---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-064476"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PFG"
cik: "0001126328"
company_name: "PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-20T20:00:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T21:52:46.375887+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Principal Financial Group shareholders elect directors, approve compensation and stock plan

## Summary
- Elected Class I directors: Auerbach, Beams, Carter-Miller, Mills, Muruzabal (each >131M votes for).
- Advisory vote to approve executive compensation passed: 143.99M for, 4.65M against.
- Ratified appointment of independent registered public accountants: 152.48M for, 10.21M against.
- Approved 2026 Stock Incentive Plan: 145.77M for, 3.12M against, 13.65M broker non-votes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-064476
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PFG
- cik: 0001126328
- company_name: PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-20T20:00:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126328/000110465926064476/0001104659-26-064476-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126328/000110465926064476/tm2615128d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC shareholders approved Election of Class I director nominees at the 2026-05-19 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-19
  source text: Election of Class I director nominees. The shareholders elected as Class I directors, each to serve for a three-year term that expires at the annual shareholders meeting to be held in 2029, with Ms. Beams standing for reelection with the Class II directors at the 2027 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to maintain as nearly as equal as possible distribution of directors across classes, as described in the Company's 2026 Proxy Statement. VOTES FOR VOTES AGAINST ABSTAINED BROKER NON-VOTES Jonathan S. Auerbach 147,522,363 1,320,440 445,762 13,652,890 Mary E. “Maliz” Beams 147,350,149 1,520,839 417,577 13,652,890 Jocelyn Carter-Miller 131,550,124 17,197,659 540,782 13,652,890 Scott M. Mills 145,397,523 3,381,841 509,200 13,652,890 Claudio N. Muruzabal 145,874,024 2,893,833 520,707 13,652,890
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126328/000110465926064476/0001104659-26-064476-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC shareholders approved Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation at the 2026-05-19 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-19
  source text: (2) Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126328/000110465926064476/0001104659-26-064476-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accountants at the 2026-05-19 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-19
  source text: (3) Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accountants 152,476,036 10,211,189 254,229 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126328/000110465926064476/0001104659-26-064476-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC shareholders approved Approval of the Principal Financial Group, Inc. 2026 Stock Incentive Plan at the 2026-05-19 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-19
  source text: (4) Approval of the Principal Financial Group, Inc. 2026 Stock Incentive Plan 145,770,467 3,118,949 399,148 13,652,890
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126328/000110465926064476/0001104659-26-064476-index.htm

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