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AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

Agreement and Plan of Merger • January 31st, 2006 • Lincoln National Corp • Life insurance • Indiana

• Contract Type
  Agreement and Plan of Merger
• Filed
  January 31st, 2006
• Company
  Lincoln National Corp
• Industry
  Life insurance
• Jurisdiction
  Indiana

Amendment No. 1, dated as of January 26, 2006 (this “Amendment”), to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 9, 2005 , among Lincoln National Corporation, an Indiana corporation (“Lincoln”), Quartz Corporation, a North Carolina corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln (“Merger Sub”), Jefferson-Pilot Corporation, a North Carolina corporation (“Jefferson-Pilot”), and Lincoln JP Holdings, L.P., an Indiana limited partnership (“Quartz Partnership”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 9, 2005 among Lincoln, Merger Sub and Jefferson-Pilot (as amended from time to time, the “Agreement”).