Form 485BPOS LINCOLN NATIONAL VARIABL
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 10, 2025
1933 Act Registration No. 333-35784
1940 Act Registration No. 811-05721
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 78
and
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
AMENDMENT NO. 754
Lincoln National Variable Annuity Account H
(Exact Name of Registrant)
(Exact Name of Registrant)
American Legacy III® C-Share
THE LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
(Name of Depositor)
(Name of Depositor)
1301 South Harrison Street
Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802
(Address of Depositor’s Principal Executive Offices)
Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802
(Address of Depositor’s Principal Executive Offices)
Depositor’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (260) 455-2000
Craig T. Beazer, Esquire
The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
150 North Radnor Chester Road
Radnor, PA 19087
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
150 North Radnor Chester Road
Radnor, PA 19087
Copy to:
Jassmin McIver-Jones, Esquire
The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
1301 South Harrison Street
Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802
The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
1301 South Harrison Street
Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802
Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: Continuous
It is proposed that this filing will become effective:
/X/ immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
/ / on May 1, 2025, pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
/ / 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
/ / on __________, pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
Title of Securities being registered:
Interests in a separate account under individual flexible payment deferred variable annuity contracts.
Interests in a separate account under individual flexible payment deferred variable annuity contracts.
THE LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
Lincoln National Variable Annuity Account H
American Legacy II®, American Legacy III®, American Legacy III® C-Share,
American Legacy III® View, American Legacy® Design,
American Legacy Shareholder’s Advantage® (contracts purchased prior to May 21, 2018)
Supplement dated June 10, 2025 to the Prospectus dated May 1, 2025
This Supplement to your prospectus outlines important changes that become effective on and after June 16, 2025. These changes are related to:
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a)
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Appendix A – Funds Available Under The Contract; and
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b)
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Appendix B – Investment Requirements.
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All other provisions outlined in your variable annuity prospectus remain unchanged.
The following line items are added to Appendix A – Funds Available Under the Contract:
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Investment Objective
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Fund and Adviser/Sub-adviser
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Current Expenses
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Average Annual Total
Returns (as of 12/31/2024)
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1 year
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5 year
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10 year
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Capital appreciation.
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American Funds® IS U.S. Small and Mid Cap Equity Fund – Class 4
advised by Capital Research and Management Company |
1.04%1
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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Long-term capital appreciation.
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LVIP American Funds Vanguard Active Passive Growth Fund – Service Class
advised by Lincoln Financial Investments Corporation |
0.98%
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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1This fund is subject to an expense reimbursement or fee waiver arrangement. As a result, this fund’s annual expenses reflect temporary expense reductions. See the fund’s prospectus for additional
information.
You can find the fund prospectus and other information about the Contract online at www.lfg.com/VAprospectus. You can also obtain information at no cost by contacting your financial professional or by sending an email
request to [email protected].
Appendix B – Investment Requirements: If you have elected a Living Benefit Rider, you may be subject to the Investment Requirements outlined in the prospectus, according to which
Living Benefit Rider you own and when you elected that rider. Please refer to your prospectus to determine if you are subject to Investment Requirements. The changes outlined below are effective on or about June 16, 2025, and are added to the
existing Investment Requirements in your prospectus. All other provisions of Investment Requirements remain unchanged.
Please note that your Contract may not offer every rider impacted by these requirements.
The following changes apply to Investment Requirements i4LIFE® Advantage
Select Guaranteed Income Benefit riders elected on or after May 21, 2018. If you elect i4LIFE® Advantage Select Guaranteed Income Benefit on or after May 21, 2018, the LVIP American Funds
Vanguard Active Passive Growth Fund will be added to the list of funds to which you must allocate 100% of your i4LIFE® Advantage Account Value.
The following changes apply to Investment Requirements for other Living Benefit Riders purchased on or after August 29, 2016 (October 3, 2016 for existing Contractowners). If
you elect i4LIFE® Advantage Select Guaranteed Income Benefit prior to May 21, 2018 and on and after August 19, 2024, Lincoln ProtectedPay Select Core®
and Estate LockSM, Lincoln ProtectedPay Select Core®, Lincoln ProtectedPay Select Plus®, Lincoln ProtectedPay Select Max®, Lincoln Market Select® Advantage, Lincoln Max 6 SelectSM,
Lincoln Wealth PassSM, 4LATER® Select Advantage, or if you are transitioning to i4LIFE®
Advantage Select Guaranteed Income Benefit from one of these riders, the LVIP American Funds Vanguard Active Passive Growth Fund will be added to the list of funds to which you must allocate 100% of your i4LIFE®
Advantage Account Value. American Funds® IS U.S. Small and Mid Cap Equity Fund will be added to the list of funds in Group 2.
The following changes apply to Investment Requirements for other Living Benefit Riders purchased on or after October 5, 2015 and prior to August 29, 2016 (October 3, 2016 for existing
Contractowners). If you elect i4LIFE® Advantage Guaranteed Income Benefit (version 4), the LVIP American Funds Vanguard Active Passive Growth Fund will be added to the list of funds in
Group 2 and to the list of funds to which you must allocate 100% of your i4LIFE® Advantage Account Value.
The following changes apply to Investment Requirements – Option 2. The LVIP American Funds Vanguard Active Passive Growth Fund will be added to the list of funds in Group 2 and
to the list of funds to which you must allocate 100% of your i4LIFE® Advantage Account Value.
The following changes apply to Investment Requirements – Option 1. The American Funds® IS U.S. Small and Mid Cap Equity Fund will be added to the list of funds to
which you can invest not more than 35% of your Contract Value.
Please retain this supplement for future reference.
Part A
The Prospectus for the American Legacy III® C-Share variable annuity contract, as supplemented, is incorporated herein by
reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 77 (File No. 333-35784) filed on April 22, 2025, and to the definitive 497 Filing filed on May 1, 2025.
Part B
The Statement of Additional Information for the American Legacy III® C-Share variable annuity contract, including the consolidated financial statements of Lincoln Life and the financial statement of Lincoln National Variable Annuity Account H, is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 77 (File No. 333-35784) filed on April 22, 2025, and to the definitive 497 Filing filed on May 1, 2025.
Lincoln National Variable Annuity Account H
PART C - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 27. Exhibits
(b) None
(67) Variable Annuity Payout Rider Credit Endorsement (23AE-730) incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 41 (File No. 333-181615) filed on November 15, 2023.
(4) Third
Amended and Restated Automatic Indemnity Reinsurance Agreement dated January 1, 2023, between The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company and Lincoln National Reinsurance Company (Barbados) Limited incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 20 (File No. 333-212680) filed on April 14, 2023.
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(i) Amendment No. 1 to the Third Amended and Restated Automatic Indemnity Reinsurance Agreement dated January 1, 2023, between The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company and Lincoln National Reinsurance Company (Barbados) Limited incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 16 (File No. 333-212682) filed on
February 2, 2024.
(ii) Amendment No. 2 to the Third Amended and Restated Automatic Indemnity Reinsurance Agreement dated January 1, 2023, between The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company and Lincoln National Reinsurance Company (Barbados) Limited incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 20 (File No.
333-212682) filed on April 10, 2025.
(iii) Amendment No. 3 to the Third Amendment and Restated Automatic Indemnity Reinsurance Agreement dated January 1, 2023, between The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company and Lincoln National Reinsurance Company (Barbados) Limited incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 20 (File No.
333-212682) filed on April 10, 2025.
(h) Fund Participation Agreements among The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company and:
(i) Accounting
and Financial Administration Services Agreement dated January 1, 2019 among State Street Bank and Trust Company, The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 36 on Form N-6 (File No. 333-125790) filed on April 12, 2019.
(j) Rule 22c-2 Agreement between The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company and:
(m) Not applicable
(n) Not applicable
(o) Not applicable
Item 28. Directors and Officers of the Depositor
The following list contains the officers and directors of The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company who are engaged directly or indirectly in activities
relating to Lincoln National Variable Annuity Account H as well as the contracts. The list also shows The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company's executive officers.
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Name
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Positions and Offices with Depositor
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Craig T. Beazer*
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Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Director
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Jayson R. Bronchetti*
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Executive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer and Director
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Adam M. Cohen*
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Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer
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Ellen G. Cooper*
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President and Director
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Stephen B. Harris*
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Senior Vice President and Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer
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Christopher M. Neczypor*
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Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director
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Nancy A. Smith*
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Senior Vice President and Secretary
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Joseph D. Spada**
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Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer for Separate Accounts
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Eric B. Wilmer***
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Assistant Vice President and Director
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*Principal business address is 150 N. Radnor-Chester Road, Radnor, PA 19087
**Principal business address is 350 Church Street, Hartford, CT 06103
***Principal business address is 1301 South Harrison Street, Fort Wayne, IN 46802
Item 29. Persons Controlled by or Under Common Control with the Depositor or Registrant
See Exhibit (p) above: Lincoln National Corporation Organization Chart
Item 30. Indemnification
a) Brief description of indemnification provisions.
In general, Article VII of the By-Laws of The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (Lincoln Life or Company) provides that Lincoln Life 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 Lincoln Life, 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 act opposed to the best interests of, Lincoln Life. Certain additional conditions apply to
indemnification in criminal proceedings.
In particular, separate conditions govern indemnification of directors, officers, and employees of Lincoln Life in connection with suits by, or in the right
of, Lincoln Life.
Please refer to Article VII of the By-Laws of Lincoln Life (Exhibit no. f(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.
Item 31. Principal Underwriter
(a) Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (“LFD”) currently serves as Principal Underwriter for: Lincoln National Variable Annuity Account C; Lincoln National
Flexible Premium Variable Life Account D; Lincoln National Variable Annuity Account E; Lincoln National Flexible Premium Variable Life Account F; Lincoln National Flexible Premium Variable Life Account G; Lincoln National Variable Annuity
Account H; Lincoln Life & Annuity Variable Annuity Account H; Lincoln Life Flexible Premium Variable Life Account J; Lincoln Life Flexible Premium Variable Life Account K; Lincoln National Variable Annuity Account L; Lincoln Life &
Annuity Variable Annuity Account L; Lincoln Life Flexible Premium Variable Life Account M; Lincoln Life & Annuity Flexible Premium Variable Life Account M; Lincoln Life Variable Annuity Account N; Lincoln New York Account N for Variable
Annuities; Lincoln Life Variable Annuity Account Q; Lincoln Life Flexible Premium Variable Life Account R; LLANY Separate Account R for Flexible Premium Variable Life Insurance; Lincoln Life Flexible Premium Variable Life Account S; LLANY
Separate Account S for Flexible Premium Variable Life Insurance; Lincoln Life Variable Annuity Account T; Lincoln Life Variable Annuity Account W; and
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Lincoln Life Flexible Premium Variable Life Account Y and Lincoln Life & Annuity Flexible Premium Variable Life Account Y; Lincoln
Life Variable Annuity Account JF-H; Lincoln Life Variable Annuity Account JF-I; Lincoln Life Flexible Premium Variable Life Account JF-A; Lincoln Life Flexible Premium Variable Life Account JF-C; Lincoln Life Variable Annuity Account JL-A;
Lincoln Life & Annuity Flexible Premium Variable Life Account JA-B; Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust; Lincoln Advisors Trust.
(b) Officers and Directors of Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc.:
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Name
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Positions and Offices with Underwriter
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Adam M. Cohen*
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Senior Vice President and Treasurer
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Jason M. Gibson**
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Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer
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Claire H. Hanna*
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Secretary
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John C. Kennedy*
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President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
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Jared M. Nepa*
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Senior Vice President and Director
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Timothy J. Seifert Sr*
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Senior Vice President and Director
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Vacant
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Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Head of Financial
Institutions Group
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*Principal business address is 150 N. Radnor-Chester Road, Radnor, PA 19087
**Principal business address is 1301 South Harrison Street, Fort Wayne, IN 46802
(c) N/A
Item 32. Location of Accounts and Records
This information is provided in the Registrant’s most recent report on Form N-CEN.
Item 33. Management Services
Not Applicable.
Item 34. Fee 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.
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SIGNATURES
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(a)
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As required by the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, each Registrant certifies that it meets the requirements of Securities Act Rule 485(b) for effectiveness of these registration statements and has caused
these Post-Effective Amendments to the registration statements to be signed on its behalf, in the City of Fort Wayne, and the State of Indiana on this 4th day of June, 2025 at 9:06 am.
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Lincoln National Variable Annuity Account H
Lincoln Life Variable Annuity Account N
(Registrants)
By: /s/ Delson R. Campbell
Delson R. Campbell
Senior Vice President, The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
Signed on its behalf, in the City of Hartford, and the State of Connecticut on this 4th day of June, 2025 at 11:39 am.
The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
(Depositor)
By: /s/ Michelle L. Grindle
Michelle L. Grindle
(Signature-Officer of Depositor)
Vice President, The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
Lincoln National Variable Annuity Account E (File No. 811-04882; CIK: 0000804223)
033-26032 (Amendment No. 81)
Lincoln National Variable Annuity Account H (File No. 811-05721; CIK: 0000847552)
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033-27783 (Amendment No. 80)
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333-63505 (Amendment No. 89)
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333-18419 (Amendment No. 83)
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333-135219 (Amendment No. 62)
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333-35780 (Amendment No. 63)
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333-170695 (Amendment No. 56)
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333-35784 (Amendment No. 78)
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333-181615 (Amendment No. 46)
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333-61592 (Amendment No. 80)
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333-212681 (Amendment No. 28)
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Lincoln Life Variable Annuity Account N (File No. 811-08517; CIK: 0001048606)
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333-193272 (Amendment No. 33)
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333-239288 (Amendment No. 11)
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333-193273 (Amendment No. 25)
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333-252473 (Amendment No. 19)
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333-193274 (Amendment No. 23)
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333-252653 (Amendment No. 14)
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333-212682 (Amendment No. 21)
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333-252654 (Amendment No. 14)
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333-214144 (Amendment No. 20)
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(b)
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As required by the Securities Act of 1933, these Amendments to the registration statements have been signed by the following persons in their capacities indicated on June 4, 2025 at 9:06 am.
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Signature
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Title
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*/s/ Ellen G. Cooper
Ellen G. Cooper
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President and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
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*/s/ Christopher M. Neczypor
Christopher M. Neczypor
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Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Director
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*/s/ Craig T. Beazer
Craig T. Beazer
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Executive Vice President and Director
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*/s/ Jayson R. Bronchetti
Jayson R. Bronchetti
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Executive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer, and Director
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*/s/ Adam M. Cohen
Adam M. Cohen
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Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
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*/s/ Eric B. Wilmer
Eric B. Wilmer
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Assistant Vice President and Director
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* By /s/ Delson R. Campbell, Pursuant to a Power of Attorney
Delson R. Campbell
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