Principal Balanced Fund and Principal Smart Equity Fund Announces Dividends

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Trustee to Principal Mutual Fund has approved Tuesday, January 24, 2017, as the Record Date# for the declaration of dividend, subject to the availability of distributable surplus, under the Dividend Option of following Scheme(s)/ Plan(s) of Principal Mutual Fund:

* Considering the volatile nature of markets, Trustee reserves the right to restrict the quantum of dividend upto, the per unit distributable surplus available on the Record Date.

** As reduced by the amount of applicable statutory levy.

# As per the Dividend Policy, in any case the Record Date falls on a non-business day, the immediately preceding business day shall deemed to be the Record Date.

Pursuant to the payment of dividend, the NAV under Dividend Option of the aforesaid Scheme(s)/ Plan(s) would fall to the extent of payout and statutory levy (if applicable).

All the unitholders under the Dividend Option of the abovementioned Scheme(s)/ Plan(s) whose name appears on the Register of Unitholders of our Registrar & Transfer Agents, M/s. Karvy Computershare Pvt. Ltd., as on the Record Date shall be eligible to receive the dividend.

For further information/assistance do visit us at www.principalindia.com or e-mail us at customer@principalindia.com or call on our Toll Free no. 1800 425 5600.

Please check out Historical Dividends of Principal Mutual Fund schemes below -

Principal Balanced Fund

Principal Smart Equity Fund