Principal Financial (PFG)

=== SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership === Document Type: 4 Period of Report: 2026-02-23 10b5-1 Pre-arranged Plan: No --- Issuer --- Name: PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC (PFG) CIK: 0001126328 --- Reporting Owner --- Name: LITTLEFIELD CHRISTOPHER J CIK: 0001180573 Role: Officer (President - RIS) --- Non-Derivative Transactions --- [Transaction #1] Security: Common Stock Date: 2026-02-23 | Code: A (Grant or award) Shares: +7,975 | Price: $0.00 Shares Owned After: 69,537 | Ownership: D (Direct) Footnotes: [F1] Grant of restricted stock units. [F2] Includes 2957 shares acquired pursuant to the Principal Financial Group, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan. [Transaction #2] Security: Common Stock Date: 2026-02-23 | Code: A (Grant or award) Shares: +9,375 | Price: $0.00 Shares Owned After: 78,912 | Ownership: D (Direct) Footnotes: [F3] Settlement of performance-based restricted stock units granted 2/27/2023. [F2] Includes 2957 shares acquired pursuant to the Principal Financial Group, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan. --- Holdings --- [Holding #1] Security: Common Stock Ownership: I (Indirect) Footnotes: [F4] Held in revocable trust. --- Footnotes (Complete Index) --- F1: Grant of restricted stock units. F2: Includes 2957 shares acquired pursuant to the Principal Financial Group, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan. F3: Settlement of performance-based restricted stock units granted 2/27/2023. F4: Held in revocable trust. --- Signature --- /s/ Chris Agbe-Davies as Attorney-in-Fact (2026-02-25)