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&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"&gt;&#160;&lt;/p&gt;




&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"&gt;The Board of Trustees of the Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust
has approved the reorganization (the &#x201c;Reorganization&#x201d;) of the LVIP American Century International Fund (the &#x201c;Target
Fund&#x201d;) with and into the LVIP MFS International Growth Fund (the &#x201c;Acquiring Fund&#x201d;), see table below.&lt;/p&gt;




&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"&gt;&#160;&lt;/p&gt;




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    &lt;td style="width: 49%; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.25pt; padding-left: 5.25pt; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Acquiring Fund and Corresponding Share Class&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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    &lt;td style="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.25pt; padding-left: 5.25pt; font-size: 10pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"&gt;LVIP MFS International Growth Fund &#x2013; Standard Class&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  &lt;/table&gt;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"&gt;As of the Closing Date, this Supplement amends your Prospectus by removing
all references to the Target Fund as an Investment Option under the Contract. As of the Closing Date, the Acquiring Fund will be added
as an Investment Option under your Contract.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;On the Closing Date, the table in the APPENDIX: INVESTMENT OPTIONS
AVAILABLE UNDER THE CONTRACT section is amended to include the following:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;




&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"&gt;&#160;&lt;/p&gt;




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