Archived Investigations

Lincoln National Corporation (NYSE: LNC)

Company Name:Lincoln National Corporation
Stock Symbol:NYSE: LNC
Court:Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Class Period Start:11/04/2020
Class Period End (inclusive):11/02/2022
Filing Deadline:The deadline has passed.
April 25, 2024

Lincoln National and certain of its executives are charged with failing to disclose material information during the Class Period, violating federal securities laws. 

On November 2, 2022, post-market, the Company released its 3Q 2022 financial results, disclosing a net loss of $2.6 billion for the quarter, compared to a net income of $318 million for the third quarter of 2021 the previous year, due to “net unfavorable notable items of $2.0 billion, or $11.62 per share, related to the company’s annual review of DAC and reserve assumptions,” and that the Company “incurred a $634 million goodwill impairment to the life insurance business.”

On this news, the price of Lincoln’s shares fell by $17.27, or 33.2%, to close at $34.83 per share on November 3, 2022, on unusually heavy trading volume.

The case is Meade v. Lincoln National Corporation, et al., No. 24-cv-01704.

Click here to read the first filed complaint.