Principal Financial Group, Inc. filings document financial results, asset management disclosures, governance matters, and capital structure for a Nasdaq-listed financial services company. Recent Form 8-K reports include quarterly and annual earnings releases, dividend announcements, and Regulation FD disclosures of assets under management by Principal Asset Management - Investment Management and Principal Asset Management - International Pension.
Proxy materials describe board oversight, executive compensation, shareholder voting matters, and strategic focus areas in the retirement ecosystem, small and midsized businesses, and global asset management. Other current reports record board and executive leadership changes, while cover disclosures identify PFG common stock as registered on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.
Principal Financial Group President and CEO – PAM, Kamal Bhatia, reported disposing of a total of 6,680 shares of Common Stock in late February and early March. Two dispositions on March 2, 2026 covered 2,299 shares at a weighted average price of $95.99 and 600 shares at $96.95, executed under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. On February 27, 2026, 3,781 shares were disposed of to cover tax obligations through share delivery. After these transactions, Bhatia directly owned 64,515 shares.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC filed a Form 144 notifying the proposed sale of 2,899 Restricted Stock Units in the issuer on 02/27/2026. The filing also discloses prior 10b5-1 sales of 5,570 shares on 02/25/2026 and 2,921 shares on 12/10/2025.
PFG Form 144 filing reports planned and recent insider sales of common stock. The filing lists Restricted Stock Units to be sold totaling 1,616 units with an effective date of 02/27/2026. It also records 10b5-1 transactions: 3,071 shares sold on 02/25/2026 for $290,372.57 and 5,130 shares sold on 12/10/2025 for $462,119.63.
Principal Financial Group executive reports automatic share disposition. EVP and Chief Risk Officer Kenneth A. McCullum disposed of 3,071 shares of Common Stock on February 25, 2026 at a weighted average price of $94.55 per share under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, leaving 43,752 shares directly owned. The transactions occurred in multiple trades between $94.28 and $94.72 per share.
PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC President and CEO - PAM Kamal Bhatia reported a disposition of 5,570 shares of common stock back to the issuer on February 25, 2026. The shares were transferred at a weighted average price of $94.55 per share, leaving him with 71,195 shares held directly.
This transaction was executed under a pre-established Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on May 14, 2025. The filing notes that the shares were executed in multiple trades within a price range from $94.17 to $94.74, and detailed trade-level information is available upon request.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC submitted a Form 144 to sell 3,071 common shares described as Performance Stock Units. The form notes prior 10b5-1 sales of 5,130 common shares on 12/10/2025 for $462,119.63. The proposed sale is recorded under broker details showing New York Plaza, and the securities are listed for Nasdaq disposition.
Kamal Bhatia reported a planned sale of 2,921 common shares under a 10b5-1 arrangement. The Form 144 entry shows a sale date of 12/10/2025 and gross proceeds of $262,982.01. The broker listed is Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC and the filing records 02/25/2026 on NASDAQ.
Principal Financial Group, Inc. has filed a shelf registration on Form S-3 to register an unspecified amount of multiple securities for issuance from time to time after the registration statement becomes effective. The shelf covers debt securities, preferred stock, common stock, depositary shares, warrants, purchase contracts and purchase units.
The prospectus states proceeds uses are for general corporate purposes, and that specific terms for any offering will be provided in prospectus supplements. It also discloses $1,814.6 billion in assets under administration and $781.0 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2025.
Principal Financial Group Chair, President and CEO Deanna D. Strable-Soethout reported equity awards in company stock. On February 23, 2026, she acquired 27,511 shares of common stock at a price of $0.00 per share as a grant of restricted stock units. The same day, she acquired an additional 13,557 shares at $0.00 per share upon settlement of performance-based restricted stock units originally granted on February 27, 2023.
After these acquisitions, her directly held common stock positions reported in this filing were 164,339 shares and 177,896 shares in the respective award lines. The filing also reports 54,227 shares of common stock held indirectly by her spouse.
Principal Financial Group EVP and CFO Joel Pitz reported equity awards of 10,668 shares of common stock on February 23, 2026. These shares were acquired at $0.00 per share through grants and settlement of restricted stock units, increasing his directly held stake to 43,683 shares.
He also reported indirect ownership, including shares held by his spouse and in 401(k) accounts, with reported balances of 2,782, 1,316 and 101 shares, respectively. No open-market purchases or sales were reported in this filing.