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    <oef:SupplementToProspectusTextBlock contextRef="c-1" id="f-1">&lt;div style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%"&gt;Principal Exchange-Traded Funds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;Supplement dated June 15, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;to the Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;both dated November 1, 2025 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;(as previously supplemented)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;This supplement updates information currently in the Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information. Please retain this supplement for future reference.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;The changes described below are being made to the Prospectus.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width:1.0%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width:98.900%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width:0.1%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height:3pt"&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;SUMMARY FOR PRINCIPAL QUALITY ETF &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;On June 9, 2026, the Fund&#x2019;s Board of Trustees approved a change to the Fund&#x2019;s diversification classification from &#x201c;diversified&#x201d; to &#x201c;non-diversified&#x201d; and a change to the related fundamental investment restriction (together, the &#x201c;Proposed Change&#x201d;). Fund shareholders of record on July 13, 2026, are entitled to vote on the Proposed Change at a Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Fund tentatively scheduled for September 9, 2026. Additional information about the Proposed Change will be provided in the Proxy Statement that is expected to be sent to record date Fund shareholders on or about July 20, 2026. The Proposed Change, if approved by Fund shareholders, is expected to be effective on or about October 1, 2026. However, the Fund&#x2019;s officers have the discretion to change these dates.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;On or about October 1, 2026, subject to shareholder approval, under &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;Principal Investment Strategies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt; add the following after the second paragraph:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;The Fund is considered non-diversified, which means it can invest a higher percentage of assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the value of a single investment could cause greater fluctuations in the Fund's share price than would occur in a more diversified fund.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;On or about October 1, 2026, subject to shareholder approval, in the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;Principal Risks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt; section, add the following to the alphabetical list of risks:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;Non-Diversification Risk&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;. A non-diversified fund may invest a high percentage of its assets in the securities of a small number of issuers and is more likely than diversified funds to be significantly affected by a specific security&#x2019;s poor performance.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom:9pt;padding-left:72pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-72pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;The changes described below are being made to the Statement of Additional Information.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="padding-left:72pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-72pt"&gt;&lt;table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width:1.0%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width:98.900%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width:0.1%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height:3pt"&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom:6pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;DESCRIPTION OF THE FUNDS&#x2019; INVESTMENTS AND RISKS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;On or about October 1, 2026, subject to shareholder approval, in the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;Fundamental Restrictions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;section, add &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;Principal Quality ETF&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt; to the list of Funds included in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;Fundamental Restriction 6) a.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="padding-left:72pt;text-indent:-72pt"&gt;&lt;table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width:1.0%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width:98.900%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width:0.1%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height:3pt"&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom:6pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE AND BOARD&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;Independent Board Member Sharmila C. Kassam has changed her name to Sharmila Chatterjee. Accordingly, delete all references to Sharmila C. Kassam and replace with Sharmila Chatterjee.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</oef:SupplementToProspectusTextBlock>
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