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May 1, 2017Product ProspectusAmericanLegacy SignaturevariableannuityThis document and many others can be read online bysigning up for eDelivery! Make a positive environmentalimpact by signing up today!For your convenience, additional eDelivery information islocated on the next page.American Legacy is a suite of variableannuities issued by The LincolnNational Life Insurance Companywith investment management fromAmerican Funds and Lincoln VariableInsurance Products Trust.
The Lincoln National Life Insurance CompanyP.O. Box 2348Fort Wayne, IN 46801-2348For your convenience and peace of mind, we offer you the option to receive electronic delivery(eDelivery) of important documents through our website. Once you have registered atLincolnFinancial.com, you will have 24/7/365 access to statements, prospectuses, annual reports, semiannual reports and confirmations.What is eDelivery?eDelivery is a secure and simple way to receive documents specific to your contract when you needthem. Once you are signed up for Delivery, you can access many important documents at yourconvenience by logging into your account at LincolnFinancial.com. Additionally, once a new document isready, you will receive an email from us so you never miss vital information pertaining to your contract.Not Registered?x Visit our website at LincolnFinacial.comx You will need the following to register:o Contract Owner Social Security Numbero Contract Owner Date of Birtho Contract Numbero An Email AddressLincoln Financial Group is the marketing name for Lincoln National Corporation and its affiliates.The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company is domiciled in Fort Wayne, IN.LCN 1464842-040716
American Legacy SignatureIndividual Variable Annuity ContractsLincoln National Variable Annuity Account HMay 1, 2017Home Office:The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company1300 South Clinton StreetFort Wayne, IN 468021-800-942-5500www.LincolnFinancial.comThis prospectus describes individual flexible premium deferred variable annuity contracts that are issued by The Lincoln National LifeInsurance Company (Lincoln Life or Company). Two separate contracts are offered in this prospectus, each of which has differentfeatures and charges. You must choose from one of the following contracts: American Legacy Signature 1 American Legacy Signature 2In deciding which contract to purchase, you should consider which features are important to you, and the amount of separate accountand surrender charges you are willing to bear relative to your needs. In deciding whether to purchase any of the optional benefits, youshould consider the desirability of the benefit relative to its additional cost and to your needs.These contracts can be purchased primarily as either a nonqualified annuity or qualified retirement annuity under Sections 408 (IRAs)and 408A (Roth IRAs) of the tax code. Generally, you do not pay federal income tax on the contract’s growth until it is paid out. Youreceive tax deferral for an IRA whether or not the funds are invested in an annuity contract. Further, if your contract is a Roth IRA, yougenerally will not pay income tax on a distribution, provided certain conditions are met. Therefore, there should be reasons other thantax deferral for purchasing a qualified annuity contract.These contracts are designed to accumulate Contract Value and to provide retirement income over a certain period of time or for life,subject to certain conditions. The benefits offered under these contracts may be a variable or fixed amount, if available, or a combination of both. These contracts also offer a Death Benefit payable upon the death of a Contractowner or Annuitant. This prospectus isused by both new purchasers and current Contractowners. Certain benefits described in this prospectus are no longer available.The state in which your contract is issued will govern whether or not certain features, riders, restrictions, limitations, charges and feeswill apply to your contract. All material state variations are discussed in this prospectus, however, non-material variations may not bediscussed. You should refer to your contract regarding state-specific features. Please check with your registered representativeregarding availability.The minimum initial Purchase Payment for the contract is 10,000. Additional Purchase Payments may be made to the contract, subject to certain restrictions, and must be at least 100 per payment ( 25 if transmitted electronically), and at least 300 annually. Uponadvance written notice, we reserve the right to limit, restrict, or suspend Purchase Payments made to the contract.Except as noted below, you choose whether your Contract Value accumulates on a variable or a fixed (guaranteed) basis or both. Yourcontract may not offer a fixed account or if permitted by your contract, we may discontinue accepting Purchase Payments or transfersinto the fixed side of the contract at any time. If any portion of your Contract Value is in the fixed account, we promise to pay you yourprincipal and a minimum interest rate. For the life of your contract or during certain periods, we may impose restrictions on the fixedaccount. Also, an Interest Adjustment may be applied to any withdrawal, surrender or transfer from the fixed account before the expiration date of a Guaranteed Period.All Purchase Payments and Persistency Credits, if applicable, for benefits on a variable basis will be placed in Lincoln National Variable Annuity Account H (Variable Annuity Account [VAA]). The VAA is a segregated investment account of Lincoln Life. You take allthe investment risk on the Contract Value and the retirement income for amounts placed into one or more of the contract’s variableoptions (“Subaccounts”), which, in turn, invest in corresponding underlying funds. If the Subaccounts you select make money, yourContract Value goes up; if they lose money, it goes down. How much it goes up or down depends on the performance of theSubaccounts you select. We do not guarantee how any of the Subaccounts or their funds will perform. Also, neither the U.S. Government nor any federal agency insures or guarantees your investment in the contract. The contracts are not bank deposits andare not endorsed by any bank or government agency.The available funds are listed below:1
American Funds Insurance Series :American Funds Asset Allocation FundAmerican Funds Blue Chip Income and Growth FundAmerican Funds Bond Fund American Funds Capital Income BuilderAmerican Funds Global Balanced FundSMAmerican Funds Global Bond FundAmerican Funds Global Growth and Income FundAmerican Funds Global Growth FundAmerican Funds Global Small Capitalization FundAmerican Funds Growth FundAmerican Funds Growth-Income FundAmerican Funds High-Income Bond FundAmerican Funds International FundAmerican Funds International Growth and Income FundSMAmerican Funds Managed Risk Asset Allocation FundSMAmerican Funds Managed Risk Blue Chip Income andGrowth FundSMAmerican Funds Managed Risk Growth FundSMAmerican Funds Managed Risk Growth-Income FundSMAmerican Funds Managed Risk International FundSMAmerican Funds Mortgage FundSM American Funds New World FundAmerican Funds U.S. Government/AAA-Rated SecuritiesFundAmerican Funds Ultra-Short Bond Fund American Funds Insurance Series – Portfolio SeriesSM:American Funds Global Growth PortfolioSMAmerican Funds Growth and Income PortfolioSMAmerican Funds Managed Risk Global Allocation PortfolioSMAmerican Funds Managed Risk Growth and IncomePortfolioSMAmerican Funds Managed Risk Growth PortfolioSMLincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust:LVIP American Balanced Allocation FundLVIP American Global Balanced Allocation Managed RiskFundLVIP American Global Growth Allocation Managed Risk FundLVIP American Growth Allocation FundLVIP American Income Allocation FundLVIP American Preservation FundThis prospectus gives you information about the contract that you should know before you decide to buy a contract and make Purchase Payments. You should also review the prospectuses for the funds and keep all prospectuses for future reference.Neither the SEC nor any state securities commission has approved this contract or determined that this prospectus is accurate orcomplete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.More information about the contract is in the current Statement of Additional Information (SAI), dated the same date as this prospectus. The SAI is incorporated by reference into this prospectus and is legally part of this prospectus. For a free copy of the SAI, write:The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, PO Box 2348, Fort Wayne, IN 46801-2348, or call 1-800-942-5500. The SAI and otherinformation about Lincoln Life and the VAA are also available on the SEC’s website (http://www.sec.gov). There is a table of contentsfor the SAI on the last page of this prospectus.2
Table of ContentsItemSpecial TermsExpense TablesSummary of Common QuestionsThe Lincoln National Life Insurance CompanyVariable Annuity Account (VAA)Investments of the Variable Annuity AccountCharges and Other DeductionsThe ContractsContracts Offered in this ProspectusPurchase PaymentsPersistency CreditsTransfers On or Before the Annuity Commencement DateSurrenders and WithdrawalsDeath BenefitInvestment RequirementsLiving Benefit RidersLincoln Lifetime IncomeSM Advantage 2.0 (Managed Risk) Lincoln Market Select AdvantageLincoln Max 6 SelectSM Advantage 4LATER Select Advantage i4LIFE Advantage Guaranteed Income Benefit with i4LIFE AdvantageLincoln Long-Term CareSM AdvantageAnnuity PayoutsFixed Side of the ContractDistribution of the ContractsFederal Tax MattersAdditional InformationVoting RightsReturn PrivilegeState RegulationRecords and ReportsCyber SecurityLegal ProceedingsContents of the Statement of Additional Information (SAI) for Lincoln National Variable Annuity Account HAppendix A — Condensed Financial Information Appendix B —Charges for Lincoln Market Select Advantage RiderAppendix C — Discontinued Living Benefit RidersAppendix D — Guaranteed Annual Income Rates for Previous Rider ElectionsAppendix E — Guaranteed Income Benefit Percentages for Previous Rider -1D-1E-13
Special TermsIn this prospectus, the following terms have the indicated meanings:5% Enhancement—A feature under certain Living Benefit Riders in which the Income Base, minus Purchase Paymentsreceived in the preceding Benefit Year, will be increased by 5%,subject to certain conditions.6% Enhancement—A feature under Lincoln Max 6 SelectSMAdvantage in which an enhancement amount, equal to 6% ofthe Enhancement Base minus Purchase Payments received inthe preceding Benefit Year, will be added to the Income Base,subject to certain conditions. Access Period—Under i4LIFE Advantage, a defined period oftime during which we make Regular Income Payments to youwhile you still have access to your Account Value. This meansthat you may make withdrawals, surrender the contract, andhave a Death Benefit.Account or Variable Annuity Account (VAA)—The segregatedinvestment account, Account H, into which we set aside andinvest the assets for the variable side of the contract offered inthis prospectus. Account Value—Under i4LIFE Advantage, the initial Account Value is the Contract Value on the Valuation Date that i4LIFE Advantage is effective (or initial Purchase Payment if i4LIFEAdvantage is purchased at contract issue), less any applicablepremium taxes. During the Access Period, the Account Value ona Valuation Date equals the total value of all of theContractowner’s Accumulation Units plus the Contractowner’svalue in the fixed account, reduced by Regular Income Payments, Guaranteed Income Benefit payments and withdrawals.Accumulation Unit—A measure used to calculate ContractValue for the variable side of the contract before theAnnuity Commencement Date and to calculate the i4LIFE AdvantageAccount Value during the Access Period.Annuitant—The person upon whose life the annuity benefitpayments are based, and upon whose death a Death Benefitmay be paid.Annuity Commencement Date—The Valuation Date whenfunds are withdrawn or converted into Annuity Units or fixeddollar payout for payment of retirement income benefits underthe Annuity Payout option you select (other than i4LIFEAdvantage).Annuity Payout—A regularly scheduled payment (under any ofthe available annuity options) that occurs after the AnnuityCommencementDate (or Periodic Income Commencement Date if i4LIFE Advantage has been elected). Payments may bevariable or fixed, or a combination of both.Annuity Unit—A measure used to calculate the amount ofAnnuity Payouts for the variable side of the contract after theAnnuity Commencement Date.Automatic Annual Step-up—Under certain Living Benefit Riders, the Income Base and/or Enhancement Base will automati4cally step up to the Contract Value on each Benefit Year anniversary, subject to certain conditions.Beneficiary—The person you choose to receive any Death Benefit paid if you die before the Annuity Commencement Date.Benefit Year—Under certain Living Benefit Riders, the12-month period starting with the effective date of the rider andstarting with each anniversary of the rider effective date after that. Under Lincoln SmartSecurity Advantage, if theContractowner elects a step-up, the Benefit Year will begin onthe effective date of the step-up and each anniversary of thestep-up after that.Contractowner (you, your, owner)—The person who can exercise the rights within the contract (decides on investment allocations, transfers, payout option, designates the Beneficiary,etc.). Usually, but not always, the Contractowner is the Annuitant.Contract Value (may be referred to as Account Value in marketing materials)—At any given time before the Annuity Commencement Date, the total value of all Accumulation Units of acontract plus the value of the fixed side of the contract, if any.Contract Year—Each 12-month period starting with the effective date of the contract and starting with each contract anniversary after that.Death Benefit—Before the Annuity Commencement Date, theamount payable to your designated Beneficiary if theContractowner dies. As an alternative, the Contractowner mayreceive a Death Benefit on the death of the Annuitant prior tothe Annuity Commencement Date.Earnings—The excess of Contract Value over Persistency Credits and Purchase Payments which have not yet been withdrawnfrom the contract.Enhancement Base—Under Lincoln Max 6 SelectSM Advantage,a value used to calculate the amount added to the Income Basewhen a 6% Enhancement occurs. The amount of the Enhancement Base is equal to your initial Purchase Payment, and isadjusted as set forth in this prospectus.Enhancement Period—Under certain Living Benefit Riders, the10-year period during which the 5% Enhancement or 6%Enhancement is in effect. A new Enhancement Period maybegin each time an Automatic Annual Step-up to the ContractValue occurs, depending on which Living Benefit Rider youhave elected, and subject to certain conditions.Excess Withdrawals—Amounts withdrawn during a BenefitYear, as specified for each Living Benefit Rider, which decreaseor eliminate the guarantees under the rider.Good Order—The actual receipt at our Home Office of therequested transaction in writing or by other means we accept,along with all information and supporting legal documentation
necessary to effect the transaction. The forms we provide willidentify the necessary documentation. We may, in our sole discretion, determine whether any particular transaction request isin Good Order, and we reserve the right to change or waive anyGood Order requirements at any time.Nursing Home Enhancement—A feature that will increase theGuaranteed Annual Income amount under Lincoln LifetimeIncomeSM Advantage 2.0 (Managed Risk) and Lincoln LifetimeIncomeSM Advantage 2.0 upon admittance to an approved nursing care facility, subject to certain conditions.Guaranteed Amount—The value used to calculateyour with drawal benefit under Lincoln SmartSecurity Advantage.Periodic Income CommencementDate—The Valuation Date on which the amount of i4LIFE Advantage Regular IncomePayments are determined.Guaranteed Amount Annuity Payment Option—A fixedAnnuity Payout option available under Lincoln SmartSecurity Advantage under which the Contractowner (and spouse if applicable)will receive annual annuity payments equal to the MaximumAnnual Withdrawal amount for life.Guaranteed Annual Income—The guaranteed periodic withdrawal amount available from the contract each Benefit Year forlife under certain Living Benefit Riders.Persistency Credit—If you select the Signature 2 contract, theadditional amount credited to the contract after a specified contract anniversary.Purchase Payments—Amounts paid into the contract otherthan Persistency Credits.Guaranteed Annual Income Amount Annuity PayoutOption—A payout option available under certain Living BenefitRiders in which the Contractowner (and spouse if applicable)will receive annual annuity payments equal to the GuaranteedAnnual Income amount for life.Rate Sheet—A prospectus supplement, that will be filed periodically, where we declare the current GuaranteedAnnual Income rates under Lincoln Market Select Advantage(for riders purchased on and after August 29, 2016 (October 3, 2016for existing Contractowners)), Lincoln Max 6 SelectSM Advantage, andthe Guaranteed Income Benefit percentages under i4LIFE Advantage Select Guaranteed Income Benefit.Guaranteed Period—The period during which Contract Value ina fixed account will be credited a guaranteed interest rate.Regular Income Payments—Thevariable, periodic income payments paid under i4LIFE Advantage.Income Base—Under certain Living Benefit Riders, a valueused to calculate either the Guaranteed Annual Income amountor the minimum payouts under your contract at a later date.The amount of the Income Base may vary based on when youelect the rider, and is adjusted as set forth in this prospectus.Secondary Life—Under certain Living Benefit Riders, the person designated by the Contractowner upon whose life the annuity payments will also be contingent.Interest Adjustment—An upward or downward adjustment onthe amount of Contract Value in the fixed account upon a transfer, withdrawal or surrender of Contract Value from the fixedaccount due to fluctuations in interest rates.Investment Requirements—Restrictions in how you may allocate your Subaccount investments if you own certain LivingBenefit Riders. Lifetime Income Period—Under i4LIFE Advantage, the periodof time following the Access Period during which we makeRegular Income Payments to you for the rest of your life (andSecondary Life, if applicable). During the Lifetime IncomePeriod, you will no longer have access to your Account Value orreceive a Death Benefit.Lincoln Life (we, us, our, Company)—The Lincoln National LifeInsurance Company.Living Benefit Rider—A general reference to optional ridersthat provide some type of a minimum guarantee while you arealive. If you select a Living Benefit Rider, Excess Withdrawalsmay have adverse effects on the benefit, and you may be subject to Investment Requirements.Maximum Annual Withdrawal—The guaranteedperiodic with drawal available under Lincoln SmartSecurity Advantage.Selling Group Individuals—A Contractowner who meets one ofthe following criteria at the time of the contract purchase andwho purchases the contract without the assistance of a registered representative under contract with us: Employees and registered representatives of any memberof the selling group (broker-dealers who have sellingagreements with us for the products described in this prospectus) and their spouses and minor children. Officers, directors, trustees or bona-fide full-time employees and their spouses and minor children of AmericanFunds Distributors Inc., Lincoln Financial Group or any ofthe investment advisers of the fu
American Legacy Signature variable annuity American Legacy is a suite of variable annuities issued by The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company with investment management from American Funds and Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust. May 1, 2017 Product Prospectus This document and many others can be read online by signing up for eDelivery!File Size: 792KB
