Lincoln National Corporation 2003-2005 Long-Term Incentive Award Performance Measures Approval
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Summary
Lincoln National Corporation's Compensation Committee approved the performance measures for its 2003-2005 long-term incentive awards under the company's Incentive Compensation Plan. The measures are based on shareholder return, growth in income from operations per share, and return on equity, each compared to a peer group. Income from operations is defined according to GAAP, with certain exclusions. These criteria will determine employee awards over the three-year period.
EX-10.D 5 ex10d.htm EXHIBIT 10 (D) Exhibit 10 (d)
Exhibit 10(d)
2003-2005 Long-Term Incentive Award Measures
On January 9, 2003, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors approved the performance measures for the three-year, long-term performance award cycle of 2003-2005 under the Lincoln National Corporation Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended and restated on March 8, 2001. The performance measures are based on Lincoln National Corporation’s:
| · | shareholder return, |
| · | growth in income from operations per share and |
| · | return on equity. |
Each of the performance measures are based on Lincoln National’s performance relative to the performance of a peer group of companies.
As used above, income from operations is defined as net income determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) excluding, as applicable, the after-tax effects of realized gain or losses on investments and derivatives, restructuring charges, gains (losses) related to reinsurance embedded derivatives/trading account assets, cumulative effect of accounting changes, reserve changes on business sold through reinsurance net of related deferred gain amortization, gains (losses) on the sale of subsidiaries and blocks of business and loss on early retirement of debt, including subordinated debt. This is the measure that the Compensation Committee uses to evaluate the performance of our businesses. Return on equity as used above is calculated based on income from operations.
