pt;padding-bottom:1pt;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:116.1pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">329,431,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">EQUITY CAPITAL</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Perpetual preferred stock and related <br />surplus&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">0</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Common stock</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">1,135,000</p></td>
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<td valign="top" >
<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">11,520,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Retained earnings</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">16,474,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Accumulated other comprehensive income&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;</p></td>
<td valign="bottom" >
<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">-599,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Other equity capital components&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">0</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Total bank equity capital</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">28,530,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Noncontrolling (minority) interests in <br />consolidated subsidiaries &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">0</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Total equity capital</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:Solid 0.75pt;padding-bottom:1pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:116.1pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">28,530,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Total liabilities and equity capital</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:Double 2.25pt;padding-bottom:1pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:116.1pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">357,961,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:8.33%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of New York, and State of New York, on the 22nd day of September, 2020.</p>
<p style="margin-top:12pt;text-align:justify;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:50%;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">THE&#160;BANK&#160;OF&#160;NEW&#160;YORK MELLON</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:55.16%;text-indent:-5.16%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp; Francine Kincaid</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:9pt;">&nbsp;</p>Consolidated&#160;Report&#160;of&#160;Condition&#160;of</p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON</p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">of 240 Greenwich Street, New York, N.Y. 10286<br />And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">a member of the Federal Reserve System, at the close of business June 30, 2020, published in accordance with a call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Reserve Act.</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:0pt;;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">ASSETS</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Cash and balances due from depository institutions:</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:18pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">3,962,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:18pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Interest-bearing balances</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">129,364,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Securities:</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:18pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Held-to-maturity securities</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">43,910,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:18pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Available-for-sale securities</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">106,742,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:18pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Equity securities with readily determinable fair values not held for trading&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">63,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp; Federal funds sold in domestic offices</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp; Securities purchased under agreements to resell&#8230;</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">14,823,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Loans and lease financing receivables:</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:18pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Loans and leases held for sale&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">0</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:18pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Loans and leases held for investment&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">27,370,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:18pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">LESS: Allowance for loan and <br />lease losses&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;...</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">272,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:18pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Loans and leases held for investment, net of allowance</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">27,098,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Trading assets</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">5,353,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">3,058,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Other real estate owned</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">2,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">1,683,000</p></td>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:138.1pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;0</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Intangible assets:</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Other assets</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:Solid 0.75pt;padding-bottom:1pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:116.1pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">14,936,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Total assets</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Deposits:</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:18pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">In domestic offices</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">191,267,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:18pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Noninterest-bearing</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">75,420,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:18pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Interest-bearing</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">115,847,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:18pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">117,087,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:18pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Noninterest-bearing</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">5,988,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:18pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Interest-bearing</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">111,099,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:18pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-18pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp; Federal funds purchased in domestic offices&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. </p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">2,352,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp; Securities sold under agreements to</p>
<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; repurchase</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">3,229,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Trading liabilities</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">2,904,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Other borrowed money:<br />(includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)&#8230;&#8230;.</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">2,295,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Not applicable</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Not applicable</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Subordinated notes and debentures</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">0</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Other liabilities</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:Solid 0.75pt;padding-bottom:1pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:116.1pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">10,297,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Total liabilities</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;border-bottom:Double 2.25pt;padding-bottom:1pt;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:116.1pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">329,431,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">EQUITY CAPITAL</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Perpetual preferred stock and related <br />surplus&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">0</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Common stock</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">1,135,000</p></td>
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<td valign="top" >
<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">11,520,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Retained earnings</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">16,474,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Accumulated other comprehensive income&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;</p></td>
<td valign="bottom" >
<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">-599,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Other equity capital components&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">0</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Total bank equity capital</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">28,530,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Noncontrolling (minority) interests in <br />consolidated subsidiaries &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">0</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Total equity capital</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:Solid 0.75pt;padding-bottom:1pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:116.1pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">28,530,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Total liabilities and equity capital</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:Double 2.25pt;padding-bottom:1pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:116.1pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">357,961,000</p></td>
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<p style="margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:8.33%;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a&#8209;29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "Act").</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:9pt;">&nbsp;</p>Consolidated&#160;Report&#160;of&#160;Condition&#160;of</p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON</p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">of 240 Greenwich Street, New York, N.Y. 10286<br />And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">a member of the Federal Reserve System, at the close of business June 30, 2020, published in accordance with a call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Reserve Act.</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Cash and balances due from depository institutions:</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:18pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">3,962,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:18pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Interest-bearing balances</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">129,364,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Securities:</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:18pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Held-to-maturity securities</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">43,910,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">106,742,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:18pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Equity securities with readily determinable fair values not held for trading&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">63,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">14,823,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">0</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">27,370,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:18pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">LESS: Allowance for loan and <br />lease losses&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;...</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">272,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:18pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Loans and leases held for investment, net of allowance</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">27,098,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Trading assets</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">5,353,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Intangible assets:</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:Solid 0.75pt;padding-bottom:1pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:116.1pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">14,936,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Deposits:</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:18pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">In domestic offices</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">191,267,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:18pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Noninterest-bearing</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">75,420,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:18pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Interest-bearing</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">115,847,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:18pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">117,087,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:18pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Noninterest-bearing</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">5,988,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:18pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Interest-bearing</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">111,099,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:18pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-18pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp; Federal funds purchased in domestic offices&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. </p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">2,352,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp; Securities sold under agreements to</p>
<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; repurchase</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">3,229,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Trading liabilities</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">2,904,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Other borrowed money:<br />(includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)&#8230;&#8230;.</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">2,295,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Not applicable</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</p></td>
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<td valign="top" >
<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Not applicable</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Subordinated notes and debentures</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">0</p></td>
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<td valign="top" >
<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Other liabilities</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:Solid 0.75pt;padding-bottom:1pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:116.1pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">10,297,000</p></td>
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<td valign="top" >
<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Total liabilities</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;border-bottom:Double 2.25pt;padding-bottom:1pt;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:116.1pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">329,431,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">EQUITY CAPITAL</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Perpetual preferred stock and related <br />surplus&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.</p></td>
<td valign="bottom" >
<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">0</p></td>
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<td valign="top" >
<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Common stock</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">1,135,000</p></td>
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<td valign="top" >
<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">11,520,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Retained earnings</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">16,474,000</p></td>
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<td valign="top" >
<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Accumulated other comprehensive income&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;</p></td>
<td valign="bottom" >
<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">-599,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Other equity capital components&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;</p></td>
<td valign="bottom" >
<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">0</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Total bank equity capital</p></td>
<td valign="bottom" >
<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">28,530,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Noncontrolling (minority) interests in <br />consolidated subsidiaries &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">0</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Total equity capital</p></td>
<td valign="bottom" >
<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:Solid 0.75pt;padding-bottom:1pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:116.1pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">28,530,000</p></td>
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<td valign="top" >
<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:9pt;;margin-right:6.02%;text-indent:-9pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Total liabilities and equity capital</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:Double 2.25pt;padding-bottom:1pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:116.1pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">357,961,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:12pt;text-indent:0%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="margin-top:24pt;text-align:justify;margin-bottom:12pt;text-indent:8.33%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="OLE_LINK2"></a><a name="OLE_LINK1"></a><a name="_AEIOULastRenderedPageBreakAEIOU7"></a><font style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">I, Emily Portney, Chief Financial Officer of the above-named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.</font></p>
<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-right:8.33%;text-indent:16.67%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Emily Portney<br />Chief Financial Officer</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:8.33%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this statement of resources and liabilities. We declare that it has been examined by us, and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions and is true and correct.</p>
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