# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001572661
**File Stem:** 0001572661-26-000084
**Filing Date:** 2026-6
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**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001572661-26-000084

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-A12B

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260630

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260630

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**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Principal Exchange-Traded Funds
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001572661

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0630

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-A12B
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-37475
- **FILM NUMBER:** 261139936

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 711 HIGH STREET
- **CITY:** DES MOINES
- **STATE:** IA
- **ZIP:** 50392
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 515-235-9328

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 711 HIGH STREET
- **CITY:** DES MOINES
- **STATE:** IA
- **ZIP:** 50392

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-A

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Principal Exchange-Traded Funds

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

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|:---|:---|
| Delaware | (See below) |
| (State of Incorporation or Organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| 711 High Street, Des Moines, Iowa | 50392 |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |

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Securities to be registered pursuant to

Section 12(b) of the Act:

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| | | |
|:---|:---|:---|
| Title of Each Class | Name of Each Exchange on Which | (I.R.S. Employer |
| to be so Registered: | Each Class is to be so Registered: | Identification No.) |
| Principal Equity Premium Income ETF | Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. | 42-1950847 |
| Principal Finisterre Emerging Markets Diversified Income ETF | NYSE Arca, Inc. | 42-2014583 |

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If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act

and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), please check to following box.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[X]

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), please check the following box.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[ ]

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;333-201935; 811-23029

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;NONE

Item 1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered.

A description of the shares of beneficial interest, no par value, of the series of Principal Exchange-Traded Funds (the "Trust) to be registered hereunder is set forth in <u>[Post-Effective Amendment No. 12](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1572661/000157266126000082/ck0001572661-20260630.htm)[4](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1572661/000157266126000082/ck0001572661-20260630.htm)[to the Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 333-201935; 811-23029](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1572661/000157266126000082/ck0001572661-20260630.htm)</u>), as filed on June 30, 2026 and effective on June 30, 2026. Such description is incorporated herein by reference. Any form of amendment or supplement to the Prospectus that is subsequently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is hereby incorporated by reference herein.

Item 2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibits

1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>[The Trust's Agreement and Declaration of Trust is included as Exhibit (a)(2) to the Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 333-201935; 811-23029), as filed on February 6, 2015, and incorporated herein by reference.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1572661/000157266115000008/etf-declarationoftrustxexh.htm)</u>

2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>[The Trust's By-Laws are included as Exhibit (b)(1) to the Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 333-201935; 811-23029), as filed on September 2, 2020 and incorporated herein by reference](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1572661/000157266120000197/ex99b-etfbylaws060920.htm)</u>.

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SIGNATURE

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

PRINCIPAL EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS

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|:---|:---|:---|
| | By | /s/ Kamal Bhatia |
| Date: June 30, 2026 | | Name: Kamal Bhatia |
| | | Title: Trustee, President & Chief Executive Officer |

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