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Dan retired at May 16, 2023 annual meeting per mandatory retirement policy (72nd birthday).","Shareholders elected six directors: Auerbach, Beams, Carter-Miller, Mills, Muruzabal, Mitchell; all received >148M votes.","Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 161.4M for (93.3% of votes cast).","Advisory vote on frequency: one year favored with 161.3M votes; company will disclose determination within 150 days.","Ratification of Ernst & Young as independent auditor passed with 174.4M for, 6.0M against."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-063200","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-063200.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-063200.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-063200.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126328/000110465923063200/0001104659-23-063200-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126328/000110465923063200/tm2316381d1_8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-14T17:56:45.724411+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"ae08d7dae8","claim":"Michael T. Dan retired as Director at PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC.","evidence_excerpt":"Michael T. Dan retired from service as a director on the Board of Directors of Principal Financial Group, Inc. 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Auerbach 164,610,342 1,472,555 248,801 14,271,728 Mary E. “Maliz” Beams 164,406,228 1,575,034 350,436 14,271,728 Jocelyn Carter-Miller 148,648,348 17,446,080 237,270 14,271,728 Scott M. Mills 162,880,542 3,186,491 264,665 14,271,728 Claudio N. Muruzabal 163,391,508 2,583,242 356,948 14,271,728 H. Elizabeth Mitchell 164,377,702 1,600,297 353,699 14,271,728","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126328/000110465923063200/0001104659-23-063200-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"director election"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2023-05-16"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"},{"claim_id":"f69839f0515cd2c1bafb140d3c0ce971753b91e4","claim":"PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC shareholders approved Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation at the 2023-05-16 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"(2) Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation 161,362,332 4,534,074 435,292 14,271,728","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126328/000110465923063200/0001104659-23-063200-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"say on pay"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2023-05-16"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). 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