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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-20-088889
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		4
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200731
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200731
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20200731

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001126328
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ACCIDENT & HEALTH INSURANCE [6321]
		IRS NUMBER:				421520346
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-240241
		FILM NUMBER:		201064999

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		711 HIGH STREET
		CITY:			DES MOINES
		STATE:			IA
		ZIP:			50392
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5152475111

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		711 HIGH STREET
		CITY:			DES MOINES
		STATE:			IA
		ZIP:			50392
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">As filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on July&nbsp;31, 2020</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right">Registration No.&nbsp;333-____</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM&nbsp;S-8</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNDER</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP,&nbsp;INC.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in
its charter)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding: 1.75pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 50%"><B>DELAWARE</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 1.75pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 50%"><B>42-1520346</B></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 1.75pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or <BR>
organization)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 1.75pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>711 High Street</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Des Moines,&nbsp;Iowa 50392</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Address of principal executive offices,
including zip code)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP,&nbsp;INC.
2020 DIRECTORS STOCK PLAN</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Full title of the plan)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Christopher J. Littlefield,&nbsp;Esq.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Executive Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Principal Financial Group,&nbsp;Inc.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>711 High Street</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Des Moines,&nbsp;Iowa 50392</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(515) 247-5111</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Name, address and telephone number of agent
for service)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See definitions
of &ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;smaller reporting company,&rdquo; and &ldquo;emerging
growth company&rdquo; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act (Check one):</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 15%; padding: 1.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#120;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings"></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 1.75pt; width: 10%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 1.75pt; width: 30%">Accelerated filer</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 1.75pt; width: 15%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings"></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 1.75pt 1.75pt 1.75pt 0.25in">Non-accelerated filer</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 1.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings"></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 1.75pt">Smaller reporting company</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 1.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings"></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 1.75pt 1.75pt 1.75pt 0.25in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 1.75pt">Emerging growth company</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 1.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings"></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the
registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards
provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B)&nbsp;of the Securities Act. <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></P>

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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Title of securities<BR>
 to be registered</B></P></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Amount to be<BR>
 registered</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-top: #00000A 1pt solid; border-right: #00000A 1pt solid; border-bottom: #00000A 1pt solid; padding: 1.9pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><B>Proposed <BR>
maximum offering<BR>
 price per share(1)</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-top: #00000A 1pt solid; border-right: #00000A 1pt solid; border-bottom: #00000A 1pt solid; padding: 1.9pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><B>Proposed<BR>
 maximum <BR>
aggregate offering<BR>
 price(1)</B></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-top: #00000A 1pt solid; border-right: #00000A 1pt solid; border-bottom: #00000A 1pt solid; padding: 1.9pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Amount of <BR>
registration fee</B></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-right: #00000A 1pt solid; border-bottom: #00000A 1pt solid; border-left: #00000A 1pt solid; padding: 1.9pt; font-size: 10pt">Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-right: #00000A 1pt solid; border-bottom: #00000A 1pt solid; padding: 1.9pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">214,975(2)(3)</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-right: #00000A 1pt solid; border-bottom: #00000A 1pt solid; padding: 1.9pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">$44.30</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-right: #00000A 1pt solid; border-bottom: #00000A 1pt solid; padding: 1.9pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">$9,523,393</P></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-right: #00000A 1pt solid; border-bottom: #00000A 1pt solid; padding: 1.9pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">$1,236.14</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="5" STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: top">
        <P STYLE="text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-left-width: 0in; border-left-color: Black">(1)</P></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="5" STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(c)&nbsp;and Rule&nbsp;457(h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;), based upon the average of the high and low sales prices of the shares of common stock of Principal Financial Group,&nbsp;Inc. (the &ldquo;Registrant&rdquo;) as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on July&nbsp;27, 2020.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: top"></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="5" STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: top">
        <P STYLE="text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-left-width: 0in; border-left-color: Black">(2)</P></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="5" STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt">In addition, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a)&nbsp;under the Securities Act, this Registration Statement includes an indeterminate number of additional shares as may be issuable as a result of a stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the outstanding common shares of the Registrant.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: top"></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="5" STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-left-width: 0in; border-left-color: Black">(3)</P></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="5" STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt">The total number of shares authorized for issuance under the Principal Financial Group,&nbsp;Inc. 2020 Directors Stock Plan (the &ldquo;2020 Director Plan&rdquo;) includes 160,000 new shares authorized under the 2020 Director Plan and 54,975 shares that remained available for grant under the Principal Financial Group,&nbsp;Inc. 2014 Directors Stock Plan (the &ldquo;2014 Director Plan&rdquo;).</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 18%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">This Registration Statement is being filed
for the purposes of registering 214,975 shares of common stock authorized for issuance pursuant to the 2020 Director Plan which
was approved by the Registrant&rsquo;s shareholders at the annual meeting of shareholders held on May&nbsp;19, 2020. The number
of shares of common stock being registered includes 160,000 new shares authorized for issuance under the 2020 Director Plan and
54,975 shares that remained available for grant under the 2014 Director Plan.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">In addition, shares subject to awards under
the Principal Financial Group Inc. Directors Stock Plan or the 2014 Director Plan that lapse, are forfeited or cancelled or are
settled without the issuance of shares of common stock will also become available for awards under the 2020 Director Plan. Such
shares may be registered for issuance under the 2020 Director Plan pursuant to subsequent registration statements or post-effective
amendments to registration statements.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PART&nbsp;I</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION&nbsp;10(a)&nbsp;PROSPECTUS</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">As permitted by Part&nbsp;I of Form&nbsp;S-8,
this Registration Statement omits the information specified in Part&nbsp;I. The documents containing the information specified
in Part&nbsp;I will be delivered to the participants in the plans covered by this Registration Statement, as required by Rule&nbsp;428(b)&nbsp;under
the Securities Act. Such documents are not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;Commission&rdquo;)
as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 under the Securities
Act.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PART&nbsp;II</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The following documents are incorporated by reference:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">(a)</TD><TD>The Registrant&rsquo;s <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1126328/000110465920021174/pfg-20191231x10k0da4e5.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2019 (filed February&nbsp;14, 2020)</A>
(the &ldquo;2019 Annual Report&rdquo;), which incorporates by reference certain portions of the Registrant&rsquo;s <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126328/000104746920002116/a2241086zdef14a.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">definitive proxy statement for the Registrant&rsquo;s 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders filed on April&nbsp;6, 2020</A>, incorporated by reference
in the 2019 Annual Report;</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">(b)</TD><TD>The Registrant&rsquo;s Quarterly Reports on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarters ended <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1126328/000110465920053218/pfg-20200331x10q.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">March&nbsp;31, 2020 (filed April&nbsp;29, 2020)</A> and <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1126328/000110465920087765/pfg-20200630x10q.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">June&nbsp;30, 2020 (filed July&nbsp;29, 2020)</A>;</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">(c)</TD><TD>The Registrant&rsquo;s Current Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K dated <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1126328/000110465920064661/tm2020615-1_8k.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">May&nbsp;19, 2020 (filed May&nbsp;21, 2020)</A>, <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1126328/000110465920068090/tm2021417-1_8k.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">May&nbsp;26, 2020 (filed June&nbsp;1, 2020)</A> and <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1126328/000110465920072745/tm2021713-6_8k.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">June&nbsp;9, 2020 (filed June&nbsp;12, 2020)</A>; and</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left">(d)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">The description of the Registrant&rsquo;s common stock,
par value $0.01 per share (the &ldquo;Common Stock&rdquo;), included in <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126328/000110465920021174/ex-4d5.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Exhibit&nbsp;4.5 to the 2019 Annual Report</A>, and all amendments
and reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.</TD>
</TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.675in">In addition, all documents subsequently
filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the &ldquo;Exchange Act&rdquo;), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing such documents.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Any statement contained in a document incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein (or in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein) modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded
shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in
this Registration Statement shall be deemed to incorporate any information from Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any Form&nbsp;8-K, or
that is otherwise furnished under applicable Commission rules&nbsp;rather than filed, or any exhibits to the extent furnished in
connection with such items.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 4. Description of Securities</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Not applicable (the Registrant&rsquo;s Common
Stock is registered under Section&nbsp;12 of the Exchange Act).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Not Applicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">The
Registrant&rsquo;s amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that its directors will not be liable to the Registrant
or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent that this limitation
on or exemption from liability is not permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and any amendments to that
law. The Registrant&rsquo;s amended and restated by-laws also provide indemnification for its directors and officers. The Registrant
is required to indemnify its directors and officers for all judgments, fines, settlements, legal fees and other expenses incurred
in connection with pending, threatened or completed legal proceedings because of the director&rsquo;s or officer&rsquo;s position
with the Registrant or another entity that the director or officer serves at the Registrant&rsquo;s request, subject to various
conditions, and to advance funds to its directors and officers to enable them to defend against such proceedings. To receive indemnification,
the director or officer must have been successful in the legal proceeding or have acted in good faith and in what was reasonably
believed to be a lawful manner in the best interest of the Registrant.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Not applicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 8. Exhibits</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1in; font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-bottom: 1pt"><U>Exhibit</U></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-bottom: 1pt"><U>Description of Exhibit</U></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-bottom: 1pt"><U>No.</U></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
</TABLE>


<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1in"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126328/000095012305007465/y09799exv3w1.txt" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">4.1</A></TD><TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126328/000095012305007465/y09799exv3w1.txt" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Principal Financial Group,&nbsp;Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1
to the Registrant&rsquo;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;17, 2005 (File No.&nbsp;001-16725)).</A></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1in"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126328/000112632818000114/ex99-principalamendedresta.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">4.2</A></TD><TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126328/000112632818000114/ex99-principalamendedresta.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Amended and Restated By-Laws of Principal Financial Group,&nbsp;Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the
Registrant&rsquo;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;2, 2018 (File No.&nbsp;001-16725)).</A></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1in"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126328/000095012401502507/c61785a1ex4-1.txt" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">4.3</A></TD><TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126328/000095012401502507/c61785a1ex4-1.txt" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Form&nbsp;of Certificate for the Common Stock of Principal Financial Group,&nbsp;Inc., par value $0.01 per share (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1, as amended, filed with the
Commission on August&nbsp;2, 2001 (No.&nbsp;333-62558)).</A></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1in"><A HREF="tm2026170d2_ex5-1.htm">5*</A></TD><TD><A HREF="tm2026170d2_ex5-1.htm">Opinion of Christopher J. Littlefield,&nbsp;Esq.</A></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1in"><A HREF="tm2026170d2_ex23-1.htm">23.1*</A></TD><TD><A HREF="tm2026170d2_ex23-1.htm">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</A></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1in"><A HREF="tm2026170d2_ex5-1.htm">23.2</A></TD><TD><A HREF="tm2026170d2_ex5-1.htm">Consent of Christopher J. Littlefield,&nbsp;Esq. (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5).</A></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1in"><A HREF="tm2026170d2_ex24-1.htm">24*</A></TD><TD><A HREF="tm2026170d2_ex24-1.htm">Powers of Attorney.</A></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1in"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126328/000104746920002116/a2241086zdef14a.htm#ei41801_appendix_a" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">99.1</A></TD><TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126328/000104746920002116/a2241086zdef14a.htm#ei41801_appendix_a" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Principal Financial Group,&nbsp;Inc. 2020 Directors Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Registrant&rsquo;s
Proxy Statement filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;6, 2020 (No.&nbsp;333-62558)).</A></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">*Filed herewith</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 9. Undertakings</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby
undertakes:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which
offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required
by section 10(a)(3)&nbsp;of the Securities Act;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any
facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering
range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;if, in the aggregate,
the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
&ldquo;Calculation of Registration Fee&rdquo; table in the effective registration statement; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information
with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in the Registration Statement;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><I>provided, however,</I> that paragraphs (a)(1)(i)&nbsp;and
(a)(1)(ii)&nbsp;of this section do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to section 13 or section
15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining
any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide
offering thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by
means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby
undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report
pursuant to section 13(a)&nbsp;or section 15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan&rsquo;s annual report pursuant to section 15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for
liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that
a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by
a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction
the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom-width: 0in; border-bottom-color: Black"><B>Signatures</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing
on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Des Moines, State of Iowa on July&nbsp;31, 2020.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP,&nbsp;INC.</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 3%">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 47%"> /s/ Daniel J. Houston</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Daniel J. Houston</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
</TABLE>


<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and
on the date indicated.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Dated: July&nbsp;31, 2020</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%; font-size: 10pt">By</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 46%; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Daniel J. Houston</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%; font-size: 10pt">By</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 46%; font-size: 10pt">*</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1.5pt; text-indent: -1.5pt">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1.5pt; text-indent: -1.5pt">Daniel J. Houston</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1.5pt; text-indent: -1.5pt">Chairman, President,
        Chief Executive Officer and Director</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Roger C. Hochschild</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Director</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Deanna D. Strable-Soethout</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt">*</TD></TR>
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    <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Deanna D. Strable-Soethout</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Scott M. Mills</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Director</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt">*</TD></TR>
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    <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Jonathan S. Auerbach</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Director</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Diane C. Nordin</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Director</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt">*</TD></TR>
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    <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Jocelyn Carter-Miller</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Director</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Blair C. Pickerell</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Director</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt">*</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Michael T. Dan</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Director</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Clare S. Richer</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Director</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt">*</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Sandra L. Helton</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.75pt">Director</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Elizabeth E. Tallett</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Director</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">* Christopher J. Littlefield, by signing his name hereto, does
hereby sign this document on behalf of each of the above-named directors of the Registrant pursuant to the powers of attorney duly
executed by such persons.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 3%">By</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 46%">/s/ Christopher J. Littlefield</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 49%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Christopher J. Littlefield, Attorney-in-Fact</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="text-align: right; margin: 0">Exhibit&nbsp;5.1</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">July&nbsp;31, 2020</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Principal Financial Group,&nbsp;Inc.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">711 High Street</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Des Moines,&nbsp;Iowa 50392</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Ladies and Gentlemen:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">I serve as General Counsel to Principal Financial Group,&nbsp;Inc.,
a Delaware corporation (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;), and deliver this opinion in connection with the filing by the Company of a
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (the &ldquo;Registration Statement&rdquo;) relating to 214,975 shares of the Company's
common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &ldquo;Common Stock&rdquo;), authorized for issuance pursuant to the Principal Financial
Group,&nbsp;Inc. 2020 Directors Stock Plan (the &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;), which includes 160,000 new shares authorized under the Plan
and 54,975 shares that remained available for grant under the Principal Financial Group,&nbsp;Inc. 2014 Directors Stock Plan.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">I, or other attorneys working under my direction, have examined
the originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to my or said attorneys&rsquo; satisfaction, of the Plan and such other
corporate records, documents, certificates or other instruments as in my or said attorneys&rsquo; judgment are necessary or appropriate
to enable me to render the opinion set forth below.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Based on the foregoing,&nbsp;I am of the opinion that the shares
of Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan have been duly and validly authorized for issuance and, when issued in accordance
with the terms of the Plan, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">My opinion expressed above is limited to the Delaware General
Corporation Law.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">I consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Company's Registration Statement. In giving such consent,&nbsp;I do not admit that I am within the category of persons whose consent
is required under Section&nbsp;7 of the Securities Act of 1933 or the rules&nbsp;and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission thereunder.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Sincerely,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">/s/ Christopher J. Littlefield</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Christopher J. Littlefield</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Executive Vice President,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">General Counsel and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Secretary</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: right; margin: 0">Exhibit&nbsp;23.1</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC
ACCOUNTING FIRM</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement (Form&nbsp;S-8) pertaining to the Principal Financial Group,&nbsp;Inc. 2020 Directors Stock Plan of Principal Financial
Group,&nbsp;Inc. of our reports dated February&nbsp;14, 2020, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedules
of Principal Financial Group,&nbsp;Inc., and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Principal Financial
Group,&nbsp;Inc., included in its Annual Report (Form&nbsp;10-K) for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2019, filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right">/s/ Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Des Moines,&nbsp;Iowa</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">July&nbsp;31, 2020</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: right; margin: 0">Exhibit&nbsp;24.1</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes
and appoints Daniel J. Houston, Deanna D. Strable-Soethout and Christopher J. Littlefield, and each of them, with full power to
act as such person&rsquo;s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to
sign on such person&rsquo;s behalf individually and in each capacity stated below a Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 for
the registration of 214,975 shares of Principal Financial Group,&nbsp;Inc. common stock authorized for issuance under the Principal
Financial Group,&nbsp;Inc. 2020 Directors Stock Plan and a Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 for the registration of 5,000,000
additional shares of Principal Financial Group,&nbsp;Inc. common stock authorized for issuance under the Principal Financial Group,&nbsp;Inc.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan, pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any and all amendments and supplements to
said Registration Statements, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority
to do and perform each and every thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and
purposes as such person could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact or agents may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Dated: July&nbsp;31, 2020</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 3%; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 46%; font-size: 10pt"> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Daniel J. Houston</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 46%; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Roger C. Hochschild</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>


        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1.5pt; text-indent: -1.5pt">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1.5pt; text-indent: -1.5pt">Daniel J. Houston</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1.5pt; text-indent: -1.5pt">Chairman, President, Chief Executive
        Officer and Director</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Roger C. Hochschild</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Director</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt"> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Deanna D. Strable-Soethout</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt"> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Scott M. Mills</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Deanna D. Strable-Soethout</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Scott M. Mills</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Director</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Jonathan S. Auerbach</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt"> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Diane C. Nordin</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Jonathan S. Auerbach</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Director</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Diane C. Nordin</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Director</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Jocelyn Carter-Miller</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Blair C. Pickerell</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Jocelyn Carter-Miller</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Director</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Blair C. Pickerell</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Director</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt"> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Michael T. Dan</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt"> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Clare S. Richer</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Michael T. Dan</P>
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    <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Clare S. Richer</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Director</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt"> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Sandra L. Helton</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt"> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Elizabeth E. Tallett</FONT></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.75pt">Director</P></TD>
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