STRABLE-SOETHOUT DEANNA D 4

What Happened
Deanna Strable-Soethout, President and CEO of Principal Financial Group, sold 9,300 shares in an open-market transaction on January 29, 2026. The filing reports a weighted-average price of $95.12 per share for total proceeds of approximately $884,616. This was a sale (disposition), which is often routine for executives and does not by itself indicate a change in company outlook.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-01-29; Form 4 filed: 2026-01-30 (timely filing).
• Reported weighted-average price: $95.12 per share; reported proceeds ≈ $884,616.
• Price range: shares were sold at prices from $95.00 to $95.34 (per footnote). The $95.12 is a weighted average.
• Shares sold: 9,300 (transaction code S — sale/disposition).
• Shares owned after transaction: Not reported in the information provided in this summary.
• Footnotes: Transaction executed pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted Feb 28, 2024; filer will provide a breakdown of the number of shares sold at each price upon request.

Context
A 10b5-1 trading plan indicates the sales were pre-arranged under an approved plan, which is commonly used by insiders to sell shares on a scheduled basis and helps demonstrate the trade was not based on nonpublic information. Sales are generally less informative than purchases about insider sentiment; this filing documents the execution of a pre-planned sale rather than a new acquisition.