10-Q
20091104 19.97 MB 125
<span id="a09-27109_1ex32d1.htm"></span> <html lang="en-US"> <head> </head> <body lang="EN-US"> <div> <p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;32.1</font></b></p> <h3 align="center" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></h3> <h3 align="center" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Certification Pursuant to Section&nbsp;1350 of Chapter 63<br> of Title 18 of the United States Code</font></b></h3> <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">I, Larry D. Zimpleman, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Principal Financial Group,&nbsp;Inc., certify that (i)&nbsp;the Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended September&nbsp;30, 2009, fully complies with the requirements of Section&nbsp;13(a)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and (ii)&nbsp;the information contained in the Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended September&nbsp;30, 2009, fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Principal Financial Group,&nbsp;Inc.</font></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;"> <tr> <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.58%;"> <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p> </td> <td width="49%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:49.42%;"> <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Larry D. Zimpleman</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.58%;"> <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p> </td> <td width="49%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:49.42%;"> <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Larry D. Zimpleman</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.58%;"> <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p> </td> <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:49.42%;"> <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.58%;"> <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p> </td> <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:49.42%;"> <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date: November&nbsp;4, 2009</font></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p> <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1</font></p> <div style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><hr size="3" width="100%" noshade color="#010101" align="left"></div> </div> <!-- SEQ.=1,FOLIO='1',FILE='C:\JMS\105924\09-27109-1\task3775208\27109-1-me.htm',USER='105924',CD='Oct 30 16:56 2009' --> </body> </html>