PRINCIPAL FUNDS, INC. AMENDED AND RESTATED MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

PRINCIPAL FUNDS, INC. 

AMENDED AND RESTATED 

MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT 

AGREEMENT to be effective November 1, 2010 by and between PRINCIPAL FUNDS, INC., a 

Maryland corporation (hereinafter called the “Fund”) and PRINCIPAL MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, an 

Iowa corporation (hereinafter called the “Manager”). 

W I T N E S S E T H: 

	WHEREAS, The Fund has furnished the Manager with copies properly certified or authenticated of
each of the following:
	(a)	Articles of Incorporation of the Fund;
	(b)	Bylaws of the Fund as adopted by the Board of Directors; and
	(c)	Resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Fund selecting the Manager as investment
		adviser and approving the form of this Agreement.
	NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual agreements herein contained, the
Fund hereby appoints the Manager to act as investment adviser and manager of the Fund, and the
Manager agrees to act, perform or assume the responsibility therefore in the manner and subject to the
conditions hereinafter set forth. The Fund will furnish the Manager from time to time with copies, properly
certified or authenticated, of all amendments of or supplements to the foregoing, if any.
1.	INVESTMENT ADVISORY SERVICES
	The Manager will regularly perform the following services for the Fund:
	(a)	Provide investment research, advice and supervision;
	(b)	Provide investment advisory, research and statistical facilities and all clerical services relating
		to research, statistical and investment work;
	(c)	Furnish to the Board of Directors of the Fund (or any appropriate committee of such Board),
		and revise from time to time as conditions require, a recommended investment program for
		the portfolio of each Series of the Fund consistent with each Series' investment objective and
		policies;
	(d)	Implement such of its recommended investment program as the Fund shall approve, by
		placing orders for the purchase and sale of securities, subject always to the provisions of the
		Fund’s Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws and the requirements of the Investment Company
		Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), and the Fund’s Registration Statement, current Prospectus and
		Statement of Additional Information, as each of the same shall be from time to time in effect;
	(e)	Advise and assist the officers of the Fund in taking such steps as are necessary or
		appropriate to carry out the decisions of its Board of Directors and any appropriate
		committees of such Board regarding the general conduct of the investment business of the
		Fund; and
	(f)	Report to the Board of Directors of the Fund at such times and in such detail as the Board
		may deem appropriate in order to enable it to determine that the investment policies of the
		Fund are being observed.
2.	ACCOUNTING SERVICES
	The Manager will provide all accounting services customarily required by investment companies, in
	accordance with the requirements of applicable laws, rules and regulations and with the policies and
	practices of the Fund as communicated to the Manager from time to time, including, but not limited to, the
	following:
	(a)	Maintain fund general ledger and journal;
	(b)	Prepare and record disbursements for direct Fund expenses;
	(c)	Prepare daily money transfer;
	(d)	Reconcile all Fund bank and custodian accounts;

	(e)	Assist Fund independent auditors as appropriate;
	(f)	Prepare daily projection of available cash balances;
	(g)	Record trading activity for purposes of determining net asset values and daily dividend;
	(h)	Prepare daily portfolio valuation report to value portfolio securities and determine daily
		accrued income;
	(i)	Determine the net asset value per share daily or at such other intervals as the Fund may
		reasonably request or as may be required by law;
	(j)	Prepare monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual financial statements;
	(k)	Provide financial information for reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission in
		compliance with the provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the Securities Act
		of 1933, the Internal Revenue Service and any other regulatory or governmental agencies as
		required;
	(l)	Provide financial, yield, net asset value, and similar information to National Association of
		Securities Dealers, Inc., and other survey and statistical agencies as instructed from time to
		time by the Fund;
	(m)	Investigate, assist in the selection of and conduct relations with custodians, depositories,
		accountants, legal counsel, insurers, banks and persons in any other capacity deemed to be
		necessary or desirable for the Fund's operations; and
	(n)	Obtain and keep in effect fidelity bonds and directors and officers/errors and omissions
		insurance policies for the Fund in accordance with the requirements of the Investment
		Company Act of 1940 and the rules thereunder, as such bonds and policies are approved by
		the Fund's Board of Directors.
3.	CORPORATE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
	The Manager will provide the following corporate administrative services for the Fund:
	(a)	furnish the services of such of the Manager's officers and employees as may be elected
		officers or directors of the Fund, subject to their individual consent to serve and to any
		limitations imposed by law;
	(b)	furnish office space, and all necessary office facilities and equipment, for the general
		corporate functions of the Fund (i.e., functions other than (i) underwriting and distribution of
		Fund shares; (ii) custody of Fund assets, (iii) transfer and paying agency services; and (iv)
		corporate and portfolio accounting services); and
	(c)	furnish the services of executive and clerical personnel necessary to perform the general
		corporate functions of the Fund.
4.	RESERVED RIGHT TO DELEGATE DUTIES AND SERVICES TO OTHERS
	The Manager in assuming responsibility for the various services as set forth in this Agreement

reserves the right to enter into agreements with others for the performance of certain duties and services or 

to delegate the performance of some or all of such duties and services to Principal Life Insurance 

Company, or one or more affiliates thereof; provided, however, that entry into any such agreements shall 

not relieve the Manager of its duty to review and monitor the performance of such persons to the extent 

provided in the agreements with such persons or as determined from time to time by the Board of 

Directors. 

5.	EXPENSES BORNE BY THE MANAGER
	The Manager will pay:
	(a)	the organizational expenses of the Fund and its portfolios and share classes, including the
		Fund's registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, and the initial registration of its
		Capital Stock for sale under the Securities Act of 1933 with the Securities and Exchange
		Commission;
	(b)	Compensation of personnel, officers and directors who are also affiliated with the Manager;
		and

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(c)	Expenses and compensation associated with furnishing office space, and all necessary office
	facilities and equipment, and personnel necessary to perform the general corporate functions
	of the Fund.
6.	COMPENSATION OF THE MANAGER BY FUND
	For all services to be rendered and payments made as provided in Sections 1, 2 and 4 hereof, the
	Fund will accrue daily and pay the Manager monthly, or at such other intervals as the Fund and Manager
	may agree, a fee based on the average of the values placed on the net assets of each Series of the Fund
	as of the time of determination of the net asset value on each trading day throughout the month in
	accordance with Schedule 1 attached hereto.
	Net asset value shall be determined pursuant to applicable provisions of the Articles of Incorporation
	of the Fund. If pursuant to such provisions the determination of net asset value is suspended, then for the
	purposes of this Section 5 the value of the net assets of the Fund as last determined shall be deemed to be
	the value of the net assets for each day the suspension continues.
	The Manager may, at its option, waive all or part of its compensation for such period of time as it
	deems necessary or appropriate.
7.	EXPENSES BORNE BY FUND
	The Fund will pay, without reimbursement by the Manager, all expenses attributable to the operation
	of the Fund or the services described in this Agreement and not specifically identified in this Agreement as
	being paid by the Manager.
8.	AVOIDANCE OF INCONSISTENT POSITION
	In connection with purchases or sales of portfolio securities for the account of the Fund, neither the
	Manager nor any of the Manager’s directors, officers or employees will act as a principal or agent or
	receive any commission.
9.	LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF THE MANAGER
	The Manager shall not be liable for any error of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss suffered
	by the Fund in connection with the matters to which this Agreement relates, except a loss resulting from
	willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on the Manager’s part in the performance of its duties or
	from reckless disregard by it of its obligations and duties under this Agreement.
10.	COPIES OF CORPORATE DOCUMENTS
	The Fund will furnish the Manager promptly with properly certified or authenticated copies of
	amendments or supplements to its Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws. Also, the Fund will furnish the
	Manager financial and other corporate information as needed, and otherwise cooperate fully with the
	Manager in its efforts to carry out its duties and responsibilities under this Agreement.
11.	DURATION AND TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT
This Agreement shall remain in force and in effect from year to year following its execution provided
that the continuance is specifically approved at least annually either by the Board of Directors of the Fund
or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Series and in either event by vote of a
majority of the directors of the Fund who are not interested persons of the Manager, Principal Life
Insurance Company, or the Fund cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such
approval. This Agreement may, on sixty days written notice, be terminated at any time without the payment
of any penalty, by the Board of Directors of the Fund, by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting
securities of the Series, or by the Manager. This Agreement shall automatically terminate in the event of its
assignment. In interpreting the provisions of this Section 10, the definitions contained in Section 2(a) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940 (particularly the definitions of “interested person,” “assignment” and
“voting security”) shall be applied.
12.	AMENDMENT OF THIS AGREEMENT
No provision of this Agreement may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated orally, but only
by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement of the change, waiver, discharge
or termination is sought, and no amendment of this Agreement shall be effective until approved by vote of
the holders of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Series to which such amendment relates
and by vote of a majority of the directors who are not interested persons of the Manager, Principal Life

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Insurance Company or the Fund cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such
approval.
13.	ADDRESS FOR PURPOSE OF NOTICE
Any notice under this Agreement shall be in writing, addressed and delivered or mailed, postage
prepaid, to the other party at such address as such other party may designate for the receipt of such
notices. Until further notice to the other party, it is agreed that the address of the Fund and that of the
Manager for this purpose shall be the Principal Financial Group, Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxx 00000-0000.
14.	MISCELLANEOUS
The captions in this Agreement are included for convenience of reference only, and in no way define
or delimit any of the provisions hereof or otherwise affect their construction or effect. This Agreement may
be executed simultaneously in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all
of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their
respective officers thereunto duly authorized.

PRINCIPAL FUNDS, INC. 

By 

Xxxx X. Xxxxxx, Vice President & Secretary 

PRINCIPAL MANAGEMENT CORPORATION 

By 

Xxxx Xxxxxxx, President and Chief Executive Officer 

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SCHEDULE 1
		Management Fee as a Percentage
			of Average Daily Net Assets
Series	First	Next	Next	Next	Next	Next	Over
	$500	$500	$1	$1	$1	$1	$5
	million	million	billion	billion	billion	billion	billion
XXX Balanced Portfolio*	0.55%	0.50%	0.45%	0.40%	0.35%	0.30%	0.25%
XXX Conservative Balanced Portfolio*	0.55%	0.50%	0.45%	0.40%	0.35%	0.30%	0.25%
XXX Conservative Growth Portfolio*	0.55%	0.50%	0.45%	0.40%	0.35%	0.30%	0.25%
XXX Flexible Income Portfolio*	0.55%	0.50%	0.45%	0.40%	0.35%	0.30%	0.25%
XXX Strategic Growth Portfolio*	0.55%	0.50%	0.45%	0.40%	0.35%	0.30%	0.25%
*Breakpoints based on aggregate XXX Portfolio net assets
		Management Fee as a Percentage
Series		of Average Daily Net Assets
	First $500		Next $500	Next $500		Over $1.5
	million		million	million		billion
Diversified Real Asset Fund	0.85%		0.83%	0.81%		0.80%
Global Real Estate Securities Fund	0.90%		0.88%	0.86%		0.85%
High Yield Fund I	0.65%		0.63%	0.61%		0.60%
Inflation Protection Fund	0.40%		0.38%	0.36%		0.35%
International Emerging Markets Fund	1.20%		1.18%	1.16%		1.15%
International Growth Fund	1.00%		0.98%	0.96%		0.95%
International Value Fund I	1.10%		1.08%	1.06%		1.05%
LargeCap Blend Fund I	0.45%		0.43%	0.41%		0.40%
LargeCap Blend Fund II	0.75%		0.73%	0.71%		0.70%
LargeCap Value Fund	0.45%		0.43%	0.41%		0.40%
MidCap Blend Fund	0.65%		0.63%	0.61%		0.60%
MidCap Growth Fund	0.65%		0.63%	0.61%		0.60%
MidCap Growth Fund III	1.00%		0.96%	0.94%		0.92%
MidCap Value Fund I	1.00%		0.98%	0.96%		0.95%
MidCap Value Fund III	0.65%		0.63%	0.61%		0.60%
Real Estate Securities Fund	0.85%		0.83%	0.81%		0.80%
Short-Term Bond Fund	0.40%		0.38%	0.36%		0.35%
SmallCap Blend Fund	0.75%		0.73%	0.71%		0.70%
SmallCap Growth Fund	0.75%		0.73%	0.71%		0.70%
SmallCap Growth Fund I	1.10%		1.08%	1.06%		1.05%
SmallCap Growth Fund II	1.00%		0.98%	0.96%		0.95%
SmallCap Value Fund	0.75%		0.73%	0.71%		0.70%
SmallCap Value Fund I	1.00%		0.98%	0.96%		0.95%
SmallCap Value Fund II	1.00%		0.98%	0.96%		0.95%

Tax-Exempt Bond Fund	0.50%		0.48%	0.46%		0.45%
		Management Fee as a Percentage
		of Average Daily Net Assets
Series	First	Next	Next	Next	Next	Over
	$500	$500	$500	$500	$1	$3
	million	million	million	million	billion	billion
Bond & Mortgage Securities Fund	0.55%	0.53%	0.51%	0.50%	0.48%	0.45%
Disciplined LargeCap Blend Fund	0.60%	0.58%	0.56%	0.55%	0.54%	0.53%
Diversified International Fund	0.90%	0.88%	0.86%	0.85%	0.83%	0.80%
Global Diversified Income Fund	0.80%	0.78%	0.76%	0.75%	0.73%	0.70%
International Fund I	1.10%	1.08%	1.06%	1.05%	1.04%	1.03%
LargeCap Value Fund I	0.80%	0.78%	0.76%	0.75%	0.74%	0.73%
LargeCap Value Fund III	0.80%	0.78%	0.76%	0.75%	0.73%	0.70%
LargeCap Growth Fund I	0.66%	0.64%	0.62%	0.61%	0.60%	0.59%
LargeCap Growth Fund II	0.95%	0.93%	0.91%	0.90%	0.89%	0.88%
Money Market Fund	0.40%	0.39%	0.38%	0.37%	0.36%	0.35%
Preferred Securities Fund	0.75%	0.73%	0.71%	0.70%	0.69%	0.68%

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		Management Fee as a Percentage
		of Average Daily Net Assets
Series	First $500	Next $500 Next $1				Next $1	Over $3
	million	million	billion			billion	billion
LargeCap Growth Fund	0.68%	0.65%	0.62%			0.58%	0.55%
		Management Fee as a Percentage
		of Average Daily Net Assets
Series	First	Next	Next		Next	Next	Over
	$500	$500	$500		$500	$500	$2.5
	million	million	million		million	million	billion
Core Plus Bond Fund I	0.60%	0.58%	0.56%		0.55%	0.53%	0.50%
	Management Fee as a Percentage
Series	of Average Daily Net Assets
	First $250	Next $250		Over $500
	million	million			million
Equity Income Fund	0.60%	0.55%			0.50%
	Management Fee as a Percentage
Series	of Average Daily Net Assets
	First $500	Next $500			Over $1
	million	million			billion
Principal Capital Appreciation Fund	0.625%	0.50%			0.375%

	Management Fee as a Percentage
Series	of Average Daily Net Assets
	First $2 billion		Over $2 billion
Government & High Quality Bond Fund	0.50%		0.45%
Income Fund	0.50%		0.45%
	Management Fee as a Percentage
Series	of Average Daily Net Assets
	First $250 million		Over $250 million
High Yield Fund	0.625%		0.50%
	Management Fee as a Percentage
Series	of Average Daily Net Assets
	First $1 billion		Over $1 billion
California Municipal Fund	0.50%		0.45%
	Management Fee as a Percentage
Series	of Average Daily Net Assets
	First $200	Next $300		Over $500
	million	million		million
Short-Term Income	0.50%	0.45%		0.40%
	Management Fee as a Percentage
Series	of Average Daily Net Assets
Bond Market Index Fund		0.25%
International Equity Index Fund		0.25%
LargeCap S&P 500 Index Fund		0.15%
MidCap S&P 400 Index Fund		0.15%
Principal LifeTime 2010 Fund		0.03%
Principal LifeTime 2015 Fund		0.03%
Principal LifeTime 2020 Fund		0.03%
Principal LifeTime 2025 Fund		0.03%
Principal LifeTime 2030 Fund		0.03%
Principal LifeTime 2035 Fund		0.03%
Principal LifeTime 2040 Fund		0.03%
Principal LifeTime 2045 Fund		0.03%
Principal LifeTime 2050 Fund		0.03%
Principal LifeTime 2055 Fund		0.03%
Principal LifeTime Strategic Income Fund		0.03%
SmallCap S&P 600 Index Fund		0.15%

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