Lincoln Financial Group Strengthens Retirement Plan Services with Technology Upgrade

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Lincoln Financial Group (NYSE: LNC) today announced details of a significant strategic investment in the technology supporting its retirement plan service offering. Lincoln Financial has contracted with DST Retirement Solutions, a leading provider of retirement recordkeeping software, to enhance its recordkeeping and administrative services platform to plan sponsors, plan participants and intermediaries.

"This investment is an outstanding example of Lincoln Financial's long-term commitment to the Defined Contribution business and will fuel our targeted growth in the retirement industry," said Chuck Cornelio, president of Defined Contribution, Lincoln Financial Group. "The Lincoln team will have access to industry leading technology to augment our already strong service offering. This action reinforces our commitment to continually striving to make it easier for plan sponsors and intermediaries to do business with us. Enhancements will also enrich the educational resources and tools we offer plan participants to help them make informed savings decisions and meet their retirement goals."

Benefits of system conversion include:

• Enhanced reporting and access to plan information
• Better online planning tools, calculators and education materials;
• Enhanced call center technology; and
• User-friendly web resources and self-service features, among other benefits.

Lincoln Financial provides education, resources and tools to help its 24,000 plan sponsors provide retirement plan benefits to more than 1.4 million plan participants. The company has more than 50 years of experience focusing primarily on serving the needs of 403(b) plan sponsors in the healthcare and K-12 education markets and 401(k) plan sponsors of small and mid-size businesses.

About Lincoln Financial Group

Lincoln Financial Group is the marketing name for Lincoln National Corporation (NYSE: LNC) and its affiliates. With headquarters in the Philadelphia region, the companies of Lincoln Financial Group had assets under management of $140 billion as of June 30, 2010. Through its affiliated companies, Lincoln Financial Group offers: annuities; life, group life and disability insurance; 401(k) and 403(b) plans; savings plans; and comprehensive financial planning and advisory services. For more information, including a copy of our most recent SEC reports containing our balance sheets, please visit www.LincolnFinancial.com.

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