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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JANUARY 12, 1998
1933 ACT REGISTRATION NO. 333-43107
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
PRE-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ON
FORM S-6
FOR REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
OF SECURITIES OF UNIT INVESTMENT TRUSTS
REGISTERED ON FORM N-8B-2
LINCOLN LIFE FLEXIBLE PREMIUM VARIABLE LIFE
SEPARATE ACCOUNT R
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT)
THE LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
(NAME OF DEPOSITOR)
1300 South Clinton Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802
(ADDRESS OF DEPOSITOR'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
Depositor's Telephone Number, including Area Code
(219) 455-2000
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Jack D. Hunter, Esquire COPY TO:
The Lincoln National Life Insurance George N. Gingold, Esquire
Company 900 Cottage Grove Road,
200 East Berry Street S-321
P.O. Box 1110 Hartford, CT 06152-2321
Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802
(NAME AND ADDRESS OF AGENT FOR
SERVICE)
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INDEFINITE NUMBER OF UNITS OF INTEREST IN VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE CONTRACTS
(TITLE OF SECURITIES BEING REGISTERED)
DECLARATION PURSUANT TO RULE 24F-2
An indefinite amount of securities is being registered under the Securities
Act of 1933 pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or
dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall
file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration
Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of
the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become
effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a),
shall determine.
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FEES AND CHARGES REPRESENTATION
Lincoln Life represents that the fees and charges deducted under the
Contracts, in the aggregate, are reasonable in relation to the services
rendered, the expenses expected to be incurred, and the risks assumed by Lincoln
Life.
UNDERTAKING TO FILE REPORTS
Subject to the terms and conditions of Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to file with
the Securities and Exchange Commission such supplementary and periodic
information, documents, and reports as may be prescribed by any rule or
regulation of the Commission heretofore or hereafter duly adopted pursuant to
authority conferred in that section.
INDEMNIFICATION
(a) Brief description of indemnification provisions.
In general, Article VII of the By-Laws of The Lincoln National Life
Insurance Company (LNL) provides that LNL will indemnify certain
persons against expenses, judgments and certain other specified costs
incurred by any such person if he/she is made a party or is
threatened to be made a party to a suit or proceeding because he/she
was a director, officer, or employee of LNL, as long as he/she acted
in good faith and in a manner he/she reasonably believed to be in the
best interests of, or not opposed to the best interests of, LNL.
Certain additional conditions apply to indemnification in criminal
proceedings.
In particular, separate conditions govern indemnification of
directors, officers, and employees of LNL in connection with suits
by, or in the right of, LNL.
Please refer to Article VII of the By-Laws of LNL (Exhibit No. 6(b)
hereto) for the full text of the indemnification provisions.
Indemnification is permitted by, and is subject to the requirements
of, Indiana law.
(b) Undertaking pursuant to Rule 484 of Regulation C under the
Securities Act of 1933.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the provisions
described in Item 28(a) above or otherwise, the Registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer,
or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of
any such action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,
officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel
the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a
court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
CONTENTS OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT
This registration statement comprises the following papers and document:
The facing sheet;
A cross-reference sheet (reconciliation and tie);
The prospectus, consisting of __ pages;
The undertaking to file reports;
The fees and charges representation;
Statements regarding indemnification;
The signatures.
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INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Registrant hereby incorporates by reference the entire filing of this
Registration Statement made on December 23, 1997 except for the facing (cover)
page which precedes this page and the signature page which follows it.
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SIGNATURES
As required by the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused
this Registration Statement on Form S-6 to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Fort Wayne and State of
Indiana on the 12th day of January 1998.
LINCOLN LIFE FLEXIBLE PREMIUM VARIABLE
LIFE ACCOUNT R (Name of Registrant)
By: /s/ JON A. BOSCIA
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Jon A. Boscia
PRESIDENT
THE LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY
By: THE LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY
(NAME OF DEPOSITOR)
By: /s/ JON A. BOSCIA
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Jon A. Boscia
PRESIDENT
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment
to the Registration Statement has been signed below on January 12, 1998, by the
following persons, as officers and directors of the Depositor, in the capacities
indicated:
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SIGNATURE TITLE
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/s/ JON A. BOSCIA
-------------------------------------- President, Chief Executive Officer & Director (Principal
Jon A. Boscia Executive Officer)
/s/ JACK D. HUNTER
-------------------------------------- Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Director
Jack D. Hunter
/s/ LAWRENCE T. ROWLAND
-------------------------------------- Executive Vice President and Director
Lawrence T. Rowland
/s/ KEITH J. RYAN
-------------------------------------- Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Treasurer
Keith J. Ryan (Principal Accounting Officer and Principal Financial Officer)
-------------------------------------- Director
Ian M. Rolland
/s/ H. THOMAS MCMEEKIN
-------------------------------------- Director
H. Thomas McMeekin
/s/ RICHARD C. VAUGHAN
-------------------------------------- Director
Richard C. Vaughan
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