SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report: August 1, 2003
(Date of earliest event reported)
PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware (1-16725 42-1520346
(State or other jurisdiction Commission file number) (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) Identification Number)
711 High Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50392
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
(515) 247-5111
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ITEM 9. REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE
Principal Financial Group, Inc. maintains an investor relations website at
www.principal.com/investor. From time to time, we post information on our
website that is of interest to our investors. We believe our website is an
efficient way to communicate with our investors.
Investors have expressed interest in information regarding declines in the
credit quality of securities and other financial instruments owned by financial
services companies. This Form 8-K provides formal notice that investors may
access information concerning our exposure to troubled credits by reviewing the
Annual Statement that Principal Life Insurance Company files with the Iowa
Division of Insurance as well as other state insurance departments, particularly
Schedule D to the Annual Statement and quarterly updates to Schedule D. Schedule
D provides detail about Principal Life Insurance Company's investment portfolio.
These files can be viewed by accessing the investor relations website
(WWW.PRINCIPAL.COM/INVESTOR) and selecting "Supplementary Financial Information"
or by using the link: http://www.principal.com/investor/statutory.htm.
If our exposure to a particular troubled credit appears to us to be of special
interest to investors, we may post to our website a summary of the information
that can be found in Principal Life's Annual Statement, Schedule D and quarterly
updates to Schedule D in an effort to make the information in those documents
more easily understood by investors.
Posting of information in accordance with these procedures does not constitute
our determination that the information is material. In addition, the continued
posting or archiving of the information on our website is not a representation
that such information continues to be accurate or complete.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
By: /s/ Thomas J. Graf
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Name: Thomas J. Graf
Title: Senior Vice President - Investor Relations
Date: August 1, 2003
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