Company Profile for the Principal Financial Group

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    --(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Principal Financial Group(R) (The Principal(R)) is a leader in offering businesses, individuals and institutional clients a wide range of financial products and services, including retirement and investment services, life and health insurance and banking through its diverse family of financial services companies. A member of the Fortune 500, the Principal Financial Group has $168.7 billion in assets under management and serves some 14.9 million customers worldwide from offices in Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America and the United States. Principal Financial Group, Inc. is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol PFG. For more information, visit www.principal.com.

Company: The Principal Financial Group

Headquarters Address: 711 High Street Des Moines, Iowa 50392

Main Telephone: 800/986-3343

Website: www.principal.com

Ticker: PFG(NYSE)

Type of Organization: Public

Industry: Professional Services: Finance

Key Executives: Chairman, President & CEO: J. Barry Griswell President- Insurance and Financial Serv.: John Aschenbrenner Presient- Retirement & Investor Serv.: Larry Zimpleman Public Relations Contact: Megan Tehel Phone: 515.246.4907 Email: tehel.megan@principal.com

Investor Relations Contact: Tom Graf Phone: 515-248-0005 Email: investor-relations@principal.com

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KEYWORD: IOWA AUSTRALIA INTERNATIONAL EUROPE ASIA PACIFIC INDUSTRY KEYWORD: INSURANCE BANKING SOURCE: The Principal Financial Group

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