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: STRABLE-SOETHOUT DEANNA D CIK: 0001278726 Role: Officer (Chair, President and CEO) --- Non-Derivative Transactions --- [Transaction #1] Security: Common Stock Date: 2026-02-23 | Code: A (Grant or award) Shares: +27,511 | Price: $0.00 Shares Owned After: 164,339 | Ownership: D (Direct) Footnotes: [F1] Grant of restricted stock units. [Transaction #2] Security: Common Stock Date: 2026-02-23 | Code: A (Grant or award) Shares: +13,557 | Price: $0.00 Shares Owned After: 177,896 | Ownership: D (Direct) Footnotes: [F2] Settlement of performance-based restricted stock units granted 02/27/2023. --- Holdings --- [Holding #1] Security: Common Stock Ownership: I (Indirect) --- Footnotes (Complete Index) --- F1: Grant of restricted stock units. F2: Settlement of performance-based restricted stock units granted 02/27/2023. --- Signature --- /s/ Chris Agbe-Davies as Attorney-in-Fact (2026-02-25)