Annual
Report 2013

Banco do Brasil

As the first banking institution to operate in Brazil, after 200 years of operations, Banco do Brasil is the largest financial institution in Latin America. With a focus on businesses and projects that will enable the sustainable development of the Brazilian economy, Banco do Brasil also operates in 24 countries.

This financial conglomerate, which handles a credit portfolio of BRL 692.9 billion, ended FY 2013 with 67,600 service channels, including the proprietary and shared network as well as the Banco do Brasil agents, with a footprint that covers 99.9% of Brazilian cities. The Banco do Brasil network had 19,143 service channels, including 5,450 branches and 11,947 electronic minibranches with 44,117 automated teller machines.

To make sure our nearly 61 million clients get excellent service and manage over 39 million checking accounts and more than BRL 1.3 trillion in assets, Banco do Brasil's staff is 117,000 strong.

Since December 2012, Banco do Brasil has a new subsidiary, BB Seguridade, a publicly-traded company, to run the company's insurance, capitalization, retirement, and similar operations.

(For more information, please go to <www.bb.com.br>.)

Principal Financial Group

As the global leader in investment management products, the Principal Financial Group has been operating for over 130 years with a specific focus on long-term pension funds. As one of the largest financial-solutions companies in the United States, the Principal offers its clients, which include individuals, businesses, and institutions, a wide portfolio of products and services that includes retirement plans, health and life insurance, and investment management solutions, through a family of financial-services companies.

Established in 1879 and a Fortune 500 company, the group currently manages USD 483.2 billion in assets. It has over 19.4 million clients all over the world, with offices in the United States, Asia, Australia, Europe, and considerable growth in Latin America, including Chile, Mexico, and Brazil.

A Brasilprev shareholder since 1999, the Principal is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol PFG and, for ten years in a row, has been considered by Computerworld one of the 100 companies to work for.

(For more information, please go to <www.principal.com>.)

Shareholding Structure