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EXHIBIT 4.1

OMNIBUS INSTRUMENT

     WHEREAS, the parties named herein desire to enter into certain Program Documents contained
herein, each such document dated as specified herein, relating to the issuance by Principal Life
Income Fundings Trust 37 (the “Trust”) of Notes with a
principal amount of $300,000,000 to
investors under Principal Life’s secured notes program;

     WHEREAS, the Trust is a trust and will be organized under and its activities will be governed
by the provisions of the Trust Agreement (set forth in Section A of this Omnibus Instrument), dated
as of the date of the Pricing Supplement (attached to this Omnibus Instrument as Exhibit D)
(the “Pricing Supplement”), by and between the parties thereto indicated in Section F herein;

     WHEREAS, certain expense and indemnification arrangements between Principal Life and the
Trustee, on behalf of itself and on behalf of the Trust, are governed pursuant to the provisions of
the Expense and Indemnity Agreement dated as of November 21, 2007, by and between Principal Life
and the Trustee;

     WHEREAS, certain licensing arrangements between the Trust and Principal Financial Services,
Inc. will be governed pursuant to the provisions of the License Agreement (set forth in Section B
of this Omnibus Instrument), dated the date of the Pricing Supplement, by and between the parties
thereto indicated in Section F herein;

     WHEREAS, certain custodial arrangements of the Funding Agreement and the Guarantee will be
governed pursuant to the provisions of the Custodial Agreement (the “Custodial Agreement”) dated as
of November 21, 2007, by and among Bankers Trust Company, N.A., acting as custodian (the
“Custodian”), the Indenture Trustee and the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust;

     WHEREAS, the Notes will be issued pursuant to the Indenture (set forth in Section C of this
Omnibus Instrument), dated as of the Original Issue Date, by and between the parties thereto
indicated in Section F herein;

     WHEREAS, the sale of the Notes will be governed by the Terms Agreement (set forth in Section D
of this Omnibus Instrument), dated as of the date of the Pricing Supplement, by and among the
parties thereto indicated in Section F herein; and

     WHEREAS, certain agreements relating to the Notes, the Funding Agreement and the Guarantee are
set forth in the Coordination Agreement (set forth in Section E of this Omnibus Instrument), dated
as of the date of the Pricing Supplement, by and among the parties thereto indicated in Section F
herein.

     All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined will have the meanings set forth
in the Indenture.

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SECTION A

TRUST AGREEMENT

     This TRUST AGREEMENT (this “Trust Agreement”), dated as of the date of the Pricing Supplement,
is entered into by and between GSS Holdings II, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as trust beneficial
owner (the “Trust Beneficial Owner”), and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, a national banking
association, as Trustee (the “Trustee”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

     WHEREAS, the Trust Beneficial Owner and the Trustee desire to authorize the issuance of a
Trust Beneficial Interest and a series of Notes in connection with the entry into this Trust
Agreement;

     WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Trust Agreement a valid and legally binding
agreement of the Trustee and the Trust Beneficial Owner, enforceable in accordance with its terms,
have been done;

     WHEREAS, the parties intend to provide for, among other things, (i) the issuance and sale of
the Notes (pursuant to the Indenture, the Distribution Agreement and the related Terms Agreement)
and the Trust Beneficial Interest, (ii) the use of the proceeds of the sale of the Notes and Trust
Beneficial Interest to acquire the Funding Agreement, the payment obligations of which will be
fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantee, and (iii) all other actions deemed necessary
or desirable in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Trust Agreement; and

     WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to incorporate by reference those certain Standard Trust
Terms, dated as of November 21, 2007, and attached to the Omnibus Instrument as Exhibit A
(the “Standard Trust Terms”) and all capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein (including the
recitals hereof) shall have the meanings set forth in the Standard Trust Terms (the Standard Trust
Terms and this Trust Agreement, collectively, the “Trust Agreement”).

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set forth herein and for
other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each party
hereby agrees as follows:

ARTICLE 1

     Section 1.01 Incorporation by Reference. All terms, provisions and agreements set
forth in the Standard Trust Terms (except to the extent expressly modified herein) are hereby
incorporated herein by reference with the same force and effect as though fully set forth herein.
To the extent that the terms set forth in Article 2 of this Trust Agreement are inconsistent with
the terms of the Standard Trust Terms, the terms set forth in Article 2 herein shall apply.

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ARTICLE 2

     Section 2.01 Name. The Trust created and governed by the Trust Agreement shall be the
trust specified in the Omnibus Instrument. The name of the Trust shall be the name specified in
the first paragraph of the Omnibus Instrument, as such name may be modified from time to time by
the Trustee following written notice to the Trust Beneficial Owner.

     Section 2.02 Jurisdiction. The Trust is hereby organized in, and formed under and
pursuant to, the laws of the State of New York.

     Section 2.03 Initial Capital Contribution and Ownership. The Trust Beneficial Owner
has paid or has caused to be paid to, or to an account at the direction of, the Trustee, on the
date hereof, the sum of $15 (or, in the case of Notes issued with original issue discount, such
amount multiplied by the issue price of the Notes). The Trustee hereby acknowledges receipt in
trust from the Trust Beneficial Owner, as of the date hereof, of the foregoing contribution, which
shall be used along with the proceeds from the sale of the series of Notes to purchase the Funding
Agreement. Upon the creation of the Trust and the registration of the Trust Beneficial Interest in
the Securities Register (as defined in the Trust Agreement) by the Registrar in the name of the
Trust Beneficial Owner, the Trust Beneficial Owner shall be the sole beneficial owner of the Trust.

     Section 2.04 Acknowledgment. The Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, expressly
acknowledges its duties and obligations set forth in the Standard Trust Terms incorporated herein.

     Section 2.05 Additional Terms.

     None.

     Section 2.06 Omnibus Instrument; Execution and Incorporation of Terms.

     The parties to the Trust Agreement will enter into the Trust Agreement by executing the
Omnibus Instrument.

     By executing the Omnibus Instrument, the Trustee and the Trust Beneficial Owner hereby agree
that the Trust Agreement will constitute a legal, valid and binding agreement between the Trustee
and the Trust Beneficial Owner.

     All terms relating to the Trust or the series of Notes not otherwise included in the Trust
Agreement will be as specified in the Omnibus Instrument, the Pricing Supplement or the
Distribution Agreement as indicated herein.

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     Section 2.07 Governing Law. The Trust Agreement will be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

     Section 2.08 Counterparts. The Trust Agreement, through the Omnibus Instrument, may
be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which counterparts shall be deemed to be an
original, and all of which counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

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SECTION B

LICENSE AGREEMENT

     This LICENSE AGREEMENT (this “License Agreement”), dated as of the date of the Pricing
Supplement, is entered into by and between Principal Financial Services, Inc., an Iowa corporation
with its principal place of business at 711 High Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50392 (the “Licensor”),
and the Principal Life Income Fundings Trust specified in the Omnibus Instrument (the “Licensee”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

     WHEREAS, the Licensor is the owner of certain trademarks and service marks and registrations
and pending applications therefor, and may acquire additional trademarks and service marks in the
future, all as described more fully below;

     WHEREAS, the Licensee desires to use certain of the Licensor’s trademarks and service marks in
connection with the Licensee’s activities, as described more fully below;

     WHEREAS, the Licensor and the Licensee wish to formalize the agreement between them regarding
the Licensee’s use of the Licensor’s marks; and

     WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to incorporate by reference those certain Standard License
Agreement Terms, dated March 5, 2004, and attached to the Omnibus Instrument as Exhibit B
(the “Standard License Agreement Terms”) and all capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein
(including the recitals hereof) shall have the meanings set forth in the Standard License Agreement
Terms (the Standard License Agreement Terms and this License Agreement, collectively, the “License
Agreement”).

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises set forth herein and for other good
and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, each
party hereby agrees as follows:

ARTICLE 1

     Section 1.01 Incorporation by Reference. All terms, provisions and agreements set
forth in the Standard License Agreement Terms (except to the extent expressly modified herein) are
hereby incorporated herein by reference with the same force and effect as though fully set forth
herein. To the extent that the terms set forth in Article 2 of this License Agreement are
inconsistent with the terms of the Standard License Agreement Terms, the terms set forth in Article
2 herein shall apply.

ARTICLE 2

     Section 2.01 Additional Terms.

     None.

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     Section 2.02 Omnibus Instrument; Execution and Incorporation of Terms.

     The parties to the License Agreement will enter into the License Agreement by executing the
Omnibus Instrument.

     By executing the Omnibus Instrument, the Licensor and the Licensee hereby agree that the
License Agreement will constitute a legal, valid and binding agreement between the Licensor and the
Licensee.

     All terms relating to the Trust or the Notes not otherwise included in the License Agreement
will be as specified in the Omnibus Instrument or Pricing Supplement, as indicated herein.

     Section 2.03 Counterparts. The License Agreement, through the Omnibus Instrument, may
be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which counterparts shall be deemed to be an
original, and all of which counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

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SECTION C

INDENTURE

     This INDENTURE (this “Indenture”) is entered into as of the Original Issue Date by and between
the Principal Life Income Fundings Trust specified in the Omnibus Instrument (the “Trust”) and
Citibank, N.A., as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”).

     Citibank, N.A., in its capacity as indenture trustee, hereby accepts its role as Registrar,
Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Calculation Agent hereunder.

     References herein to “Indenture Trustee,” “Registrar,” “Transfer Agent,” “Paying Agent” or
“Calculation Agent” shall include the permitted successors and assigns of any such entity from time
to time.

W I T N E S S E T H:

     WHEREAS, the Trust has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide
for the issuance of Notes;

     WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Indenture a valid and legally binding agreement of
the Trust and the other parties to this Indenture, enforceable in accordance with its terms, have
been done, and the Trust proposes to do all things necessary to make the Notes, when executed by
the Trust and authenticated and delivered pursuant hereto, valid and legally binding obligations of
the Trust as hereinafter provided; and

     WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to incorporate by reference those certain Standard
Indenture Terms, dated as of November 21, 2007, and attached to the Omnibus Instrument as
Exhibit C (the “Standard Indenture Terms”) and all capitalized terms not otherwise defined
herein (including the recitals hereof) shall have the meanings set forth in the Standard Indenture
Terms (the Standard Indenture Terms and this Indenture, collectively, the “Indenture”).

     NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes by the
Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed by each of the parties hereto as follows:

ARTICLE 1

     Section 1.01 Incorporation by Reference. All terms, provisions and agreements set
forth in the Standard Indenture Terms (except to the extent expressly modified herein) are hereby
incorporated herein by reference (with the same force and effect as though fully set forth herein).
To the extent that the terms set forth in Article 2 of this Indenture are inconsistent with the
terms of the Standard Indenture Terms, the terms set forth in Article 2 herein shall apply.

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ARTICLE 2

     Section 2.01 Agreement to be Bound. Each of the Trust, the Indenture Trustee, the
Registrar, the Transfer Agent, the Paying Agent and the Calculation Agent hereby agrees to be bound
by all of the terms, provisions and agreements set forth in the Indenture, with respect to all
matters contemplated in the Indenture, including, without limitation, those relating to the
issuance of the below-referenced Notes.

     Section 2.02 Designation of the Trust, the Notes, the Funding Agreement and the
Guarantee. The Trust created by the Trust Agreement and referred to in the Indenture is the
Principal Life Income Fundings Trust specified in the Omnibus Instrument. The Notes issued by the
Trust and governed by the Indenture shall be the Notes specified in the Pricing Supplement. The
Funding Agreement designated hereby is the Funding Agreement designated in the Pricing Supplement
dated as of the Original Issue Date between the Trust and Principal Life. The Guarantee designated
hereby is the Guarantee dated as of the Original Issue Date of PFG.

     Section 2.03 Additional Terms.

     None.

     Section 2.04 Omnibus Instrument; Execution and Incorporation of Terms.

     The parties to the Indenture will enter into the Indenture by executing the Omnibus
Instrument.

     By executing the Omnibus Instrument, the Indenture Trustee, the Registrar, the Transfer Agent,
the Paying Agent, the Calculation Agent and the Trust hereby agree that the Indenture will
constitute a legal, valid and binding agreement between the Indenture Trustee, the Registrar, the
Transfer Agent, the Paying Agent, the Calculation Agent and the Trust.

     All terms relating to the Trust or the Notes not otherwise included in the Indenture will be
as specified in the Omnibus Instrument or Pricing Supplement, as indicated herein.

     Section 2.05 Counterparts. The Indenture, through the Omnibus Instrument, may be
executed in any number of counterparts, each of which counterparts shall be deemed to be an
original, and all of which counterparts shall constitute one and the same instrument.

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SECTION D

TERMS AGREEMENT

     This TERMS AGREEMENT (this “Terms Agreement”) is entered into as of the date of the Pricing
Supplement by and among Principal Life Insurance Company (“Principal Life”), Principal Financial
Group, Inc. (“PFG”), the Principal Life Income Fundings Trust specified in the Omnibus Instrument
(the “Trust”) and the Purchasing Agent(s) specified in the Pricing Supplement (the “Purchasing
Agent(s)”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

     WHEREAS, Principal Life, PFG and the agents named therein, including the Purchasing Agent(s)
have entered into that certain Distribution Agreement dated November 21, 2007 (the “Distribution
Agreement”).

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises set forth herein and other good and
valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, each of the
parties hereby agrees as follows:

ARTICLE 1

     Section 1.01 Incorporation by Reference. The provisions of the Distribution Agreement
and the related definitions (unless otherwise specified herein) are incorporated by reference
herein and shall be deemed to have the same force and effect as if set forth in full herein.

ARTICLE 2

     Section 2.01 Addition of Trust as Party to Distribution Agreement.

     Pursuant to Section 1 of the Distribution Agreement, each of the undersigned parties hereby
acknowledges and agrees that the Trust, upon execution hereof by the Trust and the other parties to
the Distribution Agreement (other than any other trusts organized in connection with the
Registration Statement that are party thereto as of the date hereof), shall become a Trust for
purposes of the Distribution Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof, in respect of the
Notes, with all the authority, rights, powers, duties and obligations of a Trust under the
Distribution Agreement. The Trust confirms that any agreement, covenant, acknowledgment,
representation or warranty under the Distribution Agreement applicable to the Trust is made by the
Trust at the date hereof, unless another time or times are specified in the Distribution Agreement,
in which case such agreement, covenant, acknowledgment, representation or warranty shall be deemed
to be confirmed by the Trust at such specified time or times.

     Section 2.02 Purchase of Notes as Principal.

     (a) Subject in all respects to the terms and conditions of the Distribution Agreement, the
Trust hereby agrees to sell to the Purchasing Agent(s) and each Purchasing Agent(s) hereby
agree(s), severally and not jointly, to purchase the Notes having the terms specified in the
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Supplement relating to such Notes and in the principal amount of the Notes set forth
opposite the Purchasing Agent’s name in the Pricing Supplement.

     (b) In connection with any purchase of Notes from the Trust by the Purchasing Agent(s) as
principal, the parties agree that the items specified on Schedule I of the Omnibus Instrument will
be delivered as of the Settlement Date.

     Section 2.03 Termination. Upon the termination of this Terms Agreement pursuant to
Section 13(b) of the Distribution Agreement the undersigned parties hereby agree to that the
expenses reasonably incurred prior to or in connection with such termination will be borne by
Principal Life and PFG.

     Section 2.04 Applicable Time. For purposes of the Distribution Agreement, the
Applicable Time shall be 2:09 p.m. Central Time, April 18, 2008.

     Section 2.05 Free Writing Prospectus. For purposes of the Distribution Agreement,
each free writing prospectus (attached to this Omnibus Instrument as Exhibit G) constitutes
a part of the Time of Sale Prospectus.

     Section 2.06 Governing Law. This Terms Agreement shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to the principles of conflicts
of laws thereof.

     Section 2.07 Notices. For purposes of Section 14 of the Distribution Agreement, the
Trust’s communications details are as set forth in Section E of the Omnibus Instrument.

     Section 2.08 Omnibus Instrument; Execution and Incorporation of Terms.

     The parties to this Terms Agreement will enter into this Terms Agreement by executing the
Omnibus Instrument.

     By executing the Omnibus Instrument, each party hereto agrees that this Terms Agreement will
constitute a legal, valid and binding agreement by and among such parties.

     All terms relating to the Trust or the Notes not otherwise included in this Terms Agreement
will be as specified in the Omnibus Instrument, the Pricing Supplement or the Distribution
Agreement as indicated herein.

     Section 2.09 Counterparts. This Terms Agreement, through the Omnibus Instrument, may
be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which counterparts shall be deemed to be an
original, and all of which counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

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SECTION E

COORDINATION AGREEMENT

     This COORDINATION AGREEMENT (this “Coordination Agreement”), dated as of the date of the
Pricing Supplement, is entered into by and among Principal Life Insurance Company (“Principal
Life”), Principal Financial Group, Inc. (“PFG”), the Principal Life Income Fundings Trust specified
in the Omnibus Instrument (the “Trust”), Bankers Trust Company, N.A. and Citibank, N.A., as
indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”).

W I T N E S S E T H

     WHEREAS, the Trust will enter into the Funding Agreement with Principal Life dated as of the
Original Issue Date specified in the Pricing Supplement;

     WHEREAS, PFG will issue a Guarantee to the Trust as of the Original Issue Date specified in
the Pricing Supplement, which will fully and unconditionally guarantee the payment obligations of
Principal Life under the Funding Agreement;

     WHEREAS, the Purchasing Agent(s) (as defined in the Terms Agreement) have agreed to sell the
Notes in accordance with the Registration Statement;

     WHEREAS, the Trust intends to issue the Notes in accordance with the Indenture, to
collaterally assign to, and grant a security interest in, the Funding Agreement and the Guarantee
to and in favor of the Indenture Trustee in accordance with the Indenture to secure payment of the
Notes; and

     WHEREAS, the Custodian will hold the Funding Agreement and the Guarantee on behalf of the
Indenture Trustee pursuant to the terms of the Custodial Agreement.

     NOW, THEREFORE, to give effect to the agreements and arrangements established under the Terms
Agreement included in the Omnibus Instrument, as applicable, the Trust Agreement, the Indenture and
the Notes, and in consideration of the agreements and obligations set forth herein and for other
good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each party
hereby agrees as follows:

ARTICLE 1

     Section 1.01 Delivery of the Funding Agreement and the Guarantee. The Trust hereby
authorizes the Custodian, on behalf of the Indenture Trustee, to receive the Funding Agreement from
Principal Life and the Guarantee from PFG pursuant to the assignment of the Funding Agreement and
Guarantee (the “Assignment”), to be entered into on the Original Issue Date, included in the
closing instrument dated as of the Original Issue Date (the “Closing Instrument”).

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     Section 1.02 Issuance and Purchase of the Notes.

     (a) Delivery of the Funding Agreement and the Guarantee to the Custodian, on behalf of the
Indenture Trustee, pursuant to the Assignment or execution of the cross receipt contained in the
Closing Instrument shall be confirmation of payment by the Trust for the Funding Agreement.

     (b) The Trust hereby directs the Indenture Trustee, upon receipt by the Custodian, on behalf
of the Indenture Trustee, of the Funding Agreement pursuant to the Assignment and upon receipt by
the Custodian, on behalf of the Indenture Trustee, of the Guarantee, (i) to authenticate the
certificates representing the Notes (the “Notes Certificates”) in accordance with the Indenture and
(ii) to (A) deliver each relevant Notes Certificate to the clearing system or systems identified in
each such Notes Certificate, or to the nominee of such clearing system, or the custodian thereof,
for credit to such accounts as the Purchasing Agent(s) may direct, or (B) deliver each relevant
Notes Certificate to the purchasers thereof as identified by the Purchasing Agent(s).

ARTICLE 2

     Section 2.01 Directions Regarding Periodic Payments. As registered owner of the
Funding Agreement and the Guarantee as collateral securing payments on the Notes, the Indenture
Trustee will receive payments on the Funding Agreement and the Guarantee on behalf of the Trust.
The Trust hereby directs the Indenture Trustee to use such funds to make payments on behalf of the
Trust pursuant to the Trust Agreement and the Indenture.

     Section 2.02 Maturity of the Funding Agreement. Upon the maturity of the Funding
Agreement and the return of funds thereunder, the Trust hereby directs the Indenture Trustee to set
aside from such funds an amount sufficient for the repayment of the outstanding principal on the
Notes and Trust Beneficial Interest when due.

ARTICLE 3

     Section 3.01 Certificates. Principal Life hereby agrees to deliver an Officer’s
Certificate, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit E, on a quarterly basis to any
rating agency currently rating the Program. The Trust hereby agrees to deliver an Officer’s
Certificate, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit F, on a quarterly basis to any
rating agency currently rating the Program.

     Section 3.02 Filings. Principal Life hereby covenants, as sponsor and depositor, to
file, or cause to be filed, in a timely manner on behalf of the Trust all reports, certifications
or similar filings required under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

ARTICLE 4

     Section 4.01 No Additional Liability. Nothing in this Coordination Agreement shall
impose any liability or obligation on the part of any party to this Coordination Agreement to make
any payment or disbursement in addition to any liability or obligation such party has under the
Program Documents, except to the extent that a party has actually received funds which it is
obligated to disburse pursuant to this Coordination Agreement.

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     Section 4.02 No Conflict. This Coordination Agreement is intended to be in
furtherance of the agreements reflected in the documents related to the Program Documents, and not
in conflict. To the extent that a provision of this Coordination Agreement conflicts with the
provisions of one or more Program Documents, the provisions of such Program Documents shall govern.

     Section 4.03 Governing Law. This Coordination Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to the principles of
conflicts of laws thereof.

     Section 4.04 Severability. If any provision in this Coordination Agreement shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, such provision shall be deemed severable from the remaining
provisions of this Coordination Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability
of such other provisions of this Coordination Agreement.

     Section 4.05 Notices. All demands, notices and communications under this Coordination
Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt at the
addresses set forth below:

     To the Trust:

	 	 	 
	 

	 	Principal Life Income Fundings Trust (followed by the number set forth in the

     Omnibus Instrument)
	 

	 	c/o U.S. Bank Trust National Association
	 

	 	100 Wall Street, 16th Floor
	 

	 	New York, New York 10005
	 

	 	Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
	 

	 	Telephone: (212) 361-2184
	 

	 	Facsimile: (212) 509-3384

     To the Indenture Trustee:

	 	 	 
	 

	 	Citibank, N.A.
	 

	 	Citibank Agency & Trust
	 

	 	388 Greenwich Street, 14th Floor
	 

	 	New York, New York 10013
	 

	 	Attention: Jennifer H. McCourt
	 

	 	Telephone: (212) 816-5680
	 

	 	Facsimile: (212) 816-5527

     To Principal Life:

	 	 	 
	 

	 	Principal Life Insurance Company
	 

	 	711 High Street
	 

	 	Des Moines, Iowa 50392
	 

	 	Attention: General Counsel
	 

	 	Telephone: (515) 247-5111
	 

	 	Facsimile: (515) 248-3011
	 
	 	 

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	 	With a copy to:
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	Principal Life Insurance Company
	 

	 	711 High Street
	 

	 	Des Moines, Iowa 50392
	 

	 	Attention: Jim Fifield
	 

	 	Telephone: (515) 248-9196
	 

	 	Facsimile: (866) 496-6527

     To PFG:

	 	 	 
	 

	 	Principal Financial Group, Inc.
	 

	 	711 High Street
	 

	 	Des Moines, Iowa 50392
	 

	 	Attention: General Counsel
	 

	 	Telephone: (515) 247-5111
	 

	 	Facsimile: (515) 248-3011
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	With a copy to:
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	Principal Life Insurance Company
	 

	 	711 High Street
	 

	 	Des Moines, Iowa 50392
	 

	 	Attention: Jim Fifield
	 

	 	Telephone: (515) 248-9196
	 

	 	Facsimile: (866) 496-6527

     To Bankers Trust Company, N.A:

	 	 	 
	 

	 	Bankers Trust Company, N.A.
	 

	 	453 7th Street
	 

	 	Des Moines, Iowa  50309-2728
	 

	 	Attention: Diana L. Cook
	 

	 	Telephone: (515) 245-2418
	 

	 	Facsimile: (515) 247-2101

or at such other address as shall be designated by any such party in a written notice to the other
parties.

ARTICLE 5

     Section 5.01 Omnibus Instrument; Execution and Incorporation of Terms.

     The parties to this Coordination Agreement will enter into this Coordination Agreement by
executing the Omnibus Instrument.

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     By executing the Omnibus Instrument, each party hereto agrees that this Coordination Agreement
will constitute a legal, valid and binding agreement by and among the Trust, Principal Life, PFG,
the Custodian and the Indenture Trustee.

     All terms relating to the Trust or the Notes not otherwise included in this Coordination
Agreement will be as specified in the Omnibus Instrument or Pricing Supplement, as indicated
herein.

     Section 5.02 Acknowledgment. Principal Life hereby acknowledges Section 2.10 of the
Indenture and Section 6.1 of the Custodial Agreement. The Trust hereby acknowledges and agrees to
the terms of the Custodial Agreement.

     Section 5.03 Counterparts. This Coordination Agreement, through the Omnibus
Instrument, may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which counterparts shall be
deemed to be an original, and all of which counterparts shall constitute but one and the same
instrument.

     Section 5.04 Capitalized Terms. All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise
defined in this Coordination Agreement will have the meanings set forth in the Indenture.

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SECTION F

MISCELLANEOUS AND EXECUTION PAGES

     This Omnibus Instrument may be executed by each of the parties hereto in any number of
counterparts, and by each of the parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which
counterparts, when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

     Each signatory, by its execution hereof, does hereby become a party to each of the agreements
or indenture identified for such party as of the date specified in such agreements or indenture.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Omnibus Instrument with respect to the
Notes as of the date of the Pricing Supplement.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (in executing below
agrees and becomes a party to (i) the Terms Agreement
set forth in Section D herein and (ii) the Coordination
Agreement set forth in Section E herein)

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
JoEllen J. Watts	 
	 	 	Name:  	JoEllen J. Watts	 
	 	 	Title:  	Counsel	 
	 
	 	PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. (in executing below
agrees and becomes a party to (i) the Terms Agreement
set forth in Section D herein and (ii) the Coordination
Agreement set forth in Section E herein)

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ JoEllen J. Watts	 
	 	 	Name:  	JoEllen J. Watts	 
	 	 	Title:  	Counsel	 
	 
	 	PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. (in executing below
agrees and becomes a party to the License Agreement set
forth in Section B herein)

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ JoEllen J. Watts	 
	 	 	Name:  	JoEllen J. Watts	 
	 	 	Title:  	Counsel	 
	 

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	 	THE PRINCIPAL LIFE INCOME FUNDINGS TRUST DESIGNATED IN
THIS OMNIBUS INSTRUMENT (in executing below agrees and
becomes a party to (i) the License Agreement set forth
in Section B herein, (ii) the Indenture set forth in
Section C herein, (iii) the Terms Agreement set forth
in Section D herein and (iv) the Coordination Agreement
set forth in Section E herein)

By: U.S. Bank Trust National Association, not in its
individual capacity but solely in its capacity as
trustee of the Trust

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Janet P. O’Hara	 
	 	 	Name:  	Janet P. O’Hara	 
	 	 	Title:  	Assistant Vice President	 
	 
	 	U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (in executing
below agrees and becomes a party to the Trust Agreement
set forth in Section A herein), as Trustee

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Janet P. O’Hara	 
	 	 	Name:  	Janet P. O’Hara	 
	 	 	Title:  	Assistant Vice President	 
	 
	 	GSS HOLDINGS II, INC. (in executing below agrees and
becomes a party to the Trust Agreement set forth in
Section A herein), as Trust Beneficial Owner

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Bernard J. Angelo	 
	 	 	Name:  	Bernard J. Angelo	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President	 
	 
	 	CITIBANK, N.A. (in executing below agrees and becomes a
party to (i) the Indenture set forth in Section C
herein, as Indenture Trustee, Registrar, Transfer
Agent, Paying Agent and Calculation Agent and (ii) the
Coordination Agreement set forth in Section E herein),
as Indenture Trustee, Registrar, Transfer Agent, Paying
Agent and Calculation Agent

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Jennifer McCourt	 
	 	 	Name:  	Jennifer McCourt	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President	 
	 

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	 	BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, N.A. (in
executing below agrees and becomes a party to the
Coordination Agreement set forth in Section E herein)

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Rick Greene	 
	 	 	Name:  	Rick Greene	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President	 
	 
	 	BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC (in
executing below agrees and becomes a party to the Terms Agreement set
forth in Section D herein)

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Joseph A. Crowley	 
	 	 	Name:  	Joseph A. Crowley	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President	 
	 
	 	DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC. (in executing below
agrees and becomes a party to the Terms Agreement set
forth in Section D herein)

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Paul Puleo	 
	 	 	Name:  	Paul Puleo	 
	 	 	Title:  	Managing Director	 
	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Mary Hardgrove	 
	 	 	Name:  	Mary Hardgrove	 
	 	 	Title:  	Director	 
	 
	 	J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC. (in executing below agrees and
becomes a party to the Terms Agreement set forth in
Section D herein)

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Stephen L. Sheiner	 
	 	 	Name:  	Stephen L. Sheiner	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President	 
	 

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INDEX OF EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES TO THE OMNIBUS INSTRUMENT

	 	 	 
	Exhibit A

	 	Standard Trust Terms – Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
4.2 to Principal Life Insurance Company’s Current Report on Form
8-K, filed on December 5, 2007.
	 
	 	 
	Exhibit B

	 	Standard License Agreement Terms – Incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 99.1 to Principal Life Insurance Company’s
Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on March 29, 2004.
	 
	 	 
	Exhibit C

	 	Standard Indenture Terms – Incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 4.1 to Principal Life Insurance Company’s Current Report
on Form 8-K, filed on December 5, 2007.
	 
	 	 
	Exhibit D

	 	Pricing Supplement – Incorporated herein by reference to the
Pricing Supplement with respect to Principal Life Income Fundings
Trust 37, to be filed on April 22, 2008, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
	 
	 	 
	Exhibit E

	 	Principal Life Insurance Company Officer’s Certificate
	 
	 	 
	Exhibit F

	 	Principal Life Income Fundings Trusts Trustee Officer’s Certificate
	 
	 	 
	Exhibit G

	 	Free Writing Prospectus(es)
	 
	 	 
	Schedule I

	 	Terms Agreement Specifications

 

 

EXHIBIT E

Principal Life Insurance Company

Officer’s Certificate

     The undersigned, an officer of Principal Life Insurance Company, an Iowa stock life insurance
company (“Principal Life”), does hereby certify to Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division
of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., in such capacity and on
behalf of Principal Life, to the knowledge of the undersigned and after reasonable inquiry, that:

	 	1.	 	each of the representations and warranties of Principal Life contained in each
Expense and Indemnity Agreement entered into in connection with the Registration
Statement (defined below), and each Funding Agreement issued in connection with the
Program (the “Specified Agreements”) (other than any representation or warranty
expressly made as of a date prior to the date hereof) are true and correct on and as of
the date hereof, with the same effect as though such representation or warranty had
been made on and as of the date hereof;
	 
	 	2.	 	no default under any of the Specified Agreements and no event or any condition
which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become a default, has occurred and
is continuing as of the date hereof;
	 
	 	3.	 	Principal Life has performed and complied with, respectively, in all material
respects, all of the agreements, covenants, obligations and conditions applicable to
Principal Life required by the Specified Agreements to be performed or complied with by
Principal Life on or before the date hereof;
	 
	 	4.	 	the Registration Statement filed on Form S-3 (File Nos. 333-147181 and
333-147181-01) (the “Registration Statement”) by Principal Life and Principal Financial
Group, Inc. has been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”) and no stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no
proceedings for that purpose have been commenced by or are pending before or
contemplated by the Commission;
	 
	 	5.	 	all filings, if any, required by Rule 424 and Rule 430A under the Act have been
made in a timely manner;
	 
	 	6.	 	since ___, the Trusts organized in connection with the program contemplated
by the Registration Statement have issued the following series of Notes:

[List each series of Notes.] [(collectively, the “Designated Notes”)]; and

	 	7.	 	the Funding Agreements issued in connection with the Designated Notes have been
executed and delivered by Principal Life in accordance with the terms and conditions of
the Program Documents.

E-1

 

     Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings set forth in the Standard Indenture Terms dated as of November 21, 2007.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate as of the l day of
l, 200l.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	[Name], [in his/her] capacity as an
authorized officer of Principal Life

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

E-2

 

EXHIBIT F

Principal Life Income Fundings Trusts

Trustee Officer’s Certificate

     U.S. Bank Trust National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely in its
capacity as trustee acting on behalf of each common law trust organized under the laws of the State
of New York (in such capacity, the “Trustee,” and each such common law trust being referred to
herein as, a “Trust”) in connection with the program contemplated by Registration Statement Nos.
333-147181 and 333-147181-01 filed on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) by Principal Life
Insurance Company and Principal Financial Group, Inc. with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
does hereby certify to Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies,
Inc. and Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., in such capacity and on behalf of each Trust, to the
knowledge of the Trustee, that:

	 	1.	 	each of the representations and warranties of each Trust contained in the Notes
issued in connection with the Program, each Indenture entered into in connection with
the Registration Statement and the Expense and Indemnity Agreement concerning the
Trusts (the “Specified Agreements”) (other than any representation or warranty
expressly made as of a date prior to the date hereof) are true and correct on and as of
the date hereof, with the same effect as though such representation or warranty had
been made on and as of the date hereof;
	 
	 	2.	 	no default under any of the Specified Agreements and no event or any condition
which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become a default, has occurred and
is continuing as of the date hereof;
	 
	 	3.	 	each Trust has performed and complied with, respectively, in all material
respects, all of the agreements, covenants, obligations and conditions applicable to
such Trust required by the Specified Agreements to be performed or complied with by
such Trust on or before the date hereof;
	 
	 	4.	 	the Notes issued in connection with the Program, have been issued, in all
material respects, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Program
Documents; and
	 
	 	5.	 	each Funding Agreement has been executed and delivered by the related Trust in
accordance with the terms and conditions of the Program Documents.

     Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set
forth in the Standard Indenture Terms dated as of November 21, 2007. In no event shall U.S. Bank
Trust National Association in its personal corporate capacity have any liability for any of the
certifications or statements contained in this Trustee Officer’s Certificate, such liability being
solely that of each Trust.

F-1

 

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate as of the l day of
l, 200l.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	U.S. Bank Trust National Association, not in its
capacity but solely in its capacity as Trustee acting
on behalf of each Trust

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

F-2

 

EXHIBIT G

Free Writing Prospectus(es)

Attached.

G-1

 

Free Writing Prospectus dated April 18, 2008

Filed pursuant to Rule 433

Registration Statement Nos. 333-147181 and 333-147181-01

Final Terms

April 18, 2008

Principal Life Income Fundings Trust 37

USD 300 million 7-year Fixed-Rate Secured Medium Term Notes

Bond Terms

	 	 	 
	 

Issuer

	 	Principal
Life Income Fundings Trust 37
	 

Description of Securities

	 	Secured
Medium-Term Notes
	 

Ratings

	 	Aa2/AA
	 

Size

	 	$300,000,000
	 

Trade Date

	 	April 18,
2008
	 

Settlement

	 	April 25,
2008 (T+5)
	 

Maturity

	 	April 27,
2015
	 

Coupon

	 	5.550%
	 

Coupon Payment Dates

	 	Semi-annually
on the 27th of April and October each year, subject to adjustment based on Following
Business Day Convention,
commencing October 27, 2008 and ending on the Maturity Date
	 

Benchmark Treasury

	 	4.00%
Treasury Note due February 15, 2015
	 

Benchmark Price/Yield

	 	104-16+
/ 3.256%
	 

Denominations

	 	$1,000
and integral multiples in excess thereof
	 

Reoffer Spread

	 	UST
+ 235 bps
	 

Reoffer Price/Yield

	 	99.679
/ 5.606%
	 

Gross Spread

	 	16.6
basis points (0.166%)
	 

Price to Issuer

	 	99.513%
	 

Proceeds to Issuer

	 	$298,539,000.00
	 

Joint Bookrunners

	 	Banc
of America Securities LLC

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (Billing & Delivery)

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
	 

CUSIP

	 	74254PYF3

Principal Life Insurance Company (“PLIC”), as statutory issuer and depositor, and Principal
Financial Group, Inc. (“PFG”) have filed a registration statement (including a prospectus and
prospectus supplement) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before
you invest, you should read the prospectus and prospectus supplement in that registration
statement and other documents PLIC and PFG have filed with the SEC for more complete information
about PLIC and PFG and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting
EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, or JP
Morgan will arrange to send you the prospectus and prospectus supplement (and pricing
supplement, when available) if you request it by calling Bank of America 1-800-294-1322 Deutsche
Bank 1-212-250-2500, or JP Morgan 1-212-834-4533.

 

SCHEDULE I

Terms Agreement Specifications

     In connection with Section 3(a)(iv) of the Distribution Agreement, the Institutional Program
under which the Notes are issued is rated Aa2 by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) and AA
by Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (“S&P”).
Principal Life and PFG expect that the Notes will be rated Aa2 by Moody’s. The Company’s financial
strength rating is Aa2 by Moody’s and AA by S&P.

     In accordance with Section 2.02(b) of the Terms Agreement and in connection with the purchase
of Notes from the Trust by the Purchasing Agent(s) (specified in the Pricing Supplement) as
principal, the following items will be delivered on the Settlement Date:

	 	•	 	Opinion of Sidley Austin LLP regarding the enforceability of the Guarantee and the
Notes.

     All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein will have the meanings set
forth in the Distribution Agreement.

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EXHIBIT
4.2

THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE (HEREINAFTER DEFINED) AND IS
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE) OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITARY.
THIS NOTE IS NOT EXCHANGEABLE FOR NOTES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE
DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND NO
TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE
OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITARY) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A
NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE TRUST (HEREINAFTER DEFINED) OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF
TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND UNLESS ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE
& CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS
MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC),
ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL
INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

			
	 	 	 
	CUSIP No.: 74254PYF3
	 	Principal Amount: U.S. $300,000,000

PRINCIPAL
LIFE INCOME FUNDINGS TRUST 37

SECURED MEDIUM-TERM NOTES

Original
Issue Date: April 25, 2008

Issue
Price: 99.513%

Stated
Maturity Date: April 27, 2015

Settlement
Date: April 25, 2008

Securities Exchange Listing: o Yes þ No. If yes,
indicate name(s) of Securities Exchange(s):                     

Depositary: The Depository Trust Company

Authorized Denominations: $1,000

Collateral
held in the Trust: Principal Life Insurance Company Funding Agreement No. 4-55455, the
related Principal Financial Group, Inc. Guarantee which fully and unconditionally guarantees
the payment obligations of Principal Life Insurance Company under the Funding Agreement, all
proceeds of the Funding Agreement and the related Guarantee and all rights and books and
records pertaining to the foregoing.

Additional Amounts to be Paid: o Yes þ No

Interest Rate or Formula:

Fixed
Rate Note: þ Yes o No. If yes,

Interest Rate: 5.550%

Interest Payment Frequency: Semi-annually

Interest Payment Dates: April 27 and October 27 of each year

Day Count Convention: 30/360

Additional/Other Terms:

 

 

Amortizing Note: o Yes þ No. If yes,

Amortization schedule or formula:

Additional/Other Terms:

Discount Note: o Yes þ No. If yes,

Total Amount of Discount:

Initial Accrual Period of Discount:

Interest Payment Dates:

Additional/Other Terms

Redemption Provisions: o Yes þ No. If yes,

Initial Redemption Date:

Initial Redemption Percentage:

Annual Redemption Percentage Reduction, if any:

Additional/Other Terms:

Repayment Provisions: o Yes þ No. If yes,

Repayment Date(s):

Repayment Price:

Additional/Other Terms:

Floating Rate Note: o Yes þ No. If yes,

Regular Floating Rate Notes o

Inverse Floating Rate Notes o

Floating Rate/ Fixed Rate Notes: o

Interest Rate:

Interest Rate Basis(es):

LIBOR o

     LIBOR Reuters Page:

     LIBOR Currency:

EURIBOR o

CMT Rate o

     Designated Reuters Page:

          If FEDCMT

          o
Weekly Average

          o
Monthly Average

     Designated CMT Maturity Index:

CD Rate o

Commercial Paper Rate o

Constant Maturity Swap Rate o

Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate o

Federal Funds Open Rate o

Federal Funds Rate o

Prime Rate o

Treasury Rate o

Index Maturity: Spread and/or Spread Multiplier:

Initial Interest Rate, if any:

Initial Interest Reset Date:

Interest Reset Dates:

Interest Determination Date(s):

Interest Payment Dates:

Maximum Interest Rate, if any:

Minimum Interest Rate, if any:

Fixed Rate Commencement Date, if any:

Floating Rate Commencement Date, if any:

Fixed Interest Rate, if any:

Day Count Convention:

Additional/Other Terms:

Regular Record Date(s): The date that is fifteen (15) calendar days preceding the applicable
Interest Payment Date

Sinking Fund: Not applicable

Specified Currency: U.S. Dollars

Exchange Rate Agent: Not Applicable

Calculation Agent: Citibank, N.A.

Additional/Other Terms: Not Applicable

     The Principal Life Income Fundings Trust designated above (the “Trust”), for value received,
hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, the Principal Amount specified
above on the Stated Maturity Date specified above and, if so specified above, to pay interest
thereon from the Original Issue Date specified above or from the most recent Interest Payment Date
specified above to which interest has been paid or duly provided for at the rate per annum
determined in accordance with the provisions on the reverse hereof and as specified above, until
the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. Unless otherwise specified above,
payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest hereon will be made in the lawful currency of
the United States of America (“U.S. Dollars” or “United States dollars”). If the Specified

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Currency specified above is other than U.S. Dollars, the Holder (as defined in the Indenture)
shall receive such payments in such Foreign Currency (as hereinafter defined). The “Principal
Amount” of this Note at any time means (1) if this Note is a Discount Note (as hereinafter
defined), the Amortized Face Amount (as hereinafter defined) at such time (as defined in
Section 3(c) on the reverse hereof) and (2) in all other cases, the Principal Amount
hereof. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have their meanings set forth in the
Indenture, dated as of the date of the Pricing Supplement (the “Indenture”), between Citibank,
N.A., as the indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”), and the Trust, or on the face hereof.

     This Note will mature on the Stated Maturity Date, unless its principal (or any installment of
its principal) becomes due and payable prior to the Stated Maturity Date, whether, as applicable,
by the declaration of acceleration of maturity, notice of redemption by the Trust or otherwise (the
Stated Maturity Date or any date prior to the Stated Maturity Date on which this Note becomes due
and payable, as the case may be, is referred to as the “Maturity Date”).

     A “Discount Note” is any Note that has an Issue Price that is less than 100% of the Principal
Amount thereof by a percentage that is equal to or greater than 0.25% multiplied by the product of
the principal amount of the Notes and the number of full years to the Stated Maturity Date.

     Unless otherwise specified above, the interest payable on each Interest Payment Date or the
Maturity Date will be the amount of interest accrued from and including the Original Issue Date or
from and including the last Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided
for, as the case may be, to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as the
case may be.

     Unless otherwise specified above, the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date will be
paid to the Holder on the Regular Record Date for such Interest Payment Date, which Regular Record
Date shall be the fifteenth (15th) calendar day, whether or not a Business Day, immediately
preceding the related Interest Payment Date; provided that, notwithstanding any provision of the
Indenture to the contrary, interest payable on any Maturity Date shall be payable to the Person to
whom principal shall be payable; and provided, further, that unless otherwise specified above, in
the case of a Note initially issued between a Regular Record Date and the Interest Payment Date
relating to such Regular Record Date, interest for the period beginning on the Original Issue Date
and ending on such Interest Payment Date shall be paid on the Interest Payment Date following the
next succeeding Regular Record Date to the Holder on such next succeeding Regular Record Date.

     Payments of principal of, and premium, if any, and interest and other amounts due and owing,
if any, will be made through the Indenture Trustee to the account of DTC or its nominee and will be
made in accordance with depositary arrangements with DTC.

     Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, the Holder hereof will not be obligated to pay
any administrative costs imposed by banks in making payments in immediately available funds by the
Trust. Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, any tax assessment or governmental charge
imposed upon payments hereunder, including, without limitation, any withholding tax, will be borne
by the Holder hereof.

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     REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE TO THE FURTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS NOTE SET FORTH ON THE REVERSE
HEREOF. SUCH FURTHER PROVISIONS SHALL FOR ALL PURPOSES HAVE THE SAME EFFECT AS IF SET FORTH AT THIS
PLACE.

     Unless the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been executed by the Indenture
Trustee pursuant to the Indenture, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under such
Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust has caused this instrument to be duly executed, by manual or
facsimile signature.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	THE PRINCIPAL LIFE INCOME FUNDINGS TRUST

SPECIFIED ON THE FACE OF THIS NOTE	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Dated: Original Issue Date	 	By: U.S. Bank Trust National Association, not in its	 	 
	 	 	individual capacity but solely as Trustee.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ David Kolibachuk
 

	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Officer	 	 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

     This is one of the Notes of the Principal Life Income Fundings Trust specified on the face of
this Note referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CITIBANK, N.A.

As Indenture Trustee	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Dated: Original Issue Date
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Jennifer H. McCourt
 

	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Signatory	 	 

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[REVERSE FORM OF NOTE]

Section 1. General. This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Trust. The
Notes are issued pursuant to the Indenture.

Section 2. Currency.

     (a) Unless specified otherwise on the face hereof, this Note is denominated in, and payments
of principal, premium, if any, and/or interest, if any, will be made in U.S. Dollars. If specified
as the Specified Currency, this Note may be denominated in, and payments of principal, premium, if
any, and/or interest, if any, may be made in a single currency other than U.S. Dollars (a “Foreign
Currency”). If this Note is denominated in a Foreign Currency, the Holder of this Note is required
to pay for this Note in the Specified Currency.

     (b) Unless specified otherwise on the face hereof, if this Note is denominated in a Foreign
Currency, the Trust is obligated to make payments of principal of, and premium, if any, and
interest, if any, on, this Note in the Specified Currency. Any amounts so payable by the Trust in
the Specified Currency will be converted by the Exchange Rate Agent into U.S. Dollars for payment
to the Holder hereof unless otherwise specified on the face of this Note or the Holder elects, in
the manner described below, to receive these amounts in the Specified Currency. If this Note is
denominated in a Foreign Currency, any U.S. Dollar amount to be received by the Holder hereof will
be based on the highest bid quotation in The City of New York received by the Exchange Rate Agent
at approximately 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the second Business Day preceding the
applicable payment date from three recognized foreign exchange dealers (one of whom may be the
Exchange Rate Agent) selected by the Exchange Rate Agent and approved by the Trust for the purchase
by the quoting dealer of the Specified Currency for U.S. Dollars for settlement on that payment
date in the aggregate amount of the Specified Currency payable to all Holders of the Notes
scheduled to receive U.S. Dollar payments and at which the applicable dealer commits to execute a
contract. All currency exchange costs will be borne by the Holders of the Notes by deductions from
any payments. If three bid quotations are not available, payments will be made in the Specified
Currency. If this Note is denominated in a Foreign Currency, the Holder of this Note may elect to
receive all or a specified portion of any payment of principal, premium, if any, and/or interest,
if any, in the Specified Currency by submitting a written request to the Indenture Trustee at its
Corporate Trust Office in The City of New York on or prior to the applicable Regular Record Date or
at least 15 calendar days prior to the Maturity Date, as the case may be. This written request may
be mailed or hand delivered or sent by cable, telex or other form of facsimile transmission. This
election will remain in effect until revoked by written notice delivered to the Indenture Trustee
on or prior to a Regular Record Date or at least 15 calendar days prior to the Maturity Date, as
the case may be. The Holder of a Note denominated in a Foreign Currency to be held in the name of a
broker or nominee should contact their broker or nominee to determine whether and how an election
to receive payments in the Specified Currency may be made. Unless specified otherwise on the face
hereof, if the Specified Currency is other than U.S. Dollars, a beneficial owner of a Note
represented by a global security which elects to receive payments of principal, premium, if any,
and/or interest, if any, in the Specified Currency must notify the participant through which it
owns its interest on or prior to the applicable Regular Record Date or at least 15 calendar days
prior to the Maturity

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Date, as the case may be, of its election. The applicable participant must notify DTC of its
election on or prior to the third Business Day after the applicable Regular Record Date or at least
12 calendar days prior to the Maturity Date, as the case may be, and DTC will notify the Indenture
Trustee of that election on or prior to the fifth Business Day after the applicable Regular Record
Date or at least ten calendar days prior the Maturity Date, as the case may be. If complete
instructions are received by the participant from the applicable beneficial owner and forwarded by
the participant to DTC, and by DTC to the Indenture Trustee, on or prior to such dates, then the
applicable beneficial owner will receive payments in the Specified Currency.

     (c) The Trust will indemnify the Holder hereof against any loss incurred as a result of any
judgment or order being given or made for any amount due under this Note and that judgment or order
requiring payment in a currency (the “Judgment Currency”) other than the Specified Currency, and as
a result of any variation between: (i) the rate of exchange at which the Specified Currency amount
is converted into the Judgment Currency for the purpose of that judgment or order; and (ii) the
rate of exchange at which the Holder, on the date of payment of that judgment or order, is able to
purchase the Specified Currency with the amount of the Judgment Currency actually received.

     (d) Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, if payment hereon is required to be made in
a Foreign Currency and such currency is unavailable due to the imposition of exchange controls or
other circumstances beyond the Trust’s control, then the Trust will be entitled to make payments
with respect hereto in U.S. Dollars on the basis of the Market Exchange Rate (as hereinafter
defined), computed by the Exchange Rate Agent, on the second Business Day prior to the particular
payment or, if the Market Exchange Rate is not then available, on the basis of the most recently
available Market Exchange Rate.

     (e) The “Market Exchange Rate” for the Foreign Currency shall mean the noon dollar buying rate
in The City of New York for cable transfers for the Foreign Currency as certified for customs
purposes (or, if not so certified, as otherwise determined) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York.

     (f) All determinations made by the Exchange Rate Agent shall be at its sole discretion and
shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive for all purposes and binding on the Holder
hereof.

     (g) All costs of exchange in respect of this Note, if denominated in a Foreign Currency, will
be borne by the Holder hereof.

     Section 3. Determination of Interest Rate and Certain Other Terms.

     (a) Fixed Rate Notes. If this Note is specified on the face hereof as a “Fixed Rate
Note”:

(i) This Note will bear interest at the rate per annum specified on the face hereof.
Interest on this Note will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months.

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(ii) Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, the Interest Payment Dates for this
Note will be as follows:

	 	 	 
	Interest Payment	 	 
	Frequency	 	Interest Payment Dates
	Monthly

	 	Fifteenth day of each calendar month,
beginning in the first calendar month
following the month this Note was
issued.
	 
	 	 
	Quarterly

	 	Fifteenth day of every third calendar
month, beginning in the third
calendar month following the month
this Note was issued.
	 
	 	 
	Semi-annual

	 	Fifteenth day of every sixth calendar
month, beginning in the sixth
calendar month following the month
this Note was issued.
	 
	 	 
	Annual

	 	Fifteenth day of every twelfth
calendar month, beginning in the
twelfth calendar month following the
month this Note was issued.

(iii) If any Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date of this Note falls on a day that
is not a Business Day, the Trust will make the required payment of principal, premium, if
any, and/or interest or other amounts on the next succeeding Business Day, and no
additional interest will accrue in respect of the payment made on that next succeeding
Business Day.

(b) Floating Rate Notes. If this Note is specified on the face hereof as a “Floating Rate
Note”:

(i) Interest Rate Basis. Interest on this Note will be determined by reference to the
applicable Interest Rate Basis or Interest Rate Bases, which may, as described below,
include the CD Rate, the CMT Rate, the Commercial Paper Rate, the Constant Maturity Swap
Rate; the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate, the Federal Funds Open Rate, the Federal
Funds Rate, LIBOR, EURIBOR, the Prime Rate or the Treasury Rate (each as defined below).

(ii) Effective Rate. The rate derived from the applicable Interest Rate Basis or Interest
Rate Bases will be determined in accordance with the related provisions below. The
interest rate in effect on each day will be based on: (1) if that day is an Interest
Reset Date, the rate determined as of the Interest Determination Date immediately
preceding that Interest Reset Date; or (2) if that day is not an Interest Reset Date, the
rate determined as of the Interest Determination Date immediately preceding the most
recent Interest Reset Date.

(iii) Spread; Spread Multiplier; Index Maturity. The “Spread” is the number of basis
points (one one-hundredth of a percentage point) specified on the face hereof to be added
to or subtracted from the related Interest Rate Basis or Interest Rate Bases applicable
to this Note. The “Spread Multiplier” is the percentage specified on the face hereof of
the related Interest Rate Basis or Interest Rate Bases applicable to this Note by which
the Interest Rate Basis or Interest Rate Bases will be multiplied to determine the
applicable interest rate. The “Index Maturity” is the period to maturity of the

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instrument or obligation with respect to which the related Interest Rate Basis or
Interest Rate Bases will be calculated.

(iv) Regular Floating Rate Note. Unless this Note is specified on the face hereof as a
Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note or an Inverse Floating Rate Note, this Note (a “Regular Floating
Rate Note”) will bear interest at the rate determined by reference to the applicable Interest
Rate Basis or Interest Rate Bases: (1) plus or minus the applicable Spread, if any; and/or (2)
multiplied by the applicable Spread Multiplier, if any. Commencing on the first Interest Reset
Date, the rate at which interest on this Regular Floating Rate Note is payable will be reset as
of each Interest Reset Date; provided, however, that the interest rate in effect for the period,
if any, from the Original Issue Date to the first Interest Reset Date will be the Initial
Interest Rate.

(v) Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Notes. If this Note is specified on the face hereof as a
“Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note”, this Note will bear interest at the rate determined by
reference to the applicable Interest Rate Basis or Interest Rate Bases: (1) plus or minus the
applicable Spread, if any; and/or (2) multiplied by the applicable Spread Multiplier, if any.
Commencing on the first Interest Reset Date, the rate at which this Floating Rate/Fixed Rate
Note is payable will be reset as of each Interest Reset Date; provided, however, that: (A) the
interest rate in effect for the period, if any, from the Original Issue Date to the first
Interest Reset Date will be the Initial Interest Rate specified on the face hereof; and (B) the
interest rate in effect commencing on the Fixed Rate Commencement Date will be the Fixed
Interest Rate, if specified on the face hereof, or, if not so specified, the interest rate in
effect on the day immediately preceding the Fixed Rate Commencement Date.

(vi) Inverse Floating Rate Notes. If this Note is specified on the face hereof as an
“Inverse Floating Rate Note”, this Note will bear interest at the Fixed Interest Rate minus the
rate determined by reference to the applicable Interest Rate Basis or Interest Rate Bases: (1)
plus or minus the applicable Spread, if any; and/or (2) multiplied by the applicable Spread
Multiplier, if any; provided, however, that interest on this Inverse Floating Rate Note will not
be less than zero. Commencing on the first Interest Reset Date, the rate at which interest on
this Inverse Floating Rate Note is payable will be reset as of each Interest Reset Date;
provided, however, that the interest rate in effect for the period, if any, from the Original
Issue Date to the first Interest Reset Date will be the Initial Interest Rate.

(vii) Interest Reset Dates. The period between Interest Reset Dates will be the
“Interest Reset Period.” Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, the Interest Reset Dates
will be, in the case of this Floating Rate Note if by its terms it resets: (1) daily—each
business day; (2) weekly—the Wednesday of each week, with the exception of any weekly reset
Floating Rate Note as to which the Treasury Rate is an applicable Interest Rate Basis, which
will reset the Tuesday of each week; (3) monthly—the fifteenth day of each calendar month, with
the exception of any monthly reset Floating Rate Note as to which the Eleventh District Cost of
Funds Rate is an applicable Interest Rate Basis, which will reset on the first calendar day of
the month; (4) quarterly—the fifteenth day of March, June, September and December of each year;
(5) semi-annually—the fifteenth day of the two months of each year specified on the face hereof;
and (6) annually—the fifteenth day of the month of each year specified on the

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face hereof; provided, however, that, with respect to a Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note, the rate
of interest thereon will not reset after the particular Fixed Rate Commencement Date. If any
Interest Reset Date for this Floating Rate Note would otherwise be a day that is not a Business
Day, the particular Interest Reset Date will be postponed to the next succeeding Business Day,
except that in the case of a Floating Rate Note as to which LIBOR is an applicable Interest Rate
Basis and that Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar month, the particular Interest
Reset Date will be the immediately preceding Business Day.

(viii) Interest Determination Dates. The interest rate applicable to a Floating Rate
Note for an Interest Reset Period commencing on the related Interest Reset Date will be
determined by reference to the applicable Interest Rate Basis as of the particular “Interest
Determination Date”, which will be: (1) with respect to the Federal Funds Open Rate—the related
Interest Reset Date; (2) with respect to the Federal Funds Rate and the Prime Rate—the Business
Day immediately preceding the related Interest Reset Date; (3) with respect to the CD Rate, the
Commercial Paper Rate and the CMT Rate—the second Business Day preceding the related Interest
Reset Date; (4) with respect to the Constant Maturity Swap Rate—the second U.S. Government
Securities business day preceding the related Interest Reset Date, provided, however, that if
after attempting to determine the Constant Maturity Swap Rate, such rate is not determinable for
a particular Interest Determination Date, then such Interest Determination Date shall be the
first U.S. Government Securities business day preceding the original interest determination date
for which the Constant Maturity Swap Rate can be determined; (5) with respect to the Eleventh
District Cost of Funds Rate—the last working day of the month immediately preceding the related
Interest Reset Date on which the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco publishes the Eleventh
District Index (as defined below); (6) with respect to LIBOR and EURIBOR—the second London
Banking Day (as defined below) preceding the related Interest Reset Date; and (7) with respect
to the Treasury Rate—the day of the week in which the related Interest Reset Date falls on which
day Treasury Bills (as defined below) are normally auctioned (i.e., Treasury Bills are normally
sold at auction on Monday of each week, unless that day is a legal holiday, in which case the
auction is normally held on the following Tuesday, except that the auction may be held on the
preceding Friday); provided, however, that if an auction is held on the Friday of the week
preceding the related Interest Reset Date, the Interest Determination Date will be the preceding
Friday. The Interest Determination Date pertaining to a Floating Rate Note, the interest rate of
which is determined with reference to two or more Interest Rate Bases, will be the latest
Business Day which is at least two Business Days before the related Interest Reset Date for the
applicable Floating Rate Note on which each Interest Reset Basis is determinable. “London
Banking Day” means a day on which commercial banks are open for business (including dealings in
the LIBOR Currency) in London.

(ix) Calculation Dates. The interest rate applicable to each Interest Reset Period will
be determined by the Calculation Agent on or prior to the Calculation Date (as defined below),
except with respect to LIBOR, EURIBOR and the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate, which will
be determined on the particular Interest Determination Date. Upon request of the Holder of a
Floating Rate Note, the Calculation Agent will disclose the interest rate then in effect and, if
determined, the interest rate that will become effective as a result of a determination made for
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Rate Note. The “Calculation Date”, if applicable, pertaining to any Interest Determination Date
will be the earlier of: (1) the tenth calendar day after the particular Interest Determination
Date or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day; or (2) the
Business Day immediately preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as
the case may be.

(x) Maximum or Minimum Interest Rate. If specified on the face hereof, this Note may
have either or both of a Maximum Interest Rate or a Minimum Interest Rate. If a Maximum Interest
Rate is so designated, the interest rate for a Floating Rate Note cannot ever exceed such
Maximum Interest Rate and in the event that the interest rate on any Interest Reset Date would
exceed such Maximum Interest Rate (as if no Maximum Interest Rate were in effect) then the
interest rate on such Interest Reset Date shall be the Maximum Interest Rate. If a Minimum
Interest Rate is so designated, the interest rate for a Floating Rate Note cannot ever be less
than such Minimum Interest Rate and in the event that the interest rate on any Interest Reset
Date would be less than such Minimum Interest Rate (as if no Minimum Interest Rate were in
effect) then the interest rate on such Interest Reset Date shall be the Minimum Interest Rate.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the interest rate on a Floating Rate
Note shall not exceed the maximum interest rate permitted by applicable law.

(xi) Interest Payments. Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, the Interest
Payment Dates will be, in the case of a Floating Rate Note which resets: (1) daily, weekly or
monthly—the fifteenth day of each calendar month or on the fifteenth day of March, June,
September and December of each year, as specified on the face hereof; (2) quarterly—the
fifteenth day of March, June, September and December of each year; (3) semi-annually—the
fifteenth day of the two months of each year specified on the face hereof; and (4) annually—the
fifteenth day of the month of each year as specified on the face hereof. In addition, the
Maturity Date will also be an Interest Payment Date. If any Interest Payment Date other than the
Maturity Date for this Floating Rate Note would otherwise be a day that is not a Business Day,
such Interest Payment Date will be postponed to the next succeeding Business Day, except that in
the case of a Floating Rate Note as to which LIBOR is an applicable Interest Rate Basis and that
Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar month, the particular Interest Payment Date
will be the immediately preceding Business Day. If the Maturity Date of a Floating Rate Note
falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the Trust will make the required payment of
principal, premium, if any, and interest or other amounts on the next succeeding Business Day,
and no additional interest will accrue in respect of the payment made on that next succeeding
Business Day.

(xii) Rounding. Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, all percentages resulting
from any calculation on this Floating Rate Note will be rounded to the nearest one
hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with five one-millionths of a percentage point rounded
upwards. All dollar amounts used in or resulting from any calculation on this Floating Rate Note
will be rounded, in the case of U.S. Dollars, to the nearest cent or, in the case of a Foreign
Currency, to the nearest unit (with one-half cent or unit being rounded upwards).

(xiii) Interest Factor. With respect to this Floating Rate Note, accrued interest is
calculated by multiplying the principal amount of such Note by an accrued interest factor. The
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interest factor is computed by adding the interest factor calculated for each day in the
particular Interest Reset Period. The interest factor for each day will be computed by dividing
the interest rate applicable to such day by 360, in the case of a Floating Rate Note as to which
the CD Rate, the Commercial Paper Rate, the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate, the Federal
Funds Open Rate, the Federal Funds Rate, LIBOR, EURIBOR or the Prime Rate is an applicable
Interest Rate Basis, or by the actual number of days in the year, in the case of a Floating Rate
Note as to which the CMT Rate or the Treasury Rate is an applicable Interest Rate Basis. In the
case of a series of Notes that bear interest at floating rates as to which the Constant Maturity
Swap Rate is the Interest Rate Basis, the interest factor for each day will be computed by
dividing the number of days in the interest period by 360 (the number of days to be calculated
on the base is of a year of 360 days with twelve 30-day months (unless (i) the last day of the
interest period is the 31st day of a month but the first day of the interest period is a day
other than the 30th or 31st day of a month, in which case the month that includes that last day
shall not be considered to be shortened to a 30-day month, or (ii) the last day of the interest
period is the last day of the month of February, in which case the month of February shall not
be considered to be lengthened to a 30-day month)). The interest factor for a Floating Rate Note
as to which the interest rate is calculated with reference to two or more Interest Rate Bases
will be calculated in each period in the same manner as if only the applicable Interest Rate
Basis specified above applied.

(xiv) Determination of Interest Rate Basis. The Calculation Agent shall determine the
rate derived from each Interest Rate Basis in accordance with the following provisions.

(A) CD Rate Notes. If the Interest Rate Basis is the CD Rate, this Note shall be
deemed a “CD Rate Note.” Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, “CD Rate” means: (1)
the rate on the particular Interest Determination Date for negotiable United States dollar
certificates of deposit having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof as published in
H.15(519) (as defined below) under the caption “CDs (secondary market)”; or (2) if the rate
referred to in clause (1) is not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related
Calculation Date, the rate on the particular Interest Determination Date for negotiable United
States dollar certificates of deposit of the particular Index Maturity as published in H.15
Daily Update (as defined below), or other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of
displaying the applicable rate, under the caption “CDs (secondary market)”; or (3) if the rate
referred to in clause (2) is not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related
Calculation Date, the rate on the particular Interest Determination Date calculated by the
Calculation Agent as the arithmetic mean of the secondary market offered rates as of 10:00
A.M., New York City time, on that Interest Determination Date, of three leading non-bank
dealers in negotiable United States dollar certificates of deposit in The City of New York
(which may include the purchasing agent or its affiliates) selected by the Calculation Agent
for negotiable United States dollar certificates of deposit of major United States money
market banks for negotiable United States certificates of deposit with a remaining maturity
closest to the particular Index Maturity in an amount that is representative for a single
transaction in that market at that time; or (4) if the dealers so selected by the Calculation
Agent are not quoting as mentioned in clause (3), the CD Rate in effect on the particular
Interest Determination Date. “H.15(519)” means the weekly statistical release designated as
H.15(519), or any

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successor publication, published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
“H.15 Daily Update” means the daily update of H.15(519), available through the world-wide-web
site of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System at
http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/H15/ update, or any successor site or publication.

(B) CMT Rate Notes. If the Interest Rate Basis is the CMT Rate, this Note
shall be deemed a “CMT Rate Note.” Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, “CMT Rate”
means:

(1) if Reuters Page FRBCMT is specified on the face hereof:

	 	i.	 	the percentage equal to the yield for United States Treasury
securities at “constant maturity” having the Index Maturity specified on the
face hereof as published in H.15(519) under the caption “Treasury Constant
Maturities”, as the yield is displayed on Reuters Service (or any successor
service) on page FRBCMT (or any other page as may replace the specified page on
that service) (“Reuters Page FRBCMT”), for the particular Interest
Determination Date; or
	 
	 	ii.	 	if the rate referred to in clause (i) does not so appear on
Reuters Page FRBCMT, the percentage equal to the yield for United States
Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the particular Index Maturity
and for the particular Interest Determination Date as published in H.15(519)
under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities”; or
	 
	 	iii.	 	if the rate referred to in clause (ii) does not so appear in
H.15(519), the rate on the particular Interest Determination Date for the
period of the particular Index Maturity as may then be published by either the
Federal Reserve System Board of Governors or the United States Department of
the Treasury that the Calculation Agent determines to be comparable to the rate
which would otherwise have been published in H.15(519); or
	 
	 	iv.	 	if the rate referred to in clause (iii) is not so published,
the rate on the particular Interest Determination Date calculated by the
Calculation Agent as a yield to maturity based on the arithmetic mean of the
secondary market bid prices at approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on
that Interest Determination Date of three leading primary United States
government securities dealers in The City of New York (which may include the
purchasing agent or its affiliates) (each, a “Reference Dealer”) selected by
the Calculation Agent from five Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation
Agent and eliminating the highest quotation, or, in the event of equality, one
of the highest, and the lowest quotation or, in the event of equality, one of
the lowest, for United States Treasury securities with an original maturity
equal to the particular Index Maturity, a remaining term to maturity no more
than one year shorter than that Index Maturity and in a principal amount that
is representative for a single transaction in the securities in that market at
that time; or

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	 	v.	 	if fewer than five but more than two of the prices referred to
in clause (iv) are provided as requested, the rate on the particular Interest
Determination Date calculated by the Calculation Agent based on the arithmetic
mean of the bid prices obtained and neither the highest nor the lowest of the
quotations shall be eliminated; or
	 
	 	vi.	 	if fewer than three prices referred to in clause (iv) are
provided as requested, the rate on the particular Interest Determination Date
calculated by the Calculation Agent as a yield to maturity based on the
arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid prices as of approximately 3:30
P.M., New York City time, on that Interest Determination Date of three
Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent from five Reference Dealers
selected by the Calculation Agent and eliminating the highest quotation or, in
the event of equality, one of the highest and the lowest quotation or, in the
event of equality, one of the lowest, for United States Treasury securities
with an original maturity greater than the particular Index Maturity, a
remaining term to maturity closest to that Index Maturity and in a principal
amount that is representative for a single transaction in the securities in
that market at that time; or
	 
	 	vii.	 	if fewer than five but more than two prices referred to in
clause (vi) are provided as requested, the rate on the particular Interest
Determination Date calculated by the Calculation Agent based on the arithmetic
mean of the bid prices obtained and neither the highest nor the lowest of the
quotations will be eliminated; or
	 
	 	viii.	 	if fewer than three prices referred to in clause (vi) are
provided as requested, the CMT Rate in effect on the particular Interest
Determination Date; or

(2) if Reuters Page FEDCMT is specified on the face hereof:

	 	i.	 	the percentage equal to the one-week or one-month, as specified
on the face hereof, average yield for United States Treasury securities at
“constant maturity” having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof as
published in H.15(519) opposite the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities”, as
the yield is displayed on Reuters Service (or any successor service) (on page
FEDCMT or any other page as may replace the specified page on that service)
(“Reuters Page FEDCMT”), for the week or month, as applicable, ended
immediately preceding the week or month, as applicable, in which the particular
Interest Determination Date falls; or
	 
	 	ii.	 	if the rate referred to in clause (i) does not so appear on
Reuters Page FEDCMT, the percentage equal to the one-week or one-month, as
specified on the face hereof, average yield for United States Treasury
securities at “constant maturity” having the particular Index Maturity and for
the week or

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	 	 	 	month, as applicable, preceding the particular Interest Determination Date as
published in H.15(519) opposite the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities”; or
	 
	 	iii.	 	if the rate referred to in clause (ii) does not so appear in
H.15(519), the one-week or one-month, as specified on the face hereof, average
yield for United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the
particular Index Maturity as otherwise announced by the Federal Reserve Bank of
New York for the week or month, as applicable, ended immediately preceding the
week or month, as applicable, in which the particular Interest Determination
Date falls; or
	 
	 	iv.	 	if the rate referred to in clause (iii) is not so published,
the rate on the particular Interest Determination Date calculated by the
Calculation Agent as a yield to maturity based on the arithmetic mean of the
secondary market bid prices at approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on
that Interest Determination Date of three Reference Dealers selected by the
Calculation Agent from five Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent
and eliminating the highest quotation, or, in the event of equality, one of the
highest, and the lowest quotation or, in the event of equality, one of the
lowest, for United States Treasury securities with an original maturity equal
to the particular Index Maturity, a remaining term to maturity no more than one
year shorter than that Index Maturity and in a principal amount that is
representative for a single transaction in the securities in that market at
that time; or
	 
	 	v.	 	if fewer than five but more than two of the prices referred to
in clause (iv) are provided as requested, the rate on the particular Interest
Determination Date calculated by the Calculation Agent based on the arithmetic
mean of the bid prices obtained and neither the highest nor the lowest of the
quotations shall be eliminated; or
	 
	 	vi.	 	if fewer than three prices referred to in clause (iv) are
provided as requested, the rate on the particular Interest Determination Date
calculated by the Calculation Agent as a yield to maturity based on the
arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid prices as of approximately 3:30
P.M., New York City time, on that Interest Determination Date of three
Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent from five Reference Dealers
selected by the Calculation Agent and eliminating the highest quotation or, in
the event of equality, one of the highest and the lowest quotation or, in the
event of equality, one of the lowest, for United States Treasury securities
with an original maturity greater than the particular Index Maturity, a
remaining term to maturity closest to that Index Maturity and in a principal
amount that is representative for a single transaction in the securities in
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	 	vii.	 	if fewer than five but more than two prices referred to in
clause (vi) are provided as requested, the rate on the particular Interest
Determination Date calculated by the Calculation Agent based on the arithmetic
mean of the bid prices obtained and neither the highest nor the lowest of the
quotations will be eliminated; or
	 
	 	viii.	 	if fewer than three prices referred to in clause (vi) are
provided as requested, the CMT Rate in effect on that Interest Determination
Date.

If two United States Treasury securities with an original maturity greater than the Index
Maturity specified on the face hereof have remaining terms to maturity equally close to the
particular Index Maturity, the quotes for the United States Treasury security with the
shorter original remaining term to maturity will be used.

(C) Commercial Paper Rate Notes. If the Interest Rate Basis is the Commercial Paper
Rate, this Note shall be deemed a “Commercial Paper Rate Note.” Unless otherwise specified on
the face hereof, “Commercial Paper Rate” means: (1) the Money Market Yield (as defined below)
on the particular Interest Determination Date of the rate for commercial paper having the
Index Maturity specified on the face hereof as published in H.15(519) under the caption
“Commercial Paper—Nonfinancial”; or (2) if the rate referred to in clause (1) is not so
published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, the Money Market
Yield of the rate on the particular Interest Determination Date for commercial paper having
the particular Index Maturity as published in H.15 Daily Update, or such other recognized
electronic source used for the purpose of displaying the applicable rate, under the caption
“Commercial Paper—Nonfinancial”; or (3) if the rate referred to in clause (2) is not so
published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, the rate on the
particular Interest Determination Date calculated by the Calculation Agent as the Money Market
Yield of the arithmetic mean of the offered rates at approximately 11:00 A.M., New York City
time, on that Interest Determination Date of three leading dealers of United States dollar
commercial paper in The City of New York (which may include the purchasing agent or its
affiliates) selected by the Calculation Agent for commercial paper having the particular Index
Maturity placed for industrial issuers whose bond rating is “Aa”, or the equivalent, from a
nationally recognized statistical rating organization; or (4) if the dealers so selected by
the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in clause (3), the Commercial Paper Rate in
effect on the particular Interest Determination Date. “Money Market Yield” means a yield
(expressed as a percentage) calculated in accordance with the following formula:

Money Market Yield =                     D x 360                x 100

360 – (D x M)

where “D” refers to the applicable per annum rate for commercial paper quoted on a bank discount
basis and expressed as a decimal, and “M” refers to the actual number of days in the applicable
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(D) Constant Maturity Swap Rate Notes. If the Interest Rate Basis is the Constant
Maturity Swap Rate, this Note shall be deemed a “Constant Maturity Swap Rate Note.” Unless
otherwise specified on the face hereof, “Constant Maturity Swap Rate” means: (1) the rate for
U.S. dollar swaps with the designated maturity specified on the face hereof, expressed as a
percentage, which appears on the Reuters Screen (or any successor service) TGM42276 Page as of
11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the particular Interest Determination Date; or (2) if the
rate referred to in clause (1) does not appear on the Reuters Screen (or any successor service)
TGM42276 Page by 2:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Interest Determination Date, a
percentage determined on the basis of the mid-market semiannual swap rate quotations provided by
the reference banks (as defined below) as of approximately 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on
such Interest Determination Date, and, for this purpose, the semi-annual swap rate means the
mean of the bid and offered rates for the semi-annual fixed leg, calculated on a 30/360 day
count basis, of a fixed-for-floating U.S. dollar interest rate swap transaction with a term
equal to the designated maturity specified on the face hereof commencing on the Interest Reset
Date and in a representative amount (as defined below) with an acknowledged dealer of good
credit in the swap market, where the floating leg, calculated on an actual/360 day count basis,
is equivalent to USD-LIBOR-BBA with a designated maturity specified on the face hereof. The
Calculation Agent will request the principal New York City office of each of the reference banks
to provide a quotation of its rate. If at least three quotations are provided, the rate for that
Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of the quotations, eliminating the
highest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the highest) and the lowest quotation
(or, in the event of equality, one of the lowest); or (3) if at least three quotations are not
received by the Calculation Agent as mentioned in clause (2), the Constant Maturity Swap Rate in
effect on the particular Interest Determination Date. “U.S. Government Securities business day”
means any day except for Saturday, Sunday, or a day on which The Bond Market Association
recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for
purposes of trading in U.S. government securities. “Representative amount” means an amount that
is representative for a single transaction in the relevant market at the relevant time.
“Reference banks” mean five leading swap dealers in the New York City interbank market, selected
by the Calculation Agent, after consultation with us.

(E) Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Notes. If the Interest Rate Basis is the
Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate, this Note shall be deemed an “Eleventh District Cost of
Funds Rate Note.” Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, “Eleventh District Cost of
Funds Rate” means: (1) the rate equal to the monthly weighted average cost of funds for the
calendar month immediately preceding the month in which the particular Interest Determination
Date falls as set forth under the caption “11th District” on the display on Reuters Service
(or any successor service) on Page COFI/ARMS (or any other page as may replace the specified
page on that service) (“Reuters Page COFI/ARMS”) as of 11:00 A.M., San Francisco time, on that
Interest Determination Date; or (2) if the rate referred to in clause (1) does not so appear
on Reuters Page COFI/ARMS, the monthly weighted average cost of funds paid by member
institutions of the Eleventh Federal Home Loan Bank District that was most recently announced
(the “Eleventh District Index”) by the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco as the cost of
funds for the calendar month immediately preceding that Interest Determination Date; or (3) if
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Bank of San Francisco fails to announce the Eleventh District Index on or prior to the
particular Interest Determination Date for the calendar month immediately preceding that
Interest Determination Date, the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate in effect on the
particular Interest Determination Date.

(F) EURIBOR Notes. If the Interest Rate Basis is EURIBOR, this Note shall be deemed a “EURIBOR
Note.” Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, “EURIBOR” means: (1) with respect to any
Interest Determination Date relating to this EURIBOR Note (a “EURIBOR Interest Determination
Date”), the rate for deposits in euros as sponsored, calculated and published jointly by the
European Banking Federation and ACI — The Financial Market Association, or any company
established by the joint sponsors for purposes of compiling and publishing those rates, having
the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof, commencing on the applicable Interest Reset
Date, as the rate appears on Reuters Service (or any successor service), on page EURIBOR 01
(or any other page as may replace that specified page on the service) (“Reuters Page EURIBOR
01”) as of 11:00 A.M., Brussels time, on the applicable EURIBOR Interest Determination Date;
or (2) if such rate does not appear on Reuters Page EURIBOR 01, or is not so published by
11:00 A.M., Brussels time, on the applicable EURIBOR Interest Determination Date, such rate
will be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be the arithmetic mean of at least two
quotations obtained by the Calculation Agent after requesting the principal Euro-zone (as
defined below) offices of four major banks in the Euro-zone interbank market to provide the
Calculation Agent with its offered quotation for deposits in euros for the period of the Index
Maturity specified on the face hereof, commencing on the applicable Interest Reset Date, to
prime banks in the Euro-zone interbank market at approximately 11:00 A.M., Brussels time, on
the applicable EURIBOR Interest Determination Date and in a principal amount not less than the
equivalent of $1 million in euros that is representative for a single transaction in euro in
the market at that time; or (3) if fewer than two such quotations are so provided, the rate on
the applicable EURIBOR Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent
and will be the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted at approximately 11:00 A.M., Brussels
time, on such EURIBOR Interest Determination Date by four major banks in the Euro-zone for
loans in euro to leading European banks, having the Index Maturity specified on the face
hereof, commencing on the applicable Interest Reset Date and in a principal amount not less
than the equivalent of $1 million in euros that is representative for a single transaction in
euros in the market at that time; or (4) if the banks so selected by the Calculation Agent are
not quoting as mentioned above, EURIBOR will be EURIBOR in effect on the applicable EURIBOR
Interest Determination Date. “Euro-zone” means the region comprised of member states of the
European Union that have adopted the single currency in accordance with the treaty
establishing the European Community, as amended by the treaty on European Union.

(G) Federal Funds Open Rate Notes. If the Interest Rate Basis is the Federal Funds Open Rate,
this Note shall be deemed a “Federal Funds Open Rate Note.” Unless otherwise specified on the
face hereof, “Federal Funds Open Rate” means the rate set forth on Reuters on page 5 (or any
other page as may replace the specified page on that service) for an Interest Determination
Date underneath the caption “FEDERAL FUNDS” in the row

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titled “OPEN”. If the rate is not available for an Interest Determination Date, the rate for
that Interest Determination Date shall be the Federal Funds Rate as determined below.

(H) Federal Funds Rate Notes. If the Interest Rate Basis is the Federal Funds Rate, this Note
shall be deemed a “Federal Funds Rate Note.” Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof,
“Federal Funds Rate” means: (1) the rate as of the particular Interest Determination Date for
United States dollar federal funds as published in H.15(519) under the caption “Federal Funds
(Effective)” and displayed on Reuters on page FEDFUNDS1 (or any other page as may replace the
specified page on that service) (“Reuters Page FEDFUNDS1”); or (2) if the rate referred to in
clause (1) does not so appear on Reuters Page FEDFUNDS1 or is not so published by 5:00 P.M.,
New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, the rate on the particular Interest
Determination Date for United States dollar federal funds as published in H.15 Daily Update,
or such other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying the applicable
rate, under the caption “Federal Funds (Effective)”; or (3) if such rate does not appear on
Reuters Page FEDFUNDS1 or is not so published by 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related
Calculation Date, the rate will be the rate for the first preceding day for which such rate is
set forth in H.15(519) under the caption “Federal Funds (Effective)”, as such rate is
displayed on the Reuters Page FEDFUNDS1.

(I) LIBOR Notes. If the Interest Rate Basis is LIBOR, this Note shall be deemed a “LIBOR
Note.” Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, “LIBOR” means: (1) whether “LIBOR
Reuters” is or is not specified on the face hereof as the method for calculating LIBOR, the
rate for deposits in the LIBOR Currency (as defined below) having the Index Maturity specified
on the face hereof, commencing on the related Interest Reset Date, that appears on the LIBOR
Page (as defined below) as of 11:00 A.M., London time, on the particular Interest
Determination Date; or (2) if no rate appears on the particular Interest Determination Date on
the LIBOR Page as specified in clause (1), the rate calculated by the Calculation Agent as the
arithmetic mean of at least two offered quotations obtained by the Calculation Agent after
requesting the principal London offices of each of four major reference banks (which may
include affiliates of the Agents), in the London interbank market selected by the Calculation
Agent to provide the Calculation Agent with its offered quotation for deposits in the LIBOR
Currency for the period of the particular Index Maturity, commencing on the related Interest
Reset Date, to prime banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 A.M., London
time, on that Interest Determination Date and in a principal amount that is representative for
a single transaction in the LIBOR Currency in that market at that time; or (3) if fewer than
two offered quotations referred to in clause (2) are provided as requested, the rate
calculated by the Calculation Agent as the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted at
approximately 11:00 A.M., in the applicable Principal Financial Center, on the particular
Interest Determination Date by three major banks (which may include affiliates of the Agents),
in that principal financial center selected by the Calculation Agent for loans in the LIBOR
Currency to leading European banks, having the particular Index Maturity and in a principal
amount that is representative for a single transaction in the LIBOR Currency in that market at
that time; or (4) if the banks so selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as
mentioned in clause (3), LIBOR in effect on the particular Interest Determination Date. “LIBOR
Currency” means the currency specified on the face hereof as to which LIBOR shall be

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calculated or, if no currency is specified on the face hereof, United States dollars. “LIBOR
Page” means the display on Reuters Service (or any successor service) on the page specified on
the face hereof (or any other page as may replace that page on that service) for the purpose
of displaying the London interbank rates of major banks for the LIBOR Currency.

(J) Prime Rate Notes. If the Interest Rate Basis is the Prime Rate, this Note shall be deemed
a “Prime Rate Note.” Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, “Prime Rate” means: (1)
the rate on the particular Interest Determination Date as published in H.15(519) under the
caption “Bank Prime Loan”; or (2) if the rate referred to in clause (1) is not so published by
3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, the rate on the particular
Interest Determination Date as published in H.15 Daily Update, or such other recognized
electronic source used for the purpose of displaying the applicable rate, under the caption
“Bank Prime Loan”, or (3) if the rate referred to in clause (2) is not so published by 3:00
P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, the rate on the particular Interest
Determination Date calculated by the Calculation Agent as the arithmetic mean of the rates of
interest publicly announced by each bank that appears on the Reuters Screen US PRIME 1 Page
(as defined below) as the applicable bank’s prime rate or base lending rate as of 11:00 A.M.,
New York City time, on that Interest Determination Date; or (4) if fewer than four rates
referred to in clause (3) are so published by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related
Calculation Date, the rate calculated by the Calculation Agent as the particular Interest
Determination Date calculated by the Calculation Agent as the arithmetic mean of the prime
rates or base lending rates quoted on the basis of the actual number of days in the year
divided by a 360-day year as of the close of business on that Interest Determination Date by
three major banks (which may include affiliates of the purchasing agent) in The City of New
York selected by the Calculation Agent; or (5) if the banks so selected by the Calculation
Agent are not quoting as mentioned in clause (4), the Prime Rate in effect on the particular
Interest Determination Date. “Reuters Screen US PRIME 1 Page” means the display on the Reuters
Monitor Money Rates Service (or any successor service) on the “US PRIME 1” page (or any other
page as may replace that page on that service) for the purpose of displaying prime rates or
base lending rates of major United States banks.

(K) Treasury Rate Notes. If the Interest Rate Basis is the Treasury Rate, this Note shall be
deemed a “Treasury Rate Note.” Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, “Treasury Rate”
means: (1) the rate from the auction held on the Interest Determination Date (the “Auction”)
of direct obligations of the United States (“Treasury Bills”) having the Index Maturity
specified on the face hereof under the caption “INVESTMENT RATE” on the display on Reuters
Service (or any successor service) on page USAUCTION 10 (or any other page as may replace that
page on that service) (“Reuters USAUCTION 10”) or page USAUCTION 11 (or any other page as may
replace that page on that service) (“Reuters USAUCTION 11”); or (2) if the rate referred to in
clause (1) is not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation
Date, the Bond Equivalent Yield (as defined below) of the rate for the applicable Treasury
Bills as published in H.15 Daily Update, or another recognized electronic source used for the
purpose of displaying the applicable rate, under the caption “U.S. Government
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High”; or (3) if the rate referred to in clause (2) is not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York
City time, on the related Calculation Date, the Bond Equivalent Yield of the auction rate of
the applicable Treasury Bills as announced by the United States Department of the Treasury; or
(4) if the rate referred to in clause (3) is not so announced by the United States Department
of the Treasury, or if the Auction is not held, the Bond Equivalent Yield of the rate on the
particular Interest Determination Date of the applicable Treasury Bills as published in
H.15(519) under the caption “U.S. Government Securities/Treasury Bills/Secondary Market”; or
(5) if the rate referred to in clause (4) is not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City
time, on the related Calculation Date, the rate on the particular Interest Determination Date
of the applicable Treasury Bills as published in H.15 Daily Update, or another recognized
electronic source used for the purpose of displaying the applicable rate, under the caption
“U.S. Government Securities/Treasury Bills/Secondary Market”; or (6) if the rate referred to
in clause (5) is not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation
Date, the rate on the particular Interest Determination Date calculated by the Calculation
Agent as the Bond Equivalent Yield of the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid rates,
as of approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on that Interest Determination Date, of
three primary United States government securities dealers (which may include the purchasing
agent or its affiliates) selected by the Calculation Agent, for the issue of Treasury Bills
with a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof; or (7)
if the dealers so selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in clause
(6), the Treasury Rate in effect on the particular Interest Determination Date. “Bond
Equivalent Yield” means a yield (expressed as a percentage) calculated in accordance with the
following formula:

Bond Equivalent Yield =                     D x N                     x 100

360 – (D x M)

where “D” refers to the applicable per annum rate for Treasury Bills quoted on a bank discount
basis and expressed as a decimal, “N” refers to 365 or 366, as the case may be, and “M” refers
to the actual number of days in the applicable Interest Reset Period.

(c) Discount Notes. If this Note is specified on the face hereof as a “Discount Note”:

(i) Principal and Interest. This Note will bear interest in the same manner as set
forth in Section 3(a) above, and payments of principal and interest shall be made as set
forth on the face hereof. Discount Notes may not bear any interest currently or may bear
interest at a rate that is below market rates at the time of issuance. The difference
between the Issue Price of a Discount Note and par is referred to as the “Discount”.

(ii) Redemption; Repayment; Acceleration. In the event a Discount Note is redeemed,
repaid or accelerated, the amount payable to the Holder of such Discount Note will be equal
to the sum of: (A) the Issue Price (increased by any accruals of Discount) and, in the event
of any redemption of such Discount Note, if applicable, multiplied by the Initial Redemption
Percentage (as adjusted by the Annual Redemption Percentage Reduction, if applicable); and
(B) any unpaid interest accrued on such Discount Note to the Maturity Date (“Amortized Face
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purposes of determining the amount of Discount that has accrued as of any date on which a
redemption, repayment or acceleration of maturity occurs for a Discount Note, a Discount
will be accrued using a constant yield method. The constant yield will be calculated using a
30-day month, 360-day year convention, a compounding period that, except for the Initial
Period (as defined below), corresponds to the shortest period between Interest Payment Dates
for the applicable Discount Note (with ratable accruals within a compounding period), a
coupon rate equal to the initial coupon rate applicable to the applicable Discount Note and
an assumption that the maturity of such Discount Note will not be accelerated. If the period
from the date of issue to the first Interest Payment Date for a Discount Note (the “Initial
Period”) is shorter than the compounding period for such Discount Note, a proportionate
amount of the yield for an entire compounding period will be accrued. If the Initial Period
is longer than the compounding period, then the period will be divided into a regular
compounding period and a short period with the short period being treated as provided above.

     (d) Amortizing Notes. If this Note is specified on the face hereof as an “Amortizing
Note”, this Note will bear interest in the same manner as set forth in Section 3(a) above, and
payments on principal, premium, if any, and interest will be made as set forth on the face hereof
and/or in accordance with Schedule I attached hereto. The Trust will make payments combining
principal, premium (if any) and interest, if applicable, on the dates and in the amounts set forth
in the table appearing in Schedule I, attached to this Note or in accordance with the
formula specified on the face hereof. Payments made hereon will be applied first to interest due
and payable hereon and then to the reduction of the unpaid principal amount hereof.

Section 4. Redemption. If no redemption right is set forth on the face hereof, this Note
may not be redeemed prior to the Stated Maturity Date, except as set forth in the Indenture or in
Section 10 hereof. In the case of a Note that is not a Discount Note, if a redemption right is set
forth on the face of this Note, the Trust shall elect to redeem this Note on the Interest Payment
Date after the Initial Redemption Date set forth on the face hereof on which the Funding Agreement
is to be redeemed in whole or in part by Principal Life Insurance Company (“Principal Life”) (each,
a “Redemption Date”), in which case this Note must be redeemed on such Redemption Date in whole or
in part, as applicable, prior to the Stated Maturity Date, in increments of $1,000 at the
applicable Redemption Price (as defined below), together with unpaid interest, if any, accrued
thereon to, but excluding, the applicable Redemption Date. “Redemption Price” shall mean an amount
equal to the Initial Redemption Percentage (as adjusted by the Annual Redemption Percentage
Reduction, if applicable) multiplied by the unpaid Principal Amount of this Note to be redeemed.
The unpaid Principal Amount of this Note to be redeemed shall be determined by multiplying (1) the
Outstanding Principal Amount of this Note by (2) the quotient derived by dividing (A) the
outstanding principal amount of the Funding Agreement to be redeemed by Principal Life by (B) the
outstanding principal amount of the Funding Agreement. The Initial Redemption Percentage, if any,
applicable to this Note shall decline at each anniversary of the Initial Redemption Date by an
amount equal to the applicable Annual Redemption Percentage Reduction, if any, until the Redemption
Price is equal to 100% of the unpaid amount thereof to be redeemed. Notice must be given not more
than sixty (60) nor less than thirty (30) calendar days prior to the proposed Redemption Date. In
the event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new Note for the unredeemed portion hereof
shall be issued in the name of the Holder hereof

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upon the surrender hereof. If less than all of this Note is redeemed, the Indenture Trustee will
select by lot or, in its discretion, on a pro rata basis, the amount of the interest of each direct
participant in the Trust to be redeemed.

Section 5. Sinking Funds and Amortizing Notes. Unless specified on the face hereof, this
Note will not be subject to, or entitled to the benefit of, any sinking fund. If this Note is an
Amortizing Note, this Note may pay an amount in respect of both interest and principal amortized
over the life of this Note.

Section 6. Repayment. If no repayment right is set forth on the face hereof, this Note may
not be repaid at the option of the Holder hereof prior to the Stated Maturity Date. If a repayment
right is granted on the face of this Note, this Note may be subject to repayment at the option of
the Holder on any Interest Payment Date on and after the date, if any, indicated on the face hereof
(each, a “Repayment Date”). On any Repayment Date, unless otherwise specified on the face hereof,
this Note shall be repayable in whole or in part in increments of $1,000 at the option of the
Holder hereof at a repayment price equal to 100% of the Principal Amount to be repaid, together
with interest thereon payable to the Repayment Date. For this Note to be repaid in whole or in part
at the option of the Holder hereof, this Note must be received by the Indenture Trustee, with the
form entitled “Option to Elect Repayment”, below, duly completed by the Indenture Trustee. Exercise
of such repayment option by the Holder hereof shall be irrevocable. In the event of a repayment of
this Note in part only, a new Note for the portion hereof not repaid shall be issued in the name of
the Holder hereof upon the surrender hereof.

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Section 7. Modifications and Waivers. The Indenture contains provisions permitting the
Trust and the Indenture Trustee (1) at any time and from time to time without notice to, or the
consent of, the Holders of any Notes issued under the Indenture to enter into one or more
supplemental indentures for certain enumerated purposes and (2) with the consent of the Holders of
a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes affected thereby, to enter into
one or more supplemental indentures for the purpose of adding any provisions to, or changing in any
manner or eliminating any of the provisions of, the Indenture or of modifying in any manner the
rights of Holders of Notes under the Indenture; provided, that, with respect to certain enumerated
provisions, no such supplemental indenture shall be entered into without the consent of the Holder
of each Note affected thereby. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be
conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note
issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or
not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note or such other Notes.

Section 8. Obligations Unconditional. No reference herein to the Indenture and no
provisions of this Note or of the Indenture shall impair the right of each Holder of any Note,
which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of, and any interest on,
and premium, if any, on, such Note on the respective Stated Maturity Date or redemption date
thereof and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be
impaired without the consent of such Holder.

Section 9. Events of Default. If an Event of Default with respect to this Note shall occur
and be continuing, the principal of, and all other amounts payable on, the Notes may be declared
due and payable, or may be automatically accelerated, as the case may be, in the manner and with
the effect provided in the Indenture. In the event that this Note is a Discount Note, the amount of
principal of this Note that becomes due and payable upon such acceleration shall be equal to the
amount calculated as set forth in Section 3(c) hereof.

Section 10. Withholding; No Additional Amounts; Tax Event and Redemption. All amounts due
on this Note will be made without any applicable withholding or deduction for or on account of any
present or future taxes, duties, levies, assessments or other governmental charges of whatever
nature imposed or levied by or on behalf of any governmental authority, unless such withholding or
deduction is required by law. Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, the Trust will not pay
any additional amounts to the Holder of this Note in respect of such withholding or deduction, any
such withholding or deduction will not give rise to an event of default or any independent right or
obligation to redeem this Note and the Holder will be deemed for all purposes to have received cash
in an amount equal to the portion of such withholding or deduction that is attributable to such
Holder’s interest in this Note as equitably determined by the Trust.

     If (1) a Tax Event (defined below) as to the Funding Agreement occurs and (2) Principal Life
redeems the Funding Agreement in whole or in part, the Trust will redeem the Notes, subject to the
terms and conditions of Section 2.04 of the Standard Indenture Terms, at the Tax Event
Redemption Price (defined below) together with unpaid interest accrued thereon to the applicable
redemption date. “Tax Event” means that Principal Life shall have received an opinion of
independent legal counsel stating in effect that as a result of (a) any amendment to, or change

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(including any announced prospective change) in, the laws (or any regulations thereunder) of
the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein or (b) any
amendment to, or change in, an interpretation or application of any such laws or regulations by any
governmental authority in the United States, which amendment or change is enacted, promulgated,
issued or announced on or after the effective date of the Funding Agreement, there is more than an
insubstantial risk that (i) the Trust is, or will be within ninety (90) days of the date thereof,
subject to U.S. federal income tax with respect to interest accrued or received on the Funding
Agreement or (ii) the Trust is, or will be within ninety (90) days of the date thereof, subject to
more than a de minimis amount of taxes, duties or other governmental charges. “Tax Event Redemption
Price” means an amount equal to the unpaid principal amount of this Note to be redeemed, which
shall be determined by multiplying (1) the Outstanding Principal Amount of this Note by (2) the
quotient derived by dividing (A) the outstanding principal amount to be redeemed by Principal Life
of the Funding Agreement by (B) the outstanding principal amount of the Funding Agreement.

Section 11. Listing. Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, this Note will not be
listed on any securities exchange.

Section 12. Collateral. The Collateral for this Note includes the Funding Agreement and the
Guarantee specified on the face hereof.

Section 13. No Recourse Against Certain Persons. No recourse shall be had for the payment
of any principal, interest or any other sums at any time owing under the terms of this Note, or for
any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture
or any indenture supplemental thereto, against the Nonrecourse Parties, whether by virtue of any
constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or
otherwise, all such personal liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the
consideration for issue hereof, expressly waived and released.

Section 14. Miscellaneous.

     (a) This Note is issuable only as a registered Note without coupons in denominations of $1,000
and any integral multiple in excess thereof unless otherwise specified on the face of this Note.

     (b) Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note, the Trust, the
Indenture Trustee, the Registrar, the Paying Agent, any Agent, and any other agent of the Trust or
the Indenture Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner
hereof for the purpose of receiving payment as herein provided and for all other purposes, whether
or not this Note shall be overdue, and none of the Trust, the Indenture Trustee, the Registrar, the
Paying Agent, any Agent, or any other agent of the Trust or the Indenture Trustee shall be affected
by notice to the contrary.

     (c) The Notes are being issued by means of a book-entry-only system with no physical
distribution of certificates to be made except as provided in the Indenture. The book-entry system
maintained by DTC will evidence ownership of the Notes, with transfers of ownership

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effected on the records of DTC and its participants pursuant to rules and procedures
established by DTC and its participants. The Trust and the Indenture Trustee will recognize Cede &
Co., as nominee of DTC, as the registered owner of the Notes, as the Holder of the Notes for all
purposes, including payment of principal, premium (if any) and interest, notices and voting.
Transfer of principal, premium (if any) and interest to participants of DTC will be the
responsibility of DTC, and transfer of principal, premium (if any) and interest to beneficial
holders of the Notes by participants of DTC will be the responsibility of such participants and
other nominees of such beneficial holders. So long as the book-entry system is in effect, the
selection of any Notes to be redeemed or repaid will be determined by DTC pursuant to rules and
procedures established by DTC and its participants. Neither the Trust nor the Indenture Trustee
shall be responsible or liable for such transfers or payments or for maintaining, supervising or
reviewing the records maintained by DTC, its participants or persons acting through such
participants.

     (d) This Note or portion hereof may not be exchanged for Definitive Notes, except in the
limited circumstances provided for in the Indenture. The transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes
shall be subject to the terms of the Indenture. No service charge will be made for any registration
of transfer or exchange, but the Trust may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

Section 15. GOVERNING LAW. THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

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OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT

     The undersigned hereby irrevocably request(s) and instruct(s) the Trust to repay this Note (or
portion hereof specified below) pursuant to its terms at a price equal to the Principal Amount
hereof together with interest to the repayment date, to the undersigned, at:

 

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address of the undersigned).

     For this Note to be repaid, the Indenture Trustee (or the Paying Agent on behalf of the
Indenture Trustee) must receive at its Corporate Trust Office, or at such other place or places of
which the Trust shall from time to time notify the Holder of this Note, not more than sixty (60)
nor less than thirty (30) days prior to a Repayment Date, if any, shown on the face of this Note,
this Note with this “Option to Elect Repayment” form duly completed.

     If less than the entire Principal Amount of this Note is to be repaid, specify the portion
hereof (which shall be in increments of $1,000) which the Holder elects to have repaid and specify
the denomination or denominations (which shall be $                     or an integral multiple
of $1,000 in excess of $                    ) of the Notes to be issued to the Holder for the
portion of this Note not being repaid (in the absence of any such specification, one such Note will
be issued for the portion not being repaid).

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	$	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 

	 	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	DATE: 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

	 	NOTICE: The signature on this Option to
Elect Repayment must 
	 
	 	 	 	correspond with
the name as written upon the face of
this Note in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any change
whatever.
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Principal Amount to be repaid,
if amount to be repaid is less
than the Principal Amount of
this Note (Principal Amount
remaining must be an authorized
denomination)	 	Fill in for registration of Notes if to
be issued otherwise than to the
registered Holder:
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	$	 	 	 	Name:	 	 	 	 
	 	 

	 	 Address:
	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	(Please print name and

address including zip code)	 	 

SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER TAXPAYER ID NUMBER:                                        

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SCHEDULE I

Amortization Table or Formula

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