485BPOS 1 prem-c23.txt POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 23 - PREMIER TDSA VAR ANN Registration No. 33-44670 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM N-4 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 Pre-Effective Amendment No. _____ _____ Post-Effective Amendment No._23__ __X__ and/or REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 Amendment No._____ _____ (Check appropriate box or boxes) Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact Name of Registrant) Principal Life Insurance Company -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name of Depositor) The Principal Financial Group, Des Moines, Iowa 50392 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Address of Depositor's Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) Depositor's Telephone Number, including Area Code (515) 248-3842 M. D. Roughton, The Principal Financial Group, Des Moines, Iowa 50392 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name and Address of Agent for Service) It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box) ___ immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485 _X__ on May 1, 2007 pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485 ___ 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485 ___ on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485 ___ 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485 ___ on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485 If appropriate, check the following box: ___ This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment. PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY SEPARATE ACCOUNT B PREMIER VARIABLE (A GROUP VARIABLE ANNUITY CONTRACT FOR EMPLOYER-SPONSORED QUALIFIED AND NON-QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLANS) Issued by Principal Life Insurance Company (the "Company") Prospectus dated May 1, 2007 The group variable annuity contract described by this Prospectus was issued by the Company and designed to aid in retirement planning. The Company no longer offers or issues the contract. This Prospectus is only for the use of current Contractholders. The contracts are funded with the Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B ("Separate Account"). The assets of the Separate Account Divisions ("Divisions") are invested in the following underlying mutual funds:
Principal Variable Contracts Fund, Inc. --------------------------------------- Asset Allocation Account International SmallCap Account Balanced Account LargeCap Stock Index Account Bond Account MidCap Account Capital Value Account MidCap Growth Account Diversified International Account MidCap Value Account Equity Growth Account/(1)/ Money Market Account Equity Income Account I Real Estate Securities Account Government & High Quality Bond Account SmallCap Account Growth Account SmallCap Growth Account International Emerging Markets Account SmallCap Value Account
/ //(1) /On May 1, 2007, the LargeCap Growth Equity Account merged into Equity Growth Account. This Prospectus provides information about the Contract and the Separate Account that an investor ought to know before investing. It should be read and retained for future reference. Additional information about the Contract, including a Statement of Additional Information ("SAI"), dated May 1, 2007, has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). The Statement of Additional Information is part of this Prospectus. The table of contents of the SAI appears at the end of this Prospectus. A copy of the SAI can be obtained, free of charge, upon request by writing or telephoning: Princor Financial Services Corporation Des Moines, IA 50392-2080 Telephone: 1-800-633-1373 These securities have not been approved or disapproved by the Securities and Exchange Commission or any state securities commission nor has the Securities and Exchange Commission or any state securities commission passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense. This Prospectus is valid only when accompanied by the current prospectus for Principal Variable Contracts Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") which should be kept for future reference. TABLE OF CONTENTS Glossary of Special Terms ............................................... Synopsis................................................................ Expense Table and Example............................................... Summary................................................................. Description of Principal Life Insurance Company......................... Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B..................... The Underlying Mutual Fund.............................................. Deductions Under the Contract........................................... Other Expenses.......................................................... Surplus Distribution at Sole Discretion of the Company.................. The Contract ............................................................ Statement of Values..................................................... Services Available by Telephone......................................... Distribution of the Contract............................................ Performance Calculation................................................. Voting Rights........................................................... Federal Tax Status...................................................... Rights Reserved by the Company.......................................... State Regulation........................................................ General Information..................................................... Table of Separate Account Divisions..................................... Table of Contents of the Statement of Additional Information............ Condensed Financial Information......................................... Appendix A....................................................................... This Prospectus does not constitute an offer of, or solicitation of any offer to acquire, any interest or participation in the Contracts in any jurisdiction in which such an offer or solicitation may not lawfully be made. No person is authorized to give any information or to make any representations in connection with the Contracts other than those contained in this Prospectus. 2 PREMIER VARIABLE ANNUITY 1-800-633-1373 GLOSSARY OF SPECIAL TERMS ACCOUNT - Series or portfolio of a Mutual Fund in which a Separate Account Division invests. AGGREGATE INVESTMENT ACCOUNT VALUE - The sum of the Investment Account Values for Investment Accounts which correlate to a Plan Participant. ANNUAL AVERAGE BALANCE - The total value at the beginning of the Deposit Year of all Investment Accounts which correlate to a Plan Participant under the contract and other Plan assets which correlate to a Plan Participant that are not allocated to the contract or an Associated or Companion Contract but for which the Company provides recordkeeping services ("Outside Assets"), adjusted by the time weighted average of Contributions to, and withdrawals from, Investment Accounts and Outside Assets (if any) which correlate to the Plan Participant during the period. ANNUITY CHANGE FACTOR - The factor used to determine the change in value of a Variable Annuity in the course of payment. ANNUITY COMMENCEMENT DATE - The beginning date for Annuity Payments. ANNUITY PREMIUM - The amount applied under the Contract to purchase an annuity. ANNUITY PURCHASE DATE - The date an Annuity Premium is applied to purchase an annuity. ASSOCIATED CONTRACT - An annuity contract issued by the Company to the same Contract holder to fund the same or a comparable Plan as determined by the Company. COMMUTED VALUE - The dollar value, as of a given date, of remaining Annuity Payments. It is determined by the Company using the interest rate assumed in determining the initial amount of monthly income and assuming no variation in the amount of monthly payments after the date of determination. COMPANION CONTRACT - An unregistered group annuity contract offering guaranteed interest crediting rates and which is issued by the Company to the Contract holder for the purpose of funding benefits under the Plan. The Company must agree in writing that a contract is a Companion Contract. CONTRACT DATE - The date this contract is effective, as shown on the face page of the contract. CONTRACT YEAR - A period beginning on a Yearly Date and ending on the day before the next Yearly Date. CONTRACTHOLDER - The entity to which the contract will be issued, which will normally be an Employer, an association, or a trust established for the benefit of Plan Participants and their beneficiaries. CONTRIBUTIONS - Amounts contributed under the contract which are accepted by the Company. DEPOSIT YEAR - The twelve-month period ending on a day selected by the Contractholder. DIVISION - The part of Separate Account B which is invested in shares of an Account of a Mutual Fund. EMPLOYER - The corporation, sole proprietor, firm, organization, agency or political subdivision named as employer in the Plan and any successor. FLEXIBLE INCOME OPTION - A periodic distribution from the contract in an amount equal to the minimum annual amount determined in accordance with the minimum distribution rules of the Internal Revenue Code, or a greater amount as requested by the Owner of Benefits. FUNDING AGENT - An insurance company, custodian or trustee designated by the Contractholder and authorized to receive any amount or amounts transferred from the contract. Funding Agent will also mean Principal Life Insurance Company where the Contractholder directs the Company to transfer such amounts from the contract to another group annuity contract issued by the Company to the Contractholder. PREMIER VARIABLE ANNUITY 3 www.principal.com INTERNAL REVENUE CODE ("CODE") - The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder. Reference to the Internal Revenue Code means such Code or the corresponding provisions of any subsequent revenue code and any regulations thereunder. INVESTMENT ACCOUNT - An account that correlates to a Plan Participant established under the contract for each type of Contribution and for each Division in which the Contribution is invested. INVESTMENT ACCOUNT VALUE - The value of an Investment Account for a Division which on any date will be equal to the number of units then credited to such account multiplied by the Unit Value of this series of contracts for that Division for the Valuation Period in which such date occurs. MUTUAL FUND - A registered open-end investment company in which a Division of Separate Account B invests. NET INVESTMENT FACTOR - The factor used to determine the change in Unit Value of a Division during a Valuation Period. NORMAL INCOME FORM - The form of benefit to be provided under the Plan if the Owner of Benefits does not elect some other form. If the Plan does not specify a Normal Income Form, the Normal Income Form shall be: (a) for an unmarried Plan Participant, the single life with ten years certain annuity option, or (b) for a married Plan Participant, the joint and one-half survivor variable annuity option. NOTIFICATION - Any form of notice received by the Company at the Company's home office and approved in advance by the Company including written forms, electronic transmissions, telephone transmissions, facsimiles and photocopies. OWNER OF BENEFITS - The entity or individual that has the exclusive right to be paid benefits and exercise rights and privileges pursuant to such benefits. The Owner of Benefits is the Plan Participant under all contracts except contracts used to fund General Creditor Non-Qualified Plans (see "Summary") wherein the Contractholder is the Owner of Benefits. PLAN - The plan established by the Employer in effect on the date the contract is executed and as amended from time to time, which the Employer has designated to the Company in writing as the Plan funded by the contract. PLAN PARTICIPANT - A person who is (i) a participant under the Plan, (ii) a beneficiary of a deceased participant, or (iii) an alternate payee under a Qualified Domestic Relations Order in whose name an Investment Account has been established under this contract. QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDER - A Qualified Domestic Relations Order as defined in Code Section 414 (p)(1)(A). QUARTERLY DATE - The last Valuation Date of the third, sixth, ninth and twelfth month of each Deposit Year. SEPARATE ACCOUNT B - A separate account established by the Company under Iowa law to receive Contributions under the contract offered by this Prospectus and other contracts issued by the Company. It is divided into Divisions, each of which invest in a corresponding Account of the Principal Variable Contracts Fund, Inc. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT - A Plan Participant's termination of employment with the Employer, determined under the Plan and as reported to the Company. TOTAL AND PERMANENT DISABILITY - The condition of a Plan Participant when, as the result of sickness or injury, the Plan Participant is prevented from engaging in any substantial gainful activity and such total disability has been continuous for a period of at least six months. For contracts sold in the state of Pennsylvania, the term shall have the same meaning as defined in the Plan. The Plan Participant must submit due proof thereof which is acceptable to the Company. UNIT VALUE - The value of a unit of a Division of Separate Account B. VALUATION DATE - The date as of which the net asset value of an Account is determined. VALUATION PERIOD - The period between the time as of which the net asset value of an Account is determined on one Valuation Date and the time as of which such value is determined on the next following Valuation Date. 4 PREMIER VARIABLE ANNUITY 1-800-633-1373 VARIABLE ANNUITY PAYMENTS - A series of periodic payments, the amounts of which are not guaranteed but which will increase or decrease to reflect the investment experience of the Capital Value Division of Separate Account B. Periodic payments made pursuant to the Flexible Income Option are not Variable Annuity Payments. VARIABLE ANNUITY RESERVES - The reserves held for annuities in the course of payment for the contract. YEARLY DATE - The Contract Date and the same day of each year thereafter. PREMIER VARIABLE ANNUITY 5 www.principal.com SYNOPSIS The following tables describe the fees and expenses that a Contractholder will pay when they own and/or surrender the Contract. The first table describes the fees and expenses that a Contractholder will pay at the time that the Contract is surrendered or cash value transferred between investment options.
CONTRACTHOLDER TRANSACTION EXPENSES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sales charge imposed on purchase payments (as a none percentage of purchase payments) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transaction Fees (as a percentage of amount .$25 for each surrendered) unscheduled . guaranteed maximum partial surrender after the 12th in a Contract Year .current .none ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- .$30 for each unscheduled transfer after the Transfer Fee 12th in a . guaranteed maximum Contract Year plus a $15 charge if transfers are made via paper instruction .none (if transfer .current instructions are received via our toll-free number); a $15 charge is imposed if transfers are made via paper instruction ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Documentation Expense . Principal Standard Plan $125 . Principal Custom-written Plan initial plan document $700 plan amendments $300 summary plan booklet $500 . Plan not provided by Principal - summary plan booklet $900 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6 PREMIER VARIABLE ANNUITY 1-800-633-1373 The next table describes the fees and expenses that a Contractholder will pay periodically during the time that they own the Contract, not including underlying mutual fund fees and expenses.
Separate Account Annual Expenses (as a percentage of average account value) . guaranteed maximum 1.25% .current 0.42% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Annual Recordkeeping Expense paid quarterly /(1)/ /./ maximum charge $10 per participant + $25,316 (5,000 plan participants or more) . minimum charge $2,250 (1 through 25 plan participants) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Annual Recordkeeping Expense for Outside Assets /(//2//)/ . maximum charge $4.50 per member + $11,392 (5,000 plan participants or more) . minimum charge $1,000 (1 through 25 plan participants) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Location Fee . one location none . each additional location $150 per quarter for each employee location ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Flexible Income Option (if elected by the $25 per year Owner of Benefits) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/ //(1)/ If reports are provided annually, the recordkeeping expense is reduced by 9%; if the Company performs no more than one non-discrimination test in a Deposit Year the recordkeeping expense is increased (reduced) by 3% for each additional test performed (or test not performed); and the recordkeeping expense is increased by 10% if the standard reporting format is not used. / //(2)/ The charge calculated will be increased by 15% for the second and each additional Outside Asset for which the Company provides recordkeeping services. The next item shows the minimum and maximum total operating expenses charged by the underlying mutual funds that a Contractholder may pay periodically during the time that they own the contract. More detail concerning the fees and expenses of each underlying mutual fund is contained its prospectus. Annual Underlying Mutual Fund Operating Expenses as of December 31, 2006
MINIMUM MAXIMUM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total annual underlying mutual fund operating expenses (expenses that are deducted from 0.26 1.44 underlying mutual fund assets, including management % % fees and other expenses) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Annual expenses of the mutual funds (as a percentage of average net assets) as of December 31, 2006:
TOTAL CONTRACTUAL UNDERLYING MUTUAL MANAGEMENT OTHER GROSS NET ------FUNDS------ FEES EXPENSES EXPENSES/(1)/ EXPENSES ----- ---------- -------- ------------- ----------- Principal VCF Asset Allocation Account 0.80% 0.03% 0.83% Principal VCF Balanced Account 0.59 0.04 0.63 Principal VCF Bond Account 0.43 0.09 0.52 Principal VCF Capital Value Account 0.60 0.00 0.60 Principal VCF Diversified International Account 0.84 0.07 0.91/(2)/ / Principal VCF Equity Growth Account 0.76 0.00 0.76 Principal VCF Equity Income Account I 0.49 0.25 0.78/(3)/ Principal VCF Government & High Quality Bond Account 0.45 0.11 0.56 Principal VCF Growth Account 0.68 0.01 0.69/(4)/ Principal VCF International Emerging Markets Account 1.25 0.19 1.44 / Principal VCF International SmallCap Account 1.18 0.09 1.27 / Principal VCF LargeCap Stock Index Account 0.25 0.01 0.26 / Principal VCF MidCap Account 0.57 0.00 0.57 Principal VCF MidCap Growth Account 0.90 0.02 0.92 Principal VCF MidCap Value Account 1.05 0.01 1.06 Principal VCF Money Market Account 0.48 0.01 0.49/(5)/ Real Estate Securities Account 0.87 0.00 0.87/(6)/ Principal VCF SmallCap Account 0.85 0.02 0.87 Principal VCF SmallCap Growth Account 1.00 0.02 1.02/(7)/ Principal VCF SmallCap Value Account 1.08 0.03 1.11 1.01%/(8)/
PREMIER VARIABLE ANNUITY 7 www.principal.com / //(1)/ The Company and Princor Financial Services Corporation may receive a portion of the underlying fund expenses for record keeping, marketing and distribution services. / //(2) /Principal has contractually agreed to limit the Account's expenses attributable to Class 1 shares and, if necessary, pay expenses normally payable by the Account, through the period ending April 29, 2008. The expense limits will maintain a total level of operating expenses (expressed as a percent of average net assets on an annualized basis) not to exceed 1.04% for Class 1 shares. / //(3) /Principal has contractually agreed to limit the Account's expenses attributable to Class 1 shares and, if necessary, pay expenses normally payable by the Account, through the period ending April 29, 2008. The expense limits will maintain a total level of operating expenses (expressed as a percent of average net assets on an annualized basis) not to exceed 0.66% for Class 1 shares and 0.91%. The estimated expenses shown in the table are intended to reflect those that will be in effect on an ongoing basis. / //(4) /Principal has contractually agreed to limit the Account's expenses attributable to Class 1 shares and, if necessary, pay expenses normally payable by the Account, through the period ending April 29, 2008. The expense limits will maintain a total level of operating expenses (expressed as a percent of average net assets on an annualized basis) not to exceed 0.80% for Class 1 shares. / //(//5//)/ Principal has contractually agreed to limit the Account's expenses attributable to Class 1 shares and, if necessary, pay expenses normally payable by the Account, through the period ending April 29, 2008. The expense limits will maintain a total level of operating expenses (expressed as a percent of average net assets on an annualized basis) not to exceed 0.72% for Class 1 shares. / //(6)/ Principal has contractually agreed to limit the Account's expenses attributable to Class 1 shares and, if necessary, pay expenses normally payable by the Account, through the period ending April 29, 2008. The expense limits will maintain a total level of operating expenses (expressed as a percent of average net assets on an annualized basis) not to exceed 0.90% for Class 1 shares. / //(7)/ Principal has contractually agreed to limit the Account's expenses attributable to Class 1 shares and, if necessary, pay expenses normally payable by the Account, through the period ending April 29, 2008. The expense limits will maintain a total level of operating expenses (expressed as a percent of average net assets on an annualized basis) not to exceed 1.02% for Class 1 shares. / //(//8)/ Principal has contractually agreed to limit the Account's expenses attributable to Class 1 shares and, if necessary, pay expenses normally payable by the Account, through the period ending April 29, 2008. The expense limits will maintain a total level of operating expenses (expressed as a percent of average net assets on an annualized basis) not to exceed 1.01% for Class 1 shares. EXAMPLE This Example is intended to help the Contractholder compare the cost of investing in the contract with the cost of investing in other variable annuity contracts. These costs include contract owner transaction expenses, contract fees, separate account annual expenses, and underlying mutual fund fees and expenses. The Example assumes that the Plan Participant invests $10,000 in the contract for the time periods indicated. The Example also assumes that the investment has a 5% return each year and assumes the maximum fees and expenses of any of the underlying mutual funds. Although actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, the costs would be: (1) If the Owner of Benefits surrenders the contract at the end of the applicable time period:
SEPARATE ACCOUNT DIVISION 1 YEAR 3 YEARS 5 YEARS 10 YEARS ------------------------- ------ ------- ------- -------- Principal VCF Asset Allocation Account $127 $397 $ 686 $1,511 Principal VCF Balanced Account 107 334 579 1,283 Principal VCF Bond Account 96 300 520 1,155 Principal VCF Capital Value Account 104 325 563 1,248 Principal VCF Diversified International Account 135 421 729 1,601 Principal VCF Equity Growth Account 120 375 649 1,432 Principal VCF Equity Income Account I 122 381 660 1,455 Principal VCF Government & High Quality Bond Account 100 312 542 1,201 Principal VCF Growth Account 113 353 612 1,352 Principal VCF International Emerging Markets Account 189 585 1,006 2,180 Principal VCF International SmallCap Account 172 533 918 1,998 Principal VCF LargeCap Stock Index Account 69 218 379 847 Principal VCF MidCap Account 101 315 547 1,213 Principal VCF MidCap Growth Account 136 425 734 1,613 Principal VCF MidCap Value Account 151 468 808 1,768 Principal VCF Money Market Account 93 290 504 1,120 Principal VCF Real Estate Securities Account 131 409 708 1,556 Principal VCF SmallCap Account 131 409 708 1,556 Principal VCF SmallCap Growth Account 147 456 787 1,724 Principal VCF SmallCap Value Account 146 452 782 1,713
8 PREMIER VARIABLE ANNUITY 1-800-633-1373 SUMMARY The following summary should be read in conjunction with the detailed information appearing elsewhere in this Prospectus. The group variable annuity contract described in this Prospectus was issued by the Company and designed to aid in retirement planning. The contract provides for the accumulation of Contributions and the payment of Variable Annuity Payments on a completely variable basis. As of January 1, 2006, the contract is no longer offered or issued. CONTRIBUTIONS The contract prescribes no limits on the minimum Contribution which may be made to an Investment Account. Plan Participant maximum Contributions are discussed under "Federal Tax Status." Contributions may also be limited by the Plan. The Company may also limit Contributions on 60-days notice. All Contributions made pursuant to the Contract are allocated to one or more Investment Accounts which correlate to a Plan Participant. An Investment Account is established for each type of Contribution for each Division of the Separate Account as directed by the Owner of Benefits. The following divisions (subject to state availability) are currently available:
Government & Asset Allocation High Quality Bond MidCap Value Balanced Growth Money Market Bond International Emerging Real Estate Securities Markets Capital Value International SmallCap SmallCap Diversified International LargeCap Stock Index SmallCap Growth Equity Growth MidCap SmallCap Value Equity Income I MidCap Growth
The Contractholder may choose to limit the number of Divisions available to the Owner of Benefits, but the Money Market Division may not be so restricted to the extent the Division is necessary to permit the Company to allocate initial Contributions and the Capital Value Division may not be so restricted to the extent the Division is necessary to permit the Company to pay Variable Annuity Payments. Additional Divisions may be added in the future. If no direction is provided for a particular Contribution, such Contribution will be allocated to an Investment Account which is invested in the Money Market Division. SEPARATE ACCOUNT B Each of the Divisions corresponds to one of the Accounts in which Contributions may be invested. The objective of the contract is to provide a return on amounts contributed that will reflect the investment experience of the Accounts in which the Divisions to which Contributions are directed are invested. The value of the Contributions accumulated in Separate Account B prior to the Annuity Commencement Date will vary with the investment experience of the Accounts. Each of the Divisions invests only in shares of Accounts of the Principal Variable Contracts Fund, Inc. as indicated in the table below.
DIVISION: THE DIVISION INVESTS IN: --------- ------------------------ Asset Allocation Asset Allocation Account Balanced Balanced Account Bond Bond Account Capital Value Capital Value Account Diversified International Diversified International Account Equity Growth Equity Growth Account Equity Income I Equity Income Account I Government & High Quality Bond Government & High Quality Bond Account Growth Growth Account International Emerging Markets International Emerging Markets Account International SmallCap International SmallCap Account LargeCap Stock Index LargeCap Stock Index Account MidCap MidCap Account MidCap Growth MidCap Growth Account MidCap Value MidCap Value Account Money Market Money Market Account Real Estate Securities Real Estate Securities Account SmallCap SmallCap Account SmallCap Growth SmallCap Growth Account SmallCap Value SmallCap Value Account
PREMIER VARIABLE ANNUITY 9 www.principal.com DISTRIBUTIONS, TRANSFERS, AND WITHDRAWALS Variable Annuity Payments will be made on and after a Plan Participant's Annuity Commencement Date. All Variable Annuity Payments will reflect the performance of the Account underlying the Capital Value Division and therefore the annuitant is subject to the risk that the amount of variable annuity payments may decline. (See "Income Benefits.") Generally, at any time prior to the Annuity Purchase Date, the Owner of Benefits may transfer all or any portion of an Investment Account which correlates to a Plan Participant to another available Investment Account correlating to such Plan Participant. If a Companion Contract has been issued to the Contractholder to fund the Plan, and if permitted by the Plan and Companion Contract, amounts transferred from such Companion Contract may be invested in this contract to establish Investment Accounts which correlate to a Plan Participant at any time at least one month before the Annuity Commencement Date. Similarly, if the Company has issued a Companion Contract to the Contractholder, and if permitted by the Plan and the Companion Contract, the Owner of Benefits, subject to certain limitations, may file a Notification with the Company to transfer all or a portion of the Investment Account values which correlate to a Plan Participant to the Companion Contract. (See "Withdrawals and Transfers.") In addition, subject to any Plan limitations or any reduction for vesting provided for in the Plan as to amounts available, the Owner of Benefits may withdraw cash from the Investment Accounts that correlate to the Plan Participant at any time prior to the Plan Participant's termination of employment, disability, retirement or the Annuity Purchase Date subject to any charges that may be applied. See "Withdrawals and Transfers." Note that withdrawals before age 591/2 may involve an income tax penalty. See "Federal Tax Status." No withdrawals are permitted after the Annuity Purchase Date. DESCRIPTION OF PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (THE "COMPANY") The Company is a stock life insurance company with its home office at: Principal Financial Group, Des Moines, Iowa 50392. It is authorized to transact life and annuity business in all states of the United States and the District of Columbia. The Company is a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Principal Financial Group, Inc., a publicly-traded company. In 1879, the Company was incorporated under Iowa law as a mutual assessment life insurance company named Bankers Life Association. It became a legal reserve life insurance company and changed its name to Bankers Life Company in 1911 and then to Principal Mutual Life Insurance Company in 1986. The name change to Principal Life Insurance Company and reorganization into a mutual insurance holding company structure took place in 1998, when 10 PREMIER VARIABLE ANNUITY 1-800-633-1373 the Company became a stock life insurance company. In 2001, the mutual insurance holding company converted to a stock company through a process called demutualization, resulting in the current organizational structure. PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY SEPARATE ACCOUNT B Separate Account B was established under Iowa law on January 12, 1970. It was registered as a unit investment trust with the SEC on July 17, 1970. This registration does not involve SEC supervision of the investments or investment policies of the Separate Account. The income, gains, and losses, whether or not realized, of the Separate Account are credited to or charged against the Separate Account without regard to other income, gains, or losses of the Company. Obligations arising from the Contract, including the promise to make annuity payments, are general corporate obligations of the Company. However, the Contract provides that the portion of the Separate Account's assets equal to the reserves and other liabilities under the Contract are not charged with any liabilities arising out of any other business of the Company. The assets of each division invest in a corresponding underlying mutual fund. New divisions may be added and made available. Divisions may also be eliminated from the Separate Account following SEC approval. THE UNDERLYING MUTUAL FUND Each Division invests in shares of a corresponding Account of the underlying mutual fund. The underlying mutual fund is NOT available to the general public directly. The underlying mutual fund is available only to provide investment options in variable life insurance policies or variable annuity contracts issued by life insurance companies. Some of the underlying mutual fund Accounts have been established by investment advisers that manage publicly traded mutual funds having similar names and investment objectives. While some of the underlying mutual fund Accounts may be similar to, and may in fact be modeled after publicly traded mutual funds, you should understand that the underlying mutual fund Accounts are not otherwise directly related to any publicly traded mutual fund. Consequently, the investment performance of publicly traded mutual funds and of any underlying mutual fund Account may differ substantially. A brief description for each Account is given in the TABLE OF SEPARATE ACCOUNT DIVISIONS. DEDUCTIONS UNDER THE CONTRACT A mortality and expense risks charge is deducted under the contract. There are also deductions from and expenses paid out of the assets of the Accounts. These expenses are described in the Fund's prospectus. MORTALITY AND EXPENSE RISKS CHARGE Variable Annuity Payments will not be affected by adverse mortality experience or by any excess in the actual sales and administrative expenses over the charges provided for in the contract. The Company assumes the risks that (i) Variable Annuity Payments will continue for a longer period than anticipated and (ii) the allowance for administration expenses in the annuity conversion rates will be insufficient to cover the actual costs of administration relating to Variable Annuity Payments. For assuming these risks, the Company, in determining Unit Values and Variable Annuity Payments, makes a charge as of the end of each Valuation Period against the assets of Separate Account B held with respect to the contract. The charge is equivalent to a simple annual rate of 0.42%. The Company does not believe that it is possible to specifically identify that portion of the 0.42% deduction applicable to the separate risks involved, but estimates that a reasonable approximate allocation would be 0.28% for the mortality risks and 0.14% for the expense risks. The mortality and expense risks charge may be changed by the Company at any time by giving not less than 60-days prior written notice to the Contractholder. However, the charge may not exceed 1.25% on an annual basis, and only one change may be made in any one-year period. If the charge is insufficient to cover the actual costs of the mortality and expense risk assumed, the financial loss will fall on the Company; conversely, if the charge proves more than sufficient, the excess will be a gain to the Company. TRANSACTION FEE The Company reserves the right to charge a transaction fee of $25 to each cash withdrawal after the twelfth cash withdrawal in a Contract Year. The fee will be taken by redeeming a sufficient number of units from the Investment PREMIER VARIABLE ANNUITY 11 www.principal.com Account(s) from which the withdrawal is made by an amount equal to the fee. If the Investment Account(s) from which the withdrawal is made is insufficient to permit the full amount of the fee to be taken, a sufficient number of units from the Plan Participant's other Investment Accounts will be redeemed on a pro rata basis in an amount equal to the fee. If the amounts in the Plan Participant's Investment Accounts are insufficient to permit the full amount of the fee to be taken, the amount of the withdrawal will be reduced by an amount equal to the fee. TRANSFER FEE The Company also reserves the right to charge a transfer fee of $30 on each unscheduled transfer after the twelfth unscheduled transfer in a Contract Year. The fee will be taken by redeeming a sufficient number of units from the Investment Account(s) from which the withdrawal is made by an amount equal to the charge. If the Investment Account(s) from which the withdrawal is made is insufficient to permit the full amount of the fee to be taken, a sufficient number of units from the Plan Participant's other Investment Accounts will be redeemed on a pro rata basis in an amount equal to the fee. OTHER EXPENSES The Contractholder is obligated to pay additional expenses associated with the servicing of the contract and the Plan in accordance with the terms of a Service and Expense Agreement between the Contractholder and the Company. For services offered under the contract, see Appendix A.The Contractholder, in its sole discretion, elects whether to pay these expenses directly or directs the Company to deduct the fees from the Investment Accounts that correlate to a Plan participant. If expenses are deducted from the Investment Accounts, the charges will be allocated among Investment Accounts which correlate to the Plan participant in proportion to the relative value of such Accounts and will be effected by canceling a number of units in each such Investment Account equal to such Account's proportionate share of the deductions. Please see Appendix A for services available under the contract. SURPLUS DISTRIBUTION AT SOLE DISCRETION OF THE COMPANY It is not anticipated that any divisible surplus will ever be distributable to the contract in the future because the contract is not expected to result in a contribution to the divisible surplus of the Company. However, if any distribution of divisible surplus is made, it will be made to Investment Accounts in the form of additional units. THE CONTRACT The contracts were issued to an Employer or association or a trust established for the benefit of Plan Participants and their beneficiaries. The Company issued a pre-retirement certificate describing the benefits under the contract to Plan Participants who reside in a state that requires the issuance of such certificates. Contributions that correlate to a Plan Participant are allocated to and invested in the Division or Divisions that are chosen as of the end of the Valuation Period in which such Contribution is received by the Company at its home office in Des Moines, Iowa. If the allocation instructions are late, or not completed, the Company will invest such unallocated Contributions in the Money Market Division on the date such Contributions are received. Subsequently, the Company will transfer all or a portion of such Contributions as of the date complete allocation instructions are received by the Company in accordance with the allocation specified therein. After complete allocation instructions have been received by the Company, all current and future Contributions will be allocated to the chosen Divisions as of the end of the Valuation period in which such Contributions are received. If complete allocation instructions are not received by the Company within 105 days after the initial Contributions are allocated to the Money Market Division, the Company will remit the Contributions plus any earnings thereon to the Contractholder. The Contractholder may limit the number of Divisions available to the Owner of Benefits, but the Money Market Division may not be so restricted to the extent the Division is necessary to permit the Company to allocate initial Contributions as described above and the Capital Value Division may not be so restricted to the extent the Division is necessary to permit the Company to pay Variable Annuity Payments. A. CONTRACT VALUES AND ACCOUNTING BEFORE ANNUITY COMMENCEMENT DATE 1. INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS 12 PREMIER VARIABLE ANNUITY 1-800-633-1373 An Investment Account or Accounts correlating to a Plan Participant will be established for each type of Contribution and for each Division of Separate Account B in which such Contribution is invested. Investment Accounts will be maintained until the Investment Account Values are either (a) applied to effect Variable Annuity benefits, (b) paid to the Owner of Benefits or the beneficiary, (c) transferred in accordance with the provisions of the contract or (d) cancelled to pay the recordkeeping expenses for a Plan Participant where Termination of Employment, retirement or death has occurred or for an alternate payee under a Qualified Domestic Relations Order. Each Contribution will be allocated to the Division or Divisions designated by the Notification on file with the Company and will result in a credit of units to the appropriate Investment Account. The number of units so credited will be determined by dividing the portion of the Contributions allocated to the Division by the Unit Value for such Division for the Valuation Period within which the Contribution was received by the Company at its home office in Des Moines, Iowa. 2. UNIT VALUE The Unit Value for a Contract which participates in a Division of Separate Account B determines the value of an Investment Account consisting of contributions allocated to that Division. The Unit Value for each Division for the contract is determined on each day on which the net asset value of its underlying Account is determined. The Unit Value for a Valuation Period is determined as of the end of that period. The investment performance of the underlying Account and deducted expenses affect the Unit Value. For this series of contracts, the Unit Value for each Division will be fixed at $1.00 for the Valuation Period in which the first amount of money is credited to the Division. A Division's Unit Value for any later Valuation Period is equal to its Unit Value for the immediately preceding Valuation Period multiplied by the Net Investment Factor (see below) for that Division for this series of contracts for the later Valuation Period. 3. NET INVESTMENT FACTOR Each Net Investment Factor is the quantitative measure of the investment performance of each Division of Separate Account B. For any specified Valuation Period the Net Investment Factor for a Division for this series of contracts is equal to a) the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the net asset value of a share of the underlying Account as of the end of the Valuation Period, plus the per share amount of any dividend or other distribution made by the Account during the Valuation Period (less an adjustment for taxes, if any) by (ii) the net asset value of a share of the Account as of the end of the immediately preceding Valuation Period, reduced by b) a mortality and expense risks charge, equal to a simple interest rate for the number of days within the Valuation Period at an annual rate of 0.42%. The amounts derived from applying the rate specified in subparagraph b) above and the amount of any taxes referred to in subparagraph a) above will be accrued daily and will be transferred from Separate Account B at the discretion of the Company. 4. HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLE OF CALCULATION OF UNIT VALUE FOR ALL DIVISIONS EXCEPT THE MONEY MARKET DIVISION The computation of the Unit Value may be illustrated by the following hypothetical example. Assume that the current net asset value of an Account share is $14.8000; that there were no dividends or other distributions made by the Account and no adjustment for taxes since the last determination; that the net asset value of an Account share last determined was $14.7800; that the last Unit Value was $1.0185363; and that the Valuation Period was one day. To determine the current Net Investment Factor, divide $14.8000 by $14.7800 which produces 1.0013532 and deduct from this amount the mortality and expense risks charge of 0.0000090, which is the rate PREMIER VARIABLE ANNUITY 13 www.principal.com for one day that is equivalent to a simple annual rate of 0.33%. The result, 1.0013442, is the current Net Investment Factor. The last Unit Value ($1.0185363) is then multiplied by the current Net Investment Factor (1.0013442) which produces a current Unit Value of $1.0199054. 5. HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLE OF CALCULATION OF UNIT VALUE FOR THE MONEY MARKET DIVISION The computation of the Unit Value may be illustrated by the following hypothetical example. Assume that the current net asset value of an Account share is $1.0000; that a dividend of 0.0328767 cents per share was declared by the Account prior to calculation of the net asset value of the Account share and that no other distributions and no adjustment for taxes were made since the last determination; that the net asset value of an Account share last determined was $1.0000; that the last Unit Value was $1.0162734; and that the Valuation Period was one day. To determine the current Net Investment Factor, add the current net asset value ($1.0000) to the amount of the dividend ($0.000328767) and divide by the last net asset value ($1.0000), which when rounded to seven places equals 1.0003288. Deduct from this amount the mortality and expense risks charge of 0.0000090 (the proportionate rate for one day based on a simple annual rate of 0.33%). The result (1.0003198) is the current Net Investment Factor. The last Unit Value ($1.0162734) is then multiplied by the current Net Investment Factor (1.0003198), resulting in a current Unit Value of $1.0165984. B. INCOME BENEFITS Income Benefits consist of either monthly Variable Annuity Payments or periodic payments made on a monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual basis pursuant to the Flexible Income Option. 1. VARIABLE ANNUITY PAYMENTS The amount applied to provide Variable Annuity Payments must be at least $1,750. Variable Annuity Payments will be provided by the Investment Accounts which correlate to the Plan Participant held under the Capital Value Division. Thus, if the Owner of Benefits elects Variable Annuity Payments, any amounts that are to be used to provide Variable Annuity Payments will be transferred to Investment Accounts held under the Capital Value Division as of the last Valuation Date in the month which begins two months before the Annuity Commencement Date. After any such transfer, the value of the Capital Value Division Investment Accounts will be applied on the Annuity Purchase Date to provide Variable Annuity Payments. The Annuity Commencement Date, which will be one month following the Annuity Purchase Date, will be the first day of a month. Thus, if the Annuity Commencement Date is August 1, the Annuity Purchase Date will be July 1, and the date of any transfers to a Capital Value Division Investment Account will be the Valuation Date immediately preceding July 1. The Annuity Commencement Date must be no later than April 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the Plan Participant attains age 701/2. See "Federal Tax Status." A. SELECTING A VARIABLE ANNUITY Variable Annuity Payments will be made to an Owner of Benefits beginning on the Annuity Commencement Date and continuing thereafter on the first day of each month. An Owner of Benefits may select an Annuity Commencement Date by Notification to the Company. The date selected may be the first day of any month the Plan allows which is at least one month after the Notification. Generally, the Annuity Commencement Date cannot begin before the Plan Participant is age 591/2, separated from service, or is totally disabled. See "Federal Tax Status" for a discussion of required distributions and the federal income tax consequences of distributions. At any time not less than one month preceding the desired Annuity Commencement Date, an Owner of Benefits may, by Notification, select one of the annuity options described below (see "Forms of Variable Annuities"). If no annuity option has been selected at least one month before the Annuity Commencement Date, and if the Plan does not provide one, payments which correlate to an unmarried Plan Participant will be 14 PREMIER VARIABLE ANNUITY 1-800-633-1373 made under the annuity option providing Variable Life Annuity with Monthly Payments Certain for Ten Years. Payments to a married Plan Participant will be made under the annuity option providing a Variable Life Annuity with One-Half Survivorship. B. FORMS OF VARIABLE ANNUITIES Because of certain restrictions contained in the Code and regulations thereunder, an annuity option is not available under a contract used to fund a TDA Plan, PEDC Plan or 401(a) Plan unless (i) the joint or contingent annuitant is the Plan Participant's spouse or (ii) on the Plan Participant's Annuity Commencement Date, the present value of the amount to be paid while the Plan Participant is living is greater than 50% of the present value of the total benefit to the Plan Participant and the Plan Participant's beneficiary (or contingent annuitant, if applicable). An Owner of Benefits may elect to have Investment Account Values applied under one of the following annuity options. However, if the monthly Variable Annuity Payment would be less than $20, the Company may, at its sole option, pay the Investment Account Values in full settlement of all benefits otherwise available. VARIABLE LIFE ANNUITY WITH MONTHLY PAYMENTS CERTAIN FOR ZERO, FIVE, TEN, FIFTEEN OR TWENTY YEARS OR INSTALLMENT REFUND PERIOD - a Variable Annuity which provides monthly payments during the Plan Participant's lifetime, and further provides that if, at the death of the Plan Participant, monthly payments have been made for less than a minimum period, e.g. five years, any remaining payments for the balance of such period shall be paid to the Owner of Benefits, if the Owner of Benefits is not the Plan Participant, or to a designated beneficiary unless the beneficiary requests in writing that the Commuted Value of the remaining payments be paid in a single sum. (Designated beneficiaries entitled to take the remaining payments or the Commuted Value thereof rather than continuing monthly payments should consult with their tax advisor to be made aware of the differences in tax treatment.) The minimum period may be either zero, five, ten, fifteen or twenty years or the period (called "installment refund period") consisting of the number of months determined by dividing the amount applied under the option by the initial payment. If, for example, $14,400 is applied under a life option with an installment refund period, and if the first monthly payment provided by that amount, as determined from the applicable annuity conversion rates, would be $100, the minimum period would be 144 months ($14,400 divided by $100 per month) or 12 years. A variable life annuity with an installment refund period guarantees a minimum number of payments, but not the amount of any monthly payment or the amount of aggregate monthly payments. The longer the minimum period selected, the smaller will be the amount of the first annuity payment. Under the Variable Life Annuity with Zero Years Certain, which provides monthly payments to the Owner of Benefits during the Plan Participant's lifetime, it would be possible for the Owner of Benefits to receive no annuity payments if the Plan Participant died prior to the due date of the first payment since payment is made only during the lifetime of the Plan Participant. JOINT AND SURVIVOR VARIABLE LIFE ANNUITY WITH MONTHLY PAYMENTS CERTAIN FOR TEN YEARS - a Variable Annuity which provides monthly payments for a minimum period of ten years and thereafter during the joint lifetimes of the Plan Participant on whose life the annuity is based and the contingent annuitant named at the time this option is elected, and continuing after the death of either of them for the amount that would have been payable while both were living during the remaining lifetime of the survivor. In the event the Plan Participant and the contingent annuitant do not survive beyond the minimum ten year period, any remaining payments for the balance of such period will be paid to the Owner of Benefits, if the owner of Benefits is not the Plan Participant, or to a designated beneficiary unless the beneficiary requests in writing that the Commuted Value of the remaining payments be paid in a single sum. (Designated beneficiaries entitled to take the remaining payments or the Commuted Value thereof rather than continuing monthly payments should consult with their tax advisor to be made aware of the differences in tax treatment.) PREMIER VARIABLE ANNUITY 15 www.principal.com JOINT AND TWO-THIRDS SURVIVOR VARIABLE LIFE ANNUITY - a variable annuity which provides monthly payments during the joint lives of a Plan Participant and the person designated as contingent annuitant with two-thirds of the amount that would have been payable while both were living continuing until the death of the survivor. VARIABLE LIFE ANNUITY WITH ONE-HALF SURVIVORSHIP - a variable annuity which provides monthly payments during the life of the Plan Participant with one-half of the amount otherwise payable continuing so long as the contingent annuitant lives. Under the Joint and Two-thirds Survivor Variable Life Annuity and under the Variable Life Annuity with One-Half Survivorship, it would be possible for the Owner of Benefits and/or contingent annuitant to receive no annuity payments if the Plan Participant and contingent annuitant both died prior to the due date of the first payment since payment is made only during their lifetimes. OTHER OPTIONS - Other Variable Annuity options permitted under the applicable Plan may be arranged by mutual agreement of the Owner of Benefits and the Company. C. BASIS OF ANNUITY CONVERSION RATES Because women as a class live longer than men, it has been common that retirement annuities of equal cost for women and men of the same age will provide women less periodic income at retirement. The Supreme Court of the United States ruled in Arizona Governing Committee vs. Norris that sex distinct annuity tables under an employer-sponsored benefit plan result in discrimination that is prohibited by Title VII of the Federal Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Court further ruled that sex distinct annuity tables will be deemed discriminatory only when used with values accumulated from employer contributions made after August 1, 1983, the date of the ruling. Title VII applies only to employers with 15 or more employees. However, certain State Fair Employment Laws and Equal Payment Laws may apply to employers with less than 15 employees. The contract offers both sex distinct and sex neutral annuity conversion rates. The annuity rates are used to convert a Plan Participant's pre-retirement Investment Account Values to a monthly lifetime income at retirement. Usage of either sex distinct or sex neutral annuity rates will be determined by the Contractholder. For each form of variable annuity, the annuity conversion rates determine how much the first monthly Variable Annuity Payment will be for each $1,000 of the Investment Account Value applied to effect the variable annuity. The conversion rates vary with the form of annuity, date of birth, and, if sex distinct rates are used, the sex of the Plan Participant and the contingent annuitant, if any. The sex neutral guaranteed annuity conversion rates are based upon (i) an interest rate of 2.5% per annum and (ii) mortality according to the "1983 Table a for Individual Annuity Valuation" projected with Scale G to the year 2001, set back five years in age. The sex distinct female rates are determined for all Plan Participants in the same way as neutral rates, as described above. The sex distinct male rates are determined for all Plan Participants in the same way as sex neutral rates, as described above, except mortality is not set back five years in age. The guaranteed annuity conversion rates may be changed, but no change which would be less favorable to the Owner of Benefits will take effect for a current Plan Participant. The contract provides that an interest rate of not less than 2.5% per annum will represent the assumed investment return. Currently the assumed investment return used in determining the amount of the first monthly payment is 4% per annum. This rate may be increased or decreased by the Company in the future but in no event will it be less than 2.5% per annum. If, under the contract, the actual investment return (as measured by an Annuity Change Factor, defined below) should always equal the assumed investment return, Variable Annuity Payments would remain level. If the actual investment return should always exceed the assumed investment return, Variable Annuity Payments would increase; conversely, if it should always be less than the assumed investment return, Variable Annuity Payments would decrease. 16 PREMIER VARIABLE ANNUITY 1-800-633-1373 The current 4% assumed investment return is higher than the 2.5% interest rate reflected in the annuity conversion rates contained in the contract. With a 4% assumption, Variable Annuity Payments will commence at a higher level, will increase less rapidly when actual investment return exceeds 4%, and will decrease more rapidly when actual investment return is less than 4%, than would occur with a lower assumption. D. DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF THE FIRST VARIABLE ANNUITY PAYMENT The initial amount of monthly annuity income shall be based on the option selected, the age of the Plan Participant and contingent annuitant, if any, and the Investment Account Values applied as of the Annuity Purchase Date. The initial monthly income payment will be determined on the basis of the annuity conversion rates applicable on such date to such conversions under all contracts of this class issued by the Company. However, the basis for the annuity conversion rates will not produce payments less beneficial to the Owner of Benefits than the annuity conversion rate basis described above. E. DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF THE SECOND AND SUBSEQUENT MONTHLY VARIABLE ANNUITY PAYMENTS The second and subsequent monthly Variable Annuity Payments will increase or decrease in response to the investment experience of the Account underlying the Capital Value Division. The amount of each payment will be determined by multiplying the amount of the monthly Variable Annuity Payment due in the immediately preceding calendar month by the Annuity Change Factor for the Capital Value Division for the Contract for the calendar month in which the Variable Annuity Payment is due. Each Annuity Change Factor for the Capital Value Division for a calendar month is the quotient of 1) divided by 2), below: 1) The number which results from dividing (a) the Contract's Unit Value for the Capital Value Division for the first Valuation Date in the calendar month beginning one month before the given calendar month by (b) the Contract's Unit Value for such Division for the first Valuation Date in the calendar month beginning two months before the given calendar month. 2) An amount equal to one plus the effective interest rate for the number of days between the two Valuation Dates specified in subparagraph (1) above at the interest rate assumed to determine the initial payment of variable benefits to the Owner of Benefits. F. HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLE OF CALCULATION OF VARIABLE ANNUITY PAYMENTS Assume that on the date one month before the Annuity Commencement Date the Investment Account Value that is invested in the Capital Value Division which correlates to a Plan Participant is $37,592. Using the appropriate annuity conversion factor (assuming $5.88 per $1,000 applied) the Investment Account Value provides a first monthly Variable Annuity Payment of $221.04. To determine the amount of the second monthly payment assume that the Capital Value Division Unit Value as of the first Valuation Date in the preceding calendar month was $1.3712044 and the Unit Value as of the first Valuation Date in the second preceding calendar month was $1.3273110. The Annuity Change Factor is determined by dividing $1.3712044 by $1.3273110, which equals 1.0330694, and dividing the result by an amount corresponding to the amount of one increased by an assumed investment return of 4% (which for a thirty day period is 1.0032288). 1.0330694 divided by 1.0032288 results in an Annuity Change Factor for the month of 1.0297446. Applying this factor to the amount of Variable Annuity Payment for the previous month results in a current monthly payment of $227.61 ($221.04 multiplied by 1.0297446 equals $227.61). 2. FLEXIBLE INCOME OPTION Instead of Variable Annuity Payments an Owner of Benefits may choose to receive Income Benefits under the Flexible Income Option. Unlike Variable Annuity Payments, payments under the Flexible Income Option may be made from any Division of the Separate Account. Under the Flexible Income Option, the Company will pay to the Owner of Benefits a portion of the Investment Accounts on a monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual basis on the date or dates requested each Year and continuing for a period not to exceed the life or life expectancy of the PREMIER VARIABLE ANNUITY 17 www.principal.com Plan Participant, or the joint lives or life expectancy of such Plan Participant and the contingent annuitant, if the contingent annuitant is the Plan Participant's spouse. If the Notification does not specify from which Investment Accounts payments are to be made, amounts will be withdrawn on a pro rata basis from all Investment Accounts which correlate to the Plan Participant. Payments will end, however, on the date no amounts remain in such Accounts or the date such Accounts are paid or applied in full as described below. Payments will be subject to the following: a. The life expectancy of the Plan Participant and the Plan Participant's spouse, if applicable, will be determined in accordance with the life expectancy tables contained in Internal Revenue Regulation Section 1.72-9. Life expectancy will be determined as of the date on which the first payment is made. Life expectancy will be redetermined annually thereafter. b. Payments may begin any time after the Flexible Income Option is requested. Payments must begin no later than the latest date permitted or required by the Plan or regulation to be the Owner of Benefit's Annuity Commencement Date. c. Payments will be made annually, semiannually, quarterly, or monthly as requested by the Owner of Benefits and agreed to by the Company. The annual amount payable will be the lesser of the Aggregate Investment Account Values which correlate to the Plan Participant or the minimum annual amount determined in accordance with the minimum distribution rules of the Code. d. If the Plan Participant should die before the Aggregate Investment Account Value has been paid or applied in full, the remaining Investment Account Values will be treated as benefits payable at death as described in this Prospectus. e. Year for purposes of determining payments under the Flexible Income Option means the twelve month period starting on the installment payment starting date and each corresponding twelve month period thereafter. An Owner of Benefits may request a payment in excess of the minimum described above. Such payment may be equal to all or any portion of the Investment Accounts which correlate to the Plan Participant; provided, however, that if the requested payment would reduce the total value of such accounts to a total balance of less than $1,750 then such request will be a request for the total of such Investment Accounts. The Owner of Benefits may request termination of the Flexible Income Payments by giving the Company Notification (i) requesting an excess payment equal to the remaining balance of the Aggregate Investment Account Values which correlate to a Plan Participant, (ii) requesting that the remaining balance of the Aggregate Investment Account Values be applied to provide Variable Annuity Payments or (iii) a combination of (i) and (ii), as long as the amount applied to provide an annuity is at least $1,750. The Company will make such excess payment on the later of (i) the date requested, or (ii) the date seven (7) calendar days after the Company receives the Notification. The Annuity Commencement Date for amounts so applied will be one month after the Annuity Purchase Date. The Annuity Purchase Date for amounts so applied will be the first Valuation Date in the month following the Company's receipt of the Notification or the first Valuation Date of such subsequent month as requested. An additional annual charge of $25.00 will be made if an Owner of Benefits elects to receive benefits under the Flexible Income Option. The charge attributable to a Plan Participant will be allocated to his or her Investment Account in proportion to their relative values. C. PAYMENT ON DEATH OF PLAN PARTICIPANT 1. PRIOR TO ANNUITY PURCHASE DATE If a Plan Participant dies prior to the Annuity Purchase Date, the Company, upon receipt of due proof of death and any waiver or consent required by applicable state law, will pay the death benefit in accordance with the provisions of the Plan. The amount of the death benefit is determined by the terms of the Plan. The Owner of Benefits may elect to (1) leave the assets in the contract to the extent permitted by applicable law; (2) receive such value as a single sum benefit; or (3) apply the Investment Account Values which correlate to the Plan 18 PREMIER VARIABLE ANNUITY 1-800-633-1373 Participant to purchase Variable Annuity Payments for the beneficiary if the aggregate value of such Investment Accounts is at least $1,750. If the beneficiary does not provide Notification to the Company within 120 days of the date the Company receives due proof of death, (i.e. a certified copy of the death certificate, a certified copy of a decree of a court of competent jurisdiction as to the finding of death, a written statement by a medical doctor who attended the deceased during his last illness.), the beneficiary will be deemed a Plan Participant under the contract described in the Prospectus. A beneficiary may elect to have all or a part of the amount available under this contract transferred to any Companion Contract. Alternatively, this contract may accept all or part of the amount available under a Companion Contract to establish an Investment Account or Accounts for a beneficiary under this contract. If the aggregate value of such Investment Accounts is less than $1,750, the Company may at its option pay the beneficiary the value of such accounts in lieu of all other benefits. An election to receive Variable Annuity Payments must be made prior to the single sum payment to the beneficiary. Annuity income must be payable as lifetime annuity income with no benefits beyond the beneficiary's life or life expectancy. In addition, the amount of the monthly Variable Annuity Payments must be at least $20, or the Company may at its option pay the beneficiary the value of the Variable Annuity Reserves in lieu of all other benefits. The beneficiary's Annuity Purchase Date will be the first day of the calendar month specified in the election, but in no event prior to the first day of the calendar month following the date the Notification is received by the Company. The amount to be applied will be determined as of the Annuity Purchase Date. The beneficiary's Annuity Commencement Date will be the first day of the calendar month following the Annuity Purchase Date. The beneficiary must be a natural person in order to elect Variable Annuity Payments. The election must be in writing. The annuity conversion rates applicable to a beneficiary shall be the annuity conversion rates the Company makes available to all beneficiaries under this contract. The beneficiary will receive a written description of the options available. 2. SUBSEQUENT TO ANNUITY PURCHASE DATE Upon the death of a Plan Participant subsequent to the Annuity Purchase Date, no benefits will be available except as may be provided under the form of annuity selected. If provided for under the form of annuity, the Owner of Benefits or beneficiary will continue receiving any remaining payments unless the Owner of Benefits or the beneficiary requests in writing that the Commuted Value of the remaining payments be paid in a single sum. D. WITHDRAWALS AND TRANSFERS 1. CASH WITHDRAWALS The contract is designed for and intended to be used to fund retirement Plans. However, subject to any Plan limitations, any restrictions imposed by provisions of the Code or any reduction for vesting provided for in the Plan as to amounts available, the Owner of Benefits may withdraw cash from the Investment Accounts which correlate to a Plan Participant at any time prior to the Annuity Purchase Date. The Code generally provides that distributions from the contracts (except those used to fund Creditor Exempt or General Creditor Non-qualified Plans) may begin only after the Plan Participant attains age 591/2, terminates employment, dies or becomes disabled, or in the case of deemed hardship (or, for PEDC Plans, unforeseen emergencies). Withdrawals before age 591/2 may involve an income tax penalty. See "Federal Tax Status." The procedure with respect to cash withdrawals is as follows: a. The Plan must allow for such withdrawal. b. The Company must receive a Notification requesting a cash withdrawal from the Owner of Benefits on a form either furnished or approved by the Company. The Notification must specify the amount to be withdrawn for each Investment Account from which withdrawals are to be made. If no specification is made, withdrawals from Investment Accounts will be made on a pro rata basis. c. If a certificate has been issued to the Owner of Benefits the Company may require that any requests be accompanied by such certificate. PREMIER VARIABLE ANNUITY 19 www.principal.com d. If the Aggregate Investment Account Values are insufficient to satisfy the amount of the requested withdrawal and applicable charges, if any, the amount paid will be reduced to satisfy such charges. Any cash withdrawal will result in the cancellation of a number of units from each Investment Account from which values have been withdrawn. The number of units cancelled from an Investment Account will be equal to the amount withdrawn from that Account divided by the Unit Value for the Division of Separate Account B in which the Account is invested for the Valuation Period in which the cancellation is effective. (Special Note: Under the Texas Education Code, Plan Participants under contracts issued in connection with Optional Retirement Programs for certain employees of Texas institutions of higher education are prohibited from making withdrawals except in the event of termination of employment, retirement or death of the Plan Participant. Also, see "Federal Tax Status" for a description of further withdrawal restrictions.) 2. TRANSFERS BETWEEN DIVISIONS Upon Notification, all or a portion of the value of an Investment Account which correlates to a Plan Participant may be transferred to another available Investment Account correlating to such Plan Participant for the same type of Contribution. Transfers may be made at any time before the Annuity Purchase Date. A transfer will be effective as of the end of the Valuation Period in which the request is received. Any amount transferred will result in the cancellation of units in the Investment Account from which the transfer is made. The number of units cancelled will be equal to the amount transferred from that account divided by the Unit Value of the Division for the Valuation Period in which the transfer is effective. The transferred amount will result in the crediting of units in the Investment Account to which the transfer is made. The number of units credited will be equal to the amount transferred to that account divided by the Unit Value of the Division for the Valuation Period in which the transfer is effective. 3. TRANSFERS TO THE CONTRACT If a Companion Contract has been issued by the Company to fund the Plan, and except as otherwise provided by the applicable Plan, the contract may accept all or a portion of the proceeds available under the Companion Contract at any time at least one month before Annuity Commencement Date, subject to the terms of the Companion Contract. 4. TRANSFERS TO A COMPANION CONTRACT If a Companion Contract has been issued by the Company to fund the Plan, except as otherwise provided by the applicable Plan and the provisions of the Companion Contract, an Owner of Benefits may by Notification transfer all or a portion of the Investment Account Values which correlate to a Plan Participant to the Companion Contract. If the Notification does not state otherwise, amounts will be transferred on a pro rata basis from the Investment Accounts which correlate to the Plan Participant. Transfers with respect to a Plan Participant from this contract to the Companion Contract will not be permitted if this contract has accepted, within the six-month period preceding the proposed transfer from this contract to the Companion Contract, a transfer from an unmatured Investment Account which correlates to the Plan Participant established under the Companion Contract. An unmatured Investment Account is an Investment Account which has not reached the end of its interest guarantee period. In all other respects, such transfers are subject to the same provisions regarding frequency of transfer, effective date of transfer and cancellation of units as described above in "Transfers Between Divisions." 5. SPECIAL SITUATION INVOLVING ALTERNATE FUNDING AGENTS The contract allows the Investment Account Values of all Plan Participants to be transferred to an alternate Funding Agent with or without the consent of the Plan Participants. Transfers to an alternate Funding Agent require Notification from the Contractholder. The amount to be transferred will be equal to the Investment Account Values determined as of the end of the Valuation Period in which the Notification is received. Such transfers will be subject to the recordkeeping expense. 20 PREMIER VARIABLE ANNUITY 1-800-633-1373 6. POSTPONEMENT OF CASH WITHDRAWAL OR TRANSFER Any cash withdrawal or transfer to be made from the contract or between Investment Accounts in accordance with the preceding paragraphs will be made (i) within seven calendar days after Notification for such payment or transfer is received by the Company at its Home Office or (ii) on the requested date of payment or transfer, if later. However, such withdrawal or transfer may be deferred during any period when the right to redeem Account shares is suspended as permitted under provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The right to redeem shares may be suspended during any period when (a) trading on the New York Stock Exchange is restricted as determined by the Securities and Exchange Commission or such Exchange is closed for other than weekends and holidays; (b) an emergency exists, as determined by the Securities and Exchange Commission, as a result of which (i) disposal by the Account of securities owned by it is not reasonably practicable or (ii) it is not reasonably practicable for the Account fairly to determine the value of its net assets; or (c) the Commission by order so permits for the protection of security holders. If any deferment of transfer or withdrawal is in effect and has not been cancelled by Notification to the Company within the period of deferment, the amount to be transferred or withdrawn shall be determined as of the first Valuation Date following expiration of the permitted deferment, and transfer or withdrawal will be made within seven calendar days thereafter. The Company will notify the Contractholder of any deferment exceeding 30 days. 7. LOANS The Company will not make available a loan option for the contract. E. OTHER CONTRACTUAL PROVISIONS 1. CONTRIBUTION LIMITS The contract prescribes no limits on the minimum Contribution which may be made to an Investment Account which correlates to a Plan Participant. Plan Participant maximum Contributions are discussed under "Federal Tax Status." Contributions may also be limited by the Plan. The Company may also limit Contributions on 60-days notice. 2. ASSIGNMENT No benefits in the course of payment under a contract used to fund a TDA Plan, 401(a) Plan or Creditor-Exempt Non-Qualified Plan are assignable, by any Owner of Benefits, Plan Participant, beneficiary or contingent annuitant and all such benefits under such contracts shall be exempt from the claims of creditors to the maximum extent permitted by law. Benefits in the course of payment for contracts used to fund PEDC plans and General Creditor Non-Qualified Plans are assignable only by the Contractholder and such benefits are subject to the claims of the Contractholder's general creditors. Investment Account Values which correlate to a Plan Participant are non-forfeitable by the Owner of Benefits; provided, however, if the Plan specifically so provides, Investment Account Values which correlate to a Plan Participant shall be reduced to the extent required by the vesting provisions of the Plan as of the date the Company receives Notification of the event requiring the reduction. 3. CESSATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS A cessation of Contributions with respect to all Plan Participants shall occur at the election of the Contractholder upon Notification to the Company, on the date the Plan terminates or on the date no Investment Account Values remain under the contract or at the election of the Company upon 60-days notice to the Contractholder. Following a cessation of Contributions all terms of the contract will continue to apply except that no further Contributions may be made. 4. SUBSTITUTION OF SECURITIES PREMIER VARIABLE ANNUITY 21 www.principal.com If shares of an Account are not available at some time in the future, or if in the judgment of the Company further investment in such shares would no longer be appropriate, there may be substituted therefor, or Contributions received after a date specified by the Company may be applied to purchase (i) shares of another account or another registered open-end investment company or (ii) securities or other property as the Company should in its discretion select. In the event of any investment pursuant to clause (ii) above, the Company can make such changes as in its judgment are necessary or appropriate in the frequency and methods of determination of Unit Values, Net Investment Factors, Annuity Change Factors, and Investment Account Values, including any changes in the foregoing which will provide for the payment of an investment advisory fee; provided, however, that any such changes shall be made only after approval by the Insurance Department of the State of Iowa. The Company will give written notice to each Owner of Benefits of any substitution or such change and any substitution will be subject to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. 5. CHANGES IN THE CONTRACT The terms of a contract may be changed at any time by written agreement between the Company and the Contractholder without the consent of any Plan Participant, Owner of Benefits, beneficiary, or contingent annuitant. However, except as required by law or regulation, no such change shall apply to variable annuities which were in the course of payment prior to the effective date of the change. The Company will notify any Contractholder affected by any change under this paragraph. The Company may unilaterally change the Contract at any time, including retroactive changes, in order to meet the requirements of any law or regulation issued by any governmental agency to which the Company is subject. The Company may add Divisions to Separate Account B at any time. In addition, the Company may, on 60-days prior notice to the Contractholder, unilaterally change the basis for determining Investment Account Values, the Net Investment Factor, the Annuity Purchase Rates and the Annuity Change Factor; the guaranteed annuity conversion rates; the Recordkeeping Expense; and the provisions with respect to transfers to or from a Companion Contract or between Investment Accounts. However, no amendment or change will apply to annuities in the course of payment except to the extent necessary to meet the requirements of any law or regulation issued by a governmental agency to which the Company is subject. In addition, no change in the guaranteed annuity conversion rates will take effect for a current Plan Participant if the effect of such amendment or change would be less favorable to the Owner of Benefits. Also, any change in the recordkeeping expense will not take affect as to any Investment Accounts to be transferred to an Alternate Funding Agent if, prior to the date of the amendment or change is to take affect, the Company receives a written request from the Contractholder for payment of all such Investment Account Values to the Alternate Funding Agent and such request is not revoked. Furthermore, the Company may, on 60-days notice to the Contractholder affected by the change, unilaterally change the mortality and expense risks charge provided that (a) the charge shall in no event exceed 1.25%, (b) the charge shall not be changed more frequently than once in any one year period and (c) no change shall apply to annuities which were in the course of payment prior to the effective date of the change. STATEMENT OF VALUES The Company will furnish each Owner of Benefits at least once during each year a statement showing the number of units credited to the Investment Account or Accounts which correlate to the Plan Participant, Unit Values for such Investment Accounts and the resulting Investment Account Values. SERVICES AVAILABLE BY TELEPHONE TELEPHONE TRANSACTIONS . The following transactions may be exercised by telephone by any Owner of Benefits: 1) transfers between Investment Accounts; and 2) changes in Contribution allocation percentages. The telephone transactions may be exercised by telephoning 1-800-633-1373. Telephone transfer requests must be received by the close of the New York Stock Exchange on a day when the Company is open for business to be effective that day. Requests made after that time or on a day when the Company is not open for business will be effective the next business day. 22 PREMIER VARIABLE ANNUITY 1-800-633-1373 Although neither the Separate Account nor the Company is responsible for the authenticity of telephone transaction requests, the right is reserved to refuse to accept telephone requests when in the opinion of the Company it seems prudent to do so. The Owner of Benefits bears the risk of loss caused by fraudulent telephone instructions the Company reasonably believes to be genuine. The Company will employ reasonable procedures to assure telephone instructions are genuine and if such procedures are not followed, the Company may be liable for losses due to unauthorized or fraudulent transactions. Such procedures include recording all telephone instructions, requesting personal identification information such as the caller's name, daytime telephone number, social security number and/or birthdate and sending a written confirmation of the transaction to the Owner of Benefits' address of record. Owners of Benefits may obtain additional information and assistance by telephoning the toll free number. TELETOUCH/(R)/ /. /By calling TeleTouch at 1-800-547-7754 and inputting their personal identification number, Plan Participants may access daily account and investment information, counselor assistance and more. This service is available Sunday through Friday from 2 a.m. to midnight (CT) and Saturday from 2 a.m. to 9 p.m. PRINCIPAL RETIREMENT SERVICE CENTER/SM/ /. /By visiting our internet site at www.principal.com and inputting your personal identification number, you can access a variety of information including investment account values, investment results and retirement planning tools. Plan Participants may also change investment directions, transfer money and rebalance their portfolios. DISTRIBUTION OF THE CONTRACT The contract is no longer offered. PERFORMANCE CALCULATION The Separate Account may publish advertisements containing information (including graphs, charts, tables and examples) about the performance of one or more of its Divisions. The contract was not offered prior to July 15, 1992. However, the Divisions invest in Accounts of the Principal Variable Contract Fund, Inc. These Accounts correspond to open-end investment companies ("mutual funds"). Some of the Accounts (under their former names) were offered prior to the date that the Contract was available. Thus, the Separate Account may publish advertisements containing information about the hypothetical performance of one or more of its Divisions for this contract had the contract been issued on or after the date the Account in which such Division invests was first offered. The hypothetical performance from the date of inception of the Account in which the Division invests is derived by reducing the actual performance of the underlying Account by the fees and charges of the Contract as if it had been in existence. The yield and total return figures described below will vary depending upon market conditions, the composition of the underlying Account's portfolios and operating expenses. These factors and possible differences in the methods used in calculating yield and total return should be considered when comparing the Separate Account performance figures to performance figures published for other investment vehicles. The Separate Account may also quote rankings, yields or returns as published by independent statistical services or publishers and information regarding performance of certain market indices. Any performance data quoted for the Separate Account represents only historical performance and is not intended to indicate future performance. For further information on how the Separate Account calculates yield and total return figures, see the Statement of Additional Information. From time to time the Separate Account advertises its Money Market Division's "yield" and "effective yield." Both yield figures are based on historical earnings and are not intended to indicate future performance. The "yield" of the division refers to the income generated by an investment in the division over a seven-day period (which period will be stated in the advertisement). This income is then "annualized." That is, the amount of income generated by the investment during that week is assumed to be generated each week over a 52-week period and is shown as a percentage of the investment. The "effective yield" is calculated similarly but, when annualized, the income earned by an investment in the division is assumed to be reinvested. The "effective yield" will be slightly higher than the "yield" because of the compounding effect of this assumed reinvestment. In addition, from time to time, the Separate Account may advertise its "yield" for the Bond Division and Government Securities Division for these contracts. The "yield" of the Divisions is determined by annualizing the net investment PREMIER VARIABLE ANNUITY 23 www.principal.com income per unit for a specific, historical 30-day period and dividing the result by the ending maximum offering price of the unit for the same period. Also, from time to time, the Separate Account will advertise the average annual total return of its various divisions. The average annual total return for any of the divisions is computed by calculating the average annual compounded rate of return over the stated period that would equate an initial $1,000 investment to the ending redeemable contract value. VOTING RIGHTS The Company shall vote Account shares held in Separate Account B at regular and special meetings of shareholders of each Account, but will follow voting instructions received from persons having the voting interest in the Account shares. The number of Account shares as to which a person has the voting interest will be determined by the Company as of a date which will not be more than ninety days prior to the meeting of the Account, and voting instructions will be solicited by written communication at least ten days prior to the meeting. During the accumulation period, the Owner of Benefits is the person having the voting interest in the Account shares attributable to the Investment Accounts which correlate to the Plan Participant. The number of Account shares held in Separate Account B which are attributable to each Investment Account is determined by dividing the Investment Account Value attributable to a Division of Separate Account B by the net asset value of one share of the underlying Account. During the annuity period, the person then entitled to Variable Annuity Payments has the voting interest in the Account shares attributable to the Variable Annuity. The number of Account shares held in Separate Account B which are attributable to each Variable Annuity is determined by dividing the reserve for the Variable Annuity by the net asset value of one Account share. The voting interest in the Account shares attributable to the Variable Annuity will ordinarily decrease during the annuity period since the reserve for the Variable Annuity decreases due to the reduction in the expected payment period. Account shares for which Owners of Benefits or payees of Variable Annuities are entitled to give voting instructions, but for which none are received, and shares of the Account owned by the Company will be voted in the same proportion as the aggregate shares for which voting instructions have been received. Proxy material will be provided to each person having a voting interest together with an appropriate form which may be used to give voting instructions to the Company. If the Company determines pursuant to applicable law that Account shares held in Separate Account B need not be voted pursuant to instructions received from persons otherwise having the voting interest as provided above, then the Company may vote Account shares held in Separate Account B in its own right. FEDERAL TAX STATUS It should be recognized that the descriptions below of the federal income tax status of amounts received under the contracts are not exhaustive and do not purport to cover all situations. A qualified tax advisor should be consulted for complete information. (For the federal tax status of the Company and Separate Account B, see "Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B".) A. TAXES PAYABLE BY OWNERS OF BENEFITS AND ANNUITANTS The contract offered in connection with this Prospectus is used with retirement programs which receive favorable tax deferred treatment under Federal income tax law and deferred annuity contracts purchased with after tax dollars. Annuity payments or other amounts received under the contract are subject to income tax withholding. The amounts withheld will vary among recipients depending on the tax status of the individual and the type of payments from which taxes are withheld. Contributions to contracts used to fund Creditor-Exempt and General Creditor Non-Qualified Plans do not enjoy the advantages available to qualified retirement plans, but Contributions invested in contracts used to Fund Creditor-- 24 PREMIER VARIABLE ANNUITY 1-800-633-1373 Exempt Non-qualified Retirement Plans may receive tax-deferred treatment of the earnings, until distributed from the contract as retirement benefits. 1. TAX-DEFERRED ANNUITY PLANS - (SECTION 403(B) ANNUITIES FOR EMPLOYEES OF CERTAIN TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS OR PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS) CONTRIBUTIONS. Under section 403(b) of the Code, payments made by certain employers (i.e., tax-exempt organizations, meeting the requirements of section 501(c)(3) of the Code and public educational institutions) to purchase annuity contracts for their employees are excludable from the gross income of employees to the extent that the aggregate Purchase Payments do not exceed the limitations prescribed by section 402(g) and section 415 of the Code. This gross income exclusion applies to employer contributions and voluntary salary reduction contributions. An individual's voluntary salary reduction contributions under section 403(b) are generally limited to $15,000 in 2006; additional catch-up contributions are permitted under certain circumstances. Combined employer and salary reduction contributions are generally limited to the lesser of 100% of the participant's compensation, or $44,000 in 2006. In addition, for plan years beginning after December 31, 1988, employer contributions must comply with various nondiscrimination rules; these rules may have the effect of further limiting the rate of employer contributions for highly compensated employees. TAXATION OF DISTRIBUTIONS. Distributions are restricted. The restrictions apply to amounts accumulated after December 31, 1988 (including voluntary contributions after that date and earnings on prior and current voluntary contributions). These restrictions require that no distributions will be permitted prior to one of the following events: (1) attainment of age 591/2, (2) separation from service, (3) death, (4) disability, or (5) hardship (hardship distributions will be limited to the amount of salary reduction contributions exclusive of earnings thereon). All distributions from a section 403(b) Plan are taxed as ordinary income of the recipient in accordance with section 72 of the Code and are subject to 20% income tax withholding if they are eligible rollover distributions. Distributions received before the recipient attains age 591/2 generally are subject to a 10% penalty tax in addition to regular income tax. Certain distributions are excepted from this penalty tax, including distributions following (1) death, (2) disability, (3) separation from service during or after the year the Participant reaches age 55, (4) separation from service at any age if the distribution is in the form of payments over the life (or life expectancy) of the Plan Participant (or the Plan Participant and Beneficiary), and distributions (5) to alternate payee pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order, (6) made on account of certain levies on income or payments and (7) not in excess of tax deductible medical expenses. REQUIRED DISTRIBUTIONS. The first year for which a minimum distribution is required is the later of the calendar year in which the participant reaches age 701/2 or the calendar year in which the participant retires and such distributions must be made over a period that does not exceed the life expectancy of the Plan Participant (or the Plan Participant and Beneficiary). Plan Participants employed by governmental entities and certain church organizations may delay the commencement of payments until April 1 of the calendar year following retirement if they remain employed after attaining age 701/2. However, upon the death of the Plan Participant prior to the commencement of annuity payments, the amount accumulated under the contract must be distributed within five years or, if distributions to a beneficiary designated under the contract commence within one year of the Plan Participant's death, distributions are permitted over the life of the beneficiary or over a period not extending beyond the beneficiary's life expectancy. If the Plan Participant has commenced receiving annuity distributions prior to the Plan Participant's death, distributions must continue at least as rapidly as under the method in effect at the date of death. Amounts accumulated under a contract on December 31, 1986, are not subject to these minimum distributions requirements. A penalty tax of 50% will be imposed on the amount by which the minimum required distribution in any year exceeds the amount actually distributed in that year. TAX-FREE TRANSFERS AND ROLLOVERS. The Code provides for the tax-free exchange of one annuity contract for another annuity contract, and the IRS has ruled that total or partial amounts transferred between section 403(b) annuity contracts and/or 403(b)(7) custodial accounts may qualify as tax-free exchanges under certain circumstances. In addition, section 403(b) of the Code permits tax-free rollovers of eligible rollover distributions PREMIER VARIABLE ANNUITY 25 www.principal.com from section 403(b) programs to Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) and eligible retirement plans. If an eligible rollover distribution is taken as a direct rollover to an IRA or other eligible retirement plans the mandatory 20% income tax withholding does not apply. However, the 20% mandatory withholding requirement does apply to an eligible rollover distribution that is not made as a direct rollover. In addition, such a rollover must be completed within 60 days of receipt of the distribution. 2. 457 PLANS CONTRIBUTIONS. Under section 457 of the Code, there are three types of 457 plans. Tax exempt 457(b), governmental 457(b) and 457(f), Tax exempt 457(b) plans, and 457(f) plans may only be established for a select group of management or highly compensated employees and/or independent contractors. Federal Tax Status These plans allow individuals to defer the receipt of compensation which would otherwise be presently payable and to therefore defer the payment of Federal income taxes on the amounts. Participants in a tax exempt 457(b) or a governmental 457(b) may defer both employee and employer contributions up to the 402(g) limit, $15,000 for 2006. Catch up contributions are also allowed under certain circumstances.The amounts which are deferred may be used by the employer to purchase the Contract. The amounts in a tax exempt 457(b) plan and a 457(f) plan are owned by the employer and are subject to the claims of the employer's creditors. The amounts which are deferred for a governmental 457(b) plan are held for the exclusive benefit of the participants and beneficiaries. TAXATION OF DISTRIBUTIONS. For a governmental 457(b) plan, the amounts are taxable to the participant in the year they are distributed. For a tax exempt 457(b), the amounts are taxable to the participant in the year they are paid or otherwise made available. Amounts otherwise made available may be deferred in certain circumstances. For a 457(f) plan, amounts are taxable to the participant at the time there is no substantial risk of forfeiture. DISTRIBUTIONS BEFORE SEPARATION FROM SERVICE. Distributions for tax exempt 457(b) plans and governmental 457(b) plans are not permitted until separated from service except for unforeseeable emergencies, certain De minimus withdrawals and reaching age 70 1/2. Distributions from 457(f) plans may be allowed at certain times as allowed by a plan document. REQUIRED DISTRIBUTIONS. The minimum distribution requirements for tax exempt 457(b) plans and governmental 457(b) plans are generally the same as for those for qualified plans and section 403(b) plans. There are no minimum distribution requirements for 457(f) plans. TAX FREE TRANSFERS AND ROLLOVERS. Federal income tax law permits rollovers from governmental 457(b) plans to another eligible retirement plan. Federal tax law does not permit rollovers from tax exempt 457(b) plans or 457(f) plans to any other retirement plan or IRA. Federal tax law does permit the transfer from one tax exempt 457(b) plan to another. 3. 401(A) PLANS CONTRIBUTIONS. Under Section 401(a) of the Code, payments made by employers to purchase annuity Contracts for their employees are excludable from the gross income of employees to the extent that the aggregate Purchase Payments do not exceed the limitations prescribed by section 402(g), and section 415 of the Code. This gross income exclusion applies to employer contributions and voluntary salary reduction contributions. An individual's voluntary salary reduction contributions for a 401(k) plan are generally limited to $15,000 (2006 limit). In addition, an individual over age 50 may make a "catch-up" contribution of up to $3,000. For 401(a) qualified plans, the maximum annual contribution that a member can receive is limited to the lesser of 100% of includible compensation or $44,000 (2006 limit). 26 PREMIER VARIABLE ANNUITY 1-800-633-1373 TAXATION OF DISTRIBUTIONS. Distributions are restricted. These restrictions require that no distributions of employer contributions or salary deferrals will be permitted prior to one of the following events: (1) attainment of age 591/2, (2) separation from service, (3) death, (4) disability, or (5) for certain 401(a) Plans, hardship (hardship distributions will be limited to the amount of salary reduction contributions exclusive of earnings thereon). In-service distributions may be permitted under various circumstances in certain plans. To the extent distributions do not represent voluntary after-tax distributions, distributions from a section 401(a) Plan are taxed as ordinary income of the recipient in accordance with section 72 of the Code. Distributions received before the recipient attains age 591/2 generally are subject to a 10% penalty tax in addition to regular income tax. Certain distributions are excepted from this penalty tax, including distributions following (1) death, (2) disability, 3) separation from service during or after the year the Plan Participant reaches age 55, (4) separation from service at any age if the distribution is in the form of payments over the life (or life expectancy) of the Plan Participant (or the Plan Participant and Beneficiary), and (5) distributions not in excess of tax deductible medical expenses. REQUIRED DISTRIBUTIONS. The first year for which a minimum distribution is required is the later of the calendar year in which the participant reaches age 701/2 or the calendar year in which the participant retires and such distributions must be made over a period that does not exceed the life expectancy of the Plan Participant (or the Plan Participant and Beneficiary). Following the death of the Plan Participant, the distribution requirements are generally the same as those described with respect to 403(b) Plans. A penalty tax of 50% will be imposed on the amount by which the minimum required distribution in any year exceeds the amount actually distributed in that year. TAX-FREE TRANSFERS AND ROLLOVERS. The Code provides for the tax-free exchange of one annuity contract for another annuity contract. Distributions from a 401(a) Plan may also be transferred to a Rollover IRA. 4. CREDITOR-EXEMPT NON-QUALIFIED PLANS Certain employers may establish Creditor-Exempt Non-Qualified Plans. Under such Plans the employer formally funds the Plan either by purchasing an annuity contract or by transferring funds on behalf of Plan Participants to a trust established for the benefit of such Plan Participants with a direction to the trustee to use the funds to purchase an annuity contract. The Trustee is the Contractholder and is considered the nominal owner of the contract. Each Plan Participant as a Trust beneficiary, is an Owner of Benefits under the contract and is treated as the owner for income tax purposes. TAXATION OF CONTRACT EARNINGS. Since each Plan Participant for income tax purposes is considered the owner of the Investment Account or Accounts which correlate to such Participant, any increase in a Participant's Investment Account Value resulting from the investment performance of the Contract is not taxable to the Plan Participant until received by such Plan Participant. CONTRIBUTIONS. Payments made by the employer to the Trust on behalf of a Plan Participant are currently includible in the Plan Participant's gross income as additional compensation and, if such payments coupled with the Plan Participant's other compensation is reasonable in amount, such payments are currently deductible as compensation by the Employer. TAXATION OF DISTRIBUTIONS. In general, partial redemptions from an Investment Account that are not received by a Plan Participant as an annuity under the contract allocated to post-August 13, 1982 Contributions under a preexisting contract are taxed as ordinary income to the extent of the accumulated income or gain under the contract. Partial redemptions from a contract that are allocated to pre-August 14, 1982 Contributions under a preexisting contract are taxed only after the Plan Participant has received all of the "investment in the contract" (Contributions less any amounts previously received and excluded from gross income). In the case of a complete redemption of an Investment Account under the contract (regardless of the date of purchase), the amount received will be taxed as ordinary income to the extent that it exceeds the Plan Participant's investment in the contract. PREMIER VARIABLE ANNUITY 27 www.principal.com If a Plan Participant purchases two or more contracts from the Company (or an affiliated company) within any twelve month period after October 21, 1988, those contracts are treated as a single contract for purposes of measuring the income on a partial redemption or complete surrender. When payments are received as an annuity, the Plan Participant's investment in the contract is treated as received ratably over the expected payment period of the annuity and excluded from gross income as a tax-free return of capital. Individuals who commence receiving annuity payments on or after January 1, 1987, can exclude from income only their unrecovered investment in the contract. Where such individuals die before they have recovered their entire investment in the contract on a tax-free basis, they are entitled to a deduction of the unrecovered amount on their final tax return. In addition to regular income taxes, there is a 10% penalty tax on the taxable portion of a distribution received before the Plan Participant attains age 591/2 under the contract, unless the distribution is; (1) made to a Beneficiary on or after death of the Plan Participant, (2) made upon the disability of the Plan Participant; (3) part of a series of substantially equal annuity payments for the life or life expectancy of the Plan Participant or the Plan Participant and Beneficiary; (4) made under an immediate annuity contract, or (5) allocable to Contributions made prior to August 14, 1982. Required Distributions. The Code does not require a Plan Participant under a Creditor-Exempt Non-Qualified Plan to commence receiving distributions at any particular time and does not limit the duration of annuity payments. However, the contract provides the Annuity Commencement Date must be no later than the April 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the Participant attains age 701/2. However, upon the death of the Plan Participant prior to the commencement of annuity payments, the amount accumulated under the contract must be distributed within five years or, if distributions to a beneficiary designated under the contract commence within one year of the Plan Participant's death, distributions are permitted over the life of the beneficiary or over a period not extending beyond the beneficiary's life expectancy. If the Plan Participant has commenced receiving annuity distributions prior to the Plan Participant's death, distributions must continue at least as rapidly as under the method in effect at the date of death. TAX-FREE EXCHANGES. Under Section 1035 of the Code, the exchange of one annuity contract for another is not a taxable transaction, but is reportable to the IRS. Transferring Investment Account Values from this contract to a Companion Contract would fall within the provisions of Section 1035 of the Code. 5. GENERAL CREDITOR NON-QUALIFIED PLANS CONTRIBUTIONS. Private taxable employers may establish informally funded, General Creditor Non-Qualified Plans for a select group of management or highly compensated employees and/or independent contractors. Certain arrangements of nonprofit employers entered into prior to August 16, 1989, and not subsequently modified, are subject to the rules discussed below. Informally funded General Creditor Non-Qualified Plans represent a bare contractual promise on the part of the employer to pay wages at some future time. The contract used to informally fund the employer's obligation is owned by the employer and is subject to the claims of the employer's creditors. The Plan Participant has no present right or vested interest in the contract and is only entitled to payment in accordance with Plan provisions. If the Employer who is the Contractholder is not a natural person, the contract does not receive tax-deferred treatment afforded other Contractholders under the Code. TAXATION OF DISTRIBUTIONS. Amounts received by an individual from a General Creditor Non-Qualified Plan are includible in the employee's gross income for the taxable year in which such amounts are paid or otherwise made available. Such amounts are deductible by the employer when made taxable to the individual. B. FUND DIVERSIFICATION Separate Account investments must be adequately diversified in order for the increase in the value of Creditor-Exempt Non-Qualified Contracts to receive tax-deferred treatment. In order to be adequately diversified, the portfolio 28 PREMIER VARIABLE ANNUITY 1-800-633-1373 of each underlying Account must, as of the end of each calendar quarter or within 30 days thereafter, have no more than 55% of its assets invested in any one investment, 70% in any two investments, 80% in any three investments and 90% in any four investments. Failure of an Account to meet the diversification requirements could result in tax liability to Creditor-Exempt Non-Qualified Contractholders. The investment opportunities of the Accounts could conceivably be limited by adhering to the above diversification requirements. This would affect all Contractholders, including those owners of contracts for whom diversification is not a requirement for tax-deferred treatment. GENERAL INFORMATION FREQUENT TRADING AND MARKET-TIMING (ABUSIVE TRADING PRACTICES) This Contract is not designed for frequent trading or market timing activity of the investment options. If you intend to trade frequently and/or use market timing investment strategies, you should not purchase this Contract. The Company does not accommodate market timing. We consider frequent trading and market timing activities to be abusive trading practices because they: . Disrupt the management of the underlying mutual funds by; . forcing the fund to hold short-term (liquid) assets rather than investing for long term growth, which results in lost investment opportunities for the fund; and . causing unplanned portfolio turnover; . Hurt the portfolio performance of the underlying mutual funds; and . Increase expenses of the underlying mutual fund and separate account due to; . increased broker-dealer commissions; and . increased recordkeeping and related costs. If we are not able to identify such abusive trading practices, the abuses described above will negatively impact the Contract and cause investors to suffer the harms described. We have adopted policies and procedures to help us identify and prevent abusive trading practices. In addition, the underlying mutual funds monitor trading activity to identify and take action against abuses. While our policies and procedures are designed to identify and protect against abusive trading practices, there can be no certainty that we will identify and prevent abusive trading in all instances. When we do identify abusive trading, we will apply our policies and procedures in a fair and uniform manner. If we, or an underlying mutual fund that is an investment option with the Contract, deem abusive trading practices to be occurring, we will take action that may include, but is not limited to: . Rejecting transfer instructions from a Contract owner or other person authorized by the owner to direct transfers; . Restricting submission of transfer requests by, for example, allowing transfer requests to be submitted by 1/st/ class U.S. mail only and disallowing requests made via the internet, by facsimile, by overnight courier or by telephone; . Limiting the number of unscheduled transfer during a Contract year to no more than 12; . Prohibiting you from requesting a transfer among the divisions for a minimum of thirty days where there is evidence of at least one round-trip transaction (exchange or redemption of shares that were purchased within 30 days of the exchange/redemption) by you; and . Taking such other action as directed by the underlying mutual fund. The underlying mutual funds have reserved the right to accept or reject, without prior written notice, any transfer requests. In some instances, a transfer may be completed prior to a determination of abusive trading. In those instances, we will reverse the transfer (within two business days of the transfer) and return the Contract to the investment option holdings it had prior to the transfer. We will give you notice in writing in this instance. IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT CUSTOMER IDENTIFICATION PROCEDURES To help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, Federal law requires financial institutions to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person who opens an account. When you open PREMIER VARIABLE ANNUITY 29 www.principal.com an account, we will ask for your name, address, date of birth, and other information that will allow us to verify your identity. We may also ask to see your driver's license or other identifying documents. If concerns arise with verification of your identification, no transactions, other than redemptions, will be permitted while we attempt to reconcile the concerns. If we are unable to verify your identity within 30 days of our receipt of your original purchase, the account(s) will be closed and redeemed in accordance with normal redemption procedures. STATE REGULATION The Company is subject to the laws of the State of Iowa governing insurance companies and to regulation by the Insurance Department of the State of Iowa. An annual statement in a prescribed form must be filed by March 1 in each year covering the operations of the Company for the preceding year and its financial condition on December 31st of such year. Its books and assets are subject to review or examination by the Commissioner of Insurance of the State of Iowa, or the Commissioner's representatives, at all times, and a full examination of its operations is conducted periodically by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. Iowa law and regulations also prescribe permissible investments, but this does not involve supervision of the investment management or policy of the Company. In addition, the Company is subject to the insurance laws and regulations of other states and jurisdictions in which it is licensed to operate. Generally, the insurance departments of these states and jurisdictions apply the laws of the state of domicile in determining the field of permissible investments. LEGAL OPINIONS Legal matters applicable to the issue and sale of the contracts, including the right of the Company to issue contracts under Iowa Insurance Law, have been passed upon by Karen E. Shaff, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the Company. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS There are no legal proceedings pending to which Separate Account B is a party or which would materially affect Separate Account B. REGISTRATION STATEMENT This Prospectus omits some information contained in the Statement of Additional Information (or Part B of the Registration Statement) and Part C of the Registration Statement which the Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Statement of Additional Information is hereby incorporated by reference into this Prospectus. A copy of the Statement of Additional Information can be obtained upon request, free of charge, by writing or telephoning Princor Financial Services Corporation. You may obtain a copy of Part C of the Registration Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. from the Commission upon payment of the prescribed fees. OTHER VARIABLE ANNUITY CONTRACTS The company currently offers other variable annuity contracts that participate in Separate Account B. In the future, we may designate additional group or individual variable annuity contracts as participating in Separate Account B. INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM The financial statements of Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B and the consolidated financial statements of Principal Life Insurance Company which are included in the Statement of Additional Information have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, for the periods indicated in their reports thereon which appear in the Statement of Additional Information. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS The financial statements of the Principal Life Insurance Company which are included in the SAI should be considered only as they relate to our ability to meet our obligations under the Contract. They do not relate to investment performance of the assets held in the Separate Account. 30 PREMIER VARIABLE ANNUITY 1-800-633-1373 CUSTOMER INQUIRIES Your questions should be directed to Princor Financial Services Corporation, a company of the Principal Financial Group, Des Moines, Iowa 50392-2080, (515) 247-5711. PREMIER VARIABLE ANNUITY 31 www.principal.com TABLE OF SEPARATE ACCOUNT DIVISIONS The following is a brief summary of the investment objectives of each division. There is no guarantee that the objectives will be met. ASSET ALLOCATION DIVISION INVESTS IN: Principal Variable Contracts Fund Asset Allocation Account - Class 1 INVESTMENT ADVISOR: Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Inc. (doing business as Van Kampen) through a sub-advisory agreement with Principal Management Corporation INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE: to generate a total investment return consistent with the preservation of capital. The Account intends to pursue a flexible investment policy in seeking to achieve this investment objective by investing primarily in equity and fixed-income securities. BALANCED DIVISION INVESTS IN: Principal Variable Contracts Fund Balanced Account - Class 1 INVESTMENT ADVISOR: Principal Global Investors, LLC through a sub-advisory agreement with Principal Management Corporation INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE: to generate a total return consisting of current income and capital appreciation while assuming reasonable risks in furtherance of this objective by investing primarily in equity and fixed-income securities. BOND DIVISION INVESTS IN: Principal Variable Contracts Fund Bond Account - Class 1 INVESTMENT ADVISOR: Principal Global Investors, LLC through a sub-advisory agreement with Principal Management Corporation INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE: to provide as high a level of income as is consistent with preservation of capital and prudent investment risk. CAPITAL VALUE DIVISION INVESTS IN: Principal Variable Contracts Fund Capital Value Account - Class 1 INVESTMENT ADVISOR: Principal Global Investors, LLC through a sub-advisory agreement with Principal Management Corporation INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE: to provide long-term capital appreciation and secondarily growth investment income. The Account seeks to achieve its investment objectives through the purchase primarily of common stocks, but the Account may invest in other securities. DIVERSIFIED INTERNATIONAL DIVISION INVESTS IN: Principal Variable Contracts Fund Diversified International Account - Class 1 INVESTMENT ADVISOR: Principal Global Investors, LLC through a sub-advisory agreement with Principal 32 PREMIER VARIABLE ANNUITY 1-800-633-1373 Management Corporation INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE: to seek long-term growth of capital by investing in a portfolio of equity securities domiciled in any of the nations of the world. EQUITY GROWTH DIVISION (LARGECAP GROWTH EQUITY DIVISION MERGED INTO EQUITY GROWTH DIVISION ON MAY 1, 2007) INVESTS IN: Principal Variable Contracts Fund Equity Growth Account - Class 1 (LargeCap Growth Equity Account merged into Equity Growth Account on May 1, 2007) INVESTMENT ADVISOR: T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. through a sub-advisory agreement with Principal Management Corporation INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE: to provide long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in growth-oriented common stocks of medium and large capitalization U.S. corporations and, to a limited extent, foreign corporations. EQUITY INCOME I DIVISION (ON JANUARY 5, 2007 THE EQUITY INCOME DIVISION ASSETS MERGED INTO THE EQUITY INCOME I DIVISION) INVESTS IN: Principal Variable Contracts Fund Equity Income Account I - Class 1 (Principal Variable Contracts Fund - Equity Income Account merged into Principal Variable Contracts Fund - Equity Income I Account on January 5, 2007) INVESTMENT ADVISOR: Edge Asset Management, Inc. through a sub-advisory agreement with Principal Management Corporation INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE: to seek to provide a relatively high level of current income and long-term growth of income and capital. GOVERNMENT & HIGH QUALITY BOND DIVISION INVESTS IN: Principal Variable Contracts Fund Government & High Quality Bond Account - Class 1 INVESTMENT ADVISOR: Principal Global Investors, LLC through a sub-advisory agreement with Principal Management Corporation INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE: to seek a high level of current income, liquidity and safety of principal. GROWTH DIVISION INVESTS IN: Principal Variable Contracts Fund Growth Account - Class 1 INVESTMENT ADVISOR: Columbus Circle Investors through a sub-advisory agreement with Principal Management Corporation INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE: to seek growth of capital. The Account seeks to achieve its objective through the purchase primarily of common stocks, but the Account may invest in other securities. INTERNATIONAL EMERGING MARKETS DIVISION INVESTS IN: Principal Variable Contracts Fund International Emerging Markets Account - Class 1 INVESTMENT ADVISOR: Principal Global Investors, LLC through a sub-advisory agreement with Principal PREMIER VARIABLE ANNUITY 33 www.principal.com Management Corporation INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE: seeks long-term growth of capital by investing in equity securities of issuers in emerging market countries. INTERNATIONAL SMALLCAP DIVISION INVESTS IN: Principal Variable Contracts Fund International SmallCap Account - Class 1 INVESTMENT ADVISOR: Principal Global Investors, LLC through a sub-advisory agreement with Principal Management Corporation INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE: to seek long-term growth of capital. The Account will attempt to achieve its objective by investing primarily in equity securities of non-U.S. companies with comparatively smaller market capitalizations. LARGECAP STOCK INDEX DIVISION INVESTS IN: Principal Variable Contracts Fund LargeCap Stock Index Account - Class 1 INVESTMENT ADVISOR: Principal Global Investors, LLC through a sub-advisory agreement with Principal Management Corporation INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE: to seek long-term growth of capital by investing in stocks of large U.S. companies. The Account attempts to mirror the investment results of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. MIDCAP DIVISION INVESTS IN: Principal Variable Contracts Fund MidCap Account - Class 1 INVESTMENT ADVISOR: Principal Global Investors, LLC through a sub-advisory agreement with Principal Management Corporation INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE: to achieve capital appreciation by investing primarily in securities of emerging and other growth-oriented companies. MIDCAP GROWTH DIVISION INVESTS IN: Principal Variable Contracts Fund MidCap Growth Account - Class 1 INVESTMENT ADVISOR: Mellon Equity Associates, LLP through a sub-advisory agreement with Principal Management Corporation INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE: to seek long-term growth of capital. The Account will attempt to achieve its objective by investing primarily in growth stocks of medium market capitalization companies. MIDCAP VALUE DIVISION INVESTS IN: Principal Variable Contracts Fund MidCap Value Account - Class 1 INVESTMENT ADVISOR: Neuberger Berman Management, Inc. through a sub-advisory agreement with Principal Management Corporation INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE: seeks long-term growth of capital by investing primarily in equity securities of companies with value characteristics and medium market capitalizations. 34 PREMIER VARIABLE ANNUITY 1-800-633-1373 MONEY MARKET DIVISION INVESTS IN: Principal Variable Contracts Fund Money Market Account - Class 1 INVESTMENT ADVISOR: Principal Global Investors, LLC through a sub-advisory agreement with Principal Management Corporation INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE: to seek as high a level of current income available from short-term securities as is considered consistent with preservation of principal and maintenance of liquidity by investing all of its assets in a portfolio of money market instruments. REAL ESTATE SECURITIES DIVISION INVESTS IN: Principal Variable Contracts Fund Real Estate Securities Account - Class 1 INVESTMENT ADVISOR: Principal Real Estate Investors, LLC through a sub-advisory agreement with Principal Management Corporation INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE: to seek to generate a high total return. The Account will attempt to achieve its objective by investing primarily in equity securities of companies principally engaged in the real estate industry. SMALLCAP DIVISION INVESTS IN: Principal Variable Contracts Fund SmallCap Account - Class 1 INVESTMENT ADVISOR: Principal Global Investors, LLC through a sub-advisory agreement with Principal Management Corporation INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE: to seek long-term growth of capital. The Account will attempt to achieve its objective by investing primarily in equity securities of both growth and value oriented companies with comparatively smaller market capitalizations. SMALLCAP GROWTH DIVISION INVESTS IN: Principal Variable Contracts Fund SmallCap Growth Account - Class 1 INVESTMENT ADVISOR: Emerald Advisors, Inc. through a sub-advisory agreement; Essex Investment Management Company, LLC through a sub-advisory agreement; and UBS Global Asset Management (Americas) Inc. through a sub-advisory agreement with Principal Management Corporation INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE: to seek long-term growth of capital. The Account will attempt to achieve its objective by investing primarily in equity securities of growth companies with comparatively smaller market capitalizations. SMALLCAP VALUE DIVISION INVESTS IN: Principal Variable Contracts Fund SmallCap Value Account - Class 1 INVESTMENT ADVISOR: J.P. Morgan Investment Management, Inc. through a sub-advisory agreement and Mellon Equity Associates, LLP through a sub-advisory agreement with Principal Management Corporation INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE: to seek long-term growth of capital by investing primarily in equity securities of small PREMIER VARIABLE ANNUITY 35 www.principal.com companies with value characteristics and comparatively smaller market capitalizations. 36 PREMIER VARIABLE ANNUITY 1-800-633-1373 REGISTRATION STATEMENT This prospectus omits some information contained in the SAI (Part B of the registration statement) and Part C of the registration statement which the Company has filed with the SEC. The SAI is hereby incorporated by reference into this prospectus. You may request a free copy of the SAI by writing or telephoning the home office. By paying the prescribed fees, you may obtain a copy of Part C of the registration statement from: SEC's Public Reference Branch, 100 F Street, NE, Room 1580 Washington, D.C. 20549 Telephone: (202) 551-8090 The filings are also available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. The registration number for the Contract is 333-128079. CUSTOMER INQUIRIES Your questions should be directed to: Principal Premier Variable Annuity, Principal Financial Group, P.O. Box 9382, Des Moines, Iowa 50306-9382, 1-800-852-4450. TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE SAI The table of contents for the Statement of Additional Information is provided below. TABLE OF CONTENTS General Information and History......................................... Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm ........................... Principal Underwriter ................................................... Calculation of Performance Data ......................................... Taxation Under Certain Retirement Plans................................. Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm................ Financial Statements ................................................... Principal Life Insurance Company Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm ................ Consolidated Financial Statements ...................................... To obtain a copy of the Statement of Additional Information, free of charge, write or telephone: Princor Financial Services Corporation a company of the Principal Financial Group Des Moines, IA 50392-2080 Telephone: 1-800-852-4450 PREMIER VARIABLE ANNUITY 37 www.principal.com CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION Financial statements are included in the Statement of Additional Information. Following are unit values for the Contract for the periods ended December 31.
NUMBER ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUE OF ----------------------------------------------ACCUMULAT BEGINNING END PERCENTAGE OF CHANGE END OF OF PERIOD OF PERIOD FROM PRIOR PERIOD OUPERIODI --------- --------- -------------------- (IN THOUSAND ------- Asset Allocation Division 2006 $1.190 $1.337 12.33% 2 2005 1.130 1.190 5.31 108 2004 1.046 1.130 8.03 112 2003 0.864 1.046 21.06 49 2002 0.990 0.864 (12.73) 1 2001/(1)/ 1.000 0.990 (1.00) 1 Balanced Division 2006 2.006 2.227 11.02 1,675 2005 1.887 2.006 6.31 2,362 2004 1.722 1.887 9.58 4,714 2003 1.455 1.722 18.35 5,850 2002 1.683 1.455 (13.55) 6,811 2001 1.817 1.683 (7.37) 8,130 2000 1.822 1.817 (0.27) 12,915 1999 1.787 1.822 1.96 16,370 1998 1.604 1.787 11.41 14,770 1997 1.366 1.604 17.42 10,617 Bond Division 2006 2.020 2.106 4.26 1,451 2005 1.980 2.020 2.02 1,881 2004 1.892 1.980 4.65 3,782 2003 1.817 1.892 4.13 4,194 2002 1.670 1.817 8.80 5,048 2001 1.551 1.670 7.67 5,065 2000 1.440 1.551 7.71 6,222 1999 1.484 1.440 (2.96) 7,415 1998 1.384 1.484 7.23 6,013 1997 1.257 1.384 10.10 4,009 Capital Value Division 2006 3.053 3.647 19.45 3,743 2005 2.870 3.053 6.38 4,428 2004 2.565 2.870 11.89 7,193 2003 2.053 2.565 24.94 7,849 2002 2.388 2.053 (14.03) 9,823 2001 2.608 2.388 (8.44) 11,828 2000 2.563 2.608 1.76 15,798 1999 2.689 2.563 (4.69) 22,466 1998 2.378 2.689 13.08 22,328 1997 1.858 2.378 27.99 21,339 Diversified International Division 2006 2.348 2.993 27.45 2,190 2005 1.905 2.348 23.25 2,643 2004 1.581 1.905 20.52 3,958 2003 1.199 1.581 31.83 4,372 2002 1.435 1.199 (16.45) 5,395 2001 1.903 1.435 (24.59) 6,977 2000 2.085 1.903 (8.73) 10,573 1999 1.663 2.085 25.38 10,814 1998 1.518 1.663 9.55 9,442 1997 1.358 1.518 11.78 7,684 Equity Growth Division 2006 1.001 1.058 5.74 2005 0.935 1.001 7.06 65 2004 0.859 0.935 8.89 160 2003 0.685 0.859 25.35 84 2002 0.951 0.685 (27.97) 41 2001/(1)/ 1.000 0.951 (4.90) 1 Equity Income Division 2006 1.003 1.212 20.88 2005 0.928 1.003 8.08 78 2004 0.792 0.928 17.17 82 2003 0.699 0.792 13.30 18 2002 0.803 0.699 (12.95) 5 2001/(1)/ 1.000 0.803 (19.70) 0 Government & High Quality Bond Division 2006 2.096 2.176 3.83 2005 2.064 2.096 1.55 1,924 2004 2.002 2.064 3.12 4,173 2003 1.974 2.002 1.40 4,948 2002 1.822 1.974 8.34 6,987 2001 1.700 1.822 7.18 5,965 2000 1.532 1.700 10.97 6,314 1999 1.543 1.532 (0.71) 8,432 1998 1.431 1.543 7.83 8,358 1997 1.302 1.431 9.91 7,686 Growth Division 2006 1.785 1.955 9.50 2005 1.600 1.785 11.56 4,172 2004 1.469 1.600 8.95 8,493 2003 1.166 1.469 25.95 10,006 2002 1.651 1.166 (29.38) 11,578 2001 2.223 1.651 (25.73) 14,820 2000 2.488 2.223 (10.65) 20,921 1999 2.145 2.488 15.99 20,774 1998 1.775 2.145 20.85 16,370 1997 1.404 1.775 26.42 11,441 International Emerging Markets Division 2006 2.303 3.173 37.76 2005 1.722 2.303 33.74 114 2004 1.385 1.722 24.34 122 2003 0.885 1.385 56.49 32 2002 0.962 0.885 (8.00) 1 2001/(1)/ 1.000 0.962 (3.80) 0 International SmallCap Division 2006 1.909 2,479 29.87 2005 1.485 1.909 28.55 168 2004 1.145 1.485 29.69 132 2003 0.746 1.145 53.49 17 2002 0.894 0.746 (16.55) 1 2001/(1)/ 1.000 0.894 (10.60) 0 LargeCap Growth Equity Division 2006 0.762 0.780 2.37 2005 0.739 0.762 3.11 129 2004 0.719 0.739 2.78 96 2003 0.587 0.719 22.49 46 2002 0.883 0.587 (33.52) 0 2001/(1)/ 1.000 0.883 (11.70) 0 LargeCap Stock Index Division 2006 1.062 1.223 15.15 632 2005 1.021 1.062 4.02 602 2004 0.929 1.021 9.90 592 2003 0.727 0.929 27.79 239 2002 0.941 0.727 (22.74) 80 2001/(1)/ 1.000 0.941 (5.90) 52 MidCap Division 2006 3.661 4.166 13.78 1,918 2005 3.367 3.661 8.73 2,758 2004 2.872 3.367 17.24 4,931 2003 2.171 2.872 32.29 5,547 2002 2.390 2.171 (9.16) 7,024 2001 2.492 2.390 (4.09) 8,858 2000 2.184 2.492 14.10 12,724 1999 1.940 2.184 12.58 12,883 1998 1.879 1.940 3.25 12,204 1997 1.537 1.879 22.25 9,536 MidCap Growth Division 2006 1.199 1.310 9.28 14 2005 1.060 1.199 13.11 81 2004 0.952 1.060 11.34 68 2003 0.680 0.952 40.00 88 2002 0.926 0.680 (26.57) 1 2001/(1)/ 1.000 0.926 (7.40) 0 MidCap Value Division 2006 1.618 1.825 12.81 101 2005 1.470 1.618 10.07 323 2004 1.203 1.470 22.19 304 2003 0.885 1.203 35.93 173 2002 0.987 0.885 (10.33) 40 2001/(1)/ 1.000 0.987 (1.30) 1 Money Market Division 2006 1.537 1.604 4.35 2,898 2005 1.505 1.537 2.13 3,709 2004 1.498 1.505 0.47 5,108 2003 1.493 1.498 0.33 5,903 2002 1.478 1.493 1.01 8,250 2001 1.430 1.478 3.36 9,389 2000 1.354 1.430 5.61 10,369 1999 1.296 1.354 4.48 10,632 1998 1.237 1.296 4.77 9,868 1997 1.181 1.237 4.74 6,515 Real Estate Securities Division 2006 2.338 3.181 36.06 202 2005 2.022 2.338 15.63 268 2004 1.512 2.022 33.73 308 2003 1.093 1.512 38.33 184 2002 1.019 1.093 7.26 64 2001/(1)/ 1.000 1.019 1.90 4 SmallCap Division 2006 1.170 1.313 12.25 47 2005 1.098 1.170 6.56 131 2004 0.920 1.098 19.35 86 2003 0.675 0.920 36.30 30 2002 0.933 0.675 (27.65) 1 2001/(1)/ 1.000 0.933 (6.70) 1 SmallCap Growth Division 2006 0.734 0.797 8.61 26 2005 0.686 0.734 7.00 157 2004 0.624 0.686 9.94 129 2003 0.430 0.624 45.12 125 2002 0.798 0.430 (46.12) 33 2001/(1)/ 1.000 0.798 (20.20) 0 SmallCap Value Division 2006 1.701 2.010 18.18 104 2005 1.609 1.701 5.72 244 2004 1.312 1.609 22.64 266 2003 0.875 1.312 49.94 121 2002 0.964 0.875 (9.23) 36 2001/(1)/ 1.000 0.964 (3.60) 13
/(1)/Commenced operations on June 29, 2001. APPENDIX A The contract provides for recordkeeping and other services and fees described below as well as a separate Service Expense Agreement which allows Contractholders to choose, in their sole discretion, a customized Plan-level service package and charges. A. RECORDKEEPING EXPENSE The Contractholder must also pay a recordkeeping expense. The quarterly recordkeeping expense is one-fourth of the charge determined from the table below. The amount of the charge is determined at the end of each quarter based upon the number of Plan Participants, both active and inactive, for whom there are Investment Accounts under the contract at the end of the quarter.
ANNUAL EXPENSE (BENEFIT REPORT PLAN PARTICIPANTS SENT TO THE CONTRACTHOLDER) ----------------- ------------------------------ 1-25 $2,250 26-49 $34 per Plan Participant + $1,366 50-99 $31 per Plan Participant + $1,516 100-299 $28 per Plan Participant + $1,816 300-499 $23 per Plan Participant + $3,316 500 - 999 $19 per Plan Participant + $5,316 1,000 - 2,499 $14 per Plan Participant + $10,316 2,500 - 4,999 $12 per Plan Participant + $15,316 5,000 and over $10 per Plan Participant + $25,316
Example: Assume 600 Plan Participants with Benefit Reports sent to the Contractholder: The expense is $16,716 [600 x $19 = $11,400+ $5,316 = $16,716] / 4 = $4,179. This would be $6.96 per Plan Participant, per quarter. The recordkeeping expense is increased by $3 per Plan Participant if benefit reports are mailed directly to Plan Participants' homes. If, instead of quarterly benefit reports, the Company provides such reports annually, the recordkeeping expense is reduced by 9%. Similarly, if such reports are provided semi-annually, the recordkeeping expense is reduced by 6%. If such reports are provided on a monthly basis, the recordkeeping expense is increased by 24%. If the Company performs more (or less) than one 401(k)/401(m) non-discrimination test in a Deposit Year, the recordkeeping expense is increased (reduced) by 3% for each additional test performed (or test not performed). PREMIER VARIABLE ANNUITY 41 www.principal.com The recordkeeping expense is increased by 10% if Plan Contributions are not reported in the Company's standard format by modem. A charge of $15 is made to the account of plan participants who make investment changes/transfers using paper rather than our toll-free number (1-800-633-1373). The recordkeeping expense for an employer with both a non-qualified plan in the contract offered under this prospectus and a 401(k) plan in a contract will be determined at the point in scale reached under the 401(k) plan. If the initial Deposit Year is less than twelve months, an adjustment will be made in the amount of the charge so that the full amount of the annual charge per Plan Participant will be assessed during the year. If all Investment Accounts attributable to a Plan Participant are canceled during the Deposit Year as a result of a withdrawal, the unassessed portion of the full annual charge attributable to the Plan Participant will be charged. If the Company provides recordkeeping services for Plan assets not allocated to the contract or an Associated or Companion Contract ("Outside Assets"), the Contractholder must pay an Outside Asset recordkeeping expense. The annual charge is calculated based upon the following table.
NUMBER OF PLAN PARTICIPANTS OUTSIDE ASSET WITH OUTSIDE ACCOUNTS ANNUAL RECORDKEEPING DURING THE QUARTER EXPENSE --------------------------- -------------------- 1-25 $1,000 minimum 26-49 $15.30 per member + $614.70 50-99 $13.95 per member + $682.20 100-299 $12.60 per member+ $817.20 300-499 $10.35per member + $1,492.20 500-999 $8.55 per member+ $2,392.20 1000-2499 $6.30per member + $4,642.20 2500-4999 $5.40 per member + $6,892.20 5000 and over $4.50 per member + $11,392.20
The charge calculated in accordance with the above table will be increased by 15% for the second and each additional Outside Asset for which the Company provides recordkeeping services. One-fourth of the annual Outside Asset Recordkeeping Charge will be billed on a quarterly basis. This charge does not apply if the Outside Assets which correlate to the Plan Participant consist solely of shares of mutual funds for which a subsidiary of the Company serves as investment adviser. The Contractholder may elect to have the recordkeeping expense attributable to investments in this contract which correlate to inactive Plan Participants deducted from the Investment Account Values of such Plan Participants. The portion of the charge attributable to a Plan Participant will be allocated to his or her Investment Account in proportion to their relative value. B. LOCATION FEE Contractholders may request the Company to provide services to groups of employees at multiple locations. If the Company agrees to provide such services, the Contractholder will be charged $150 on a quarterly basis for each additional employee group or location. C. FLEXIBLE INCOME OPTION CHARGE An additional charge of $25 annually will be made for any Plan Participant receiving benefits under the Flexible Income Option. The charge is added to the portion of the recordkeeping expense attributable to such Plan Participants. If a Plan Participant is receiving benefits under the Flexible Income Option from a Companion Contract to which a Flexible Income Option Charge applies, the charge will not apply to the contract. D. DOCUMENTATION EXPENSE 42 PREMIER VARIABLE ANNUITY 1-800-633-1373 The Company provides a sample Plan document and summary plan descriptions to the Contractholder. The Contractholder will pay $125 if the Contractholder uses a Principal Standard Plan. If the Company provides a sample custom-written Plan, the Contractholder will pay $700 for the initial Plan or for any restatement thereof, $300 for any amendments thereto, and $500 for standard summary plan description booklets. If the Contractholder adopts a Plan other than one provided by the Company, a $900 charge will be made for summary plan description booklets requested by the Contractholder, if any. PART B PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY SEPARATE ACCOUNT B PREMIER VARIABLE (A GROUP VARIABLE ANNUITY CONTRACT FOR EMPLOYER-SPONSORED QUALIFIED AND NON-QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLANS) STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DATED MAY 1, 2007 This Statement of Additional Information provides information about Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B Premier Variable - Group Variable Annuity Contracts (the "Contract" or the "Contracts") in addition to the information that is contained in the Contract's Prospectus, dated May 1, 2007. This Statement of Additional Information is not a prospectus. It should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus, a copy of which can be obtained free of charge by writing or telephoning: Princor Financial Services Corporation a company of the Principal Financial Group Des Moines, Iowa 50392-2080 Telephone: 1-800-633-1373 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm ...........................3 Underwriting Commissions................................................3 Calculation of Performance Data .........................................3 Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B Report of Independent Auditors......................................... 6 Financial Statements................................................... 8 Principal Life Insurance Company Report of Independent Auditors......................................... 123 Consolidated Financial Statements...................................... 124 2 PRINCIPAL PREMIER VARIABLE ANNUITY CONTRACT 1-800-633-1373 INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM Ernst & Young LLP, 801 Grand, Des Moines, Iowa, serves as the independent registered public accounting firm for Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B and the Principal Life Insurance Company. UNDERWRITING COMMISSIONS Aggregate dollar amount of underwriting commissions paid to and retained by Princor Financial Services Corporation for the Separate Account B Premier Variable Annuity contracts:
YEAR PAID TO RETAINED BY ---- ------- ----------- 2006 $3,841.42 - 2005 $5,599.74 - 2004 $6,997.76 -
CALCULATION OF PERFORMANCE DATA The Separate Account may publish advertisements containing information (including graphs, charts, tables and examples) about the performance of one or more of its Divisions. The contract was not offered prior to July 15, 1992. Some of the Accounts were offered prior to the date that they were made available in the Contract. Thus, the Separate Account may publish advertisements containing information about the hypothetical performance of one or more of its Divisions for this Contract had the Contract been issued on or after the date the Account in which such Division invests was first offered. The hypothetical performance from the date of inception of the Account in which the Division invests is derived by reducing the actual performance of the underlying Account by the fees and charges of the Contract as if it had been in existence. The yield and total return figures described below will vary depending upon market conditions, the composition of the underlying Account's portfolios and operating expenses. These factors and possible differences in the methods used in calculating yield and total return should be considered when comparing the Separate Account performance figures to performance figures published for other investment vehicles. The Separate Account may also quote rankings, yields or returns as published by independent statistical services or publishers and information regarding performance of certain market indices. Any performance data quoted for the Separate Account represents only historical performance and is not intended to indicate future performance. From time to time the Account advertises its Money Market Division's "yield" and "effective yield" for these contracts. Both yield figures are based on historical earnings and are not intended to indicate future performance. The "yield" of the Division refers to the income generated by an investment under the contract in the Division over a seven-day period (which period will be stated in the advertisement). This income is then "annualized." That is, the amount of income generated by the investment during that week is assumed to be generated each week over a 52-week period and is shown as a percentage of the investment. The "effective yield" is calculated similarly but, when annualized, the income earned by an investment in the division is assumed to be reinvested. The "effective yield" will be slightly higher than the "yield" because of the compounding effect of this assumed reinvestment. Neither yield quotation reflects sales load deducted from purchase payments which, if included, would reduce the "yield" and "effective yield." For the period ended December 31, 2006, the 7-day annualized and effective yields were 4.45% and 4.54%, respectively. From time to time, the Separate Account will advertise the average annual total return of its various divisions for these contracts. The average annual total return for any of the divisions is computed by calculating the average annual compounded rate of return over the stated period that would equate an initial $1,000 investment to the ending redeemable contract value. Assuming the contract had been offered as of the periods indicated in the table below, the hypothetical average annual total returns for the periods ending December 31, 2006 are:
EFFECTIVE SINCE DATE ONE YEAR FIVE YEAR TEN YEAR INCEPTION --------- -------- ---------- -------- --------- Asset Allocation June 1, 1994 12.29 6.18 7.12 7.81 Balanced December 18, 1987 10.98 5.76 5.01 8.18 Bond December 18, 1987 4.21 4.75 5.30 7.12 Capital Value May 13, 1970 19.45 8.84 6.98 11.58 Diversified International May 2, 1994 27.43 15.83 8.22 9.10 Equity Growth June 1, 1994 5.71 2.16 5.93 10.06 Equity Income I April 28, 1998 17.67 11.59 9.94 Government & High Quality Bond April 9, 1987 3.79 3.62 5.27 6.75 Growth May 2, 1994 9.46 3.43 3.36 5.85 International Emerging Markets October 24, 2000 37.74 26.96 19.11 International SmallCap May 1, 1998 29.83 22.63 14.69 LargeCap Stock Index May 3, 1999 15.09 5.37 1.39 MidCap December 18, 1987 13.75 11.76 10.48 13.69 MidCap Growth May 1, 1998 9.20 7.19 3.42 MidCap Value May 3, 1999 12.80 13.08 13.12 Money Market March 18, 1983 4.32 1.65 3.11 4.83 Real Estate Securities May 1, 1998 36.04 25.57 17.03 SmallCap May 1, 1998 12.23 7.08 4.23 SmallCap Growth May 1, 1998 8.52 -0.03 1.72 SmallCap Value May 1, 1998 18.15 15.83 12.55
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm The Board of Directors and Participants Principal Life Insurance Company We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of each of the divisions of Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B [comprised of the AIM V.I. Basic Value Series 1, AIM V.I. Capital Appreciation Series I, AIM V.I. Core Equity Series I, AIM V.I. Dynamics Series I, AIM V.I. Global Health Care Series I, AIM V.I. Small Cap Equity Series I, AIM V.I. Small Cap Growth Series I (formerly AIM V.I. Small Company Growth Series I), AIM V.I. Technology Series I, Alliance Bernstein VP Series Small Cap Growth Class A, American Century VP Income & Growth Class I, American Century VP Inflation Protection Class II, American Century VP Ultra Class I, American Century VP Ultra Class II, American Century VP Value Class II, American Century VP Vista Class I, Asset Allocation, Balanced, Bond, Capital Value, Diversified International, Dreyfus IP Founders Discovery Initial Shares, Dreyfus IP Technology Service Shares, Equity Growth, Equity Income, Equity Value, Fidelity VIP Equity-Income Service Class 2, Fidelity VIP Growth Service Class, Fidelity VIP Growth Service Class 2, Fidelity VIP Overseas Service Class 2, Fidelity VIP II Contrafund Service Class, Fidelity VIP II Contrafund Service Class 2, Fidelity VIP III Mid Cap Service Class 2, Goldman Sachs VIT Mid Cap Value Fund Service Class I, Goldman Sachs Structured Small Cap Equity Service Class I (formerly Goldman Sachs CORE Small Cap Equity Fund Service Class I), Government & High Quality Bond, Growth, International Emerging Markets, International SmallCap, Janus Aspen Mid Cap Growth Service Shares, LargeCap Blend, LargeCap Growth Equity, LargeCap Stock Index, LargeCap Value, MidCap, MidCap Growth, MidCap Value, Money Market, Neuberger Berman AMT Fasciano S Class, Neuberger Berman AMT High Income Bond S Class, Neuberger Berman AMT Partners I Class, Neuberger Berman AMT Socially Responsive I Class, Principal LifeTime Strategic Income, Principal LifeTime 2010, Principal LifeTime 2020, Principal LifeTime 2030, Principal LifeTime 2040, Principal LifeTime 2050, Real Estate Securities, Short-Term Bond, SmallCap, SmallCap Growth, SmallCap Value, T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth II, T. Rowe Price Health Science II, and Templeton Growth Securities Class 2 Divisions] as of December 31, 2006, and the related statements of operations and changes in net assets for the periods disclosed in the financial statements. These financial statements are the responsibility of the management of Principal Life Insurance Company. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Separate Account's internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Separate Account's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2006 by correspondence with the transfer agents. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the respective divisions of Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B at December 31, 2006, and the results of their operations and the changes in their net assets for the periods described above, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. /s/ Ernst & Young LLP April 23, 2007
Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B Statements of Assets and Liabilities December 31, 2006 AIM V.1. AIM V.1. Capital Basic Value Appreciation Series I Series I Division Division Assets Investments in shares of mutual funds, at markel $ 1,072,800 $ 15,581,818 Liabilities Net assets $ 1,072,800 $ 15,581,818 - --------- ------------ Net assets Accumulation units: Bankers Flexible Annuity $ - $ - Pension Builder Plus - - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA - - Personal Variable - - Premier Variable - - Principal Freedom Variable Annuity - - Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity - - The Principal Variable Annuity - 13,225,032 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit - 2,356,786 Rider Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 647,422 - Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 425,378 - Contracts in annuitization period: Bankers Flexible Annuity - - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA - - - - Total net assets $ 1,072,800 $ 15,581,818 - --------- ------------ Investments in shares of mutual funds, at cost $ 1,040,800 $ 15,593,879 Shares ofmutual fund owned 80,299 594,272 Accumulation units outstanding: Bankers Flexible Annuity - - Pension Builder Plus - - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA - - Personal Variable - - Premier Variable - - Principal Freedom Variable Annuity - - Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity - - The Principal Variable Annuity - 1,339,103 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit - 239,604 Rider Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 49,357 - Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 32,891 - Accumulation unit value: Bankers Flexible Annuity $ - $ - Pension Builder Plus - - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA - - Personal Variable - - Premier Variable - - Principal Freedom Variable Annuity - - Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity - - The Principal Variable Annuity - 9.88 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit - 9.84 Rider Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 13.12 - Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 12.93 - Annuitized units outstanding: Bankers Flexible Annuity - - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA - - Annuitized unit value: Bankers Flexible Annuity $ - $ - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA - - See accompanying notes.
AIM V.I. AIM V.I. AIM V.L AIM V.L AIM V.I. Global Small Cap Small Cap AIM V.I. Core Equity Dynamics Health Care Equity Growth Technology Series I Series I Series I Series I Series I Series I Division Division Division Division Division Division -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 61,827,860 $ 3,067,981 $ 13,857,021 $ 774,825 $ 4,430,627 $ 6,147,933 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 61,827,860 $ 3,067,981 $ 13,857,021 $ 774,825 $ 4,430,627 $ 6,147,933 - ---------- ----------- ------------ --------- ------------- --------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 47,804,740 1,748,048 8,446,568 - 2,994,033 3,788,705 14,023,120 1,319,933 5,410,453 - 1,436,594 2,359,228 - - - 356,159 - - 418,666 - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 61,827,860 $ 3,067,981 $ 13,857,021 $ 774,825 $ 4,430,627 (k,147,933 - ---------- ----------- ------------ --------- ----------- ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 58,252,864 $ 2,290,194 $ 10,957,723 $ 751,934 $ 3,332,105 $ 5,062,436 2,271,413 178,891 644,213 51,009 239,493 438,512 4,649,179 170,364 769,608 _ 300,366 625,345 1,414,651 133,054 509,879 _ 149,066 402,767 _ _ _ 25,062 _ _ 29,880 _ _ 10.28 10.26 10.98 _ 9.97 6.06 9.91 9.92 10.61 _ 9.64 5.86 _ _ _ 14.21 _ _ 14.01 _ _
Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B Statements of Assets and Liabilities (continued) December 31, 2006 Alliance Bernstein American VP Series Century VP Small Cap Income & Growth Growth Class A Class I Division Division -------- -------- Assets Investments in shares of mutual funds, at markel $ 994,036 $ 38,340,900 Liabilities Net assets $ 994,036 $ 38,340,900 - ------- ------------ Net assets Accumulation units: Bankers Flexible Annuity $ - $ - Pension Builder Plus - - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA - - Personal Variable - - Premier Variable - - Principal Freedom Variable Annuity - 7,170,058 Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity - - The Principal Variable Annuity - 20,501,043 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit - 10,669,799 Rider Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 731,498 - Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 262,538 - Contracts in annuitization period: Bankers Flexible Annuity - - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA - - - - Total net assets $ 994,036 $ 38,340,900 - ------- ------------ Investments in shares of mutual funds, at cost $ 921,900 $ 28,201,779 Shares ofmutual fund owned 73,252 4,442,746 Accumulation units outstanding: Bankers Flexible Annuity - - Pension Builder Plus - - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA - - Personal Variable - - Premier Variable - - Principal Freedom Variable Annuity - 579,156 Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity - - The Principal Variable Annuity - 1,686,051 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit - 907,598 Rider Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 53,078 - Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 19,321 - Accumulation unit value: Bankers Flexible Annuity $ - $ - Pension Builder Plus - - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA - - Personal Variable - - Premier Variable - - Principal Freedom Variable Annuity - 12.38 Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity - 11.25 The Principal Variable Annuity - 12.16 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit - 11.76 Rider Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 13.78 - Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 13.59 - Annuitized units outstanding: Bankers Flexible Annuity - - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA - - Annuitized unit value: Bankers Flexible Annuity $ - $ - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA - - See accompanying notes.
American Century VP American American American American Inflation Century VP Century VP Century VP Century VP Protection Ultra Ultra Value Vista Asset Class II Class I Class II Class II Class I Allocation Division Division Division Division Division Division -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 48,661,365 $ 9,446,138 $ 41,242,582 $ 50,565,063 $ 693,886 $ 84,221,248 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 48,661,365 $ 9,446,138 $ 41,242,582 $ 50,565,063 $ 693,886 $ 84,221,248 - ---------- ----------- ------------ ------------ - --------- ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2,684 _ 6,080,473 _ 33,115,958 _ 65,323,874 - 3,365,665 - 17,449,105 - 12,467,513 34,741,530 - 29,256,287 - 519,933 4,113,723 13,919,835 _ 11,986,295 _ 173,953 2,313,454 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 48,661,365 $ 9,446,138 $ 41,242,582 $ 50,565,063 $ 693,886 - ---------- ----------- ------------ ------------ - ------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 49,357,651 $ 8,456,198 $ 41,023,836 $ 44,479,303 $ 643,203 $ 70,968,084 4,827,516 940,850 4,132,523 5,792,104 44,084 5,968,905 2,008 _ 672,286 _ 2,266,362 _ 2,706,025 _ 384,888 _ 1,227,739 _ 535,713 3,389,498 _ 2,714,276 _ 38,683 170,410 1,377,420 - 1,127,888 - 13,127 99,406 - - - - - 1.34 - 9.04 - 14.61 _ 24.14 - 8.74 - 14.21 _ 23.27 10.25 _ 10.78 _ 13.44 24.14 10.11 _ 10.63 _ 13.25 23.27
Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B Statements of Assets and Liabilities (continued) December 31, 2006 Balanced Bond Division Division Assets Investments in shares of mutual funds, at markel $ 92,320,337 $ 319,793,402 Liabilities Net assets $ 92,320,337 $ 319,793,402 - ---------- ------------- Net assets Accumulation units: Bankers Flexible Annuity $ - $ - Pension Builder Plus - - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA - - Personal Variable 1,028,047 351,190 Premier Variable 3,730,855 3,055,802 Principal Freedom Variable Annuity - 15,130,770 Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity - 53,305 The Principal Variable Annuity 72,548,350 164,144,798 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit 15,013,085 62,581,173 Rider Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity - 53,374,227 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider - 21,102,137 Contracts in annuitization period: Bankers Flexible Annuity - - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA Total net assets $ 92,320,337 $ 319,793,402 - ---------- ------------- Investments in shares of mutual funds, at cost $ 82,673,782 $ 312,027,449 Shares ofmutual fund owned 5,684,750 26,451,067 Accumulation units outstanding: Bankers Flexible Annuity - - Pension Builder Plus - - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA - - Personal Variable 474,221 171,287 Premier Variable 1,675,268 1,450,978 Principal Freedom Variable Annuity - 1,099,132 Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity - 5,148 The Principal Variable Annuity 3,525,538 8,677,485 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit 756,763 3,431,617 Rider Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity - 2,821,626 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider - 1,157,131 Accumulation unit value: Bankers Flexible Annuity $ - $ - Pension Builder Plus - - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA - - Personal Variable 1.95 2.05 Premier Variable 2.17 2.11 Principal Freedom Variable Annuity - 13.77 Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity - 10.36 The Principal Variable Annuity 20.58 18.92 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit 19.84 18.24 Rider Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity - 18.92 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider - 18.24 Annuitized units outstanding: Bankers Flexible Annuity - - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA - - Annuitized unit value: Bankers Flexible Annuity $ - $ - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA - - See accompanying notes.
Dreyfus IP Founders Dreyfus IP Capital Diversified Discovery Technology Equity Value International Initial Shares Service Shares Growth Division Division Division Division Division ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 213,650,385 $ 290,731,308 $ 17,583,895 $ 451,722 $ 179,749,917 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 213,650,385 $ 290,731,308 $ 17,583,895 $ 451,722 $ 179,749,917 - ----------- ------------- ------------ --------- - ----------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 2,439,807 - - - - 3,086,246 - - - - 277,653 - - - - 1,575,016 984,958 - - - 13,650,606 6,554,555 - - 2,214 7,981,412 9,353,333 - - - 22,697 72,978 - - - 149,483,317 195,794,392 11,219,916 - 151,078,953 25,046,661 55,159,610 6,363,979 - 22,911,297 6,154,360 16,563,735 - 307,975 3,873,868 3,670,918 6,247,747 - 143,747 1,883,585 9,232 - - - - 252,460 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 213,650,385 $ 290,731,308 $ 17,583,895 $ 451,722 $ 179,749,917 - ----------- ------------- ------------ --------- - ----------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 178,045,665 $ 184,408,871 $ 14,700,220 $ 432,226 $ 172,565,077 5,721,756 14,085,819 1,697,287 48,677 9,822,400 57,383 - - - - 422,047 - - - - 32,920 - - - - 445,767 338,042 - - - 3,743,094 2,190,324 - - 2,092 651,626 574,978 - - - 2,009 6,064 - - - 5,087,290 7,233,866 1,281,517 - 5,028,952 884,166 2,113,901 751,818 - 791,083 209,449 611,970 - 25,294 128,949 129,587 239,435 - 11,974 65,037 $ 42.52 $ - $ - $ - $ - 7.31 - - - - 8.43 - - - - 3.53 2.91 - - - 3.65 2.99 - - 1.06 12.25 16.27 - - - 11.30 12.03 - - - 29.38 27.07 8.76 - 30.04 28.33 26.09 8.46 - 28.96 29.38 27.07 - 12.18 30.04 28.33 26.09 - 12.01 28.96 217 - - - - 29,934 - - - - $ 42.54 $ - $ - $ - $ - 8.43 - - - -
Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B Statements of Assets and Liabilities (continued) December 31, 2006 Equity Equity Income Value Division Division Assets Investments in shares of mutual funds, at markel $ 155,519,274 $ 3,927,407 Liabilities Net assets $ 155,519,274 $ 3,927,407 - ----------- ----------- Net assets Accumulation units: Bankers Flexible Annuity $ - $ - Pension Builder Plus - - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA - - Personal Variable - - Premier Variable 171,342 - Principal Freedom Variable Annuity - - Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity - - The Principal Variable Annuity 44,276,994 - The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit 14,278,889 - Rider Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 70,179,659 2,603,080 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 26,612,390 1,324,327 Contracts in annuitization period: Bankers Flexible Annuity - - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA Total net assets $ 155,519,274 $ 3,927,407 - ----------- ----------- Investments in shares of mutual funds, at cost $ 132,960,423 $ 3,530,619 Shares ofmutual fund owned 13,441,597 304,686 Accumulation units outstanding: Bankers Flexible Annuity - - Pension Builder Plus - - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA - - Personal Variable - - Premier Variable 141,326 - Principal Freedom Variable Annuity - - Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity - - The Principal Variable Annuity 3,140,718 - The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit 1,050,595 - Rider Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 4,978,096 193,898 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 1,958,060 100,035 Accumulation unit value: Bankers Flexible Annuity $ - $ - Pension Builder Plus - - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA - - Personal Variable - - Premier Variable 1.21 - Principal Freedom Variable Annuity - - Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity - - The Principal Variable Annuity 14.10 - The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit 13.59 - Rider Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 14.10 13.43 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 13.59 13.24 Annuitized units outstanding: Bankers Flexible Annuity - - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA - - Annuitized unit value: Bankers Flexible Annuity $ - $ - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA - - See accompanying notes.
Fidelity VIP Fidelity VIP Fidelity VIP Fidelity VIP Fidelity VIP II Equity-Income Growth Growth Overseas Contrafund Service Service Service Service Service Class 2 Class Class 2 Class 2 Class Division Division Division Division Division ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 77,174,324 $ 33,789,156 $ 4,364,661 $ 35,000,168 $ 118,477,727 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 77,174,324 $ 33,789,156 $ 4,364,661 $ 35,000,168 $ 1184 7727 - ---------- ------------ ----------- ------------ - --------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 46,024,503 26,117,838 _ _ 92,142,440 24,346,731 7,671,318 - - 26,335,287 4,845,009 - 2,462,473 24,057,213 - 1,958,081 _ 1,902,188 10,942,955 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 77,174,324 $ 33,789,156 $ 4,364,661 $ 35,000,168 $ 118,477,727 - ---------- ------------ ----------- ------------ - ----------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 67,544,087 $ 39,935,409 $ 4,132,386 $ 29,884,103 $ 93,740,805 2,983,159 945,945 123,226 1,473,691 3,775,581 3,298,929 2,980,810 _ _ 6,229,617 1,794,179 908,170 _ - 1,846,847 347,281 _ 204,390 1,503,271 _ 144,297 _ 160,135 693,537 _ 13.95 8.76 _ _ 14.79 13.57 8.45 _ _ 14.26 13.95 _ 12.05 16.00 _ 13.57 _ 11.88 15.78 _
Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B Statements of Assets and Liabilities (continued) December 31, 2006 Fidelity VIP Fidelity VIP III II Contrafund Mid Cap Service Service Class 2 Class 2 Division Division Assets Investments in shares of mutual funds, at markel $ 23,281,029 $ 4,393,054 Liabilities Net assets $ 23,281,029 $ 4,393,054 - ---------- ----------- Net assets Accumulation units: Bankers Flexible Annuity $ - $ - Pension Builder Plus - - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA - - Personal Variable - - Premier Variable - - Principal Freedom Variable Annuity - - Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity - - The Principal Variable Annuity - - The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit - - Rider Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 17,880,716 3,086,991 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 5,400,313 1,306,063 Contracts in annuitization period: Bankers Flexible Annuity - - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA Total net assets $ 23,281,029 $ 4,393,054 - ---------- ----------- Investments in shares of mutual funds, at cost $ 23,059,803 $ 4,222,272 Shares ofmutual fund owned 748,345 128,264 Accumulation units outstanding: Bankers Flexible Annuity - - Pension Builder Plus - - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA - - Personal Variable - - Premier Variable - - Principal Freedom Variable Annuity - - Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity - - The Principal Variable Annuity - - The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit - - Rider Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 1,240,432 197,882 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 379,971 84,914 Accumulation unit value: Bankers Flexible Annuity $ - $ - Pension Builder Plus - - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA - - Personal Variable - - Premier Variable - - Principal Freedom Variable Annuity - - Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity - - The Principal Variable Annuity - - The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit - - Rider Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 14.41 15.60 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 14.21 15.38 Annuitized units outstanding: Bankers Flexible Annuity - - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA - - Annuitized unit value: Bankers Flexible Annuity $ - $ - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA - - See accompanying notes.
Goldman Sachs Goldman Sachs VIT Mid Cap Structured Value Fund Small Cap Government International Service Equity Service & High Emerging Class I Class I Quality Bond Growth Markets Division Division Division Division Division ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 12,621,326 $ 4,000,632 $ 276,598,302 $ 96,085,309 $ 104,347,151 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 12,621,326 $ 4,000,632 $ 276,598,302 $ 96,085,309 $ 104,347,151 - ---------- ----------- ------------- ------------ - ----------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _ _ 152,304 _ _ _ _ 53,221 _ _ _ _ 370,079 1,158,524 _ - - 3,031,448 6,054,302 254,998 - - 7,567,716 - - _ _ 3,506 _ _ _ _ 179,537,833 77,146,750 59,746,465 - - 60,622,772 8,044,509 27,306,727 8,180,457 2,543,710 19,062,184 2,316,225 10,920,772 4,440,869 1,456,922 6,197,239 1,364,999 6,118,189 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 12,621,326 $ 4,000,632 $ 276,598,302 $ 96,085,309 $ 104,347,151 - ---------- ----------- ------------- ------------ - ----------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 12,912,416 $ 4,074,501 $ 275,146,055 $ 101,918,518 $ 71,075,601 784,420 277,052 24,348,442 6,594,736 4,871,483 _ _ 54,132 _ _ _ _ 17,147 _ _ _ _ 175,534 608,844 _ _ _ 1,392,916 3,097,575 80,375 _ _ 709,414 _ _ _ _ 340 _ _ _ _ 9,750,649 4,178,663 2,014,594 _ _ 3,415,089 451,981 955,067 550,376 188,684 1,035,264 125,460 368,239 303,035 109,609 349,113 76,693 213,987 _ _ 2.81 _ _ _ _ 3.10 _ _ _ _ 2.11 1.90 - _ _ 2.18 1.95 3.17 _ _ 10.67 _ _ _ _ 10.33 - - _ _ 18.41 18.46 29.66 _ _ 17.75 17.80 28.59 14.86 13.48 18.41 18.46 29.66 14.65 13.29 17.75 17.80 28.59
Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B Statements of Assets and Liabilities (continued) December 31, 2006 Janus Aspen Mid Cap International Growth SmallCap Service Shares Division Division Assets Investments in shares of mutual funds, at markel $ 127,550,577 $ 19,322,587 Liabilities Net assets $ 127,550,577 $ 19,322,587 - ----------- ------------ Net assets Accumulation units: Bankers Flexible Annuity $ - $ - Pension Builder Plus - - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA - - Personal Variable - - Premier Variable 135,445 - Principal Freedom Variable Annuity - - Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity - - The Principal Variable Annuity 83,817,333 12,075,899 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit 27,370,902 7,246,688 Rider Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 11,165,145 - Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 5,061,752 - Contracts in annuitization period: Bankers Flexible Annuity - - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA Total net assets $ 127,550,577 $ 19,322,587 - ----------- ------------ Investments in shares of mutual funds, at cost $ 80,597,771 $ 14,254,808 Shares ofmutual fund owned 5,153,559 600,267 Accumulation units outstanding: Bankers Flexible Annuity - - Pension Builder Plus - - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA - - Personal Variable - - Premier Variable 54,634 - Principal Freedom Variable Annuity - - Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity - - The Principal Variable Annuity 2,718,465 1,559,221 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit 920,810 970,582 Rider Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 362,122 - Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 170,287 - Accumulation unit value: Bankers Flexible Annuity $ - $ - Pension Builder Plus - - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA - - Personal Variable - - Premier Variable 2.48 - Principal Freedom Variable Annuity - - Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity - - The Principal Variable Annuity 30.83 7.74 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit 29.72 7.47 Rider Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 30.83 - Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 29.72 - Annuitized units outstanding: Bankers Flexible Annuity - - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA - - Annuitized unit value: Bankers Flexible Annuity $ - $ - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA $ - $ - See accompanying notes.
LargeCap LargeCap LargeCap Growth Stock LargeCap Blend Equity Index Value MidCap Division Division Division Division Division -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- $ 192,106,445 $ 19,396,503 $ 152,650,034 $ 173,682,669 $ 367,161,013 $ 192,106,445 $ 19,396,503 $ 152,650,034 $ 173,682,669 $ 367,161,013 - ----------- ------------ ------------- ------------- - ----------- _ _ _ _ 1,812,069 - 2,709 773,353 - 7,988,655 - 2,793,503 20,103,518 - 6,517,146 _ 21,572 88,894 _ 11,872 80,831,763 10,762,371 85,094,495 77,635,254 254,405,357 39,746,843 5,816,348 32,620,886 31,528,136 52,376,009 50,749,045 - 9,422,159 45,756,562 31,325,702 20,778,794 _ 4,546,729 18,762,717 12,724,203 $ 192,106,445 $ 19,396,503 $ 152,650,034 $ 173,682,669 $ 367,161,013 - ----------- ------------ ------------- ------------- - ----------- $ 160,281,158 $ 17,908,609 $ 125,704,060 $ 134,746,693 $ 294,630,220 15,405,489 3,966,565 14,621,651 11,855,472 8,688,145 _ _ _ _ 446,879 - 3,473 632,387 - 1,917,776 _ 228,851 1,843,926 _ 321,758 _ 2,148 8,018 _ 1,073 6,213,213 1,892,712 8,048,208 5,281,587 6,620,901 3,141,077 1,061,039 3,200,277 2,205,179 1,413,882 3,900,883 _ 891,147 3,112,861 815,254 1,642,091 _ 446,059 1,312,328 343,489 4.05 - 0.78 1.22 _ 4.17 _ 12.21 10.90 _ 20.25 - 10.04 11.09 - 11.07 13.01 5.69 10.57 14.70 38.42 12.65 5.48 10.19 14.30 37.04 13.01 _ 10.57 14.70 38.42 12.65 _ 10.19 14.30 37.04
Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B Statements of Assets and Liabilities (continued) December 31, 2006 MidCap MidCap Growth Value Division Division Assets Investments in shares of mutual funds, at markel $ 57,787,473 $ 119,378,462 Liabilities Net assets $ 57,787,473 $ 119,378,462 - ---------- ------------- Net assets Accumulation units: Bankers Flexible Annuity $ - $ - Pension Builder Plus - - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA - - Personal Variable - - Premier Variable 18,099 184,079 Principal Freedom Variable Annuity 1,938,457 10,681,587 Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity 10,663 21,777 The Principal Variable Annuity 36,775,105 52,636,985 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit 15,577,891 25,577,193 Rider Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 2,317,664 21,669,612 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 1,149,594 8,607,229 Contracts in annuitization period: Bankers Flexible Annuity - - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA Total net assets $ 57,787,473 $ 119,378,462 - ---------- ------------- Investments in shares of mutual funds, at cost $ 44,421,846 $ 101,574,455 Shares of mutual fund owned 4,835,772 7,118,573 Accumulation units outstanding: Bankers Flexible Annuity - - Pension Builder Plus - - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA - - Personal Variable - - Premier Variable 13,813 100,849 Principal Freedom Variable Annuity 140,455 420,021 Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity 1,038 1,995 The Principal Variable Annuity 2,938,872 3,099,666 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit 1,291,325 1,557,819 Rider Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 185,216 1,276,075 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 95,296 524,238 Accumulation unit value: Bankers Flexible Annuity $ - $ - Pension Builder Plus - - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA - - Personal Variable - - Premier Variable 1.31 1.83 Principal Freedom Variable Annuity 13.80 25.43 Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity 10.27 10.91 The Principal Variable Annuity 12.51 16.98 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit 12.06 16.42 Rider Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 12.51 16.98 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 12.06 16.42 Annuitized units outstanding: Bankers Flexible Annuity - - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA - - Annuitized unit value: Bankers Flexible Annuity $ - $ - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA - - See accompanying notes.
Neuberger Neuberger Neuberger Berman AMT Neuberger Berman AMT Berman AMT High Income Berman AMT Socially Money Fasciano Bond Partners Responsive Market S Class S Class I Class I Class Division Division Division Division Division -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- $ 94,506,379 $ 2,008,034 $ 2,063,611 $ 4,671,743 $ 2,519,107 $ 94,506,379 $ 2,008,034 $ 2,063,611 $ 4,671,743 $ 2,519,107 - ---------- ----------- ----------- ----------- - --------- 173,077 7,385 374,609 4,643,291 6,202,831 56,336,207 16,748,008 - - - - 5,108,202 1,200,273 1,354,544 3,161,736 1,955,849 4,912,769 807,761 709,067 1,510,007 563,258 $ 94,506,379 $ 2,008,034 $ 2,063,611 $ 4,671,743 $ 2,519,107 - ---------- ----------- ----------- ----------- - --------- $ 94,506,378 $ 1,976,187 $ 2,093,600 $ 4,693,978 $ 2,276,876 94,506,378 138,199 209,504 220,782 150,754 77,874 3,052 _ _ _ _ 241,428 _ _ _ _ 2,897,796 _ _ _ _ 525,746 _ _ _ _ 4,089,737 1,261,134 _ _ _ _ 370,831 103,672 127,025 208,718 143,632 369,935 70,763 67,413 101,101 41,953 2.22 _ _ _ _ 2.42 _ _ _ _ 1.55 _ _ _ _ 1.60 - - - - 11.81 10.32 - - - - 13.79 _ _ _ _ 13.29 _ _ _ _ 13.79 11.58 10.66 15.15 13.62 13.29 11.42 10.52 14.94 13.43
Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B Statements of Assets and Liabilities (continued) December 31, 2006 Principal LifeTime Principal Strategic LifeTime Income 2010 Division Division -------- -------- Assets Investments in shares of mutual funds, at markel $ 12,491,385 $ 26,166,066 Liabilities Net assets $ 12,491,385 $ 26,166,066 - ---------- ------------ Net assets Accumulation units: Bankers Flexible Annuity $ - $ - Pension Builder Plus - - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA - - Personal Variable - - Premier Variable - - Principal Freedom Variable Annuity - - Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity - 512,558 The Principal Variable Annuity - - The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit - - Rider Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 10,295,433 20,231,603 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 2,195,952 5,421,905 Contracts in annuitization period: Bankers Flexible Annuity - - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA Total net assets $ 12,491,385 $ 26,166,066 - ---------- ------------ Investments in shares of mutual funds, at cost $ 11,442,702 $ 23,580,736 Shares ofmutual fund owned 1,028,098 2,050,632 Accumulation units outstanding: Bankers Flexible Annuity - - Pension Builder Plus - - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA - - Personal Variable - - Premier Variable - - Principal Freedom Variable Annuity - - Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity - 47,224 The Principal Variable Annuity - - The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit - - Rider Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 850,780 1,605,358 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 184,022 436,282 Accumulation unit value: Bankers Flexible Annuity $ - $ - Pension Builder Plus - - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA - - Personal Variable - - Premier Variable - - Principal Freedom Variable Annuity - - Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity 10.71 10.85 The Principal Variable Annuity - - The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit - - Rider Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 12.10 12.60 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 11.93 12.43 Annuitized units outstanding: Bankers Flexible Annuity - - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA - - Annuitized unit value: Bankers Flexible Annuity $ - $ - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA - - See accompanying notes.
Principal Principal Principal Principal LifeTime LifeTime LifeTime LifeTime Real Estate 2020 2030 2040 2050 Securities Division Division Division Division Division -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- $ 95,944,655 $ 11,981,587 $ 5,191,353 $ 3,485,174 $ 181,645,070 $ 95,944,655 $ 11,981,587 $ 5,191,353 $ 3,485,174 $ 181,645,070 - ---------- ------------ ----------- ----------- - ----------- _ 642,260 109,372 34,182 99,508 _ 10,832 _ _ _ _ 114,151,469 - - - - 51,711,695 70,061,734 8,910,411 3,728,292 2,260,799 10,410,804 25,773,549 3,036,994 1,363,553 1,224,375 4,718,010 $ 95,944,655 $ 11,981,587 $ 5,191,353 $ 3,485,174 $ 181,645,070 - ---------- ------------ ----------- ----------- - ----------- $ 86,400,066 $ 10,808,094 $ 4,680,947 $ 3,214,755 $ 106,220,348 7,176,115 897,497 381,717 254,764 6,962,249 - - - - 201,900 9,906 3,106 9,037 _ 872 _ _ _ _ 3,137,709 _ _ _ _ 1,474,353 5,303,081 676,655 278,049 167,695 286,166 1,978,309 233,877 103,123 92,097 134,516 - - - - 3.18 11.04 11.01 11.01 11.02 12.42 _ _ _ _ 36.38 _ _ _ _ 35.07 13.21 13.17 13.41 13.48 36.38 13.03 12.99 13.22 13.29 35.07
Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B Statements of Assets and Liabilities (continued) December 31, 2006 Short-Term Bond SmallCap Division Division Assets Investments in shares of mutual funds, at markel $ 117,594,191 $ 71,751,761 Liabilities Net assets $ 117,594,191 $ 71,751,761 - ----------- ------------ Net assets Accumulation units: Bankers Flexible Annuity $ - $ - Pension Builder Plus - - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA - - Personal Variable - - Premier Variable - 61,892 Principal Freedom Variable Annuity 5,151,694 6,794,350 Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity - - The Principal Variable Annuity 36,629,585 48,257,837 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit 13,983,289 16,637,682 Rider Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 44,122,654 - Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 17,706,969 - Contracts in annuitization period: Bankers Flexible Annuity - - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA Total net assets $ 117,594,191 $ 71,751,761 - ----------- ------------ Investments in shares of mutual funds, at cost $ 114,741,416 $ 55,526,097 Shares ofmutual fund owned 11,439,124 6,656,007 Accumulation units outstanding: Bankers Flexible Annuity - - Pension Builder Plus - - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA - - Personal Variable - - Premier Variable - 47,125 Principal Freedom Variable Annuity 491,407 401,917 Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity - - The Principal Variable Annuity 3,545,010 3,600,804 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit 1,383,056 1,287,720 Rider Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 4,270,198 - Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 1,751,361 - Accumulation unit value: Bankers Flexible Annuity $ - $ - Pension Builder Plus - - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA - - Personal Variable - - Premier Variable - 1.31 Principal Freedom Variable Annuity 10.48 16.90 Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity 10.33 10.46 The Principal Variable Annuity 10.33 13.40 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit 10.11 12.92 Rider Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 10.33 - Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 10.11 - Annuitized units outstanding: Bankers Flexible Annuity - - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA - - Annuitized unit value: Bankers Flexible Annuity $ - $ - Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA - - See accompanying notes.
Templeton T. Rowe Price T. Rowe Price Growth SmallCap SmallCap Blue Chip Health Securities Growth Value Growth H Science Class 2 Division Division Division H Division Division -------- -------- -------- ---------- -------- $ 48,773,224 $ 126,059,611 $ 1,028,135 $ 2,196,760 $ 3,028,725 $ 48,773,224 $ 126,059,611 $ 1,028,135 $ 2,196,760 $ 3,028,725 - ---------- ------------- ----------- ----------- - --------- 21,118 208,430 - - - 1,546,101 _ _ _ 3,028,725 10,698 19,534 _ _ _ 34,865,845 65,746,378 _ _ _ 8,551,657 26,045,485 - - - 2,629,046 24,693,527 631,459 1,541,750 - 1,148,759 9,346,257 396,676 655,010 - $ 48,773,224 $ 126,059,611 $ 1,028,135 $ 2,196,760 $ 3,028,725 - ---------- ------------- ----------- ----------- - --------- $ 56,135,363 $ 98,293,024 $ 927,351 $ 2,026,963 $ 2,370,806 4,511,862 6,755,606 98,764 174,346 190,127 26,490 103,681 160,031 _ _ _ 159,700 1,075 1,803 _ _ _ 3,241,061 2,529,921 _ _ _ 824,604 1,039,572 _ _ _ 244,392 950,210 50,543 113,169 _ 110,771 373,045 32,203 48,765 _ 0.80 2.01 - - - 9.66 _ _ - 18.97 9.96 10.84 _ _ _ 10.76 25.99 10.37 25.05 _ _ _ 10.76 25.99 12.49 13.62 - 10.37 25.05 12.32 13.43 -
Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B Statements of Assets and Liabilities (continued) December 31, 2006 AIM V.1. AIM V.I. Capital Basic Value Appreciation Series I Series I Division Division (1) Investment income (loss) Income: Dividends $ 2,949 $ 8,964 Expenses: Mortality and expense risks 5,141 134,487 Separate account rider charges 1,467 9,405 ----- ----- Net investment income (loss) (3,659) (134,928) ------- --------- Realized gains (losses) on investments Realized gains (losses) on sale of fund shares 331 (124,545) Capital gains distributions 32,602 - ------ - Total realized gains (losses) on investments 32,933 (124,545) Change in net unrealized appreciation or depreciation of investments 28,074 (12,061) ------ -------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from $ 57,348 $ (271,534) -------- ----------- operations (1) Commenced operations April 28, 2006 (2) Represented the operations of AIM V.I. Small Company Growth Series I Division until November 21, 2006 name change. See accompanying notes.
AIM V.1. AIM V.1. AIM V.1. AIM V.I. AIM V.I. Global Small Cap Small Cap AIM V.I. Core Equity Dynamics Health Care Equity Growth Technology Series I Series I Series I Series I Series I Series I Division Division Division Division Division (2) Division -------- -------- -------- -------- ------------ -------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 334,375 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - 653,092 35,510 176,717 4,189 52,875 77,346 68,370 7,404 32,792 1,018 8,267 14,034 ------ ----- ------ ----- ----- ------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (387,087) (42,914) (209,509) (5,207) (61,142) (91,380) --------- -------- --------- ------- -------- -------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (195,530) 182,101 404,387 858 182,363 188,539 - - - 29,245 - - - - - ------ - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (195,530) 182,101 404,387 30,103 182,363 188,539 7,447,457 234,675 302,110 16,481 376,390 375,772 --------- ------- ------- ------ ------- ------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 6,864,840 $ 373,862 $ 496,988 $ 41,377 $ 497,611 $ 472,931 ------------- --------- --------- -------- --------- ------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B Statements of Operations (continued) For the Year Ended December 31, 2006 Alliance American Bernstein Century VP VP Series Small Cap Income & Growth Growth Class A Class I Division Division Investment income (loss) Income: Dividends $ - $ 650,417 Expenses: Mortality and expense risks 7,963 421,546 Separate account rider charges 879 60,774 --- ------ Net investment income (loss) (8,842) 168,097 ------- ------- Realized gains (losses) on investments Realized gains (losses) on sale of fund shares 929 823,225 Capital gains distributions - - - - Total realized gains (losses) on investments 929 823,225 Change in net unrealized appreciation or depreciation of investments 55,846 4,264,066 ------ --------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations $ 47,933 $ 5,255,388 ---------- --------- See accompanying notes.
American Century VP American American American American Inflation Century VP Century VP Century VP Century VP Protection Ultra Ultra Value Vista Asset Class II Class I Class II Class II Class I Allocation Division Division Division Division Division Division -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 1,113,086 $ - $ - $ 535,887 $ - $ 644,867 414,097 120,688 342,819 564,624 6,840 1,035,899 59,445 20,290 49,954 93,372 834 81,022 ------ ------ ------ ------ --- ------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 639,544 (140,978) (392,773) (7,674) (472,054) ------- --------- --------- ------- --------- (122,109) --------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (8,042) 163,057 (7,464) 102,307 (83) 1,512,207 - - - 3,801,384 1,292 1,132,258 - - - --------- ----- --------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (8,042) 163,057 (7,464) 3,903,691 1,209 2,644,465 (488,574) (499,141) (279,227) 3,397,417 37,166 6,670,543 --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ --------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 142,928 $ (477,062) $ (679,464) $ 7,178,999 $ 30,701 $ 8,842,954 ----------- ----------- ----------- --------- ---------- ---------
Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B Statements of Operations (continued) For the Year Ended December 31, 2006 Balanced Bond Division Division Investment income (loss) Income: Dividends $ 2,344,551 $ 11,414,865 Expenses: Mortality and expense risks 1,133,327 3,593,198 Separate account rider charges 86,374 452,150 ------ ------- Net investment income (loss) 1,124,850 7,369,517 --------- --------- Realized gains (losses) on investments Realized gains (losses) on sale of fund shares 809,832 (232,926) Capital gains distributions - - - - Total realized gains (losses) on investments 809,832 (232,926) Change in net unrealized appreciation or depreciation of investments 6,941,213 2,580,027 --------- --------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations $ 8,875,895 $ 9,716,618 ------------- --------- See accompanying notes.
Dreyfus IP Founders Dreyfus IP Capital Diversified Discovery Technology Equity Value International Initial Shares Service Shares Growth Division Division Division Division Division ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 3,204,877 $ 3,072,388 $ - $ - $ 2,235 2,373,109 3,111,638 207,493 4,058 2,254,890 150,975 314,077 35,766 515 136,900 ------- ------- ------ --- ------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 680,793 (353,327) (243,259) (4,573) (2,389,555) ------- --------- --------- ------- ----------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3,024,007 7,519,959 186,316 (2,435) (806,811) 16,935,476 7,053,511 - - - ---------- --------- - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 19,959,483 14,573,470 186,316 (2,435) (806,811) 13,835,149 45,587,524 780,163 13,971 11,159,020 ---------- ---------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 34,475,425 $ 59,807,667 $ 723,220 $ 6,963 $ 7,962,654 ------------ -------------- --------- ------- --------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B Statements of Operations (continued) For the Year Ended December 31, 2006 Equity Equity Income Value Division Division Investment income (loss) Income: Dividends $ 2,225,364 $ 46,348 Expenses: Mortality and expense risks 1,451,933 32,617 Separate account rider charges 186,043 4,764 ------- ----- Net investment income (loss) 587,388 8,967 ------- ----- Realized gains (losses) on investments Realized gains (losses) on sale of fund shares 826,373 6,180 Capital gains distributions - 39,842 - ------ Total realized gains (losses) on investments 826,373 46,022 Change in net unrealized appreciation or depreciation of investments 19,701,800 411,946 ---------- ------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations $ 21,115,561 $ 466,935 -------------- ------- See accompanying notes.
Fidelity VIP Fidelity VIP Fidelity VIP Fidelity VIP Fidelity VIP II Equity-Income Growth Growth Overseas Contrafund Service Service Service Service Service Class 2 Class Class 2 Class 2 Class Division Division Division Division Division ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 2,001,645 $ 104,964 $ 2,466 $ 99,476 $ 1,266,562 830,684 443,015 33,699 275,312 1,418,363 138,427 46,914 7,427 43,121 147,290 ------- ------ ----- ------ ------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1,032,534 (384,965) (38,660) (218,957) (299,091) --------- --------- -------- --------- --------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 484,982 (1,687,364) 3,267 99,286 2,009,324 8,346,679 - - 86,213 9,439,876 --------- - - ------ --------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8,831,661 (1,687,364) 3,267 185,499 11,449,200 1,495,173 3,854,234 186,391 3,744,132 (364,828) --------- --------- ------- --------- --------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 11,359,368 $ 1,781,905 $ 150,998 $ 3,710,674 $ 10,785,281 -------------- ----------- --------- ----------- ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B Statements of Operations (continued) For the Year Ended December 31, 2006 Fidelity VIP II Fidelity VIP III Contrafund Mid Cap Service Service Class 2 Class 2 Division Division Investment income (loss) Income: Dividends $ 164,362 $ 2,388 Expenses: Mortality and expense risks 174,615 31,640 Separate account rider charges 18,166 5,817 ------ ----- Net investment income (loss) (28,419) (35,069) -------- -------- Realized gains (losses) on investments Realized gains (losses) on sale of fund shares 17,861 (7,634) Capital gains distributions 1,695,870 159,199 --------- ------- Total realized gains (losses) on investments 1,713,731 151,565 Change in net unrealized appreciation or depreciation of investments (230,403) 107,362 --------- ------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from $ 1,454,909 $ 223,858 ----------- --------- operations
(1) Represented the operations of Goldman Sachs CORE Small Cap Equity Fund Service Class I Division until May 1, 2006 name change. See accompanying notes.
Goldman Sachs Goldman Sachs VIT Mid Cap Structured Government Value Fund Small Cap & High International Service Equity Service Quality Emerging Class I Class I Bond Growth Markets Division Division (1) Division Division Division -------- ------------ -------- -------- -------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 110,758 $ 25,532 $ 11,522,714 $ 265,891 $ - 90,237 32,135 3,395,215 1,146,343 1,037,801 15,917 5,515 388,953 47,844 160,320 ------ ----- ------- ------ ------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4,604 (12,118) 7,738,546 (928,296) (1,198,121) ----- -------- --------- --------- ----------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (2,199) 102 (1,063,572) (2,538,476) 1,783,787 1,220,169 278,688 - - 2,426,233 --------- ------- - - --------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1,217,970 278,790 (1,063,572) (2,538,476) 4,210,020 (136,992) (7,396) 814,645 11,298,287 22,245,938 --------- ------- ------- ---------- ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 1,085,582 $ 259,276 $ 7,489,619 $ 7,831,515 $ 25,257,837 ------------- --------- ----------- ----------- ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B Statements of Operations (continued) For the Year Ended December 31, 2006 Janus Aspen Mid Cap International Growth SmallCap Service Shares Division Division Investment income (loss) Income: Dividends $ 607,271 $ - Expenses: Mortality and expense risks 1,422,252 233,911 Separate account rider charges 167,269 41,028 ------- ------ Net investment income (loss) (274,939) --------- (982,250) Realized gains (losses) on investments Realized gains (losses) on sale of fund shares 5,178,605 682,671 Capital gains distributions 16,642,491 - ---------- - Total realized gains (losses) on investments 21,821,096 682,671 Change in net unrealized appreciation or depreciation of investments 7,745,584 1,671,571 --------- --------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations $ 28,584,430 $ 2,079,303 ------------ ----------- See accompanying notes.
LargeCap LargeCap LargeCap Growth Stock LargeCap Blend Equity Index Value MidCap Division Division Division Division Division ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 985,122 $ 397 $ 1,888,564 $ 1,329,514 $ 3,619,232 1,946,254 225,102 1,679,082 1,717,117 4,218,338 297,121 35,282 206,046 240,859 348,090 ------- ------ ------- ------- ------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1,258,253) (259,987) 3,436 (628,462) (947,196) ----------- --------- ----- --------- --------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 795,506 96,102 2,482,860 1,105,086 7,087,013 4,037,942 - - 2,353,820 41,164,114 --------- - - --------- ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4,833,448 96,102 2,482,860 3,458,906 48,251,127 18,223,956 413,343 16,248,616 22,939,744 (5,429,630) ---------- ------- ---------- ---------- ----------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 21,799,151 $ 249,458 $ 18,734,912 $ 25,770,188 $ 41,874,301 -------------- --------- ------------ ------------ ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B Statements of Operations (continued) For the Year Ended December 31, 2006 MidCap MidCap Growth Value Division Division Investment income (loss) Income: Dividends $ - $ 254,035 Expenses: Mortality and expense risks 696,401 1,272,336 Separate account rider charges 94,934 178,920 ------ ------- Net investment income (loss) (791,335) (1,197,221) --------- ----------- Realized gains (losses) on investments Realized gains (losses) on sale of fund shares 1,467,405 1,282,307 Capital gains distributions 1,501,987 10,378,946 --------- ---------- Total realized gains (losses) on investments 2,969,392 11,661,253 Change in net unrealized appreciation or depreciation of investments 2,147,445 1,515,777 --------- --------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations $ 4,325,502 $ 11,979,809 ------------- ---------- See accompanying notes.
Neuberger Neuberger Neuberger Berman AMT Neuberger Berman AMT Berman AMT High Income Berman AMT Socially Money Fasciano Bond Partners Responsive Market S Class S Class I Class I Class Division Division Division Division Division ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 3,965,867 $ - $ 107,061 $ 26,162 $ 2,297 1,019,389 15,885 15,259 31,181 19,624 119,424 3,056 3,332 5,541 1,974 ------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2,827,054 (18,941) 88,470 (10,560) (19,301) --------- -------- ------ -------- -------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - 577 (2,604) (3,503) 6,882 - 42,308 - 402,956 16,311 - ------ - ------- ------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - 42,885 (2,604) 399,453 23,193 - 15,744 269 (48,810) 210,791 - ------ --- -------- ------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 2,827,054 $ 39,688 $ 86,135 $ 340,083 $214,683 ------------- -------- -------- --------- ------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B Statements of Operations (continued) For the Year Ended December 31, 2006 Principal LifeTime Principal Strategic LifeTime Income 2010 Division Division Investment income (loss) Income: Dividends $ 12,743 $ 9,224 Expenses: Mortality and expense risks 114,930 245,231 Separate account rider charges 7,830 24,008 ----- ------ Net investment income (loss) (110,017) (260,015) --------- --------- Realized gains (losses) on investments Realized gains (losses) on sale of fund shares 35,968 152,772 Capital gains distributions 3,277 128 ----- --- Total realized gains (losses) on investments 39,245 152,900 Change in net unrealized appreciation or depreciation of investments 890,547 2,249,381 ------- --------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations $ 819,775 $ 2,142,266 ----------- --------- See accompanying notes.
Principal Principal Principal Principal LifeTime LifeTime LifeTime LifeTime Real Estate 2020 2030 2040 2050 Securities Division Division Division Division Division ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ - $ 846 $ 675 $ 227 $ 2,533,583 - - 698,243 89,548 37,838 21,404 1,937,680 94,207 11,582 4,997 4,143 286,480 ------ ------ ----- ----- ------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (792,450) (100,284) (42,160) (25,320) 309,423 --------- --------- -------- -------- ------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 22,096 85,632 11,774 9,899 5,932,195 - 391 338 73 7,183,688 - --- --- -- --------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 22,096 86,023 12,112 9,972 13,115,883 8,696,024 1,078,553 454,131 251,174 32,582,342 --------- --------- ------- ------- ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 7,925,670 $ 1,064,292 $ 424,083 $ 235,826 $ 46,007,648 ------------- ----------- --------- --------- ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B Statements of Operations (continued) For the Year Ended December 31, 2006 Short-Term Bond SmallCap Division Division Investment income (loss) Income: Dividends $ 2,231,910 $ 114,798 Expenses: Mortality and expense risks 1,208,466 864,845 Separate account rider charges 161,091 97,940 ------- ------ Net investment income (loss) 862,353 (847,987) ------- --------- Realized gains (losses) on investments Realized gains (losses) on sale of fund shares 12,952 1,714,779 Capital gains distributions - 4,658,605 - --------- Total realized gains (losses) on investments 12,952 6,373,384 Change in net unrealized appreciation or depreciation of investments 2,210,032 1,961,967 --------- --------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations $ 3,085,337 $ 7,487,364 ------------- --------- See accompanying notes.
Templeton T. Rowe Price T. Rowe Price Growth SmallCap SmallCap Blue Chip Health Securities Growth Value Growth 11 Science Class 2 Division Division Division II Division Division ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ - $ 324,271 $ 1,968 $ - $ 32,756 610,217 1,372,397 9,892 17,264 21,407 56,496 183,933 1,980 2,442 - ------ ------- ----- ----- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (666,713) (1,232,059) (9,904) (19,706) 11,349 --------- ----------- ------- -------- ------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1,332,510) 2,281,083 6,716 8,932 83,460 - 10,590,501 - - 91,257 - ---------- - - ------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1,332,510) 12,871,584 6,716 8,932 174,717 5,430,781 5,413,590 76,937 129,496 303,044 --------- --------- ------ ------- ------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 3,431,558 $ 17,053,115 $ 73,749 $ 118,722 $ 489,110 ------------- ------------ -------- --------- ------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B Statements of Changes in Net Assets For the Year Ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, Except as Noted AIM V.I. Basic Value Series I Division (1) 2006 2005 ---- ---- Increase (decrease) in net assets from Operations: Net investment income (loss) $ (3,659) $ (562) Total realized gains (losses) on investments 32,933 1,299 Change in net unrealized appreciation or depreciation of investments 28,074 3,926 ------ ----- Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations 57,348 4,663 Changes from principal transactions: Purchase payments, less sales charges, per payment fees and applicable premium taxes 868,110 166,075 Administration charges - - Contingent sales charges (90) (5) Contract terminations (2,061) (139) Death benefit payments - - Flexible withdrawal option payments (1,240) - Transfer payments to other contracts (3,441) (16,420) Annuity payments - - - - Increase (decrease) in net assets from principal transactions 861,278 149,511 ------- ------- Total increase (decrease) 918,626 154,174 Net assets at beginning of period 154,174 - ------- - Net assets at end of period $ 1,072,800 $ 154,174 ------------- -------
(1) Commenced operations January 4, 2005. (2) Commenced operations April 28, 2006. See accompanying notes.
AIM V.1. Capital AIM V.I. AIM V.I. Appreciation Core Equity Dynamics Series I Series I Series I Division (2) Division Division ------------ -------- -------- 2006 2006 2005 2006 2005 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- $ (134,928) $ (387,087) $ 28,719 $ (42,914) $ (36,161) (124,545) (195,530) (867,129) 182,101 116,490 (12,061) 7,447,457 2,086,682 234,675 130,333 -------- --------- --------- ------- ------- (271,534) 6,864,840 1,248,272 373,862 210,662 18,577,053 33,298,037 2,255,284 1,153,356 581,922 (2,245) (15,934) (10,169) (501) (359) (19,606) (74,585) (43,836) (1,985) (3,375) (1,480,327) (5,631,607) (2,926,767) (149,874) (171,346) (30,769) (179,214) (200,784) (4,814) - (164,626) (863,943) (603,415) (38,676) (23,921) (1,026,128) (4,856,530) (3,168,007) (821,442) (571,960) 15,853,352 21,676,224 (4,697,694) 136,064 (189,039) ---------- ---------- ----------- ------- --------- 15,581,818 28,541,064 (3,449,422) 509,926 21,623 - 33,286,796 36,736,218 2,558,055 2,536,432 - ---------- ---------- --------- --------- $ 15,581,818 $ 61,827,860 $ 33,286,796 $ 3,067,981 $ 2,558,055 -------------- ------------ ------------ ----------- ---------
Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued) For the Year Ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, Except as Noted AIM V.I. Global Health Care Series I Division 2006 2005 ---- ---- Increase (decrease) in net assets from Operations: Net investment income (loss) $ (209,509) $ (204,674) Total realized gains (losses) on investments 404,387 293,216 Change in net unrealized appreciation or depreciation of investments 302,110 810,312 ------- ------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations 496,988 898,854 Changes from principal transactions: Purchase payments, less sales charges, per payment fees and applicable premium taxes 1,935,468 1,941,412 Administration charges (3,518) (3,180) Contingent sales charges (11,055) (12,501) Contract terminations (834,732) (674,530) Death benefit payments (22,442) (168,998) Flexible withdrawal option payments (139,277) (109,315) Transfer payments to other contracts (1,840,171) (2,052,427) Annuity payments - - - - Increase (decrease) in net assets from principal transactions (915,727) (1,079,539) --------- ----------- Total increase (decrease) (418,739) (180,685) Net assets at beginning of period 14,275,760 14,456,445 ---------- ---------- Net assets at end of period $ 13,857,021 $ 14,275,760
(1) Commenced operations January 4, 2005. (2) Represented the operations of AIM V.I. Small Company Growth Series I Division until November 21, 2006 name change. See accompanying notes.
AIM V.I. AIM V.I. Small Cap Small Cap AIM V.I. Equity Growth Technology Series I Series I Series I Division Division Division (1) (2) --- --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ (5,207) $ (898) $ (61,142) $ (52,543) $ (91,380) $ (87,616) 30,103 93 182,363 88,370 188,539 96,061 16,481 6,410 376,390 100,668 375,772 (47) ------ ----- ------- ------- ------- ---- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 41,377 5,605 497,611 136,495 472,931 8,398 598,904 155,320 1,047,203 827,753 1,511,964 1,538,179 (30) - (737) (554) (712) (623) (239) (34) (2,616) (2,696) (6,352) (9,089) (5,463) (1,012) (197,517) (198,444) (479,588) (417,850) - - (840) (8,307) (1,831) (12,726) (159) - (23,525) (14,678) (85,125) (93,415) (19,431) (13) (832,331) (698,764) (1,508,546) (1,505,905) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 573,582 154,261 (10,363) (95,690) (570,190) (501,429) ------- ------- -------- -------- --------- --------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 614,959 159,866 487,248 40,805 (97,259) (493,031) 159,866 - 3,943,379 3,902,574 6,245,192 6,738,223 ------- - --------- --------- --------- --------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 774,825 $ 159,866 $ 4,430,627 $ 3,943,379 $ 6,147,933 $ 6,245,192 ----------- --------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued) For the Year Ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, Except as Noted Alliance Bernstein VP Series Small Cap Growth Class A Division (1) 2006 2005 ---- ---- Increase (decrease) in net assets from Operations: Net investment income (loss) $ (8,842) $ (1,594) Total realized gains (losses) on investments 929 8,917 Change in net unrealized appreciation or depreciation of investments 55,846 16,290 ------ ------ Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations 47,933 23,613 Changes from principal transactions: Purchase payments, less sales charges, per payment fees and applicable premium taxes 750,260 381,090 Administration charges (25) - Contingent sales charges (286) - Contract terminations (6,534) - Death benefit payments (2,264) - Flexible withdrawal option payments (1,468) - Transfer payments to other contracts (64,650) (133,633) Annuity payments - - - - Increase (decrease) in net assets from principal transactions 675,033 247,457 ------- ------- Total increase (decrease) 722,966 271,070 Net assets at beginning of period 271,070 - ------- - Net assets at end of period $ 994,036 $ 271,070 ----------- -------
(1) Commenced operations January 4, 2005. See accompanying notes.
American American Century VP Century VP American Income & Inflation Century VP Growth Protection Ultra Class I Class II Class I Division Division (1) Division ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 168,097 $ 206,125 $ 639,544 $ 235,250 $ (140,978) $ (150,361) 823,225 519,344 (8,042) (834) 163,057 155,591 4,264,066 401,647 (488,574) (207,7121 (499,141) 79,821 --------- ------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5,255,388 1,127,116 142,928 26,704 (477,062) 85,051 4,209,364 6,188,005 37,947,828 19,722,757 1,209,485 1,866,477 (4,492) (4,995) (132,824) (11,481) (1,489) (1,275) (23,586) (35,148) (22,616) (697) (7,775) (9,065) (2,396,157) (2,587,800) (517,029) (20,840) (587,082) (489,596) (215,894) (131,054) (20,676) (35,080) (15,892) (17,559) (517,452) (471,975) (370,537) (46,556) (111,017) (100,565) (3,234,795) (2,675,022) (6,579,874) (1,420,642) (1,175,202) (1,413,386) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (2,183,012) 282,011 30,304,272 18,187,461 (688,972) (164,969) ----------- ------- ---------- ---------- --------- --------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3,072,376 1,409,127 30,447,200 18,214,165 (1,166,034) (79,918) 35,268,524 33,859,397 18,214,165 - 10,612,172 10,692,090 ---------- ---------- ---------- - ---------- ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 38,340,900 $ 35,268,524 $ 48,661,365 $ 18,214,165 $ 9,446,138 $ 10,612,172 -------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ----------- ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued) For the Year Ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, Except as Noted American Century VP Ultra Class II Division (1) 2006 2005 ---- ---- Increase (decrease) in net assets from Operations: Net investment income (loss) $ (392,773) $ (72,331) Total realized gains (losses) on investments (7,464) 2,157 Change in net unrealized appreciation or depreciation of investments (279,227) 497,973 --------- ------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations (679,464) 427,799 Changes from principal transactions: Purchase payments, less sales charges, per payment fees and applicable premium taxes 34,022,878 16,409,114 Administration charges (123,722) (10,890) Contingent sales charges (17,642) (219) Contract terminations (403,333) (6,540) Death benefit payments (7,302) (6,524) Flexible withdrawal option payments (317,125) (44,519) Transfer payments to other contracts (6,767,373) (1,232,556) Annuity payments - - - - Increase (decrease) in net assets from principal transactions 26,386,381 15,107,866 ---------- ---------- Total increase (decrease) 25,706,917 15,535,665 Net assets at beginning of period 15,535,665 - ---------- - Net assets at end of period $ 41,242,582 $ 15,535,665 -------------- ----------
(1) Commenced operations January 4, 2005. See accompanying notes.
American American Century VP Century VP Value Vista Asset Class II Class I Allocation Division Division Division (1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ (122,109) $ (293,234) $ (7,674) $ (1,827) $ (472,054) $ 271,485 3,903,691 3,448,329 1,209 9,157 2,644,465 390,088 3,397,417 (1,759,872) 37,166 13,517 6,670,543 2,826,388 --------- ----------- ------ ------ --------- --------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7,178,999 1,395,223 30,701 20,847 8,842,954 3,487,961 9,032,918 14,104,314 500,357 427,004 10,651,493 11,129,277 (8,861) (6,094) (9) - (32,578) (26,759) (33,303) (28,682) (524) - (126,352) (122,751) (2,514,552) (1,539,280) (11,987) - (9,622,485) (9,250,097) (157,182) (149,960) - - (322,443) (497,406) (415,415) (292,018) (1,840) - (1,757,125) (1,777,991) (4,239,478) (3,330,949) (136,073) (134,590) (7,657,393) (6,201,456) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1,664,127 8,757,331 349,924 292,414 (8,866,883) (6,747,183) --------- --------- ------- ------- ----------- ----------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8,843,126 10,152,554 380,625 313,261 (23,929) (3,259,222) 41,721,937 31,569,383 313,261 - 84,245,177 87,504,399 ---------- ---------- ------- - ---------- ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 50,565,063 $ 41J21 937 $ 693,886 $ 313,261 $ 84,221,248 $ 84,245,177 -------------- ----------- --------- --------- ------------ ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued) For the Year Ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, Except as Noted Balanced Division 2006 2005 ---- ---- Increase (decrease) in net assets from Operations: Net investment income (loss) $ 1,124,850 $ 1,372,487 Total realized gains (losses) on investments 809,832 (201,841) Change in net unrealized appreciation or depreciation of investments 6,941,213 4,102,459 --------- --------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations 8,875,895 5,273,105 Changes from principal transactions: Purchase payments, less sales charges, per payment fees and applicable premium taxes 8,056,522 9,726,564 Administration charges (33,736) (45,131) Contingent sales charges (152,196) (137,291) Contract terminations (14,018,307) (18,037,134) Death benefit payments (785,944) (838,994) Flexible withdrawal option payments (1,970,221) (2,212,371) Transfer payments to other contracts (6,153,158) (4,730,178) Annuity payments - - - - Increase (decrease) in net assets from principal transactions (15,057,040) (16,274,535) ------------ ------------ Total increase (decrease) (6,181,145) (11,001,430) Net assets at beginning of period 98,501,482 109,502,912 ---------- ----------- Net assets at end of period $ 92,320,337 $ 98,501,482 -------------- ---------- See accompanying notes.
Capital Diversified Bond Value International Division Division Division ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 7,369,517 $ 8,003,599 $ 680,793 $ (2,459,869) $ (353,327) $ (548,474) (232,926) 272,134 19,959,483 3,293,587 14,573,470 2,783,395 2,580,027 (5,313,482) 13,835,149 9,895,511 45,587,524 39,090,117 --------- ----------- ---------- --------- ---------- ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9,716,618 2,962,251 34,475,425 10,729,229 59,807,667 41,325,038 94,706,932 80,647,948 24,644,269 22,371,876 60,826,753 45,089,775 (227,906) (91,568) (85,479) (80,024) (109,174) (81,611) (311,922) (302,013) (281,880) (256,948) (272,126) (207,692) (25,211,017) (26,804,906) (27,460,698) (33,656,312) (24,718,759) (21,403,532) (1,095,212) (1,547,143) (758,218) (1,190,772) (810,450) (864,314) (6,089,439) (5,680,552) (3,000,399) (2,974,530) (2,417,251) (1,876,646) (32,179,147) (21,188,674) (12,343,306) (10,800,882) (29,752,655) (17,805,731) - - (29,273) (28,499) - - - - -------- -------- - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 29,592,289 25,033,092 (19,314,984) (26,616,091) 2,746,338 2,850,249 ---------- ---------- ------------ ------------ --------- --------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 39,308,907 27,995,343 15,160,441 (15,886,862) 62,554,005 44,175,287 280,484,495 252,489,152 198,489,944 214,376,806 228,177,303 184,002,016 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 319,793,402 $ 280,484,495 $ 213,650,385 $ 198,489,944 $ 290,731,308 $ 228,177 ,303 --------------- ----------- --------------- ------------- ------------- ------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued) For the Year Ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, Except as Noted Dreyfus IP Founders Discovery Initial Shares Division 2006 2005 ---- ---- Increase (decrease) in net assets from Operations: Net investment income (loss) $ (243,259) $ (209,131) Total realized gains (losses) on investments 186,316 67,047 Change in net unrealized appreciation or depreciation of investments 780,163 29,224 ------- ------ Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations 723,220 (112,860) Changes from principal transactions: Purchase payments, less sales charges, per payment fees and applicable premium taxes 3,774,853 4,291,439 Administration charges (2,959) (1,802) Contingent sales charges (10,985) (9,232) Contract terminations (829,410) (450,825) Death benefit payments (60,329) (61,296) Flexible withdrawal option payments (102,797) (80,600) Transfer payments to other contracts (1,723,172) (1,078,447) Annuity payments - - - - Increase (decrease) in net assets from principal transactions 1,045,201 2,609,237 --------- --------- Total increase (decrease) 1,768,421 2,496,377 Net assets at beginning of period 15,815,474 13,319,097 ---------- ---------- Net assets at end of period $ 17,583,895 $ 15,815,474 -------------- ---------- (1) Commenced operations January 4, 2005. See accompanying notes.
Dreyfus IP Technology Equity Equity Service Shares Growth Income Division (1) Division Division ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 --------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ (4,573) $ (570) $ (2,389,555) $ (2,529,058) $ 587,388 $ (738,442) (2,435) 181 (806,811) (2,880,009) 826,373 (10,370) 13,971 5,525 11,159,020 16,472,887 19,701,800 4,969,431 ------ ----- ---------- ---------- ---------- --------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6,963 5,136 7,962,654 11,063,820 21,115,561 4,220,619 333,208 166,332 16,402,557 16,841,624 83,438,344 50,183,704 (30) - (58,784) (70,129) (281,701) (32,928) (215) - (291,847) (252,379) (97,952) (44,272) (4,904) - (21,927,878) (21,069,830) (5,545,007) (2,936,671) - - (629,787) (762,328) (294,040) (310,642) - - (2,048,902) (2,201,679) (1,754,716) (975,769) (42,742) (12,026) (14,876,321) (15,648,411) (24,194,286) (7,403,409) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 285,317 154,306 (23,430,962) (23,163,132) 51,270,642 38,480,013 ------- ------- ------------ ------------ ---------- ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 292,280 159,442 (15,468,308) (12,099,312) 72,386,203 42,700,632 159,442 - 195,218,225 207,317,537 83,133,071 40,432,439 ------- - ----------- ----------- ---------- ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 451,722 $ 159,442 $ 179,749,917 $195,218,225 $ 155,519,274 $ 83,133,071 ----------- ------- ---------------------------- ------------- ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued) For the Year Ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, Except as Noted Equity Value Division (1) 2006 2005 ---- ---- Increase (decrease) in net assets from Operations: Net investment income (loss) $ 8,967 $ 6,546 Total realized gains (losses) on investments 46,022 34,821 Change in net unrealized appreciation or depreciation of investments 411,946 (15,158) ------- -------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations 466,935 26,209 Changes from principal transactions: Purchase payments, less sales charges, per payment fees and applicable premium taxes 2,659,094 1,545,224 Administration charges (8,122) (573) Contingent sales charges (467) (108) Contract terminations (10,680) (3,225) Death benefit payments - - Flexible withdrawal option payments (17,393) (1,679) Transfer payments to other contracts (672,960) (54,848) Annuity payments - - - - Increase (decrease) in net assets from principal transactions 1,949,472 1,484,791 --------- --------- Total increase (decrease) 2,416,407 1,511,000 Net assets at beginning of period 1,511,000 - --------- - Net assets at end of period $ 3,927,407 $ 1,511,000 ------------- --------- (1) Commenced operations January 4, 2005. See accompanying notes.
Fidelity VIP Fidelity VIP Fidelity VIP Equity-Income Growth Growth Service Service Service Class 2 Class Class 2 Division Division Division (1) -------- -------- ------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $ 1,032,534 $ (70,588) $ (384,965) $ (370,688) $ (38,660) $ (5,931) 8,831,661 1,957,131 (1,687,364) (2,091,900) 3,267 297 1,495,173 543,923 3,854,234 3,944,207 186,391 45,884 --------- ------- --------- --------- ------- ------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11,359,368 2,430,466 1,781,905 1,481,619 150,998 40,250 15,284,014 16,009,135 3,066,061 3,849,771 3,075,629 1,286,274 (13,052) (7,822) (9,332) (8,311) (315) (15) (47,741) (52,470) (49,910) (45,929) (3,691) (143) (3,464,029) (2,575,966) (3,768,487) (3,342,498) (84,384) (4,283) (211,352) (159,120) (89,237) (73,823) - - (656,130) (487,764) (394,785) (455,142) (3,699) (150) (4,984,308) (3,865,193) (4,985,354) (4,539,911) (78,955) (12,855) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5,907,402 8,860,800 (6,231,044) (4,615,843) 2,904,585 1,268,828 --------- --------- ----------- ----------- --------- --------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17,266,770 11,291,266 (4,449,139) (3,134,224) 3,055,583 1,309,078 59,907,554 48,616,288 38,238,295 41,372,519 1,309,078 - ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $ 77,174,324 $ 59,907,554 $ 33,789,156 $ 38,238,295 $ 4,364,661 $ 1,309,078 -------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ----------- --------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued) For the Year Ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, Except as Noted Fidelity VIP Overseas Service Class 2 Division (1) 2006 2005 ---- ---- Increase (decrease) in net assets from Operations: Net investment income (loss) $ (218,957) $ (53,381) Total realized gains (losses) on investments 185,499 3,267 Change in net unrealized appreciation or depreciation of investments 3,744,132 1,371,933 --------- --------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations 3,710,674 1,321,819 Changes from principal transactions: Purchase payments, less sales charges, per payment fees and applicable premium taxes 24,282,769 11,768,680 Administration charges (65,330) (5,646) Contingent sales charges (18,630) (1,119) Contract terminations (425,913) (33,477) Death benefit payments (14,761) (8,799) Flexible withdrawal option payments (198,989) (23,776) Transfer payments to other contracts (4,366,018) (921,316) Annuity payments - - - - Increase (decrease) in net assets from principal transactions 19,193,128 10,774,547 ---------- ---------- Total increase (decrease) 22,903,802 12,096,366 Net assets at beginning of period 12,096,366 - ---------- - Net assets at end of period $ 35,000,168 $ 12,096,366 -------------- ---------- (1) Commenced operations January 4, 2005. See accompanying notes.
Fidelity VIP II Fidelity VIP II Fidelity VIP III Contrafund Contrafund Mid Cap Service Service Service Class Class 2 Class 2 Division Division (1) Division (1) -------- ------------ ------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $ (299,091) $ (1,098,190) $ (28,419) $ (30,094) $ (35,069) $ (4,460) 11,449,200 549,941 1,713,731 4,878 151,565 354 (364,828) 14,314,763 (230,403) 451,629 107,362 63,420 --------- ---------- --------- ------- ------- ------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10,785,281 13,766,514 1,454,909 426,413 223,858 59,314 23,146,783 25,822,964 17,924,390 6,783,954 3,515,016 955,913 (34,780) (33,552) (24,218) (1,861) (352) (59) (119,157) (87,565) (12,484) (1,291) (2,324) (110) (8,997,003) (6,000,560) (285,408) (38,609) (53,129) (3,289) (323,928) (261,864) (45,026) (10,839) - (4,562) (1,513,689) (1,150,600) (129,874) (13,687) (11,289) (929) (10,927,456) (8,564,511) (2,503,370) (241,970) (275,288) (9,716) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,230,770 9,724,312 14,924,010 6,475,697 3,172,634 937,248 --------- --------- ---------- --------- --------- ------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12,016,051 23,490,826 16,378,919 6,902,110 3,396,492 996,562 106,461,676 82,970,850 6,902,110 - 996,562 - ----------- ---------- --------- - ------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $ 118,477,727 $ 106,461,676 $ 23,281,029 $ 6,902,110 $ 4,393,054 $ 996,562 --------------- ------------- ------------ ----------- ----------- ------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued) For the Year Ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, Except as Noted Goldman Sachs VIT Mid Cap Value Fund Service Class I Division (1) 2006 2005 ---- ---- Increase (decrease) in net assets from Operations: Net investment income (loss) $ 4,604 $ 313 Total realized gains (losses) on investments 1,217,970 252,331 Change in net unrealized appreciation or depreciation of investments (136,992) (154,098) --------- --------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations 1,085,582 98,546 Changes from principal transactions: Purchase payments, less sales charges, per payment fees and applicable premium taxes 8,936,015 3,230,699 Administration charges (334) (12) Contingent sales charges (5,821) (249) Contract terminations (133,085) (7,458) Death benefit payments - - Flexible withdrawal option payments (20,246) (537) Transfer payments to other contracts (512,372) (49,402) Annuity payments - - - - Increase (decrease) in net assets from principal transactions 8,264,157 3,173,041 --------- --------- Total increase (decrease) 9,349,739 3,271,587 Net assets at beginning of period 3,271,587 - --------- - Net assets at end of period $ 12,621,326 $ 3,271,587 - ------------ ---------- (1) Commenced operations January 4, 2005. (2) Represented the operations of Goldman Sachs CORE Small Cap Equity Fund Service Class I Division until May 1, 2006 name change. See accompanying notes.
Goldman Sachs Government Structured & High Small Cap Equity Quality Service Class I Bond Growth Division Division Division (2) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $ (12,118) $ (2,328) $ 7,738,546 $ 9,113,411 $ (928,296) $ (484,271) 278,790 80,927 (1,063,572) (153,789) (2,538,476) (7,021,906) (7,396) (66,473) 814,645 (7,154,995) 11,298,287 18,191,234 ------- -------- ------- ----------- ---------- ---------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 259,276 12,126 7,489,619 1,804,627 7,831,515 10,685,057 2,846,089 1,147,516 51,237,859 57,099,620 10,786,200 7,997,375 (312) (3) (120,919) (86,623) (27,067) (39,207) (1,765) (72) (336,842) (364,422) (148,948) (150,202) (40,340) (2,166) (27,409,954) (30,056,065) (15,103,459) (24,059,436) - - (1,159,067) (1,882,619) (311,498) (596,270) (8,448) - (7,246,983) (7,728,677) (1,489,018) (1,576,888) (199,644) (11,625) (32,654,568) (38,498,416) (6,652,910) (6,054,382) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2,595,580 1,133,650 (17,690,474) (21,517,202) (12,946,700) (24,479,010) --------- --------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2,854,856 1,145,776 (10,200,855) (19,712,575) (5,115,185) (13,793,953) 1,145,776 - 286,799,157 306,511,732 101,200,494 114,994,447 --------- - ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $ 4,000,632 $1,145,776 $ 276,598,302 $ 286,799,157 96,085,309 $ 101,200,494 ------------- --------- ----------------- ------------ ----------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued) For the Year Ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, Except as Noted International Emerging Markets Division 2006 2005 ---- ---- Increase (decrease) in net assets from Operations: Net investment income (loss) $ (1,198,121) $ (32,720) Total realized gains (losses) on investments 4,210,020 10,158,649 Change in net unrealized appreciation or depreciation of investments 22,245,938 3,497,252 ---------- --------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations 25,257,837 13,623,181 Changes from principal transactions: Purchase payments, less sales charges, per payment fees and applicable premium taxes 41,174,588 27,318,469 Administration charges (20,871) (11,467) Contingent sales charges (67,950) (40,411) Contract terminations (5,042,649) (2,551,229) Death benefit payments (86,161) (63,062) Flexible withdrawal option payments (659,423) (398,451) Transfer payments to other contracts (18,902,123) (7,424,355) Annuity payments - - - - Increase (decrease) in net assets from principal transactions 16,395,411 16,829,494 ---------- ---------- Total increase (decrease) 41,653,248 30,452,675 Net assets at beginning of period 62,693,903 32,241,228 ---------- ---------- Net assets at end of period $ 104,347,151 $ 62,693,903 --------------- ---------- See accompanying notes.
Janus Aspen Mid Cap Growth LargeCap International SmallCap Service Shares Blend Division Division Division ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $ (982,250) $ (708,058) $ (274,939) $ (252,158) $ (1,258,253) $ (1,468,164) 21,821,096 2,846,657 682,671 222,986 4,833,448 546,753 7,745,584 19,453,336 1,671,571 1,755,995 18,223,956 4,879,243 --------- ---------- --------- --------- ---------- --------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28,584,430 21,591,935 2,079,303 1,726,823 21,799,151 3,957,832 27,541,124 26,030,408 3,209,439 1,786,952 66,986,175 51,631,602 (41,260) (33,312) (7,103) (6,410) (159,044) (26,781) (135,289) (84,485) (18,800) (23,031) (109,857) (76,909) (10,067,558) (5,948,626) (1,419,499) (1,078,285) (6,546,398) (3,916,684) (123,170) (197,758) (52,111) (39,107) (309,469) (435,063) (821,517) (646,486) (136,726) (105,081) (1,739,815) (1,120,809) (19,599,964) (12,975,410) (2,678,105) (1,580,278) (15,947,889) (8,212,523) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (3,247,634) 6,144,331 (1,102,905) (1,045,240) 42,173,703 37,842,833 ----------- --------- ----------- ----------- ---------- ---------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25,336,796 27,736,266 976,398 681,583 63,972,854 41,800,665 102,213,781 74,477,515 18,346,189 17,664,606 128,133,591 86,332,926 ----------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------- ---------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $ 127,550,577 $ 102,213,781 $ 19,322,587 $ 18,346,189 $ 192,106,445 $ 128,133,591 --------------- ------------- ---------- - ------------ ------------- ----------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued) For the Year Ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, Except as Noted LargeCap Growth Equity Division 2006 2005 ---- ---- Increase (decrease) in net assets from Operations: Net investment income (loss) $ (259,987) $ (225,126) Total realized gains (losses) on investments 96,102 43,739 Change in net unrealized appreciation or depreciation of investments 413,343 583,363 ------- ------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations 249,458 401,976 Changes from principal transactions: Purchase payments, less sales charges, per payment fees and applicable premium taxes 4,410,753 3,093,201 Administration charges (3,400) (3,229) Contingent sales charges (17,272) (20,926) Contract terminations (1,745,073) (1,169,893) Death benefit payments (48,983) (35,771) Flexible withdrawal option payments (283,765) (238,139) Transfer payments to other contracts (1,985,359) (1,459,657) Annuity payments - - - - Increase (decrease) in net assets from principal transactions 326,901 165,586 ------- ------- Total increase (decrease) 576,359 567,562 Net assets at beginning of period 18,820,144 18,252,582 ---------- ---------- Net assets at end of period $ 19,396,503 $ 18,820,144 -------------- ---------- See accompanying notes.
LargeCap Stock LargeCap Index Value MidCap Division Division Division ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 3,436 $(1,684,395) $ (628,462) $ (1,255,711) $ (947,196) $ (3,873,409) 2,482,860 1,070,226 3,458,906 810,694 48,251,127 11,717,740 16,248,616 4,661,687 22,939,744 4,306,244 (5,429,630) 16,931,983 ---------- --------- ---------- --------- ----------- ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 18,734,912 4,047,518 25,770,188 3,861,227 41,874,301 24,776,314 37,367,616 43,107,446 62,588,396 44,774,499 55,666,505 59,526,310 (37,773) (27,694) (137,843) (22,644) (195,978) (156,432) (128,463) (122,170) (102,324) (66,907) (420,156) (376,440) (11,387,803) (8,860,776) (6,266,471) (3,762,943) (36,371,234) (40,454,130) (325,744) (367,700) (309,860) (345,183) (1,065,007) (1,388,604) (1,754,326) (1,577,994) (1,471,953) (952,378) (4,145,830) (3,706,703) (24,506,917) (28,699,968) (16,166,449) (8,523,366) (27,505,687) (21,546,277) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (773,410) 3,451,144 38,133,496 31,101,078 (14,037,387) (8,102,276) --------- --------- ---------- ---------- ------------ ----------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 17,961,502 7,498,662 63,903,684 34,962,305 27,836,914 16,674,038 134,688,532 127,189,870 109,778,985 74,816,680 339,324,099 322,650,061 ----------- ----------- ----------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 152,650,034 $ 134,688,532 $ 173,682,669 $ 109,778,985 $ 367,161,013 $ 339,324,099 --------------- ----------- --------------- ------------- ------------- ----------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued) For the Year Ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, Except as Noted MidCap Growth Division 2006 2005 ---- ---- Increase (decrease) in net assets from Operations: Net investment income (loss) $ (791,335) $ (689,415) Total realized gains (losses) on investments 2,969,392 643,728 Change in net unrealized appreciation or depreciation of investments 2,147,445 5,870,968 --------- --------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations 4,325,502 5,825,281 Changes from principal transactions: Purchase payments, less sales charges, per payment fees and applicable premium taxes 11,441,173 7,814,560 Administration charges (12,092) (11,195) Contingent sales charges (57,533) (56,883) Contract terminations (4,744,992) (3,592,508) Death benefit payments (75,590) (148,571) Flexible withdrawal option payments (555,400) (521,690) Transfer payments to other contracts (6,456,363) (4,067,244) Annuity payments - - - - Increase (decrease) in net assets from principal transactions (460,797) (583,531) --------- --------- Total increase (decrease) 3,864,705 5,241,750 Net assets at beginning of period 53,922,768 48,681,018 ---------- ---------- Net assets at end of period $ 57,787,473 $ 53,922,768 -------------- ---------- See accompanying notes.
Neuberger Berman AMT MidCap Money Fasciano Value Market S Class Division Division Division ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $ (1,197,221) $ (1,073,726) $ 2,827,054 $ 1,101,944 $ (18,941) $ (2,978) 11,661,253 2,378,591 - - 42,885 2,037 1,515,777 6,041,151 - - 15,744 16,103 --------- --------- - - ------ ------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11,979,809 7,346,016 2,827,054 1,101,944 39,688 15,162 37,333,121 37,541,464 143,904,826 162,414,404 1,427,520 629,670 (76,671) (20,480) (43,345) (41,581) (58) (3) (87,955) (67,390) (284,219) (268,805) (1,806) (81) (7,300,904) (4,783,714) (28,527,008) (31,469,933) (41,291) (2,425) (247,049) (263,051) (456,823) (1,049,488) - - (1,317,978) (1,036,072) (2,431,149) (2,338,433) (735) (75) (15,808,585) (10,399,192) (102,645,410) (135,791,981) (55,634) (1,898) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12,493,979 20,971,565 9,516,872 (8,545,817) 1,327,996 625,188 ---------- ---------- --------- ----------- --------- ------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24,473,788 28,317,581 12,343,926 (7,443,873) 1,367,684 640,350 94,904,674 66,587,093 82,162,453 89,606,326 640,350 - ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $ 119,378,462 $ 94,904,674 $ 94,506,379 $ 82,162,453 $ 2,008,034 $ 640,350 --------------- ---------- -------------- ------------ ----------- -------
Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued) For the Year Ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, Except as Noted Neuberger Berman AMT High Income Bond S Class Division 2006 2005 ---- ---- Increase (decrease) in net assets from Operations: Net investment income (loss) $ 88,470 $ 33,176 Total realized gains (losses) on investments (2,604) 3,148 Change in net unrealized appreciation or depreciation of investments 269 (30,258) --- -------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations 86,135 6,066 Changes from principal transactions: Purchase payments, less sales charges, per payment fees and applicable premium taxes 1,271,721 1,047,612 Administration charges (60) - Contingent sales charges (2,768) (43) Contract terminations (63,286) (1,273) Death benefit payments (4,239) - Flexible withdrawal option payments (13,099) (3,486) Transfer payments to other contracts (96,440) (163,229) Annuity payments - - - - Increase (decrease) in net assets from principal transactions 1,091,829 879,581 --------- ------- Total increase (decrease) 1,177,964 885,647 Net assets at beginning of period 885,647 - ------- - Net assets at end of period $ 2,063,611 $ 885,647 ------------- ------- (1) Commenced operations January 4, 2005. See accompanying notes.
Neuberger Neuberger Berman AMT Principal Berman AMT Socially LifeTime Partners Responsive Strategic I Class I Class Income Division Division Division (1) -------- -------- ------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 --------- --------- ---- ---- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ (10,560) $ 733 $ (19,301) $ (3,474) $ (110,017) $ (27,801) 399,453 335 23,193 2,103 39,245 1,775 (48,810) 26,575 210,791 31,440 890,547 158,136 -------- ------ ------- ------ ------- ------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 340,083 27,643 214,683 30,069 819,775 132,110 3,657,842 870,052 1,962,558 765,889 8,273,419 5,413,476 (108) (5) (4,686) (341) (24,298) (2,350) (2,594) (19) (1,576) (51) (4,582) (1,179) (59,305) (573) (36,029) (1,522) (104,747) (35,256) (7,257) (38) (16,015) (2,218) (232,741) (60,799) (141,255) (12,723) (372,993) (18,661) (1,681,371) (72) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3,447,323 856,694 1,531,259 743,096 6,225,680 5,313,820 --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- --------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3,787,406 884,337 1,745,942 773,165 7,045,455 5,445,930 884,337 - 773,165 - 5,445,930 - ------- - ------- - --------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 4,671,743 $ 884,337 $ 2,519,107 $ 773,165 $ 12,491,385 $ 5,445 930 ------------- --------- ----------- --------- ------------ --------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued) For the Year Ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, Except as Noted Principal LifeTime 2010 Division (1) 2006 2005 ---- ---- Increase (decrease) in net assets from Operations: Net investment income (loss) $ (260,015) $ (57,359) Total realized gains (losses) on investments 152,900 1,876 Change in net unrealized appreciation or depreciation of investments 2,249,381 335,949 --------- ------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations 2,142,266 280,466 Changes from principal transactions: Purchase payments, less sales charges, per payment fees and applicable premium taxes 18,536,685 12,646,396 Administration charges (81,503) (8,296) Contingent sales charges (12,977) (863) Contract terminations (296,674) (25,813) Death benefit payments (46,991) (15,817) Flexible withdrawal option payments (237,141) (58,655) Transfer payments to other contracts (6,617,950) (37,067) Annuity payments - - - - Increase (decrease) in net assets from principal transactions 11,243,449 12,499,885 ---------- ---------- Total increase (decrease) 13,385,715 12,780,351 Net assets at beginning of period 12,780,351 - ---------- - Net assets at end of period $ 26,166,066 $ 12,780,351 -------------- ---------- (1) Commenced operations January 4, 2005. See accompanying notes.
Principal Principal Principal LifeTime LifeTime LifeTime 2020 2030 2040 Division Division (1) Division (1) --------- ------------ ------------ (1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ (792,450) $ (118,424) $ (100,284) $ (13,655) $ (42,160) $ (6,059) 22,096 5,507 86,023 3,386 12,112 1,090 8,696,024 848,565 1,078,553 94,940 454,131 56,275 --------- ------- --------- ------ ------- ------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7,925,670 735,648 1,064,292 84,671 424,083 51,306 71,870,521 26,175,123 9,214,113 3,233,221 3,572,102 1,444,809 (209,732) (17,487) (1,182) (24) (691) (24) (37,064) (339) (18,824) (36) (5,788) - (847,347) (10,134) (430,338) (1,089) (132,319) - (159,754) - - - - - (450,397) (86,889) (21,307) (6,081) (2,536) - (8,336,536) (606,628) (1,065,887) (69,942) (112,692) (46,897) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 61,829,691 25,453,646 7,676,575 3,156,049 3,318,076 1,397,888 ---------- ---------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 69,755,361 26,189,294 8,740,867 3,240,720 3,742,159 1,449,194 26,189,294 - 3,240,720 - 1,449,194 - ---------- - --------- - --------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 95,944,655 $ 26,189,294 $ 11,981,587 $ 3,240,720 $ 5,191,353 $ 1,449,194 -------------- ------------ ------------ ----------- ----------- --------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued) For the Year Ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, Except as Noted Principal LifeTime 2050 Division (1) 2006 2005 ---- ---- Increase (decrease) in net assets from Operations: Net investment income (loss) $ (25,320) $ (2,406) Total realized gains (losses) on investments 9,972 48 Change in net unrealized appreciation or depreciation of investments 251,174 19,245 ------- ------ Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations 235,826 16,887 Changes from principal transactions: Purchase payments, less sales charges, per payment fees and applicable premium taxes 2,714,081 756,727 Administration charges (210) - Contingent sales charges (2,724) - Contract terminations (62,267) - Death benefit payments - - Flexible withdrawal option payments (151) - Transfer payments to other contracts (172,996) 1 Annuity payments - - - - Increase (decrease) in net assets from principal transactions 2,475,733 756,728 --------- ------- Total increase (decrease) 2,711,559 773,615 Net assets at beginning of period 773,615 - ------- - Net assets at end of period $ 3,485,174 $ 773,615 ------------- ------- (1) Commenced operations January 4, 2005. See accompanying notes.
Real Estate Short-Term Securities Bond Division Division -------- -------- 2006 2005 2006 2005 ---- ---- ---- ---- $ 309,423 $ (1,690,858) $ 862,353 $ 122,773 13,115,883 4,534,634 12,952 (14,016) 32,582,342 13,908,697 2,210,032 206,477 ---------- ---------- --------- ------- 46,007,648 16,752,473 3,085,337 315,234 40,235,845 36,441,344 65,026,561 49,237,781 (46,137) (36,333) (190,796) (26,133) (145,722) (137,763) (70,643) (86,189) (11,311,914) (8,051,131) (4,444,438) (5,277,925) (566,980) (232,728) (237,166) (240,359) (1,726,837) (1,490,965) (2,685,156) (1,968,926) (24,593,554) (25,263,440) (24,418,649) (14,939,228) 1,844,701 1,228,984 32,979,713 26,699,021 --------- --------- ---------- ---------- 47,852,349 17,981,457 36,065,050 27,014,255 133,792,721 115,811,264 81,529,141 54,514,886 ----------- ----------- ---------- ---------- $ 181,645,070 $ 133,792,721 $ 117,594,191 $ 81,529,141 --------------- ----------- --------------- ----------
Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued) For the Year Ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, Except as Noted SmallCap Division 2006 2005 ---- ---- Increase (decrease) in net assets from Operations: Net investment income (loss) $ (847,987) $ (902,834) Total realized gains (losses) on investments 6,373,384 944,344 Change in net unrealized appreciation or depreciation of investments 1,961,967 3,803,135 --------- --------- Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations 7,487,364 3,844,645 Changes from principal transactions: Purchase payments, less sales charges, per payment fees and applicable premium taxes 8,399,835 12,663,736 Administration charges (12,807) (14,199) Contingent sales charges (65,437) (63,516) Contract terminations (5,714,276) (4,655,966) Death benefit payments (229,622) (133,597) Flexible withdrawal option payments (894,769) (882,813) Transfer payments to other contracts (8,073,020) (6,733,904) Annuity payments - - - - Increase (decrease) in net assets from principal transactions (6,590,096) 179,741 ----------- ------- Total increase (decrease) 897,268 4,024,386 Net assets at beginning of period 70,854,493 66,830,107 ---------- ---------- Net assets at end of period $ 71,751,761 $ 70,854,493 -------------- ---------- See accompanying notes.
SmallCap SmallCap Growth Value Division Division -------- -------- 2006 2005 2006 2005 ---- ---- ---- ---- $ (666,713) $ (601,543) $ (1,232,059) $ (1,142,554) (1,332,510) (2,102,024) 12,871,584 2,553,049 5,430,781 4,985,626 5,413,590 2,740,416 --------- --------- --------- --------- 3,431,558 2,282,059 17,053,115 4,150,911 10,721,896 7,548,846 37,625,778 31,112,444 (8,292) (7,140) (80,677) (22,644) (65,066) (51,282) (113,728) (80,735) (5,175,480) (3,729,551) (8,276,465) (5,107,789) (71,981) (112,852) (263,733) (324,717) (397,314) (394,403) (1,039,781) (855,206) (6,357,486) (5,384,370) (14,222,812) (11,791,879) (1,353,723) (2,130,752) 13,628,582 12,929,474 ----------- ----------- ---------- ---------- 2,077,835 151,307 30,681,697 17,080,385 46,695,389 46,544,082 95,377,914 78,297,529 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- $ 48,773,224 $ 46,695,389 $ 126,059,611 $ 95,377,914 -------------- ---------- --------------- ----------
Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued) For the Year Ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, Except as Noted T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth II Division 2006 2005 Increase (decrease) in net assets from Operations: Net investment income (loss) $ (9,904) $ (2,321) Total realized gains (losses) on investments 6,716 2,769 Change in net unrealized appreciation or depreciation of investments 76,937 23,847 ------ ------ Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations 73,749 24,295 Changes from principal transactions: Purchase payments, less sales charges, per payment fees and applicable premium taxes 417,431 682,192 Administration charges (21) - Contingent sales charges (3,617) (339) Contract terminations (82,700) (10,143) Death benefit payments (2,219) - Flexible withdrawal option payments (3,650) (141) Transfer payments to other contracts (14,665) (52,037) Annuity payments - - - - Increase (decrease) in net assets from principal transactions 310,559 619,532 ------- ------- Total increase (decrease) 384,308 643,827 Net assets at beginning of period 643,827 - ------- - Net assets at end of period $ 1,028,135 $ 643,827 ------------- ------- See accompanying notes.
Templeton T. Rowe Price Growth Health Securities Science Class 2 H Division Division ---------- -------- 2006 2005 2006 2005 ---- ---- ---- ---- $ (19,706) $ (2,119) $ 11,349 $ 4,826 8,932 1,933 174,717 39,915 129,496 40,301 303,044 118,794 ------- ------ ------- ------- 118,722 40,115 489,110 163,535 1,908,562 540,074 799,000 616,293 (2,173) (151) - - (748) (114) (1,546) (781) (17,106) (3,402) (359,768) (205,972) - - (5,116) (5,327) (6,446) (459) (26,698) (23,539) (354,679) (25,435) (153,658) (108,350) 1,527,410 510,513 252,214 272,324 --------- ------- ------- ------- 1,646,132 550,628 741,324 435,859 550,628 - 2,287,401 1,851,542 ------- - --------- --------- $ 2,196,760 $ 550,628 $ 3,028,725 $ 2,287,401 ------------- --------- ----------- ---------
Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B Notes to Financial Statements 1. Investment and Accounting Policies Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B (Separate Account B) is a segregated investment account of Principal Life Insurance Company (Principal Life) and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as a unit investment trust, with no stated limitations on the number of authorized units. As directed by eligible contractholders, each division of Separate Account B invests exclusively in shares representing interests in a corresponding investment option. As of December 31, 2006, contractholder investment options include the following open-end management investment companies: Principal Variable Contracts Fund, Inc. (1) Asset Allocation Account Balanced Account Bond Account Capital Value Account Diversified International Account Equity Growth Account Equity Income Account Equity Value Account (4) Government & High Quality Bond Account Growth Account International Emerging Markets Account International SmallCap Account LargeCap Blend Account (2) LargeCap Growth Equity Account LargeCap Stock Index Account LargeCap Value Account (2) MidCap Account MidCap Growth Account MidCap Value Account Money Market Account Principal LifeTime Strategic Income Account (4) Principal LifeTime 2010 Account (4) Principal LifeTime 2020 Account (4) Principal LifeTime 2030 Account (4) Principal LifeTime 2040 Account (4) Principal LifeTime 2050 Account(4) Real Estate Securities Account Short-Term Bond Account (3) SmallCap Account SmallCap Growth Account SmallCap Value Account 1. Investment and Accounting Policies (continued) AIM V.I. Basic Value Fund - Series I (4) AIM V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund Series I (5) AIM V.I. Core Equity Fund - Series I AIM V.I. Dynamics Fund - Series I AIM V.I. Global Health Care Fund - Series I AIM V.I. Small Cap Equity Fund - Series I (4) AIM V.I. Small Cap Growth Fund - Series I, formerly AIM V.I. Small Company Growth Fund - Series I, until November 21, 2006 name change AIM V.I. Technology Fund - Series I Alliance Bernstein VP Series Fund, Inc: Small Cap Growth Portfolio - Class A (4) American Century Variable Portfolios, Inc: VP Income & Growth Fund - I VP Inflation Protection Fund - II (4) VP Ultra Fund - I VP Ultra Fund - II (4) VP Value Fund - II (2) VP Vista Fund - I (4) Dreyfus Investment Portfolios: Founders Discovery Portfolio - Initial Shares Technology Growth Portfolio - Service Shares (4) Fidelity Variable Insurance Products Fund: Equity-Income Portfolio - SC2 Growth Portfolio - SC (2) Growth Portfolio - SC2 (4) Overseas Portfolio - SC2 (4) Fidelity Variable Insurance Products Fund II: Contrafund Portfolio - SC Contrafund Portfolio - SC2 (4) Fidelity Variable Insurance Products Fund III: Mid Cap Portfolio - SC2 (4) Franklin Templeton VIP Trust: Templeton Growth Securities Fund - Class 2 Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust: Mid Cap Value Fund - SC I (4) Structured Small Cap Equity Fund - SC I, formerly Goldman Sachs CORE Small Cap Equity, until May 1, 2006 name change (4) Janus Aspen Series Mid Cap Growth Portfolio Neuberger Berman AMT Fasciano Portfolio - S Class (3) Neuberger Berman AMT High Income Bond Portfolio - S Class (4) Neuberger Berman AMT Partners Portfolio - I Class (3) Neuberger Berman AMT Socially Responsive Portfolio - I Class (3) T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth Portfolio - II (3) T. Rowe Price Health Sciences Portfolio - II (3) (1) Organized by Principal Life Insurance Company (2) Commenced operations May 18, 2002 (3) Commenced operations May 17, 2003 (4) Commenced operations January 4, 2005 (5) Commenced operations April 28, 2006 Commencement of operations date is the date that the division became available to contractholders. 1. Investment and Accounting Policies (continued) Investments are stated at the closing net asset values per share on December 31, 2006. The average cost method is used to determine realized gains and losses on investments. Dividends are taken into income on an accrual basis as of the ex-dividend date. Separate Account B supports the following variable annuity contracts of Principal Life: Bankers Flexible Annuity; Pension Builder Plus; Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA; Personal Variable; Premier Variable; Principal Freedom Variable Annuity; Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity; The Principal Variable Annuity; The Principal Variable Annuity with Purchase Payment Credit Rider; Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity, and Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity with Purchase Rider. Principal Life no longer accepts contributions for Bankers Flexible Annuity Contracts, Pension Builder Plus Contracts and Pension Builder Plus-Rollover IRA Contracts. Contractholders are being given the option of withdrawing their funds or transferring to another contract. Contributions to the Personal Variable contracts are no longer accepted from new customers, only from existing customers beginning January 1998. Use of Estimates in the Preparation of Financial Statements The preparation of financial statements and accompanying notes of Separate Account B requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported and disclosed. These estimates and assumptions could change in the future as more information becomes known, which could impact the amounts reported and disclosed in the financial statements and accompanying notes. 2. Expenses and Related Party Transactions Principal Life is compensated for the following expenses: Bankers Flexible Annuity Contracts - Mortality and expense risks assumed by Principal Life are compensated for by a daily charge resulting in a reduction of the unit value equivalent to an annual rate of 0.48% of the asset value of each contract. An annual administration charge of $7 for each participant's account is deducted as compensation for administrative expenses. Pension Builder Plus and Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA Contracts - Mortality and expense risks assumed by Principal Life are compensated for by a daily charge resulting in a reduction of the unit value equivalent to an annual rate of 1.50% (1% for a Rollover Individual Retirement Annuity) of the asset value of each contract. A contingent sales charge of up to 7% may be deducted from withdrawals made during the first ten years of a contract, except for withdrawals related to death or permanent disability. An annual administration charge will be deducted ranging from a minimum of $25 to a maximum of $275 depending upon a participant's investment account values and the number of participants under the retirement plan and their participant investment account value. Personal Variable Contracts - Mortality and expense risks assumed by Principal Life are compensated for by a daily charge resulting in a reduction of the unit value equivalent to an annual rate of 0.64% of the asset value of each contract. A contingent sales charge of up to 5% may be deducted from withdrawals from an investment account during the first seven years from the date the first contribution which relates to such participant is accepted by Principal Life. This charge does not apply to withdrawals made from investment accounts which correlate to a plan participant as a result of the plan participant's death or permanent disability. An annual administration charge of $34 for each participant's account plus 0.35% of the annual average balance of investment account values which correlate to a plan participant will be deducted on a quarterly basis. Premier Variable Contracts - Mortality and expense risks assumed by Principal Life are compensated for by a daily charge resulting in a reduction of the unit value equivalent to an annual rate of 0.42% of the asset value of each contract. The Contractholder must also pay contract administration charges. The annual charge ranges from a minimum charge of $2,150 to $7,725 plus 0.03% of account values greater than $30,000,000. The amount varies by Plan document and account balance of contract. Recordkeeping charges are also paid by the Contractholder. The annual charge ranges from $2,250 to $25,316 plus $10 per participant. The amount varies by total plan participants. There were no contingent sales charges provided for in these contracts. Principal Freedom Variable Annuity - Mortality and expenses risk assumed by Principal Life are compensated for by a daily charge resulting in a reduction of the unit value equivalent to an annual rate of 0.85% of the asset value of each contract. A contingent sales charge up to 6% may be deducted from the withdrawals made during the first six years of a contract, except for withdrawals related to death, annuitization, permanent disability, confinement in a health facility, or terminal illness. Principal Life reserves the right to charge an additional administrative fee of up to 0.15% of the asset value of each Division. Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity - Mortality and expenses risk assumed by Principal Life are compensated for by a daily charge resulting in a reduction of the unit value equivalent to an annual rate of 0.95% of the asset value of each contract. A contingent sales charge up to 3% may be deducted from the withdrawals made during the first four years of a contract, except for withdrawals related to death, annuitization, permanent disability, confinement in a health facility, or terminal illness. Principal Life reserves the right to charge an additional administrative fee of up to 0.15% of the asset value of each Division. The Principal Variable Annuity - Mortality and expense risks assumed by Principal Life are compensated for by a daily charge resulting in a reduction of the unit value equivalent to an annual rate of 1.25% of the asset value of each contract. A contingent sales charge of up to 6% may be deducted from the withdrawals made during the first six years of a contract, except for withdrawals related to death, annuitization, permanent disability, confinement in a health care facility, or terminal illness. An annual administration charge of the lesser of 2% of the accumulated value or $30 is deducted at the end of the contract year. Principal Life reserves the right to charge an additional administrative fee of up to 0.15% of the asset value of each Division. This fee is currently being waived. Effective November 27, 2000, Principal Life added a purchase payment credit rider to the contract, at an annual rate of 0.6%. For electing participants, the rider is deducted from the daily unit value. The Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity - Mortality and expense risks assumed by Principal Life are compensated for by a daily charge resulting in a reduction of the unit value equivalent to an annual rate of 1.25% of the asset value of each contract. A contingent sales charge of up to 6% may be deducted from the withdrawals made during the first six years of a contract, except for withdrawals related to death, annuitization, permanent disability, confinement in a health care facility, or terminal illness. An annual administration charge of the lesser of 2% of the accumulated value or $30 is deducted at the end of the contract year. Principal Life reserves the right to charge an additional administrative fee of up to 0.15% of the asset value of each Division. This fee is currently being waived. An optional premium payment credit rider can be added to the product at an annual rate of 0.6%. For electing participants, the rider is deducted from the daily unit value. During the year ended December 31, 2006, management fees were paid indirectly to Principal Management Corporation (wholly owned by Principal Financial Services, Inc.), an affiliate of Principal Life, in its capacity as advisor to Principal Variable Contracts Fund, Inc. Investment advisory and management fees are computed on an annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the LargeCap Stock Index Account, 1% of the average daily net assets of the LargeCap Growth Equity Account, and 0.1225% of the average daily net assets of the Principal LifeTime Accounts. The investment advisory and management fees for certain Accounts of the Principal Variable Contracts Fund, Inc. are based on an annual rate of the average daily net assets, which decreases by 0.05% for each $100 million increase in net asset value above the initial $100 million of net assets for each Account, with the final decrease in the annual rate occurring when net assets exceed $400 million. This rate structure applies to the Accounts in the following table, which discloses the fee range for each Account from the first $100 million of net asset value to net asset values of over $400 million:
Account Fee Range ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bond, Government & High Quality Bond, Money Market, Short-Term Bond 0.50 - 0.30% Balanced, Equity Income 0.60 - 0.40 MidCap 0.65 - 0.45 Asset Allocation, Equity Growth 0.80 - 0.60 Equity Value, SmallCap 0.85 - 0.65 MidCap Growth, Real Estate Securities 0.90 - 0.70 SmallCap Growth 1.00 - 0.80 SmallCap Value 1.10 - 0.90 International SmallCap 1.20 - 1.00
The investment advisory and management fees for certain Accounts of the Principal Variable Contracts Fund, Inc. are based on an annual rate of the average daily net assets, which decreases by 0.05% for each $250 million increase in net asset value above the initial $250 million of net assets for each Account, with the final decrease in the annual rate occurring when net assets exceed $1 billion. This rate structure applies to the Accounts in the following table, which discloses the fee range for each Account from the first $250 million of net asset value to net asset values of over $1 billion: 2. Expenses and Related Party Transactions (continued) Account Fee Range --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Capital Value, Growth 0.60 - 0.40% LargeCap Blend, LargeCap Value 0.75 - 0.55 Diversified International 0.85 - 0.65 MidCap Value 1.05 - 0.85 International Emerging Markets 1.25 - 1.05 3. Federal Income Taxes The operations of Separate Account B are a part of the operations of Principal Life. Under current practice, no federal income taxes are allocated by Principal Life to the operations of Separate Account B. 4. Purchases and Sales of Investments The aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investments were as follows during the year ended December 31, 2006:
Division Purchases Sales ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AIM V.I. Basic Value Series I Division: Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity $ 581,271 $ 7,187 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 322,390 6,253 AIM V.I. Capital Appreciation Series I Division: The Principal Variable Annuity 15,973,923 2,640,928 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 2,612,094 226,665 AIM V.I. Core Equity Series I Division: The Principal Variable Annuity 25,845,151 10,341,390 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 7,787,261 2,001,885 AIM V.I. Dynamics Series I Division: The Principal Variable Annuity 698,307 660,004 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 455,049 400,202 AIM V.I. Global Health Care Series I Division: The Principal Variable Annuity 796,129 1,619,267 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 1,139,339 1,441,437 AIM V.I. Small Cap Equity Series I Division: Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 296,242 27,665 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 331,907 2,864
4. Purchases and Sales of Investments (continued)
Division Purchases Sales ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AIM V.I. Small Cap Growth Series I Division: The Principal Variable Annuity $ 810,852 $ 875,714 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 236,351 242,994 AIM V.I. Technology Series I Division: The Principal Variable Annuity 715,787 1,182,449 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 796,177 991,085 Alliance Bernstein VP Series Small Cap Growth Class A Division: Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 527,682 64,578 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 222,578 19,491 American Century VP Income & Growth Class I Division: Principal Freedom Variable Annuity 1,545,184 1,348,073 The Principal Variable Annuity 2,315,670 3,686,509 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 998,927 1,840,114 American Century VP Inflation Protection Class II Division: Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 28,120,662 5,654,908 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 10,940,252 2,462,190 American Century VP Ultra Class I Division: The Principal Variable Annuity 619,575 1,279,418 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 589,910 760,017
4. Purchases and Sales of Investments (continued)
Division Purchases Sales ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- American Century VP Ultra Class II Division: Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity $24,146,907 $ 5,069,747 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 9,875,971 2,959,523 American Century VP Value Class II Division: The Principal Variable Annuity 8,284,822 5,282,938 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 5,085,367 2,743,849 American Century VP Vista Class I Division: Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 434,852 156,750 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 66,797 1,357 Asset Allocation Division: Premier Variable 5,102 133,132 The Principal Variable Annuity 4,978,251 15,576,583 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 2,220,615 3,521,207 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 2,985,375 806,064 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 2,239,275 598,311 Balanced Division: Personal Variable 117,879 97,672 Premier Variable 1,125,404 2,455,126 The Principal Variable Annuity 6,448,010 18,826,738 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 2,709,780 2,953,727
4. Purchases and Sales of Investments (continued)
Division Purchases Sales ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bond Division: Personal Variable $ 46,121 $ 81,925 Premier Variable 1,427,921 2,175,515 Principal Freedom Variable Annuity 3,844,619 3,102,447 Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity 53,582 39 The Principal Variable Annuity 28,223,254 39,735,083 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 14,317,420 12,097,429 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 41,615,015 7,953,352 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 16,593,865 4,014,201 Capital Value Division: Bankers Flexible Annuity 220,513 158,615 Pension Builder Plus 286,950 257,205 Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA 63,175 129,442 Personal Variable 273,814 167,000 Premier Variable 4,219,050 5,170,917 Principal Freedom Variable Annuity 3,078,512 1,619,134 Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity 22,734 13 The Principal Variable Annuity 23,307,419 34,723,664 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 6,151,987 3,331,406 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 4,212,848 717,934 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 2,947,620 208,007
4. Purchases and Sales of Investments (continued)
Division Purchases Sales ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Diversified International Division: Personal Variable $ 132,357 $ 31,223 Premier Variable 3,167,991 4,050,637 Principal Freedom Variable Annuity 4,562,758 2,741,894 Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity 69,708 56 The Principal Variable Annuity 33,341,144 41,552,104 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 12,337,144 10,470,189 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 12,451,383 2,049,443 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 4,890,167 610,584 Dreyfus IP Founders Discovery Initial Shares Division: The Principal Variable Annuity 2,456,071 1,932,143 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 1,318,782 1,040,768 Dreyfus IP Technology Service Shares Division: Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 229,006 50,217 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 104,202 2,247 Equity Growth Division: Premier Variable 5,436 68,938 The Principal Variable Annuity 9,292,390 38,308,380 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 3,102,539 3,587,613 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 2,591,979 141,612 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 1,412,448 118,766
4. Purchases and Sales of Investments (continued)
Division Purchases Sales ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Equity Income Division: Premier Variable $ 187,759 $ 115,483 The Principal Variable Annuity 10,936,616 11,163,174 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 3,570,430 3,601,980 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 51,323,389 12,701,526 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 19,645,514 6,223,515 Equity Value Division: Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 1,758,792 492,877 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 986,492 254,126 Fidelity VIP Equity - Income Service Class 2 Division: The Principal Variable Annuity 13,881,397 7,036,128 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 6,375,491 2,945,766 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 4,034,332 324,178 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 1,341,118 39,651 Fidelity VIP Growth Service Class Division: The Principal Variable Annuity 2,317,054 8,133,654 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 853,971 1,653,380 Fidelity VIP Growth Service Class 2 Division: Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 1,774,828 94,859 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 1,303,267 117,311
4. Purchases and Sales of Investments (continued)
Division Purchases Sales ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fidelity VIP Overseas Service Class 2 Division: Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity $16,806,159 $ 3,439,659 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 7,662,299 1,968,415 Fidelity VIP II Contrafund Service Class Division: The Principal Variable Annuity 24,158,339 18,776,177 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 9,694,882 4,705,489 Fidelity VIP II Contrafund Service Class 2 Division: Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 14,782,471 2,421,841 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 5,002,151 771,320 Fidelity VIP III Mid Cap Service Class 2 Division: Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 2,847,506 325,163 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 829,097 54,676 Goldman Sachs VIT Mid Cap Value Fund Service Class I Division: Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 6,756,039 617,835 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 3,510,903 160,177 Goldman Sachs Structured Small Cap Equity Service Class I Division: Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 1,960,300 197,228 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 1,190,009 90,931
4. Purchases and Sales of Investments (continued)
Division Purchases Sales ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Government & High Quality Bond Division: Pension Builder Plus $ 6,698 $ 23,509 Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA 3,944 3,131 Personal Variable 43,883 83,164 Premier Variable 749,724 1,731,029 Principal Freedom Variable Annuity 2,052,266 1,819,671 Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity 3,517 - The Principal Variable Annuity 26,586,641 49,023,949 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 12,838,927 15,263,967 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 15,271,094 3,457,970 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 5,203,879 1,306,111 Growth Division: Personal Variable 143,772 185,276 Premier Variable 1,755,226 3,754,563 The Principal Variable Annuity 4,514,433 19,509,132 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 1,480,788 1,219,282 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 1,966,780 200,984 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 1,191,092 57,850 International Emerging Markets Division: Premier Variable 249,589 343,767 The Principal Variable Annuity 23,312,726 17,231,656 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 8,472,999 6,633,980 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 7,174,993 1,166,370 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 4,390,514 601,525
4. Purchases and Sales of Investments (continued)
Division Purchases Sales ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International SmallCap Division: Premier Variable $ 194,619 $ 394,614 The Principal Variable Annuity 25,305,432 24,788,832 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 8,065,288 5,406,591 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 7,663,350 1,266,610 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 3,562,197 521,632 Janus Aspen Mid Cap Growth Service Shares Division: The Principal Variable Annuity 1,740,357 2,864,198 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 1,469,082 1,723,085 LargeCap Blend Division: The Principal Variable Annuity 13,957,226 12,453,871 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 6,900,461 4,605,592 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 36,111,688 6,677,699 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 15,039,864 3,318,685 LargeCap Growth Equity Division: Premier Variable 10,901 106,032 Principal Freedom Variable Annuity 921,198 638,980 Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity 21,236 18 The Principal Variable Annuity 2,311,247 2,277,517 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 1,146,568 1,321,689
4. Purchases and Sales of Investments (continued)
Division Purchases Sales ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LargeCap Stock Index Division: Premier Variable $ 387,096 $ 340,640 Principal Freedom Variable Annuity 3,739,860 3,806,138 Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity 87,250 67 The Principal Variable Annuity 20,532,364 26,115,808 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 4,386,303 7,433,810 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 6,949,882 1,829,859 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 3,173,425 499,832 LargeCap Value Division: The Principal Variable Annuity 14,166,969 12,304,846 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 5,993,718 4,527,962 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 32,523,320 6,233,034 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 13,587,723 3,347,034 MidCap Division: Personal Variable 329,151 114,789 Premier Variable 3,180,799 5,161,102 Principal Freedom Variable Annuity 2,065,123 1,722,967 Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity 11,908 5 The Principal Variable Annuity 47,296,113 52,934,084 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 14,906,010 8,071,475 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 23,324,468 4,414,541 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 9,336,279 1,851,357
4. Purchases and Sales of Investments (continued)
Division Purchases Sales ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MidCap Growth Division: Premier Variable $ 198,287 $ 283,578 Principal Freedom Variable Annuity 608,044 687,379 Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity 10,618 9 The Principal Variable Annuity 6,444,216 8,561,126 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 3,026,383 2,821,709 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 1,586,909 183,401 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 1,068,703 156,103 MidCap Value Division: Premier Variable 134,438 451,653 Principal Freedom Variable Annuity 3,524,068 2,277,588 Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity 21,461 20 The Principal Variable Annuity 15,128,244 14,551,756 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 6,349,436 4,114,660 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 16,461,141 3,477,232 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 6,347,314 1,417,489 Money Market Division: Pension Builder Plus 8,132 23,725 Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA 338 395 Personal Variable 1,016,462 1,057,094 Premier Variable 4,493,358 5,553,581 Principal Freedom Variable Annuity 11,325,966 10,826,325 Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity - 1 The Principal Variable Annuity 80,081,975 71,647,603 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 22,134,228 22,969,391 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 15,642,119 12,794,496 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 13,168,115 10,654,156 Neuberger Berman AMT Fasciano S Class Division: Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity $ 865,378 $ 75,405 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 604,450 43,060 Neuberger Berman AMT High Income Bond S Class Division: Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 1,095,525 113,174 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 283,257 85,309 Neuberger Berman AMT Partners I Class Division: Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 2,824,848 179,784 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 1,262,112 67,457 Neuberger Berman AMT Socially Responsive I Class Division: Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 1,524,684 405,976 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 456,482 46,921 Principal LifeTime Strategic Income Division: Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 6,359,281 1,816,916 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 1,930,158 353,583 Principal LifeTime 2010 Division: Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity 510,584 227 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 14,367,646 6,357,953 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 3,667,807 1,204,295 Principal LifeTime 2020 Division: Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity $ 109,050 $ 49 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 52,350,394 8,130,342 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 19,411,077 2,702,889 Principal LifeTime 2030 Division: Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity 34,166 10 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 7,187,234 1,371,508 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 1,993,950 267,150 Principal LifeTime 2040 Division: Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity 99,728 21 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 2,473,943 196,340 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 999,444 100,500 Principal LifeTime 2050 Division: Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 1,904,960 123,306 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 809,421 140,589 Real Estate Securities Division: Premier Variable 534,075 642,746 Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity 10,878 5 The Principal Variable Annuity 26,396,502 28,300,308 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 12,398,242 10,350,757 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 7,708,749 1,012,396 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 2,904,670 309,092 Short-Term Bond Division: Principal Freedom Variable Annuity $ 1,289,313 $ 1,158,580 The Principal Variable Annuity 10,290,346 10,278,005 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 4,534,631 6,686,402 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 37,035,910 10,742,313 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 14,108,271 4,551,105 SmallCap Division: Premier Variable 39,489 135,975 Principal Freedom Variable Annuity 1,849,501 1,859,373 The Principal Variable Annuity 8,092,213 10,870,804 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 3,192,035 3,086,564 SmallCap Growth Division: Premier Variable 187,766 291,381 Principal Freedom Variable Annuity 490,910 509,047 Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity 10,618 9 The Principal Variable Annuity 5,549,930 9,763,220 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 1,423,980 1,787,197 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 2,131,737 274,412 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 926,955 117,066 SmallCap Value Division: Premier Variable $ 239,066 $ 460,115 Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity 19,483 10 The Principal Variable Annuity 17,355,308 15,520,048 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 5,041,278 4,305,359 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 18,598,663 3,611,445 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 7,286,752 1,656,549 T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth II Division: Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 295,362 114,801 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 124,037 3,943 T. Rowe Price Health Science II Division: Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 1,331,858 334,301 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 576,704 66,557 Templeton Growth Securities Class 2 Division: Principal Freedom Variable Annuity 923,013 568,193
5. Changes in Units Outstanding Transactions in units were as follows for each of the years ended December 31:
2006 2005 ----------------------------- ----------------------------- ----------------------------- ----------------------------- Division Purchased Redeemed Purchased Redeemed ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------- AIM V.I. Basic Value Series I Division: Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 44,769 299 6,367 1,480 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 24,831 261 8,343 22 AIM V.I. Capital Appreciation Series I Division: The Principal Variable Annuity 1,604,644 265,541 - - The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 262,395 22,791 - - AIM V.I. Core Equity Series I Division: The Principal Variable Annuity 2,712,521 1,023,089 182,189 700,618 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 817,295 198,050 83,559 112,903 AIM V.I. Dynamics Series I Division: The Principal Variable Annuity 74,055 67,373 39,509 64,943 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 48,257 40,852 30,947 28,819 AIM V.I. Global Health Care Series I Division: The Principal Variable Annuity 75,291 142,787 125,963 216,628 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 107,748 127,105 72,679 89,609 AIM V.I. Small Cap Equity Series I Division: Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 20,580 1,631 6,198 85 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 23,057 169 6,992 - AIM V.I. Small Cap Growth Series I Division: The Principal Variable Annuity 87,827 89,198 67,178 88,661 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 25,600 24,750 33,757 23,741 AIM V.I. Technology Series I Division: The Principal Variable Annuity 126,710 204,622 127,135 249,894 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 140,942 171,507 169,450 143,422 Alliance Bernstein VP Series Small Cap Growth Class A Division: Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 39,842 4,441 28,175 10,498 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 16,806 1,340 3,855 - American Century VP Income & Growth Class I Division: Principal Freedom Variable Annuity 127,862 116,010 167,505 117,550 The Principal Variable Annuity 178,512 311,947 307,300 372,721 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 77,006 155,708 134,835 88,797 American Century VP Inflation Protection Class II Division: Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 2,686,844 524,266 1,331,568 104,648 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 1,045,307 228,269 606,856 46,474 American Century VP Ultra Class I Division: The Principal Variable Annuity 69,732 132,150 141,195 155,232 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 66,394 78,502 65,745 68,046 American Century VP Ultra Class II Division: Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 2,246,146 443,055 1,004,732 93,547 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 918,663 258,638 495,430 27,567 American Century VP Value Class II Division: The Principal Variable Annuity 428,487 370,493 776,851 340,667 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 263,013 192,426 404,667 106,369 American Century VP Vista Class I Division: Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 33,596 12,000 27,608 10,521 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 5,161 104 8,075 5 Asset Allocation Division: Premier Variable 1,881 108,196 25,009 28,316 The Principal Variable Annuity 171,970 660,319 311,479 780,567 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 76,710 149,270 127,820 81,637 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 133,369 34,993 73,834 1,800 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 100,038 25,974 27,948 2,606 Balanced Division: Personal Variable 46,700 45,001 113,041 805,381 Premier Variable 496,201 1,182,858 584,600 2,936,302 The Principal Variable Annuity 254,827 923,924 308,236 956,929 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 107,091 144,954 164,084 96,787 Bond Division: Personal Variable 15,435 40,495 70,149 484,266 Premier Variable 640,111 1,069,740 805,392 2,707,154 Principal Freedom Variable Annuity 244,757 223,326 330,448 205,777 Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity 5,148 - - - The Principal Variable Annuity 1,207,660 2,046,575 1,716,617 1,944,452 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 612,636 623,084 826,795 513,875 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 2,235,096 413,274 1,086,923 87,119 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 891,238 208,587 504,530 30,050 Capital Value Division: Bankers Flexible Annuity - 3,981 - 18,260 Pension Builder Plus 213 32,603 6,059 70,218 Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA 928 16,173 1,203 9,977 Personal Variable 41,544 49,884 75,619 731,236 Premier Variable 897,758 1,582,528 695,815 3,461,397 Principal Freedom Variable Annuity 219,757 139,854 229,404 144,972 Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity 2,009 - - - The Principal Variable Annuity 364,750 1,226,653 491,072 1,308,505 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 96,276 117,686 141,435 128,558 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 150,650 25,014 85,022 1,209 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 105,406 7,247 32,906 1,47 Diversified International Division: Personal Variable 38,560 10,259 126,349 720,719 Premier Variable 1,105,938 1,558,734 861,323 2,176,234 Principal Freedom Variable Annuity 296,918 185,717 306,312 166,825 Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity 6,064 - - - The Principal Variable Annuity 1,111,032 1,633,791 1,355,902 1,527,468 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 411,113 411,679 543,778 330,883 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 509,038 81,499 195,587 11,156 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 199,920 24,281 68,768 4,972 Dreyfus IP Founders Discovery Initial Shares Division: The Principal Variable Annuity 290,476 208,216 351,335 143,259 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 155,970 112,157 183,487 65,615 Dreyfus IP Technology Service Shares Division: Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 19,250 4,042 11,135 1,049 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 8,759 181 3,396 - Equity Growth Division: Premier Variable 5,464 68,565 40,897 135,796 The Principal Variable Annuity 331,249 1,282,286 421,473 1,386,045 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 110,597 120,087 155,503 112,385 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 92,806 4,109 41,826 1,574 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 50,573 3,446 19,669 1,759 Equity Income Division: Premier Variable 168,754 105,755 20,287 23,560 The Principal Variable Annuity 784,428 834,723 895,163 596,865 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 256,089 269,337 441,810 185,311 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 4,022,636 998,950 2,150,107 195,697 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 1,539,780 489,467 977,858 70,111 Equity Value Division: Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 141,283 39,471 92,205 119 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity with Purchase Rider 79,244 20,350 46,570 5,429 Fidelity VIP Equity - Income Service Class 2 Division: The Principal Variable Annuity 576,400 509,443 854,692 448,302 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 264,731 213,285 427,935 186,446 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 274,638 21,680 96,818 2,495 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 91,297 2,652 57,001 1,349 Fidelity VIP Growth Service Class Division: The Principal Variable Annuity 266,086 918,686 376,691 967,849 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 98,068 186,747 115,127 112,377 Fidelity VIP Growth Service Class 2 Division: Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 152,457 6,576 59,039 530 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 111,949 8,131 57,368 1,051 Fidelity VIP Overseas Service Class 2 Division: Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 1,159,278 237,005 641,857 60,859 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 528,540 135,631 323,473 22,845 Fidelity VIP II Contrafund Service Class Division: The Principal Variable Annuity 1,193,196 1,262,384 1,703,115 1,086,838 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 478,837 316,366 428,550 232,052 Fidelity VIP II Contrafund Service Class 2 Division: Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 983,733 169,877 440,469 13,893 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 332,880 54,103 112,985 11,791 Fidelity VIP III Mid Cap Service Class 2 Division: Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 181,985 20,016 36,744 831 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 52,988 3,366 35,863 571 Goldman Sachs VIT Mid Cap Value Fund Service Class I Division: Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 427,680 39,535 165,089 2,858 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 222,252 10,250 92,978 1,945 Goldman Sachs Structured Small Cap Equity Fund Service Class I Division: Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 138,890 13,282 63,166 90 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 84,314 6,124 32,490 1,071 Government & High Quality Bond Division: Pension Builder Plus - 7,737 304 21,855 Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA 616 851 - 848 Personal Variable 13,491 39,705 56,258 578,611 Premier Variable 288,847 819,544 569,148 2,818,166 Principal Freedom Variable Annuity 169,424 169,553 280,194 116,851 Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity 340 - - - The Principal Variable Annuity 1,093,278 2,607,301 1,622,431 2,939,390 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 527,955 811,803 834,862 1,014,630 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 838,711 184,970 400,753 19,230 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 285,805 69,865 140,788 7,615 Growth Division: Personal Variable 78,668 101,479 194,981 1,279,611 Premier Variable 953,374 2,027,299 1,102,032 5,423,394 The Principal Variable Annuity 249,369 1,061,354 282,634 1,294,541 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 81,796 66,332 52,287 51,551 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 112,878 10,313 23,468 573 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 68,360 2,968 11,366 65 International Emerging Markets Division: Premier Variable 94,190 127,362 159,195 168,123 The Principal Variable Annuity 871,720 670,407 961,914 418,371 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 316,827 258,099 332,500 140,399 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 280,531 42,977 133,420 2,735 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 171,662 22,165 68,081 3,591 International SmallCap Division: Premier Variable 75,126 188,136 125,149 89,670 The Principal Variable Annuity 483,213 878,871 807,865 802,049 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 154,009 191,687 236,474 146,635 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 258,596 42,524 169,187 23,137 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 120,204 17,513 73,645 6,049 Janus Aspen Mid Cap Growth Service Shares Division: The Principal Variable Annuity 247,057 378,635 184,396 295,219 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 208,548 227,784 99,327 157,240 LargeCap Blend Division: The Principal Variable Annuity 955,434 954,033 1,665,882 788,653 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 472,367 352,813 747,005 282,375 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 2,995,386 542,102 1,595,224 147,625 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 1,247,524 269,414 702,911 38,930 LargeCap Growth Equity Division: Premier Variable 14,019 139,639 55,702 23,063 Principal Freedom Variable Annuity 78,448 53,055 68,176 33,441 Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity 2,148 - - - The Principal Variable Annuity 425,913 393,275 259,692 307,444 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 211,288 228,225 161,977 163,498 LargeCap Stock Index Division: Premier Variable 336,080 305,759 335,254 324,881 Principal Freedom Variable Annuity 348,082 365,693 530,429 448,641 Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity 8,018 - - - The Principal Variable Annuity 1,996,937 2,590,763 2,809,794 3,061,779 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 426,603 737,455 830,251 788,447 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 720,597 179,811 446,472 96,111 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 329,036 49,116 183,143 17,004 LargeCap Value Division: The Principal Variable Annuity 923,652 861,982 1,485,373 825,237 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 390,776 317,194 514,417 214,074 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 2,444,235 462,888 1,217,470 85,956 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 1,021,162 248,563 571,563 31,834 MidCap Division: Personal Variable 31,499 28,030 85,399 655,393 Premier Variable 515,768 1,355,836 596,852 2,769,980 Principal Freedom Variable Annuity 67,392 89,862 142,979 86,085 Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity 1,073 - - - The Principal Variable Annuity 476,213 1,399,632 896,681 1,443,913 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 150,085 213,418 321,974 222,156 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 616,321 120,085 350,636 31,618 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 246,700 50,361 156,911 9,761 MidCap Growth Division: Premier Variable 157,010 224,413 104,943 91,265 Principal Freedom Variable Annuity 41,828 51,644 36,431 23,914 Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity 1,038 - - - The Principal Variable Annuity 462,986 675,344 434,182 593,647 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 217,431 222,590 168,023 166,202 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 132,342 13,964 68,890 2,052 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 89,126 11,886 20,345 2,289 MidCap Value Division: Premier Variable 45,913 268,218 207,570 188,247 Principal Freedom Variable Annuity 105,991 93,429 158,020 76,248 Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity 1,995 - - - The Principal Variable Annuity 599,528 877,430 1,164,219 766,731 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 251,626 248,102 418,594 186,157 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 992,839 214,712 559,975 62,027 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 382,833 87,527 241,962 13,030 Money Market Division: Pension Builder Plus - 9,633 384 4,082 Pension Builder Plus - Rollover IRA - 134 - 19 Personal Variable 659,980 696,725 718,770 1,356,563 Premier Variable 2,738,336 3,549,757 4,073,127 5,471,646 Principal Freedom Variable Annuity 953,660 929,446 1,437,054 1,473,792 The Principal Variable Annuity 5,774,948 5,280,670 6,730,051 7,295,228 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 1,596,165 1,692,921 2,808,233 2,981,840 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 1,159,710 955,115 480,620 314,384 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 976,287 795,338 583,556 394,570 Neuberger Berman AMT Fasciano S Class Division: Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 73,912 5,588 35,579 231 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 51,626 3,191 22,510 182 Neuberger Berman AMT High Income Bond S Class Division: Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 98,304 10,158 46,152 7,273 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 25,417 7,657 59,567 9,914 Neuberger Berman AMT Partners I Class Division: Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 179,544 10,806 40,729 749 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 80,218 4,055 25,255 317 Neuberger Berman AMT Socially Responsive I Class Division: Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 120,677 31,429 55,633 1,249 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 36,130 3,632 10,187 732 Principal LifeTime Strategic Income Division: Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 557,460 152,573 454,594 8,701 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 169,199 29,692 44,924 409 Principal LifeTime 2010 Division: Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity 47,224 - - - Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 1,233,411 532,289 914,472 10,236 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 314,868 100,824 225,132 2,894 Principal LifeTime 2020 Division: Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity 9,906 - - - Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 4,288,239 642,607 1,715,786 58,337 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 1,590,042 213,631 607,160 5,262 Principal LifeTime 2030 Division: Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity 3,106 - - - Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 590,464 103,406 196,380 6,783 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 163,812 20,142 90,209 2 Principal LifeTime 2040 Division: Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity 9,037 - - - Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 198,440 13,605 93,214 - Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 80,168 6,964 34,291 4,372 Principal LifeTime 2050 Division: Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 149,677 8,991 27,009 - Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 63,599 10,252 38,750 - Real Estate Securities Division: Premier Variable 181,814 247,683 186,305 226,555 Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity 872 - - - The Principal Variable Annuity 638,236 860,171 927,650 1,094,905 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 299,775 314,605 421,996 327,487 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 234,136 28,988 97,233 16,215 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 88,223 8,850 58,730 3,587 Short-Term Bond Division: Principal Freedom Variable Annuity 113,337 109,009 190,054 105,730 The Principal Variable Annuity 929,646 981,173 1,366,139 1,238,003 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 409,665 638,307 652,853 654,555 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 3,627,110 1,027,928 1,825,846 154,830 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 1,381,692 435,493 922,574 117,412 SmallCap Division: Premier Variable 24,204 107,948 133,080 88,492 Principal Freedom Variable Annuity 88,140 113,423 159,787 71,808 The Principal Variable Annuity 397,569 811,665 588,849 790,056 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 156,824 230,457 318,081 205,747 SmallCap Growth Division: Premier Variable 228,895 359,449 81,215 53,534 Principal Freedom Variable Annuity 51,907 52,509 23,002 34,958 Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity 1,075 - - - The Principal Variable Annuity 527,387 881,582 549,852 868,199 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 135,315 161,377 127,292 125,921 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 203,913 24,149 66,134 1,506 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 88,669 10,302 38,073 5,669 SmallCap Value Division: Premier Variable 104,875 245,405 90,199 111,651 Principal Freedom 2 Variable Annuity 1,803 - - - The Principal Variable Annuity 420,233 608,245 677,136 662,733 The Principal Variable Annuity With Purchase Payment Credit Rider 122,067 168,731 236,261 153,960 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 733,984 146,089 388,912 26,597 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 287,567 67,010 162,198 9,710 T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth II Division: Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 25,266 8,655 37,322 3,390 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 10,611 297 24,161 2,272 TT. Rowe Price Health Science II Division: Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity 103,613 24,937 36,469 1,976 Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity With Purchase Rider 44,865 4,965 9,438 573 Templeton Growth Securities Class 2 Division: Principal Freedom Variable Annuity 46,421 32,395 41,729 23,338
6. Financial Highlights Principal Life sells a number of variable annuity products, which have unique combinations of features and fees that are charged against the contract owner's account balance. Differences in the fee structures result in a variety of unit values, expense ratios, and total returns. Separate Account B has presented the following disclosures for 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, and 2002 in accordance with AICPA Audit and Accounting Guide for Investment Companies, which was effective January 1, 2001. Information for years prior to 2002 is not required to be presented. The following table was developed by determining which products issued by Principal Life have the lowest and highest total return. Only product designs within each division that had units outstanding during the respective periods were considered when determining the lowest and highest total return. The summary may not reflect the minimum and maximum contract charges offered by Principal Life as contract owners may not have selected all available and applicable contract options as discussed in Note 2.
Total Return (3) Unit Fair Value Expense Corresponding to Corresponding to Net Investment Ratio (2) Lowest to Units Lowest to Highest Assets Income Lowest to Highest Expense Division (000's) Expense Ratio (000's) Ratio (1) Highest Ratio ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AIM V.I. Basic Value Series I Division: 2006 82 $13.12 to $12.93 $ 1,073 0.64% 1.25% to 1.85% 11.80% to 11.13% 2005 (6) 13 11.73 to 11.64 154 0.19 1.25 to 1.85 4.36 to 3.84 AIM V.I. Capital Appreciation Series I Division: 2006 (7) 1,579 9.88 to 9.84 15,582 0.07 1.25 to 1.85 (1.12) to (1.52) AIM V.I. Core Equity Series I Division: 2006 6,064 10.28 to 9.91 61,828 0.61 1.25 to 1.85 15.26 to 14.57 2005 3,755 8.92 to 8.65 33,287 1.45 1.25 to 1.85 3.96 to 3.35 2004 4,303 8.58 to 8.37 36,736 0.95 1.25 to 1.85 7.65 to 7.03 2003 4,760 7.97 to 7.82 37,821 1.03 1.25 to 1.85 22.88 to 22.14 (16.63) to 2002 5,123 6.49 to 6.41 33,171 0.31 1.25 to 1.85 (17.13) AIM V.I. Dynamics Series I Division: 2006 303 10.26 to 9.92 3,068 - 1.25 to 1.85 14.68 to 13.99 2005 289 8.95 to 8.70 2,558 - 1.25 to 1.85 9.41 to 8.61 2004 313 8.18 to 8.01 2,536 - 1.25 to 1.85 11.90 to 11.25 2003 281 7.31 to 7.20 2,039 - 1.25 to 1.85 36.11 to 35.30 (32.75) to 2002 67 5.37 to 5.32 357 - 1.25 to 1.85 (33.15) AIM V.I. Global Health Care Series I Division: 2006 1,279 $10.98 to $10.61 $13,857 -% 1.25% to 1.85% 3.93% to 3.31% 2005 1,366 10.56 to 10.27 14,276 - 1.25 to 1.85 6.77 to 6.20 2004 1,474 9.89 to 9.67 14,456 - 1.25 to 1.85 6.23 to 5.57 2003 1,324 9.31 to 9.16 12,246 - 1.25 to 1.85 26.20 to 25.44 (25.14) to 2002 867 7.38 to 7.30 6,374 0.21 1.25 to 1.85 (25.59) AIM V.I. Small Cap Equity Series I Division: 2006 55 14.21 to 14.01 775 - 1.25 to 1.85 15.98 to 15.29 2005 (6) 13 12.25 to 12.15 160 - 1.25 to 1.85 6.71 to 6.11 AIM V.I. Small Cap Growth Series I Division: 2006 449 9.97 to 9.64 4,431 - 1.25 to 1.85 12.71 to 12.04 2005 450 8.84 to 8.60 3,943 - 1.25 to 1.85 3.88 to 3.24 2004 461 8.51 to 8.33 3,903 - 1.25 to 1.85 12.42 to 11.81 2003 331 7.57 to 7.45 2,497 - 1.25 to 1.85 31.78 to 30.99 (31.97) to 2002 214 5.74 to 5.69 1,224 - 1.25 to 1.85 (32.38) AIM V.I. Technology Series I Division: 2006 1,028 6.06 to 5.86 6,148 - 1.25 to 1.85 9.11 to 8.46 2005 1,137 5.55 to 5.40 6,245 - 1.25 to 1.85 0.91 to 0.37 2004 1,233 5.50 to 5.38 6,738 - 1.25 to 1.85 3.19 to 2.67 2003 1,053 5.33 to 5.24 5,578 - 1.25 to 1.85 43.49 to 42.63 (47.51) to 2002 367 3.71 to 3.68 1,357 - 1.25 to 1.85 (47.82) Alliance Bernstein VP Series Small Cap Growth Class A Division: 2006 72 13.78 to 13.59 994 - 1.25 to 1.85 9.31 to 8.66 2005 (6) 22 12.61 to 12.50 271 - 1.25 to 1.85 3.96 to 3.31 American Century VP Income & Growth Class I Division: 2006 3,173 $12.38 to $11.76 $38,341 1.80% 0.85% to 1.85% 16.10% to 14.95% 2005 3,373 10.66 to 10.23 35,269 1.94 0.85 to 1.85 3.70 to 2.71 2004 3,343 10.28 to 9.96 33,859 1.29 0.85 to 1.85 12.10 to 10.91 2003 2,731 8.98 to 9.12 24,814 1.11 0.85 to 1.85 26.98 to 27.75 (20.05) to 2002 1,905 7.15 to 7.07 13,565 0.72 0.85 to 1.85 (20.85) American Century VP Inflation Protection Class II Division: 2006 4,767 10.25 to 10.11 48,661 3.17 1.25 to 1.85 0.33 to (0.27) 2005 (6) 1,787 10.22 to 10.13 18,214 4.75 1.25 to 1.85 0.29 to (0.39) American Century VP Ultra Class I Division: 2006 1,057 9.04 to 8.74 9,446 - 1.25 to 1.85 (4.47) to (5.04) 2005 1,132 9.47 to 9.21 10,612 - 1.25 to 1.85 0.96 to 0.33 2004 1,148 9.38 to 9.18 10,692 - 1.25 to 1.85 9.20 to 8.64 2003 931 8.59 to 8.45 7,952 - 1.25 to 1.85 23.35 to 22.61 (23.67) to 2002 698 6.96 to 6.89 4,849 0.24 1.25 to 1.85 (24.13) American Century VP Ultra Class II Division: 2006 3,842 10.78 to 10.63 41,243 - 1.25 to 1.85 (4.59) to (5.16) 2005 (6) 1,379 11.30 to 11.20 15,536 - 1.25 to 1.85 0.71 to 0.09 American Century VP Value Class II Division: 2006 3,494 14.61 to 14.21 50,565 1.17 1.25 to 1.85 17.00 to 16.30 2005 3,366 12.49 to 12.22 41,722 0.65 1.25 to 1.85 3.57 to 2.95 2004 2,631 12.06 to 11.87 31,569 0.60 1.25 to 1.85 12.71 to 12.09 2003 1,123 10.70 to 10.59 11,981 0.47 1.25 to 1.85 27.21 to 26.45 (14.96) to 2002 (4) 282 8.41 to 8.38 2,364 - 1.25 to 1.85 (15.28) American Century VP Vista Class I Division: 2006 52 $13.44 to $13.25 $694 -% 1.25% to 1.85% 7.66% to 7.01% 2005 (6) 25 12.48 to 12.38 313 - 1.25 to 1.85 6.76 to 6.08 Asset Allocation Division: 2006 3,514 1.34 to 23.27 84,221 0.77 0.42 to 1.85 12.29 to 10.71 2005 4,008 1.19 to 21.02 84,245 1.65 0.42 to 1.85 5.31 to 3.85 2004 4,337 1.13 to 20.24 87,504 3.26 0.42 to 1.85 7.62 to 6.47 2003 4,408 1.05 to 19.01 84,285 1.93 0.42 to 1.85 21.08 to 19.38 (12.78) to 2002 4,620 0.86 to 15.92 74,399 - 0.42 to 1.85 (14.54) Balanced Division: 2006 6,432 2.17 to 19.84 92,320 2.49 0.42 to 1.85 10.73 to 9.40 2005 7,824 2.01 to 18.13 98,501 2.59 0.42 to 1.85 6.35 to 4.80 2004 11,449 1.84 to 17.30 109,503 2.12 0.42 to 1.85 8.88 to 8.06 2003 13,310 1.72 to 16.01 109,671 2.96 0.42 to 1.85 18.33 to 16.65 (13.55) to 2002 14,617 1.46 to 13.73 98,582 3.17 0.42 to 1.85 (14.78) Bond Division: 2006 18,814 2.11 to 18.24 319,793 3.87 0.42 to 1.85 4.21 to 2.73 2005 17,587 2.02 to 17.75 280,484 4.32 0.42 to 1.85 2.02 to 0.62 2004 18,219 1.92 to 17.64 252,489 4.56 0.42 to 1.85 1.59 to 3.04 2003 18,246 1.89 to 17.12 234,069 4.19 0.42 to 1.85 4.15 to 2.67 2002 17,899 1.82 to 16.67 210,777 4.09 0.42 to 1.85 8.80 to 7.26 Capital Value Division: 2006 11,695 3.65 to 28.33 213,650 1.57 0.42 to 1.85 19.45 to 17.76 2005 13,018 3.05 to 24.06 198,490 0.01 0.42 to 1.85 6.27 to 4.88 2004 17,135 2.87 to 22.94 214,377 1.43 0.42 to 1.85 11.67 to 10.29 2003 18,722 2.57 to 20.80 205,389 1.44 0.42 to 1.85 24.97 to 23.20 (14.02) to 2002 21,252 2.05 to 16.88 175,700 0.78 0.42 to 1.85 (15.25) Diversified International Division: 2006 13,309 2.99 to 26.09 290,731 1.18 0.42 to 1.85 27.43 to 25.63 2005 13,536 2.35 to 20.77 228,177 1.03 0.42 to 1.85 23.04 to 21.53 2004 15,016 1.91 to 17.09 184,002 0.94 0.42 to 1.85 20.89 to 18.76 2003 14,422 1.47 to 14.39 137,068 1.04 0.42 to 1.85 31.78 to 29.91 (16.42) to 2002 14,934 1.20 to 11.07 100,045 0.49 0.42 to 1.85 (17.61) Dreyfus IP Founders Discovery Initial Shares Division: 2006 2,033 $8.76 to $8.46 $17,584 -% 1.25% to 1.85% 4.51% to 3.89% 2005 1,907 8.38 to 8.15 15,815 - 1.25 to 1.85 (1.30) to (1.93) 2004 1,581 8.49 to 8.31 13,319 - 1.25 to 1.85 8.43 to 7.92 2003 848 7.83 to 7.70 6,592 - 1.25 to 1.85 34.49 to 33.69 (34.06) to 2002 235 5.82 to 5.76 1,361 - 1.25 to 1.85 (34.46) Dreyfus IP Technology Service Shares Division: 2006 37 12.18 to 12.00 452 - 1.25 to 1.85 2.75 to 2.13 2005 (6) 13 11.85 to 11.75 159 - 1.25 to 1.85 2.16 to 1.56 Equity Growth Division: 2006 6,016 1.06 to 28.96 179,750 - 0.42 to 1.85 5.71 to 4.27 2005 6,904 1.00 to 27.78 195,218 - 0.42 to 1.85 7.53 to 5.59 2004 7,862 0.93 to 26.31 207,318 0.53 0.42 to 1.85 8.14 to 7.34 2003 8,445 0.86 to 24.51 208,587 0.41 0.42 to 1.85 25.42 to 23.64 (28.02) to 2002 8,938 0.68 to 19.82 178,521 0.27 0.42 to 1.85 (29.04) Equity Income Division: 2006 11,269 1.21 to 13.59 155,519 1.85 0.42 to 1.85 20.79 to 19.08 2005 7,195 1.00 to 11.41 83,133 0.08 0.42 to 1.85 7.53 to 6.64 2004 3,782 0.93 to 10.70 40,432 4.10 1.25 to 1.85 17.72 to 15.44 2003 2,907 0.79 to 9.27 27,203 4.44 0.42 to 1.85 13.36 to 11.74 2002 2,743 0.70 to 8.29 22,961 4.42 0.42 to 1.85 (3.82) to (14.21) Equity Value Division: 2006 294 13.42 to 13.24 3,927 1.70 1.25 to 1.85 18.08 to 17.37 2005 (6) 133 11.37 to 11.28 1,511 2.48 1.25 to 1.85 2.52 to 1.90 Fidelity VIP Equity-Income Service Class 2 Division: 2006 5,585 13.95 to 13.57 77,174 2.96 1.25 to 1.85 18.44 to 17.74 2005 5,125 11.78 to 11.53 59,908 1.31 1.25 to 1.85 4.25 to 3.69 2004 4,327 11.30 to 11.12 48,616 1.05 1.25 to 1.85 9.92 to 9.23 2003 2,353 10.28 to 10.18 24,125 0.70 1.25 to 1.85 28.41 to 27.65 (19.14) to 2002 (4) 517 8.01 to 7.98 4,138 - 1.25 to 1.85 (19.44) Fidelity VIP Growth Service Class Division: 2006 3,889 $8.76 to $8.45 $33,789 0.30% 1.25% to 1.85% 5.41% to 4.78% 2005 4,630 8.31 to 8.06 38,238 0.40 1.25 to 1.85 4.40 to 3.73 2004 5,219 7.96 to 7.77 41,373 0.16 1.25 to 1.85 1.92 to 1.30 2003 5,302 7.81 to 7.67 41,286 0.19 1.25 to 1.85 31.13 to 30.35 (31.07) to 2002 (4) 5,325 5.96 to 5.88 31,670 0.15 1.25 to 1.85 (31.48) Fidelity VIP Growth Service Class 2 Division: 2006 364 12.05 to 11.88 4,365 0.09 1.25 to 1.85 5.25 to 4.62 2005 (6) 115 11.45 to 11.35 1,309 - 1.25 to 1.85 4.19 to 3.56 Fidelity VIP Overseas Service Class 2 Division: 2006 2,197 16.00 to 15.78 35,000 0.42 1.25 to 1.85 16.31 to 15.62 2005 (6) 882 13.76 to 13.65 12,096 - 1.25 to 1.85 17.31 to 16.67 Fidelity VIP II Contrafund Service Class Division: 2006 8,076 14.79 to 14.26 118,478 1.10 1.25 to 1.85 10.21 to 9.55 2005 7,983 13.42 to 13.02 106,462 0.19 1.25 to 1.85 15.39 to 14.71 2004 7,170 11.63 to 11.35 82,971 0.23 1.25 to 1.85 13.91 to 13.27 2003 6,094 10.21 to 10.02 62,014 0.33 1.25 to l.85 26.76 to 26.00 (10.55) to 2002 5,347 8.05 to 7.95 42,986 0.68 1.25 to 1.85 (11.09) Fidelity VIP II Contrafund Service Class 2 Division: 2006 1,620 14.41 to 14.21 23,281 1.10 1.25 to 1.85 10.05 to 9.39 2005 (6) 528 13.10 to 12.99 6,902 - 1.25 to 1.85 15.22 to 14.45 Fidelity VIP III Mid Cap Service Class 2 Division: 2006 283 $15.60 to$ 15.38 $4,393 0.09% 1.25% to 1.85% 11.01% to 10.35% 2005 (6) 71 14.05 to 13.94 997 - 1.25 to 1.85 16.50 to 15.88 Goldman Sachs VIT Mid Cap Value Fund Service Class I Division: 2006 853 14.86 to 14.65 12,621 1.43 1.25 to 1.85 14.72 to 14.04 2005 (6) 253 12.96 to 12.85 3,272 1.31 1.25 to 1.85 11.44 to 10.78 Goldman Sachs Structured Small Cap Equity Service Class I Division: 2006 298 13.48 to 13.29 4,001 0.94 1.25 to 1.85 10.88 to 10.22 2005 (6) 94 12.16 to 12.06 1,146 0.60 1.25 to 1.85 4.74 to 4.15 Government & High Quality Bond Division: 2006 16,900 2.18 to 17.75 276,598 4.15 0.42 to 1.85 3.79 to 2.32 2005 18,392 2.10 to 17.35 286,799 4.41 0.42 to 1.85 1.45 to 0.17 2004 22,005 2.07 to 17.32 306,512 4.73 0.42 to 1.85 3.50 to 1.64 2003 25,536 2.00 to 17.04 341,730 3.41 0.42 to 1.85 1.41 to (0.03) 2002 26,265 1.97 to 17.05 318,208 3.45 0.42 to 1.85 8.34 to 6.80 Growth Division: 2006 8,539 1.95 to 17.80 96,085 0.27 0.42 to 1.85 9.46 to 7.91 2005 10,265 1.79 to 16.49 101,200 0.73 0.42 to 1.85 11.88 to 10.01 2004 16,647 1.60 to 14.99 114,994 0.33 0.42 to 1.85 8.84 to 7.38 2003 19,553 1.47 to 13.96 123,359 0.23 0.42 to 1.85 25.93 to 24.15 (29.37) to 2002 22,176 1.17 to 11.24 111,599 0.02 0.42 to 1.85 (30.37) International Emerging Markets Division: 2006 3,632 $3.17 to $28.59 $104,347 -% 0.42% to 1.85% 37.74% to 35.79% 2005 3,018 2.30 to 21.05 62,694 1.34 0.42 to 1.85 33.72 to 31.81 2004 2,096 1.72 to 15.97 32,241 0.79 0.42 to 1.85 24.46 to 22.56 2003 1,274 1.38 to 13.03 16,414 1.11 0.42 to 1.85 56.56 to 54.32 2002 768 8.55 to 8.44 6,532 0.14 0.42 to 1.85 (8.78) to (9.32) International SmallCap Division: 2006 4,226 2.48 to 29.72 127,551 0.52 0.42 to 1.85 29.83 to 28.00 2005 4,454 1.91 to 23.22 102,214 0.53 0.42 to 1.85 28.19 to 26.75 2004 4,109 1.49 to 18.32 74,478 0.76 0.42 to 1.85 29.57 to 27.84 2003 3,557 1.15 to 14.33 51,540 1.36 0.42 to 1.85 53.55 to 51.33 2002 3,225 0.88 to 9.47 30,873 0.27 0.42 to 1.85 (2.56) to (17.74) Janus Aspen Mid Cap Growth Service Shares Division: 2006 2,530 7.74 to 7.47 19,323 - 1.25 to 1.85 11.90 to 11.23 2005 2,681 6.92 to 6.71 18,346 - 1.25 to 1.85 10.54 to 10.00 2004 2,849 6.26 to 6.10 17,665 - 1.25 to 1.85 19.01 to 18.22 2003 2,855 5.26 to 5.16 14,913 - 1.25 to 1.85 33.09 to 32.30 2002 2,550 3.95 to 3.90 10,028 - 1.25 to 1.85 (29.01) to (29.44) LargeCap Blend Division: 2006 14,897 13.01 to 12.65 192,106 0.62 1.25 to 1.85 14.38 to 13.70 2005 11,345 11.37 to 11.13 128,134 0.01 1.25 to 1.85 3.36 to 2.87 2004 7,891 11.00 to 10.82 86,333 1.18 1.25 to 1.85 9.02 to 8.31 2003 4,990 10.09 to 9.99 50,195 0.98 1.25 to 1.85 22.22 to 21.49 2002 (4) 1,412 8.25 to 8.22 11,648 0.87 1.25 to 1.85 (16.46) to (16.76) LargeCap Growth Equity Division: 2006 3,188 0.78 to 5.48 19,397 - 0.42 to 1.85 2.30 to 0.85 2005 3,271 0.76 to 5.44 18,820 0.15 0.42 to 1.85 2.70 to 1.87 2004 3,253 0.74 to 5.34 18,253 0.28 0.42 to 1.85 2.78 to 1.14 2003 2,824 0.72 to 5.28 15,478 - 0.42 to 1.85 22.63 to 20.89 2002 855 4.42 to 4.36 3,761 - 1.25 to 1.85 (34.10) to (34.50) LargeCap Stock Index Division: 2006 15,070 $1.22 to$ 10.19 $152,650 1.33% 0.42% to 1.85% 15.09% to 13.46% 2005 15,133 1.06 to 8.98 134,689 0.03 0.42 to 1.85 3.92 to 2.51 2004 14,735 1.02 to 8.76 127,190 1.60 0.42 to 1.85 9.68 to 8.42 2003 11,654 0.93 to 8.08 93,977 1.41 0.42 to 1.85 27.78 to 25.97 2002 8,549 0.73 to 6.42 55,031 1.21 0.42 to 1.85 (22.77) to (23.86) LargeCap Value Division: 2006 11,912 14.70 to 14.30 173,683 0.94 1.25 to 1.85 20.04 to 19.33 2005 9,023 12.24 to 11.98 109,779 0.01 1.25 to 1.85 4.08 to 3.45 2004 6,391 11.76 to 11.58 74,817 1.59 1.25 to 1.85 11.68 to 11.03 2003 4,011 10.53 to 10.43 42,122 1.63 1.25 to 1.85 26.46 to 25.71 2002 (4) 1,317 8.33 to 8.29 10,958 1.89 1.25 to 1.85 (15.99) to (16.30) MidCap Division: 2006 11,881 4.17 to 37.04 367,161 1.03 0.42 to 1.85 13.75 to 12.14 2005 13,033 3.66 to 33.03 339,324 0.09 0.42 to 1.85 8.61 to 7.21 2004 15,701 3.37 to 30.81 322,650 1.18 0.42 to 1.85 17.42 to 15.57 2003 16,473 2.87 to 26.66 277,286 1.06 0.42 to 1.85 32.25 to 30.38 2002 17,766 2.17 to 20.44 209,892 0.96 0.42 to 1.85 (9.13) to (10.42) MidCap Growth Division: 2006 4,666 1.31 to 12.06 57,787 - 0.42 to 1.85 9.20 to 7.64 2005 4,764 1.20 to 11.21 53,923 - 0.42 to 1.85 13.21 to 11.65 2004 4,811 1.06 to 10.04 48,681 - 0.42 to 1.85 11.58 to 9.73 2003 4,535 0.95 to 9.15 41,402 - 0.42 to 1.85 39.99 to 38.00 2002 2,226 0.68 to 6.63 14,937 - 0.42 to 1.85 (39.86) to (27.62) MidCap Value Division: 2006 6,981 1.83 to 16.42 119,378 0.24 0.42 to 1.85 12.80 to 11.20 2005 6,389 1.62 to 14.76 94,905 - 0.42 to 1.85 10.20 to 8.53 2004 4,931 1.47 to 13.60 66,587 0.10 0.42 to 1.85 22.50 to 20.35 2003 3,343 1.20 to 11.30 37,406 0.08 0.42 to 1.85 35.92 to 33.99 2002 1,878 0.89 to 8.43 16,144 0.73 0.42 to 1.85 (10.34) to (11.61) Money Market Division: 2006 9,838 1.60 to 13.28 94,506 4.53 0.42 to 1.85 4.32 to 2.71 2005 9,888 1.54 to 12.93 82,162 2.64 0.42 to 1.85 2.67 to 0.70 2004 12,349 1.50 to 2.13 89,606 0.88 0.42 to 2.16 - to (0.93) 2003 15,091 1.50 to 12.96 107,056 0.78 0.42 to 1.85 0.31 to (1.11) 2002 20,955 1.49 to 13.11 157,262 1.40 0.42 to 1.85 0.99 to (0.45) Neuberger Berman AMT Fasciano S Class Division: -% 1.25% to 2006 174 $11.58 to $11.42 $2,008 1.85% 3.95% to 3.33% 2005 (6) 58 11.14 to 11.05 640 - 1.25 to 1.85 1.64 to 1.01 Neuberger Berman AMT High Income Bond S Class Division: 2006 194 10.66 to 10.52 2,064 8.30 1.25 to 1.85 6.13 to 5.50 2005 (6) 89 10.05 to 9.97 886 10.56 1.25 to 1.85 - to (0.70) Neuberger Berman AMT Partners I Class Division: 2006 310 15.15 to 14.94 4,672 0.96 1.25 to 1.85 10.85 to 10.19 2005 (6) 65 13.67 to 13.55 884 1.51 1.25 to 1.85 16.64 to 15.81 Neuberger Berman AMT Socially Responsive I Class Division: 2006 186 13.62 to 13.43 2,519 0.14 1.25 to 1.85 12.29 to 11.62 2005 (6) 64 12.13 to 12.03 773 - 1.25 to 1.85 5.57 to 4.88 Principal LifeTime Strategic Income Division: 2006 1,035 12.10 to 11.93 12,491 0.13 1.25 to 1.85 8.89 to 8.24 2005 (6) 490 11.11 to 11.02 5,446 - 1.25 to 1.85 3.64 to 2.99 Principal LifeTime 2010 Division: 2006 2,089 10.85 to 12.43 26,166 0.04 0.95 to 1.85 8.55 to 10.24 2005 (6) 1,126 11.36 to 11.27 12,780 - 1.25 to 1.85 4.32 to 3.78 Principal LifeTime 2020 Division: 2006 7,291 $11.04 to $13.03 $95,945 -% 0.95% to 1.85% 10.43% to 13.06% 2005 (6) 2,259 11.62 to 11.52 26,189 - 1.25 to 1.85 5.44 to 4.82 Principal LifeTime 2030 Division: 2006 914 11.01 to 12.99 11,982 0.01 0.95 to 1.85 10.17 to 12.73 2005 (6) 280 11.61 to 11.52 3,241 - 1.25 to 1.85 5.45 to 4.82 Principal LifeTime 2040 Division: 2006 390 11.01 to 13.22 5,191 0.02 0.95 to 1.85 10.22 to 13.03 2005 (6) 123 11.79 to 11.70 1,449 - 1.25 to 1.85 5.93 to 5.31 Principal LifeTime 2050 Division: 2006 260 13.48 to 13.29 3,485 0.01 1.25 to 1.85 14.06 to 13.38 2005 (6) 66 11.82 to 11.73 774 - 1.25 to 1.85 6.20 to 5.68 Real Estate Securities Division: 2006 5,236 3.18 to 35.07 181,645 1.59 0.42 to 1.85 36.04 to 34.11 2005 5,253 2.34 to 26.15 133,793 0.02 0.42 to 1.85 15.27 to 13.75 2004 5,230 2.03 to 22.99 115,811 2.28 0.42 to 1.85 34.44 to 32.05 2003 4,200 1.51 to 17.41 71,203 3.69 0.42 to 1.85 38.33 to 36.37 2002 2,762 1.09 to 12.77 34,861 4.15 0.42 to 1.85 7.27 to 5.75 Short-Term Bond Division: 2006 11,441 10.48 to 10.11 117,594 2.22 0.85 to 1.85 3.56 to 2.53 2005 8,171 10.12 to 9.86 81,529 1.51 0.85 to 1.85 0.90 to (0.10) 2004 5,485 10.03 to 9.87 54,515 - 0.85 to 1.85 0.50 to (0.50) 2003 (5) 2,055 9.98 to 9.92 20,446 2.63 0.85 to 1.85 (0.25) to (0.86) SmallCap Division: 2006 5,338 1.31 to 12.92 71,752 0.16 0.42 to 1.85 12.23 to 10.64 2005 5,934 1.17 to 11.68 70,854 0.02 0.42 to 1.85 6.36 to 5.13 2004 5,891 1.10 to 11.11 66,830 - 0.42 to 1.85 19.57 to 17.57 2003 5,224 0.92 to 9.45 50,283 0.10 0.42 to 1.85 36.29 to 34.32 (27.63) to 2002 3,608 0.68 to 7.03 25,858 0.09 0.42 to 1.85 (28.66) SmallCap Growth Division: 2006 4,608 $0.80 to $10.37 $48,773 -% 0.42% to 1.85% 8.52% to 6.98% 2005 4,861 0.73 to 9.69 46,695 - 0.42 to 1.85 5.80 to 4.64 2004 5,065 0.69 to 9.26 46,544 - 0.42 to 1.85 11.29 to 9.20 2003 4,956 0.62 to 8.48 41,566 - 0.42 to 1.85 45.04 to 42.98 (44.13) to 2002 4,236 0.43 to 5.93 25,168 - 0.42 to 1.85 (46.85) SmallCap Value Division: 2006 4,998 2.01 to 25.05 126,060 0.29 0.42 to 1.85 18.15 to 16.47 2005 4,563 1.70 to 21.51 95,378 0.04 0.42 to 1.85 5.59 to 4.27 2004 3,973 1.61 to 20.63 78,298 0.17 0.42 to 1.85 22.90 to 20.86 2003 3,375 1.31 to 17.07 56,509 0.44 0.42 to 1.85 49.98 to 47.85 2002 2,672 0.88 to 11.55 30,766 0.66 0.42 to 1.85 (9.25) to (10.54) T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth II Division: 2006 83 12.49 to 12.32 1,028 0.24 1.25 to 1.85 7.97 to 7.33 2005 (6) 56 11.57 to 11.48 644 0.28 1.25 to 1.85 4.33 to 3.70 T. Rowe Price Health Science II Division: 2006 162 13.62 to 13.43 2,197 - 1.25 to 1.85 7.09 to 6.45 2005 (6) 43 12.72 to 12.62 551 - 1.25 to 1.85 11.78 to 11.09 Templeton Growth Securities Class 2 Division: 2006 160 18.97 3,029 1.28 0.85 20.78 2005 146 15.70 2,287 1.07 0.85 7.90 2004 127 14.55 1,852 1.11 0.85 15.11 2003 94 12.64 1,193 1.48 0.85 31.02 2002 85 9.65 824 2.44 0.85 (19.18)
(1) These amounts represent the dividends, excluding distributions of capital gains, received by the division from the underlying mutual fund, net of management fees assessed by the fund manager, divided by the average net assets. These ratios exclude those expenses, such as mortality and expense charges, that result in direct reductions in the unit values. The recognition of investment income by the subaccount is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying fund in which the subaccounts invest. (2) These ratios represent the annualized contract expenses of Separate Account B, consisting primarily of mortality and expense charges, for each period indicated. The ratios include only those expenses that result in a direct reduction to unit values. Charges made directly to contract owner accounts through the redemption of units and expenses of the underlying fund are excluded. (3) These amounts represent the total return for the periods indicated, including changes in the value of the underlying fund, and reflect deductions for all items included in the expense ratio. The total return does not include any expenses assessed through the redemption of units; inclusion of these expenses in the calculation would result in a reduction in the total return presented. Investment options with a date notation indicate the effective date of that investment option in the variable account. The total return is calculated for the period indicated or from the effective date through the end of the reporting period. (4) Commencement of operations, May 18, 2002. Investment income ratio and expense ratio have been annualized for the period ended December 31, 2002. (5) Commencement of operations, May 17, 2003. Investment income ratio and expense ratio have been annualized for the period ended December 31, 2003. (6) Commencement of operations, January 4, 2005. Investment income ratio and expense ratio have been annualized for the period ended December 31, 2005. (7) Commencement of operations, April 28, 2006. Investment income ratio and expense ratio have been annualized for the period ended December 31, 2005. There are divisions that have total return outside of the ranges indicated above. The following is a list of the divisions and corresponding lowest total return and highest total return. 2006 Total Division Return Range --------------------------------------------------------------------------- American Century VP Income & Growth Class I Division 12.69% to 16.10% Capital Value Division 13.20 to 19.45 Diversified International Division 19.66 to 27.43 LargeCap Stock Index Division 11.23 to 15.09 LargeCap Growth Equity Division 0.84 to 2.30 MidCap Division 11.04 to 13.75 MidCap Growth Division 3.08 to 9.20 MidCap Value Division 8.72 to12.80 Principal LifeTime 2010 Division 8.55 to 10.91 Principal LifeTime 2020 Division 10.43 to 13.73 Principal LifeTime 2030 Division 10.17 to 13.40 Principal LifeTime 2040 Division 10.22 to 13.70 Principal LifeTime 2050 Division 10.41 to 14.06 Real Estate Securities Division 23.83 to 36.04 SmallCap Division 5.04 to 12.23 SmallCap Growth Division 0.12 to 8.52 SmallCap Value Division 8.88 to 18.15 2005 Total Division Return Range --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Balanced Division 4.80% to 6.52% Bond Division 0.62 to 2.60 Capital Value Division 4.88 to 6.47 Diversified International Division 21.53 to 23.12 Government & High Quality Bond Division 0.17 to 1.49 LargeCap Growth Equity Division 1.87 to 2.74 MidCap Division 7.21 to 8.84 2004 Total Division Return Range --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Balanced Division 8.06% to 9.88% Bond Division 1.59 to 7.03 Capital Value Division 10.29 to 12.12 Money Market Division (1.00) to - Small Cap Division 17.57 to 39.04 2003 Total Division Return Range --------------------------------------------------------------------------- American Century VP Income & Growth Class I Division 26.98% to 28.26% Government Securities Division (0.69) to 1.41 LargeCap Growth Equity Division 17.63 to 22.63 2002 Total Division Return Range --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LargeCap Growth Equity Division (31.57)% to (30.46)% MidCap Growth Division (39.86) to (26.89) Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm The Board of Directors and Stockholder Principal Life Insurance Company We have audited the accompanying consolidated statements of financial position of Principal Life Insurance Company ("the Company") as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholder's equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2006. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Principal Life Insurance Company at December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2006, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, in response to new accounting standards, the Company changed its methods of accounting for certain fixed and variable contract features effective January 1, 2004, certain non-monetary exchanges of similar productive assets (primarily real estate) effective July 1, 2005, and its pension and other post-retirement benefits effective December 31, 2006. /s/Ernst & Young LLP Des Moines, Iowa March 5, 2007 Principal Life Insurance Company Consolidated Statements of Financial Position December 31, 2006 2005 (in millions) Assets Fixed maturities, available-for-sale $42,168.8 $39,949.0 Fixed maturities, trading 197.9 105.0 Equity securities, available-for-sale 645.3 702.9 Equity securities, trading 148.2 60.1 Mortgage loans 11,141.9 10,979.2 Real estate 854.8 888.4 Policy loans 850.7 827.7 Other investments 933.6 716.5 Total investments 56,941.2 54,228.8 Cash and cash equivalents 1,898.0 1,715.1 Accrued investment income 715.2 668.7 Premiums due and other receivables 839.4 564.4 Deferred policy acquisition costs 2,265.9 2,069.9 Property and equipment 404.7 406.7 Goodwill 229.5 207.8 Other intangibles 197.1 94.8 Separate account assets 69,451.7 58,670.8 Assets of discontinued operations -- 103.2 Other assets 1,509.4 1,268.7 Total assets $134,452.1 $119,998.9 Liabilities Contractholder funds $36,782.7 $33,598.6 Future policy benefits and claims 15,004.2 14,650.3 Other policyholder funds 613.6 654.1 Short-term debt 412.2 719.1 Long-term debt 298.6 313.5 Income taxes currently payable 9.1 -- Deferred income taxes 758.1 875.5 Separate account liabilities 69,451.7 58,670.8 Liabilities of discontinued operations -- 4.5 Other liabilities 4,320.6 3,429.9 Total liabilities 127,650.8 112,916.3 Stockholder's equity Common stock, par value $1 per share - 5.0 million shares authorized, 2.5 million shares issued and outstanding (wholly owned indirectly by Principal Financial Group, Inc.) 2.5 2.5 Additional paid-in capital 5,515.3 5,354.8 Retained earnings 670.9 870.4 Accumulated other comprehensive income 612.6 854.9 Total stockholder's equity 6,801.3 7,082.6 Total liabilities and stockholder's equity $134,452.1 $119,998.9 ========================================================== See accompanying notes. Principal Life Insurance Company Consolidated Statements of Operations
For the year ended December 31, 2006 2005 2004 (in millions) Revenues Premiums and other considerations $4,066.2 $3,727.4 $3,468.9 Fees and other revenues 1,634.3 1,486.6 1,279.7 Net investment income 3,350.2 3,133.1 3,027.5 Net realized/unrealized capital gains (losses) 30.4 (17.5) (109.7) Total revenues 9,081.1 8,329.6 7,666.4 Expenses Benefits, claims, and settlement expenses 5,293.3 4,873.6 4,602.2 Dividends to policyholders 290.7 293.0 296.7 Operating expenses 2,231.0 2,063.0 1,876.5 Total expenses 7,815.0 7,229.6 6,775.4 Income from continuing operations before income taxes 1,266.1 1,100.0 891.0 Income taxes 319.1 286.8 225.4 Income from continuing operations, net of related income taxes 947.0 813.2 665.6 Income from discontinued operations, net of related income taxes 30.6 18.9 104.6 Income before cumulative effect of accounting change 977.6 832.1 770.2 Cumulative effect of accounting change, net of related income taxes -- -- (2.4) Net income $977.6 $832.1 $767.8
See accompanying notes. Principal Life Insurance Company Consolidated Statements of Stockholder's Equity
Accumulated Additional other Total Common paid-in Retained comprehensive stockholder's stock capital earnings income equity (in millions) Balances at January 1, 2004 $2.5 $5,052.1 $594.6 $1,216.8 $6,866.0 Return of capital to parent -- (0.6) -- -- (0.6) Capital transactions of equity ---------------- method investee, net of related income taxes -- 20.4 -- -- 20.4 Stock-based compensation and additional related tax benefits -- 40.8 -- -- 40.8 Dividends to parent -- -- (1,124.1) -- (1,124.1) Comprehensive income: Net income -- -- 767.8 -- 767.8 Net unrealized gains, net -- -- -- 89.4 89.4 Foreign currency translation adjustment -- -- -- (0.6) (0.6) Minimum pension liability, net of related income taxes -- -- -- (2.8) (2.8) Comprehensive income 853.8 Balances at December 31, 2004 2.5 5,112.7 238.3 1,302.8 6,656.3 Capital contributions -- 34.0 -- -- 34.0 Capital transactions of equity method investee, net of related income taxes -- (0.1) -- -- (0.1) Stock-based compensation and additional related tax benefits -- 44.4 -- -- 44.4 Tax benefits related to demutualization -- 163.8 -- -- 163.8 Dividends to parent -- -- (200.0) -- (200.0) Comprehensive income: Net income -- -- 832.1 -- 832.1 Net unrealized losses, net -- -- -- (442.4) (442.4) Foreign currency translation adjustment -- -- -- 0.7 0.7 Minimum pension liability, net of related income taxes -- -- -- (6.2) (6.2) Comprehensive income 384.2 Balances at December 31, 2005 $2.5 $5,354.8 $870.4 $854.9 $7,082.6
============================================================================== Principal Life Insurance Company Consolidated Statements of Stockholder's Equity (continued)
Accumulated Additional other Total Common paid-in Retained comprehensive stockholder's stock capital earnings income equity (in millions) Balances at January 1, 2006 $2.5 $5,354.8 $870.4 $854.9 $7,082.6 Capital contributions -- 93.8 -- -- 93.8 Capital transactions of equity method investee, net of related income taxes -- 1.7 -- -- 1.7 Stock-based compensation and additional related tax benefits -- 65.0 (0.9) -- 64.1 Dividends to parent -- -- (1,176.2) -- (1,176.2) Transition adjustment related to post-retirement benefit obligations, net of related income taxes -- -- -- 23.3 23.3 Comprehensive income: Net income -- -- 977.6 -- 977.6 Net unrealized losses, net -- -- -- (269.9) (269.9) Foreign currency translation adjustment -- -- -- 1.6 1.6 Minimum pension liability, net of related income taxes -- -- -- 2.7 2.7 Comprehensive income 712.0 Balances at December 31, 2006 $2.5 $5,515.3 $670.9 $612.6 $6,801.3
============================================================================ See accompanying notes. Principal Life Insurance Company Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
For the year ended December 31, 2006 2005 2004 (in millions) Operating activities Net income $977.6 $832.1 $767.8 Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: Income from discontinued operations, net of related income taxes (30.6) (18.9) (104.6) Cumulative effect of accounting change, net of related income taxes -- -- 2.4 Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs 236.8 238.8 207.7 Additions to deferred policy acquisition costs (445.8) (440.6) (457.8) Accrued investment income (46.5) 0.9 (27.0) Net cash flows from (for) trading securities (93.0) (29.4) 6.3 Premiums due and other receivables (98.7) (63.3) (21.4) Contractholder and policyholder liabilities and dividends 1,692.9 1,585.2 1,414.0 Current and deferred income taxes 125.0 (445.1) 34.3 Net realized/unrealized capital (gains) losses (30.4) 17.5 109.7 Depreciation and amortization expense 83.3 83.4 93.2 Mortgage loans held for sale, acquired or originated (382.6) (2,177.5) (1,045.7) Mortgage loans held for sale, sold or repaid, net of gain 719.7 2,238.6 845.1 Real estate acquired through operating activities (82.3) (44.6) (45.8) Real estate sold through operating activities 91.4 41.9 84.7 Stock-based compensation 63.8 44.4 39.4 Other (266.8) 127.9 (517.8) Net adjustments 1,536.2 1,159.2 616.7 Net cash provided by operating activities 2,513.8 1,991.3 1,384.5 Investing activities Available-for-sale securities: Purchases (7,399.7) (8,243.4) (9,126.9) Sales 1,094.0 2,759.5 1,759.8 Maturities 3,453.5 3,734.0 4,082.0 Mortgage loans acquired or originated (2,501.0) (2,293.8) (2,612.3) Mortgage loans sold or repaid 2,002.0 2,563.2 2,380.8 Real estate acquired (29.1) (92.2) (327.5) Real estate sold 211.1 319.3 345.4 Net purchases of property and equipment (39.5) (37.6) (42.3) Net proceeds from sales of subsidiaries -- -- 674.6 Purchases of interest in subsidiaries, net of cash acquired (37.2) (57.9) (87.2) Net change in other investments 94.2 35.6 154.6 Net cash used in investing activities $(3,151.7) $(1,313.3) $(2,799.0)
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For the year ended December 31, 2006 2005 2004 (in millions) Financing activities Proceeds from financing element derivatives $132.1 $168.4 $110.6 Payments for financing element derivatives (141.0) (123.2) (84.6) Excess tax benefits from share-based payment arrangements 8.4 -- -- Dividends to parent (1,176.2) (200.0) (1,124.1) (Return of capital)/capital contribution (from)/to parent (5.8) 34.0 (0.6) Issuance of long-term debt 1.0 38.3 12.1 Principal repayments of long-term debt (16.0) (72.6) (246.7) Net proceeds (repayments) of short-term borrowings (306.9) 21.4 220.6 Investment contract deposits 8,925.7 7,250.0 7,312.4 Investment contract withdrawals (6,859.4) (6,504.5) (5,294.9) Net increase (decrease) in banking operation deposits 258.9 41.9 (5.0) Net cash provided by financing activities 820.8 653.7 899.8 Discontinued operations Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities (1.1) 125.1 (628.0) Net cash used in investing activities (0.9) (125.0) (471.7) Net cash provided by financing activities -- -- 600.0 Net cash provided by (used in) discontinued operations (2.0) 0.1 (499.7) Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 180.9 1,331.8 (1,014.4) Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 1,717.1 385.3 1,399.7 Cash and cash equivalents at end of year $1,898.0 $1,717.1 $385.3 Cash and cash equivalents of discontinued operations included above At beginning of year $2.0 $1.9 $501.6 At end of year $ -- $2.0 $1.9 Schedule of noncash transactions Capital contribution related to the allocation of intangible assets $99.9 $-- $-- Tax benefits related to demutualization $ -- $163.8 $--
================================================================================ See accompanying notes. Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements December 31, 2006 1. Nature of Operations and Significant Accounting Policies Description of Business Principal Life Insurance Company along with its consolidated subsidiaries is a diversified financial services organization engaged in promoting retirement savings and investment and insurance products and services in the U.S. We are a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Principal Financial Services, Inc., which in turn is a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Principal Financial Group, Inc. Basis of Presentation The accompanying consolidated financial statements, which include our majority-owned subsidiaries and consolidated variable interest entities ("VIEs"), have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("U.S. GAAP"). Less than majority-owned entities in which we had at least a 20% interest and LLCs, partnerships and real estate joint ventures in which we had at least a 5% interest, are reported on the equity basis in the consolidated statements of financial position as other investments. Investments in LLCs, partnerships and real estate joint ventures in which we have an ownership percentage of 3% to 5% are accounted for under the equity or cost method depending upon the specific facts and circumstances of our ownership and involvement. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated. Information included in the notes to the financial statements excludes information applicable to less than majority-owned entities reported on the equity and cost methods, unless otherwise noted. Closed Block We operate a closed block ("Closed Block") for the benefit of individual participating dividend-paying policies in force at the time of the 1998 mutual insurance holding company ("MIHC") formation. See Note 9, Closed Block, for further details. Use of Estimates in the Preparation of Financial Statements The preparation of our consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported and disclosed. These estimates and assumptions could change in the future as more information becomes known, which could impact the amounts reported and disclosed in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Recent Accounting Pronouncements The Financial Accounting Standards Board (the "FASB") issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 158, Employers' Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans, an amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106 and 132R ("SFAS 158"), on September 29, 2006. SFAS 158 requires an entity to recognize in its statement of financial position an asset for a defined benefit postretirement plan's overfunded status or a liability for a plan's underfunded status. This statement eliminates the ability to choose a measurement date, by requiring that plan assets and benefit obligations be measured as of the annual balance sheet date. The requirement to recognize the funded status of a defined benefit postretirement plan and the disclosure requirements are effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2006, and did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. The requirement to measure plan assets and benefit obligations as of the annual balance sheet date is effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2008. See Note 14, Employee and Agent Benefits, for further details. On September 15, 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements ("SFAS 157"). This standard, which provides guidance for using fair value to measure assets and liabilities, applies whenever other standards require or permit assets or liabilities to be measured at fair value, but does not expand the use of fair value in any new circumstances. SFAS 157 establishes a fair value hierarchy that gives the highest priority to quoted prices in active markets and the lowest priority to unobservable data, and requires fair value measurements to be separately disclosed by level within the hierarchy. SFAS 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. We are still evaluating the impact this guidance will have on our consolidated financial statements. Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 1. Nature of Operations and Significant Accounting Policies (continued) The staff of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") published Staff Accounting Bulletin ("SAB") No. 108, Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements ("SAB 108"), on September 13, 2006. SAB 108 addresses quantifying the financial statement effects of misstatements, specifically, how the effects of prior year uncorrected errors must be considered in quantifying misstatements in the current year financial statements. Under SAB 108, registrants are required to quantify the effects on the current year financial statements of correcting all misstatements, including both the carryover and reversing effects of uncorrected prior year misstatements. After considering all relevant quantitative and qualitative factors, if a misstatement is material, a registrant's prior year financial statements must be restated. SAB 108 offers special transition provisions only for circumstances where its application would have altered previous materiality conclusions. When applying the special transition provisions, instead of restating prior period financial statements, a registrant must record the effect as a cumulative-effect adjustment to beginning-of-year retained earnings. SAB 108 is effective for fiscal years ending after November 15, 2006. SAB 108 did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. On July 13, 2006, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation ("FIN") No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes ("FIN 48"). FIN 48, which is an interpretation of SFAS No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes, prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken, or expected to be taken, in a tax return. FIN 48 requires the affirmative evaluation that it is more likely than not, based on the technical merits of a tax position, that an enterprise is entitled to economic benefits resulting from positions taken in income tax returns. If a tax position does not meet the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold, the benefit of that position is not recognized in the financial statements. FIN 48 also requires companies to disclose additional quantitative and qualitative information in their financial statements about uncertain tax positions. FIN 48 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006, and the cumulative effect of applying this Interpretation shall be reported as an adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings for that fiscal year. FIN 48 is not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. On March 17, 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 156, Accounting for Servicing of Financial Assets ("SFAS 156"), which amends SFAS No. 140, Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities ("SFAS 140"). This Statement (1) requires an entity to recognize a servicing asset or liability each time it undertakes an obligation to service a financial asset by entering into a servicing contract in specified situations, (2) requires all separately recognized servicing assets and liabilities to be initially measured at fair value, (3) for subsequent measurement of each class of separately recognized servicing assets and liabilities, allows an entity to elect either the amortization or fair value measurement method, (4) permits a one-time reclassification of available-for-sale ("AFS") securities to trading securities by an entity with recognized servicing rights, without calling into question the treatment of other AFS securities, provided the AFS securities are identified in some manner as offsetting the entity's exposure to changes in fair value of servicing assets or liabilities that a servicer elects to subsequently measure at fair value, and (5) requires separate presentation of servicing assets and liabilities measured at fair value in the statement of financial position and also requires additional disclosures. The initial measurement requirements of this statement should be applied prospectively to all transactions entered into after the fiscal year beginning after September 15, 2006. The election related to the subsequent measurement of servicing assets and liabilities is also effective the first fiscal year beginning after September 15, 2006. SFAS 156 is not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. On February 16, 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 155, Accounting for Certain Hybrid Financial Instruments - an amendment of FASB Statements No. 133 and 140 ("SFAS 155"), which amends SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities ("SFAS 133") and SFAS 140. SFAS 155 (1) permits fair value remeasurement for any hybrid financial instrument that contains an embedded derivative that otherwise would require bifurcation, (2) clarifies which interest-only and principal-only strips are not subject to the requirements of SFAS 133, (3) establishes a requirement to evaluate interests in securitized financial assets to identify interests that are freestanding derivatives or that are hybrid financial instruments that contain an embedded derivative requiring bifurcation, (4) clarifies that concentrations of credit risk in the form of subordination are not embedded derivatives, and (5) amends SFAS 140 to eliminate the prohibition on a qualifying special-purpose entity from holding a derivative financial instrument that pertains to a beneficial interest other than another derivative financial instrument. This Statement is effective for all financial instruments acquired or issued after the beginning of an entity's fiscal year that begins after September 15, 2006. At adoption, the fair value election may also be Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 1. Nature of Operations and Significant Accounting Policies (continued) applied to hybrid financial instruments that have been bifurcated under SFAS 133 prior to adoption of this Statement. Any changes resulting from the adoption of this Statement should be recognized as a cumulative effect adjustment to beginning retained earnings. SFAS 155 is not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. On September 19, 2005, the Accounting Standards Executive Committee ("AcSEC") issued Statement of Position ("SOP") 05-1, Accounting by Insurance Enterprises for Deferred Acquisition Costs in Connection With Modifications or Exchanges of Insurance Contracts ("SOP 05-1"). AcSEC defines an internal replacement as a modification in product benefits, features, rights, or coverages that occurs by the exchange of a contract for a new contract, or by amendment, endorsement, or rider to a contract, or by the election of a feature or coverage within a contract. An internal replacement that is determined to result in a replacement contract that is substantially unchanged from the replaced contract should be accounted for as a continuation of the replaced contract. Contract modifications resulting in a replacement contract that is substantially changed from the replaced contract should be accounted for as an extinguishment of the replaced contract and any unamortized deferred policy acquisition costs, unearned revenue liabilities, and deferred sales inducement costs from the replaced contract should be written off and acquisition costs on the new contracts capitalized as appropriate. This SOP is effective for internal replacements occurring in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. SOP 05-1 is not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. On May 30, 2005, the FASB issued SFAS No. 154, Accounting Changes and Error Corrections, a replacement of APB Opinion No. 20 and FASB Statement No. 3 ("SFAS 154"), which changes the requirements for the accounting and reporting of a change in accounting principle. Under SFAS 154, a change in accounting principle should be retrospectively applied to all prior periods, unless it is impracticable to do so. This retrospective application requirement replaces the Accounting Principles Board ("APB") Opinion No. 20, Accounting Changes ("APB 20"), requirement to recognize changes in accounting principle by including the cumulative effect of the change in net income during the current period. SFAS 154 applies to all voluntary changes in accounting principles where we are changing to a more preferable accounting method, as well as to changes required by an accounting pronouncement that does not contain specific transition provisions. SFAS 154 carries forward without change the guidance contained in APB 20 for reporting the correction of an error in previously issued financial statements and a change in accounting estimate. SFAS 154 is effective for accounting changes on or after January 1, 2006. SFAS 154 does not change the transition provisions of any existing accounting pronouncements. On December 16, 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 123 (revised 2004), Share-Based Payment ("SFAS 123R"). SFAS 123R requires all share-based payments to employees to be recognized at fair value in the financial statements. SFAS 123R replaces SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation ("SFAS 123"), supersedes APB Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees ("APB 25"), and SFAS No. 148, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation-Transition and Disclosure - an Amendment of FASB Statement No. 123 and amends SFAS No. 95, Statement of Cash Flows. On April 14, 2005, the SEC approved a new rule delaying the effective date of SFAS 123R to annual periods that begin after June 15, 2005. Accordingly, Principal Financial Group, Inc. adopted SFAS 123R effective January 1, 2006 using the modified-prospective method. The provisions of our stock awards allow approved retirees to retain all or a portion of their awards if they retire prior to the end of the required service period. SFAS 123R considers this to be a nonsubstantive service condition. Accordingly, it is appropriate to recognize compensation cost either immediately for stock awards granted to retirement eligible employees, or over the period from the grant date to the date retirement eligibility is achieved, if retirement eligibility is expected to occur during the nominal vesting period. Our approach was to follow the widespread practice of recognizing compensation cost over the explicit service period (up to the date of actual retirement). For any awards that are granted after our adoption of SFAS 123R on January 1, 2006, we recognize compensation cost through the period that the employee first becomes eligible to retire and is no longer required to provide service to earn the award. If we had applied the nonsubstantive vesting provisions of SFAS 123R to awards granted prior to January 1, 2006, our consolidated financial statements would not have been materially impacted. SFAS 123R requires that the benefits of tax deductions in excess of recognized compensation cost be reported as a financing cash flow, rather than as an operating cash flow. This requirement reduces net operating cash flows and increases net financing cash flows in periods after the effective date. Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 1. Nature of Operations and Significant Accounting Policies (continued) Under the modified-prospective method, any excess income tax deduction realized for awards accounted for under SFAS 123R (regardless of the type of award or the jurisdiction in which the tax benefit is generated) is eligible to absorb write-offs of deferred income tax assets for any awards accounted for under SFAS 123R. SFAS 123R does not require separate pools of excess income tax benefits for separate types of awards, rather the excess income tax benefits of employee and nonemployee awards may be combined in a single pool of excess tax benefits. Our policy is to pool the employee and nonemployee awards together in this manner. Deferred income tax asset write-offs resulting from deficient deductions on employee awards may be offset against previous excess income tax benefits arising from nonemployee awards, and vice versa. This Statement did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements as we began expensing all stock options using a fair-value based method effective for the year beginning January 1, 2002. In addition, any stock options granted prior to January 1, 2002 were fully vested at the time of adoption of SFAS 123R. The Black-Scholes formula is used to estimate the value of stock options granted to employees. The prospective method of transition as prescribed by SFAS 123 was applied when Principal Financial Group, Inc. elected to begin expensing stock-based compensation in 2002. The cumulative effect of the change in accounting principle as a result of adopting SFAS 123R is immaterial. Therefore, the pre-tax cumulative effect of the change in accounting principle is reflected in operating expenses. See Note 20, Stock-Based Compensation Plans, for further details. In December, 2004, SFAS No. 153, Exchange of Nonmonetary Assets, an amendment of APB Opinion No. 29 ("SFAS 153"), was issued. APB Opinion No. 29, Accounting for Nonmonetary Transactions ("APB 29"), provided the basic principle that exchanges of nonmonetary assets should be measured based on the fair value of the assets exchanged. However, APB 29 provided an exception that allowed certain exchanges of similar productive assets to be recorded at book value. SFAS 153 amends APB 29 to eliminate this exception and requires non-monetary exchanges that meet certain criteria to be accounted for at fair value. We adopted SFAS 153 and are applying its guidelines to nonmonetary exchanges occurring on or after July 1, 2005. On March 9, 2004, the SEC Staff issued SAB No.105, Application of Accounting Principles to Loan Commitments ("SAB 105"), in which the SEC Staff expressed their view that the fair value of recorded loan commitments, including interest rate lock commitments ("IRLCs"), that are required to follow derivative accounting under SFAS 133, should not consider the expected future cash flows related to the associated servicing of the loan. We record IRLCs at zero value at date of issuance with subsequent gains or losses measured by changes in market interest rates. Therefore, this SAB did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. On July 7, 2003, the AcSEC issued SOP 03-1, Accounting and Reporting by Insurance Enterprises for Certain Nontraditional Long Duration Contracts and for Separate Accounts ("SOP 03-1"). This SOP addresses an insurance enterprise's accounting for certain fixed and variable contract features not covered by other authoritative accounting guidance. We adopted SOP 03-1 effective January 1, 2004, and recorded a cumulative effect of accounting change of $(2.4) million, which is net of income tax benefits of $1.3 million. The accounting change impacted our Life and Health Insurance and U.S. Asset Management and Accumulation segments. SOP 03-1 addresses the classification of contracts and calculation of an additional liability for contracts that contain significant insurance features. The adoption of the guidance required the recognition of an additional liability in cases where the insurance benefit feature resulted in gains in early years followed by losses in later years. The accrual and release of the additional liability also impacted the amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs ("DPAC"). As of January 1, 2004, we increased future policyholder benefits due to our no lapse guarantee feature of our universal life and variable universal life products within our Life and Health Insurance segment and for variable annuities with guaranteed minimum death benefits in our U.S. Asset Management and Accumulation segment. This resulted in an after-tax cumulative effect of $(0.9) million in the Life and Health Insurance segment and $(1.5) million in the U.S. Asset Management and Accumulation segment. In addition, the guidance clarifies the accounting and classification for sales inducements. Although the valuation impacts were immaterial, we reclassified $30.3 million of sales inducements from DPAC to other assets as of January 1, 2004. Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 1. Nature of Operations and Significant Accounting Policies (continued) Cash and Cash Equivalents Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand, money market instruments and other debt issues with a maturity date of three months or less when purchased. Investments We classify our fixed maturity and equity investments into one of two categories: available-for-sale or trading. We determine the appropriate classification of fixed maturity securities at the time of purchase. Fixed maturity securities include bonds, mortgage-backed securities and redeemable preferred stock. We classify fixed maturity securities as either available-for-sale or trading and, accordingly, carry them at fair value. (See Note 17, Fair Value of Financial Instruments, for policies related to the determination of fair value.) Unrealized gains and losses related to available-for-sale securities, excluding those in fair value hedging relationships, are reflected in stockholder's equity, net of adjustments related to DPAC, sales inducements, unearned revenue reserves, policyholder dividend obligation ("PDO"), derivatives in cash flow hedge relationships and applicable income taxes. Unrealized gains and losses related to trading securities and available-for-sale securities in fair value hedging relationships are reflected in net income. The cost of fixed maturity securities is adjusted for amortization of premiums and accrual of discounts, both computed using the interest method. The cost of fixed maturity securities is adjusted for declines in value that are other than temporary. Impairments in value deemed to be other than temporary are reported in net income as a component of net realized/unrealized capital gains (losses). For loan-backed and structured securities, we recognize income using a constant effective yield based on currently anticipated prepayments using a tool which models the prepayment behavior of the underlying collateral based on the current interest rate environment. Equity securities include mutual funds, common stock and nonredeemable preferred stock. The cost of equity securities is adjusted for declines in value that are other than temporary. Impairments in value deemed to be other than temporary are reported in net income as a component of net realized/unrealized capital gains (losses). Equity securities are classified as available-for-sale or trading and, accordingly, are carried at fair value. (See Note 17, Fair Value of Financial Instruments, for policies related to the determination of fair value.) Unrealized gains and losses related to available-for-sale securities are reflected in stockholder's equity, net of related DPAC, sales inducements, unearned revenue reserves, PDO, and applicable income taxes. Unrealized gains and losses related to trading securities are reflected in net income as net realized/unrealized capital gains (losses). Real estate investments are reported at cost less accumulated depreciation. The initial cost bases of properties acquired through loan foreclosures are the lower of the fair market values of the properties at the time of foreclosure or the outstanding loan balance. Buildings and land improvements are generally depreciated on the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of improvements, and tenant improvement costs are depreciated on the straight-line method over the term of the related lease. We recognize impairment losses for properties when indicators of impairment are present and a property's expected undiscounted cash flows are not sufficient to recover the property's carrying value. In such cases, the cost bases of the properties are reduced to fair value. Real estate expected to be disposed is carried at the lower of cost or fair value, less cost to sell, with valuation allowances established accordingly and depreciation no longer recognized. Any impairment losses and any changes in valuation allowances are reported in net income. Commercial and residential mortgage loans are generally reported at cost adjusted for amortization of premiums and accrual of discounts, computed using the interest method, net of valuation allowances, and direct write-downs for impairment. Any changes in the valuation allowances are reported in net income as net realized/unrealized capital gains (losses). We measure impairment based upon the present value of expected cash flows discounted at the loan's effective interest rate or the loan's observable market price. If foreclosure is probable, the measurement of any valuation allowance is based upon the fair value of the collateral. We have commercial mortgage loans held-for-sale in the amount of $77.3 million and $412.1 million at December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively, which are carried at lower of cost or fair value, less cost to sell, and reported as mortgage loans in the statements of financial position. Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 1. Nature of Operations and Significant Accounting Policies (continued) Net realized capital gains and losses on sales of investments are determined on the basis of specific identification. In general, in addition to realized capital gains and losses on investment sales, unrealized gains and losses related to other than temporary impairments, trading securities, certain seed money investments, fair value hedge ineffectiveness, derivatives not designated as hedges and changes in the mortgage loan allowance are reported in net income as net realized/unrealized capital gains (losses). Investment gains and losses on sales of certain real estate held-for-sale, which do not meet the criteria for classification as a discontinued operation, are reported as net investment income and are excluded from net realized/unrealized capital gains (losses). Policy loans and other investments, excluding investments in unconsolidated entities, are primarily reported at cost. Securitizations We, along with other contributors, sell commercial mortgage loans to trusts that, in turn, securitize the assets. As these trusts are classified as qualifying special purpose entities ("QSPE") pursuant to the guidance of SFAS 140, we recognize the gain on the sale of the loans to the trust and the trusts are not required to be consolidated under the provisions of FIN No. 46 (Revised 2003), Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities ("FIN 46R"). There is significant judgment used to determine whether a trust is a QSPE. To maintain QSPE status, the trust must continue to meet the QSPE criteria both initially and in subsequent periods. We have analyzed the governing pooling and servicing agreements for each of our securitizations and believe that the terms are industry standard and are consistent with the QSPE criteria. If at any time we determine a trust no longer qualifies as a QSPE, each trust will need to be reviewed to determine if there is a need to recognize the commercial mortgage loan asset in the statement of financial position along with the offsetting liability. In addition, certain industry practices related to the qualifying status of QSPE's are being discussed by the FASB and could impact the accounting for existing and/or future transactions. Derivatives Overview. Derivatives are financial instruments whose values are derived from interest rates, foreign exchange rates, financial indices or the values of securities. Derivatives generally used by us include interest rate swaps, swaptions, futures, currency swaps, currency forwards, credit default swaps, total return swaps, interest rate lock commitments, bond forwards, mortgage-backed forwards, commodity swaps and options. Derivatives may be exchange traded or contracted in the over-the-counter market. Derivative positions are either assets or liabilities in the consolidated statements of financial position and are measured at fair value, generally by obtaining quoted market prices or through the use of pricing models. Fair values can be affected by changes in interest rates, foreign exchange rates, financial indices, values of securities, credit spreads, and market volatility and liquidity. Accounting and Financial Statement Presentation. We designate derivatives as either: (a) a hedge of the exposure to changes in the fair value of a recognized asset or liability or an unrecognized firm commitment, including those denominated in a foreign currency ("fair value" hedge); (b) a hedge of a forecasted transaction or the exposure to variability of cash flows to be received or paid related to a recognized asset or liability, including those denominated in a foreign currency ("cash flow" hedge) ; (c) a derivative not designated as a hedging instrument.Our accounting for the ongoing changes in fair value of a derivative depends on the intended use of the derivative and the designation, as described above, and is determined when the derivative contract is entered into or at the time of redesignation under SFAS 133. Hedge accounting is used for derivatives that are specifically designated in advance as hedges and that reduce our exposure to an indicated risk by having a high correlation between changes in the value of the derivatives and the items being hedged at both the inception of the hedge and throughout the hedge period. Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 1. Nature of Operations and Significant Accounting Policies (continued) Fair Value Hedges. When a derivative is designated as a fair value hedge and is determined to be highly effective, changes in its fair value, along with changes in the fair value of the hedged asset, liability or firm commitment attributable to the hedged risk, are reported in net realized/unrealized capital gains (losses). Any difference between the net change in fair value of the derivative and the hedged item represents hedge ineffectiveness. Cash Flow Hedges. When a derivative is designated as a cash flow hedge and is determined to be highly effective, changes in its fair value are recorded as a component of other comprehensive income. Any hedge ineffectiveness is recorded immediately in net income. At the time the variability of cash flows being hedged impact net income, the related portion of deferred gains or losses on the derivative instrument is reclassified and reported in net income. Non-Hedge Derivatives. If a derivative does not qualify or is not designated for hedge accounting, all changes in fair value are reported in net income without considering the changes in the fair value of the economically associated assets or liabilities. In our commercial mortgage backed securitization operation, we enter into commitments to fund commercial mortgage loans at specified interest rates and other applicable terms within specified periods of time. These commitments are legally binding agreements to extend credit to a counterparty. Loan commitments that will be held for sale are recognized as derivatives and are recorded at fair value. Hedge Documentation and Effectiveness Testing. We formally document all relationships between hedging instruments and hedged items, as well as our risk management objective and strategy for undertaking various hedge transactions. This process includes associating all derivatives designated as fair value or cash flow hedges with specific assets or liabilities on the statement of financial position or with specific firm commitments or forecasted transactions. Effectiveness of the hedge is formally assessed at inception and throughout the life of the hedging relationship. Even if a derivative is highly effective and qualifies for hedge accounting treatment, the hedge might have some ineffectiveness. We use qualitative and quantitative methods to assess hedge effectiveness. Qualitative methods may include monitoring changes to terms and conditions and counterparty credit ratings. Quantitative methods may include statistical tests including regression analysis and minimum variance and dollar offset techniques. If we determine a derivative is no longer highly effective as a hedge, we prospectively discontinue hedge accounting. Termination of Hedge Accounting. We prospectively discontinue hedge accounting when (1) the criteria to qualify for hedge accounting is no longer met, e.g., a derivative is determined to no longer be highly effective in offsetting the change in fair value or cash flows of a hedged item; (2) the derivative expires, is sold, terminated or exercised; or (3) we remove the designation of the derivative being the hedging instrument for a fair value or cash flow hedge. If it is determined that a derivative no longer qualifies as an effective hedge, the derivative will continue to be carried on the statement of financial position at its fair value, with changes in fair value recognized currently in net realized/unrealized capital gains (losses). The asset or liability under a fair value hedge will no longer be adjusted for changes in fair value pursuant to hedging rules and the existing basis adjustment is amortized to the statement of operations line associated with the asset or liability. The component of other comprehensive income related to discontinued cash flow hedges that are no longer highly effective is amortized to the statement of operations consistent with the net income impacts of the original hedged cash flows. If a cash flow hedge is discontinued because a hedged forecasted transaction is no longer probable, the deferred gain or loss is immediately reclassified from other comprehensive income into net income. Embedded Derivatives. We purchase and issue financial instruments and products that contain a derivative that is embedded in the financial instrument or product. We assess whether this embedded derivative is clearly and closely related to the asset or liability that serves as its host contract. If we deem that the embedded derivative's terms are not clearly and closely related to the host contract, and a separate instrument with the same terms would qualify as a derivative instrument, the derivative is bifurcated from that contract and held at fair value on the statement of financial position, with changes in fair value reported in net income. Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 1. Nature of Operations and Significant Accounting Policies (continued) Contractholder and Policyholder Liabilities Contractholder and policyholder liabilities (contractholder funds, future policy benefits and claims and other policyholder funds) include reserves for investment contracts and reserves for universal life, limited payment, participating, traditional and group life insurance, accident and health insurance and disability income policies, as well as a provision for dividends on participating policies. Investment contracts are contractholders' funds on deposit with us and generally include reserves for pension and annuity contracts. Reserves on investment contracts are equal to the cumulative deposits less any applicable charges and withdrawals plus credited interest. Reserves for universal life insurance contracts are equal to cumulative deposits less charges plus credited interest, which represents the account balances that accrue to the benefit of the policyholders. We hold additional reserves on certain long duration contracts where benefit features result in gains in early years followed by losses in later years, universal life/variable universal life contracts that contain no lapse guarantee features, or annuities with guaranteed minimum death benefits. Reserves for nonparticipating term life insurance and disability income contracts are computed on a basis of assumed investment yield, mortality, morbidity and expenses, including a provision for adverse deviation, which generally varies by plan, year of issue and policy duration. Investment yield is based on our experience. Mortality, morbidity and withdrawal rate assumptions are based on our experience and are periodically reviewed against both industry standards and experience. Reserves for participating life insurance contracts are based on the net level premium reserve for death and endowment policy benefits. This net level premium reserve is calculated based on dividend fund interest rates and mortality rates guaranteed in calculating the cash surrender values described in the contract. Participating business represented approximately 20%, 24% and 28% of our life insurance in force and 61%, 63% and 67% of the number of life insurance policies in force at December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. Participating business represented approximately 71%, 76% and 77% of life insurance premiums for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. The amount of dividends to policyholders is approved annually by our Board of Directors. The amount of dividends to be paid to policyholders is determined after consideration of several factors including interest, mortality, morbidity and other expense experience for the year and judgment as to the appropriate level of statutory surplus to be retained by us. At the end of the reporting period, we establish a dividend liability for the pro rata portion of the dividends expected to be paid on or before the next policy anniversary date. Some of our policies and contracts require payment of fees in advance for services that will be rendered over the estimated lives of the policies and contracts. These payments are established as unearned revenue reserves upon receipt and included in other policyholder funds in the consolidated statements of financial position. These unearned revenue reserves are amortized to operations over the estimated lives of these policies and contracts in relation to the emergence of estimated gross profit margins. The liability for unpaid accident and health claims is an estimate of the ultimate net cost of reported and unreported losses not yet settled. This liability is estimated using actuarial analyses and case basis evaluations. Although considerable variability is inherent in such estimates, we believe that the liability for unpaid claims is adequate. These estimates are continually reviewed and, as adjustments to this liability become necessary, such adjustments are reflected in current operations. Recognition of Premiums and Other Considerations, Fees and Other Revenues and Benefits Traditional individual life insurance products include those products with fixed and guaranteed premiums and benefits and consist principally of whole life and term life insurance policies. Premiums from these products are recognized as premium revenue when due. Related policy benefits and expenses for individual life and annuity products are associated with earned premiums and result in the recognition of profits over the expected term of the policies and contracts. Immediate annuities with life contingencies include products with fixed and guaranteed annuity considerations and benefits and consist principally of group and individual single premium annuities with life contingencies. Annuity considerations from these products are recognized as revenue. However, the collection of these annuity considerations does not represent the completion of the earnings process, as we establish annuity reserves, using estimates for mortality and investment assumptions, which include provision for adverse deviation as required by U.S. GAAP. We anticipate profits to emerge over the life of the annuity products as we earn investment income, pay benefits and release reserves. Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 1. Nature of Operations and Significant Accounting Policies (continued) Group life and health insurance premiums are generally recorded as premium revenue over the term of the coverage. Certain group contracts contain experience premium refund provisions based on a pre-defined formula that reflects their claim experience. Experience premium refunds are recognized over the term of the coverage and adjusted to reflect current experience. Fees for contracts providing claim processing or other administrative services are recorded over the period the service is provided. Related policy benefits and expenses for group life and health insurance products are associated with earned premiums and result in the recognition of profits over the term of the policies and contracts. Universal life-type policies are insurance contracts with terms that are not fixed. Amounts received as payments for such contracts are not reported as premium revenues. Revenues for universal life-type insurance contracts consist of policy charges for the cost of insurance, policy initiation and administration, surrender charges and other fees that have been assessed against policy account values and investment income. Policy benefits and claims that are charged to expense include interest credited to contracts and benefit claims incurred in the period in excess of related policy account balances. Investment contracts do not subject us to significant risks arising from policyholder mortality or morbidity and consist primarily of Guaranteed Investment Contracts ("GICs"), funding agreements and certain deferred annuities. Amounts received as payments for investment contracts are established as investment contract liability balances and are not reported as premium revenues. Revenues for investment contracts consist of investment income and policy administration charges. Investment contract benefits that are charged to expense include benefit claims incurred in the period in excess of related investment contract liability balances and interest credited to investment contract liability balances. Fees and other revenues are earned for asset management services provided to retail and institutional clients based largely upon contractual rates applied to the market value of the client's portfolio. Additionally, fees and other revenues are earned for administrative services performed including recordkeeping and reporting services for retirement savings plans. Fees and other revenues received for performance of asset management and administrative services are recognized as revenue when the service is performed or earned. Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs Commissions and other costs (underwriting, issuance and field expenses) that vary with and are primarily related to the acquisition of new and renewal insurance policies and investment contract business are capitalized to the extent recoverable. Maintenance costs and acquisition costs that are not deferrable are charged to operations as incurred. DPAC for universal life-type insurance contracts, participating life insurance policies and investment contracts are being amortized over the lives of the policies and contracts in relation to the emergence of estimated gross profit margins. For investment contracts pertaining to individual and group annuities which have separate account investment options, we utilize a mean reversion method (reversion to the mean assumption), a common industry practice, to determine the future domestic equity market growth assumption used for the amortization of DPAC. This amortization is adjusted in the current period when estimates of estimated gross profit are revised. The DPAC of nonparticipating term life insurance policies are being amortized over the premium-paying period of the related policies using assumptions consistent with those used in computing policyholder liabilities. DPAC are subject to recoverability testing at the time of policy issue and loss recognition testing on an annual basis or when an event occurs that may warrant loss recognition. If loss recognition is necessary, DPAC would be written off to the extent that it is determined that future policy premiums and investment income or gross profits are not adequate to cover related losses and expenses. Long-Term Debt Long-term debt includes notes payable, nonrecourse mortgages and other debt with a maturity date greater than one year at the date of issuance. Current maturities of long term debt are classified as long-term debt in our statement of financial position. Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 1. Nature of Operations and Significant Accounting Policies (continued) Reinsurance We enter into reinsurance agreements with other companies in the normal course of business. We may assume reinsurance from or cede reinsurance to other companies. Assets and liabilities related to reinsurance ceded are reported on a gross basis. Premiums and expenses are reported net of reinsurance ceded. We are contingently liable with respect to reinsurance ceded to other companies in the event the reinsurer is unable to meet the obligations it has assumed. At December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively, we had reinsured $21.7 billion, $21.2 billion and $20.1 billion of life insurance in force, representing 13%, 14%, and 15%, respectively, of total net life insurance in force through a single third-party reinsurer. To minimize the possibility of losses, we regularly evaluate the financial condition of our reinsurers and monitor concentrations of credit risk. The effects of reinsurance on premiums and other considerations and policy and contract benefits were as follows:
For the year ended December 31, 2006 2005 2004 (in millions) Premiums and other considerations: Direct $4,229.3 $3,966.6 $3,693.1 Assumed 117.3 56.6 67.0 Ceded (280.4) (295.8) (291.2) Net premiums and other considerations $4,066.2 $3,727.4 $3,468.9 Benefits, claims and settlement expenses: Direct $5,472.2 $5,062.2 $4,740.9 Assumed 141.8 77.0 83.2 Ceded (320.7) (265.6) (221.9) Net benefits, claims and settlement expenses $5,293.3 $4,873.6 $4,602.2
Separate Accounts =============================================================================== The separate account assets and liabilities presented in the consolidated financial statements represent the fair market value of funds that are separately administered by us for contracts with equity, real estate and fixed-income investments. The separate account contract owner, rather than us, bears the investment risk of these funds. The separate account assets are legally segregated and are not subject to claims that arise out of any of our other business. We receive fees for mortality, withdrawal, and expense risks, as well as administrative, maintenance and investment advisory services, that are included in the consolidated statements of operations. Net deposits, net investment income and realized and unrealized capital gains and losses on the separate accounts are not reflected in the consolidated statements of operations. At December 31, 2006 and 2005, the separate accounts include a separate account valued at $768.4 million and $726.6 million, respectively, which primarily includes shares of Principal Financial Group, Inc. stock that were allocated and issued to eligible participants of qualified employee benefit plans administered by us as part of the policy credits issued under the Principal Mutual Holding Company's 2001 demutualization. The separate account shares are recorded at fair value and are reported as separate account assets and separate account liabilities in the consolidated statements of financial position. Changes in fair value of the separate account shares are reflected in both the separate account assets and separate account liabilities and do not impact our results of operations. Income Taxes Our ultimate parent, Principal Financial Group, Inc., files a U.S. consolidated income tax return that includes us and all of our qualifying subsidiaries. Principal Financial Group, Inc. allocates income tax expenses and benefits to companies in the group generally based upon pro rata contribution of taxable income or operating losses. We are taxed at corporate rates on taxable income based on existing tax laws. Current income taxes are charged or credited to operations based upon amounts estimated to be payable or recoverable as a result of taxable operations for the current year. Deferred income taxes are provided for the tax effect of temporary differences in the financial reporting and income tax bases of assets and liabilities and net operating losses using enacted income tax rates and laws. The effect on deferred income tax assets and deferred income tax liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in operations in the period in which the change is enacted. Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 1. Nature of Operations and Significant Accounting Policies (continued) Goodwill and Other Intangibles Goodwill and other intangibles include the cost of acquired subsidiaries in excess of the fair value of the net tangible assets recorded in connection with acquisitions. Goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets are not amortized. Rather, goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets are tested for impairment at one level below our operating segments on an annual basis during the fourth quarter each year, or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the asset might be impaired. Impairment testing for indefinite-lived intangible assets consists of a comparison of the fair value of the intangible asset with its carrying value. Intangible assets with a finite useful life are amortized as related benefits emerge over a period of 5 to 15 years and are reviewed periodically for indicators of impairment in value. If facts and circumstances suggest possible impairment, the sum of the estimated undiscounted future cash flows expected to result from the use of the asset is compared to the current carrying value of the asset. If the undiscounted future cash flows are less than the carrying value, an impairment loss is recognized for the excess of the carrying amount of assets over their fair value. Stock-Based Compensation Our ultimate parent, Principal Financial Group, Inc., has several stock-based compensation plans, which are described more fully in Note 20, Stock-Based Compensation Plans. The fair value method is applied to all stock-based awards granted subsequent to January 1, 2002. For stock-based awards granted prior to this date, the intrinsic value method is used. Awards under these plans vest over periods ranging from one year to three years. The cost related to stock-based compensation included in the determination of net income for 2004 is less than that which would have been recognized if the fair value based method had been applied to all awards since the inception of our stock-based compensation plans. Had compensation expense for our stock option awards and employees' purchase rights been determined based upon fair values at the grant dates for awards under the plans in accordance with SFAS 123, our net income would have been reduced to the pro forma amounts indicated below. For the purposes of pro forma disclosures, the estimated fair value of the options is amortized to expense over the options' vesting period.
For the year ended December 31, 2006 2005 2004 (in millions) Net income $977.6 $832.1 $767.8 Add: Stock-based compensation expense included in reported net income, net of related tax effects 37.2 29.8 26.7 Deduct: Total stock-based compensation expense determined under fair value based method for all awards, net of related tax effects 37.2 29.8 29.3 Pro forma net income $977.6 $832.1 $765.2
================================================================================ Reclassifications Reclassifications have been made to the 2005 and 2004 consolidated financial statements to conform to the 2006 presentation. Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 2. Related Party Transactions We have entered into various related party transactions with our ultimate parent and its other affiliates. During the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, we received $118.2 million, $114.3 million and $94.8 million, respectively, of expense reimbursements from affiliated entities. We and our direct parent, Principal Financial Services, Inc., are parties to a cash advance agreement, which allows us, collectively, to pool our available cash in order to more efficiently and effectively invest our cash. The cash advance agreement allows (i) us to advance cash to Principal Financial Services, Inc. in aggregate principal amounts not to exceed $3.1 billion, with such advanced amounts earning interest at the daily 30-day LIBOR rate (the "Internal Crediting Rate"); and (ii) Principal Financial Services, Inc. to advance cash to us in aggregate principal amounts not to exceed $1.1 billion , with such advance amounts paying interest at the Internal Crediting Rate plus 10 basis points to reimburse Principal Financial Services, Inc. for the costs incurred in maintaining short-term investing and borrowing programs. Under this cash advance agreement, we had a receivable from Principal Financial Services, Inc. of $201.1 million and $229.6 million at December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively, and earned interest of $13.5 million, $12.3 million and $8.5 million during 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. Pursuant to certain regulatory requirements or otherwise in the ordinary course of business, we guarantee certain payments of our subsidiaries and have agreements with affiliates to provide and/or receive management, administrative and other services, all of which, individually and in the aggregate, are immaterial to our business, financial condition and net income. 3. Discontinued Operations Real Estate Investments In 2005 and 2006, we sold certain real estate properties previously held for investment purposes. These properties qualify for discontinued operations treatment. Therefore, the income from discontinued operations has been removed from our results of continuing operations for all periods presented. The gains on disposal are reported as other after-tax adjustments in our Corporate and Other segment. All assets, including cash, and liabilities of the discontinued operations have been reclassified to separate discontinued asset and liability line items on the consolidated statements of financial position. We have separately disclosed the operating, investing and financing portions of the cash flows attributable to our discontinued operations in our consolidated statements of cash flows. Additionally, the information included in the notes to the financial statements excludes information applicable to these properties, unless otherwise noted. The properties were sold to take advantage of positive real estate market conditions in specific geographic locations and to further diversify our real estate portfolio. Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 3. Discontinued Operations (continued) Selected financial information for the discontinued operations is as follows:
December 31, ----------------------------------- 2006 2005 ----------------- ---------------- (in millions) Assets Real estate $-- $99.3 All other assets -- 3.9 ----------------- ---------------- ----------------- ---------------- Total assets $-- $103.2 ================= ================ Liabilities All other liabilities $-- $4.5 ----------------- ---------------- ----------------- ---------------- Total liabilities $-- $4.5 ================= ================
For the year ended December 31, 2006 2005 2004 (in millions) Total revenues $(0.5) $2.8 $2.5 Income from discontinued operations: Income (loss) before income taxes $(0.5) $2.8 $2.5 Income taxes (benefits) (0.2) 1.0 0.9 Gain on disposal of discontinued operations 47.5 34.3 -- Income taxes on disposal 16.6 12.0 -- Net income $30.6 $24.1 $1.6
================================================================================ Principal Residential Mortgage, Inc. On July 1, 2004, we closed the sale of Principal Residential Mortgage, Inc. to CitiMortgage, Inc. Our total after-tax proceeds from the sale were approximately $620.0 million. Our Mortgage Banking segment, which included Principal Residential Mortgage, Inc., is accounted for as a discontinued operation, and therefore, the income from discontinued operations (excluding corporate overhead) has been removed from our results of continuing operations and segment operating earnings for all periods presented. The gain (loss) on disposal is reported as an other after-tax adjustment in our Mortgage Banking segment. We have separately disclosed the operating, investing and financing portions of the cash flows attributable to our discontinued operations in our consolidated statements of cash flows. Corporate overhead allocated to our Mortgage Banking segment does not qualify for discontinued operations treatment and is included in our results of continuing operations and segment operating earnings for all periods prior to July 1, 2004. Additionally, the information included in the notes to the financial statements excludes information applicable to Principal Residential Mortgage, Inc., unless otherwise noted. The decision to sell Principal Residential Mortgage, Inc. was made with a view toward intensifying our strategic focus on our core retirement and risk protection business as well as achieving our longer-term financial objectives. In addition, the sale was also viewed as a positive move for Principal Financial Group, Inc.'s stockholders as it enabled us to move forward from an improved capital position, with better financial flexibility and greater stability of earnings. Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 3. Discontinued Operations (continued) Selected financial information for the discontinued operations of our Mortgage Banking segment is as follows:
For the year ended December 31, 2006 2005 2004 (in millions) Total revenues $-- $-- $446.9 Loss from continuing operations, net of related income taxes (represents corporate overhead) $-- $-- $(10.3) Income (loss) from discontinued operations Income before income taxes (1) -- -- 22.4 Income taxes (1) -- -- 8.7 Gain (loss) on disposal of discontinued operations -- (1.7) 134.7 Income taxes on disposal -- 3.5 41.9 Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of related income taxes -- (5.2) 106.5 Net income (loss) $-- $(5.2) $96.2
=============================================================================== 21 (1) The 2004 summary results of operations information is for the six months ended prior to the July 1, 2004, sale of Principal Residential Mortgage, Inc. and, accordingly, there is no statement of operations data to present subsequent to the date of the sale. Our U.S. Asset Management and Accumulation segment held residential mortgage banking escrow deposits (reported as other liabilities) as of December 31, 2003. The purchaser (or acquirer) closed out the banking escrow deposit accounts as a result of the sale. U.S. Asset Management and Accumulation total revenues from this arrangement reclassified to discontinued operations for the year ended December 31, 2004 was $(5.6) million. Loss from discontinued operations net of related income taxes, for the year ended December 31, 2004 was $3.5 million. 4. Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill reported in our operating segments for 2005 and 2006 were as follows:
U.S. Asset Management Life and and Accumulation Health Insurance Consolidated (in millions) Balances at January 1, 2005 $91.8 $69.5 $161.3 Goodwill from acquisitions 46.5 -- 46.5 Balances at December 31, 2005 138.3 69.5 207.8 Goodwill from acquisitions 21.7 -- 21.7 Balances at December 31, 2006 $160.0 $69.5 $229.5
============================================================================== Amortized intangible assets were as follows:
December 31, 2006 2005 Gross Net Gross Net carrying Accumulated carrying carrying Accumulated carrying amount amortization amount amount amortization amount (in millions) Intangibles with finite useful .8 lives $116.9 $19.7 $97.2 $107.2 $12.4 $94
=============================================================================== Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 4. Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (continued) The amortization expense for intangible assets with finite useful lives was $7.6 million, $6.1 million and $4.2 million for 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. At December 31, 2006, the estimated amortization expense for the next five years is as follows (in millions): Year ending December 31: 2007 $8.2 2008 8.3 2009 8.5 2010 8.5 2011 8.0 In connection with our parent's December 31, 2006, acquisition of WM Advisors, Inc., we were allocated $99.9 million of the purchase price based on the fact that we will benefit from our parent's acquisition. Of the $99.9 million, $94.5 million related to investment management contracts that are not subject to amortization, $3.2 million related to goodwill and $2.2 million was related to other amortizable intangible assets that will be subject to a three-year amortization period. 5. Variable Interest Entities We have relationships with various types of special purpose entities and other entities where we have a variable interest. The following serves as a discussion of investments in entities that meet the definition of a VIE. Consolidated Variable Interest Entities Synthetic Collateralized Debt Obligation. On May 26, 2005, we invested $130.0 million in a secured limited recourse credit linked note issued by a grantor trust. The trust entered into a credit default swap providing credit protection on the first 45% of loss of seven mezzanine tranches totaling $288.9 million of seven synthetic reference portfolios. Our risk of loss for the seven referenced mezzanine tranches begins at 4.85% and ends at 10.85% of loss on each of the seven synthetic reference portfolios. Therefore, defaults in an underlying reference portfolio will only affect the credit-linked note if cumulative losses exceed 4.85% of a synthetic reference portfolio. We have determined that this grantor trust is a variable interest entity and that we are the primary beneficiary of the trust due to our interest in the variable interest entity and management of the synthetic reference portfolios. Upon consolidation of the trust, as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, our consolidated statements of financial position include $130.3 million and $130.0 million, respectively, of available-for-sale fixed maturity securities, which represent the collateral held by the trust. As of December 31, 2006 and 2005, the credit default swap entered into by the trust has an outstanding notional amount of $130.0 million. During the year ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, the credit default swaps had a change in fair value that resulted in a $4.4 million pre-tax gain and a $0.4 million pre-tax loss, respectively. The creditors of the grantor trusts have no recourse to our assets. Grantor Trusts. We contributed undated subordinated floating rate notes to three grantor trusts. The trusts separated the cash flows of the underlying notes by issuing an interest-only certificate and a residual certificate related to each note contributed. Each interest-only certificate entitles the holder to interest on the stated note for a specified term while the residual certificate entitles the holder to interest payments subsequent to the term of the interest-only certificate and to all principal payments. We retained the interest-only certificate and the residual certificates were subsequently sold to a third party. Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 5. Variable Interest Entities (continued) We have determined that these grantor trusts are VIEs as our interest-only certificates are exposed to the majority of the risk of loss. The restricted interest periods end between 2016 and 2020 and, at that time, the residual certificate holders' certificates are redeemed by the trust in return for the notes. We have determined that it will be necessary for us to consolidate these entities until the expiration of the interest-only period. As of December 31, 2006 and 2005, our consolidated statements of financial position include $366.2 million and $364.1 million, respectively, of undated subordinated floating rate notes of the grantor trusts, which are classified as available-for-sale fixed maturity securities and represent the collateral held by the trust. The obligation to deliver the underlying securities to the residual certificate holders of $156.8 million and $147.4 million as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively, is classified as an other liability and contains an embedded derivative of the forecasted transaction to deliver the underlying securities. The creditors of the grantor trusts have no recourse to our assets. Other. In addition to the entities above, we have a number of relationships with a disparate group of entities, which meet the criteria for VIEs. Due to the nature of our direct investment in the equity and/or debt of these VIEs, we are the primary beneficiary of such entities, which requires us to consolidate them. These entities include seven private investment trusts, a financial services company and a hedge fund. The consolidation of these VIEs did not have a material effect on either our consolidated statement of financial position as of December 31, 2006 or 2005, or results of operations and for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004. For the majority of these entities, the creditors have no recourse to our assets. The carrying amount and classification of consolidated VIE assets that are collateral the VIEs have designated for their own obligations and the debt of the VIEs are as follows: December 31, 2006 2005 (in millions) Fixed maturity securities, available-for-sale $178.0 $88.3 Fixed maturity securities, trading 14.0 -- Equity securities, available-for-sale -- 39.6 Equity securities, trading 59.5 -- Real estate -- 12.4 Cash and other assets 83.2 71.6 Total assets pledged as collateral $334.7 $211.9 Long-term debt $206.4 $120.2 =============================================================================== As of December 31, 2006 and 2005, $334.7 million and $211.9 million, respectively, of assets were pledged as collateral for the VIE entities' other obligations. Additionally, as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, these entities had long-term debt of $206.4 million and $120.2 million, respectively, of which $206.4 million and $106.8 million, respectively, was issued to our affiliates and, therefore, eliminated upon consolidation. Significant Unconsolidated Variable Interest Entities We hold a significant variable interest in a number of VIEs where we are not the primary beneficiary. These entities include private investment trusts and custodial relationships that have issued trust certificates or custodial receipts that are recorded as available-for-sale fixed maturity securities in the consolidated financial statements. On June 21, 2006, we invested $285.0 million in a secured limited recourse note issued by a segregated portfolio company. The note represents Class B notes. Class A notes are senior and Class C through Class F notes are subordinated to Class B notes. The entity entered into a credit default swap with a third party providing credit protection in exchange for a fee. Defaults in an underlying reference portfolio will only affect the note if cumulative losses of a synthetic reference portfolio exceed the loss attachment point on the portfolio. We have determined we are not the primary beneficiary, as we do not hold the majority of the risk of loss. Our maximum exposure to loss as a result of our involvement with this entity is our recorded investment of $285.3 million as of December 31, 2006. Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 5. Variable Interest Entities (continued) Between October 3, 1996 and September 21, 2001, we entered into seven separate but similar transactions where various third parties transferred funds to either a custodial account or a trust. The custodians or trusts purchased shares of specific money market funds and then separated the cash flows of the money market shares into share receipts and dividend receipts. The dividend receipts entitle the holder to dividends paid for a specified term while the share receipts, purchased at a discount, entitle the holder to dividend payments subsequent to the term of the dividend receipts and the rights to the underlying shares. We have purchased the share receipts. After the restricted dividend period ends between 2017 and 2021, we, as the share receipt holder, have the right to terminate the custodial account or trust agreement and will receive the underlying money market fund shares. We determined the primary beneficiary is the dividend receipt holder, which has the majority of the risk of loss. Our maximum exposure to loss as a result of our involvement with these entities is our recorded investment of $235.7 million and $224.5 million as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. On June 20, 1997, we entered into a transaction in which we purchased a residual trust certificate. The trust separated the cash flows of an underlying security into an interest-only certificate that entitles the third party certificate holder to the stated interest on the underlying security through May 15, 2017, and into a residual certificate entitling the holder to interest payments subsequent to the term of the interest-only certificates and any principal payments. Subsequent to the restricted interest period, we, as the residual certificate holder, have the right to terminate the trust agreement and will receive the underlying security. We determined the primary beneficiary is the interest-only certificate holder, which has the majority of the risk of loss. Our maximum exposure to loss as a result of our involvement with this entity is our recorded investment of $78.7 million and $77.0 million as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. 6. Investments Fixed Maturities and Equity Securities The cost, gross unrealized gains and losses and fair value of fixed maturities and equity securities available-for-sale as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, are summarized as follows:
Gross Gross unrealized unrealized Cost gains losses Fair value (in millions) December 31, 2006 Fixed maturities, available-for-sale: U.S. government and agencies $522.3 $0.8 $3.6 $519.5 Non-U.S. governments 384.9 36.1 0.4 420.6 States and political subdivisions 1,557.7 45.4 4.9 1,598.2 Corporate -- public 19,223.3 661.0 137.3 19,747.0 Corporate -- private 10,282.1 373.9 75.7 10,580.3 Mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities 9,163.8 217.2 77.8 9,303.2 Total fixed maturities, available-for-sale $41,134.1 $1,334.4 $299.7 $42,168.8 Total equity securities, available-for-sale $638.0 $11.6 $4.3 $645.3 December 31, 2005 Fixed maturities, available-for-sale: U.S. government and agencies $549.4 $1.7 $4.0 $547.1 Non-U.S. governments 416.2 47.2 0.3 463.1 States and political subdivisions 1,222.6 45.7 3.8 1,264.5 Corporate -- public 18,763.0 887.0 104.6 19,545.4 Corporate -- private 9,463.7 484.3 52.3 9,895.7 Mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities 8,043.5 267.7 78.0 8,233.2 Total fixed maturities, available-for-sale $38,458.4 $1,733.6 $243.0 $39,949.0 Total equity securities, available-for-sale $683.8 $24.4 $5.3 $702.9
=============================================================================== Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 6. Investments (continued) The cost and fair value of fixed maturities available-for-sale at December 31, 2006, by expected maturity, were as follows: Cost Fair value (in millions) Due in one year or less $2,210.2 $2,209.9 Due after one year through five years 9,193.2 9,364.8 Due after five years through ten years 11,137.5 11,309.7 Due after ten years 9,429.4 9,981.3 31,970.3 32,865.7 Mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities 9,163.8 9,303.1 Total $41,134.1 $42,168.8 =============================================================================== The above summarized activity is based on expected maturities. Actual maturities may differ because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations. Corporate private placement bonds represent a primary area of credit risk exposure. The corporate private placement bond portfolio is diversified by issuer and industry. We monitor the restrictive bond covenants, which are intended to regulate the activities of issuers and control their leveraging capabilities. Net Investment Income Major categories of net investment income are summarized as follows: For the year ended December 31, 2006 2005 2004 (in millions) Fixed maturities, available-for-sale $2,463.8 $2,291.7 $2,183.6 Fixed maturities, trading 10.6 7.3 9.4 Equity securities, available-for-sale 54.6 48.5 46.9 Equity securities, trading 0.4 -- -- Mortgage loans 708.1 723.7 731.5 Real estate 64.7 63.9 65.8 Policy loans 50.9 50.3 51.1 Cash and cash equivalents 60.1 42.6 20.6 Derivatives 38.6 14.2 16.9 Other 51.9 43.7 25.3 Total 3,503.7 3,285.9 3,151.1 Less investment expenses (153.5) (152.8) (123.6) Net investment income $3,350.2 $3,133.1 $3,027.5 =============================================================================== Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 6. Investments (continued) Net Realized/Unrealized Capital Gains and Losses The major components of net realized/unrealized capital gains (losses) on investments are summarized as follows:
For the year ended December 31, 2006 2005 2004 (in millions) Fixed maturities, available-for-sale: Gross gains $31.8 $107.5 $42.3 Gross losses (62.9) (85.1) (83.4) Hedging (net) (14.6) (45.8) (0.7) Fixed maturities, trading (4.6) (1.7) (1.1) Equity securities, available-for-sale: Gross gains 1.4 6.8 7.7 Gross losses (0.1) (6.4) (10.4) Equity securities, trading 20.1 5.7 4.4 Mortgage loans 3.2 1.1 (12.1) Derivatives (4.9) 14.6 (116.9) Other 61.0 (14.2) 60.5 Net realized/unrealized capital gains (losses) $30.4 $(17.5) $(109.7)
=============================================================================== Proceeds from sales of investments (excluding call and maturity proceeds) in fixed maturities were $1.3 billion, $2.4 billion and $1.7 billion in 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. We recognize impairment losses for fixed maturities and equity securities when declines in value are other than temporary. Gross realized losses related to other than temporary impairments of fixed maturity securities were $14.6 million, $28.6 million and $60.6 million in 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. As a result of the need to fund our parent's acquisition of WM Advisors, Inc. we also recognized $17.2 million of write-downs in 2006 that resulted from our determination that we no longer had the ability and intent to hold certain fixed maturity securities until they recovered in value. We also recognized gross realized losses as the result of credit triggered sales of $22.2 million, $30.8 million and $18.9 million in 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. In 2005, we also recognized an $11.0 million loss related to a large investment that was called from us. Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 6. Investments (continued) Gross Unrealized Losses for Fixed Maturities and Equity Securities For fixed maturities and equity securities available-for-sale with unrealized losses as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, the gross unrealized losses and fair value, aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position are summarized as follows:
December 31, 2006 Less than Greater than or equal twelve months to twelve months Total Gross Gross Gross Carrying unrealized Carrying unrealized Carrying unrealized value losses value losses value losses (in millions) Fixed maturities, available-for-sale: U.S. government and agencies $32.0 $0.2 $315.9 $3.4 $347.9 $3.6 Non-U.S. governments 44.7 0.1 11.7 0.3 56.4 0.4 States and political subdivisions 278.1 0.7 347.0 4.2 625.1 4.9 Corporate -- public 2,529.7 27.7 4,591.0 109.6 7,120.7 137.3 Corporate -- private 1,635.2 11.4 2,375.8 64.3 4,011.0 75.7 Mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities 1,312.2 9.7 2,751.5 68.1 4,063.7 77.8 Total fixed maturities, available-for-sale $5,831.9 $49.8 $10,392.9 $249.9 $16,224.8 $299.7 Total equity securities, available-for-sale $1.4 $-- $134.0 $4.3 $135.4 $4.3
=============================================================================== As of December 31, 2006, we held $16,224.8 million in available-for-sale fixed maturity securities with unrealized losses of $299.7 million. Our portfolio consists of fixed maturity securities where 98% are investment grade (rated AAA through BBB-) with an average price of 98 (carrying value/amortized cost). For those securities that have been in a loss position for less than twelve months, our portfolio holds 643 securities with a carrying value of $5,831.9 million and unrealized losses of $49.8 million reflecting an average price of 99. Of this portfolio, 97% was investment grade (rated AAA through BBB-) at December 31, 2006, with associated unrealized losses of $48.3 million. The losses on these securities can primarily be attributed to changes in market interest rates and changes in credit spreads since the securities were acquired. For those securities that have been in a continuous loss position greater than or equal to twelve months, our portfolio holds 1,186 securities with a carrying value of $10,392.9 million and unrealized losses of $249.9 million. The average rating of this portfolio is A with an average price of 98 at December 31, 2006. Of the $249.9 million in unrealized losses, the Corporate-public and Corporate-private sectors account for $173.9 million in unrealized losses with an average price of 98 and an average credit rating of BBB+. The remaining unrealized losses consist primarily of $68.1 million in unrealized losses within the mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities sector. The average price of the mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities sector is 98 and the average credit rating is AA+. The losses on these securities can primarily be attributed to changes in market interest rates and changes in credit spreads since the securities were acquired. Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 6. Investments (continued)
December 31, 2005 Less than twelve Greater than or equal months to twelve months Total Gross Gross Gross Carrying unrealized Carrying unrealized Carrying unrealized value losses value losses value losses (in millions) Fixed maturities, available-for-sale: U.S. government and agencies $406.3 $3.5 $43.5 $0.5 $449.8 $4.0 Non-U.S. governments 7.9 0.1 11.7 0.2 19.6 0.3 States and political subdivisions 374.2 2.9 55.2 0.9 429.4 3.8 Corporate -- public 4,617.6 80.4 877.1 24.2 5,494.7 104.6 Corporate -- private 2,297.4 36.3 488.9 16.0 2,786.3 52.3 Mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities 2,847.4 53.8 795.0 24.2 3,642.4 78.0 Total fixed maturities, available-for-sale $10,550.8 $177.0 $2,271.4 $66.0 $12,822.2 $243.0 Total equity securities, available-for-sale $144.5 $2.6 $287.7 $2.7 $432.2 $5.3
=============================================================================== Of these amounts, our portfolio represented $12,822.2 million in available-for-sale fixed maturity securities with unrealized losses of $243.0 million. Our portfolio consisted of fixed maturity securities where 97% are investment grade (rated AAA through BBB-) with an average price of 98 (carrying value/amortized cost). For those securities that had been in a loss position for less than twelve months, our portfolio held 1,199 securities with a carrying value of $10,550.8 million and unrealized losses of $177.0 million reflecting an average price of 98. Of this portfolio, 97% was investment grade (rated AAA through BBB-) at December 31, 2005, with associated unrealized losses of $167.1 million. The losses on these securities can primarily be attributed to changes in market interest rates and changes in credit spreads since the securities were acquired. For those securities that had been in a continuous loss position greater than or equal to twelve months, our portfolio held 337 securities with a carrying value of $2,271.4 million and unrealized losses of $66.0 million. The average rating of this portfolio was A+ with an average price of 97 at December 31, 2005. Of the $66.0 million in unrealized losses, the Corporate-public and Corporate-private sectors account for $40.2 million in unrealized losses with an average price of 97 and an average credit rating of BBB+. The remaining unrealized losses consist primarily of $24.2 million in unrealized losses within the mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities sector. The average price of the mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities sector is 97 and the average credit rating is AA+. We closely monitor our below investment grade holdings and those investment grade names where we have concerns. While we are in an unrealized loss position on these securities, all securities except those identified as previously impaired continue to make payments. We consider relevant facts and circumstances in evaluating whether the impairment of a security is other than temporary. Relevant facts and circumstances considered include: (1) the length of time the fair value has been below cost; (2) the financial position and access to capital of the issuer, including the current and future impact of any specific events; and (3) our ability and intent to hold the security to maturity or until it recovers in value. To the extent we determine that a security is deemed to be other than temporarily impaired, the difference between amortized cost and fair value is charged to earnings. Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 6. Investments (continued) Net Unrealized Gains and Losses on Available-for-Sale Securities The net unrealized gains and losses on investments in fixed maturities and equity securities available-for-sale are reported as a separate component of stockholder's equity. The cumulative amount of net unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale securities was as follows:
December 31, 2006 2005 (in millions) Net unrealized gains on fixed maturities, available-for-sale(1) $1,036.3 $1,490.5 Net unrealized gains on equity securities, available-for-sale 7.2 19.2 Adjustments for assumed changes in amortization patterns (128.1) (136.2) Net unrealized gains on derivative instruments 39.9 39.6 Net unrealized losses on policyholder dividend obligation -- (33.7) Net unrealized losses on equity method subsidiaries and minority interest adjustments (24.6) (31.3) Provision for deferred income taxes (327.1) (474.6) Net unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities $603.6 $873.5
=============================================================================== 21 (1) Excludes net unrealized gains (losses) on fixed maturities, available-for-sale included in fair value hedging relationships. Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 6. Investments (continued) Commercial Mortgage Loans Commercial mortgage loans represent a primary area of credit risk exposure. At December 31, 2006 and 2005, the commercial mortgage portfolio is diversified by geographic region and specific collateral property type as follows:
December 31, 2006 2005 Carrying Percent Carrying Percent amount of total amount of total ($ in millions) Geographic distribution New England $397.6 3.9% $353.0 3.6% Middle Atlantic 1,817.4 18.0 1,822.3 18.4 East North Central 847.0 8.4 775.2 7.8 West North Central 525.6 5.2 458.3 4.6 South Atlantic 2,550.9 25.3 2,531.2 25.7 East South Central 285.6 2.8 348.0 3.5 West South Central 682.4 6.8 674.1 6.8 Mountain 845.5 8.4 823.7 8.3 Pacific 2,170.5 21.5 2,138.1 21.6 Valuation allowance (32.2) (0.3) (33.2) (0.3) Total $10,090.3 100.0% $9,890.7 100.0% Property type distribution Office $2,672.3 26.5% $2,706.5 27.4% Retail 2,808.8 27.7 3,036.5 30.6 Industrial 2,740.1 27.2 2,812.3 28.4 Apartments 1,440.3 14.3 1,078.5 10.9 Hotel 41.7 0.4 44.8 0.5 Mixed use/other 419.3 4.2 245.3 2.5 Valuation allowance (32.2) (0.3) (33.2) (0.3) Total $10,090.3 100.0% $9,890.7 100.0%
=============================================================================== Commercial Mortgage Loan Loss Allowance Mortgage loans on real estate are considered impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable that we will be unable to collect all amounts due according to contractual terms of the loan agreement. When we determine that a loan is impaired, a valuation allowance is established equal to the difference between the carrying amount of the mortgage loan and the estimated value. Estimated value is based on either the present value of the expected future cash flows discounted at the loan's effective interest rate, the loan's observable market price or fair value of the collateral. The change in the valuation allowance is included in net realized/unrealized capital gains (losses) on our consolidated statements of operations. Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 6. Investments (continued) The allowance for losses is maintained at a level believed adequate by management to absorb estimated probable credit losses. Management's periodic evaluation and assessment of the adequacy of the allowance for losses and the need for mortgage impairments is based on known and inherent risks in the portfolio, adverse situations that may affect a borrower's ability to repay, the estimated value of the underlying collateral, composition of the loan portfolio, current economic conditions and other relevant factors. The evaluation of our loan specific reserve component is also subjective, as it requires estimating the amounts and timing of future cash flows expected to be received on impaired loans. Impaired mortgage loans, along with the related allowance for losses, were as follows: December 31, 2006 2005 (in millions) Impaired loans $0.1 $23.8 Allowance for losses -- (2.3) Net impaired loans $0.1 $21.5 ============================================================================== The average recorded investment in impaired mortgage loans and the interest income recognized on impaired mortgage loans were as follows: For the year ended December 31, 2006 2005 2004 (in millions) Average recorded investment in impaired loans $4.3 $51.6 $105.2 Interest income recognized on impaired loans 0.5 5.1 7.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When it is determined that a loan is impaired, interest accruals are stopped and all interest income is recognized on the cash basis. A summary of the changes in the commercial mortgage loan allowance for losses is as follows:
For the year ended December 31, 2006 2005 2004 (in millions) Balance at beginning of year $33.2 $42.4 $49.6 Provision for losses 1.3 6.7 14.4 Releases due to write-downs, sales and foreclosures (2.3) (15.9) (21.6) Balance at end of year $32.2 $33.2 $42.4
=============================================================================== Real Estate Depreciation expense on invested real estate was $34.2 million, $27.8 million and $31.8 million in 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. Accumulated depreciation was $228.3 million and $199.7 million as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 6. Investments (continued) Other Investments Other investments include minority interests in unconsolidated entities and properties owned jointly with venture partners and operated by the partners. Such investments are generally accounted for using the equity method. In applying the equity method, we record our share of income or loss reported by the equity investees. Changes in the value of our investment in equity investees attributable to capital transactions of the investee, such as an additional offering of stock, are recorded directly to stockholder's equity. Total assets of the unconsolidated entities were $5,957.3 million and $4,756.9 million at December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Total revenues of the unconsolidated entities were $1,245.0 million, $1,026.7 million and $700.4 million in 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. During 2006, 2005 and 2004, we included $43.5 million, $46.1 million and $30.5 million, respectively, in net investment income representing our share of current year net income of the unconsolidated entities. At December 31, 2006 and 2005, our net investment in unconsolidated entities was $97.1 million and $62.8 million, respectively. In the ordinary course of our business and as part of our investment operations, we have also entered into long term contracts to make and purchase investments aggregating $677.2 million and $882.8 million at December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Derivative assets are carried at fair value and reported as a component of other investments. Certain seed money investments are carried at fair value with changes in fair value included in net income as net realized/unrealized capital gains or losses. 7. Securitization Transactions We, along with other contributors, sell commercial mortgage loans in securitization transactions to trusts. As these trusts are classified as a qualifying special purpose entity, they are not subject to the VIE consolidation rules. We purchase primary servicing responsibilities and may retain other interests. The investors and the securitization entities have no recourse to our other assets for failure of debtors to pay when due. The value of our retained interests is subject primarily to credit risk. In 2006, 2005, and 2004, we recognized gains of $13.6 million, $39.8 million and $14.4 million, respectively, on the securitization of commercial mortgage loans. Key economic assumptions used in measuring the other retained interests at the date of securitization resulting from transactions completed included a cumulative foreclosure rate between 2% and 10% during 2006, 5% and 18% during 2005, and 4% and 10% during 2004. The assumed range of the loss severity, as a percentage of defaulted loans, was between 2% and 31% during 2006, 3% and 29% during 2005, and 13% and 31% during 2004. The low end of the loss severity range relates to a portfolio of seasoned loans. The high end of the loss severity range relates to a portfolio of newly issued loans. At December 31, 2006 and 2005, the fair values of other retained interests related to the securitizations of commercial mortgage loans were $345.3 million and $321.0 million, respectively. Only $0.5 million in 2006 and $0.8 million in 2005 represented equity investments. All other interests are classified as available-for-sale securities and are carried at fair value. At December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively, $156.2 million and $181.3 million of these available-for-sale securities were interest-only investments. Cash flows are continuously monitored for adverse deviations from original expectations and impairments are recorded when necessary. Key economic assumptions and the sensitivity of the current fair values of residual cash flows were tested to one and two standard deviations from the expected rates. The changes in the fair values at December 31, 2006 and 2005, as a result of this sensitivity analysis were not significant. Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 7. Securitization Transactions (continued) The table below summarizes cash flows for securitization transactions:
For the year ended December 31, 2006 2005 2004 (in millions) Proceeds from new securitizations $698.6 $2,270.4 $871.1 Servicing fees received 1.3 1.1 1.1 Other cash flows received on retained interests 37.4 36.0 31.1
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. Derivative Financial Instruments Derivatives are generally used to hedge or reduce exposure to market risks (primarily interest rate and foreign currency risks) associated with assets held or expected to be purchased or sold and liabilities incurred or expected to be incurred. Derivatives are used to change the characteristics of our asset/liability mix consistent with our risk management activities. Additionally, derivatives are also used in asset replication strategies. We do not buy, sell or hold these investments for trading purposes. Types of Derivative Instruments Interest rate swaps are contracts in which we agree with other parties to exchange, at specified intervals, the difference between fixed rate and floating rate interest amounts based upon designated market rates or rate indices and an agreed upon notional principal amount. Generally, no cash is exchanged at the outset of the contract and no principal payments are made by either party. Cash is paid or received based on the terms of the swap. These transactions are entered into pursuant to master agreements that provide for a single net payment to be made by one counterparty at each due date. We use interest rate swaps primarily to more closely match the interest rate characteristics of assets and liabilities arising from timing mismatches between assets and liabilities (including duration mismatches). We also use interest rate swaps to hedge against changes in the value of assets we anticipate acquiring and other anticipated transactions and commitments. Interest rate swaps are used to hedge against changes in the value of the guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit ("GMWB") liability. The GMWB rider on our variable annuity products provides for guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefits regardless of the actual performance of various equity and/or fixed income funds available with the product. In exchange-traded futures transactions, we agree to purchase or sell a specified number of contracts, the values of which are determined by the values of designated classes of securities, and to post variation margin on a daily basis in an amount equal to the difference in the daily market values of those contracts. We enter into exchange-traded futures with regulated futures commissions merchants who are members of a trading exchange. In a mortgage-backed securities ("MBS") forward transaction, we agree to purchase or sell a specified MBS on a future date. We have used exchange-traded futures and MBS forwards to reduce market risks from changes in interest rates, to alter mismatches between the assets in a portfolio and the liabilities supported by those assets, and to hedge against changes in the value of securities we own or anticipate acquiring or selling. We use exchange-traded futures to hedge against changes in the value of the GMWB liability related to the GMWB rider on our variable annuity product, as previously explained. A swaption is an option to enter into an interest rate swap at a future date. We write these options and receive a premium in order to transform our callable liabilities into fixed term liabilities. In addition, we may sell an investment-type contract with attributes tied to market indices (an embedded derivative as noted below), in which case we write an equity call option to convert the overall contract into a fixed-rate liability, essentially eliminating the equity component altogether. Equity call spreads are purchased to fund the equity participation rates promised to contractholders in conjunction with our fixed deferred annuity products that credit interest based on changes in an external equity index. Equity put options are used to hedge against changes in the value of the GMWB liability related to the GMWB rider on our variable annuity products, as previously explained. Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 8. Derivative Financial Instruments (continued) Total return swaps are contracts in which we agree with other parties to exchange, at specified intervals, an amount determined by the difference between the previous spread and the current spread on referenced indices based upon an agreed upon notional principal amount plus an additional amount determined by the financing spread. Generally, no cash is exchanged at the outset of the contract and no principal payments are made by either party. Cash is paid or received based on the terms of the swap. These transactions are entered into pursuant to master agreements that provide for a single net payment to be made by one counterparty at each due date. These derivatives have been used in our commercial mortgage securitization operation to hedge its long spread position. Currency forwards are contracts in which we agree with other parties to deliver a specified amount of an identified currency at a specified future date. Typically, the price is agreed upon at the time of the contract and payment for such a contract is made at the specified future date. Currency swaps are contracts in which we agree with other parties to exchange, at specified intervals, the difference between one currency and another at a forward exchange rate as calculated by reference to an agreed principal amount. Generally, the principal amount of each currency is exchanged at the beginning and termination of the currency swap by each party. These transactions are entered into pursuant to master agreements that provide for a single net payment to be made by one counterparty for payments made in the same currency at each due date. We use currency forwards and currency swaps to reduce market risks from changes in currency exchange rates with respect to investments or liabilities denominated in foreign currencies that we either hold or intend to acquire or sell. We use credit default swaps to enhance the return on our investment portfolio by providing comparable exposure to fixed income securities that might not be available in the primary market. They are also occasionally used to hedge credit exposures in our investment portfolio. Credit derivatives are used to sell or buy credit protection on an identified name or names on an unfunded or synthetic basis in return for receiving or paying a quarterly premium. At the same time we enter into these synthetic transactions, we buy a quality cash bond to match against the credit default swap. The premium generally corresponds to a referenced name's credit spread at the time the agreement is executed. When selling protection, if there is an event of default by the referenced name, as defined by the agreement, we are obligated to pay the counterparty the referenced amount of the contract and receive in return the referenced security in an amount equal to the notional value of the credit default swap. In our commercial mortgage backed securitization operation, we enter into commitments to fund commercial mortgage loans at specified interest rates and other applicable terms within specified periods of time. These commitments are legally binding agreements to extend credit to a counterparty. Loan commitments that will be held for sale are recognized as interest rate lock commitment derivatives that are recorded at fair value. Fair value is determined by discounting the expected total cash flows using market rates that are applicable to the yield, credit quality and maturity of each commitment. Loan commitments that are related to the origination of mortgage loans that will be held for investment are not accounted for as derivatives and, accordingly, are not recognized in our financial statements. Commodity swaps are used to sell or buy protection on commodity prices in return for receiving or paying a quarterly premium. We purchased a AAA rated secured limited recourse note from a VIE that is consolidated in our financial results. This VIE uses a commodity swap to enhance the return on an investment portfolio by selling protection on a static portfolio of commodity trigger swaps, each referencing a base or precious metal. The portfolio of commodity trigger swaps is a portfolio of deep out-of-the-money European puts on various base or precious metals. The VIE provides mezzanine protection that the average spot rate will not fall below a certain trigger price on each commodity trigger swap in the portfolio and receives guaranteed quarterly premiums in return until maturity. At the same time the VIE enters into this synthetic transaction, it buys a quality cash bond to match against the commodity swap. Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 8. Derivative Financial Instruments (continued) Exposure Our risk of loss is typically limited to the fair value of our derivative instruments and not to the notional or contractual amounts of these derivatives. Risk arises from changes in the fair value of the underlying instruments. We are also exposed to credit losses in the event of nonperformance of the counterparties. Our current credit exposure is limited to the value of derivatives that have become favorable to us. This credit risk is minimized by purchasing such agreements from financial institutions with high credit ratings and by establishing and monitoring exposure limits. We also utilize various credit enhancements, including collateral and credit triggers to reduce the credit exposure to our derivative instruments. Our derivative transactions are generally documented under International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreements. Management believes that such agreements provide for legally enforceable set-off and close-out netting of exposures to specific counterparties. Under such agreements, in connection with an early termination of a transaction, we are permitted to set off our receivable from a counterparty against our payables to the same counterparty arising out of all included transactions. Prior to the application of the aforementioned credit enhancements, the gross exposure to credit risk with respect to these derivative instruments was $737.3 million and $461.9 million at December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Subsequent to the application of such credit enhancements, the net exposure to credit risk was $539.8 million and $364.3 million at December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 8. Derivative Financial Instruments (continued) The notional amounts and credit exposure of our derivative financial instruments by type were as follows: December 31, 2006 2005 (in millions) Notional amounts of derivative instruments Interest rate swaps $11,900.4 $8,531.3 Foreign currency swaps 5,307.0 3,830.4 Credit default swaps 1,550.9 1,297.6 Embedded derivative financial instruments 1,277.6 802.5 Swaptions 643.4 684.5 Call options 314.0 189.8 Currency forwards 235.3 509.2 Futures 28.1 32.2 Bond options 21.0 38.5 Commodity swaps 20.0 -- Interest rate lock commitments 8.8 392.3 Total return swaps -- 100.0 Mortgage-backed forwards and options -- 39.3 $21,306.5 $16,447.6 Gross credit exposure of derivative instruments Foreign currency swaps $560.5 $338.4 Interest rate swaps 129.1 89.3 Call options 30.6 18.0 Credit default swaps 15.7 14.0 Commodity swaps 0.7 -- Bond options 0.4 0.6 Currency forwards 0.3 1.6 Total credit exposure at end of year $737.3 $461.9 =============================================================================== The net interest effect of interest rate swap, currency swap and credit default swap transactions is recorded as an adjustment to net investment income or interest expense, as appropriate, over the periods covered by the agreements. The fair value of our derivative instruments classified as assets at December 31, 2006 and 2005, was $695.5 million and $419.3 million, respectively, and was reported with other investments on the consolidated statements of financial position. The fair value of derivative instruments classified as liabilities at December 31, 2006 and 2005, was $267.9 million and $190.1 million, respectively, and was reported with other liabilities on the consolidated statements of financial position. Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 8. Derivative Financial Instruments (continued) Fair Value Hedges We use fixed-to-floating rate interest rate swaps to more closely align the interest rate characteristics of certain assets and liabilities. In general, these swaps are used in asset and liability management to modify duration. We enter into currency exchange swap agreements to convert certain foreign denominated assets and liabilities into U.S. dollar floating-rate denominated instruments to eliminate the exposure to future currency volatility on those items. We use interest rates swaps and have used total return swaps to hedge interest rate and spread risk in our commercial mortgage securitization operations. We also sell callable investment-type agreements and use written interest rate swaptions to transform the callable liability into a fixed term liability. We recognized a pre-tax net gain (loss) of $4.7 million, $(11.8) million and $(28.7) million in 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively, relating to the ineffective portion of our fair value hedges, which was reported with net realized/unrealized capital gains (losses) on our consolidated statements of operations. All gains or losses on derivatives were included in the assessment of hedge effectiveness. Cash Flow Hedges We also utilize floating-to-fixed rate interest rate swaps to eliminate the variability in cash flows of recognized financial assets and liabilities and forecasted transactions. We entered into currency exchange swap agreements to convert both principal and interest payments of certain foreign denominated assets and liabilities into U.S. dollar denominated fixed-rate instruments to eliminate the exposure to future currency volatility on those items. In 2006, 2005 and 2004, we recognized a $0.2 million, $27.0 million and $57.8 million after-tax increase in value, respectively, related to cash flow hedges in accumulated other comprehensive income. During this time period, none of our cash flow hedges have been discontinued because it was probable that the original forecasted transaction would not occur by the end of the originally specified time period. We reclassified $0.7 million, $21.3 million, and $5.2 million in net losses from accumulated comprehensive income into net income during 2006, 2005, and 2004 respectively, which are the portion of deferred losses related to the variability in cash flows that were hedged and impacted net income in those periods. We expect to reclassify net losses of $3.9 million in the next 12 months. For the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, we recognized a pre-tax gain of $2.5 million, $1.2 million, and $1.9 million in net income due to cash flow ineffectiveness, respectively. All gains or losses on derivatives were included in the assessment of hedge effectiveness. The maximum length of time that we are hedging our exposure to the variability in future cash flows for forecasted transactions, excluding those related to the payments of variable interest on existing financial assets and liabilities, is 12.5 years. Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 8. Derivative Financial Instruments (continued) Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments Our use of futures, MBS forwards, certain swaptions and swaps, equity call options, bond options, currency forwards, and interest rate lock commitments are effective from an economic standpoint, but they have not been designated as hedges under SFAS 133. As such, periodic changes in the market value of these instruments flow directly into net income. For the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, gains (losses) of $8.2 million, $10.5 million and $(64.4) million, respectively, were recognized in income from market value changes of derivatives not receiving hedge accounting treatment. Embedded Derivatives We may purchase or issue financial instruments or products that contain a derivative instrument that is embedded in the financial instrument or product. When it is determined that the embedded derivative possesses economic characteristics that are not clearly or closely related to the economic characteristics of the host contract and a separate instrument with the same terms would qualify as a derivative instrument, the embedded derivative is bifurcated from the host for measurement purposes. The embedded derivative, which is reported with the host instrument in the consolidated statements of financial position, is carried at fair value with changes in fair value reported in net income. We sell investment-type liability contracts in which the return is tied to an external equity index, a leveraged inflation index or leveraged reference swap. These returns are embedded options that are bifurcated from the host investment-type contract and accounted for separately. We economically hedge the embedded equity derivative by writing equity call options with identical features to convert the overall contract into a fixed-rate liability, effectively eliminating the equity component altogether. For the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively, we recognized a $3.1 million, $1.0 million and $3.2 million pre-tax gain on the purchased equity call options and a $3.1 million, $1.0 million and $3.2 million pre-tax loss on the change in fair value of the embedded derivatives. We economically hedge the leveraged embedded derivatives with interest rate swaps and currency swaps to convert them to a fixed-rate liability or floating rate U.S. dollar liability. For the year ended December 31, 2006, we recognized a $2.6 million pre-tax loss on the swaps and a $6.0 million pre-tax gain on the change in fair value of the embedded derivatives. We contributed undated subordinated floating rate notes to three grantor trusts. The trusts separated the cash flows of the underlying notes by issuing an interest-only certificate and a residual certificate related to each note contributed. We retained the interest-only certificates and the residual certificates were subsequently sold to a third party. We have determined these grantor trusts are variable interest entities and it is necessary for us to consolidate these entities. The obligation to deliver the underlying securities to residual certificate holders of $156.8 million as of December 31, 2006, and $147.4 million as of December 31, 2005 is classified as an other liability and contains an embedded derivative of the forecasted transaction to deliver the underlying securities. For the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively, we recognized a $7.2 million pre-tax gain, a $2.7 million pre-tax gain and a $28.2 million pre-tax loss on the change in fair value of the obligation, which is reflected in accumulated other comprehensive income on the consolidated statements of financial position. Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 8. Derivative Financial Instruments (continued) During 2005, we purchased existing Class A units of a trust that represent interest payments on the underlying security within the trust. The trust also issued Class B units representing the residual interests in the underlying security. We have determined that this trust is a variable interest entity and subsequent to this purchase it is necessary for us to consolidate this entity. The obligation to deliver the underlying security to the Class B unit holder of $12.0 million and $10.5 million as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively, is classified as an other liability and contains an embedded derivative of the forecasted transaction to deliver the underlying security. For the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively, we recognized a $0.5 million and $0.4 million pre-tax loss on the change in fair value of the obligation, which is reflected in accumulated other comprehensive income on the consolidated statements of financial position. We offer a fixed deferred annuity product that credits interest based on changes in an external equity index. It contains an embedded derivative that has been bifurcated and accounted for separately, with changes in fair value reported in net realized/unrealized gains (losses). We economically hedge the fixed deferred annuity product by purchasing options that match the product's profile. For the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively, we recognized a $5.3 million, $1.5 million and $0.5 million pre-tax gain on the call spread options purchased and a $6.1 million, $2.3 million and $0.2 million pre-tax loss on the change in fair value of the embedded derivatives. We offer certain variable annuity products with a GMWB rider. The GMWB provides that the contractholder will receive at least their principal deposit back through withdrawals of up to a specified annual amount, even if the account value is reduced to zero. The GMWB represents an embedded derivative in the variable annuity contract that is required to be reported separately from the host variable annuity contract. Declines in the equity market may increase our exposure to benefits under contracts with the GMWB. We economically hedge the GMWB exposure using futures, options and interest rate swaps. For the years ended December 31, 2006, and 2005, respectively, we recognized in net income a $4.2 million and $0.5 million pre-tax loss on the hedging instruments and a $2.8 million pre-tax gain and $0.2 million pre-tax loss on the change in fair value of the embedded derivatives, respectively. 9. Closed Block In connection with the 1998 MIHC formation, we formed a Closed Block to provide reasonable assurance to policyholders included therein that, after the formation of the MIHC, assets would be available to maintain dividends in aggregate in accordance with the 1997 policy dividend scales, if the experience underlying such scales continued. Certain of our assets were allocated to the Closed Block in an amount that produces cash flows which, together with anticipated revenue from policies and contracts included in the Closed Block, were expected to be sufficient to support the Closed Block policies, including, but not limited to, provisions for payment of claims, certain expenses, charges and taxes, and to provide for continuation of policy and contract dividends in aggregate in accordance with the 1997 dividend scales, if the experience underlying such scales continues, and to allow for appropriate adjustments in such scales, if such experience changes. Due to adjustable life policies being included in the Closed Block, the Closed Block is charged with amounts necessary to properly fund for certain adjustments, such as face amount and premium increases, that are made to these policies after the Closed Block inception date. These amounts are referred to as Funding Adjustment Charges and are treated as capital transfers from the Closed Block. Assets allocated to the Closed Block inure solely to the benefit of the holders of policies included in the Closed Block. Closed Block assets and liabilities are carried on the same basis as other similar assets and liabilities. We will continue to pay guaranteed benefits under all policies, including the policies within the Closed Block, in accordance with their terms. If the assets allocated to the Closed Block, the investment cash flows from those assets and the revenues from the policies included in the Closed Block, including investment income thereon, prove to be insufficient to pay the benefits guaranteed under the policies included in the Closed Block, we will be required to make such payments from their general funds. No additional policies were added to the Closed Block, nor was the Closed Block affected in any other way, as a result of the demutualization. A PDO is required to be established for earnings in the Closed Block that are not available to stockholders. A model of the Closed Block was established to produce the pattern of expected earnings in the Closed Block (adjusted to eliminate the impact of related amounts in accumulated other comprehensive income). Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 9. Closed Block (continued) If actual cumulative earnings of the Closed Block are greater than the expected cumulative earnings of the Closed Block, only the expected cumulative earnings will be recognized in income with the excess recorded as a PDO. This PDO represents undistributed accumulated earnings that will be paid to Closed Block policyholders as additional policyholder dividends unless offset by future performance of the Closed Block that is less favorable than originally expected. If actual cumulative performance is less favorable than expected, only actual earnings will be recognized in income. At December 31, 2006 and 2005, cumulative actual earnings have been less than cumulative expected earnings. As of December 31, 2006, cumulative net unrealized gains were not greater than expected. Therefore, there was no PDO liability as of December 31, 2006. However, cumulative net unrealized gains were greater than expected, resulting in the recognition of a PDO of $33.7 million, and $118.5 million as of December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. Closed Block liabilities and assets designated to the Closed Block were as follows:
December 31, 2006 2005 (in millions) Closed Block liabilities Future policy benefits and claims $5,376.0 $5,387.1 Other policyholder funds 26.4 27.3 Policyholder dividends payable 357.4 361.0 Policyholder dividend obligation -- 33.7 Other liabilities 61.5 57.0 Total Closed Block liabilities 5,821.3 5,866.1 Assets designated to the Closed Block Fixed maturities, available-for-sale 3,023.7 2,989.8 Equity securities, available-for-sale 65.9 71.5 Mortgage loans 640.3 716.4 Policy loans 755.2 754.6 Other investments 84.4 47.7 Total investments 4,569.5 4,580.0 Cash and cash equivalents 50.9 34.3 Accrued investment income 70.8 71.0 Deferred income tax asset 72.8 73.6 Premiums due and other receivables 17.7 20.2 Other assets 42.3 35.9 Total assets designated to the Closed Block 4,824.0 4,815.0 Excess of Closed Block liabilities over assets designated to the Closed Block 997.3 1,051.1 Amounts included in other comprehensive income 55.7 61.5 Maximum future earnings to be recognized from Closed Block assets and liabilities $1,053.0 $1,112.6
Principal Life Insurance Company =============================================================================== Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 9. Closed Block (continued) Closed Block revenues and expenses were as follows:
For the year ended December 31, 2006 2005 2004 (in millions) Revenues Premiums and other considerations $596.7 $617.7 $648.7 Net investment income 293.2 294.4 301.6 Net realized/unrealized capital gains (losses) (0.9) 2.3 (4.1) Total revenues 889.0 914.4 946.2 Expenses Benefits, claims and settlement expenses 497.0 518.8 515.1 Dividends to policyholders 287.0 285.3 289.1 Operating expenses 5.5 9.1 11.6 Total expenses 789.5 813.2 815.8 Closed Block revenue, net of Closed Block expenses, before income taxes 99.5 101.2 130.4 Income taxes 32.2 32.4 42.6 Closed Block revenue, net of Closed Block expenses and income taxes 67.3 68.8 87.8 Funding adjustment charges (7.7) (8.7) (10.1) Closed Block revenue, net of Closed Block expenses, income tax and funding adjustment charges $59.6 $60.1 $77.7
============================================================================== The change in maximum future earnings of the Closed Block was as follows: For the year ended December 31, 2006 2005 2004 (in millions) Beginning of year $1,112.6 $1,172.7 $1,250.4 End of year 1,053.0 1,112.6 1,172.7 Change in maximum future earnings $(59.6) $(60.1) $(77.7) =============================================================================== We charge the Closed Block with federal income taxes, payroll taxes, state and local premium taxes and other state or local taxes, licenses and fees as provided in the plan of reorganization. 10. Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs Policy acquisition costs deferred and amortized in 2006, 2005 and 2004 were as follows: For the year ended December 31, 2006 2005 2004 (in millions) Balance at beginning of year $2,069.9 $1,770.9 $1,519.6 Cost deferred during the year 445.8 440.6 457.8 Amortized to expense during the year (236.8) (238.8) (207.7) Effect of unrealized gains (losses) (13.0) 97.2 31.5 Other (1) -- -- (30.3) Balance at end of year $2,265.9 $2,069.9 $1,770.9 [GRAPHIC OMITTED] ============================================================================== 21 (1) Due to the January 1, 2004 adoption of SOP 03-1, we reclassified $30.3 million of sales inducements from DPAC to other assets. Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 11. Insurance Liabilities Contractholder Funds Major components of contractholder funds in the consolidated statements of financial position are summarized as follows: December 31, 2006 2005 (in millions) Liabilities for investment-type contracts: GICs $12,307.3 $12,601.6 Funding agreements 14,242.4 11,832.0 Other investment-type contracts 1,277.8 1,362.9 Total liabilities for investment-type contracts 27,827.5 25,796.5 Liabilities for individual annuities 6,427.6 5,413.7 Universal life and other reserves 2,527.6 2,388.4 Total contractholder funds $36,782.7 $33,598.6 =============================================================================== Our GICs and funding agreements contain provisions limiting early surrenders, which typically include penalties for early surrenders, minimum notice requirements or, in the case of funding agreements with survivor options, minimum pre-death holding periods and specific maximum amounts. Funding agreements include those issued directly to nonqualified institutional investors, as well as to three separate programs where the funding agreements have been issued directly or indirectly to unconsolidated special purpose entities. Claims for principal and interest under funding agreements are afforded equal priority to claims of life insurance and annuity policyholders under insolvency provisions of Iowa Insurance Laws. We are authorized to issue up to $4.0 billion of funding agreements under a program established in 1998 to support the prospective issuance of medium term notes by an unaffiliated entity in non-U.S. markets. As of December 31, 2006 and 2005, $3,770.4 million and $3,203.6 million, respectively, of liabilities are outstanding with respect to the issuance outstanding under this program. We do not anticipate any new issuance activity under this program as we are authorized to issue up to Euro 4.0 billion (approximately USD$5.3 billion) of funding agreements under a program established in 2006 to support the prospective issuance of medium term notes by an unaffiliated entity in non-U.S. markets. The unaffiliated entity is an unconsolidated special purpose vehicle. As of December 31, 2006, $474.1 million of liabilities are outstanding with respect to the issuance outstanding under this new program. In addition, we were authorized to issue up to $7.0 billion of funding agreements under a program established in 2001 to support the prospective issuance of medium term notes by an unaffiliated entity in both domestic and international markets. The unaffiliated entity is an unconsolidated qualifying special purpose entity. As of December 31, 2006 and 2005, $3,747.9 million and $4,744.5 million, respectively, of liabilities are being held with respect to the issuance outstanding under this program. We do not anticipate any new issuance activity under this program, given our December 2005 termination of the dealership agreement for this program and the availability of the SEC-registered program described in the following paragraph. Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 11. Insurance Liabilities (continued) We were authorized to issue up to $4.0 billion of funding agreements under a program established in March 2004 to support the prospective issuance of medium term notes by unaffiliated entities in both domestic and international markets. In recognition of the use of nearly all $4.0 billion of initial issuance authorization, this program was amended in February 2006 to authorize issuance of up to an additional $5.0 billion. Under this program, both the notes and the supporting funding agreements are registered with the SEC. As of December 31, 2006 and 2005, $5,831.4 million and $3,667.9 million, respectively, of liabilities are being held with respect to the issuance outstanding under this program. In contrast with direct funding agreements, GIC issuances and the other two funding agreement-backed medium term note programs described above, our payment obligations on each funding agreement issued under this SEC-registered program are guaranteed by Principal Financial Group, Inc. Future Policy Benefits and Claims Activity in the liability for unpaid accident and health claims, which is included with future policy benefits and claims in the consolidated statements of financial position, is summarized as follows: For the year ended December 31, 2006 2005 2004 (in millions) Balance at beginning of year $814.8 $747.6 $719.5 Incurred: Current year 2,047.5 1,787.0 1,682.9 Prior years (37.5) (22.0) (28.8) Total incurred 2,010.0 1,765.0 1,654.1 Payments: Current year 1,666.9 1,444.0 1,376.2 Prior years 280.7 253.8 249.8 Total payments 1,947.6 1,697.8 1,626.0 Balance at end of year: Current year 380.6 343.0 306.7 Prior years 496.6 471.8 440.9 Total balance at end of year $877.2 $814.8 $747.6 =============================================================================== The activity summary in the liability for unpaid accident and health claims shows a decrease of $37.5 million, $22.0 million and $28.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively, relating to prior years. Such liability adjustments, which affected current operations during 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively, resulted in part from developed claims for prior years being different than were anticipated when the liabilities for unpaid accident and health claims were originally estimated. These trends have been considered in establishing the current year liability for unpaid accident and health claims. We also had claim adjustment expense liabilities of $33.4 million, $30.6 million and $28.3 million, and related reinsurance recoverables of $4.9 million, $3.5 million and $3.6 million in 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively, which are not included in the rollforward above. Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 12. Debt Short-Term Debt The components of short-term debt as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, were as follows: December 31, 2006 2005 (in millions) Nonrecourse short-term debt $61.0 $71.4 Revolving line of credit with parent 351.2 647.7 Total short-term debt $412.2 $719.1 =============================================================================== As of December 31, 2006, we had credit facilities with various financial institutions in an aggregate amount of $1.1 billion. As of December 31, 2006 and 2005, we had $412.2 million and $719.1 million of outstanding borrowings related to our credit facilities, with $74.5 million and $80.7 million of assets pledged as support, respectively. Assets pledged consisted primarily of commercial mortgages and securities. Our short-term debt consists of a payable to Principal Financial Services, Inc. of $351.2 million and $647.7 million as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Interest paid on intercompany debt was $23.8 million, $22.0 million and $6.2 million during 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. The weighted-average interest rates on short-term borrowings as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, were 5.6% and 4.5% respectively. Long-Term Debt The components of long-term debt as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, were as follows: December 31, 2006 2005 (in millions) 8% surplus notes payable, due 2044 $99.2 $99.2 Nonrecourse mortgages and notes payable 160.5 162.2 Other mortgages and notes payable 38.9 52.1 Total long-term debt $298.6 $313.5 =============================================================================== The amounts included above are net of the discount and premium associated with issuing these notes, which are being amortized to expense over their respective terms using the interest method. On March 10, 1994, we issued $100.0 million of surplus notes due March 1, 2044, at an 8% annual interest rate. None of our affiliates hold any portion of the notes. Each payment of interest and principal on the notes, however, may be made only with the prior approval of the Commissioner of Insurance of the State of Iowa (the "Commissioner") and only to the extent that we have sufficient surplus earnings to make such payments. Interest for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 of $8.0 million, $8.0 million and $10.6 million, respectively, was approved by the Commissioner, and charged to expense. Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 12. Debt (continued) Subject to Commissioner approval, the notes due March 1, 2044, may be redeemed at our election on or after March 1, 2014, in whole or in part at a redemption price of approximately 102.3% of par. The approximate 2.3% premium is scheduled to gradually diminish over the following ten years. These notes may be redeemed on or after March 1, 2024, at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount plus interest accrued to the date of redemption. The non-recourse mortgages, other mortgages and notes payable are primarily financings for real estate developments. We, including certain subsidiaries, had $135.0 million in credit facilities as of December 31, 2006, with various financial institutions, in addition to obtaining loans with various lenders to finance these developments. Outstanding principal balances as of December 31, 2006, range from $0.3 million to $96.2 million per development with interest rates generally ranging from 5.5% to 8.6%. Outstanding principal balances as of December 31, 2005, range from $0.3 million to $97.5 million per development with interest rates generally ranging from 5.5% to 8.6%. Outstanding debt is secured by the underlying real estate properties, which were reported as real estate on our consolidated statements of financial position with a carrying value of $246.2 million and $284.1 million as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. At December 31, 2006, future annual maturities of the long-term debt were as follows (in millions): Year ending December 31: 2007 $113.5 2008 62.9 2009 0.5 2010 0.6 2011 0.6 Thereafter 120.5 Total future maturities of the long-term debt $298.6 =============================================================================== Cash paid for interest for 2006, 2005 and 2004, was $31.8 million, $91.1 million and $37.4 million, respectively. These amounts include interest paid on taxes during these years. 13. Income Taxes Our income tax expense from continuing operations was as follows: For the year ended December 31, 2006 2005 2004 (in millions) Current income taxes: U.S. federal $233.0 $190.1 $290.9 State and foreign 49.0 43.2 34.6 ---------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- Total current income taxes 282.0 233.3 325.5 Deferred income taxes (benefits) 37.1 53.5 (100.1) Total income taxes $319.1 $286.8 $225.4 =============================================================================== Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 13. Income Taxes (continued) Our provision for income taxes may not have the customary relationship of taxes to income. A reconciliation between the corporate income tax rate and the effective tax rate from continuing operations is as follows: For the year ended December 31, 2006 2005 2004 Statutory corporate tax rate 35% 35% 35% Dividends received deduction (8) (7) (9) Interest exclusion from taxable income (1) (2) (1) Federal tax settlement for prior years (1) (1) -- Other -- 1 -- Effective tax rate 25% 26% 25% =============================================================================== Significant components of our net deferred income taxes were as follows:
December 31, 2006 2005 (in millions) Deferred income tax assets (liabilities): Insurance liabilities $299.4 $322.6 Other deferred tax assets 88.6 124.3 Total deferred tax assets 388.0 446.9 Deferred policy acquisition costs (679.2) (615.0) Net unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities (327.0) (474.6) Other deferred tax liabilities (139.9) (232.8) Total deferred tax liabilities (1,146.1) (1,322.4) Total net deferred income tax liabilities $(758.1) $(875.5)
=============================================================================== The Internal Revenue Service (the "Service") has completed examinations of the U.S. consolidated federal income tax returns for 2003 and prior years. The Service's completion of the examinations for the years 1999 - 2001 resulted in notices of deficiency dated December 29, 2004, and March 1, 2005. We paid the deficiencies (approximately $444.0 million for 1999 and 2000, and $1.3 million for 2001, including interest) in the first quarter of 2005 and have filed, or will file, claims for refund relating to the disputed adjustments. The examination for the years 2002 and 2003 resulted in a refund of approximately $176.7 million (including interest) of which $161.5 million related to deficiencies previously paid as a result of the 1999 through 2001 examination. We believe that we have adequate defenses against, or sufficient provisions for, the contested issues, but final resolution of the contested issues could take several years while legal remedies are pursued. Consequently, we do not expect the ultimate resolution of issues in tax years 1999 - 2003 to have a material impact on our net income. Similarly, we believe there are adequate defenses against, or sufficient provisions for, any challenges that might arise in tax years subsequent to 2003. Net cash paid for income taxes was $177.3 million in 2006, which included a $155.1 million audit refund pertaining to prior tax years; $676.9 million in 2005, primarily due to the notices of deficiency noted above; and $626.9 million in 2004, of which $444.3 million was attributable to the sale of Principal Residential Mortgage, Inc. Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 14. Employee and Agent Benefits We have post-retirement benefit plans covering substantially all of our employees and certain agents, including employees of other companies affiliated with our ultimate parent, Principal Financial Group, Inc. ("affiliated companies"). Actuarial information regarding the status of the post-retirement benefit plans is calculated for the total plan only. The affiliated company portion of the actuarial present value of the accumulated or projected benefit obligations, or net assets available for benefits, is not separately determined. However, we are reimbursed for employee benefits related to the affiliated companies. The reimbursement is not reflected in our employee and agent benefits disclosures. We have defined benefit pension plans covering substantially all our employees and certain agents. Some of these plans provide supplemental pension benefits to employees with salaries and/or pension benefits in excess of the qualified plan limits imposed by federal tax law. The employees and agents are generally first eligible for the pension plans when they reach age 21. For plan participants employed prior to January 1, 2002, the pension benefits are based on the greater of a final average pay benefit or a cash balance benefit. The final average pay benefit is based on the years of service and generally the employee's or agent's average annual compensation during the last five years of employment. Partial benefit accrual of final average pay benefits is recognized from first eligibility until retirement based on attained service divided by potential service to age 65 with a minimum of 35 years of potential service. The cash balance portion of the plan started on January 1, 2002. An employee's account will be credited with an amount based on the employee's salary, age and service. These credits will accrue with interest. For plan participants hired on and after January 1, 2002, only the cash balance plan applies. Our policy is to fund the cost of providing pension benefits in the years that the employees and agents are providing service to us. Our funding policy for the qualified defined benefit plan is to contribute an amount annually at least equal to the minimum annual contribution required under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA"), and, generally, not greater than the maximum amount that can be deducted for federal income tax purposes. Our funding policy for the non-qualified benefit plan is to fund the plan in the years that the employees are providing service to us using a methodology similar to the calculation of the net periodic benefit cost under U.S. GAAP, but using long-term assumptions. However, if the U.S. GAAP funded status is positive, no deposit is made. While we designate assets to cover the computed liability of this plan, the assets are not included as part of the asset balances presented in this footnote as they do not qualify as plan assets in accordance with U.S. GAAP. We also provide certain health care, life insurance and long-term care benefits for retired employees. Subsidized retiree health benefits are provided for employees hired prior to January 1, 2002. Employees hired after December 31, 2001, will have access to retiree health benefits but are intended to pay for the full cost of the coverage. The health care plans are contributory with participants' contributions adjusted annually; the contributions are based on the number of years of service and age at retirement for those hired prior to January 1, 2002. As part of the substantive plan, the retiree health contributions are assumed to be adjusted in the future as claim levels change. The life insurance plans are contributory for a small group of previously grandfathered participants that have elected supplemental coverage and dependent coverage. Covered employees are first eligible for the medical and life postretirement benefits when they reach age 57 and have completed ten years of service with us. Retiree long-term care benefits are provided for employees whose retirement was effective prior to July 1, 2000. Partial benefit accrual of these health, life and long-term care benefits is recognized from the employee's date of hire until retirement based on attained service divided by potential service to age 65 with a minimum of 35 years of potential service. Our policy is to fund the cost of providing retiree benefits in the years that the employees are providing service to us using a methodology similar to the calculation of the net periodic benefit cost under U.S. GAAP, but using long-term assumptions. However, if the U.S. GAAP funded status is positive, no deposit is made. We use a measurement date of October 1 for the pension and other postretirement benefit plans. Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 14. Employee and Agent Benefits (continued) Obligations and Funded Status The plans' combined funded status, reconciled to amounts recognized in the consolidated statements of financial position and consolidated statements of operations, was as follows:
Other postretirement Pension benefits benefits December 31, December 31, 2006 2005 2006 2005 (in millions) Change in benefit obligation Benefit obligation at beginning of year $(1,441.7) $(1,312.1) $(287.3) $(287.8) Service cost (47.0) (49.7) (9.5) (10.0) Interest cost (81.6) (77.4) (16.2) (16.9) Actuarial gain (loss) 43.0 (121.1) 47.1 19.8 Participant contributions -- -- (4.1) (3.6) Benefits paid 47.3 44.7 13.0 11.2 Plan amendments (0.6) 73.9 -- -- Other -- -- (0.9) -- Benefit obligation at end of year $(1,480.6) $(1,441.7) $(257.9) $(287.3) Change in plan assets Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year $1,297.8 $1,156.4 $448.9 $408.5 Actual return on plan assets 129.8 165.7 26.2 47.5 Employer contribution 29.8 20.4 0.5 0.5 Participant contributions -- -- 4.1 3.6 Benefits paid (47.3) (44.7) (13.0) (11.2) Fair value of plan assets at end of year $1,410.1 $1,297.8 $466.7 $448.9 Reconciliation of funded status to amount recognized Funded (under funded) status $-- $(143.9) $-- $161.6 Unrecognized net actuarial (gain) loss -- 201.2 -- (18.3) Unrecognized prior service benefit -- (71.3) -- (17.2) Net prepaid benefit asset (benefit obligation) $-- $(14.0) $-- $126.1 Amounts recognized in statement of financial position (Pre-SFAS 158) consist of Prepaid benefit cost $-- $172.3 $-- $126.1 Accrued benefit liability, including minimum liability -- (203.9) -- -- Accumulated other comprehensive income -- 17.6 -- -- Net amount recognized $-- $(14.0) $-- $126.1 Amount recognized in statement of financial position (Post-SFAS 158) Other assets $205.1 $-- $208.9 $-- Other liabilities (275.6) -- (0.1) -- Total $(70.5) $-- $208.8 $--
=============================================================================== Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 14. Employee and Agent Benefits (continued)
Other postretirement Pension benefits benefits December 31, December 31, 2006 2005 2006 2005 (in millions) Amount recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income (Post-SFAS 158) Total net actuarial (gain) loss $113.5 $-- $(59.5) $-- Prior service benefit (61.7) -- (14.6) -- Pre-tax accumulated other comprehensive income (gain) loss $51.8 $-- $(74.1) $--
=============================================================================== Prior to SFAS 158, a company booked on its statement of financial position the net prepaid benefit asset or benefit obligation for the fiscal year end. Under SFAS 158, a company now recognizes the over funded or under funded status of the pension and postretirement plans as an asset or liability in its statement of financial position. The incremental effect of applying SFAS 158 on individual line items in the statement of financial position as of December 31, 2006, is as follows:
Before Adjustment flows through application of accumulated other After application of SFAS 158 comprehensive income SFAS 158 (in millions) Assets for pension plans $184.2 $20.9 $205.1 Assets for other post-retirement benefits plans 134.8 74.1 208.9 Liability for pension plans (203.0) (72.6) (275.6) Liability for other post-retirement benefits plan -- (0.1) (0.1) Additional minimum pension liability (13.4) 13.4 -- Pre-tax accumulated other comprehensive income (13.4) 35.7 22.3
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Employer contributions to the pension plans include contributions made directly to the qualified pension plan assets and contributions from corporate assets to pay nonqualified pension benefits. Benefits paid from the pension plans include both qualified and nonqualified plan benefits. Nonqualified pension plan assets are not included as part of the asset balances presented in this footnote. The nonqualified pension plan assets are held in a Rabbi trust for the benefit of all nonqualified plan participants. The assets held in a Rabbi trust are available to satisfy the claims of general creditors only in the event of bankruptcy. Therefore, these assets are fully consolidated in our consolidated statements of financial position and are not reflected in our funded status as they do not qualify as plan assets. The market value of assets held in these trusts was $216.0 million as of December 31, 2006, and $198.3 million as of December 31, 2005. Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 14. Employee and Agent Benefits (continued) Pension Plan Changes and Plan Gains/Losses As of January 1, 2006, changes were made to our retirement program, including the Principal Select Saving Plan ("401(k)"), the Principal Pension Plan ("Pension Plan") and to the corresponding nonqualified plans. The qualified and nonqualified pension plan changes include a reduction to the traditional and cash balance formulas, a change in the early retirement factors, and the removal of the cost of living adjustments for traditional benefits earned after January 1, 2006. The qualified and nonqualified 401(k) plan's company match increased from 50% of a contribution rate up to a maximum of 3% of the participant's compensation to 75% of a contribution rate up to a maximum of 6% of the participant's compensation. Employees who were at least 47 years old, with a minimum of 10 years of service as of December 31, 2005, were given the choice to remain under the current pension and 401(k) arrangement or move to the new plan design. The vast majority of this group chose to remain under the current pension and 401(k) arrangement. The Pension Plan changes were recognized as a prior service benefit and resulted in a reduction of liabilities of $73.9 million. For the year ended December 31, 2006, the pension plans had an actuarial gain of $43.0 million, this gain was primarily due to the increase in the discount rate and was partially offset by greater than expected salary increases. For the year ended December 31, 2005, the pension plans had an actuarial loss of $121.1 million, which was primarily due to the decrease in the discount rate. The accumulated benefit obligation for all defined benefit pension plans was $1,274.3 million and $1,239.2 million at December 31, 2006, and 2005, respectively. The Principal Residential Mortgage, Inc. divestiture in 2004 resulted in a curtailment for the plans that provided benefits to the Principal Residential Mortgage, Inc. participants. A mid-year re-measurement to reflect the curtailment occurred as of the date of sale, July 1, 2004. Curtailment gains of $25.1 million and $3.9 million occurred under the pension and other postretirement benefit plans, respectively in 2004. This did not affect the pension plans or other postretirement benefit plans covering agents and managers. In addition, this did not affect the long-term care plan because these plans consist of only retired participants. Due to the Principal Residential Mortgage, Inc. divestiture, we provided for contractual termination benefits in connection with termination of employment for a select group of Principal Residential Mortgage, Inc. management employees. The pension plan recognized $1.8 million in special termination benefits liability in 2004. Other Post Retirement Plan Changes and Plan Gains/Losses On December 8, 2003, the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (the "Medicare Modernization Act") was signed into law. The Medicare Modernization Act introduced a prescription drug benefit under Medicare ("Medicare Part D") as well as a federal subsidy to sponsors of retiree medical benefit plans. The prescription drug benefits offered by the sponsor must be at least actuarially equivalent to benefits offered under Medicare Part D to qualify for the subsidy. This subsidy is effective in 2006 and would only apply to benefits paid for qualifying retirees who have not enrolled in Medicare Part D. An actuarial gain of $47.1 million occurred during 2006 for the other postretirement benefit plans. This was due to a less than assumed increase in health care claim costs and trend assumption, as well as an increase in the discount rate. Retiree contributions also increased more than health care claim costs. An actuarial gain of $19.8 million occurred during 2005 for the other postretirement benefit plans. This was due to a less than assumed increase in health care claim costs and trend assumption, as well as a refinement in the recognition of Medicare Part D government subsidy. The gain was partially offset by a decrease in the discount rate. Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 14. Employee and Agent Benefits (continued) On July 26, 2004, the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services issued proposed regulations that provided guidance on the definition of actuarially equivalent retiree prescription drug coverage. These regulations aided in our third quarter of 2004 determination that the majority of our retiree prescription drug benefit coverage is actuarially equivalent to Medicare's Part D prescription drug plan and thus makes us eligible for the tax-free subsidy beginning in 2006. Accordingly, we conducted a mid-year re-measurement during third quarter of 2004 of our retiree medical plans to reflect the recognition of the Medicare Modernization Act in accordance with FSP No. 106-2, Accounting and Disclosure Requirements Related to the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003. This caused an actuarial gain of approximately $22.5 million for the medical plans. In addition, it also caused the net periodic benefit cost for 2004 to change for the fourth quarter. The 2004 service cost decreased by approximately $0.2 million, interest cost decreased approximately $0.4 million and the actuarial loss amortization decreased by $0.1 million. During 2006, the total Medicare subsidies we received and accrued for were $0.9 million. Information for pension plans with an accumulated benefit obligation in excess of plan assets: The obligations below relate only to the nonqualified pension plan liabilities. As noted previously, the nonqualified plans have assets that are deposited in trusts that fail to meet the requirements to be included in plan assets; however, these assets are included in our consolidated statements of financial position. December 31, 2006 2005 (in millions) Projected benefit obligation $275.6 $255.7 Accumulated benefit obligation 216.4 203.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information for other postretirement benefit plans with an accumulated postretirement benefit obligation in excess of plan assets: December 31, 2006 2005 (in millions) Accumulated postretirement benefit obligation $2.1 $2.3 Fair value of plan assets 2.0 1.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Components of net periodic benefit cost:
Pension benefits Other postretirement benefits For the year ended December 31, 2006 2005 2004 2006 2005 2004 (in millions) Service cost $47.0 $49.7 $49.6 $9.5 $10.0 $8.7 Interest cost 81.6 77.4 73.8 16.2 16.9 15.4 Expected return on plan assets (105.4) (96.2) (87.4) (32.4) (29.4) (27.6) Amortization of prior service cost (benefit) (9.0) 1.3 1.8 (2.6) (2.6) (2.8) Amortization of transition asset -- -- (0.1) -- -- -- Recognized net actuarial loss 20.4 16.4 14.1 0.2 0.5 0.5 Special termination and benefits -- -- 1.8 -- -- -- Curtailment gain -- -- (13.8) -- -- (5.4) Net periodic benefit cost (income) $34.6 $48.6 $39.8 $(9.1) $(4.6) $(11.2)
=============================================================================== The pension plans' actuarial gains and losses are amortized using a straight-line amortization method over the average remaining service period of employees. For the qualified pension plan, there is no corridor recognized in determining the amount to amortize; for the nonqualified pension plans, the corridor allowed under SFAS 87 is used. Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 14. Employee and Agent Benefits (continued)
Other postretirement Pension benefits benefits For the year ended December 31, 2006 2005 2006 2005 (in millions) Other changes recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income (Post- SFAS 158) Net actuarial (gain)/loss $113.5 $-- $(59.5) $-- Prior service benefit (61.7) -- (14.6) -- Total recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income $51.8 $-- $(74.1) $-- Total recognized in net periodic benefit cost and accumulated other comprehensive income $86.4 $-- $(83.2) $--
=============================================================================== For 2006, net actuarial (gain) loss and net prior service benefits are immediately recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income. The estimated net actuarial loss and prior service (benefit) that will be amortized from accumulated other comprehensive income into net periodic benefit cost for the pension benefits during the 2007 fiscal year are $10.0 million and $(8.3) million, respectively. The estimated net actuarial (gain) and prior service (benefit) for the postretirement benefits that will be amortized from accumulated other comprehensive income into net periodic benefit cost during the 2007 fiscal year are $(1.9) million and $(2.6) million, respectively. Additional information:
Other postretirement Pension benefits benefits For the year ended December 31, 2006 2005 2006 2005 (in millions) Increase (decrease) in minimum liability included in other comprehensive income (Pre-SFAS 158) $(4.2) $9.5 $-- $--
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Assumptions: Weighted-average assumptions used to determine benefit obligations as disclosed under the Obligations and Funded Status section Other postretirement Pension benefits benefits December 31, 2006 2005 2006 2005 Discount rate 6.15% 5.75% 6.15% 5.75% Rate of compensation increase 5.00% 5.00% 5.00% 5.00% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 14. Employee and Agent Benefits (continued) Weighted-average assumptions used to determine net periodic benefit cost
Pension benefits Other postretirement benefits For the year ended December 31, 2006 2005 2004 2006 2005 2004 Discount rate 5.75% 6.00% 6.25%/6.50%* 5.75% 6.00% 6.25%/6.50%* Expected long-term return on plan assets 8.25% 8.50% 8.50% 7.30% 7.30% 7.31% Rate of compensation increase 5.00% 5.00% 5.00% 5.00% 5.00% 5.00%
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * The discount rate used to calculate the benefit expense for the first three quarters of 2004 expense related to the home office pension and other postretirement benefit plans and retiree medical plans was 6.25%. The discount rate used to calculate the benefit expense for the last quarter of 2004 was 6.50%. The change in rates occurred due to the third quarter 2004 remeasurement for the Principal Residential Mortgage, Inc. divestiture and Medicare Modernization Act. A remeasurement did not occur on the agents and managers pension and other non-medical postretirement benefit plans. For other postretirement benefits, the 7.30% rate for 2006 is based on the weighted average expected long-term asset returns for the medical, life and long-term care plans. The expected long-term rates for the medical, life and long-term care plans are 7.25%, 7.75% and 5.85%, respectively. The expected return on plan assets is the long-term rate we expect to be earned based on the plans' investment strategy. Historical and expected future returns of multiple asset classes were analyzed to develop a risk free rate of return and risk premiums for each asset class. The overall rate for each asset class was developed by combining a long-term inflation component, the risk free real rate of return and the associated risk premium. A weighted average rate was developed based on those overall rates and the target asset allocation of the plans. Based on a review in 2005, the long term expected return on plan assets was lowered for the 2006 pension expense calculation. Assumed health care cost trend rates
December 31, 2006 2005 Health care cost trend rate assumed for next year under age 65 12.0% 13.0% Health care cost trend rate assumed for next year age 65 and over 11.0% 13.0% Rate to which the cost trend rate is assumed to decline (the ultimate trend rate) 5.0% 5.0% Year that the rate reaches the ultimate trend rate 2018 2017
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Assumed health care cost trend rates have a significant effect on the amounts reported for the health care plans. A one-percentage-point change in assumed health care cost trend rates would have the following effects:
1-percentage- 1-percentage- point increase point decrease (in millions) Effect on total of service and interest cost components $5.5 $(4.3) Effect on accumulated postretirement benefit obligation (44.8) 36.6
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 14. Employee and Agent Benefits (continued) Pension Plan Assets The qualified pension plan's weighted-average asset allocations by asset category as of the two most recent measurement dates are as follows: October 1, Asset category 2006 2005 Domestic equity securities 54% 54% International equity securities 14 14 Domestic debt securities 23 23 Real estate 9 9 Total 100% 100% =============================================================================== Our investment strategy is to achieve the following: o Obtain a reasonable long-term return consistent with the level of risk assumed and at a cost of operation within prudent levels. Performance benchmarks are monitored. o Ensure sufficient liquidity to meet the emerging benefit liabilities for the plan. o Provide for diversification of assets in an effort to avoid the risk of large losses and maximize the investment return to the pension plan consistent with market and economic risk. In administering the qualified pension plan's asset allocation strategy, we consider the projected liability stream of benefit payments, the relationship between current and projected assets of the plan and the projected actuarial liabilities streams, the historical performance of capital markets adjusted for the perception of future short- and long-term capital market performance and the perception of future economic conditions. The overall target asset allocation for the qualified plan assets is: Asset category Target allocation Domestic equity securities 40% - 60% International equity securities 5% - 15% Domestic debt securities 20% - 30% International debt securities 0% - 7% Real estate 3% - 10% Other 0% - 7% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For 2006 and 2005, respectively, the plan assets include none of our stock. Prior to April 30, 2005, the plan held our stock in a separate account under an annuity contract. These assets were received in the qualified defined benefit plan as a result of the 2001 demutualization. These holdings were liquidated as of April 30, 2005. Other Postretirement Benefit Plan Assets The other postretirement benefit plans' weighted-average asset allocations by asset category as of the two most recent measurement dates are as follows: October 1, Asset category 2006 2005 Equity securities 58% 55% Debt securities 42 45 Total 100% 100% Principal Life Insurance Company =============================================================================== Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 14. Employee and Agent Benefits (continued) The weighted average target asset allocation for the other postretirement benefit plans is: Asset category Target allocation Equity securities 50 - 70% Debt securities 30 - 50% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The investment strategies and policies for the other postretirement benefit plans are similar to those employed by the qualified pension plan. Contributions We expect to contribute approximately $1.0 million to our other postretirement benefit plans in 2007. Our funding policy for the qualified pension plan is to fund the plan annually in an amount at least equal to the minimum annual contribution required under ERISA and, generally, not greater than the maximum amount that can be deducted for federal income tax purposes. We do not anticipate that we will be required to fund a minimum annual contribution under ERISA for the qualified pension plan. At this time, it is too early to estimate the amount that may be contributed, but it is possible that we may fund the plans in 2007 in the range of $20-$50 million. This includes funding for both our qualified and nonqualified pension plans. Estimated Future Benefit Payments The following benefit payments, which reflect expected future service, expected to be paid and the amount of tax-free subsidy receipts under Medicare Part D expected to be received are:
Other postretirement benefits (gross benefit payments, including prescription Amount of Medicare Part D Pension benefits drug benefits) subsidy receipts (in millions) Year ending December 31: 2007 $51.5 $18.7 $1.0 2008 55.1 20.5 1.2 2009 59.1 22.6 1.3 2010 63.9 25.0 1.5 2011 69.7 27.7 1.7 2012-2016 448.4 182.0 12.2
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The above table reflects the total estimated future benefits to be paid from the plan, including both our share of the benefit cost and the participants' share of the cost, which is funded by their contributions to the plan. The assumptions used in calculating the estimated future benefit payments are the same as those used to measure the benefit obligation for the year ended December 31, 2006. The information that follows shows supplemental information for our defined benefit pension plans. Certain key summary data is shown separately for qualified and non-qualified plans. Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 14. Employee and Agent Benefits (continued)
For the year ended December 31, 2006 2005 Qualified Nonqualified Qualified Nonqualified plan plans Total plan plans Total (in millions) Reconciliation of funded status to amount recognized Benefit obligation, end of the year $-- $-- $-- $(1,186.0) $(255.7) $(1,441.7) Fair value of plan assets, end of the year -- -- -- 1,297.8 -- 1,297.8 Funded (underfunded) status -- -- -- 111.8 (255.7) (143.9) Unrecognized net actuarial loss -- -- -- 111.5 89.7 201.2 Unrecognized prior service benefit -- -- -- (51.0) (20.3) (71.3) Net amount recognized $-- $-- $-- $172.3 $(186.3) $(14.0) Amounts recognized in statement of financial position (Pre-SFAS 158) Prepaid benefit cost $-- $-- $-- $172.3 $-- $172.3 Accrued benefit liability including ============== -- -- minimum liability -- -- (203.9) (203.9) Accumulated other comprehensive income -- -- -- -- 17.6 17.6 Net amount recognized $-- $-- $-- $172.3 $(186.3) $(14.0) Amount recognized in statement of financial position (Post-SFAS 158) Other assets $205.1 $-- $205.1 $-- $-- $-- Other liabilities -- (275.6) (275.6) -- -- -- Total $205.1 $(275.6) $(70.5) $-- $-- $-- Amount recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income (Post-SFAS 158) Total net actuarial loss $24.2 $89.3 $113.5 $-- $-- $-- Prior service benefit (45.1) (16.6) (61.7) -- -- -- Total accumulated other comprehensive income (not adjusted for applicable tax) $(20.9) $72.7 $51.8 $-- $-- $-- Components of net periodic benefit cost Service cost $39.3 $7.7 $47.0 $41.9 $7.8 $49.7 Interest cost 67.2 14.4 81.6 63.7 13.7 77.4 Expected return on plan assets (105.4) -- (105.4) (96.2) -- (96.2) Amortization of prior service cost (benefit) (5.9) (3.1) (9.0) 2.8 (1.5) 1.3 Recognized net actuarial loss 12.9 7.5 20.4 11.2 5.2 16.4 Net periodic benefit cost $8.1 $26.5 $34.6 $23.4 $25.2 $48.6 Total recognized in net periodic benefit cost and accumulated other comprehensive income $(12.8) $99.2 $86.4 $-- $-- $--
=============================================================================== Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 14. Employee and Agent Benefits (continued) In addition, we have defined contribution plans that are generally available to all employees and agents. Eligible participants could not contribute more than $15,000 of their compensation to the plans in 2006. Effective January 1, 2006, we made several changes to the retirement programs. In general, the pension and supplemental executive retirement plan benefit formulas were reduced, and the 401(k) matching contribution was increased. Employees who were age 47 or older with at least ten years of service on December 31, 2005, could elect to retain the prior benefit provisions and forgo receipt of the additional matching contributions. The employees who elected to retain the prior benefit provisions are referred to as "Grandfathered Choice Participants". In 2006, we matched the Grandfathered Choice Participant's contribution at a 50% contribution rate up to a maximum contribution of 3% of the participant's compensation. For all other participants, we matched the participant's contributions at a 75% contribution rate up to a maximum of 6% of the participant's compensation. The defined contribution plans allow employees to choose among various investment options, including our common stock. We contributed $36.4 million, $19.0 million and $18.6 million in 2006, 2005, and 2004, respectively, to our qualified defined contribution plans. We also have a nonqualified defined contribution plan available to select employees and agents which allows them to contribute amounts in excess of limits imposed by federal tax law. In 2006, we matched the Grandfathered Choice Participant's Contribution at a 50% contribution rate up to a maximum contribution of 3% of the participant's compensation. For all other participants, we matched the participant's contributions at a 75% contribution rate up to a maximum contribution of 6% of the participant's compensation. We contributed $8.0 million, $4.8 million and $4.5 million in 2006, 2005, and 2004, respectively, to our nonqualified defined contribution plans. 15. Contingencies, Guarantees and Indemnifications Litigation We are regularly involved in litigation, both as a defendant and as a plaintiff, but primarily as a defendant. Litigation naming us as a defendant ordinarily arises out of our business operations as a provider of asset management and accumulation products and services, life, health and disability insurance. Some of the lawsuits are class actions, or purport to be, and some include claims for punitive damages. In addition, regulatory bodies, such as state insurance departments, the SEC, the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., the Department of Labor and other regulatory bodies regularly make inquiries and conduct examinations or investigations concerning our compliance with, among other things, insurance laws, securities laws, ERISA and laws governing the activities of broker-dealers. Several lawsuits have been filed against other insurance companies and insurance brokers alleging improper conduct relating to the payment and non-disclosure of contingent compensation and bid-rigging activity. Several of these suits were filed as purported class actions. Several state attorneys general and insurance regulators have initiated industry-wide inquiries or other actions relating to compensation arrangements between insurance brokers and insurance companies and other industry issues. Beginning in March of 2005, we have received subpoenas and interrogatories from the offices of the Attorneys General of New York and Connecticut seeking information related to compensation agreements with brokers and agents and the sale of retirement products and services. We are cooperating with these inquiries. To date, none of these Attorneys General investigations has resulted in any action against us. We are, however, engaged in discussions with the Connecticut and New York Attorney General's Office with respect to broker payments relating to sales of our single premium group annuity products, which primarily fund terminating defined benefit plans. At this point, we cannot predict the outcome of these discussions. We have received other requests from regulators and other governmental authorities relating to other industry issues and may receive additional such requests, including subpoenas and interrogatories, in the future. Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 15. Contingencies, Guarantees and Indemnifications (continued) On December 23, 2004, a lawsuit was filed in Iowa state court against us, Principal Financial Group, Inc. and Principal Financial Services, Inc., on behalf of a proposed class comprised of the settlement class in our sales practices class action settlement, which was approved in April 2001 by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa. This more recent lawsuit claims that the treatment of the settlement costs of that sales practices litigation in relation to the allocation of demutualization consideration to our policyholders was inappropriate. Demutualization allocation was done pursuant to the terms of a plan of demutualization approved by the policyholders in July 2001 and the Commissioner in August 2001. The lawsuit further claims that such allocation was not accurately described to policyholders during the demutualization process and is a breach of the sales practices settlement. On January 27, 2005, we filed a notice to remove the action from state court to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa. On July 22, 2005, the plaintiff's motion to remand the action to state court was denied, and our motion to dismiss the lawsuit was granted. On September 21, 2005, the plaintiff's motion to alter or amend the judgment was denied. On October 4, 2005, the plaintiff filed a notice of appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Oral argument was held on April 20, 2006. On October 20, 2006, the Court of Appeals affirmed our motion to dismiss. On November 8, 2006, a trustee of Fairmount Park Inc. Retirement Savings Plan filed a putative class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois against us. The complaint alleges, among other things, that we breached our alleged fiduciary duties while performing services to 401(k) plans by failing to disclose, or adequately disclose, to employers or plan participants the fact that we receive "revenue sharing fees from mutual funds that are included in its pre-packaged 401(k) plans" and allegedly failed to use the revenue to defray the expenses of the services provided to the plans. We have filed an Answer and a Motion to Transfer and intend to aggressively defend the lawsuit. Plaintiff further alleges that these acts constitute prohibited transactions under ERISA. Plaintiff seeks to certify a class of all retirement plans to which we were a service provider and for which we received and retained "revenue sharing" fees from mutual funds. Plaintiff seeks declaratory, injunctive and monetary relief. We intend to aggressively defend the lawsuit. While the outcome of any pending or future litigation cannot be predicted, management does not believe that any pending litigation will have a material adverse effect on our business or financial position. The outcome of litigation is always uncertain, and unforeseen results can occur. It is possible that such outcomes could materially affect net income in a particular quarter or annual period. Guarantees and Indemnifications In the normal course of business, we have provided guarantees to third parties primarily related to a former subsidiary, joint ventures and industrial revenue bonds. These agreements generally expire through 2019. The maximum exposure under these agreements as of December 31, 2006, was approximately $171.0 million; however, we believe the likelihood is remote that material payments will be required and therefore have not accrued for a liability on our consolidated statements of financial position. Should we be required to perform under these guarantees, we generally could recover a portion of the loss from third parties through recourse provisions included in agreements with such parties, the sale of assets held as collateral that can be liquidated in the event that performance is required under the guarantees or other recourse generally available to us, therefore, such guarantees would not result in a material adverse effect on our business or financial position. It is possible that such outcomes could materially affect net income in a particular quarter or annual period. The fair value of such guarantees is not material. We are also subject to various other indemnification obligations issued in conjunction with certain transactions, primarily the sale of Principal Residential Mortgage, Inc. and other divestitures, acquisitions and financing transactions whose terms range in duration and often are not explicitly defined. Certain portions of these indemnifications may be capped, while other portions are not subject to such limitations; therefore, the overall maximum amount of the obligation under the indemnifications cannot be reasonably estimated. While we are unable to estimate with certainty the ultimate legal and financial liability with respect to these indemnifications, we believe the likelihood is remote that material payments would be required under such indemnifications and therefore such indemnifications would not result in a material adverse effect on our business or financial position. It is possible that such outcomes could materially affect net income in a particular quarter or annual period. The fair value of such indemnifications was determined to be insignificant. Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 15. Contingencies, Guarantees and Indemnifications (continued) Operating Leases As a lessee, we lease office space, data processing equipment, office furniture and office equipment under various operating leases. Rental expense for the year ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively, was $47.3 million, $50.8 million and $44.9 million. At December 31, 2006, the future minimum lease payments are $186.3 million. The following represents payments due by period for operating lease obligations as of December 31, 2006 (in millions). Year ending December 31: 2007 $50.9 2008 43.3 2009 35.1 2010 25.8 2011 16.7 2012 and thereafter 28.1 199.9 Less future sublease rental income on noncancelable leases 13.6 Total future minimum lease payments $186.3 ================================================================================ Capital Lease As a lessee, we lease an aircraft under a capital lease. As of December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively, the aircraft had a gross asset balance of $14.4 million and accumulated depreciation of $1.1 million and $0.5 million. Depreciation expense for both the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, was $0.6 million. At December 31, 2006, the future minimum lease payments are $17.9 million. The following represents payments due by period for capital lease obligations as of December 31, 2006 (in millions). Year ending December 31: 2007 $0.9 2008 1.0 2009 1.1 2010 1.1 2011 1.2 2012 and thereafter 12.6 Total $17.9 ================================================================================ Securities Posted as Collateral We posted $484.5 million in securities under collateral agreements at December 31, 2006, to satisfy collateral requirements primarily associated with our derivatives credit support agreements and a reinsurance arrangement with our U.S. Asset Management and Accumulation segment. Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 16. Stockholder's Equity Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Comprehensive income includes all changes in stockholder's equity during a period except those resulting from investments by stockholders and distributions to stockholders. The components of accumulated other comprehensive income were as follows:
Net unrealized gains Net unrealized Foreign Accumulated on available- losses currency Minimum other for-sale on derivative translation pension comprehensive securities instruments adjustment liability income (in millions) Balances at January 1, 2004 $1,285.1 $(58.6) $(7.2) $(2.5) $1,216.8 Net change in unrealized gains on fixed maturities, available-for-sale 67.6 -- -- -- 67.6 Net change in unrealized gains on equity securities, available-for-sale 0.2 -- -- -- 0.2 Net change in unrealized gains on equity method subsidiaries and minority interest adjustments (28.2) -- -- -- (28.2) Adjustments for assumed changes in amortization pattern 28.2 -- -- -- 28.2 Net change in unrealized losses on derivative instruments -- 88.9 -- -- 88.9 Net change in unrealized gains on policyholder dividend obligation (19.5) -- -- -- (19.5) Change in net foreign currency translation adjustment -- -- (0.6) -- (0.6) Change in minimum pension liability adjustment -- -- -- (4.3) (4.3) Net change in provision for deferred income tax benefit (expense) (16.7) (31.1) -- 1.5 (46.3) Balances at December 31, 2004 $1,316.7 $(0.8) $(7.8) $(5.3) $1,302.8
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 16. Stockholder's Equity (continued)
Net unrealized Net gains unrealized Foreign Accumulated on available- gains (losses) currency Minimum other for-sale on derivative translation pension comprehensive securities instruments adjustment liability income (in millions) Balances at January 1, 2005 $1,316.7 $(0.8) $(7.8) $(5.3) $1,302.8 Net change in unrealized gains on fixed maturities, available-for-sale (902.3) -- -- -- (902.3) Net change in unrealized gains on equity securities, available-for-sale 5.8 -- -- -- 5.8 Net change in unrealized gains on equity method subsidiaries and minority interest adjustments 5.3 -- -- -- 5.3 Adjustments for assumed changes in amortization pattern 94.7 -- -- -- 94.7 Net change in unrealized losses on derivative instruments -- 41.7 -- -- 41.7 Net change in unrealized gains on policyholder dividend obligation 84.7 -- -- -- 84.7 Change in net foreign currency translation adjustment -- -- 0.7 -- 0.7 Change in minimum pension liability adjustment -- -- -- (9.5) (9.5) Net change in provision for deferred income tax benefit 244.2 (16.5) -- 3.3 231.0 Balances at December 31, 2005 $849.1 $24.4 $(7.1) $(11.5) $854.9
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 16. Stockholder's Equity (continued)
Minimum Net unrealized Net pension gains unrealized Foreign Unrecognized liability Accumulated on available- gains currency post-retiremen other for-sale on derivative translation benefit comprehensive securities instruments adjustment obligations t income (in millions) Balances at January 1, 2006 $849.1 $24.4 $(7.1) $-- $(11.5) $854.9 Net change in unrealized gains on ------------- fixed maturities, available-for-sale (454.2) -- -- -- -- (454.2) Net change in unrealized gains on equity securities, available-for-sale (12.0) -- -- -- -- (12.0) Net change in unrealized gains on equity method subsidiaries and minority interest adjustments 6.7 -- -- -- -- 6.7 Adjustments for assumed changes in amortization pattern 8.1 -- -- -- -- 8.1 Net change in unrealized gains on derivative instruments -- 0.3 -- -- -- 0.3 Net change in unrealized gains on policyholder dividend obligation 33.7 -- -- -- -- 33.7 Change in net foreign currency translation adjustment -- -- 1.6 -- -- 1.6 Change in minimum pension liability -- -- -- -- 4.2 4.2 Transition adjustment related to post-retirement benefit obligations -- -- -- 22.3 13.4 35.7 Net change in provision for deferred income tax benefit (expense) 147.6 (0.1) -- (7.8) (6.1) 133.6 Balances at December 31, 2006 $579.0 $24.6 $(5.5) $14.5 $-- $612.6
================================================================================ The following table sets forth the adjustments necessary to avoid duplication of items that are included as part of net income for a year that had been part of other comprehensive income in prior years:
For the year ended December 31, 2006 2005 2004 (in millions) Unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities arising during the year $(255.0) $(430.1) $113.5 Adjustment for realized losses on available-for-sale securities included in net income (14.9) (12.3) (24.1) Unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities, as adjusted $(269.9) $(442.4) $89.4
=============================================================================== The above table is presented net of income tax, derivatives in cash flow hedge relationships, PDO and related changes in the amortization patterns of DPAC, sales inducements and unearned revenue reserves. Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 16. Stockholder's Equity (continued) Dividend Limitations Under Iowa law, we may pay stockholder dividends only from the earned surplus arising from its business and must receive the prior approval of the Commissioner to pay a stockholder dividend if such a stockholder dividend would exceed certain statutory limitations. The current statutory limitation is the greater of 10% of our policyholder surplus as of the preceding year-end or the net gain from operations from the previous calendar year. Based on this limitation and 2006 statutory results, we could pay approximately $660.4 million in stockholder dividends in 2007 without exceeding the statutory limitation. 17. Fair Value of Financial Instruments The following discussion describes the methods and assumptions we utilize in estimating our fair value disclosures for financial instruments. Certain financial instruments, particularly policyholder liabilities other than investment-type contracts, are excluded from these fair value disclosure requirements. The techniques utilized in estimating the fair values of financial instruments are affected by the assumptions used, including discount rates and estimates of the amount and timing of future cash flows. Care should be exercised in deriving conclusions about our business, its value or financial position based on the fair value information of financial instruments presented below. The estimates shown are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that would be realized in a one-time, current market exchange of all of our financial instruments. We define fair value as the quoted market prices for those instruments that are actively traded in financial markets. In cases where quoted market prices are not available, fair values are estimated using present value or other valuation techniques. The fair value estimates are made at a specific point in time, based on available market information and judgments about the financial instrument, including estimates of timing, amount of expected future cash flows and the credit standing of counterparties. Such estimates do not consider the tax impact of the realization of unrealized gains or losses. In many cases, the fair value estimates cannot be substantiated by comparison to independent markets. In addition, the disclosed fair value may not be realized in the immediate settlement of the financial instrument. Fair values of public debt and equity securities have been determined by us from public quotations, when available. Private placement securities and other fixed maturities and equity securities are valued by discounting the expected total cash flows. Market rates used are applicable to the yield, credit quality and average maturity of each security. Fair values of commercial and residential mortgage loans are determined by discounting the expected total cash flows using market rates that are applicable to the yield, credit quality and maturity of each loan. Fair values of policy loans are estimated by discounting expected cash flows using a risk-free rate based on the U.S. Treasury curve. The fair values for assets classified as other investments excluding equity investments in subsidiaries and cash and cash equivalents in the accompanying consolidated statements of financial position approximate their carrying amounts. The fair values of our reserves and liabilities for investment-type insurance contracts are estimated using discounted cash flow analyses based on current interest rates being offered for similar contracts with maturities consistent with those remaining for the investment-type contracts being valued. Investment-type insurance contracts include insurance, annuity and other policy contracts that do not involve significant mortality or morbidity risk and that are only a portion of the policyholder liabilities appearing in the consolidated statements of financial position. Insurance contracts include insurance, annuity and other policy contracts that do involve significant mortality or morbidity risk. The fair values for our insurance contracts, other than investment-type contracts, are not required to be disclosed. We do consider, however, the various insurance and investment risks in choosing investments for both insurance and investment-type contracts. Fair values for debt issues are estimated using discounted cash flow analysis based on our incremental borrowing rate for similar borrowing arrangements. Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 17. Fair Value of Financial Instruments (continued) The carrying amounts and estimated fair values of our financial instruments were as follows:
December 31, 2006 2005 Carrying amount Fair value Carrying amount Fair value (in millions) Assets (liabilities) Fixed maturities, available-for-sale $42,168.8 $42,168.8 $39,949.0 $39,949.0 Fixed maturities, trading 197.9 197.9 105.0 105.0 Equity securities, available-for-sale 645.3 645.3 702.9 702.9 Equity securities, trading 148.2 148.2 60.1 60.1 Mortgage loans 11,141.9 11,644.7 10,979.2 11,796.6 Policy loans 850.7 930.7 827.7 925.6 Other investments 836.5 836.5 648.4 648.4 Cash and cash equivalents 1,898.0 1,898.0 1,715.1 1,715.1 Investment-type insurance contracts (34,255.1) (33,652.9) (31,210.2) (31,120.4) Short-term debt (412.2) (412.2) (719.1) (719.1) Long-term debt (298.6) (311.9) (313.5) (329.4)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18. Statutory Insurance Financial Information We prepare statutory financial statements in accordance with the accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the Insurance Division of the Department of Commerce of the State of Iowa (the "State of Iowa"). The State of Iowa recognizes only statutory accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the State of Iowa for determining and reporting the financial condition and results of operations of an insurance company to determine its solvency under the Iowa Insurance Law. The National Association of Insurance Commissioners' ("NAIC") Accounting Practices and Procedures Manual has been adopted as a component of prescribed practices by the State of Iowa. The Commissioner has the right to permit other specific practices that deviate from prescribed practices. Life and health insurance companies are subject to certain risk-based capital ("RBC") requirements as specified by the NAIC. Under those requirements, the amount of capital and surplus maintained by a life and health insurance company is to be determined based on the various risk factors related to it. At December 31, 2006, we meet the minimum RBC requirements. Statutory net income and statutory surplus were as follows: As of or for the year ended December 31, 2006 2005 2004 (in millions) Statutory net income $684.9 $666.2 $512.7 Statutory surplus 3,596.1 3,657.8 3,044.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 19. Segment Information We provide financial products and services through the following segments: U.S. Asset Management and Accumulation and Life and Health Insurance. In addition, there is a Mortgage Banking (discontinued operations) and Corporate and Other segment. The segments are managed and reported separately because they provide different products and services, have different strategies or have different markets and distribution channels. The U.S. Asset Management and Accumulation segment provides retirement and related financial products and services primarily to businesses, their employees and other individuals and provides asset management services to our asset accumulation business, the life and health insurance operations, the Corporate and Other segment and third-party clients. The Life and Health insurance segment provides individual life insurance, group health insurance and specialty benefits, which consists of group dental and vision insurance, individual and group disability insurance and group life insurance, throughout the United States. On July 1, 2004, we closed the sale of Principal Residential Mortgage, Inc. to CitiMortgage, Inc. The results of operations (excluding corporate overhead) for our Mortgage Banking segment, which includes Principal Residential Mortgage, Inc., are reported as other after-tax adjustments for all periods presented. See Note 3, Discontinued Operations, for further explanation. The Corporate and Other segment manages the assets representing capital that has not been allocated to any other segment. Financial results of the Corporate and Other segment primarily reflect our financing activities (including interest expense), income on capital not allocated to other segments, inter-segment eliminations, income tax risks and certain income, expenses and other after-tax adjustments not allocated to the segments based on the nature of such items. Management uses segment operating earnings for goal setting, determining employee compensation and evaluating performance on a basis comparable to that used by securities analysts. We determine segment operating earnings by adjusting U.S. GAAP net income for net realized/unrealized capital gains and losses, as adjusted, and other after-tax adjustments which management believes are not indicative of overall operating trends. Net realized/unrealized capital gains and losses, as adjusted, are net of income taxes, related changes in the amortization pattern of DPAC and sales inducements, recognition of front-end fee revenues for sales charges on pension products and services, net realized capital gains and losses distributed, minority interest capital gains and losses and certain market value adjustments to fee revenues. Segment operating revenues exclude net realized/unrealized capital gains and their impact on recognition of front-end fee revenues and certain market value adjustments to fee revenues. While these items may be significant components in understanding and assessing the consolidated financial performance, management believes the presentation of segment operating earnings enhances the understanding of our results of operations by highlighting earnings attributable to the normal, ongoing operations of the business. The accounting policies of the segments are consistent with the accounting policies for the consolidated financial statements, with the exception of income tax allocation. The Corporate and Other segment functions to absorb the risk inherent in interpreting and applying tax law. The segments are allocated tax adjustments consistent with the positions we took on tax returns. The Corporate and Other segment results reflect any differences between the tax returns and the estimated resolution of any disputes. Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 19. Segment Information (continued) The following tables summarize selected financial information by segment and reconcile segment totals to those reported in the consolidated financial statements: December 31, 2006 2005 (in millions) Assets: U.S. Asset Management and Accumulation $117,105.9 $103,424.9 Life and Health Insurance 14,336.6 14,053.2 Corporate and Other 3,009.6 2,520.8 Total consolidated assets $134,452.1 $119,998.9 ===============================================================================
For the year ended December 31, 2006 2005 2004 (in millions) Operating revenues by segment: U.S. Asset Management and Accumulation $4,340.8 $4,003.2 $3,639.7 Life and Health Insurance 4,722.6 4,372.9 4,153.2 Corporate and Other (12.7) (15.1) (4.2) Total segment operating revenues 9,050.7 8,361.0 7,788.7 Add: Net realized/unrealized capital gains (losses), including recognition of front-end fee revenues and certain market value adjustments to fee revenues 29.9 (28.6) (119.8) Subtract: Operating revenues from discontinued real estate investments (0.5) 2.8 2.5 Total revenues per consolidated statements of operations $9,081.1 $8,329.6 $7,666.4 Operating earnings (loss) by segment, net of related income taxes: U.S. Asset Management and Accumulation $616.8 $520.0 $498.5 Life and Health Insurance 285.3 277.4 257.7 Mortgage Banking -- -- (10.3) Corporate and Other 26.6 10.6 (1.0) Total segment operating earnings, net of related income taxes 928.7 808.0 744.9 Net realized/unrealized capital gains (losses), as adjusted 7.7 (26.8) (77.7) Other after-tax adjustments (1) 41.2 50.9 100.6 Net income per consolidated statements of operations $977.6 $832.1 $767.8
[GRAPHIC OMITTED] ================================================================================ 21 (1) In 2006, other after-tax adjustments of $41.2 million included (1) the positive effect of: (a) gain on sales of real estate properties that qualify for discontinued operations treatment ($30.9 million) and (b) a favorable court ruling on a contested IRS issue for 1991 and later years ($18.8 million) and (2) the negative effect from a contribution to the Principal Financial Group, Inc. Foundation ($8.5 million). In 2005, other after-tax adjustments of $50.9 million included (1) the positive effect of: (a) a decrease in income tax reserves established for IRS tax matters ($33.8 million); (b) gains on sales of real estate properties that qualify for discontinued operations treatment ($22.3 million) and (2) the negative effect from a change in the estimated gain on disposal of Principal Residential Mortgage, Inc. ($5.2 million). Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 19. Segment Information (continued) In 2004, other after-tax adjustments of $100.6 million included (1) the positive effect of: the discontinued operations and estimated gain on disposal of Principal Residential Mortgage, Inc. ($103.0 million) and (2) the negative effect from a cumulative change in accounting principle related to the implementation of SOP 03-1 ($2.4 million). The following is a summary of income tax expense (benefit) allocated to our segments for purposes of determining operating earnings. Segment income taxes are reconciled to income taxes reported on our consolidated statements of operations.
For the year ended December 31, 2006 2005 2004 (in millions) Income tax expense (benefit) by segment: U.S. Asset Management and Accumulation $169.5 $151.6 $147.8 Life and Health Insurance 144.1 139.9 130.6 Mortgage Banking -- -- (6.4) Corporate and Other 10.9 10.4 (5.1) Total segment income taxes from operating earnings 324.5 301.9 266.9 Add: Tax expense (benefits) related to net realized/unrealized capital gains (losses), as adjusted 8.3 (10.6) (40.6) Tax benefits related to other after-tax adjustments (13.9) (3.5) -- Subtract: Income tax expense (benefit) from discontinued real estate (0.2) 1.0 0.9 Total income tax expense per consolidated statements of operations $319.1 $286.8 $225.4
================================================================================ Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 19. Segment Information (continued) The following table summarizes operating revenues for our products and services:
For the year ended December 31, 2006 2005 2004 (in millions) U.S. Asset Management and Accumulation: Full-service accumulation $1,382.7 $1,267.4 $1,177.2 Individual annuities 582.8 471.6 393.8 Bank and trust services 53.0 38.8 33.7 Eliminations (5.0) (3.4) (1.9) Total Accumulation 2,013.5 1,774.4 1,602.8 Investment only 1,080.7 1,002.3 931.6 Full-service payout 830.8 863.5 811.8 Total Guaranteed 1,911.5 1,865.8 1,743.4 Total U.S. Asset Accumulation 3,925.0 3,640.2 3,346.2 Principal Global Investors 485.4 414.3 338.5 Eliminations (69.6) (51.3) (45.0) Total U.S. Asset Management and Accumulation 4,340.8 4,003.2 3,639.7 Life and Health Insurance: Individual life insurance 1,344.7 1,361.7 1,370.4 Health insurance 2,063.8 1,879.7 1,778.8 Specialty benefits insurance 1,316.0 1,131.5 1,004.0 Eliminations (1.9) -- -- Total Life and Health Insurance 4,722.6 4,372.9 4,153.2 Corporate and Other (12.7) (15.1) (4.2) Total operating revenues $9,050.7 $8,361.0 $7,788.7 Total operating revenues $9,050.7 $8,361.0 $7,788.7 Net realized/unrealized capital gains (losses), including recognition of front-end fee revenues and certain market value adjustments to fee revenues 29.9 (28.6) (119.8) Operating revenues from discontinued real estate investments 0.5 (2.8) (2.5) Total revenues per consolidated statements of operations $9,081.1 $8,329.6 $7,666.4
=============================================================================== Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 20. Stock-Based Compensation Plans The Stock-Based Compensation Plans footnote represents all share based compensation data related to us and our subsidiaries' employees. As of December 31, 2006, our ultimate parent, Principal Financial Group, Inc. has the 2005 Stock Incentive Plan, the Employee Stock Purchase Plan the Stock Incentive Plan and the Long-Term Performance Plan ("Stock-Based Compensation Plans"). As of May 17, 2005, no new grants will be made under the Stock Incentive Plan or the Long-Term Performance Plan. Under the terms of the 2005 Stock Incentive Plan, grants may be nonqualified stock options, incentive stock options qualifying under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code, restricted stock, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights, performance shares, performance units, or other stock based awards. To date, Principal Financial Group, Inc.has not granted any incentive stock options, restricted stock, or performance units. For awards with graded vesting, we use an accelerated expense attribution method. The compensation cost that was charged against income for the Stock-Based Compensation Plans is as follows: For the year ended December 31, 2006 2005 2004 (in millions) Compensation cost $58.0 $47.4 $43.2 Related income tax benefit 19.0 15.5 13.8 Capitalized as part of an asset 3.4 1.6 2.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nonqualified Stock Options Nonqualified stock options were granted to certain employees under the 2005 Stock Incentive Plan and the Stock Incentive Plan. Options outstanding under the 2005 Stock Incentive Plan and the Stock Incentive Plan were granted at an exercise price equal to the fair market value of Principal Financial Group, Inc.'s common stock on the date of grant, and expire ten years after the grant date. These options have graded or cliff vesting over a three-year period, except in the case of approved retirement. As of December 31, 2006, there were $11.4 million of total unrecognized compensations costs related to nonvested stock options. The cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average service period of approximately 1.7 years. The fair value of stock options is estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model that uses the assumptions noted in the following table. Expected volatilities are based on historical volatility of Principal Financial Group, Inc.'s stock and other factors. Due to Principal Financial Group, Inc.'s limited public company history, we use peer data to estimate option exercise and employee termination within the valuation model. Separate groups of employees that have similar historical exercise behavior are considered separately for valuation purposes. The expected term of options granted is estimated based on peer data and represents the period of time that options granted are expected to be outstanding. The risk-free rate for periods within the expected life of the option is based on the U.S. Treasury risk-free interest rate in effect at the time of grant. The dividend yield is based on historical dividend distributions compared to the closing price of Principal Financial Group, Inc.'s common shares on the grant date. The following is a summary of assumptions for the stock options granted during the period: For the year ended December 31, ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- Options 2006 2005 2004 ------------------------------------- --------- ---------- ------------------------------------- --------- Dividend yield 1.32% 1.41% 1.26% =========== ========= ========== =========== ========= ========== Expected volatility 16.2% 19.1% 39.2% =========== ========= ========== =========== ========= ========== Risk-free interest rate 4.6% 4.1% 3.3% =========== ========= ========== =========== ========= ========== Expected life (in years) 6 6 6 =========== ========= ========== Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 20. Stock-Based Compensation Plans (continued) Using the Black-Scholes option valuation model, the weighted-average estimated fair value of stock options granted was $11.41, $9.18 and $13.55 per share during 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. The total intrinsic value of stock options exercised was $38.4 million, $27.8 million and $12.4 million during 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. The weighted-average remaining contractual lives for stock options exercisable is approximately 7 years as of December 31, 2006. Performance Share Awards Beginning in 2006, performance share awards were granted to certain employees under the 2005 Stock Incentive Plan. The performance share awards are treated as an equity award and are paid in shares. Whether the performance shares are earned depends upon the participant's continued employment through the performance period (except in the case of an approved retirement) and Principal Financial Group, Inc.'s performance against three-year goals set at the beginning of the performance period. A return on equity objective and an earnings per share objective must be achieved for any of the performance shares to be earned. If the performance requirements are not met, the performance shares will be forfeited and no compensation cost is recognized and any previously recognized compensation cost is reversed. There is no maximum contractual term on these awards. As of December 31, 2006, there were $15.7 million of total unrecognized compensation costs related to nonvested performance share awards granted. The cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average service period of approximately 2.0 years. The fair value of performance share awards is determined based on the closing stock price of Principal Financial Group, Inc.'s shares on the grant date. The weighted-average grant-date fair value of performance share awards granted during 2006 was $49.40. Because no performance share awards vested or were paid out, the intrinsic value of performance share awards vested and the actual tax benefits realized for tax deductions for performance share award payouts are $0.0 million in 2006. Restricted Stock Units Restricted stock units are issued under the 2005 Stock Incentive Plan and Stock Incentive Plan. Restricted stock units are treated as an equity award. The fair value of restricted stock units is determined based on the closing stock price of Principal Financial Group, Inc.'s common shares on the grant date. There is no maximum contractual term on these awards. Restricted stock units were issued to certain employees and agents pursuant to the Stock Incentive Plan and 2005 Stock Incentive Plan. Under these plans, awards have a graded or cliff vesting over a three-year service period. When service for the Company ceases (except in the case of an approved retirement), all vesting stops and unvested units are forfeited. The weighted-average grant-date fair value of restricted stock units granted during 2006, 2005 and 2004 was $50.08, $39.51 and $36.32, respectively. As of December 31, 2006, there were $7.3 million of total unrecognized compensation costs related to nonvested restricted stock unit awards granted under these plans. The cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately 1.5 years. The total intrinsic value of restricted stock units vested was $15.0 million, $1.0 million and $0.8 million during 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 20. Stock-Based Compensation Plans (continued) Employee Stock Purchase Plan Under our Employee Stock Purchase Plan, participating employees have the opportunity to purchase shares of Principal Financial Group, Inc.'s common stock on a quarterly basis. Employees may purchase up to $25,000 worth of company stock each year. Employees may purchase shares of Principal Financial Group, Inc.'s common stock at a price equal to 85% of the shares' fair market value as of the beginning or end of the quarter, whichever is lower. We recognize compensation expense for the fair value of the discount granted to employees participating in the employee stock purchase plan in the quarter of grant. Shares of the Employee Stock Purchase Plan are treated as an equity award. The weighted-average fair value of the discount on the stock purchased was $10.34, $7.97 and $7.16 during 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. The total intrinsic value of the Employee Stock Purchase Plan settled was $6.2 million, $5.4 million and $5.7 million during 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. Long-Term Performance Plan Principal Financial Group, Inc. also maintains the Long-Term Performance Plan, which provides the opportunity for eligible executives to receive additional awards if specified minimum corporate performance objectives are achieved over a three-year period. This plan utilizes stock as an option for payment and is treated as a liability award during vesting and a liability award or equity award subsequent to vesting, based on the participant payment election. Effective with stockholder approval of the 2005 Stock Incentive Plan, no further grants will be made under the Long-Term Performance Plan, and any future awards earned under the Long-Term Performance Plan will be issued under the 2005 Stock Incentive Plan. As of December 31, 2005, all awards under this plan were fully vested and no awards were granted under this plan in 2006 or 2005. There is no maximum contractual term on these awards. The amount of cash used to settle Long-Term Performance Plan units granted was $10.2 million for 2006. The total intrinsic value of Long-Term Performance Plan units settled was $10.4 million, $6.1 million and $7.8 million during 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. The fair value of Long-Term Performance Plan liability units is determined as of each reporting period based on the Black-Scholes option pricing model that uses the assumptions noted in the following table: For the year ended December 31, Long-Term Performance Plan 2006 ----------------------------- ------------------------- ----------------------------- ------------------------- Dividend yield --% ========================= ========================= Expected volatility 11.2% ========================= ========================= Risk-free interest rate 4.8% ========================= ========================= Expected life (in years) 2 ========================= Principal Life Insurance Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 21. Quarterly Results of Operations (Unaudited) The following is a summary of unaudited quarterly results of operations for 2006 and 2005:
For the three months ended December 31 September 30 June 30 March 31 (in millions) 2006 Total revenues $2,369.2 $2,230.2 $2,258.0 $2,223.7 Total expenses 2,057.3 1,917.7 1,974.0 1,866.0 Income from continuing operations, net of related income taxes 232.4 230.7 208.8 275.1 Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of related income taxes 30.1 0.4 (0.1) 0.2 Net income 262.5 231.1 208.7 275.3 2005 Total revenues $2,266.3 $2,045.9 $2,033.2 $1,984.2 Total expenses 1,991.5 1,779.1 1,748.6 1,710.4 Income from continuing operations, net of related income taxes 218.4 191.9 203.5 199.4 Income from discontinued operations, net of related income taxes 2.4 0.2 15.7 0.6 Net income 220.8 192.1 219.2 200.0
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PART C PERSONAL VARIABLE CONTRACT OTHER INFORMATION Item 24. Financial Statements and Exhibits (a) Financial Statements included in the Registration Statement (1) Part A: Condensed Financial Information for the ten years ended December 31, 2006. (2) Part B: Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B: Report of Independent Auditors. Statement of Assets and Liabilities, December 31, 2006 Statement of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2006 Statements of Changes in Net Assets for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004. Notes to Financial Statements. Principal Life Insurance Company: Report of Independent Auditors. Consolidated Statements of Financial Position, December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004. Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004. Consolidated Statements of Financial Position, December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004. Consolidated Statements of Stockholder's Equity for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004. Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004. Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. (3) Part C Principal Life Insurance Company Report of Independent Auditors on Schedules* Schedule I - Summary of Investments - Other Than Investments in Related Parties As December 31, 2006* Schedule III - Supplementary Insurance Information As of December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 and for each of the years then ended* Schedule IV - Reinsurance As of December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 and for each of the years then ended* All other schedules for which provision is made in the applicable accounting regulation of the Securities and Exchange Commission are not required under the related instructions or are inapplicable and therefore have been omitted. (b) Exhibits (1) Board resolution of Registrant (Filed 3/1/96) (3a) Distribution Agreement (Filed 3/1/96) (3b) Selling Agreement (Filed 3/1/96) (4a) Form of Variable Annuity Contract (Filed 12/16/97) (4b) Variable Annuity Contract Endorsement (Filed 12/16/97) (4c) Variable Annuity Contract Rider (Filed 12/16/97) (5) Form of Variable Annuity Application (Filed 10/23/97) (6a) Articles of Incorporation of Depositor (Filed 3/1/96) (6b) Bylaws of Depositor (Filed 3/1/96) (9) Opinion of Counsel (Filed 3/1/96) (10a) Consent of Ernst & Young LLP* (10b) Powers of Attorney* (11) Financial Statement Schedules* (13a) Total Return Calculation (Filed 3/1/96) (13b) Annualized Yield for Separate Account B (Filed 3/1/96) * Filed herein ** To be filed by Amendment. Item 25. Officers and Directors of the Depositor Principal Life Insurance Company is managed by a Board of Directors which is elected by its policyowners. The directors and executive officers of the Company, their positions with the Company, including Board Committee memberships, and their principal business address, are as follows: DIRECTORS: Principal Name, Positions and Offices Business Address BETSY J. BERNARD Director 40 Shalebrook Drive Chair, Nominating and Governance Morristown, NJ 07960 Committee JOCELYN CARTER-MILLER TechEdventures Director 3020 NW 33rd Avenue Member, Nominating and Governance Lauderdale Lakes, FL 33311 Committee GARY E. COSTLEY C & G Capital and Management, LLC Director 257 Barefoot Beach Boulevard Member, Human Resources Suite 404 Committee Bonita Springs, FL 34134 MICHAEL T. DAN The Brink's Company Director 1801 Bayberry Court Member, Human Resources Committee Richmond, VA 23226 DAVID J. DRURY 4633 156th Street Director Urbandale, IA 50323 Member, Executive Committee C. DANIEL GELATT, JR. NMT Corporation Director 2004 Kramer Street Member, Executive Committee La Crosse, WI 54603 Member, Human Resources Committee J. BARRY GRISWELL The Principal Financial Group Director Des Moines, IA 50392 Chairman of the Board and Chair, Executive Committee Principal Life: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer SANDRA L. HELTON Director 1040 North Lake Shore Drive #26A Member, Audit Committee Chicago, IL 60611 WILLIAM T. KERR Meredith Corporation Director 1716 Locust St. Member, Executive Committee Des Moines, IA 50309-3023 and Chair, Human Resources Committee RICHARD L. KEYSER W.W. Grainger, Inc. Director 100 Grainger Parkway Member, Nominating and Governance Lake Forest, IL 60045-5201 Committee ARJUN K. MATHRANI 176 East 71st Street, Apt. 9-F Director New York, NY 10021 Member, Audit Committee ELIZABETH E. TALLETT Hunter Partners, LLC Director 48 Federal Twist Road Chair, Audit Committee Stockton, NJ 08559 Member, Executive Committee THERESE M. VAUGHAN Drake University Director 2507 University Avenue Member, Audit Committee Des Moines, Iowa 50311 LARRY D. ZIMPLEMAN The Principal Financial Group Director Des Moines, IA 50392 Principal Life: President and Chief Operating Officer EXECUTIVE OFFICERS (OTHER THAN DIRECTORS):
JOHN EDWARD ASCHENBRENNER President, Insurance and Financial Services RONALD L. DANILSON Senior Vice President Retirement and Investor Services JAMES DAVID DEVRIES Senior Vice President Human Resources RALPH CRAIG EUCHER Senior Vice President Retirement and Investor Services GREG B. ELMING Senior Vice President and Controller NORA MARY EVERETT Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel MICHAEL HARRY GERSIE Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer THOMAS JOHN GRAF Senior Vice President Investor Relations JOYCE NIXSON HOFFMAN Senior Vice President and Corporate Secretary DANIEL JOSEPH HOUSTON Executive Vice President Retirement and Investor Services CAREY GRANT JURY Senior Vice President Health ELLEN ZISLIN LAMALE Senior Vice President and Chief Actuary JULIA MARIE LAWLER Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer JAMES PATRICK MCCAUGHAN President, Global Asset Management TIMOTHY JON MINARD Senior Vice President Retirement Distribution MARY AGNES O'KEEFE Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer GARY PAUL SCHOLTEN Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer KAREN ELIZABETH SHAFF Executive Vice President and General Counsel MARGARET WOLIN SKINNER Senior Vice President Life & Health Distribution NORMAN RAUL SORENSEN Senior Vice President International Asset Accumulation DEANNA DAWNETTE STRABLE Senior Vice President Individual Life and Specialty Benefits
Item 26. Persons Controlled by or Under Common Control with Registrant Principal Financial Services, Inc. (an Iowa corporation) an intermediate holding company organized pursuant to Section 512A.14 of the Iowa Code. Subsidiaries wholly-owned, unless otherwise noted, by Principal Financial Services, Inc. a. Princor Financial Services Corporation (an Iowa Corporation) a registered broker-dealer. b. PFG DO Brasil LTDA (Brazil) a Brazilian holding company. (owned 46%) c. Principal International, Inc. (an Iowa Corporation) a company engaged in international business development. d. JF Molloy & Associates, Inc. (an Indiana Corporation) A third party administrator for group medical coverage. e. Molloy Medical Management Company, Inc. (an Indiana Corporation) a company that provides medical claims-related services to JF Molloy & Associates, Inc. f. Principal Wellness Company (an Indiana Corporation) a company that provides health and wellness-related services. g. Principal Health Insurance Company (Iowa) a stock life insurance company engaged in the business of health insurance. h. Principal Global Investors Holding Company, Inc. (Delaware) a holding company. j. Principal Financial Group (Mauritius) Ltd. a Mauritius holding company. k. Principal Life Insurance Company (an Iowa corporation) a stock life insurance company engaged in the business of insurance and retirement services. l. Principal Financial Services (Australia), Inc. an Iowa holding company. m. Principal Investors Corporation (New Jersey) a general business corporation that holds investments. n. Principal International Holding Company, LLC a Delaware limited liability company that serves as a downstream holding company for Principal Financial Services, Inc. o. Principal Management Corporation (an Iowa Corporation) a registered investment advisor. p. Principal Global Services Private Limited (India) a company formed as an in-sourcing company for the Principal Financial Group. q. CCB Principal Asset Management Company, Ltd. (China) (25% owned JV) a company engaged in fund management with a complete line of products. r. Principal International de Chile, S.A. (Chile) a holding company. Subsidiaries wholly-owned by Principal Management Corporation: a. Principal Financial Advisors, Inc. a registered investment advisor offering asset allocation services for pension plans. b. Principal Shareholder Services, Inc. (f/k/a WM Shareholder Services, Inc.) a transfer agent company. c. Edge Asset Management, Inc. (f/k/a WM Advisors, Inc.) an SEC-registered investment advisor. d. Principal Funds Distributor, Inc. (f/k/a WM Funds Distributor, Inc.) a retail mutual funds distributor. Subsidiary wholly-owned by PFG DO Brasil LTDA a. Brasilprev Seguros E Previdencia S.A. (Brazil) a pension fund company. Subsidiaries wholly-owned by Principal International, Inc.: a. Principal International (Asia) Limited (Hong Kong) a corporation operating as a regional headquarters for Asia. b. Principal Trust Company(Asia) Limited (Hong Kong) a trust company c. Principal Mexico Compania de Seguros, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico) a life insurance company. d. Principal Pensiones, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico) a pension company. e. Principal Afore, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico), a pension company. f. Principal Mexico Servicios, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico) a company established to be the employer of Mexico administration employees. g. Distribuidora Principal Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico) a company established to be the employer of Mexico sales employees. h. Principal Fondos De Inversion S.A. De C.V. (Mexico) a mutual fund company. i. Principal Consulting (India) Private Limited (an India corporation) an India consulting company. j. Principal International Mexico Holding, S.A. De C.V. (Mexico) a holding company. Subsidiaries wholly-owned by Principal Global Investors Holding Company, Inc. a. Principal Global Investors (Ireland) Limited an Ireland company that engages in funds management. b. Principal Global Investors (Europe) Limited a United Kingdom company that engages in European representation and distribution of the Principal Investments Funds. c. Principal Global Investors (Singapore) Limited (a Singapore corporation) a company engaging in funds management. d. Principal Global Investors (Japan) Limited a company engaged in investments and related services. Subsidiaries wholly-owned, unless otherwise noted, by Principal Financial Group (Mauritius) Ltd. a. Principal PNB Asset Management Company Private Limited (India) an India asset management company. b. Principal Trustee Company Private Limited (India) a trustee for mutual funds. c. PNB Principal Financial Planners Private Limited (India) a financial products distribution company. Products to be distributed and sold will include mutual funds, bonds, retail debt offerings and portfolio management services. (owned 65%) d. PNB Principal Insurance Advisory Company Private Limited (26% owned JV) (India) an insurance brokerage company. e. Principal PNB Life Insurance Company Limited (26% owned JV) (India) an entity organized to enter the Group Pension, Superannuation and asset accumulation business in India, currently inactive. Subsidiaries organized and wholly-owned by Principal Life Insurance Company: a. Principal Real Estate Fund Investors, LLC b. Principal Global Investors, LLC (a Delaware Corporation) a limited liability company that provides private mortgage, real estate & fixed-income securities services to institutional clients. c. Principal Development Investors, LLC (a Delaware Corporation) a limited liability company engaged in acquiring and improving real property through development and redevelopment. d. Principal Holding Company (an Iowa Corporation) a downstream holding company for Principal Life Insurance Company. e. HealthRisk Resource Group, LLC (an Iowa Corporation) A limited liability company that provides managed care expertise and administrative services to provider organizations involved in risk-assuming contracts for health care services. f. Principal Real Estate Holding Company, LLC a real estate holding company. Principal Life Insurance Company sponsored the organization of the following mutual funds, some of which it controls by virtue of owning voting securities Principal Investors Fund, Inc.(a Maryland Corporation), 0.12% of shares outstanding of the Bond & Mortgage Securitites Fund, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the California Insured Intermediate Municipal Fund, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the California Municipal Fund, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the Disciplined LargeCap Blend Fund, 2.36% of shares outstanding of the Diversified International Fund, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the Equity Income Fund I, 0.01% of shares outstanding of the Government & High Quality Bond Fund, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the High Quality Intermediate-Term Bond Fund, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the High Yield Fund, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the High Yield Fund II, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the Income Fund, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the Inflation Protection Fund, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the International Emerging Markets Fund, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the International Growth Fund, 1.80% of shares outstanding of the LargeCap Growth Fund, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the LargeCap S&P 500 Index Fund, 10.83% of shares outstanding of the LargeCap Value Fund, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the MidCap Blend Fund, 0.09% of shares outstanding of the MidCap Growth Fund, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the MidCap S&P 400 Index Fund, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the MidCap Stock Fund, 0.01% of shares outstanding of the MidCap Value Fund, 1.14% of shares outstanding of the Money Market Fund, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the Mortgage Securities Fund, 23.84% of shares outstanding of the Partners Global Equity Fund, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the Partners International Fund, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the Partners LargeCap Blend Fund, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the Partners LargeCap Blend Fund I, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the Partners LargeCap Growth Fund I, 0.01% of shares outstanding of the Partners LargeCap Growth Fund II, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the Partners LargeCap Value Fund, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the Partners LargeCap Value Fund I, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the Partners LargeCap Value Fund II, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the Partners MidCap Growth Fund, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the Partners MidCap Growth Fund I, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the Partners MidCap Growth Fund II, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the Partners MidCap Value Fund, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the Partners MidCap Value Fund I, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the Partners SmallCap Blend Fund, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the Partners SmallCap Growth Fund I, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the Partners SmallCap Growth Fund II, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the Partners SmallCap Growth Fund III, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the Partners SmallCap Value Fund, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the Partners SmallCap Value Fund I, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the Partners SmallCap Value Fund II, 0.01% of shares outstanding of the Preferred Securities Fund, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the Principal LifeTime 2010 Fund, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the Principal LifeTime 2020 Fund, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the Principal LifeTime 2030 Fund, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the Principal LifeTime 2040 Fund, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the Principal LifeTime 2050 Fund, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the Principal LifeTime Strategic Income Fund, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the Real Estate Securities Fund, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the SAM Balanced Fund, 0.01% of shares outstanding of the SAM Conservative Balanced Fund, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the SAM Conservative Growth Fund, 0.01% of shares outstanding of the SAM Flexible Income Fund, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the SAM Strategic Growth Fund, 1.46% of shares outstanding of the Short-Term Bond Fund, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the Short-Term Income Fund, 11.08% of shares outstanding of the SmallCap Blend Fund, 0.01% of shares outstanding of the SmallCap Growth Fund, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the SmallCap S&P 600 Index Fund, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the SmallCap Value Fund, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the Tax-Exempt Bond Fund I, 0.02% of shares outstanding of the Ultra Short Bond Fund, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the West Coast Equity Fund, were owned by Principal Life Insurance Company (including subsidiaries and affiliates) on March 15, 2007. Principal Variable Contracts Fund, Inc. (a Maryland Corporation) 100.00% of shares outstanding of the Asset Allocation Account, 100.00% of shares outstanding of the Balanced Account, 100.00% of shares outstanding of the Bond Account, 100.00% of shares outstanding of the Capital Value, 86.67% of shares outstanding of the Diversified International Account, 100.00% of shares outstanding of the Equity Growth Account, 71.21% of shares outstanding of the Equity Income Account I, 100.00% of shares outstanding of the Equity Value Account, 100.00% of shares outstanding of the Government & High Quality Bond Account, 92.32% of shares outstanding of the Growth Account, 75.61% of shares outstanding of the Income Account, 100.00% of shares outstanding of the International Emerging Markets Account, 100.00% of shares outstanding of the International SmallCap Account, 89.82% of shares outstanding of the LargeCap Blend Account, 100.00% of shares outstanding of the LargeCap Growth Equity Account, 100.00% of shares outstanding of the LargeCap Stock Index Account, 100.00% of shares outstanding of the LargeCap Value Account, 100.00% of shares outstanding of the MidCap Account, 100.00% of shares outstanding of the MidCap Growth Account, 72.26% of shares outstanding of the MidCap Stock Account, 100.00% of shares outstanding of the MidCap Value Account, 92.54% of shares outstanding of the Money Market Account, 88.26% of shares outstanding of the Mortgage Securities Account, 100.00% of shares outstanding of the Principal LifeTime 2010 Account, 100.00% of shares outstanding of the Principal LifeTime 2020 Account, 100.00% of shares outstanding of the Principal LifeTime 2030 Account, 100.00% of shares outstanding of the Principal LifeTime 2040 Account, 100.00% of shares outstanding of the Principal LifeTime 2050 Account, 100.00% of shares outstanding of the Principal LifeTime Strategic Income Account, 98.36% of shares outstanding of the Real Estate Securities Account, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the Strategic Asset Management Balanced Portfolio, 0.07% of shares outstanding of the Strategic Asset Management Conservative Balanced Portfolio, 0.05% of shares outstanding of the Strategic Asset Management Conservative Growth Portfolio, 0.07% of shares outstanding of the Strategic Asset Management Flexible Income Portfolio, 0.00% of shares outstanding of the Strategic Asset Management Strategic Growth Portfolio, 100.00% of shares outstanding of the Short-Term Bond Account, 74.04% of shares outstanding of the Short-Term Income Account, 100.00% of shares outstanding of the SmallCap Account, 88.29% of shares outstanding of the SmallCap Growth Account, 99.75% of shares outstanding of the SmallCap Value Account, and 54.46% of shares outstanding of the West Coast Equity Account were owned by Principal Life Insurance Company and its Separate Accounts on March 22, 2007. Subsidiary wholly-owned by Principal Financial Services (Australia), Inc.: a. Principal Global Investors (Australia) Service Company Pty Limited a company established to be the employer of Australian employees. b. Principal Capital Global Investors Limited (Australia) An SEC registered investment advisor which manages international funds (non-Australian) residents). c. Principal Financial Group (Australia) Pty Ltd. an Australian holding company. Subsidiary wholly-owned by Principal International de Chile, S.A.: a. Principal Compania de Seguros de Vida Chile S.A. (Chile) life insurance company. b. Principal Asset Management S.A. (Chile) an investment advisor. c. Principal Servicios Corporativos Chile LTDA. (Chile) an entity that provides corporate services for the companies of Principal Chile. Subsidiary wholly-owned by Principal International (Asia) Limited (Hong Kong): a. Principal Global Investors (Asia) Limited a Hong Kong company that provides sales, marketing and client services support for Principal Capital management funds and institutional investors. b. Principal Nominee Company (Hong Kong) Limited a Hong Kong company that provides nominee services and administration to Hong Kong clients. c. Principal Asset Management Company (Asia) Limited (Hong Kong) a licensed corporation. d. Principal Insurance Company (Hong Kong) Limited a company that sells insurance and pension products. Subsidiary wholly-owned by Principal Afore, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico): a. Principal Siefore, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico) an investment fund company. Subsidiaries wholly-owned by Principal International Mexico Holding, S.A. De C.V.: a. Principal Mexico Holdings, S.A. De C.V. (Mexico) a holding company. Subsidiaries wholly-owned by Principal Global Investors, LLC: a. Principal Global Columbus Circle, LLC (a Delaware Corporation) a limited liability company serving as a holding company. b. Post Advisory Group, LLC (Delaware) a limited liability company whose role is an asset management firm that specializes in high yield fixed-income investments. c. Principal Enterprise Capital, LLC (a Delaware Corporation) a limited liability company involved in the management of investments in real estate operating companies on behalf of institutional investors. d. Principal Commercial Acceptance, LLC (a Delaware Corporation) a limited liability company involved in the management of commercial real estate mortgage loans. e. Principal Real Estate Investors, LLC (a Delaware Corporation) a limited liability company involved as a registered investment advisor focusing on the management of commercial real estate investments on behalf of institutional investors. f. Principal Commercial Funding, LLC (a Delaware Corporation) a limited liability company engaged in the business of issuing commercial mortgage-backed securities. h. Principal Global Investors Trust (Delaware) a business trust and private investment company offering non-registered units, initially, to tax-exempt entities. i. Spectrum Asset Management, Inc. (Connecticut) A corporation specializing in all aspects of the preferred market including portfolio management, risk management and trading. j. CCIP, LLC (70% owned) the general partner of Columbus Circle Investors, a registered investment advisor. Subsidiaries wholly-owned by Principal Holding Company: a. Principal Generation Plant, LLC a Delaware limited liability company that sells excess power. b. Principal Bank (a Federal Corporation) a Federally chartered direct delivery savings bank. c. Petula Associates, Ltd. (an Iowa Corporation) a corporation that engages in real estate joint venture transactions with developers. d. Equity FC, Ltd. (an Iowa Corporation) general business corporation which engages in commercial investment transactions. e. Preferred Product Network, Inc. (a Delaware corporation) an insurance broker which markets selected products manufactured outside the Principal Financial Group. f. Principal Health Care, Inc. (an Iowa Corporation) a managed care company. g. Principal Dental Services, Inc. (an Arizona Corporation) a managed dental care services organization. HMO and dental group practice. h. Delaware Charter Guarantee & Trust Company, d/b/a Trustar Retirement Services (a Delaware Corporation) a corporation that acts as a trustee through which individuals may direct the investments of their IRA, HR-10 and 401(k) plan accounts, and also provides such prototype plans and record keeping services. i. Professional Pensions, Inc. (a Connecticut Corporation) a corporation engaged in sales, marketing and administration of group insurance plans and third-party administrator for defined contribution plans. Subsidiary wholly-owned by Principal Global Investors (Australia) Service Company Pty Ltd.: a. Principal Global Investors (Australia) Limited a company established to hold the appropriate financial services license for the Australian investment management business. b. Principal Real Estate Investors (Australia) Limited a company originally established to hold the responsible entity license regarding property and trust business. The company is currently inactive. Subsidiaries wholly-owned by Principal Global Investors (Australia) Service Company Pty Ltd.: a. Principal Global Investors (Australia) Limited a company established to hold the responsible entity license regarding non-property business. b. Principal Real Estate Investors (Australia) Limited a company established to hold the responsible entity license regarding property business. Subsidiary wholly-owned by Principal Financial Group Australia Pty Ltd. a. Principal Investments (Australia) Limited a Delaware holding company. Subsidiaries owned by Principal Compania de Seguros de Vida Chile S.A. (Chile): a. Principal Administradora General De Fondos S.A. (Chile) a corporation organized for the administration of various funds. b. Principal Creditos Hipotecarios, S.A. (Chile) a residential mortgage company. Subsidiary wholly-owned by Principal Asset Management Company (Asia) Limited (Hong Kong): a. Principal Fund Management (Hong Kong) Limited a fund management company. Subsidiaries wholly-owned by CCIP, LLC: a. Columbus Circle Investors, an SEC-registered investment advisor. b. Principal Reinsurance Company of Vermont a reinsurance company domiciled in Vermont. Subsidiary wholly-owned by Petula Associates, Ltd. a. Principal Real Estate Portfolio, Inc. (Delaware) entity that holds real estate. b. Petula Prolix Development Company (Iowa) a general business corporation involved in joint real estate ventures. Subsidiaries wholly-owned by Dental-Net, Inc. a. Employers Dental Services, Inc. (an Arizona corporation) a prepaid dental plan organization. Subsidiaries wholly-owned by Professional Pensions, Inc.: a. Benefit Fiduciary Corporation (a Rhode Island corporation) serves as a corporate trustee for retirement trusts. b. Boston Insurance Trust, Inc. (a Rhode Island corporation) a corporation which serves as a corporate trustee for retirement trusts. Subsidiary wholly-owned by Principal Investments (Australia) Limited: a. Principal Australia (Holdings) Pty Limited (Australia) a commercial and investment banking and asset management company. Subsidiary wholly-owned (unless otherwise noted) by Principa Australia (Holdings) Pty Limited a. CIMB - Principal Asset Management Berhad (Malaysia) (40% owned JV) an entity engaged in establishment and management of unit trust funds. Item 27. Number of Contractowners - As of: March 31, 2007 (1) (2) (3) Number of Plan Number of Title of Class Participants Contractowners -------------- -------------- -------------- BFA Variable Annuity Contracts 36 5 Pension Builder Contracts 203 109 Personal Variable Contracts 180 10 Premier Variable Contracts 370 28 Flexible Variable Annuity Contract 51,820 51,820 Freedom Variable Annuity Contract 2,248 2,248 Investment Plus Variable Annuity Contract 13,344 13,344 Item 28. Indemnification None Item 29. Principal Underwriters (a) Princor Financial Services Corporation, principal underwriter for Registrant, acts as principal underwriter for, Principal Investors Fund, Inc., Principal Variable Contracts Fund, Inc. and for variable annuity contracts participating in Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B, a registered unit investment trust, and for variable life insurance contracts issued by Principal Life Insurance Company Variable Life Separate Account, a registered unit investment trust. (b) (1) (2) Positions and offices Name and principal with principal business address underwriter Lindsay L. Amadeo Director - Marketing The Principal Communications Financial Group Des Moines, IA 50392 John E. Aschenbrenner Director The Principal Financial Group Des Moines, IA 50392 Patricia A. Barry Assistant Corporate Secretary The Principal Financial Group Des Moines, IA 50392 Craig L. Bassett Treasurer The Principal Financial Group Des Moines, IA 50392 Michael J. Beer Director and President The Principal Financial Group Des Moines, IA 50392 Lisa Bertholf Director - Marketing The Principal Financial Group Des Moines, IA 50392 David J. Brown Senior Vice President The Principal Financial Group Des Moines, IA 50392 Jill R. Brown Senior Vice President and The Principal Chief Financial Officer Financial Group Des Moines, IA 50392 Bret J. Bussanmas Vice President - Distribution The Principal Financial Group Des Moines, IA 50392 P. Scott Cawley Product Marketing Officer The Principal Financial Group Des Moines, IA 50392 Ralph C. Eucher Director, Chief Executive Officer The Principal Financial Group Des Moines, IA 50392 Michael P. Finnegan Senior Vice President - The Principal Investment Services Financial Group Des Moines, IA 50392 Stephen G. Gallaher Second Vice President and The Principal Counsel Financial Group Des Moines, IA 50392 Ernest H. Gillum Vice President The Principal Financial Group Des Moines, IA 50392 Robyn Hinders Director - Mutual Fund Operations The Principal Financial Group Des Moines, IA 50392 Joyce N. Hoffman Sr. Vice President and The Principal Corporate Secretary Financial Group Des Moines, IA 50392 Patrick A. Kirchner Counsel The Principal Financial Group Des Moines, IA 50392 Peter R. Kornweiss Vice President The Principal Financial Group Des Moines, IA 50392 Julie LeClere Director - Marketing and Recruiting The Principal Financial Group Des Moines, IA 50392 Sarah J. Pitts Counsel The Principal Financial Group Des Moines, IA 50392 Martin R. Richardson Vice President - The Principal Broker Dealer Operations Financial Group Des Moines, IA 50392 Michael D. Roughton Senior Vice President and Counsel The Principal Financial Group Des Moines, IA 50392 James F. Sager Vice President The Principal Financial Group Des Moines, IA 50392 Minoo Spellerberg Vice President and The Principal Chief Compliance Officer Financial Group Des Moines, IA 50392 Mark A. Stark Vice President - The Principal Investor Services Financial Group Des Moines, IA 50392 Beth Wilson Vice President The Principal Financial Group Des Moines, IA 50392 Larry D. Zimpleman Chairman of the Board and The Principal Director Financial Group Des Moines, IA 50392 (c) (1) (2) Net Underwriting Name of Principal Discounts and Underwriter Commissions Princor Financial $32,467.571.18 Services Corporation (3) (4) (5) Compensation on Brokerage Events Occasioning Commissions Compensation the Deduction of a Deferred Sales Load 0 0 0 Item 30. Location of Accounts and Records All accounts, books or other documents of the Registrant are located at the offices of the Depositor, The Principal Financial Group, Des Moines, Iowa 50392. Item 31. Management Services Inapplicable Item 32. Undertakings The Registrant undertakes that in restricting cash withdrawals from Tax Sheltered Annuities to prohibit cash withdrawals before the Participant attains age 59 1/2, separates from service, dies, or becomes disabled or in the case of hardship, Registrant acts in reliance of SEC No Action Letter addressed to American Counsel of Life Insurance (available November 28, 1988). Registrant further undertakes that: 1. Registrant has included appropriate disclosure regarding the redemption restrictions imposed by Section 403(b)(11) in its registration statement, including the prospectus, used in connection with the offer of the contract; 2. Registrant will include appropriate disclosure regarding the redemption restrictions imposed by Section 403(b)(11) in any sales literature used in connection with the offer of the contract; 3. Registrant will instruct sales representatives who solicit Plan Participants to purchase the contract specifically to bring the redemption restrictions imposed by Section 403(b)(11) to the attention of the potential Plan Participants; and 4. Registrant will obtain from each Plan Participant who purchases a Section 403(b) annuity contract, prior to or at the time of such purchase, a signed statement acknowledging the Plan Participant's understanding of (a) the restrictions on redemption imposed by Section 403(b)(11), and (b) the investment alternatives available under the employer's Section 403(b) arrangement, to which the Plan Participant may elect to transfer his contract value. REPRESENTATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 26 OF THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 Principal Mutual Life Insurance Company represents the fees and charges deducted under the Policy, in the aggregate, are reasonable in relation to the services rendered, the expenses expected to be incurred, and the risks assumed by the Company. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant, Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B, has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereto duly authorized in the City of Des Moines and State of Iowa, on the 27th day of April, 2007. PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY SEPARATE ACCOUNT B (Registrant) (Registrant) /s/ J. Barry Griswell By ______________________________________________ J. Barry Griswell Chairman and Chief Executive Officer By PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (Depositor) /s/ J. Barry Griswell By ______________________________________________ J. Barry Griswell Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Attest: /s/ Joyce N. Hoffman ----------------------------------- Joyce N. Hoffman Senior Vice President and Corporate Secretary As required by the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated. Signature Title Date /s/ J. B. Griswell Chairman and April 27, 2007 -------------------- Chief Executive Officer J. B. Griswell /s/ G. B. Elming Senior Vice President and April 27, 2007 -------------------- Controller (Principal G. B. Elming Accounting Officer) /s/ M. H. Gersie Executive Vice President April 27, 2007 -------------------- and Chief Financial Officer M. H. Gersie (Principal Financial Officer) (B. J. Bernard)* Director April 27, 2007 -------------------- B. J. Bernard (J. Carter-Miller)* Director April 27, 2007 -------------------- J. Carter-Miller (G. E. Costley)* Director April 27, 2007 -------------------- G. E. Costley (M. T. Dan)* Director April 27, 2007 -------------------- M. T. Dan (D. J. Drury)* Director April 27, 2007 -------------------- D. J. Drury (C. D. Gelatt, Jr.)* Director April 27, 2007 -------------------- C. D. Gelatt, Jr. (S. L. Helton)* Director April 27, 2007 -------------------- S. L. Helton (W. T. Kerr)* Director April 27, 2007 -------------------- W. T. Kerr (R. L. Keyser)* Director April 27, 2007 -------------------- R. L. Keyser (A. K. Mathrani)* Director April 27, 2007 -------------------- A. K. Mathrani (E. E. Tallett)* Director April 27, 2007 -------------------- E. E. Tallett (T. M. Vaughan)* Director April 27, 2007 -------------------- T. M. Vaughan (L. D. Zimpleman)* Director April 27, 2007 -------------------- L. D. Zimpleman *By /s/ J. Barry Griswell ------------------------------------ J. Barry Griswell Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Powers of Attorney Previously Filed or Included