10-Q 20190731 56.54 MB 157 <span id="pfg-20190630ex321c5fd3d.htm"></span><!--HTML document created with Toppan Merrill Bridge 9.3.0.107--> <!--Created on: 7/31/2019 11:03:17 AM--> <html lang="en-US"> <head> <title>Form 10-Q filed by on 2019-07-31</title> </head> <body><div style="margin-left:5.88235294117647%;margin-right:5.88235294117647%;"></div><div style="margin-left:5.88235294117647%;margin-right:5.88235294117647%;"> <p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;text-align:right;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;"> <font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit&nbsp;32.1</font> </p> <p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;"> <font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-weight:bold;">Certification Pursuant to Section&nbsp;1350 of Chapter&nbsp;63</font> </p> <p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;"> <font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-weight:bold;">of Title 18 of the United States Code</font> </p> <p style="margin:0pt;text-indent:36pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;"> <font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">I, Daniel J. Houston, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Principal Financial Group,&nbsp;Inc., certify that (i)&nbsp;the Form&nbsp;10&#8209;Q for the period ended June 30, 2019, 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&#8209;Q for the period ended June 30, 2019, fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Principal Financial Group,&nbsp;Inc.</font> </p> <p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;"> <font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font> </p> <div style="width:100%;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" style="border-collapse:collapse;width: 100.00%;"> <tr> <td valign="top" style="width:50.00%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:1.00pt;padding:0pt;"> <p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;height:1.00pt;overflow:hidden;font-size:0pt;"> <font style="display:inline;font-size:1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p> </td> <td valign="top" style="width:50.00%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:1.00pt;padding:0pt;"> <p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;height:1.00pt;overflow:hidden;font-size:0pt;"> <font style="display:inline;font-size:1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="width:50.00%;padding:0pt;"> <p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;"> <font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font></p> </td> <td valign="top" style="width:50.00%;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;padding:0pt;"> <p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;"> <font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">/s/ Daniel J. Houston</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="width:50.00%;padding:0pt;"> <p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;"> <font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font></p> </td> <td valign="top" style="width:50.00%;padding:0pt;"> <p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;"> <font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Daniel J. Houston</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="width:50.00%;padding:0pt;"> <p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;"> <font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font></p> </td> <td valign="top" style="width:50.00%;padding:0pt;"> <p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;"> <font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="width:50.00%;padding:0pt;"> <p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;"> <font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font></p> </td> <td valign="top" style="width:50.00%;padding:0pt;"> <p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;"> <font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Date: July 31, 2019</font></p> </td> </tr> </table></div> <p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;"> <font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font> </p></div><div style="margin-left:5.88235294117647%;margin-right:5.88235294117647%;"> <p><font size="1"> </font></p></div><div style="margin-left: 5.88%; margin-right: 5.88%; page-break-after: avoid"><div style="background-color:#000000;clear:both;height:2pt;border:0;margin:30pt 0pt 30pt 0pt;"></div></div> </body> </html>