0000898745-18-000852 Sample Contracts

PRINCIPAL FUNDS, INC. SUB‑ADVISORY AGREEMENT THE EMERALD ADVISERS, LLC SUB- ADVISED FUND
Sub-Advisory Agreement • November 1st, 2018 • Principal Funds Inc • Iowa

SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) executed as of the October 1, 2018, by and between PRINCIPAL GLOBAL INVESTORS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (hereinafter called the “Manager") and EMERALD ADVISERS, LLC (hereinafter called the “Sub‑Advisor").

FORM OF PRINCIPAL FUNDS, INC. DISTRIBUTION PLAN AND AGREEMENT CLASS A SHARES
Distribution Plan and Agreement • November 1st, 2018 • Principal Funds Inc

DISTRIBUTION PLAN AND AGREEMENT made as of _____________________, by and between PRINCIPAL FUNDS, INC., a Maryland corporation (the "Fund"), and PRINCIPAL FUNDS DISTRIBUTOR, INC., a Washington corporation (the " Distributor ").

PRINCIPAL FUNDS, INC. AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION PLAN AND AGREEMENT CLASS J SHARES
Distribution Agreement • November 1st, 2018 • Principal Funds Inc

DISTRIBUTION PLAN AND AGREEMENT made as of September 11, 2018 by and between PRINCIPAL FUNDS, INC., a Maryland corporation (the "Fund"), and PRINCIPAL FUNDS DISTRIBUTOR, INC., a Washington corporation (the "Underwriters").

PRINCIPAL FUNDS, INC. CONTRACTUAL FEE WAIVER AGREEMENT
Contractual Fee Waiver Agreement • November 1st, 2018 • Principal Funds Inc

AGREEMENT made this November 1, 2018 by and between Principal Funds, Inc. (the “Fund”) and Principal Global Investors, LLC (the “Advisor”) (together, the “Parties”).