Form 40-17G LINCOLN VARIABLE INSURAN

Lincoln Financial

1301 S. Harrison Street

Fort Wayne, IN 46801

A copy of the current bond;

A copy of the resolution of a majority of the Board of Trustees, including a majority of the Board of Trustees who are not “interested persons”, approving the form and amount of the bond;

A statement as to the current period for which premiums have been paid.

/s/James Hoffmayer

 Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust

 Financial Institution - Investment Company Bond Binder & Invoice Letter

 FINANCIAL INSTITUTION - INVESTMENT COMPANY BOND

1301 S Harrison Street

Fort Wayne, IN 46802

Great American Insurance Company

A.M. Best Rated “A+” (Superior) Class XV

Standard & Poor’s Rated “A+” (Strong)

Admitted in all 50 States & Canada

Standard Great American Investment Company Bond (Ed. 11/16)

Discovery Form

INSURING AGREEMENT

 SINGLE LOSS LIMIT 

DEDUCTIBLE AMOUNT 

INSURING AGREEMENT

 SINGLE LOSS LIMIT 

DEDUCTIBLE AMOUNT

(Commission Payable on Total Premium)

  NET PREMIUM DUE:

  FORMS:

(Due Within 45 Days of the Effective Date)

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Insured’s Offices Not Covered N/A

Rider - Computer Hacker Rider

It is agreed that:

1. The attached Bond is amended to include the following additional Insuring Agreement:

DESTRUCTION OF DATA OR PROGRAMS BY HACKER

Loss resulting directly from the malicious destruction of, or damage to. Electronic Data or Computer Programs owned by the Insured or for which the Insured is legally liable while stored within a Computer System that is owned or operated by those named as Insured.

The liability of the Underwriter shall be limited to the cost of duplication of such Electronic Data or Computer Programs from other Electronic Data or Computer Programs, which shall have been furnished by the Insured.

In the event, however, that destroyed or damaged Computer Programs cannot be duplicated from other Computer Programs, the Underwriter will pay the cost incurred for computer time, computer programmers, consultants or other technical specialists as is reasonably necessary to restore the Computer Programs to substantially the previous level of operational capability.

Additional Definitions:

“Electronic Data” means facts or information converted to a form usable in a Computer System by computer Programs and which is stored on magnetic tapes or disks or optical storage disks or other bulk media.

2. The Limit of Liability for coverage provided by this Rider shall be $3,500,000.

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3. The Underwriter shall be liable hereunder for the amount by which one loss shall be in excess of $50,000 (herein called the Deductible Amount) but not in excess of the Limit of Liability stated above.

4. Nothing herein contained shall be held to vary, alter, waive or extend any of the terms, conditions, provisions, agreements, or limitations of the attached bond other than as above stated.

5. This rider shall become effective as of 12:01 a.m. on 10/31/2024 standard time.

Rider - Computer Virus Rider

It is agreed that:

1. The attached Bond is amended to include the following additional Insuring Agreement:

DESTRUCTION OF DATA OR PROGRAMS BY VIRUS

Loss resulting directly form the malicious destruction of, or damage to, Electronic Data or Computer Programs owned by the Insured or for which the Insured is legally liable while stored within a Computer System that is owned or operated by those named as Insured if such destruction or damage was caused by a computer program or similar instruction which was written or altered to incorporate a hidden instruction designed to destroy or damage Electronic Data or Computer Programs in the Computer System in which the computer program or instruction so written or so altered is used.

The Liability of the Underwriter shall be limited to the cost of duplication of such Electronic Data or Computer Programs from other Electronic Data or Computer Programs, which shall have been furnished by the Insured.

In the event, however, that destroyed or damaged Computer Programs cannot be duplicated from other Computer Programs, the Underwriter will pay the cost incurred for computer time, computer programmers, consultants or other technical specialists as is reasonably necessary to restore the Computer Programs to substantially the previous level of operational capability.

Additional Definition:

“Electronic Data” means facts or information converted to a form usable in a Computer System by Computer Programs and which is stored on magnetic tapes or disks or optical storage disks or other bulk media.

2. The Limit of Liability for coverage provided by this Rider shall be $3,500,000.

3. The Underwriter shall be liable hereunder for the amount by which one loss shall be in excess of $50,000 (herein called the Deductible Amount) but not in excess of the Limit of Liability stated above.

4. Nothing herein contained shall be held to vary, alter, waive or extend any of the terms, conditions, provisions, agreements, or limitations of the attached bond other than as above stated.

5. This rider shall become effective as of 12:01 a.m. on 10/31/2023 standard time.

Rider - Revision of Section 13, Termination of an Employee

It is agreed that:

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1. The fifth paragraph of Section 13-“Termination” of the Conditions and Limitations, is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

This Bond shall terminate as to any Employee

(a) as soon as any director or officer of the Insured not in collusion with such person, learns of a dishonest or fraudulent act committed by such person involving Money, Securities or other Property valued at $5,000 or more at any time, whether in the employment of the Insured or otherwise, whether or not the type covered under Insuring Agreement (A), against the Insured or any person or entity, without prejudice to the loss of any Property then in transit in the custody of such Employee and upon the expiration of (90) days after written notice has been given to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C.

2. All other Terms and Conditions of the attached Investment Company Bond remain unchanged.

3. This rider shall become effective as of 12:01 a.m. on 10/31/2023 standard time.

General Rider - Revision to Insuring Agreement A

It is agreed that:

1. The attached Bond is amended by deleting the wording of Insuring Agreement (A) entitled “FIDELITY” and replacing it with the following:

(A) FIDELITY

Loss resulting from any dishonest or fraudulent act(s), including Larceny or Embezzlement committed by an Employee, committed anywhere and whether committed alone or in collusion with others, including loss of Property resulting from such acts of an Employee, which Property is held by the Insured for any purpose or in any capacity and whether or so held gratuitously or not and whether or not the Insured is liable therefore.

Dishonest or fraudulent act(s) as used in this Insuring Agreement shall mean only dishonest or fraudulent act(s) committed by such Employee with the intent:

(a) to cause the Insured to sustain such loss; or

(b) to obtain financial benefit for the Employee, or for any other person or organization intended by the Employee to receive such benefit, other than salaries, commissions, fees, bonuses, promotions, awards, profit sharing, pension or other employee benefits earned in the normal course of business.

General Rider - Insured

It is agreed that:

1. At the request of the Insured, the Underwriter adds to the list of Insured under the attached bond the following:

Lincoln Hedged Nasdaq-100 Fund

Lincoln Hedged S&P 500 Conservative Fund 4

Lincoln Hedged S&P 500 Fund 4

Lincoln Opportunistic Hedged Equity Fund

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LVIP AllianceBernstein Large Cap Growth Fund

LVIP American Balanced Allocation Fund

LVIP American Century Balanced Fund

LVIP American Century Capital Appreciation Fund

LVIP American Century Disciplined Core Value Fund

LVIP American Century Inflation Protection Fund

LVIP American Century International Fund

LVIP American Century Large Company Value Fund

LVIP American Century Mid Cap Value Fund

LVIP American Century Select Mid Cap Managed Volatility Fund

LVIP American Century Ultra Fund

LVIP American Century Value Fund

LVIP American Global Balanced Allocation Managed Risk Fund

LVIP American Global Growth Allocation Managed Risk Fund

LVIP American Global Growth Fund

LVIP American Global Small Capitalization Fund

LVIP American Growth Allocation Fund

LVIP American Growth Fund

LVIP American Growth-Income Fund

LVIP American Income Allocation Fund

LVIP American International Fund

LVIP American Preservation Fund

LVIP Baron Growth Opportunities Fund

LVIP BlackRock Dividend Value Managed Volatility Fund

LVIP BlackRock Global Allocation Fund

LVIP BlackRock Global Allocation Managed Risk Fund

LVIP BlackRock Global Growth ETF Allocation Managed Risk Fund

LVIP BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund

LVIP BlackRock Real Estate Fund

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General Rider - Exclude all Non-Fungible Tokens

In consideration of the premium charged, it is agreed that the Bond is amended as follows:

1. This Rider amends Exclusions to include the following:

It is agreed that this Bond does not afford coverage under any of the Insuring Agreements for any loss, damage, claim, occurrence, or suit that arises out of, is in any way related to, or involves, in whole or in part, any Non-Fungible Token. All coverage for Non-Fungible Tokens is excluded from all Insuring Agreements.

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2. Definitions is amended to include:

Non-Fungible Token, also known as “NFT,” means any unique digital identifier connected to any digital ledger technology which may be used to certify authenticity or ownership of anything, including but not limited to any digital, tangible, or intangible item, but cannot be substituted or exchanged for any similar item. However, the definition of Non-Fungible Token does not mean or include Cryptocurrency.

General Rider - Confidential Information

1. CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS, Section 2. Exclusions is amended to include:

Confidential Information:

Loss resulting from:

Theft, disappearance, destruction, disclosure, access, download, or use of any personal or confidential information including, but not limited to, social security, driver’s license, or other similar information, health information, credit information, credit card information, banking information, financial information, trade secrets, patents, processing methods, customer lists, intellectual property, or any other non-public personal or confidential information, unless such theft, disappearance, destruction, or disclosure subsequently results in a direct loss that is otherwise covered under one or more Insuring Agreements of this Bond.

For purposes of coverage that may be attached to the Bond by Rider which pertains to Computer Systems, confidential information cannot itself be the Property transferred. A loss otherwise covered under the Computer Systems Rider (if attached) shall not be excluded by the fact that confidential information was used to gain access to your computer system or to the computer system of your financial institution in order to cause the fraudulent transfer.

Newly Created Investment Companies

Rider Number: 8

Insuring Agreement (L) Computer Systems

Rider Number: 9

Limit of Liability: 3,500,000

Deductible Amount: 50,000

Insuring Agreement (M) Automated Phone Systems

Rider Number: 10

APS Equipment Access Limitation: N/A

Fraudulent Transfer Instructions

Rider Number 11

Call-back Verification Threshold Amount 50,000

If you are using overnight mail:

PNC Bank c/o Great American Insurance Group

Lockbox Number 773561

350 East Devon Avenue

Itasca, IL 60143

the value of the aggregate assets of the Funds,

the type and terms of the arrangements made for the custody and safekeeping of such assets,

the nature of the securities and other assets in the Funds’ respective portfolios,

the number of other parties named as insureds,

the nature of the business activities of such other parties,

the amount of the Bond,

the amount of the premium for the Bond,

the ratable allocation of the premium among all parties named as insureds, and

the extent to which the share of the premium allocated to each Fund is less than the premium which such Fund would have had to pay if it had provided and maintained a single insured bond.

Effective Date

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New Business

    10/31/2024  to 10/31/2025

    10/31/2024  to 10/31/2025

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      Lincoln National Corporation

      Invoice No. 3911803

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New Business

    10/31/2024  to 10/31/2025

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      Lincoln National Corporation

      Invoice No. 3911803

      Lincoln National Corporation

      Invoice No. 3911803