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Des Moines, IA (August 3, 2009) – Principal Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: PFG) today announced net |
income available to common stockholders for the three months ended June 30, 2009, of $150.3 million, or |
$0.52 per diluted share compared to $168.3 million, or $0.64 per diluted share for the three months ended |
June 30, 2008. The company reported operating earnings of $200.5 million for second quarter 2009, |
compared to $254.1 million for second quarter 2008. Operating earnings per diluted share (EPS) for second |
quarter 2009 were $0.69 compared to $0.97 for the same period in 2008.1The decline in operating earnings |
from a year ago primarily reflects lower fee income due to lower equity2and fixed income asset valuations, |
which reduced total company assets under management (AUM) by 16 percent to $257.7 billion as of June 30, |
2009, compared to $308.0 billion as of June 30, 2008. The decline in per share results also reflects the |
company’s common stock offering on May 11, 2009, which increased weighted average shares outstanding |
from 261.2 million for the quarter ending June 30, 2008, to 291.4 million for the quarter ending June 30, |
2009. In addition, negative market performance in 2008 resulted in higher costs for employee pension and |
other post-retirement benefits3in second quarter 2009 than second quarter 2008 of $0.07 on an EPS basis. |
“We view our operating results for second quarter 2009 as solid,” said Larry D. Zimpleman, |
chairman, president and chief executive officer. “We continued to benefit from diversification in our |
businesses and our investment portfolio, and improved equity markets during the second quarter helped drive |
a strong rebound from first quarter 2009 in assets under management, operating earnings and net income.” |
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· | Expense management: management action reduced compensation and other expenses $156 million or |
| 13 percent comparing the six months ended June 30, 2009 to the same period a year ago. |
· | Capital and liquidity management: the company increased its position in highly liquid assets 80 |
| percent from a year ago to $7.5 billion at June 30, 2009. Compared to June 30, 2008, cash and cash |
| equivalent holdings were up 184 percent to $4.3 billion as of June 30, 2009, and government-backed |
| securities were up 18 percent to $3.2 billion. Strong asset/liability matching and liquidity enabled the |
| company to continue scaling back on the Investment Only business, reducing the block by $1.1 billion |
| during the second quarter. |
· | Solid sales: the company’s three key retirement and investment products generated $3.0 billion of sales, |
| on a combined basis in second quarter 2009, despite a difficult sales environment, with $720 million of |
| sales for full service accumulation, $1.9 billion for Principal Funds, and $371 million for individual |
| annuities. |
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Operating revenues for the second quarter decreased 21 percent to $991.3 million, compared to |
$1,255.7 million for the same period in 2008. Excluding lower single premium group annuity (SPGA) sales, |
operating revenues for the segment decreased 17 percent, consistent with the decline in average account |
values. SPGA sales tend to vary from period to period as the product is typically used to fund defined |
benefit plan terminations and therefore generates large premiums from a small number of customers. |
Segment assets under management were $145.3 billion as of June 30, 2009, compared to $173.2 |
billion as of June 30, 2008. |
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Global Asset Management |
Segment operating earnings for second quarter 2009 were $8.2 million, compared to $24.1 million in |
the prior year quarter, reflecting a 19 percent decline in average assets under management, lower net investment |
income, lower fees due to a slowdown in the real estate market and higher costs for employee pension and other |
post-retirement benefits. The impact of these items was partially offset by expense management, including a |
$16.6 million or 25 percent reduction in compensation costs compared to the year ago quarter. |
Operating revenues for second quarter decreased to $103.3 million from $143.7 million for the same |
period in 2008. |
Third party assets under management were $67.3 billion as of June 30, 2009, compared to $88.7 |
billion as of June 30, 2008. |
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International Asset Management and Accumulation |
Segment operating earnings for second quarter 2009 were $29.3 million compared to $31.8 |
million for the same period in 2008. Second quarter 2009 earnings were dampened by unfavorable |
macroeconomic conditions – modest deflation in Chile and weakening of Latin American currencies relative |
to the U.S. dollar. |
Operating revenues were $161.7 million for second quarter 2009, compared to $251.2 million for the |
same period last year primarily due to lower investment yields from inflation-adjusted assets in Latin America. |
Segment assets under management were $28.7 billion as of June 30, 2009, compared to $30.0 |
billion as of June 30, 2008. Had currency rates remained unchanged from 2008, segment assets under |
management would have increased 10 percent over last year. |
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Life and Health Insurance |
Segment operating earnings for second quarter 2009 were $57.7 million, compared to $66.7 |
million for the same period in 2008, with the decline reflecting $9.1 million of higher after-tax costs for |
employee pension and other post-retirement benefits in second quarter 2009 than second quarter 2008. |
Individual Life earnings were $28.3 million compared to $24.0 million in second quarter 2008, reflecting |
lower deferred policy acquisition cost amortization expense resulting from improved equity market |
performance during the quarter. Despite expense efficiencies in both divisions, Health earnings decreased to |
$5.7 million compared to $11.8 million for second quarter 2008, and Specialty Benefits earnings decreased to |
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$23.7 million compared to $30.9 million. Health experienced higher claim costs in second quarter 2009 and |
Specialty Benefits experienced unfavorable dental claims. Both divisions also experienced a reduction in the |
number of participants in existing plans and lower investment income. |
Operating revenues were $1,116.9 million, compared to $1,180.6 million for the same period a |
year ago. The decline was primarily due to an 8 percent decline in Health division premiums, which |
primarily reflects a decline in covered members. |
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Corporate and Other |
Operating losses for second quarter 2009 were $32.1 million, compared to operating losses of $21.4 |
million for the same period in 2008. The increase in losses reflects higher interest expense resulting from the |
company’s $750 million debt issuance during the second quarter 2009. |
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Other-than-temporary impairments for second quarter 2009 |
On April 9, 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board established new requirements for measuring |
and presenting other-than-temporary impairment charges on available for sale securities, which the Company |
adopted with first quarter 2009 reporting. Based on the new requirements, on a pre-tax basis, total other than |
temporary impairment losses on available for sale securities were $200.9 million and the noncredit portion of |
loss recognized in other comprehensive income was $66.5 million. Net impairment losses on available for |
sale securities of $134.4 million for second quarter 2009 reflect: the company’s actions to reduce capital drift |
risk by selling or tendering certain securities, which resulted in a loss of $48.1 million; and deterioration in |
expected cash flows, which resulted in a $19.8 million net impairment charge on non-agency residential |
mortgage backed securities and residential collateralized debt obligations. The remainder of the net |
impairment losses for second quarter 2009 is primarily related to impairments of corporate credits. |
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Forward looking and cautionary statements |
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, statements as to |
operating earnings, net income available to common stockholders, net cash flows, realized and unrealized |
losses, capital and liquidity positions, sales and earnings trends, and management's beliefs, expectations, |
goals and opinions. The company does not undertake to update or revise these statements, which are based |
on a number of assumptions concerning future conditions that may ultimately prove to be inaccurate. Future |
events and their effects on the company may not be those anticipated, and actual results may differ materially |
from the results anticipated in these forward-looking statements. The risks, uncertainties and factors that |
could cause or contribute to such material differences are discussed in the company's annual report on Form |
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, and in company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter |
ended March 31, 2009, filed by the company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as updated or |
supplemented from time to time in subsequent filings. These risks and uncertainties include, without |
limitation: adverse capital and credit market conditions that may significantly affect the company’s ability to |
meet liquidity needs, access to capital and cost of capital; difficult conditions in the global capital markets |
and the general economy, which the company does not expect to improve in the near future, that may |
materially adversely affect the company’s business and results of operations; the actions of the U.S. |
government, Federal Reserve and other governmental and regulatory bodies for purposes of stabilizing the |
financial markets might not achieve the intended effect; the risk from acquiring new businesses, which could |
result in the impairment of goodwill and/or intangible assets recognized at the time of acquisition; |
impairment of other financial institutions that could adversely affect the company; investment risks which |
may diminish the value of the company’s invested assets and the investment returns credited to customers, |
which could reduce sales, revenues, assets under management and net income; requirements to post collateral |
or make payments related to declines in market value of specified assets may adversely affect company |
liquidity and expose the company to counterparty credit risk; changes in laws, regulations or accounting |
standards that may reduce company profitability; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that could |
reduce company profitability; Principal Financial Group, Inc.’s primary reliance, as a holding company, on |
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dividends from its subsidiaries to meet debt payment obligations and regulatory restrictions on the ability of |
subsidiaries to pay such dividends; competitive factors; volatility of financial markets; decrease in ratings; |
interest rate changes; inability to attract and retain sales representatives; international business risks; a |
pandemic, terrorist attack or other catastrophic event; and default of the company’s re-insurers. |
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Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures |
The company uses a number of non-GAAP financial measures that management believes are useful to |
investors because they illustrate the performance of normal, ongoing operations, which is important in |
understanding and evaluating the company’s financial condition and results of operations. They are not, |
however, a substitute for U.S. GAAP financial measures. Therefore, the company has provided reconciliations |
of the non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP measure at the end of the release. |
The company adjustsU.S. GAAP measures for items not directly related to ongoing operations. However, |
it is possible theseadjusting items have occurred in the past and could recur in the future reporting periods. |
Management also usesnon-GAAP measures for goal setting, as a basis for determining employee and |
senior management awardsand compensation, and evaluating performance on a basis comparable to that |
used by investors and securities analysts. |
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Earnings Conference Call |
At 9:00 A.M. (CST) tomorrow, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Larry Zimpleman and |
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Terry Lillis will lead a discussion of results, asset quality |
and capital adequacy during a live conference call, which can be accessed as follows: |
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· Via live Internet webcast. Please go towww.principal.com/investorat least 10-15 minutes prior to the |
start of the call to register, and to download and install any necessary audio software. |
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· Via telephone by dialing 800-374-1609 (U.S. and Canadian callers) or 706-643-7701 (International |
callers) approximately 10 minutes prior to the start of the call. The call leader's name is Tom Graf. |
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· Replays of the earnings call are available at:www.principal.com/investoror by dialing 800-642-1687 |
(U.S. and Canadian callers) or 706-645-9291 (International callers). The access code is 17748880. |
Replays will be available approximately two hours after the completion of the live earnings call through |
the end of day August 11, 2009. |
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The company's financial supplement and additional investment portfolio detail for second quarter 2009 is |
currently available atwww.principal.com/investor, and may be referred to during the call. |
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*Operating earnings versus U.S. GAAP (GAAP) net income available to common stockholders |
Management uses operating earnings, which excludes the effect of net realized capital gains and losses, as adjusted, and other after- |
tax adjustments, for goal setting, as a basis for determining employee compensation, and evaluating performance on a basis |
comparable to that used by investors and securities analysts. Segment operating earnings are determined by adjusting U.S. GAAP |
net income available to common stockholders for net realized capital gains and losses, as adjusted, and other after-tax adjustments |
the company believes are not indicative of overall operating trends. Note: it is possible these adjusting items have occurred in the |
past and could recur in future reporting periods. While these items may be significant components in understanding and assessing |
our consolidated financial performance, management believes the presentation of segment operating earnings enhances the |
understanding of results of operations by highlighting earnings attributable to the normal, ongoing operations of the company’s |
businesses. |
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Principal Financial Group, Inc. Results of Operations (in millions) |
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| Three Months Ended, | Six Months Ended, |
| 6/30/09 | | 6/30/08 | 6/30/09 | 6/30/08 |
Premiums and other considerations | $ 937.7 | $ 1,156.2 | $ 1,887.6 | $ 2,209.2 |
Fees and other revenues | 515.2 | | 622.5 | 988.7 | 1,235.9 |
Net investment income | 860.1 | | 990.9 | 1,688.6 | 1,951.2 |
Net realized capital gains (losses), excluding | | | | | |
impairment losses on available-for-sale | | | | | |
securities | (20.8) | | (65.6) | 11.9 | (124.1) |
Total other-than-temporary impairment losses | | | | | |
on available-for-sale securities | (200.9) | | (45.9) | (347.5) | (113.4) |
Portion of impairment losses on fixed | | | | | |
maturities, available-for-sale recognized | | | | | |
in other comprehensive income | 66.5 | | - | 117.1 | - |
Net impairment losses on available-for-sale | | | | | |
securities | (134.4) | | (45.9) | (230.4) | (113.4) |
Net realized capital losses | (155.2) | | (111.5) | (218.5) | (237.5) |
Total revenues | 2,157.8 | | 2,658.1 | 4,346.4 | 5,158.8 |
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Benefits, claims, and settlement expenses | 1,334.3 | | 1,634.0 | 2,640.9 | 3,106.0 |
Dividends to policyholders | 62.9 | | 69.0 | 126.4 | 139.8 |
Operating expenses | 562.7 | | 742.6 | 1,251.1 | 1,493.3 |
Total expenses | 1,959.9 | | 2,445.6 | 4,018.4 | 4,739.1 |
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Income before income taxes | 197.9 | | 212.5 | 328.0 | 419.7 |
Income taxes | 33.9 | | 29.4 | 41.4 | 59.0 |
Net income | 164.0 | | 183.1 | 286.6 | 360.7 |
Net income attributable to noncontrolling | | | | | |
interest | 5.4 | | 6.5 | 7.0 | 1.7 |
Net income attributable to PFG | 158.6 | | 176.6 | 279.6 | 359.0 |
Preferred stock dividends | 8.3 | | 8.3 | 16.5 | 16.5 |
Net income available to common stockholders | $ 150.3 | $ 168.3 | $ 263.1 | $ 342.5 |
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Less: | | | | | |
Net realized capital losses, as adjusted | (50.2) | | (85.4) | (101.1) | (160.1) |
Other after-tax adjustments | (0.0) | | (0.4) | (0.3) | (9.9) |
Operating earnings | $ 200.5 | $ 254.1 | $ 364.5 | $ 512.5 |
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| Three Months Ended, | Six Months Ended, |
| 06/30/09 | 06/30/08 | 06/30/09 | 06/30/08 |
Diluted Earnings Per Common Share: | | | | |
Operating Earnings | 0.69 | 0.97 | 1.32 | 1.96 |
Net realized capital losses | (0.17) | (0.33) | (0.37) | (0.62) |
Other after-tax adjustments | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.03) |
Net income available to common stockholders | 0.52 | 0.64 | 0.95 | 1.31 |
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Book Value Per Common Share Excluding Accumulated Other | | | | |
Comprehensive Income: | | | | |
Book value per common share excluding accumulated other | | | | |
comprehensive income | 25.75 | 26.45 | 25.75 | 26.45 |
Net unrealized capital losses | (7.67) | (3.49) | (7.67) | (3.49) |
Foreign currency translation | (0.20) | 0.27 | (0.20) | 0.27 |
Net unrecognized post-retirement benefit obligations | (1.69) | 0.24 | (1.69) | 0.24 |
Book value per common share including accumulated other | | | | |
comprehensive income | 16.19 | 23.47 | 16.19 | 23.47 |
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Operating Revenues: | | | | |
USAA | 991.3 | 1,255.7 | 1,998.8 | 2,460.4 |
GAM | 103.3 | 143.7 | 207.7 | 283.3 |
IAMA | 161.7 | 251.2 | 225.7 | 434.9 |
Life and Health | 1,116.9 | 1,180.6 | 2,247.9 | 2,368.2 |
Corporate and Other | (37.4) | (44.6) | (83.1) | (99.9) |
Total operating revenues | 2,335.8 | 2,786.6 | 4,597.0 | 5,446.9 |
Add: | | | | |
Net realized capital losses and related adjustments | (178.0) | (130.9) | (250.5) | (269.2) |
Terminated commercial mortgage securities issuance operation | 0.0 | 2.4 | (0.1) | (18.9) |
Total GAAP revenues | 2,157.8 | 2,658.1 | 4,346.4 | 5,158.8 |
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Operating Earnings: | | | | |
USAA | 137.4 | 152.9 | 230.5 | 292.0 |
GAM | 8.2 | 24.1 | 15.0 | 43.9 |
IAMA | 29.3 | 31.8 | 46.3 | 63.5 |
Life and Health | 57.7 | 66.7 | 129.5 | 145.9 |
Corporate and Other | (32.1) | (21.4) | (56.8) | (32.8) |
Total operating earnings | 200.5 | 254.1 | 364.5 | 512.5 |
Net realized capital losses | (50.2) | (85.4) | (101.1) | (160.1) |
Other after-tax adjustments | (0.0) | (0.4) | (0.3) | (9.9) |
Net income available to common stockholders | 150.3 | 168.3 | 263.1 | 342.5 |
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Net Realized Capital Gains (losses): | | | | |
Net realized capital gains losses, as adjusted | (50.2) | (85.4) | (101.1) | (160.1) |
Add: | | | | |
Periodic settlements and accruals on non-hedge derivatives | 20.0 | 19.4 | 27.7 | 28.2 |
Amortization of DPAC and sale inducement costs | (114.4) | (16.4) | (89.6) | (29.9) |
Certain market value adjustments of embedded derivatives | (2.5) | 3.2 | (6.5) | 3.2 |
Capital gains (losses) distributed | 13.6 | 6.9 | 6.9 | (2.4) |
Tax impacts | (29.0) | (42.2) | (65.8) | (76.3) |
Noncontrolling interest capital gains (losses) | 4.5 | 3.0 | 5.6 | (3.7) |
Less related fee adjustments: | | | | |
Unearned front-end fee income | (2.8) | - | (2.8) | - |
Certain market value adjustments to fee revenues | - | - | (1.5) | (3.5) |
GAAP net realized capital losses | (155.2) | (111.5) | (218.5) | (237.5) |
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Other After Tax Adjustments: | | | | |
Change in estimated loss related to a prior year legal contingency | - | - | - | 7.6 |
Terminated commercial mortgage securities issuance operation | - | (0.4) | (0.3) | (17.5) |
Total other after-tax adjustments | - | (0.4) | (0.3) | (9.9) |