Principal Financial (PFG)

=== SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership === Document Type: 4 Period of Report: 2025-12-19 10b5-1 Pre-arranged Plan: Yes --- Issuer --- Name: PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC (PFG) CIK: 0001126328 --- Reporting Owner --- Name: STRABLE-SOETHOUT DEANNA D CIK: 0001278726 Role: Officer (President and CEO) --- Non-Derivative Transactions --- [Transaction #1] Security: Common Stock Date: 2025-12-19 | Code: A (Grant or award) Shares: +500 | Price: $37.38 Total Value: $18,690.00 Shares Owned After: 153,450 | Ownership: D (Direct) [Transaction #2] Security: Common Stock Date: 2025-12-19 | Code: D (Sale to issuer) Shares: -500 | Price: $90.00 Total Value: $45,000.00 Shares Owned After: 152,950 | Ownership: D (Direct) Footnotes: [F1] This transaction was executed pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on February 28, 2024. --- Derivative Transactions --- [Transaction #1] Security: Common Stock Date: 2025-12-19 | Code: M (Exercise of derivative) Shares: -500 | Price: $37.38 Exercisable: N/A | Expires: 2026-02-22 Shares Owned After: 13,792 | Ownership: D (Direct) --- Holdings --- [Holding #1] Security: Common Stock Ownership: I (Indirect) --- Footnotes (Complete Index) --- F1: This transaction was executed pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on February 28, 2024. --- Signature --- /s/ Chris Agbe-Davies as Attorney-in-Fact (2025-12-23)