PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC — Director's Dealing 2018

Oct 2, 2018

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC (PFG)
CIK: 0001126328
Period of Report: 2018-09-28

Reporting Person: DAN MICHAEL T (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2018-09-28	Common Stock	A	206	—	Acquired	27990	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2018-09-28	Phantom Stock Units	$	A	73.7	Acquired		Common Stock (73.7)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Grant of restricted stock units.

F2: The units convert to common stock on a one-for-one basis.

F3: The reported phantom stock units were acquired pursuant to the Principal Select Savings Excess Plan and may be transferred at any time into another investment alternative under the Plan. Interests under the Plan will be settled upon the reporting person's retirement or other termination of service.