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On November 12, 2025, upon the recommendation of its Nominating and Governance Committee, the Board of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Liane J. Pelletier as a director of the Company effective immediately. Ms. Pelletier will join the Company’s Audit and Risk Committee on the same date.
Ms. Pelletier served as the chair, chief executive officer and president of Alaska Communications Systems Group, a telecommunications and technology services provider, from 2003 to 2011. Prior to that, she held senior roles at Sprint Corporation, including Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Business Development.
Ms. Pelletier has served as a director of Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. since 2013 and Frontdoor, Inc. since 2018, and she served as a director of Switch, Inc. from 2020-2022, and ATN International, Inc. from 2012-2023. Ms. Pelletier earned an MS from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a BA from Wellesley College.
Ms. Pelletier will participate in the Company’s outside director compensation program described in the Company’s proxy statement for its 2025 annual meeting of shareholders. She is eligible to receive a pro rata portion of the $210,000 annual grant of deferred share units for the service period measured from November 12, 2025, through the date of the Company’s 2026 annual meeting of shareholders. She was not appointed to serve on the Board pursuant to any arrangement or understanding between Ms. Pelletier and any other persons, and there are no transactions between the Company and Ms. Pelletier or any of her immediate family members that require disclosure pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
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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 hereunto duly authorized.
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC. | ||
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| Date: November 12, 2025 | By: | /s/ Wendy B. Mahling |
| Wendy B. Mahling | ||
| Senior Vice President, Corporate Secretary & Securities and Corporate Law | ||