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    Please join us for our Annual Meeting of Shareholders April 29, 2020     +64%   Total Shareholder
Return in 2019       +110%   Adjusted Operating
Earnings returned to
shareholders in 2019   Message from our Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer   March 20, 2020   Dear Fellow Shareholders:   You are cordially invited to join us for our 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which will be held on Wednesday, April 29, 2020, at 11:00 a.m. Central time at the Ameriprise Financial Center at 707 Second Avenue South in Minneapolis, Minnesota 55474. Holders of record of our common stock as of the close of business on March 2, 2020 are entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting.   The Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and the proxy statement that follow describe the business to be conducted at the meeting. We also will report on matters of current interest to our shareholders.   With the evolving developments associated with COVID-19, our Board of Directors is considering a virtual annual meeting reflecting government health directives and our efforts to protect the health and safety of our shareholders, employees, directors, and others. A virtual annual meeting or electronic annual meeting is a meeting where shareholders, management, and directors are not physically in the same room but meet through means of remote communication.   We would publicly announce a determination to hold a virtual annual meeting in a news release available at www.ameriprise.com and issue a second Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders as soon as practicable. In that event, our 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders would be conducted solely virtually on the above date and time, via live audio webcast and there will be no physical meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota. You or your proxyholder may participate, vote, and examine our shareholder list at the virtual annual meeting by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/amp2020 and using your 16-digit control number, but only if the meeting is not held in Minneapolis.   We hope you will be able to attend the meeting. Please submit a proxy promptly to ensure that your shares are represented at the meeting. You may submit your proxy by telephone or online as described in the following materials. If you request that proxy materials be mailed to you and you don’t submit your proxy by telephone or by Internet, you must complete and sign the proxy card enclosed with those materials and return it in the envelope provided. If you decide to change or revoke your proxy, you may do so by voting in person at the meeting or by submitting a timely later-dated proxy or a written revocation to our corporate secretary.   In the event the meeting is held in person, you must bring an admission ticket, as explained on page 67 of the proxy statement.   We look forward to discussing the business of your Company with you.   Very truly yours,   Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

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Wednesday
April 29, 2020

11:00 a.m. Central time

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

707 Second Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55474

Your vote is important.

Please carefully review the proxy materials and follow the instructions below to cast your vote as soon as possible in advance of the meeting.

We anticipate that the Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials will be mailed to shareholders beginning on or about March 20, 2020.

VOTE ONLINE Go to www.proxyvote.com and follow the instructions.
VOTE BY PHONE If your shares are held in the name of a broker, bank or other nominee: follow the telephone voting instructions, if any, provided on your voting instruction card. If your shares are registered in your name: call 1-800-690-6903 and follow the telephone voting instructions. You will need the control number that appears on your proxy.
VOTE BY MAIL Sign, date and return your proxy card in the postage-paid envelope.
VOTE IN PERSON Attend the annual meeting in Minneapolis. See page 67 for instructions on how to attend.

Notice

of Annual Meeting
of Shareholders

Items of Business

1.	To elect the nine director nominees named in the proxy statement
2.	To approve the compensation of the named executive officers by a nonbinding advisory vote
3.	To ratify the Audit Committee’s selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2020
4.	To transact such other business that may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment of the meeting

Record Date

You can vote if you are a shareholder of record as of the close of business on March 2, 2020.

With the evolving developments associated with COVID-19, our Board of Directors is considering a virtual annual meeting reflecting government health directives and our efforts to protect the health and safety of our shareholders, employees, directors, and others. A virtual annual meeting or electronic annual meeting is a meeting where shareholders, management, and directors are not physically in the same room but meet through means of remote communication.

We would publicly announce a determination to hold a virtual annual meeting in a news release available at www.ameriprise.com and issue a second Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders as soon as practicable. In that event, our 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders would be conducted solely virtually on the above date and time, via live audio webcast and there will be no physical meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota. You or your proxyholder may participate, vote, and examine our shareholder list at the virtual annual meeting by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/amp2020 and using your 16-digit control number, but only if the meeting is not held in Minneapolis.

 

THOMAS R. MOORE

Vice President, Corporate Secretary and

Chief Governance Officer

March 20, 2020

Table of Contents

Voting Information	5
Corporate Governance Highlights	5
Strategy and Performance	7
Corporate Governance	9
Item 1 — Election of the Nine Director Nominees Named Below	9
Annual Performance Evaluation Process	15
Our Board’s Leadership Structure	15
Our Board’s Role in Risk Oversight	16
Our Board’s Role in Strategic Planning	17
Corporate Governance Documents and Policies	17
Director Independence	18
Communicating with Directors	18
Committees of the Board	19
Shareholder Engagement	22
Requests for Copies of Materials	22
Corporate Social Responsibility	22
Compensation of Directors	23
Our Compensation Philosophy for Outside Directors	23
2019 Annual Compensation for Outside Directors	23
Compensation Paid to Outside Directors in 2019	24
Ownership of Our Common Shares	26
Item 2 — To Approve the Compensation of the Named Executive Officers by a Nonbinding Advisory Vote	27
Report of the Audit Committee	28
Item 3 — Ratification of Audit Committee’s Selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2020	29
Compensation and Benefits Committee Report	31
Compensation Discussion and Analysis	32
Executive Summary	32
Elements of Executive Compensation	36
Executive Compensation Aligned with Company Performance	40
Compensation Policies and Practices	43
Supplemental Total Direct Compensation Table	46
Summary Compensation Table	47
Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2019	49
Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End 2019	50
Option Exercises and Stock Vested in 2019	51
Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation for 2019	52
Pension Benefits in 2019	53
Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change of Control for Named Executive Officers	54
CEO Pay Ratio	60
Certain Transactions	61
Related Person Transaction Review Policy	61
Transactions with Other Companies	61
Transactions Between the Company and Our Directors and Officers	61
Transactions with Significant Shareholders	62
General Information	63
Voting Information	63
Record Date	63
Ownership of Shares	63
How to Vote	64
Shares Held Under the Ameriprise Financial 401(k) Plan	65
Confidential Voting	65
Quorum and Required Vote	66
Multiple Shareholders Sharing the Same Address	66
Cost of Proxy Solicitation	66
Requirements, Including Deadlines, for Submission of Proxy Proposals, Nomination of Directors and Other Business by Shareholders	66
Appendix	68
GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliations	68

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Proxy Summary

Voting Information

Summary of Voting Matters and Board Recommendations

Item		Board’s Voting Recommendation		Page
	To elect the nine director nominees named in the proxy statement		FOR	9
	To approve the compensation of the named executive officers by a nonbinding advisory vote •   Only independent directors serve on the Compensation and Benefits Committee •   The committee retained Semler Brossy Consulting Group as its independent compensation consultant as of June 5, 2019 and confirmed its independence from management		FOR	27
	To ratify the Audit Committee’s selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2020 •   Only independent directors serve on the Audit Committee •   PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP has served as the Company’s external auditor since fiscal year 2011		FOR	29

Our Board recommends a “FOR” vote on each of the proposals to be presented by management at this year’s annual meeting of shareholders (Items 1-3)

Corporate Governance Highlights

Our Board and its Nominating and Governance Committee have a Strong Focus on Corporate Governance Issues of Interest to our Shareholders

• Declassified board – all directors are elected annually

• All of our directors are independent, except for our chairman

• Two of our nine incumbent directors are women

• Since January 1, 2014, four new directors have joined our board

• Majority voting in uncontested elections, with a mandatory resignation required for any director who received less than a majority of the votes cast

• Adopted proxy access in 2018

• No supermajority voting rights

• Independent directors regularly meet without management

• Expanded proxy statement disclosure of the Audit Committee’s oversight of our independent auditor

• Statement of Principles Governing Corporate Political Spending and annual report of corporate political spending available online

• Directors, officers and employees are prohibited from hedging against a decline in the value of our stock in any way

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Our Director Nominees

Name	Age	Director Since	Current Occupation	Independent	Audit	Compensation and Benefits	Executive	Nominating and Governance
James M. Cracchiolo	61	2005	Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ameriprise Financial, Inc.				C
Dianne Neal Blixt	60	2014	Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Reynolds American Inc.		M	C	M
Amy DiGeso	67	2014	Former Executive Vice President, Global Human Resources The Esteé Lauder Companies Inc.			M		M
Lon R. Greenberg	69	2011	Chairman Emeritus and Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer UGI Corporation		M	M
Jeffrey Noddle	73	2005	Former Chairman SUPERVALU INC.			M		M
Robert F. Sharpe, Jr.	68	2005	Former President of Commercial Foods and Chief Administrative Officer ConAgra Foods, Inc.			M	M	C
Brian T. Shea	59	2019	Former Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Investment Services BNY Mellon		M
W. Edward Walter III	64	2018	Global Chief Executive Officer and Director, Urban Land Institute		M			M
Christopher J. Williams	62	2016	Chairman Siebert Williams and Shank & Co., LLC		C		M

C = Chair

M = Member

Shareholder Engagement and Responsivensess

• We expanded outreach in 2019 with substantial participation by our Compensation and Benefits Committee Chair and Presiding Director.

• We made changes to our compensation program in direct response to shareholder feedback, building on changes made in the prior year.

• Our CEO’s 2019 actual total direct compensation significantly decreased to $18.53 million from a high of $29.0 million for fiscal 2017 and $22.31 million for fiscal 2018 during a period of excellent operational and stock performance.

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Strategy and Performance

As an integrated, diversified financial services leader, Ameriprise is well-positioned for future growth. At our investor day in November 2019, we communicated the strategic focus areas that make Ameriprise a compelling shareholder value proposition. These focus areas, which are incorporated into our compensation program, include:

• Driving profitable growth while shifting the business towards a higher-return, lower-capital mix;

• The significant opportunity to further grow as a wealth management and advice leader focused on deep client relationships;

• Efforts to continue to transform our global asset management business to meet the important and growing client needs for tailored active management;

• The management of well-developed insurance and annuities books of business focused on retirement asset accumulation solutions that generate strong, continuous cash flows; and

• Maintaining a strong balance sheet and manage risk while prudently returning capital to shareholders (110% of adjusted operating income returned in 2019). See detailed actions in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis beginning on page 32.

In addition, our leadership team is focused on attracting, engaging and developing talent across all businesses and experience levels at the company through a persistent focus on our executional excellence, an inclusive culture, our competitive employee value proposition and leadership expectations to engage employees and ensure a strong cultural foundation in our operating entities across the globe.

The combination of our business lines and complementary product offerings, led by our Advice & Wealth Management value proposition, is a very attractive, capital-light model, generating strong, sustainable profitability and significant free cash flow that we reinvest in core business capabilities and return to our shareholders. As a company with a 125-year history, we recognize the importance of long-term value creation, both for our shareholders and clients. In addition to the value we provide our clients, we have a consistent track record of share price out-performance since we became a public company, and we continue to take steps that position the Company for future growth and to deliver long-term value for our shareholders.

Performance Highlights

In 2019, Ameriprise extended its track record of out-performance delivering excellent results that have continued since becoming public in 2005.

• We continued to invest in the business, drove organic growth, evaluated inorganic opportunities, and maintained a return on capital to shareholders at attractive levels.

• Our strong balance sheet has allowed us to consistently provide significant return of capital to shareholders.

In 2019, we substantially strengthened our balance sheet by divesting Ameriprise Auto & Home insurance and executing a large Fixed Annuity reinsurance transaction, returning 110% of adjusted operating earnings to shareholders and exiting the year with an increase in our excess capital position to $2.2 billion.

2019 Performance Summary

Our compensation program is designed to support our business strategy and the creation of long-term shareholder value. The Compensation and Benefits Committee considered the following financial highlights, which are components of the compensation program, along with other factors discussed in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, in its assessment of the Company’s performance for 2019.

 

Note:  Figures above do not include unlocking impacts which reflect the Company’s annual review of insurance and annuity valuation assumptions and model changes, and the Long-Term Care (LTC) gross premium valuation. 2018 Actuals have been adjusted to exclude fourth quarter 2018 Ameriprise Auto & Home insurance impacts of $283 million revenue and $0.01 earnings per share.

(1) Financial performance is evaluated on an adjusted operating basis, which excludes: net realized investment gains or losses, net of the related deferred sales inducement costs (“DSIC”) and deferred acquisition costs (“DAC”) amortization, unearned revenue amortization and the reinsurance accrual; the market impact on variable annuity guaranteed benefits, net of hedges, and the related DSIC and DAC amortization; the market impact on indexed universal life benefits, net of hedges and related DAC amortization, unearned revenue amortization and the reinsurance accrual; the market impact on fixed index annuity benefits, net of hedges and the related DAC amortization; the market impact of hedges to offset interest rate changes on unrealized gains or losses for certain investments; integration and restructuring charges; gain or loss on disposal of business that is not considered discontinued operations; income (loss) from discontinued operations; and the impact of consolidating consolidated investment entities (“CIEs”). See the reconciliation of certain non-GAAP measures in the appendix to this proxy statement.

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Sustained Shareholder Value Creation

Stock price performance was robust in 2019, with total shareholder return of 64%.Over a longer-term horizon, Ameriprise total shareholder return remains very strong both on a relative and absolute basis, with returns of 62% and 43% over the past three and five years, respectively. The time period in the graph below reflects a variety of economic and capital market headwinds and tailwinds, and we are pleased to have been able to deliver consistent results for our shareholders.

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We are providing these proxy materials to you in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Board of Directors of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. for the 2020 annual meeting of shareholders and for any adjournment or postponement of the meeting. In this proxy statement, we may also refer to Ameriprise Financial, Inc. as “Ameriprise Financial,” “Ameriprise,” “the Company,” “we,” “our” or “us.”

Corporate Governance

This section highlights our corporate governance program and our Board of Directors. We provide details about these and other corporate governance policies and practices in other sections of the proxy statement and on our website on the Corporate Governance page at ir.ameriprise.com.

Item 1 — Election of the Nine Director Nominees Named Below

The Board of Directors recommends a vote “FOR” the election of the nine director nominees. Proxies will be voted “FOR” each director nominee unless otherwise specified.

All of our directors are elected annually and the directors elected at this annual meeting will be elected for a one-year term ending at the 2021 annual meeting.

Our Board of Directors has currently fixed the number of directors at nine. At this year’s annual meeting, the terms of all directors now serving will expire.

The Board has appointed Walter S. Berman, Karen Wilson Thissen and Thomas R. Moore as proxies who will vote your shares for which proxies have been submitted. Their names appear on the proxy card. Proxies will be voted “FOR” the election of each of the nine nominees unless you indicate on the proxy card or voting instructions that you vote “AGAINST” or “ABSTAIN” from voting with respect to any or all of the nominees. The telephone and Internet proxy submission procedures will include instructions on how to abstain from voting with respect to any or all nominees. We expect that each nominee will be able to serve if elected as a director. However, if any nominee is not able to serve, the persons named as proxies may vote for another person nominated by the Nominating and Governance Committee. Alternatively, the Board of Directors, at its option, may reduce the number of directors.

We currently expect that the election of directors will be uncontested and therefore the nominees for director will be subject to a majority voting standard, as explained in more detail on page 65. Proxies will be voted “FOR” the election of all nominees unless otherwise specified.

The nominees for election as director have provided information about themselves on the following pages.

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules require us to discuss briefly the specific experience, qualifications, attributes or skills that led the Board to conclude that each director or nominee for director should serve on our Board of Directors. We’ve provided this discussion in a separate paragraph immediately above the biographical information provided by each director in the following section.

All of our directors and nominees possess the qualities and skills described in the section of the proxy statement captioned “Director Qualifications”, beginning on page 14. In addition, one or more of our directors and nominees possess the specific qualities or skills considered necessary by the Nominating and Governance Committee, also described in that section.

As you read the disclosures, please keep these points in mind. First, if a specific qualification, attribute or skill is ascribed to one or more directors and nominees, that does not necessarily imply that other directors and nominees do not possess that qualification, attribute or skill. Second, this disclosure does not impose on the director any duties, obligations or liability that are greater than the duties, obligations, and liability imposed on each member of the Board of Directors. Third, the disclosure does not affect the duties, obligations or liability of any other member of the Board of Directors.

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Directors — Nominees for Terms Ending in 2021

James M. Cracchiolo
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Age 61 Director since: 2005	Skills and Qualifications Mr. Cracchiolo has 39 years of experience in the financial services industry and a record of proven leadership in running global businesses with large scale operations and thousands of employees. Mr. Cracchiolo brings to the Board valuable executive leadership experience, a strong financial background, as well as effective long-term strategic planning and executional and risk management expertise. He has built and launched new businesses, restructured and transformed significant lines of businesses, and negotiated and integrated a number of successful large scale acquisitions.
	Committees: •  Executive (Chair)	Other Public Directorships: •  None
	Mr. Cracchiolo has been chairman and chief executive officer of Ameriprise Financial since 2005, when the company, American Express Financial Advisors, completed its spin-off from the American Express Company. Mr. Cracchiolo has guided Ameriprise for more than a decade as a public company with a strong, client-centric culture and a record for generating meaningful, long-term shareholder value. Prior to his current role, Mr. Cracchiolo held a number of executive level positions at American Express, including leading businesses with significant domestic and global operations. Mr. Cracchiolo served as group president American Express Global Financial Services from 2000-2005 and held the following roles: chairman and CEO of American Express Financial Advisors; chairman of American Express International Bank; and CEO of Travel Related Services International. In addition, Mr. Cracchiolo was president and CEO of Travel Related Services International from 1998-2000; president of Global Network Services from 1997 to 1998; senior vice president of Travel Related Services Quality, Global Reengineering and Strategy from 1993-1997; and executive vice president and chief financial officer of Shearson Lehman Brothers (then a unit of American Express) from 1990-1993. Mr. Cracchiolo is a member of the Business Roundtable. He previously served on the boards of directors of the American Council of Life Insurers, the Financial Services Roundtable and on the board of advisors to the March of Dimes Foundation. Mr. Cracchiolo holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting and economics and a master’s of business administration degree in finance, both from New York University. He also holds a Certified Public Accountant designation in New York State and is certified as a General Securities Representative and General Securities Principal in the United States.
Dianne Neal Blixt
Age 60 Director since: 2014	Skills and Qualifications Ms. Blixt has proven her abilities in financial operations and controls as the executive vice president and chief financial officer of a large public company. In that role, she was closely involved in merger and acquisition activity, expense management, and regulatory relations. She also demonstrated her appreciation for setting the proper tone at the top in terms of integrity and legal and regulatory compliance. A previous position as the vice president of investor relations at the same company gave her experience in clearly communicating corporate strategy and financial and business results to investors and analysts. Ms. Blixt’s background and experience, especially as a director at other companies, is valuable to the Board as it considers potential acquisitions, monitors balance sheet management, and oversees Ameriprise’s enterprise risk management program.
	Committees: •  Audit •  Compensation and Benefits (Chair) •  Executive	Other Public Directorships: •  Scandinavia Tobacco Group (Since 2016)
	Ms. Blixt was a director of Lorillard, Inc., a tobacco company, from January 2011 to June 2015. She served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Reynolds American Inc. from July 2004 until her retirement in December 2007. Prior to that, she had served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Inc. from July 2003 to June 2004. She also served in various roles of increasing responsibility with Reynolds American Inc. and its subsidiaries beginning in 1988. Ms. Blixt serves on the board of directors of Triad Business Bank. Ms. Blixt previously served on the board of directors of LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc. from 2006 to 2009, Metavante Technologies, Inc. from 2007 to 2009 and NatureWorks Organics, LLC from 2011 to 2017. She serves on the Reynolda House Museum of American Art Board of Trustees. She also serves as chair of the National Sports Media Association.

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Amy DiGeso
Age 67 Director since: 2014	Skills and Qualifications Ms. DiGeso has enjoyed a career that includes being the chief executive officer of a global company and managing the complex human capital needs of large multinational companies. As a result, she has developed a strong understanding of: global operations; marketing and brand management; and strategic planning in the consumer products, financial services and direct selling industries. In addition, she has extensive experience with: executive compensation programs; succession planning; talent recruitment and development; and corporate governance. Ms. DiGeso’s background and experience is valuable to the Board as it oversees Ameriprise’s operations abroad, responds to developments in executive compensation, and continues to enhance its corporate governance framework. In particular, Ms. DiGeso’s deep experience with human capital issues helps the Board advise management on talent recruitment and development, both at the corporate level and with experienced advisor recruitment.
	Committees: •  Compensation and Benefits •  Nominating and Governance	Other Public Directorships: •  None
	Ms. DiGeso was executive vice president, global human resources, at The Estée Lauder Companies, Inc., one of the world’s leading manufacturers and marketers of quality skin care, makeup, fragrance and hair care products, until retiring from the position in September 2013. Ms. DiGeso remained with the company as executive vice president, senior advisor to William P. Lauder, executive chairman and Fabrizio Freda, president and chief executive officer through June 30, 2014. Prior to rejoining The Estée Lauder Companies in May 2005, Ms. DiGeso was managing partner, human capital, responsible for global human resources at PricewaterhouseCoopers, a worldwide professional services firm with over 125,000 employees in 142 countries. She has also served as president of Popular Club, Inc., a direct marketing and sales subsidiary of Macy’s, Inc., and held a number of executive management positions at Mary Kay Inc., including that of chief executive officer. Earlier in her career she held positions of increasing responsibility at Bankers Trust Company, the American Express Company and Olivetti Corporation of America. She worked previously at The Estée Lauder Companies as executive director of human resources. Ms. DiGeso is a Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) Alumni Fellow, the highest recognition by the university. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Penn State and a Masters of Business Administration in Global Management from Fordham University.
Lon R. Greenberg
Age 69 Director since: 2011	Skills and Qualifications Mr. Greenberg, who is an attorney-at-law, served as the chairman and chief executive officer of a public company for 20 years. He has broad experience with the financial, risk management, operational, regulatory and corporate governance issues affecting a public company and its shareholders. Mr. Greenberg also has significant experience in mergers and acquisitions, both in the United States and abroad, which will enable him to provide valuable advice and insights on future transactions to the Board and management.
	Committees: •  Audit •  Compensation and Benefits	Other Public Directorships: •  AmerisourceBergen Corporation (Since 2013)
	Mr. Greenberg is the chairman emeritus and former chairman and chief executive officer of UGI Corporation. UGI Corporation is an international distributor and marketer of energy products and services, including propane, butane, natural gas and electricity. Mr. Greenberg joined UGI in 1980 and held various positions until he became CEO in 1995, a position he held through April 2013. Mr. Greenberg retired as chairman of UGI Corporation and AmeriGas Propane, Inc. in January 2016. Mr. Greenberg received his Bachelor of Science in Economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He continued his education at Villanova Law School and the Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program. After clerking for the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, he joined the law firm of Morgan Lewis. Mr. Greenberg also serves on the board of directors of AmerisourceBergen Corporation. In addition, Mr. Greenberg serves on the boards of these organizations: Temple University; United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southeastern New Jersey; and The Philadelphia Foundation. Mr. Greenberg is a former Chairman and board member of the World LP Gas Association and previously served on the board of directors of Aqua America, Inc. from 2005 to 2017.

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Jeffrey Noddle
Age 73 Director since: 2005	Skills and Qualifications Mr. Noddle’s service as the chairman and chief executive officer of a Fortune 500 company provided him with valuable experience in a number of areas that are important to the Company, including: mergers and acquisitions, including integration planning and execution; shareholder relations and communications; corporate governance issues; executive officer succession planning; balance sheet management; financial reporting; and long-range planning. He also has contributed to the Board’s knowledge of the director recruitment process as it continues to review the current composition and needs of the Board.
	Committees: •  Compensation and Benefits •  Nominating and Governance	Other Public Directorships: •  None
	Mr. Noddle served as chairman of the board of directors of SUPERVALU INC. from 2002 until he retired in 2010. Previously, Mr. Noddle also served as chief executive officer of SUPERVALU from 2001 to 2010. Prior to that time, Mr. Noddle held a number of other leadership positions at SUPERVALU, including president and chief operating officer from 2000 to 2001, corporate executive vice president and president and chief operating officer of SUPERVALU’s distribution food companies, corporate vice president — merchandising and president of the company’s Fargo and former Miami divisions. Mr. Noddle was a member of the board of The Clorox Company from 2013 until 2018 and Donaldson Company, Inc. from 2000 to 2017. He is also a former chairman of the Food Marketing Institute.
Robert F. Sharpe, Jr.
Presiding Director Age 68 Director since: 2005	Skills and Qualifications Mr. Sharpe, who is an attorney-at-law, has been responsible for a wide range of functions as an executive officer and general counsel of Fortune 500 companies. His day-to-day experience with the current financial, legal, regulatory and operational issues facing public companies has been valuable to the Board. Mr. Sharpe offers an informed perspective on executive compensation programs to the Board and has advised it on communications with our institutional shareholders. In addition, he has a sound understanding of risk management, financial reporting and disclosure and corporate governance issues.
	Committees: •  Compensation and Benefits •  Executive •  Nominating and Governance (Chair)	Other Public Directorships: •  None
	Mr. Sharpe retired in November 2010, having most recently served as a senior advisor to ConAgra Foods, Inc. Previously he had served in a variety of senior positions with ConAgra since November 2005, including president of commercial foods since 2008 and chief administrative officer since 2009. From 2002 until joining ConAgra, Mr. Sharpe was a partner at the Brunswick Group LLC, an international financial public relations firm. Prior to that, he served as senior vice president — public affairs, secretary and general counsel for PepsiCo, Inc. from 1998 to 2002. Previously, Mr. Sharpe was senior vice president and general counsel for RJR Nabisco, Inc. Mr. Sharpe is chairman of the board of directors of New Frontier Foods, Inc., a private corporation. Mr. Sharpe is a former member of the board of directors of Swedish Match AB.
Brian T. Shea
Age 59 Director since: 2019	Skills and Qualifications Mr. Shea has more than 30 years of experience in the financial services industry with executive level responsibility in the areas of regulatory oversight, technology, global operations, banking, cybersecurity, investment services, business development, mergers and acquisitions, control functions and corporate governance.
	Committees: •  Audit	Other Public Directorships: •  Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (Since 2018)
	Mr. Shea served as vice chairman and chief executive officer of investment services for BNY Mellon where he also oversaw global operations and technology from 2013 until he retired in 2017. He also held a variety of executive roles at Pershing, LLC, a BNY Mellon company, including chairman, CEO, and president and COO from 1983 until 2014. He currently serves on the board of Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (FIS), a financial services technology company, where he is a member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and the Risk Committee. Mr. Shea is also on the board of RBB Funds, Inc., St. John’s University in New York, Catholic Charities of New York and Tomorrow’s Hope Foundation. Mr. Shea previously served on the board of WisdomTree Investments, Inc., from 2018 to 2019 and was a member of the Board of Governors of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the Board of Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC), and the Insured Retirement Institute. He also served as chairman of the National Adjudicatory Council of FINRA and chairman of the Membership Committee of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Authority. Mr. Shea received his B.S. in Business Management from St. John’s University and an MBA in Finance from Pace University.

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W. Edward Walter
Age 64 Director since: 2018	Skills and Qualifications Mr. Walter brings to the Board a wide range of experience, including as chairman and chief executive officer, chief financial officer and chief operating officer of a public company. With his background in real estate and investments and his leadership in the academic world, he provides constructive advice and adds new insights to our Board.
	Committees: •  Audit •  Nominating and Governance	Other Public Directorships: •  Avalon Bay Communities, Inc. (Since 2008)
	Mr. Walter has been the global chief executive officer and member of the global board of directors of the Urban Land Institute since June 2018. He also serves on the board of the Urban Land Institute Foundation, which supports the activities of the Institute. He previously served as the Robert and Lauren Steers Chair in Real Estate at the Steers Center for Global Real Estate at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business from November 2014 until June 2018. Mr. Walter served as president and chief executive officer of Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc., a publicly traded premier lodging real estate company, from 2007 to 2016. From 2003 until 2007, he served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Host and from 1996 until 2003, he held various senior management positions with Host, including chief operating officer. Mr. Walter was a member of the board of directors of Host from October 2007 through December 2016. Prior to joining Host, Mr. Walter was a partner with Trammell Crow Residential Company and the president of Bailey Capital Corporation. Mr. Walter is the chairman of the Federal City Council, a member of the board of visitors of the Georgetown University Law Center and a member of the Executive Committee of the Steers Center for Global Real Estate. Mr. Walter is also a past chairman of the board of directors of the National Kidney Foundation and the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts. Mr. Walter received a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Colgate University and a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center.
Christopher J. Williams
Age 62 Director since: 2016	Skills and Qualifications Mr. Williams has extensive experience in investment banking and finance. He provides the Company with a valuable perspective both as the chairman and chief executive officer of an investment management firm and as a current and former director of several public and private companies, including service as the chairman of an audit committee for a Fortune 100 company. Mr. Williams offers the Company insights on business planning, finance, and long-term strategy.
	Committees: •  Audit (Chair) •  Executive	Other Public Directorships: •  The Clorox Company (Since 2015) •  Union Pacific Corporation (Since 2019)
	Mr. Williams is chairman of Siebert Williams and Shank & Co., LLC, an investment banking and financial services company. Previously, Mr. Williams was chairman and chief executive officer of The Williams Capital Group, L.P. and Williams Capital Management, LLC, an investment banking and financial services firm, from the company’s formation in 1994 until it merged with Siebert Cisneros Shank to form Siebert Williams and Shank & Co. in November 2019. Prior to founding Williams Capital, he managed the derivatives and structured finance division of Jefferies & Company. He previously worked at Lehman Brothers, where his roles included managing groups in the corporate debt capital markets and derivatives structuring and trading. Mr. Williams serves on the boards of director for the Clorox Company and Union Pacific Corporation, where he is a member of the Audit Committee and the Finance Committee. He previously served on the boards of Caesar’s Entertainment Corporation from 2008 to 2019 and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. from 2004 to 2014 Mr. Williams served as the chairman of the Board of Overseers for the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College until June 2018 and serves on the board of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Mr. Williams holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Howard University and a Masters in Business Administration from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.

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Director Qualifications

The Board of Directors has determined that directors should be persons who have achieved prominence in their field and who possess significant experience in areas of importance to the Company, such as general management, finance, marketing, technology, law, business or public sector activities.

Directors should possess integrity, energy, forthrightness, analytical skills and the commitment to devote the necessary time and attention to the Company’s affairs. Directors should possess a willingness to challenge and stimulate management and the ability to work as part of a team in an environment of trust.

The Nominating and Governance Committee will consider whether the candidate has served as the chief executive officer, chief financial officer or other executive officer of a public company with significant policy-making or operational responsibility. The committee also evaluates a candidate’s manifest potential to significantly enhance the effectiveness of the Board and its committees. Experience in an area that is directly relevant to one or more of our business segments is also an important consideration.

The committee considers these specific qualities or skills as being necessary for one or more directors to possess:

• A majority of directors must satisfy the independence standards established by the New York Stock Exchange;

• Enough independent directors must be financially literate and have accounting or related financial management expertise so that the current and anticipated membership needs of the Audit Committee can be satisfied;

• Directors are expected to possess the skills, experience, and professional background necessary to gain a sound understanding of our strategic vision, mix of businesses, and approach to regulatory relations and enterprise risk management; and

• The Board as a whole must possess a mix and breadth of qualities, skills, and experience that will enable it and its committees to promote the best interests of the Company and its shareholders and to address effectively the risk factors to which the Company is subject.

We believe that each director should have a substantial personal investment in the Company. A personal holding of Company shares or deferred share units having a market value of five times the amount of the current annual cash retainer upon attainment is recommended for each director. A decrease in the price of a share of our common stock after a director has attained the required ownership threshold will not negate the director’s satisfaction of this requirement. Directors are expected to attain this ownership threshold within five years of joining the Board. We disclose the dollar value of each outside director’s equity holdings as of March 2, 2020, on page 23. All directors who have served on the Board for more than five years are in compliance with our ownership threshold.

Board Diversity

Our Board of Directors does not have a formal written policy with regard to the consideration of diversity in identifying director nominees. Whenever the Nominating and Governance Committee engages a search firm to identify potential director candidates, however, the committee instructs the firm that diversity considerations are highly important. Similarly, whenever the committee considers candidates identified by other directors or shareholders, the same considerations apply. Because our Board of Directors is relatively small, it may not always be possible to recruit a director who has the skills and experience needed by the Board at that time and who also enhances the diversity of the Board. Nevertheless, considerations of gender, racial, and ethnic diversity will continue to be important factors in identifying and recruiting new directors. The Board of Directors believes that maintaining and enhancing the Board’s diversity are important corporate governance goals.

Our Corporate Governance Guidelines require the Board’s Nominating and Governance Committee to review the qualifications of the directors and the composition of the Board as a whole periodically. This assessment includes not only the independence of the directors, but also consideration of required minimum qualifications, diversity, age, skills and experience in the context of the needs of the Board. Our Corporate Governance Guidelines provide that the Board will establish the number of directors based on the recommendations of its Nominating and Governance Committee, which will consider, among other factors: the Board’s current and anticipated need for directors with specific qualities, skills, experience or backgrounds; the availability of highly qualified candidates; committee workloads and membership needs; and anticipated director retirements.

Director Nomination Process

The Nominating and Governance Committee considers and recommends candidates for election or appointment to the Board. The committee also considers candidates for election to the Board submitted by shareholders. Each member of the committee participates in the review and discussion of director candidates. In addition, members of the Board of Directors who are not on the committee may meet with and evaluate the suitability of candidates. In making its selections of candidates to recommend for election or appointment, the committee will apply the standards and criteria set forth under the caption “Director Qualifications” on this page.

Consideration of Director Candidates Recommended by Shareholders

The committee applies the same standards in considering candidates submitted by shareholders as it does in evaluating candidates submitted by members of the Board of Directors, provided that the requirements explained under the caption “Director Qualifications” are satisfied.

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Shareholders who wish to submit nominees for election at an annual or special meeting of shareholders must follow the procedures described on page 66. Shareholders who wish to submit a candidate for consideration by the Nominating and Governance Committee may do so by sending the candidate’s name and supporting information to Thomas R. Moore, Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Chief Governance Officer, at the address shown on page 63 under “General Information.”

Annual Performance Evaluation Process

The Nominating and Governance Committee oversees an annual performance evaluation process for the Board of Directors and the Audit, Compensation and Benefits, and Nominating and Governance Committees. The process is intended to determine whether the Board and its committees are functioning effectively.

Our Board’s Leadership Structure

Our Board of Directors determines which leadership structure best serves its needs and those of our shareholders. Currently, Mr. Cracchiolo serves as both the chairman of the Board of Directors and the chief executive officer of the Company. Mr. Sharpe, chair of the Board’s Nominating and Governance Committee, currently serves as the Board’s presiding director.

The Board believes that Mr. Cracchiolo’s service as both chairman and chief executive officer has the following advantages for the Company given the specific characteristics or circumstances of the Company. Mr. Cracchiolo provides proven leadership ability, strong communication skills, and a deep understanding of the Company, the financial services industry and the Company’s long-term strategic direction. The chairman is often required to speak on behalf of the entire Board to shareholders, regulators, and other stakeholders and therefore must engender the trust and respect of the entire Board. As the leader of the Board, Mr. Cracchiolo must also be able to maintain an atmosphere of collegiality, encourage open and vigorous discussion and debate during Board meetings, and promote fairness in considering the views and opinions of all directors.

Recognizing that the Company’s or the Board’s circumstances may change, the Board has no policy with respect to the separation of the roles of the chairman and chief executive officer. As stated in our Corporate Governance Guidelines, “The Board believes that this issue is part of the succession planning process, which is overseen by the Compensation and Benefits Committee, and that it is in the best interests of the Company to make a determination when it elects a new chief executive officer.”

The Board recognizes that the Company’s and Board’s circumstances may change in the context of CEO succession planning and that having a separate chairman and CEO is an option that the Board will consider carefully in those circumstances.

Presiding Director

The role of the Board’s presiding director is an important part of the Board’s leadership structure.

At other companies, this role may be called a “lead director.” The Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines provide that the then serving chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee shall act as the Board’s presiding director, with the following duties:

• preside over executive sessions of non-management and independent directors;

• serve as principal liaison between the Board and the chairman and chief executive officer on sensitive issues; and

• preside at meetings of the Board of Directors in the event of the chairman’s unavailability.

Mr. Sharpe currently serves as the Board’s presiding director.

In addition to the presiding director, our Board has adopted a number of procedures and policies designed to preserve the effectiveness of the independent directors and the transparency of Board operations. For example, each Board agenda includes an executive session of the independent directors, although those directors may decide that one is not needed. Any director is free to suggest agenda items, to request additional time for an agenda topic, or to request information from management. The independent directors also have regular access to members of management other than the chief executive officer. In advance of each regular Board meeting, the corporate secretary asks the independent directors to submit any questions or topics that they would like the chairman and chief executive officer to address at the meeting.

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Our Board’s Role in Risk Oversight

Leading Role of the Audit Committee

Our chief executive officer, chief financial officer, general counsel and other members of senior management are responsible for identifying, assessing and managing our exposure to risk. Our Board is responsible for overseeing how management performs those functions. This oversight is directed primarily by the Audit Committee, whose membership includes five of our eight independent directors. In particular, the Audit Committee is charged with monitoring the Company’s enterprise-wide risk assessment and risk management processes, including the nature of our major risk exposures, the methods we employ to mitigate risk, and the design and effectiveness of our processes and controls to prevent and detect fraudulent activity. Some aspect of risk management and oversight is discussed at virtually every Audit Committee meeting.

As a diversified financial services company, our business is subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. (These are described in detail in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, which is included as part of our 2019 Annual Report to Shareholders.) The Audit Committee and the Board as a whole receive regular reports from management and our independent auditors on prevailing material risks and the actions we are taking to address and mitigate them. Management also reports to the Audit Committee and the Board on how we are enhancing our risk management processes and controls to respond to evolving market, business and regulatory conditions. The Audit Committee and the Board also receive regular reports regarding our regulatory examinations, some of which address risk management topics.

All of our directors have access to the Audit Committee’s meeting materials, including draft minutes, so they can remain informed about our risk oversight function. Similarly, the chair of the Audit Committee regularly reports to the entire Board on the Audit Committee’s activities and decisions. In addition, each presentation to the Audit Committee or the Board on any significant matter includes a summary of the related risk management issues to ensure directors are aware of key risk topics and management’s risk management strategies and processes.

As part of its ongoing responsibilities, the Audit Committee reviews and assesses the quality and clarity of the risk management information its members receive and, if necessary, makes recommendations to management for improving this reporting. In order to confirm that it is receiving candid and complete information, the Audit Committee holds regular separate executive sessions with members of executive management, our independent auditors, and our general auditor.

Independent directors have access to individual members of management or to our employees on a confidential basis. Directors are authorized to conduct independent investigations and to hire outside consultants or experts at our expense. Directors also have access to our records and files, and directors may contact other directors without informing our management of the purpose or even the fact of such contact.

Internal Audit Function

The Company has an internal audit function that is supervised by our general auditor. The Audit Committee reviews the appointment and replacement of the general auditor. The Audit Committee also annually reviews the performance and compensation of the general auditor. The general auditor reports regularly to the Audit Committee, including in executive sessions where he is the only officer present.

Responsibility of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Our chairman and chief executive officer is ultimately responsible for the effectiveness of the Company’s risk management processes and is an integral part of the related day-to-day activities. He also attends most Audit Committee meetings. As a result, he is in an informed position to both lead our enterprise risk management program and assist in the Board’s oversight of that program.

Oversight of Incentive Compensation Risk

In response to emerging best practices and regulatory guidelines, the Audit Committee and the Compensation and Benefits Committee have received reports focused on risks related to our Company-wide incentive compensation plans. We discuss this subject in more detail in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis under the heading “Risk and Incentive Compensation” beginning on page 45.

Oversight of Information and Cybersecurity

The Board and the Audit Committee are central to the oversight of the Company’s cybersecurity risk management program. Our executive vice president of technology and chief information officer, our chief information security officer, and other officers regularly review with our Board and the Audit Committee: the cyber threat landscape; the design, effectiveness and ongoing enhancement of our capabilities to monitor, prevent, and respond to cyber threats and events; and any incidents that merit discussion.

During 2019 the Audit Committee also reviewed our identity theft prevention and privacy programs and discussed, among other topics: mandatory staff training on fraud prevention; identity theft experience and trends; the effectiveness of existing controls and planned enhancements to those controls; and key areas of focus for the identity theft and privacy programs.

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Our Board’s Role in Strategic Planning

Ameriprise has a strategic Long-Range Plan that guides how we lead the Company to maximize long-term shareholder value creation, deliver competitively differentiated value to our clients, and attract and retain talent. We are also aware of the need to take into account the interests of our stakeholders. Briefly, our long-range strategy is to advise, manage and protect assets and income for retail, high net worth, and institutional clients. By fulfilling our strategy, we believe that we are not only creating long-term value for our shareholders, but also enabling our clients and their families to achieve their financial goals, including a confident retirement. Our executive team regularly revisits and updates the Long-Range Plan as appropriate. Our Board of Directors plays an important role in our strategic planning process as well. Executives and the Board hold joint detailed discussions on the Long-Range Plan at our annual long-range planning offsite meeting, as well as throughout the year as needed.

The Long-Range Plan also guides the development of our annual operating plan and budgets. Throughout the year, management and the Board hold regular discussions on the Company’s performance, progress on the annual plan and remaining goals in the context of our Long-Range Plan.

Corporate Governance Documents and Policies

Committee Charters

The Board’s Audit, Compensation and Benefits, and Nominating and Governance Committees each operate under a written charter approved by the Board of Directors. Each committee charter satisfies the requirements of the New York Stock Exchange’s corporate governance listing standards. Each committee reviews and reassesses the adequacy of its charter at least annually. Each committee will recommend any proposed changes to the Board of Directors for consideration and approval. The committee charters are posted on our website on the Corporate Governance page at ir.ameriprise.com and additional information about each committee is contained in the sections following this summary.

The Executive Committee also operates under a written charter approved by the Board of Directors. The Executive Committee’s charter is posted on our website at the same location as the other committee charters.

Corporate Governance Guidelines

The Board of Directors has approved Corporate Governance Guidelines. Among other topics, the Corporate Governance Guidelines address: director qualification standards; director responsibilities; director access to management and, as necessary and appropriate, independent advisors; director compensation; director orientation and continuing education; management succession; and the annual performance evaluation of the Board and its committees. The Corporate Governance Guidelines are posted on our website on the Corporate Governance page at ir.ameriprise.com.

Codes of Conduct

We have adopted a Global Code of Conduct to guide ethical business behavior and decision-making. The Code applies to all of our officers, employees, financial advisors, and their employees, and individuals conducting business on behalf of us and our subsidiaries. Following our Global Code of Conduct and all applicable laws, regulations, and Company policies is a condition of employment or association with the Company, except as otherwise provided by the laws of a foreign jurisdiction.

The Board of Directors has adopted a Code of Business Conduct for Members of the Board of Directors of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. This Code is intended to focus each director on areas of potential conflicts of interest and provide guidance relating to the recognition and handling of ethical issues. The Code also provides mechanisms to report potential conflicts of interest or unethical conduct and is intended to foster a culture of openness and accountability.

Both of these Codes are posted on our website on the Corporate Governance page at ir.ameriprise.com.

Director Attendance at Annual Meeting of Shareholders

Our Corporate Governance Guidelines state that directors are expected to attend the annual meeting of shareholders. The corporate secretary reminds each director of this policy in writing in advance of each annual meeting of shareholders. At our 2019 annual meeting of shareholders, all directors then serving were in attendance. We acknowledge, however, that circumstances may prevent one or more directors from attending the 2020 annual meeting.

Majority Voting for Directors

Our By-Laws provide for majority voting for directors in uncontested elections. The plurality standard will be used in the case of contested elections. We anticipate that the election of directors to be held at the meeting will be uncontested, and therefore the majority voting standard will apply. We have provided additional information about the By-Law provisions governing majority voting for directors beginning on page 65 of this proxy statement, in the table titled “Votes Required for Proposals.”

Executive Sessions of Independent Directors

The independent directors customarily meet in executive session without management present at each regularly scheduled meeting of the Board. The Board may decide, however, that such an executive session is not required at a particular Board meeting.

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Director Independence

Our Board, acting upon the recommendation of its Nominating and Governance Committee, has affirmatively determined that the following directors have no material relationship with the Company and are therefore independent under the corporate governance listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange: Dianne Neal Blixt, Amy DiGeso, Lon R. Greenberg, Jeffrey Noddle, Robert F. Sharpe, Jr., Brian T. Shea, W. Edward Walter and Christopher J. Williams.

Our only non-independent director and the only Company officer serving on the Board is James M. Cracchiolo, our chairman and chief executive officer.

Independence of Committee Members

As required by the rules of the New York Stock Exchange, only independent directors serve on these standing committees of the Board: Audit; Compensation and Benefits; and Nominating and Governance. Members of the Audit Committee also meet the independence standards of Rule 10A-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Members of the Compensation and Benefits Committee are considered “non-employee directors” under Rule 16b-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

On the Board’s Executive Committee, Mr. Cracchiolo serves as the committee’s chairman and the chairmen of the three other standing committees serve as the Executive Committee’s other members. The corporate governance rules of the New York Stock Exchange do not require that all members of the Executive Committee be independent directors.

Categorical Standards of Director Independence

Upon the recommendation of its Nominating and Governance Committee, the Board has approved categorical standards of director independence. These categorical standards: assist the Board in making its independence determinations; provide investors with an adequate means of assessing the quality of the Board’s independence; and avoid the excessive disclosure of immaterial relationships. The Board’s categorical standards of independence are posted on our website on the Corporate Governance page at ir.ameriprise.com. The categorical standards generally classify as “not material”: relationships with our Company arising in the ordinary course of business; relationships with companies of which a director is a shareholder or partnerships of which a director is a partner; contributions made or pledged to charitable organizations with which a director has a relationship; certain familial relationships; and certain social and other relationships. In addition to the New York Stock Exchange’s standard independence tests, the Nominating and Governance Committee applied the categorical standards of independence when making its recommendations regarding director independence to the Board of Directors. In making these independence recommendations, the Nominating and Governance Committee considered all relationships and transactions between the director and the Company as described in questionnaires completed by each director and in materials provided by management, which may include transactions discussed in this proxy statement and relationships not considered material under the categorical standards of independence approved by the Board.

Communicating with Directors

The Board of Directors has provided a means by which shareholders or other interested parties may send communications to the Board or to individual members of the Board. Such communications, whether by letter, email or telephone, should be directed to the Company’s corporate secretary, who will forward them to the intended recipients. However, unsolicited advertisements or invitations to conferences or promotional material, in the discretion of the Company’s corporate secretary, may not be forwarded to the directors.

If a shareholder or other interested party wishes to communicate a concern to the chair of the Audit Committee about our financial statements, accounting practices, internal controls or business ethics or corporate conduct, the concern should be submitted in writing to the chair of the Audit Committee in care of our corporate secretary. If the concern relates to our executive compensation program, the concern should be submitted in writing to the chair of the Compensation and Benefits Committee in care of our corporate secretary. If the concern relates to our governance practices, the concern should be submitted in writing to the chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee in care of our corporate secretary. If the shareholder or other interested party is unsure as to which category his or her concern relates, he may communicate it to any one of the independent directors in care of our corporate secretary. The contact information for the Company’s corporate secretary is provided on page 63 under “General Information.”

Our “whistleblower” policy prohibits us or any of our employees from retaliating or taking any adverse action against anyone for raising a compliance or ethical concern in good faith. If a shareholder, employee or other interested party nonetheless prefers to raise his or her concern in a confidential or anonymous manner, the concern may be directed to our ethics hotline, at (800) 963-6395. This is a confidential, independent service that allows individuals to report compliance or ethical issues and concerns they may have concerning Ameriprise Financial. An ethics specialist will forward accounting and auditing issues to our general auditor and our general counsel, who will confirm that the matter is properly investigated and, if deemed appropriate, report the results to the Audit Committee.

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Committees of the Board

Board and Committee Meetings

During 2019, the Board of Directors met six times. All of our directors attended 94% or more of the meetings of the Board and the Board committees on which they served during the year. Every committee includes an executive session attended by committee members only on the agenda of each meeting, but committee members may decide that an executive session is unnecessary at any particular meeting.

Membership on Board Committees

This table shows the composition of our four standing Board committees and the number of committee meetings held in 2019.

		Compensation		Nominating and
Name	Audit	and Benefits	Executive	Governance
Mr. Cracchiolo			C
Ms. Blixt(1)	M	C	M
Ms. DiGeso		M		M
Mr. Greenberg(1)	M	M
Mr. Noddle		M		M
Mr. Sharpe		M	M	C
Mr. Shea	M
Mr. Walter(1)	M			M
Mr. Williams(1)	C		M
Number of meetings held in 2019	11	9	0	2

C = Chair

M = Member

(1) Audit committee financial expert

Committee Charters

Each of the Board’s standing committees is guided by a written charter. These charters, which are regularly reviewed by the committees themselves and the Board as a whole, are available on the Corporate Governance page of our website at ir.ameriprise.com.

Audit Committee

The Audit Committee assists the Board by:

• monitoring the integrity of the Company’s consolidated financial statements;

• monitoring the Company’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and our Code of Conduct;

• annually reviewing the performance and compensation of the general auditor;

• evaluating and monitoring the qualifications and independence of the independent auditors;

• evaluating and monitoring the performance of the Company’s internal audit function and independent auditors; and

• addressing specified finance and risk management matters.

The Audit Committee may convene executive sessions with the general auditor, representatives of our independent auditors, or representatives of management.

Audit Committee Financial Experts

The Board has determined that Ms. Blixt and Messrs. Greenberg, Walter and Williams are “audit committee financial experts” as defined by Securities and Exchange Commission regulations and that they have accounting or related financial management expertise, as the Board interpreted such qualification in its business judgment. The Board has also determined that all Audit Committee members are financially literate, as that term is interpreted by the Board in its business judgment.

External Auditors

The Audit Committee is directly responsible for the appointment, compensation, retention and oversight of the independent external audit firm retained to audit the Company’s financial statements. The Audit Committee has appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent external auditor for fiscal year 2020. We have retained PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in this capacity since fiscal year 2011. The members of the Audit Committee and the Board believe that continuing to retain PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent external auditor is in the best interests of the Company and our shareholders.

In conjunction with the mandated rotation of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP’s lead engagement partner, the Audit Committee is directly involved in the selection of the new lead engagement partner. In order to ensure continuing auditor independence, the Audit Committee periodically considers whether there should be a regular rotation of the independent external audit firm.

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Compensation and Benefits Committee

The Compensation and Benefits Committee’s primary purposes are to:

• establish the philosophy and objectives that will govern our compensation and benefits programs;

• oversee and approve the compensation and benefits paid to our executive officers;

• recommend for approval by the Board of Directors or the shareholders incentive and equity-based compensation plans;

• promote the clear and complete disclosure to shareholders of material information regarding the compensation and benefits of our highest paid executive officers;

• confirm that appropriate chief executive officer and management succession plans are in place and regularly reviewed and discussed by the Board;

• oversee incentive compensation plans throughout the Company, to the extent and in the manner set forth in relevant regulatory guidance or rules;

• make recommendations to the Board on matters related to nonbinding advisory votes of shareholders to approve the compensation of the named executive officers; and

• engage, together with senior management, with our institutional investors on all matters related to the foregoing responsibilities.

While the Compensation and Benefits Committee oversees our executive compensation program, the Nominating and Governance Committee has the authority to oversee the compensation and benefits of non-management directors and to make recommendations on such matters to the Board of Directors for approval. We provide information about the compensation of our outside directors beginning on page 23.

In connection with its responsibilities, the Compensation and Benefits Committee has the authority to:

• approve grants of equity-based and other incentive awards;

• engage, oversee, compensate, evaluate and terminate a compensation consultant;

• retain independent legal or other advisors;

• request the support of one or more Company officers or employees to assist it in carrying out its duties;

• request any of our officers or employees or those of our outside counsel or independent auditors to attend a meeting of the committee or to meet with members of, or consultants to, the committee;

• determine the appropriate amount of funding to be provided by the Company to compensate any compensation consultant or other advisor engaged by the committee, and to cover any administrative expenses that arise as the committee carries out its duties;

• delegate its authority to one or more subcommittees, including to the committee chair, who may (so long as consistent with certain federal securities requirements) act on behalf of the committee during the intervals between meetings; and

• delegate its authority to one or more officers or employees to the extent permitted by applicable law, the rules of the New York Stock Exchange, or applicable governing compensation plan documents.

The Compensation and Benefits Committee has delegated certain administrative authority to our chief human resources officer to promote the efficient and timely administration of our compensation and benefits plans.

The Role of Executive Officers

Various executive officers help the Compensation and Benefits Committee determine the appropriate form and amount of executive compensation. Officers in our human resources department prepare meeting materials for the committee, including compensation tally sheets and other summaries of executive officers’ total compensation. These officers also may propose the adoption of new compensation or benefits plans or amendments to existing plans. The chief executive officer makes recommendations to the committee regarding compensation actions for executive officers other than himself. Our executive vice president of human resources discusses survey and benchmarking data related to executive compensation and other topics of interest to the committee. Our chief financial officer advises the committee about setting and calculating financial performance goals for certain executive compensation plans. No executive officer has the authority to approve his or her own compensation or to make equity-based grants to any executive officer.

The Committee’s Independent Compensation Consultant

The Compensation and Benefits Committee engaged the firm of Semler Brossy Consulting Group (“Semler Brossy”) as its independent compensation consultant as of June 5, 2019. The committee maintains a Compensation Adviser Policy, which addresses the relationship between the committee and its compensation advisers; the criteria that the committee uses to select its consultant; the consultant’s duties; how the committee evaluates its compensation consultant; the factors the committee will apply in determining whether its consultant is independent of the Company’s management; and the related disclosure to be provided to our shareholders. The Compensation Adviser Policy is available on the Corporate Governance page of our website at ir.ameriprise.com. You can request a free copy of the Compensation Adviser Policy by writing to Thomas R. Moore, Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Chief Governance Officer, 1098 Ameriprise Financial Center, Minneapolis, MN 55474, or sending an email to thomas.r.moore@ampf.com.

Semler Brossy works for and reports directly to the Compensation and Benefits Committee, not the Company’s management, with respect to executive compensation matters. The committee recognizes that its consultant will necessarily work with representatives of management, but does so as the committee’s representative and solely on the committee’s behalf.

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In its capacity as the committee’s consultant, Semler Brossy’s services include the following:

• providing advice and guidance with respect to trends and issues related to executive compensation;

• assisting with benchmarking competitive compensation, including advising the committee on the composition of a reference peer group;

• assisting with the development of an executive compensation philosophy and program suited to our business strategy and goals; and

• preparing reports and analyses for the committee’s meeting materials.

One or more representatives of Semler Brossy attend committee meetings as needed.

At a meeting held on February 26, 2020, the Compensation and Benefits Committee reviewed and discussed Semler Brossy’s performance in executive session, without representatives of Semler Brossy present. The committee also confirmed that Semler Brossy is independent of the Company’s management (applying the independence standards established in the Compensation Adviser Policy). In making this determination, the committee considered relevant issues, including the following six specific factors prescribed by the Securities and Exchange Commission and New York Stock Exchange corporate governance listing standards:

• the provision of other services to Ameriprise by Semler Brossy;

• the amount of fees received during 2019 from Ameriprise as a percentage of Semler Brossy’s 2019 total revenue;

• Semler Brossy’s policies and procedures designed to prevent conflicts of interest;

• any business or personal relationship between a member of the Semler Brossy engagement team and a member of the committee;

• any Ameriprise Financial stock owned by Semler Brossy or by any member of the Ameriprise consulting team or their immediate family members; and

• any business or personal relationship of Semler Brossy or any employee of Semler Brossy with an executive officer of Ameriprise Financial.

Based on this review and information provided by Semler Brossy, the committee determined that no conflict of interest exists that would preclude Semler Brossy from independently representing the committee.

Reporting to the Board

The Compensation and Benefits Committee chair reports to the entire Board regarding each committee meeting. When appropriate, these reports and related discussions are conducted in executive session, without management present. Before the committee makes final decisions regarding compensation for the chief executive officer, it first discusses its proposed actions with the independent directors, without management present.

Management discusses the proposed agenda for each committee meeting with members of the committee in advance. The committee chair has the authority to add or delete items from any proposed agenda, and to call special meetings of the committee at any time.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

No member of the Compensation and Benefits Committee is a former or current officer or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or is an executive officer of another company where an executive officer of Ameriprise Financial is a director.

Executive Committee

The Board is not required to have an Executive Committee, but has established one to allow the timely and efficient exercise of the Board’s authority in the intervals between regularly scheduled meetings of the Board, subject to certain limitations. Under the committee’s charter, the Chairman of the Board serves as the committee chairman and the then serving chairpersons of the Audit, Compensation and Benefits, and Nominating and Governance Committees serve as members. Mr. Cracchiolo is permitted to act as chairman of the committee even though he is not an independent director. The committee meets only as required, upon the call of its chairman, and is not required to meet a minimum number of times each year.

Nominating and Governance Committee

The Nominating and Governance Committee’s purpose is to:

• assume a leadership role in shaping the Company’s corporate governance;

• promote the effective functioning of the Board and its committees;

• advance the best interests of the Company and its shareholders through the implementation, oversight and disclosure of sound corporate governance guidelines and practices;

• consider and recommend candidates for election or appointment to the Board, including evaluating candidates submitted by shareholders;

• periodically review the compensation of outside directors and recommend changes to the Board for approval;

• promote the clear and complete disclosure to shareholders of material information regarding the compensation and benefits of the Company’s outside directors;

• oversee the Company’s Corporate Social Responsibility efforts; and

• oversee corporate political spending and trade association memberships.

A Statement of Principles Governing Corporate Political Spending, approved by the Board based on the committee’s recommendation, along with the Company’s annual corporate political spending report, is posted on the Corporate Governance page of our website at ir.ameriprise.com.

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In response to shareholder feedback and in light of emerging corporate governance trends, the Board approved an amended and restated Nominating and Governance Committee charter in October 2019, and an amended and restated Statement of Principles Governing Corporate Political Spending in March 2019. As revised, these documents enhance Board and management oversight of the Company’s trade association memberships and our dues payments to those trade associations.

Shareholder Engagement

Members of the Board and senior members of management regularly engage with our shareholders to discuss executive compensation, corporate governance and other matters of interest to shareholders. The feedback from shareholders is shared with the entire Board and has resulted in significant changes to our executive compensation program, as discussed in detail in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis beginning on page 32. Also in response to shareholder engagement, the Board adopted proxy access by-laws in 2018 and an expanded incentive compensation clawback policy in 2019. Shareholder suggestions that the Board add a member with extensive experience in the financial services industry informed the Board’s appointment of Mr. Shea as a director in 2019.

Requests for Copies of Materials

You may request copies of any of the documents referred to in this section of the proxy statement by calling Thomas R. Moore, our Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Chief Governance Officer, at (612) 678-0106. You may also write to him by email at thomas.r.moore@ampf.com or by mail at 1098 Ameriprise Financial Center, Minneapolis, MN 55474. We’ll provide the copies at no cost to you.

Corporate Social Responsibility

In our 2020 Responsible Business Report, we discuss our corporate social responsibility efforts under five key pillars: Values-Driven Firm, Responsible Investor, Governance, Environmental Steward and Community Impact. Read our report on ameriprise.com/responsiblebusiness to learn about how we operate responsibly, including how we serve clients, consider the interests of our stakeholders, manage the business, engage our employees and financial advisors, and help strengthen our communities.

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Compensation of Directors

Our Compensation Philosophy for Outside Directors

We compete with other companies for executive talent, as we explain in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis later in this proxy statement. We must also compete for persons with the ability, integrity, experience and judgment required to serve on the board of a public company. We need to attract and retain directors who meet the high qualification standards set by our Board of Directors. In order to do so, we must offer a compensation package that is both competitive and fair in view of the significant time commitment and responsibilities that come with a director’s job. Only outside directors receive compensation for serving on our Board. Mr. Cracchiolo does not receive additional compensation for his service as a director.

We believe that our outside directors should have a substantial personal financial stake in the Company. Accordingly, a significant portion of our directors’ compensation package is equity-based. Also, a director is expected to have an equity holding in the Company with a market value of five times the amount of the current annual cash retainer upon attainment. The current annual cash retainer for the directors is $100,000. A decrease in the price of a share of our common stock after a director has attained the required ownership threshold will not negate the director’s satisfaction of this requirement. A director is expected to reach this goal within five years of joining our Board. Shares of our common stock and deferred share units both count toward this goal. Using a closing price of $150.86 for a share of our common stock on March 2, 2020, the value of the common stock and deferred share units beneficially held by our outside directors on that date was as follows, rounded to the nearest dollar: Mses. Blixt ($1,284,362); and DiGeso ($1,157,037); and Messrs. Greenberg ($3,340,743); Noddle ($7,322,826); Sharpe ($9,435,392); Shea ($607,162); Walter ($481,205); and Williams ($906,697). As is true for our executive officers, we prohibit our directors from hedging against a decline in the value of our stock in any way.

How and Why Our Outside Directors’ Compensation was Determined

The Board’s Nominating and Governance Committee is responsible under its charter for overseeing the compensation and benefits paid to our outside directors. The committee will periodically review the appropriateness of the outside directors’ compensation package.

The committee will discuss with an independent consultant any proposed changes to the compensation of outside directors. The committee will then recommend to the Board that it approve such changes as the committee believes are reasonable and appropriate, based in part on the consultant’s report and findings. If the Board approves the committee’s recommendations, and, as it relates to equity-based compensation, if the committee’s recommendations are within the shareholder-approved limitation on director compensation under our Amended and Restated 2005 Incentive Compensation Plan, the new compensation package will become effective as of a date set by the Board.

2019 Annual Compensation for Outside Directors

At its meeting held on October 3, 2018, the Board, acting upon the recommendation of its Nominating and Governance Committee, approved one change to be effective as of January 1, 2019: the dollar amount of the annual retainer for the chairperson of the Audit Committee was increased from $20,000 to $25,000. In all other respects the Company’s compensation program for outside directors remained in effect.

The chart below summarizes the compensation program for our outside directors during 2019. We do not pay meeting fees or grant stock options or restricted stock to our outside directors.

Outside Directors Compensation Program for 2019
Annual Cash Retainer	$100,000
Annual Equity Retainer	$150,000 in the form of deferred share units
Board Meeting Fees	No board meeting fees
Committee Meeting Fees	No committee meeting fees
Committee Member Annual Retainer	Committee members receive an annual retainer as follows: •   Audit Committee — $15,000 •   Compensation and Benefits Committee — $10,000 •   Nominating and Governance Committee — $10,000 There is no committee member retainer for the members of the Executive Committee.
Committee Chair Annual Retainer	Committee chairpersons receive an annual retainer in addition to the committee member retainer, as follows: •   Audit Committee chair — $25,000 ($40,000 total committee retainer) •   Compensation and Benefits Committee chair — $20,000 ($30,000 total committee retainer) •   Nominating and Governance Committee chair — $20,000 ($30,000 total committee retainer)
Charitable Matching Gift Program	Up to $1,500 annually

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Perquisites and Personal Benefits

Our outside directors receive occasional perquisites or personal benefits of reasonable value, such as: commemorative items in connection with their Board service; welcoming gifts at the hotel where they stay during Board meetings or events; holiday gifts; and recreational or other services and amenities when attending an off-site Board long-range planning meeting. We do not provide our directors with a tax gross-up amount on any gifts or other items given to them.

We pay for or reimburse our outside directors for their reasonable travel, lodging, food and other expenses related to their attendance at Board, committee or annual shareholder meetings. Our outside directors may use our corporate aircraft for Board-related travel, subject to the aircraft’s availability and other restrictions. In extraordinary or unusual circumstances, such as a family emergency, we may make our corporate aircraft available to our outside directors on an exception basis.

Our outside directors are eligible to participate in our charitable gift matching program on the same basis as employees. We will match a director’s personal contributions to one or more qualifying charitable organizations subject to an annual aggregate limit, which is currently $1,500. Directors’ requests for matching gifts are processed by the same outside vendor that we use for employee matching gift requests.

Other Assistance and Payment

As is true at many other public companies, our in-house counsel and other employees, as well as outside counsel, assist our outside directors in satisfying their legal reporting obligations under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. We pay for the fees and expenses related to the preparation and filing of Securities and Exchange Commission Forms 3, 4 and 5 for our outside directors, but only for transactions in our securities.

A director’s Section 16(a) reporting obligations for transactions in our securities are imposed solely due to his or her service on our Board. Therefore, we do not consider such assistance and related payments to be perquisites or personal benefits. Nevertheless, we have provided this information to you in the interests of full and transparent disclosure.

Compensation Paid to Outside Directors in 2019

This table shows the total compensation earned by or paid to our outside directors during 2019.

Name	Annual Retainer  Earned or Paid  in Cash		Committee Chair  Retainer Earned or  Paid in Cash		Committee Member  Retainer Earned or  Paid in Cash		Stock Awards(1)		Total
Dianne Neal Blixt*	$	100,000	$	13,681	$	25,000	$	150,000	$	288,681
Amy DiGeso	$	100,000	$	0	$	20,000	$	150,000	$	270,000
Lon R. Greenberg	$	100,000	$	0	$	25,000	$	150,000	$	275,000
Jeffrey Noddle	$	100,000	$	6,318	$	20,000	$	150,000	$	276,318
Robert F. Sharpe, Jr.	$	100,000	$	20,000	$	20,000	$	150,000	$	290,000
Brian T. Shea**	$	58,242	$	0	$	3,750	$	137,260	$	199,252
W. Edward Walter III	$	100,000	$	0	$	25,000	$	150,000	$	275,000
Christopher J. Williams(2)	$	100,000	$	25,000	$	15,000	$	150,000	$	290,000

*	Ms. Blixt was appointed as chair of the Compensation and Benefits Committee as of April 24, 2019, and the dollar amount of her cash retainer was prorated accordingly.
**	Mr. Shea joined the Board as of June 1, 2019 and became a member of the Audit Committee as of October 1, 2019, and the dollar amounts of his cash retainers were prorated accordingly.
(1)	The dollar amounts in this column show the grant date fair value of the annual grant of deferred share units. For 2019, the number of deferred share units credited to a director’s account is calculated as follows: the dollar value to be received by the director is divided by the closing price of a share of our common stock on the date of our annual meeting of shareholders. The aggregate incremental cost of perquisites and personal benefits is less than $10,000 for each director. As a result, the Securities and Exchange Commission does not require us to disclose those costs.
(2)	In 2019, Mr. Williams elected to defer 100% of his cash retainers under the Ameriprise Financial Deferred Share Plan for Outside Directors, with 100% allocated into the Moody’s Corporate Bond Yield Index.

Deferred Share Plan for Outside Directors

All of our outside directors participate in the Ameriprise Financial Deferred Share Plan for Outside Directors. Each outside director receives an annual grant of deferred share units immediately following the annual meeting of shareholders. A deferred share unit is a phantom share of our common stock that tracks the value of our common stock. A deferred share unit receives deemed dividends in the same amount paid on a share of our common stock, but it has no voting rights. Outside directors may also choose to defer part or all of their annual cash retainer and any committee retainer under the plan.

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Deferred Share Units Issued to Outside Directors in 2019

This table shows the number of deferred share units issued to outside directors during 2019. In order to simplify the presentation, we have rounded the numbers shown to the nearest unit. Directors’ accounts were credited with deemed dividends on the deferred share units at the same rate as the dividends paid on a share of our common stock. These deemed dividends were reinvested in additional deferred share units.

	DSU Balances as of December 31, 2018						DSUs Credited During 2019								DSU Balances as of December 31, 2019
	Annual Equity Grant		Retainer Deferral		Total DSUs†		Annual Equity Grant		Reinvested Deemed Dividends		Retainer Deferral		Total DSUs		Annual Equity Grant		Retainer Deferral		Total DSUs†
Dianne Neal Blixt		6,227		0		6,227		1,042		193		0		1,235		7,462		0		7,462
Amy DiGeso		6,227		0		6,227		1,042		193		0		1,235		7,462		0		7,462
Lon R. Greenberg		12,636		0		12,636		1,042		370		0		1,412		14,048		0		14,048
Jeffrey Noddle		29,847		15,550		45,397		1,042		1,274		0		2,316		31,734		15,979		47,713
Robert F. Sharpe, Jr.		29,847		4,120		33,967		1,042		958		0		2,000		31,734		4,233		35,967
Brian T. Shea*		n/a		n/a		n/a		917		12		0		929		929		0		929
W. Edward Walter III		1,081		0		1,081		1,042		51		0		1,093		2,174		0		2,174
Christopher J. Williams		3,237		1,242		4,479		1,042		145		0		1,187		4,389		1,277		5,666

†	Includes deemed dividend invested in additional deferred share units.
*	Mr. Shea was appointed as a director as of June 1, 2019 and his annual grant of deferred share units was prorated accordingly.

Outside Directors Deferred Share Plan for 2019

Feature	Annual Grant	Elective Retainer Deferral
Amount	•   $150,000 •   Outside directors whose first term is less than one year long will receive a pro-rata grant based on their length of service between their appointment to the Board and the next annual meeting of shareholders	•   Before the beginning of each calendar year, a director may elect to defer up to 100% of the annual cash retainer and any committee chair or member retainer, in 25% increments
Investment Options	•   Only investment option is Ameriprise deferred share units, credited to a separate annual equity grant deferred share unit account	•   Director may choose to invest deferred amounts in one or both of these options: Ameriprise deferred share units or a cash account that receives a market rate of interest, credited on the last day of each month
Number of Deferred Share Units Credited	•   The number of deferred share units is determined by dividing the dollar amount awarded by the closing price of a share of our common stock on the date of our annual shareholders meeting, or for a director who joins the Board after the date of the most recent annual meeting, closing price of a share of our common stock on the third trading day following the public release of our financial statements during the quarter the director joins	•   The number of units credited is determined by dividing the quarterly deferral amount by the closing price of a share of our common stock on the third trading day following the public release of our financial statements for the quarter
Dividend Equivalent Reinvestment	•   Account is credited with additional deferred share units on each dividend payment date for our common stock •   Number of additional units is calculated by first multiplying the number of units held on the dividend record date by the dividend payable on a share of our common stock; that number is then divided by the closing price of a share of our common stock on the dividend payment date	•   Deemed dividends on deferred share units are reinvested in the same manner used for the annual equity grant account
Distribution	•   Single payment in shares of our common stock following the director’s end of service	•   A director makes a distribution election at the same time he or she makes a deferral election, and that election applies to that year’s deferrals. A director makes a new distribution election each year. A director has three distribution choices: •   Lump sum on March 31 of a specified year •   Lump sum following the director’s end of service •   Two to five or ten annual installments following the director’s end of service
Change in Control	•   Upon a change in control, the entire account will be immediately distributed in shares of our common stock	•   Upon a change in control, all amounts held in either account will be immediately distributed in cash, or in shares of our common stock to the extent invested in Ameriprise deferred share units

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Ownership of Our Common Shares

The table below shows how many Ameriprise common shares certain individuals and entities beneficially owned on March 2, 2020. These individuals and entities include: (1) owners of more than 5% of our outstanding common shares; (2) our current directors and director nominees; (3) the five executive officers named in the compensation tables included in subsequent sections of this proxy statement; and (4) all current directors and executive officers as a group. A person has beneficial ownership over shares if the person has or shares voting or investment power over the shares or the right to acquire such power within 60 days of March 2, 2020. Investment power means the power to direct the sale or other disposition of the shares. Each person has sole voting and investment power over the shares, except as we describe below.

The column captioned “Deferred Share Units and Restricted Share Units” shows DSUs and RSUs owned by non-management directors through the Outside Directors Deferred Share Plan and phantom units owned by the executive officers under the Company’s Supplemental Retirement Plan and Deferred Compensation Plan. The information in this column is not required by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission because these units carry no voting rights and will be settled in shares of common stock that the recipient does not have the right to acquire within 60 days of March 2, 2020. Nevertheless, we believe that this information provides a more complete picture of the financial stake that our directors and executive officers have in the Company.

Name	Number of Shares Owned(1)(2)		Right to Acquire(6)	Percent of Class	Deferred Share Units and Restricted Share Units	Total Shares Beneficially Owned Plus DSUs and RSUs
The Vanguard Group 100 Vanguard Blvd. Malvern, PA 19355	13,113,966	(3)	–	10.7%	–	13,113,966
BlackRock, Inc. 55 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10055	9,637,974	(4)	–	7.8%	–	9,637,974
Dianne Neal Blixt	1,000		–	*	7,514	8,514
Amy DiGeso	156		–	*	7,514	7,670
Lon R. Greenberg	8,000		–	*	14,145	22,145
Jeffrey Noddle	500		–	*	48,041	48,541
Robert F. Sharpe, Jr.	26,330	(5)	–	*	36,214	62,544
Brian T. Shea	3,089		–	*	936	4,025
W. Edward Walter III	1,000		–	*	2,190	3,190
Christopher J. Williams	200		–	*	5,810	6,010
James M. Cracchiolo	135,495		609,221	*	201,482	946,198
Walter S. Berman	340		204,779	*	64,112	269,231
William F. Truscott	49,595		176,589	*	17,641	243,825
Colin Moore	58,610		206,159	*	12,539	277,308
Joseph E. Sweeney	19,445		116,275	*	10,769	146,489
All current directors and executive officers (17 individuals)	367,712		1,469,167	1.5%	440,137	2,277,016

*	Less than 1%.
	Our executive officers and directors are prohibited from hedging in any way against a decline in the value of the Ameriprise common stock they own. Executive officers are also prohibited from pledging their Ameriprise common stock in any manner, whether as collateral for a loan, in a margin account held at a broker, or otherwise. Our directors are permitted to pledge their Ameriprise common stock in this manner, provided that they first pre-clear the pledge with our corporate secretary or another Company lawyer. A pledge will not be approved if it is significant in relation to the average trading volume of our common stock for the five trading days immediately preceding the pre-clearance request.
	The shares of common stock subject to a pledge will not be counted in determining the satisfaction of the equity ownership requirement then applicable to our outside directors.
(1)	This column includes shares held in employee benefit plan accounts on March 2, 2020, as follows:

Name	Number of Shares in Plan Accounts
James M. Cracchiolo	1,612
Walter S. Berman	340
William F. Truscott	288
Colin Moore	0
Joseph E. Sweeney	278
All executive officers, including those named above	3,048

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(2)	Executive officers hold restricted shares that we include in this column. The executive may vote the restricted shares, but may not sell or transfer them during the restricted period. These restrictions lapse over a period of years. The named executive officers hold restricted stock units other than restricted shares. Other executive officers hold a total of restricted shares.
(3)	Based on information contained in a report on Schedule 13G/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 12, 2020, by The Vanguard Group which contained information as of December 31, 2019.
(4)	Based on information contained in a report on Schedule 13G/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 5, 2020, by BlackRock, Inc. which contained information as of December 31, 2019.
(5)	Includes 17,500 shares held in a trust, 3,000 shares held in an Individual Retirement Account, and 1,650 shares held in an irrevocable trust.
(6)	These are shares that the named individuals have the right to acquire within 60 days of March 2, 2020, upon the exercise of stock options that they hold.

Item 2 — To Approve the Compensation of the Named Executive Officers by a Nonbinding Advisory Vote

	The Board of Directors recommends a vote “FOR” the following nonbinding advisory resolution. Proxies will be voted “FOR” the resolution unless otherwise specified:
	RESOLVED, that the Company’s shareholders hereby approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the named executive officers as disclosed in this proxy statement, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the Summary Compensation Table, and the other related tables and disclosure.

The Compensation and Benefits Committee will review the results of the vote on this proposal carefully with the aid of its independent compensation consultant. Depending upon the results of that review, the committee will take such action, if any, as it deems appropriate. Because this vote is advisory, however, it is not binding on us, our Board of Directors, or the Board’s Compensation and Benefits Committee. Also, a negative vote will not overrule decisions made by the Compensation and Benefits Committee.

Before you vote on the resolution below, please read the Compensation and Benefits Committee Report on page 31 and the Compensation Discussion and Analysis beginning on page 32. The Compensation Discussion and Analysis contains important information about our executive compensation program. It also explains how and why the Compensation and Benefits Committee made specific decisions about the named executive officers’ compensation for their 2019 performance. The section of the Compensation Discussion and Analysis on page 34 describes the committee’s consideration of the results of the vote on this proposal at our 2019 annual meeting.

You should also review the tables that immediately follow the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, together with the related narrative disclosure and footnotes.

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Report of the Audit Committee

The Audit Committee’s job is one of oversight as set forth in its charter. It is not the duty of the Audit Committee to prepare the Company’s consolidated financial statements, to plan or conduct audits or investigations or to determine that the Company’s financial statements are complete and accurate and are in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The Company’s management is responsible for preparing the Company’s consolidated financial statements and for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting. The Company’s management is also responsible for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. The independent registered public accounting firm is responsible for the audit of the Company’s consolidated financial statements and the audit of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. In addition, the independent registered public accounting firm is responsible for the audit of management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting.

In the performance of its oversight function, the Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed with management and the independent registered public accounting firm the Company’s audited financial statements. The Audit Committee also has discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm the matters required to be discussed by the applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and the Securities and Exchange Commission. In addition, the Audit Committee has received the written disclosures and the letter from its independent accounting firm required by applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding the independent accounting firm’s communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence and has discussed with the independent accounting firm its independence.

The Audit Committee discussed with the Company’s general auditor and independent registered public accounting firm the overall scope and plans for their respective audits. The Audit Committee meets with the general auditor and independent registered public accounting firm, with and without management present, to discuss the results of their examinations, their evaluations of the Company’s internal controls and the overall quality of the Company’s financial reporting. In addition, the Audit Committee meets with the chief executive officer and chief financial officer of the Company to discuss the Company’s control environment and the overall quality of the Company’s financial reporting.

In reliance on the reviews and discussions referred to above, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board of Directors, and the Board has approved, that the Company’s audited financial statements be included in the Company’s 2019 Annual Report to Shareholders and, for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

Christopher J. Williams (Chair)	Dianne Neal Blixt	Lon R. Greenberg	Brian T. Shea	W. Edward Walter III

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Item 3 — Ratification of Audit Committee’s Selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2020

	The Board of Directors recommends a vote “FOR” the following resolution. Proxies will be voted “FOR” the following resolution unless otherwise specified:
	RESOLVED, that the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors’ selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, to audit the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries for 2020 is ratified.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP was our independent accounting firm for the 2019 fiscal year and the Audit Committee has engaged the firm for our 2020 fiscal year. We disclose the fees paid to PricewaterhouseCoopers for their services in our 2018 and 2019 fiscal years in this section.

In 2018, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors conducted a periodic evaluation of external audit firms through a competitive proposal process. Upon conclusion of the process, the Audit Committee elected to retain PricewaterhouseCoopers as the independent accounting firm for Ameriprise Financial, Inc. for a three-year term beginning with the 2019 fiscal year.

We provide important additional information about the Audit Committee’s oversight of PricewaterhouseCoopers in the External Auditors section on page 19. We are asking shareholders to ratify the Audit Committee’s engagement of PricewaterhouseCoopers, subject to the limitation stated in the last sentence of the following paragraph.

The members of the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors believe that the continued engagement of PricewaterhouseCoopers as our independent registered public accounting firm is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders. In the event the shareholders do not ratify the appointment, the Audit Committee will consider other accounting firms for 2020. The Audit Committee will be under no obligation, however, to appoint new independent auditors.

One or more representatives of PricewaterhouseCoopers will be present at the meeting with the opportunity to make a statement if he or she desires to do so and will be available to respond to appropriate questions.

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Fees

The following presents the aggregate fees billed for professional services by PricewaterhouseCoopers, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year beginning January 1, 2019, in fiscal year 2019, and for the year beginning January 1, 2018, in fiscal year 2018, for these various services:

		Fiscal Year			Fiscal Year
Description of Fees	2019 Amount			2018 Amount
Audit Fees		$	7,953,000		$	10,020,000
Audit-Related Fees			3,439,000			3,002,000
Tax Fees			210,000			497,000
All Other Fees			393,000			38,000
Total		$	11,995,000		$	13,557,000

Audit Fees

The audit fees set forth above consist of fees for professional services during each fiscal year in connection with the audit of the Company’s annual financial statements, review of financial statements included in the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and services that were provided in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements.

Audit-Related Fees

The audit-related fees set forth above consist of fees for attest, assurance and related services that were reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the Company’s internal controls, including custody rule examinations, service organization control reports, comfort letters, employee benefit plan audits and agreed upon procedures engagements.

Tax Fees

The tax fees set forth above consist of fees for tax services during each fiscal year. Of the $210,000 in 2019 tax fees, $120,000 was paid for tax planning and consulting services and $90,000 was paid for tax preparation services.

All Other Fees

All other fees set forth above consist of fees for miscellaneous advisory and consulting services other than audit, audit-related or tax services.

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Services to Associated Organizations

PricewaterhouseCoopers provided other services to associated organizations of the Company that were charged directly to those organizations. These amounts included $11,992,000 and $11,422,000 for services provided by PricewaterhouseCoopers in 2019 and 2018, respectively, primarily for performing audits and tax compliance services for mutual funds, collective funds and alternative investment funds.

Policy on Pre-Approval of Services Provided by Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Pursuant to the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the terms of the engagement of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm are subject to the specific pre-approval of the Audit Committee. All audit and permitted non-audit services to be performed by the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm require pre-approval by the Audit Committee in accordance with pre-approval procedures established by the Audit Committee.

The procedures require all proposed engagements of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for services of any kind to be directed to the Company’s general auditor and then submitted for approval to the Audit Committee or to the Audit Committee chair prior to the beginning of any services. The Audit Committee has delegated such approval authority to its chair, to be exercised in the intervals between committee meetings.

In 2019, 100% of the services provided by PricewaterhouseCoopers for the Company and its subsidiaries were pre-approved by the Audit Committee or its chair.

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Compensation and Benefits Committee Report

Dear Fellow Shareholders:

As members of the Compensation and Benefits Committee we are responsible for ensuring that our executive compensation program:

• Aligns with long-term interests of our shareholders;

• Adheres to our pay-for-performance philosophy;

• Attracts and retains a talented executive team; and

• Thoughtfully incentivizes successful execution of our long-term strategy.

Our Compensation Discussion and Analysis that follows highlights a number of enhancements made to our executive compensation program in 2019, which build on substantial changes in 2018, and address shareholder feedback and an evolving compensation landscape across the industry. We expanded our shareholder outreach program following our 2019 annual meeting and a disappointing say-on-pay result to gain further input on our program. The broad scope of our engagement ensured that we received feedback from both those who voted against our say-on-pay proposal, as well as those who voted favorably.

Our new committee chair, Dianne Neal Blixt, and our presiding director, Robert F. Sharpe, participated in many of the shareholder conversations. Most investors acknowledged the positive efforts and responsiveness of the committee to shareholder feedback and steps taken to improve the program, and some indicated that we had an opportunity to align CEO pay outcomes more closely with shareholder interests.

As a result, the committee dedicated significant time and effort to continue its regular annual process of reviewing the Company’s executive compensation structure and implemented substantial changes that were responsive to the feedback provided. We carried out this review with the support of a new compensation consultant, Semler Brossy. The additional changes put in place, which are described in detail within the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, include:

• A continued reduction in our CEO’s total compensation opportunity to $20.8 million for fiscal 2019 from a high of $30.43 million for fiscal 2017;

• A continued reduction in our CEO’s actual total direct compensation to $18.53 million for fiscal 2019 from a high of $29.0 million for fiscal 2017;

• Additional clarity on NEO performance measures; and

• Approval of an enhanced clawback policy.

The entire Board appreciated the many positive comments from shareholders about the performance of the Company, the quality of our executive leadership, the fundamental design of our compensation program, and the Company’s governance practices. We believe the evolution of our program reflects shareholder feedback and ensures that the compensation of our executive team is aligned with our long-term strategic goals and competitive benchmarks. Our committee is and will remain steadfast in maintaining an executive compensation program that is informed by ongoing dialogue with our shareholders and meets intended objectives.

The Compensation and Benefits Committee has reviewed and discussed the Compensation Discussion and Analysis with management. Based on its review and discussions, the Committee recommended to the Board that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in this proxy statement and incorporated by reference into the Company’s 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

Dianne Neal Blixt (Chair)	Jeffrey Noddle	Amy DiGeso	Lon R. Greenberg	Robert F. Sharpe, Jr.

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Compensation Discussion and Analysis

Table of Contents

Executive Summary	32
Shareholder Engagement and Responsiveness	34
Scope of Shareholder Engagement	34
Changes to Compensation Program Reflect Shareholder Feedback	35
Impact on CEO Compensation	35
Elements of Executive Compensation	36
Determining Incentive Compensation	36
Summary of Pay Elements	36
2019 Performance Scorecard	37
Executive Compensation Aligned with Company Performance	40
CEO Compensation Decisions and Performance Considerations	40
Other NEO Compensation Decisions and Performance Considerations	41
Compensation Policies and Practices	43
Executive Compensation Philosophy	43
Compensation Governance Practices	43
Peer Group	44
Stock Ownership and Retention Guidelines	44
Clawback Policy	44
Post-Employment Compensation and Benefits	44
Risk and Incentive Compensation	45
Equity Grant Practices and Procedures	45
Other Considerations	46
Supplemental Total Direct Compensation Table	46
Summary Compensation Table	47

Executive Summary

In this section of the proxy, we describe our philosophy and material elements of our executive compensation program and explain how our Board’s Compensation and Benefits Committee makes compensation decisions, including the changes the committee made based on engagement with our shareholders.

The following are our named executive officers, or NEOs, for 2019.

James M. Cracchiolo	Walter S. Berman	William F. Truscott	Colin Moore	Joseph E. Sweeney
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	Chief Executive Officer, Global Asset Management	Executive Vice President and Global Chief Investment Officer	President, Advice & Wealth Management Products and Service Delivery

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Executive Summary

Strong Performance Over Long Term

• As a diversified and differentiated financial services leader, we have a proven track record of outperformance driven by an exceptional management team and are well-positioned to capture future growth given the growing need for advice and solutions.

• Our stock price performance has been very strong over a sustained period, including significant outperformance relative to the S&P 500 and S&P 500 Financial indices over the last one- and three-year periods. Since our spin-off in 2005, Ameriprise remains one of the top performing financial services companies and has the fourth best performing stock in the S&P 500 Financials Index, generating a total shareholder return of 526%.

• Our capital strength is a clear differentiator. We remain focused on generating significant free cash flow that we invest for growth and return to shareholders. In 2019, we returned $2.4 billion to shareholders representing 110% of adjusted operating earnings.

Shareholder Engagement and Responsiveness

• We expanded the scope of our outreach to include shareholders representing 69% of outstanding shares, up from 60% the prior year, and held substantive discussions with all investors that accepted our request. In total, we engaged with 18 shareholders holding 35% of outstanding shares, some multiple times, including 13 shareholders that did not support our compensation program last year.

• Our Compensation and Benefits Committee chair and presiding director participated in discussions with shareholders representing 27% of outstanding shares, and feedback received from all discussions was conveyed to the entire Board.

Changes to Compensation Program

• The Compensation and Benefits Committee approved changes to our compensation program in direct response to feedback received, building on changes made in the prior year.

• The most significant of the changes is a modification to the structure of our CEO’s compensation to provide greater transparency and less volatility in potential pay outcomes – reflecting feedback provided by our shareholders.

• We adopted an enhanced clawback policy.

• We also continued to increase transparency throughout the Compensation Discussion and Analysis.

Impact to CEO Compensation

• The Compensation and Benefits Committee took action to address shareholders’ concerns around overall pay magnitude and year-over-year pay volatility following our outreach calls in fall 2019 – our fiscal 2019 CEO pay decision was finalized at the January 2020 Compensation and Benefits Committee meeting.

• Our CEO’s 2019 actual total direct compensation significantly decreased to $18.53 million from a high of $29.0 million for fiscal 2017 and $22.31 million for fiscal 2018 during a period of excellent operational and stock price performance.

• The new structure provides greater clarity regarding the CEO’s maximum compensation, which was limited to $20.8 million in 2019, and reduces year-to-year volatility in pay outcomes given that the target equity value is no longer modified by Performance Scorecard results. The maximum pay opportunity for our CEO has been reduced by 23% in 2018 and a further 12% in 2019 for a total 32% reduction over the last two years.

• No changes to the CEO’s salary, target annual cash incentive or target equity value range are expected for fiscal 2020.

The following shows our CEO’s total direct compensation for the last three performance years, reflecting a 36% reduction over this period. Total direct compensation reflects the decisions made by the committee for actual compensation awarded based on performance for the fiscal year. This differs from what is reported in the Summary Compensation Table, which is required by the SEC, because we grant our equity awards after the performance year is completed. This results in a one-year lag between the time the equity awards are granted and when they are reported – and because the Summary Compensation Table includes other values unrelated to compensation paid for 2019 performance like ‘Change in Pension Value.’

Year	Salary ($)	Annual Cash Incentive ($)	PSU ($)	RSU ($)	Stock Options ($)	Total Direct Compensation ($)	Summary Compensation Table ($)
2019	1,025,000	5,805,000	5,850,000	3,393,000	2,457,000	18,530,000	24,516,930
2018	1,025,000	6,386,000	7,450,000	4,257,000	3,192,000	22,310,000	25,742,524
2017	1,025,000	11,190,000	8,393,000	4,196,000	4,196,000	29,000,000	23,900,309

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Shareholder Engagement and Responsiveness

The input that we receive from shareholders as part of our regular engagement efforts has helped to inform our compensation and corporate governance practices. We maintain a year-round dialogue with shareholders to gain their perspectives, which are incorporated into relevant Board discussions.

  Scope of Shareholder Engagement

We reached out to shareholders representing:		We engaged with shareholders representing:		Directors participated in meetings with:
•   We expanded the scope of our outreach following the 2019 annual meeting and two years of low support for our say on pay proposals. •   We reviewed our top 70 shareholders representing 76% of our outstanding shares, and contacted 53 shareholders representing 69% of outstanding shares and who actively engage on governance-related matters.		•   We had substantive conversations with 18 shareholders, including some we spoke with multiple times and 13 who voted against our say-on-pay proposal in 2019. •   While we preferred to engage with more shareholders, the remaining 35 either indicated a meeting was not necessary, asked for engagement after our proxy statement is filed or did not respond to our multiple requests. •   As part of our ongoing engagement, we will again reach out to our largest shareholders after our proxy is filed and in the off-season.		•   Our new Compensation and Benefits Committee Chair Dianne Blixt and Presiding Director Rob Sharpe, together with members of management from the executive team, human resources, investor relations and legal departments, participated in meetings on behalf of the Board and the Company. •   All feedback received was shared and discussed with the committee and summarized for the full Board.

Feedback provided by shareholders

•	The following are two areas of feedback most consistent in our dialogue with investors. The committee has responded to this feedback as highlighted in the table on the following page.
	— A preference for a reduction in potential magnitude of CEO pay.
	— A desire for greater transparency in how the committee assesses performance and sets pay for our NEOs.
•	Many shareholders acknowledged the positive efforts and responsiveness of the committee to investor feedback and steps taken to enhance the program.
•	Shareholders also indicated that the supplemental total direct compensation table we provided was helpful, given the lag in reporting our equity awards and the impact this has on the required compensation tables. As a result, we’ve again included this table in this year’s proxy statement.

Our substantive conversations with shareholders covered a variety of compensation-related topics:

Plan design and structure	Pay quantum	Transparency and rigor of goal setting
Rationale for metric selection	Peer company selection	Independent compensation consultant
Supplemental Total Direct Compensation Table	Executive stock ownership	Clawback policy

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Changes to Compensation Program Reflect Shareholder Feedback

The committee has demonstrated a commitment to being responsive to and transparent with our shareholders. We have implemented a number of changes to our compensation structure over the last several years directly informed by the views and insights gathered during our engagements efforts.

Area of Feedback	The Committee Continued to Take Actions in 2019-2020
Address CEO Pay Quantum	Reduced CEO total direct compensation opportunity and reduced potential year-to-year volatility of pay   Discontinued practice of applying scorecard-based leverage to a target award amount for long-term incentive awards (LTIA) and moved to a narrower range for the grant date value   Annual Cash Incentive is based on achievement of financial and strategic results, with potential payouts 0%-175% of target   Base salary unchanged for CEO and other NEOs since 2015
Enhance Transparency	Separated the annual and long-term incentive opportunities for the CEO, to bring our approach more in line with market practice   Added detail on the individual performance measures that were assessed in the compensation process for all NEOs   Enhanced disclosure around process for setting NEO compensation
Improve Practices	Enhanced clawback policy to include material misconduct in addition to financial restatements and expanded to cover entire Executive Leadership Team   Committee retained a new independent compensation consultant
Area of Feedback	2019 Actions Build on Enhancements from 2018
Address CEO Pay Quantum	Reduced the CEO target incentive by $1.8 million   Reduced the maximum leverage applied to annual total incentive pool (cash and LTIA) from 200% to 175%   Reduced and disclosed CEO target incentive
Enhance Transparency	Improved disclosure to emphasize all metrics have pre-set targets   Increased ownership guideline from 6x to 10x base salary for CEO and from 3x to 4x base salary for other NEOs
Improve Practices	Eliminated perquisite allowance (effective 2019)

Impact on CEO Compensation

The following illustrates the reduction to our CEO’s total direct compensation as a result of the changes put in place for 2019 and prior years reflecting shareholder feedback, despite continued strong stock price and operational performance. Total direct compensation provides clear alignment between compensation decisions for our CEO and each performance year, since the value of equity is determined and awards made following the close of the fiscal year end based on actual performance outcomes.

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Elements of Executive Compensation

Determining Incentive Compensation

Ameriprise uses a Performance Scorecard approach to determine short- and long-term incentive compensation for eligible executives, including NEOs. Under this approach, the Compensation and Benefits Committee establishes the performance measures and sets targets at the beginning of each year considering the Company’s business and strategic plans. Our actual performance at the end of the year is assessed against the established Scorecard goals resulting in an incentive pool under which incentive compensation is then awarded to our executives.

Beginning with fiscal 2019, and in direct response to shareholder feedback, our CEO’s equity compensation is awarded outside of this incentive pool and assessed against separate long-term strategic measures. This brings our approach in line with market practice and provides greater transparency and less volatility in pay outcomes. For our other NEOs, the committee allocates the incentive pool between cash and long-term equity, including Performance Share Units (PSUs), Restricted Share Units (RSUs) and stock options.

For all of our NEOs, 50% of the long-term equity is awarded in PSUs that are subject to additional performance criteria to be earned over a three-year period.

Summary of Pay Elements

Component	Pay Element	Details	Purpose
Base Salary	Cash	•  Periodically reviewed to maintain market competitiveness	•  Provide competitive retainer to attract quality executive talent
Annual Cash Incentive	Cash	•  Actual payouts can range from 0% to 175% of target •  Financial performance measures (70%) •  Business and Strategic measures (30%)	•  Motivate executives to achieve defined objectives aligned with annual and strategic plans
Long-Term Incentive Award (LTIA)	Performance Share Units (PSUs)	•  Represents 50% of LTIA •  Performance Criteria: — Based on performance over a three-year performance period — Average return on equity (50%) — Earnings per share growth rate (50%) — Relative total shareholder return modifier (+/- 25%) measured against S&P Financial Index	•  Incentivize actions that create long-term value creation •  Align executives’ interests with those of long-term shareholders •  Retention
	Restricted Share Units	•  Represents 29% (CEO), 27% (other NEOs) of LTIA •  Awards vest ratably over three years
	Stock Options	•  Represents 21% (CEO), 23% (other NEOs) of LTIA •  Awards vest ratably over three years; 10-year term

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2019 Performance Scorecard

The Scorecard includes a combination of Financial Performance measures (weighted at 70%) and Business and Strategic Performance measures (weighted at 30%), as shown below. At the end of the year, the committee evaluates actual performance against the established targets and determines the performance rating for each of the financial performance measures and for each of the Business and Strategic measures, based on a 1 to 5 rating system with 5 being the highest, 1 being the lowest, and a 3 representing performance at target.

2019 Target Incentive Pool Funding

The Financial Performance and Business and Strategic Performance ratings determine the level of funding for our target incentive pool. Based on our 2019 performance, the incentive pool was funded at 150% of target. This incentive pool determines the annual cash incentive for our CEO and the total annual cash and long-term equity incentive awards for our other NEOs.

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Financial Performance Measures

The Financial Performance component includes five measures and is weighted at 70% to reflect the committee’s view that these objective measures are the most important indicators of the Company’s success. The Balance Sheet Quality measure is driven by the effective management of core balance sheet fundamentals and our comprehensive enterprise risk management process. This provides Ameriprise with financial flexibility through all kinds of market cycles, enabling it to capitalize on business and growth opportunities and optimize the return of capital to shareholders.

Financial Performance Assessment

2019 Financial Performance Goal Setting

The committee considered a number of factors when setting targets for the year, including the Company’s near and long-term strategic plans and objectives, the external market environment (equity markets, interest rates, volatility, etc.), and prior year performance levels. For 2019, targets were set at a time when there was significant equity market dislocation and heightened levels of market volatility.

2019 Financial Performance Results

The following shows 2019 performance for the financial measures relative to established targets, along with the resulting performance rating.

Note:  Figures above do not include unlocking impacts which reflect the Company’s annual review of insurance and annuity valuation assumptions and model changes, and the Long-Term Care (LTC) gross premium valuation. 2018 Actuals have been adjusted to exclude fourth quarter 2018 Ameriprise Auto & Home insurance impacts of $283 million revenue, $2 million earnings, and $0.01 earnings per share.

Ameriprise delivered solid results despite a challenging operating environment that included significant equity market dislocation at the beginning of the year that heightened levels of overall market volatility. Despite these market-based challenges, financial results for the full year exceeded our planned expectations as a result of good underlying business performance and management actions to respond to headwinds created by the environment.

Balance Sheet Quality was also very strong in 2019 with above target performance as reflected above.

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Business and Strategic Performance Measures and Assessment

The Business and Strategic Performance measures, weighted at 30%, align to our five strategic focus areas and are designed to assess key non-financial accomplishments that contribute to the achievement of our long-range plan. The committee evaluates our performance against the established targets to determine the final performance rating. We have identified select key measures evaluated within each objective.

In 2019, we made significant progress against our five strategic focus areas, achieving results that exceeded most of our key measures, while also making meaningful financial and resource investments in key initiatives. Importantly, the Company made strong progress in achieving our long-term strategy. The committee considered the below aspects in evaluating performance against the strategic objectives.

While the committee has determined not to disclose specific individual targets incorporated in the Business and Strategic Performance objectives, we have enhanced the disclosures of the factors the committee considers within each component (below), as well as the factors that the committee considers in determining compensation for each NEO (see page 40).

Business and Strategic Performance Component (weighted 30%)

	Performance Considerations for Each Component			Rating
Drive profitable growth in Advice & Wealth Management (30%)	•	Grew affluent client assets 21%		4.00
	•	Drove net flows of $18 billion into fee-based investment advisory accounts
	•	Grew advisor productivity 6%
	•	Achieved strong advisor recruiting and advisor retention
	•	Achieved industry leading recognition: #1 in trust, #1 in customer loyalty, # 1 in customer service and #1 in customer forgiveness*
	•	Achieved record brand awareness
	•	Made significant investment, including launching bank capabilities, enhancing digital and financial advice capabilities, developing and deploying a leading customer relationship management platform and implementing an integrated fee-based investment advisory platform
			These strong performance achievements resulted in an above target rating
Profitably grow our Global Asset Management business (15%)	•	Improved net flows $14 billion year over year		3.25
	•	Delivered consistently competitive investment performance with 85%, 78% and 80% of funds in the top two quartiles of their peer groups for 1- 3- and 5-year timeframes
	•	Executed Brexit transition
	•	Expanded in targeted European markets
	•	Made significant investment, including strengthening operating platform, enhancing solutions, advancing digital capabilities, and implementing robotics automation
			These performance achievements resulted in a slightly above target rating
Prudently grow our Protection and Annuities business while managing profitability (15%)	•	Drove Annuity sales of $4.1 billion		3.25
	•	Met insurance sales targets
	•	Exceeded scorecard metric targets for annualized Annuity termination rate and Permanent Insurance retention rates, and met scorecard target metric for percent of sales in non-living benefits
	•	Increased Ameriprise Auto & Home insurance net written premiums for three quarters owned
			These performance achievements resulted in a slightly above target rating
Re-engineer and make targeted investments for growth (15%)	•	Executed large strategic investment agenda to drive future profitable growth and meet client and regulatory requirements		4.25
	•	Increased re-engineering efforts to mitigate margin pressure and fund future growth exceeding scorecard target metric over 50%
	•	Built capability to facilitate further fixed annuity reinsurance
			These strong performance achievements resulted in an above target rating
Attract, engage and develop talent (25%)	•	Employee engagement results were exceptional, exceeding US and global financial services industry benchmarks		4.75
	•	Achieved high performer retention of 95% in a challenging year and competitive environment
	•	Implemented annual diversity and inclusion action plans across the firm
			These exceptional performance achievements resulted in an above target rating
	Weighted Average Business and Strategic Performance Rating			4.00

^*See 2019 Ameriprise Financial Annual Report for source disclosures.

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2019 CEO LTIA Grant

For 2019 and each year thereafter, the committee sets a target range for the value of our CEO’s LTIA award. For 2019, the committee approved a range of $10-$13 million, and based upon the financial and strategic factors reflected on the previous pages and the key achievements listed below, awarded our CEO a LTIA award with a grant date value of $11.7 million: 50% of this was awarded in PSUs, which are then subject to the attainment of performance metrics over the next three years; 29% was awarded in RSUs; and 21% was awarded in stock options. The 2019 grant is consistent with the performance criteria outlined in the Summary of Pay Elements table on page 36. The PSU Awards have a minimum payout of 0% and a maximum payout of 150% of target based on average return on equity and earnings per share growth, with a total shareholder return modifier up or down 25 percentage points.

Executive Compensation Aligned with Company Performance

In making its compensation decisions each year, the committee reviews the total direct compensation for the CEO and each of our NEOs, as well as the aggregate value of the total incentives being awarded, ensuring that each component appropriately reflects Company and executive performance. CEO and NEO performance is assessed based on achievement of individual goals which are established at the beginning of the year and that align to our strategic focus areas, as appropriate for each role. The following details key achievements and compensation-related considerations for each of our NEOs. This enhanced disclosure is provided in response to shareholder feedback.

CEO Compensation Decisions and Performance Considerations for 2019

James M. Cracchiolo	2019 Compensation Decisions (thousands)
	Base Salary	$	1,025	–
	Annual Cash Incentive		5,805	-9	%
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer	Long-Term Incentive Award		11,700	-21	%
	Total Direct Compensation	$	18,530	-17	%

	Summary of 2019 Key Achievements and Compensation-Related Considerations
Enterprise	•  Delivered strong financial results despite significant industry headwinds: expanded operating margin, delivered record earnings per share, generated exceptional free cash flow, returned $2.4 billion to shareholders and ended the year with $2.2 billion in excess capital. •  Reoriented the business strategy to focus on less capital intensive businesses and reduce the risk profile by successfully leading and orchestrating the sale and transition of the Ameriprise Auto & Home insurance business receiving over $1 billion, booking a gain of $161 million on the sale, and freeing up $700 million of capital. •  Grew Assets Under Management/Administration to $973 billion. •  Oversaw large investment in enterprise capabilities to drive future growth of the firm, including: advanced analytics, client and advisor digital capabilities, replacement of core human resource systems and enhanced risk management and cybersecurity. •  Proactively managed risk across the firm, including further strengthening of operational risk management, enhancement of cybersecurity, and enhancements to strong compliance culture.
Advice & Wealth Management	•  Continued to drive strong growth and investment in Advice & Wealth Management. •  Grew client assets 19%, increased revenue 7%, grew pretax adjusted operating earnings 9% and increased pretax adjusted operating margin 50 basis points, ending 2019 at 22.9%. •  Made significant investment in strategic capabilities and platforms that will keep clients and advisors highly engaged for the long term and enable future growth. •  Established a new banking entity to enhance overall value proposition and expand consumer solutions. •  Achieved industry leading customer service ratings and credentials across several measurements.
Asset Management	•  Continued to transform the asset management business. •  Achieved strong profitability and margins. •  Drove focus on strengthening product and distribution capabilities, including expansion in European markets. •  Effectively orchestrated response to new international regulatory requirements and Brexit.
Insurance & Annuities	•  Ensured high-quality differentiated insurance and annuity books of business. •  Reduced business exposure by executing on long-term care management actions and fixed annuity reinsurance. •  Continued shift to higher return, lower risk products to sustain future high level of cash flow and profitability.
Culture/Talent	•  Demonstrated visible leadership for employees and field members to connect, engage and motivate, the success of which was demonstrated in industry-leading engagement and leader effectiveness scores and high performer retention. •  Further developed talent by evolving and refreshing the firm’s succession plans and enhancing talent and leadership development programs. •  Expanded diversity training and inclusion efforts globally, with a focus on attracting as well as advancing more women and diverse talent.

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Other NEO Compensation Decisions and Performance Considerations for 2019

Walter S. Berman	2019 Compensation Decisions (thousands)
	Base Salary	$	675	–
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	Annual Cash Incentive		2,641	-8	%
	Long-Term Incentive Award		4,905	-8	%
	Total Direct Compensation	$	8,221	-8	%
	2019 Key Achievements and Compensation-Related Considerations

• Provided strong leadership as chief financial officer resulting in the Company exceeding all financial objectives, including achieving record return on equity of 38.6% (excluding unlocking) and an excess capital position of $2.2 billion.

• Implemented actions to further strengthen enterprise risk management and balance sheet, exceeding most scorecard measures.

• Substantially enhanced financial diagnostics to improve business decision processes.

• Ensured strong capital position and free cash flow enabling continued investment in growth initiatives and returning 110% of adjusted operating earnings to shareholders.

• Led re-engineering efforts across the firm, exceeding target by over 50%.

• Together, with the business unit and finance team, played an instrumental role in successful execution of key business initiatives: sale of Ameriprise Auto and Home insurance business; establishment of new banking entity, fixed annuity reinsurance; and proactive management of long-term care risk.

• With finance leadership team, strengthened the finance organization by driving change, increasing operating efficiency and further strengthening talent.

William F. Truscott	2019 Compensation Decisions (thousands)
	Base Salary	$	675	–
Chief Executive Officer, Global Asset Management	Annual Cash Incentive		2,100	-7	%
	Long-Term Incentive Award		3,900	-7	%
	Total Direct Compensation	$	6,675	-7	%
	2019 Key Achievements and Compensation-Related Considerations

• Continued to provide strong leadership for the Company’s global asset management business, despite continuing headwinds from passive and environmental challenges.

• Successfully led asset management delivering above plan pretax income results and margins.

• Net flows were $14 billion better versus prior year.

• Delivered competitive investment performance with 85%, 78% and 80% of funds in top two quartiles of peers in 1-, 3-, and 5-year performance – exceeding plan.

• Continued to invest in strategic initiatives to drive growth; advanced analytics capabilities, research intensity, Solution business and European expansion.

• Established strong foundation to continue growth strategy in institutional business.

• Strengthened organization through strong discipline around expense management, operating model adjustments, automation and other re-engineering efforts.

Colin Moore	2019 Compensation Decisions (thousands)
	Base Salary	$	475	–
Executive Vice President and Global Chief Investment Officer	Annual Cash Incentive		1,823	-8	%
	Long-Term Incentive Award		3,385	-8	%
	Total Direct Compensation	$	5,683	-8	%
	2019 Key Achievements and Compensation-Related Considerations

• Continued to provide strong, innovative leadership in the global asset management space.

• Together with investment team, achieved competitive investment performance with 85%, 78% and 80% of funds in top two quartiles of their peer groups for 1-, 3-, and 5-year performance – exceeding plan.

• 116 funds across Columbia Threadneedle Investments earned Morningstar Rating of 4 or 5 stars.

• Focused on research intensity, incorporating responsible investment and data science in investment process.

• Increased role in representing investment strategies, resulting in improved sales and strengthening brand globally.

• Advanced efficiency goals through enhanced re-engineering efforts, delivering cost reductions and increasing capabilities of the investment team.

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Joseph E. Sweeney	2019 Compensation Decisions (thousands)
	Base Salary	$	550	–
President, Advice & Wealth Management Products & Service Delivery	Annual Cash Incentive		1,304	-7	%
	Long-Term Incentive Award		2,422	-7	%
	Total Direct Compensation	$	4,276	-7	%
	2019 Key Achievements and Compensation-Related Considerations

• Together with the products leadership team, delivered on a large, critical solutions agenda, including expanding our wealth management capabilities with an integrated custom advisory relationship.

• Delivered strong client net flows and wrap net flows, both significantly exceeding plan objectives.

• Led successful close and transition of the Ameriprise Auto & Home insurance business, achieving targeted economics.

• Successfully led strategic initiative to relaunch our bank, a critical future growth initiative.

• Enhanced contact center processes which led to J.D. Power certification and recognition for providing “An Outstanding Customer Service Experience”.

2017-2019 PSU Award Earnout (Granted Feb. 2017)

Performance goals were set at the beginning of the three-year period for average return on equity and the earnings per share compound annual growth rate. The table below includes the return on equity and earnings per share goals and how they correlate to Target, Maximum and Minimum award payouts. Results in between those points are interpolated. Actual performance resulted in the awards being earned at the maximum rating of 200% of target before application of the total shareholder return modifier. This was the final award that had a maximum payout of 200%. The PSU Awards granted beginning in 2018 (to be paid in February 2021) have a maximum payout of 150% of target based on return on equity and earnings per share performance, with a total shareholder return modifier of up to 25 percentage points.

Award Leverage	Average Return on Equity	Earning Per Share Compound Annual Growth Rate
2017-2019 Actual	35.6%	24.2%
Maximum (200%)	30.7% or above	21.0% or above
Target (100%)	28.9%	17.0%
Minimum (0%)	Below 24.9%	Below 9.0%
Performance Rating	200%	200%

Ameriprise’s total shareholder return performance for the 2017-2019 period was 22 percentage points above the S&P Financials index. However, given that the calculation already generated the maximum of 200% based on average return on equity and earnings per share performance, there was no total shareholder return adjustment to the final award calculation.

In evaluating the performance goals at the end of each period, the committee may adjust for certain approved predefined modifiers that were unknown or uncontrollable at the time goals were set. For the 2017-2019 period, the committee adjusted for annual insurance and annuity unlocking impacts, equity market performance above established ranges and benefits associated with tax reform.

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Compensation Policies and Practices

Executive Compensation Philosophy

Our executive compensation philosophy is to align the interests of executives with those of shareholders by designing incentives that are directly tied to actions which create sustainable long-term shareholder value. We believe that strong senior leadership is a critical driver of success for our business and for the financial services industry more broadly. The executive compensation program is designed to attract, reward and retain executive officers who create continual near- and long-term shareholder value by achieving the Company’s strategic goals.

Ongoing Assessment and Review

The Compensation and Benefits Committee closely monitors executive performance throughout the year to ensure pay continues to be aligned with long-term value creation goals.

Necessity of Multiple Levers & Metrics

Our detailed and balanced assessment of performance incorporates the multifaceted nature of our business and the unique drivers and challenges of each business segment.

Evolving Structure Reflecting Shareholder Input

We seek continued input and discussion from our investors through regular engagement, which has directly impacted the evolution of our executive compensation program over the years.

Stability of Leadership Team

With performance drivers being paramount, our compensation program supports stability of management and enhances our ability to recruit and retain top talent in a highly competitive industry.

Compensation Governance Practices

We are committed to ensuring that our executive compensation program and practices reflect principles of good governance as demonstrated by the following key aspects comprising our program and by those practices that we do not engage in.

What We Do
	Incorporate sound risk management and risk avoidance in our incentive plan design
	Robust stock ownership guidelines (10x base salary for CEO and 4x for other NEOs) and requirement for executives to hold a significant portion of stock once vested
	Require a “double trigger” to vest in long-term awards following a change in control
	Regularly review the governance of our programs and make revisions to align with market best practices
	Majority of NEO pay is performance based (94% for CEO, 90% for other NEOs)
	94% of CEO compensation is at risk; 70% of incentives are long-term
	Substantive shareholder engagement program to seek and incorporate feedback
	Newly enhanced clawback policy to include certain material misconduct in addition to financial restatements
	Half of equity awards granted as performance shares, with vesting contingent on further three-year performance period

What We Don’t Do
	No employment agreements
	No gross ups for potential excise taxes
	No repricing of stock options without shareholder approval
	No hedging against the decline in the value of our stock or pledging stock as security for a loan
	No special executive retirement arrangements
	Perquisite allowance eliminated in 2019

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Peer Group

Ameriprise Financial is comprised of, and a leader in, three separate core businesses: Advice & Wealth Management, Asset Management, and Protection & Annuities. With respect to the competitive environment, there is no single company that is comparable to us in every respect, primarily because most companies are focused on a single business line.

A competitive peer group is evaluated by the committee on an annual basis taking into account the advice of its independent compensation consultant to confirm the peer companies are appropriate given the size of our company, type and mix of business lines, and the industries we compete in for executive talent. Collectively, the competitive market data provides an important reference point and market check for the committee in determining how to position pay and is an important input to the consultant’s recommendation when determining the size of the target total incentive pool.

The peer group used for 2019 was reviewed by the committee early in the year and no changes were made. In connection with the committee’s decision to change its independent compensation consultant, the new consultant reviewed the peer group and determined that the peer group continues to be appropriate at this time.

Peer Group (Effective Feb. 2019)
Asset Management (n = 5)	Advice & Wealth Management (n = 5)	Protection & Annuities (n = 5)
Affiliated Managers	Bank of New York Mellon	Hartford Financial
BlackRock	Charles Schwab	Lincoln Financial
Franklin Resources	Northern Trust	Principal Financial
Invesco	PNC Financial	Prudential Financial
T. Rowe Price	State Street	Unum Group

The peer group is one of a number of inputs and reference points used by the committee. The committee also reviews and considers historical compensation levels for the executive officer and guidance provided by the committee’s compensation consultant. The actual total compensation paid to NEOs is based on the officer’s individual performance, in addition to the Company’s financial results and business and strategic accomplishments.

Stock Ownership and Retention Guidelines

The committee has established and maintains stock ownership and retention guidelines for our senior leaders to more closely align their interests with the long-term interests of our shareholders. We believe this commitment to stock ownership will continue to play a significant role in driving our success and creating long-term value.

Executive	Guideline	Actual FY End Ownership
CEO	10 times base salary	$57.1 million (55.7 times base salary)
Other NEOs	4 times base salary	$7.3 million (12.3 times base salary, on average)

The shares that count towards this ownership guideline include shares owned directly and shares or phantom stock units held in qualified or nonqualified plans. Shares underlying outstanding stock options, unearned PSUs as well as unvested RSUs do not count towards the ownership guideline.

To ensure achievement of the ownership goals, executive officers who have not yet attained the required level of ownership must retain 75% of any stock received upon vesting or upon exercise of stock options (net of shares withheld for taxes or exercise costs) until the ownership guideline is attained.

Clawback Policy

In 2019 in response to shareholder feedback, the committee approved an expanded clawback policy that covers the entire Executive Leadership Team and gives the committee the authority to recoup incentive compensation if the executive is found to have engaged in certain types of material misconduct, in addition to certain cases involving an accounting restatement. The new provision is effective for incentive awards made on or after January 1, 2020.

Post-Employment Compensation and Benefits

We do not enter into individual employment, severance or change in control agreements with our NEOs. Instead, the rights of our NEOs to post-employment compensation and benefits are covered by our compensation and benefit plans. Under this “plan approach,” the post-employment compensation and benefits of our NEOs are established uniformly and separately from the other compensation elements.

Our use of a plan approach provides many benefits when compared to entering into individual employment agreements with each NEO. In most instances, this method ensures consistent terms and provisions and allows us the flexibility to amend or change our practices in response to market trends and best practices. As part of the committee’s ongoing review of the Company’s programs, the committee’s independent consultant reviews our post-employment provisions on an annual basis.

Under our Senior Executive Severance Plan, severance benefits may become payable only in the event of certain involuntary terminations or if an executive is involuntarily or constructively

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terminated within two years following a change in control. We offer severance benefits upon certain limited involuntary terminations outside the executive officer’s control because we believe that the severance benefits provide income continuity, which results in greater management stability and minimized turnover.

Additionally, we have provisions designed to ensure that executives’ interests remain aligned with the interests of shareholders should a change in control occur. We believe that this “double trigger” requirement for qualifying terminations following a change in control maximizes shareholder value because it ensures our NEOs do not receive an unintended windfall by receiving a severance payment while maintaining their positions following a change in control.

Additional information regarding each element of our post-employment provisions, as well as detailed information on these benefits and the value of potential payments that our NEOs would receive in various scenarios, is provided in the section Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change of Control for Named Executive Officers, beginning on page 54.

Risk and Incentive Compensation

The committee is responsible for overseeing our incentive compensation arrangements, for aligning such arrangements with sound risk management and long-term growth and for verifying compliance with applicable regulations. Management, including representatives from each of our material businesses, as well as our human resources, finance, internal audit and legal departments, conduct an annual internal review of our executive and non-executive incentive compensation programs, policies and practices. Among other factors, the team reviews and discusses: the various design features and characteristics of Company-wide compensation policies and programs as well as those at the business unit level; the performance measures at the Company and business unit levels; and approval mechanisms of all incentive programs for all employees. The team’s objective is to determine whether any of these policies or programs could create risks that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company. The results of this assessment are shared with the Compensation and Benefits Committee each year.

The committee and management reviewed and discussed the structure of the Company’s compensation programs and practices and whether they are reasonably likely to have an adverse material effect on the Company. In addition, Semler Brossy reviewed and commented on FW Cook’s review of the Company’s executive compensation programs and practices, which was prepared in early 2019. Following its conversations with management and Semler Brossy, the committee concluded that our incentive compensation arrangements and practices do not create risks that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company.

The Committee reached this conclusion after considering a number of features of our incentive compensation structure that are designed to mitigate risk, including but not limited to:

• Our use of a variety of compensation vehicles that provide a balance of long- and short-term incentives with fixed and variable features, with an emphasis on long-term performance (except for certain sales and sales management positions, whose competitive pay framework is more heavily short-term and where business controls are present to moderate risk);

• Our performance goals that we believe are appropriate in light of past performance and market conditions;

• Our budgeting and internal controls and procedures are sufficient to prevent the manipulation of performance results to enhance payments under incentive compensation arrangements;

• Our stock ownership and retention guidelines for our senior leaders that call for significant stock ownership and align the interests of our senior leaders with the long-term interests of our shareholders;

• Our clawback policy for the Executive Leadership Team, which specifies the circumstances under which the Committee may exercise its discretion, to the extent permitted by law, to seek the reimbursement or forfeiture of certain cash or equity awards granted;

• Our CEO retains the discretion to adjust plans (other than those for our NEOs) throughout the year in response to changing business conditions or unexpected events; and

• Our policy prohibiting our directors and employees from hedging against a decline in the value of our stock in any way.

Also for 2019, at the request of the committee and consistent with our annual processes, its independent compensation consultant conducted a risk review and assessment of the Company’s executive compensation program in which the NEOs participate. In completing this review, the consultant considered such factors as: mix of total compensation; weighted performance metrics; equity incentive grant types and design; stock ownership guidelines; clawback policies; and performance assessment processes, among others.

The committee determined, taking into account the consultant’s review, the discussions with management and the report provided by management that our executive compensation program includes numerous risk-mitigating factors and does not contain features that induce imprudent risk taking.

Equity Grant Practices and Procedures

The committee has adopted a Long-Term Incentive Awards Policy that details the policies and procedures we use to grant stock options, RSUs and PSUs. The policy covers, among other topics: who has the authority to make grants; when grants may be made and when they become effective; required documentation; and our policy for making grants when the committee or our CEO is aware of material nonpublic information about us or our securities. A copy of this Policy is available on our website on the Corporate Governance page at ir.ameriprise.com. That site also includes an expected schedule of equity award grant dates for 2020 and will be updated for future years’ grant date schedules. The committee adopted the policy to document in one place the practices and procedures to be followed in making equity grants, and to provide the greatest possible transparency to our shareholders concerning our grant practices.

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The committee does not consider gains or losses from long-term and equity incentive awards made in prior years, such as stock option exercises and RSU vesting, in determining new incentive awards. The committee believes that reducing or limiting current stock option grants, RSUs or other forms of compensation because of prior gains realized by an executive officer would unfairly penalize the officer for high past performance and reduce the motivation for continued high achievement.

Other Considerations

Our incentive compensation programs have historically been designed and administered in a manner generally intended to preserve federal income tax deductions. However, the committee considers the tax and accounting consequences of using various forms of compensation and retains the discretion to pay compensation that is not tax deductible or could have adverse accounting consequences for the Company.

Accounting rules govern how to value stock and option awards as of the date of grant, and when those awards are to be recognized as compensation expense. Under this accounting standard, we calculate the full grant date value of awards using a variety of assumptions. This calculation is performed for accounting purposes, as an executive officer may never realize any value from the award. This may happen when the value of a share of stock on which the executive holds an option falls below the exercise price of the option and remains below the exercise price, rendering the option worthless to the executive. In the case of such options, we recognize accounting expense even though the executive officer may never realize any value from the options.

Supplemental Total Direct Compensation Table

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s rule for when equity awards are reported in the Summary Compensation Table results in a one-year lag between the time the equity awards are granted and when they are reported. As a result of the time lag, the equity awards granted in 2020 won’t appear in the Summary Compensation Table (see page 47) until our 2021 annual meeting proxy statement. We believe that the supplemental table below more clearly reflects our pay for performance philosophy and the compensation decisions made by the Compensation and Benefits Committee for the CEO and the other named executive officers for each performance year shown.

	Performance Year	Salary ($)	Annual Cash Incentive Awards ($)	Long-Term Incentive Awards(1) ($)	Total Direct Compensation ($)
James M. Cracchiolo Chairman and Chief Executive Officer	2019	1,025,000	5,805,000	11,700,000	18,530,000
	2018	1,025,000	6,386,000	14,899,000	22,310,000
	2017	1,025,000	11,190,000	16,785,000	29,000,000
Walter S. Berman Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	2019	675,000	2,641,000	4,905,000	8,221,000
	2018	675,000	2,879,000	5,346,000	8,900,000
	2017	675,000	3,770,000	5,655,000	10,100,000
William F. Truscott Chief Executive Officer, Global Asset Management	2019	675,000	2,100,000	3,900,000	6,675,000
	2018	675,000	2,265,000	4,205,000	7,145,000
	2017	675,000	2,890,000	4,335,000	7,900,000
Colin Moore Executive Vice President and Global Chief Investment Officer	2019	475,000	1,823,000	3,385,000	5,683,000
	2018	475,000	1,986,000	3,689,000	6,150,000
	2017	475,000	2,610,000	3,915,000	7,000,000
Joseph E. Sweeney President, Advice & Wealth Management Products and Service Delivery	2019	550,000	1,304,000	2,422,000	4,276,000
	2018	550,000	1,409,000	2,616,000	4,575,000
	2017	550,000	1,700,000	2,550,000	4,800,000

(1) This column shows the grant date fair value for stock options and restricted stock awards and the target value as of the grant date for performance share units.

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Summary Compensation Table

The following table contains compensation information for our chief executive officer, chief financial officer, and the three other executive officers who were the most highly compensated for the year ended December 31, 2019.

Name & Principal Position	Year	Salary ($)	Bonus ($)	Stock Awards ($)(1)	Option Awards ($)(1)	Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation ($)(2)	Change in Pension Value and Non- Qualified Deferred Compensation Earnings ($)(3)	All Other Compensation ($)(4)	Total ($)
James M. Cracchiolo Chairman and Chief Executive Officer	2019	1,025,000	0	4,257,000	3,192,000	5,805,000	2,208,699	579,231	24,516,930
				7,450,000
	2018	1,025,000	0	4,196,000	4,196,000	6,386,000	926,553	619,971	25,742,524
				8,393,000
	2017	1,025,000	0	1,624,000	3,070,000	11,190,000	1,466,887	830,422	23,900,309
				4,694,000
Walter S. Berman Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	2019	675,000	0	1,439,000	1,234,000	2,641,000	810,113	170,468	9,642,581
				2,673,000
	2018	675,000	0	1,414,000	1,414,000	2,879,000	651,169	212,453	10,072,622
				2,827,000
	2017	675,000	0	534,000	1,069,000	3,770,000	571,114	259,976	8,169,090
				1,290,000
William F. Truscott Chief Executive Officer, Global Asset Management	2019	675,000	0	1,132,000	970,000	2,100,000	627,201	119,000	7,726,201
				2,103,000
	2018	675,000	0	1,084,000	1,084,000	2,265,000	112,702	127,465	7,515,167
				2,167,000
	2017	675,000	0	436,000	874,000	2,890,000	363,556	158,000	6,656,556
				1,260,000
Colin Moore Executive Vice President and Global Chief Investment Officer	2019	475,000	0	993,000	852,000	1,823,000	296,985	795	6,284,780
				1,844,000
	2018	475,000	0	979,000	979,000	1,986,000	154,830	1,349	6,532,179
				1,957,000
	2017	475,000	0	463,000	925,000	2,610,000	211,344	761	5,885,105
				1,200,000
Joseph E. Sweeney President, Advice & Wealth Management Products and Service Delivery	2019	550,000	0	704,000	604,000	1,304,000	542,857	101,765	5,114,622
				1,308,000
	2018	550,000	0	638,000	638,000	1,409,000	133,354	133,299	4,775,653
				1,274,000
	2017	550,000	0	240,000	480,000	1,700,000	314,396	152,540	4,036,936
				600,000

(1)	The numbers in these columns are not the grant date fair value of restricted stock awards, performance shares, and stock options awarded to the named executive officer for 2019 performance. These amounts represent the grant date fair value of restricted stock awards, performance shares, and stock options for 2018 performance, but granted on February 1, 2019. For 2019, there are two amounts listed in the stock awards column. The top number is the restricted stock award earned for 2018. The bottom number is the performance share award granted at target for 2018. The actual number of performance shares that will be earned at the vesting date is dependent upon future company performance and the PSU awards have a minimum payout of 0% and a maximum payout of 150% of target based on average return on equity and earnings per share growth, with a total shareholder return modifier up or down 25 percentage points.
	The Company calculates the grant date fair value of restricted stock awards, performance shares, and stock options in accordance with the applicable accounting rules. The grant date fair value represents the total compensation expense that the Company will recognize for restricted stock awards and stock options whereas the total compensation expense for performance shares will ultimately be the market value as of the vesting date.
	For the grant date fair value of restricted stock awards, we use the closing share price on the grant date which does take into account future dividends to be paid on restricted shares. Those dividends will be the same as those paid to other shareholders.
	For the grant date fair value of performance share awards, we use the closing share price on the grant date which does take into account future dividend equivalents to be paid on performance shares once fully vested and earned. Those dividend equivalents will be the same as those paid to other shareholders over the three-year performance period.
	In order to calculate the grant date fair value of stock options, we use the Black-Scholes option pricing model. For the stock options that became effective on February 1, 2019, we used the following assumptions for purposes of the Black-Scholes option pricing model: (i) an expected life of 5 years for each option; (ii) a dividend yield of 3.00%; (iii) an expected stock price volatility of 26.91%; and (iv) a risk-free rate of return of 2.437%.

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(2)	This column represents the non-equity incentive plan compensation earned by the named executive officers. For 2019, this number is the cash incentive award that was earned for 2019 performance. For 2018, this number is the cash incentive award that was earned for 2018 performance. For 2017, this number is the cash incentive award that was earned for 2017 performance.
(3)	These 2019 amounts represent the changes in pension value for calendar year 2019 under the Company’s retirement plans as described in the Pension Benefits Table of this proxy statement, effective December 31 of each fiscal year.
(4)	The 2019 amounts disclosed for All Other Compensation primarily consist of: (i) employer contributions under the 401(k) plan; (ii) a Company matching contribution on voluntary deferrals of the 2019 cash incentive award under the deferred compensation plan that are credited in the form of deferred share units; (iii) the cost of maintaining a Company leased apartment for business travel to Minneapolis; (iv) the incremental cost associated with certain personal use of the aircraft and Company-provided vehicle and driver, as required by the Company’s security program (defined below); (v) club membership fees which are used primarily for business purposes; (vi) Company reimbursement of spousal travel for certain Company events; and (vii) gifts provided in conjunction with Company events. As a part of the CEO security program approved by the Compensation and Benefits Committee, the Company provided Mr. Cracchiolo with the following: home security system monitoring, maintenance, and repair for his personal residencies; use of a car and driver for business and commuting purposes; and use of our corporate aircraft by Mr. Cracchiolo and others for business and personal travel.
	For purposes of calculating the 2019 incremental cost for use of the car and driver, a per mile rate was determined using vehicle maintenance, fuel, and toll expenses and applying the calculated rate to all miles associated with commuting or personal use. The Company used the following methodology for determining the incremental cost for personal usage of the corporate aircraft: (a) when used solely for personal travel, an hourly flight rate (that considers fuel, maintenance, and miscellaneous flight costs) plus any direct expense associated with in-flight catering is applied; and (b) when others accompany executives during regular business travel, the incremental cost reflects those direct expenses associated with in-flight catering only. For purposes of calculating the incremental cost of the personal use of corporate aircraft during 2019, the following per flight hourly costs were used, rounded to the nearest dollar: $5,100, $5,303 or $5,329, depending upon the aircraft used.
	The following table shows the breakout of the major categories of All Other Compensation for the year ended December 31, 2019.

Name	Company Contributions to the 401(k) ($)	Matching Contributions to Deferred Compensation Plan ($)	Cost of Maintaining a Company Leased Apartment ($)	Personal Use of Corporate Aircraft ($)	Home Security System Monitoring, Maintenance, and Repair for Personal Residencies ($)
James M. Cracchiolo	14,000	290,250	56,271	146,594	29,211
Walter S. Berman	14,000	132,050	21,778	600	0
William F. Truscott	14,000	105,000	0	0	0
Colin Moore	0	0	0	0	0
Joseph E. Sweeney	14,000	65,200	21,800	200	0

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Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2019

The table below shows the long-term incentive and equity awards made to our named executive officers in 2019. These awards were based on 2018 performance and funded from the 2018 total incentive pool. Stock options will not have value unless there is an increase in share price above the option exercise price. Performance share and cash awards will not have value unless minimum performance results are achieved. The Compensation and Benefits Committee approved the awards at its meeting held on January 29, 2019. The awards became effective as of the grant date shown in the table.

			Estimated Future Payouts Under Equity Incentive Plan Awards and Performance Awards(1)				All Other Stock Awards	All Other Option Awards (# of securities	Exercise or Base Price	Grant Date
	Grant Date			Threshold	Target (#)	Maximum (#)	(# of shares of Stock or Units) (#)(2)	Underlying Options) (#)(3)	of Option Awards ($/share)(4)	Fair Value of Awards ($)(5)
James M. Cracchiolo		2/1/2019		NA	58,712	102,746				7,450,000
		2/1/2019					33,548			4,257,000
		2/1/2019						129,401	126.89	3,192,000
Walter S. Berman		2/1/2019		NA	21,065	36,863				2,673,000
		2/1/2019					11,340			1,439,000
		2/1/2019						50,025	126.89	1,234,000
William F. Truscott		2/1/2019		NA	16,573	29,002				2,103,000
		2/1/2019					8,921			1,132,000
		2/1/2019						39,323	126.89	970,000
Colin Moore		2/1/2019		NA	14,532	25,431				1,844,000
		2/1/2019					7,825			993,000
		2/1/2019						34,539	126.89	852,000
Joseph E. Sweeney		2/1/2019		NA	10,308	18,039				1,308,000
		2/1/2019					5,548			704,000
		2/1/2019						24,485	126.89	604,000

(1)	This represents the number of performance shares awarded. These awards are scheduled to vest at the end of a three-year performance period and the number of performance shares/units that will be earned will be based on earnings per share growth, average return on equity, and relative total shareholder return performance. The PSU Awards have a minimum payout of 0% and a maximum payout of 150% of target based on average return on equity and earnings per share growth, with a total shareholder return modifier up or down 25 percentage points.
(2)	This represents the number of restricted shares awarded. These awards are scheduled to vest over a three-year period in increments of one-third per year.
(3)	This represents the number of stock options awarded. These awards are scheduled to vest over a three-year period in increments of one-third per year.
(4)	The exercise price is equal to the closing market price of Ameriprise Financial stock on the grant date.
(5)	These amounts are the grant date fair value of the stock options, restricted stock awards, and performance awards as represented by the total ASC 718 compensation expense that will be recognized for these awards. The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to estimate its compensation cost for stock option awards. The assumptions used in the Black-Scholes model for grants made on February 1, 2019 were: (i) an expected life of 5 years for each option; (ii) a dividend yield of 3.00%; (iii) an expected stock price volatility of 26.91%; and (iv) a risk-free rate of return of 2.437%.

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Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End 2019

The following table contains information regarding outstanding equity awards held by the named executive officers as of December 31, 2019.

		Option Awards(3)								Stock Awards(4)
							Equity
							Incentive
							Plan Awards:							Number of		Market
		Number of			Number of		Number of					Number of		Unearned		Value of
		Securities			Securities		Securities					Shares or		Performance		Shares or
		Underlying			Underlying		Underlying					Units of		Share Units		Units of
		Unexercised			Unexercised		Unexercised	Option				Stock That		of Stock That		Stock That
	Option	Option Shares			Option Shares		Unearned	Exercise		Option	Restricted	Have Not		Have Not		Have Not
	Grant	Exercisable			Unexercisable		Options	Price		Expiration	Stock Grant	Vested		Vested		Vested
	Date(1)	(#)			(#)		(#)	($/Share)		Date	Date(1)	(#)		(#)(5)		($)(6)
James M. Cracchiolo	02/07/2014		169,313	(2)					107.6100	02/07/2024	02/06/2017		4,389				731,120
	02/02/2015		186,058	(2)					128.7600	02/02/2025	02/06/2017				38,048		6,338,036
	02/01/2016		191,808	(2)					87.7900	02/01/2026	01/26/2018		15,554				2,590,985
	02/06/2017		72,222			36,112			123.3700	02/06/2027	01/26/2018				46,669		7,774,122
	01/26/2018		39,944			79,890			179.8400	01/26/2028	02/01/2019		33,548				5,588,426
	02/01/2019					129,401			126.8900	02/01/2029	02/01/2019				58,712		9,780,245
Walter S. Berman	02/07/2014		54,910	(2)					107.6100	02/07/2024	02/06/2017		1,444				240,542
	02/02/2015		60,506	(2)					128.7600	02/02/2025	02/06/2017				10,456		1,741,760
	02/01/2016		62,955	(2)					87.7900	02/01/2026	01/26/2018		5,242				873,212
	02/06/2017		25,148			12,575			123.3700	02/06/2027	01/26/2018				15,719		2,618,471
	01/26/2018		13,460			26,922			179.8400	01/26/2028	02/01/2019		11,340				1,889,017
	02/01/2019					50,025			126.8900	02/01/2029	02/01/2019				21,065		3,509,008
William F. Truscott	02/07/2014		54,910	(2)					107.6100	02/07/2024	02/06/2017		1,178				196,231
	02/02/2015		58,874	(2)					128.7600	02/02/2025	02/06/2017				10,213		1,701,282
	02/01/2016		53,129	(2)					87.7900	02/01/2026	01/26/2018		4,018				669,318
	02/06/2017		20,560			10,281			123.3700	02/06/2027	01/26/2018				12,049		2,007,122
	01/26/2018		10,319			20,639			179.8400	01/26/2028	02/01/2019		8,921				1,486,060
	02/01/2019					39,323			126.8900	02/01/2029	02/01/2019				16,573		2,760,730
Colin Moore	02/07/2014		51,958	(2)					107.6100	02/07/2024	02/06/2017		1,252				208,558
	02/02/2015		54,655	(2)					128.7600	02/02/2025	02/06/2017				9,726		1,620,157
	02/01/2016		36,754	(2)					87.7900	02/01/2026	01/26/2018		3,629				604,519
	02/06/2017		21,760			10,881			123.3700	02/06/2027	01/26/2018				10,881		1,812,557
	01/26/2018		9,319			18,640			179.8400	01/26/2028	02/01/2019		7,825				1,303,489
	02/01/2019					34,539			126.8900	02/01/2029	02/01/2019				14,532		2,420,741
Joseph E. Sweeney	02/07/2014		24,853	(2)					107.6100	02/07/2024	02/06/2017		649				108,110
	02/02/2015		27,466	(2)					128.7600	02/02/2025	02/06/2017				4,863		810,079
	02/01/2016		26,711	(2)					87.7900	02/01/2026	01/26/2018		2,365				393,962
	02/06/2017		11,292			5,646			123.3700	02/06/2027	01/26/2018				7,084		1,180,053
	01/26/2018		6,073			12,147			179.8400	01/26/2028	02/01/2019		5,548				924,186
	02/01/2019					24,485			126.8900	02/01/2029	02/01/2019				10,308		1,717,107

(1)	For better understanding of this table, we have included additional columns showing the grant date of stock options, restricted stock, and performance share units.
(2)	These stock options are fully vested. The vesting schedule for these stock options was disclosed in the tables from prior proxy statements.
(3)	Stock options vest according to the following:

Option Grant Date	Vesting Schedule	Remaining Vesting Dates
02/06/2017	33.33% vests each year for three years beginning one year from date of grant	02/06/2020
01/26/2018	33.33% vests each year for three years beginning one year from date of grant	01/26/2020 and 01/26/2021
02/01/2019	33.33% vests each year for three years beginning one year from date of grant	02/01/2020, 02/01/2021, and 02/01/2022

(4) Restricted stock vests according to the following:

Restricted Stock
Grant Date	Vesting Schedule	Remaining Vesting Dates
02/06/2017	33.33% vests each year for three years beginning one year from date of grant	02/06/2020
01/26/2018	33.33% vests each year for three years beginning one year from date of grant	01/26/2020 and 01/26/2021
02/01/2019	33.33% vests each year for three years beginning one year from date of grant	02/01/2020, 02/01/2021, and 02/01/2022

(5)

Performance share units cliff vest at the end of the three-year performance period (e.g., the performance share units granted in 2019 will vest on the payout date in February 2022), and are subject to the achievement of the established performance measures. The PSU Awards have a minimum payout of 0% and a maximum payout of 150% of target based on average return on equity and earnings per share growth, with a total shareholder return modifier up or down 25 percentage points.

(6)

The market value of restricted stock and performance share units is based on a market closing price on the NYSE of $166.58 on December 31, 2019.

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Option Exercises and Stock Vested in 2019

The following table contains all stock option exercises and vesting events of restricted stock awards and performance share units for all named executive officers during fiscal year 2019.

	Option Awards		Stock Awards		Performance Share Units
	Number		Number		Number
	of Shares	Value	of Shares	Value	of Shares	Value
	Acquired on	Realized on	Acquired on	Realized on	Acquired on	Realized on
	Exercise	Exercise	Vesting	Vesting	Vesting	Vesting
	(#)	($)	(#)	($)(5)	(#)	($)(5)
James M. Cracchiolo			7,777(1)	941,950(i)	51,987(4)	6,793,661(iv)
			6,189(2)	785,322(ii)
			4,387(3)	555,789(iii)
Walter S. Berman			2,620(1)	317,334(i)	17,062(4)	2,229,662(iv)
			2,032(2)	257,840(ii)
			1,442(3)	182,687(iii)
William F. Truscott			2,009(1)	243,330(i)	14,392(4)	1,880,747(iv)
			1,713(2)	217,363(ii)
			1,178(3)	149,241(iii)
Colin Moore			1,814(1)	219,712(i)	14,950(4)	1,953,666(iv)
			1,782(2)	226,118(ii)
			1,250(3)	158,363(iii)
Joseph E. Sweeney			1,182(1)	143,164(i)	7,234(4)	945,339(iv)
			863(2)	109,506(ii)
			648(3)	82,095(iii)

(1)	On 1/26/2019, the following restricted stock awards vested:
	For Mr. Cracchiolo: a total of 7,777 shares vested, 2,793 of these shares were withheld to cover taxes, and a net of 4,984 shares were delivered.
	For Mr. Berman: a total of 2,620 shares vested, 919 of these shares were withheld to cover taxes, and a net of 1,701 shares were delivered.
	For Mr. Truscott: a total of 2,009 shares vested, 637 of these shares were withheld to cover taxes, and a net of 1,372 shares were delivered.
	For Mr. Moore: a total of 1,814 shares vested, 572 of these shares were withheld to cover taxes, and a net of 1,242 shares were delivered.
	For Mr. Sweeney: a total of 1,182 shares vested, 418 of these shares were withheld to cover taxes, and a net of 764 shares were delivered.
(2)	On 2/1/2019, the following restricted stock awards vested:
	For Mr. Cracchiolo: a total of 6,189 shares vested, 2,918 of these shares were withheld to cover taxes, and a net of 3,271 shares were delivered.
	For Mr. Berman: a total of 2,032 shares vested, 643 of these shares were withheld to cover taxes, and a net of 1,389 shares were delivered.
	For Mr. Truscott: a total of 1,713 shares vested, 477 of these shares were withheld to cover taxes, and a net of 1,236 shares were delivered.
	For Mr. Moore: a total of 1,782 shares vested, 483 of these shares were withheld to cover taxes, and a net of 1,299 shares were delivered.
	For Mr. Sweeney: a total of 863 shares vested, 259 of these shares were withheld to cover taxes, and a net of 604 shares were delivered.
(3)	On 2/6/2019, the following restricted stock awards vested:
	For Mr. Cracchiolo: a total of 4,387 shares vested, 2,107 of these shares were withheld to cover taxes, and a net of 2,280 shares were delivered.
	For Mr. Berman: a total of 1,442 shares vested, 456 of these shares were withheld to cover taxes, and a net of 986 shares were delivered.
	For Mr. Truscott: a total of 1,178 shares vested, 328 of these shares were withheld to cover taxes, and a net of 850 shares were delivered.
	For Mr. Moore: a total of 1,250 shares vested, 339 of these shares were withheld to cover taxes, and a net of 911 shares were delivered.
	For Mr. Sweeney: a total of 648 shares vested, 195 of these shares were withheld to cover taxes, and a net of 453 shares were delivered.
(4)	On 2/15/2019, the following performance share awards vested:
	For Mr. Cracchiolo: a total of 51,987 shares vested, 26,558 of these shares were withheld to cover taxes, and a net of 25,429 shares were delivered.
	For Mr. Berman: a total of 17,062 shares vested, 8,356 of these shares were withheld to cover taxes, and a net of 8,706 shares were delivered.
	For Mr. Truscott: a total of 14,392 shares vested, 6,501 of these shares were withheld to cover taxes, and a net of 7,891 shares were delivered.
	For Mr. Moore: a total of 14,950 shares vested, 6,646 of these shares were withheld to cover taxes, and a net of 8,304 shares were delivered.
	For Mr. Sweeney: a total of 7,234 shares vested, 3,424 of these shares were withheld to cover taxes, and a net of 3,810 shares were delivered.
(5)	The value realized on vesting for restricted stock and performance share awards was based on the market closing price of an Ameriprise share on the date of vesting.
	(i)	For 1/26/2019, the market closing price was $121.12 per share.
	(ii)	For 2/1/2019, the market closing price was $126.89 per share.
	(iii)	For 2/6/2019, the market closing price was $126.69 per share.
	(iv)	For 2/15/2019, the market closing price was $130.68 per share.

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Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation for 2019

This table provides information about the Ameriprise Financial Deferred Compensation Plan. A named executive officer may only participate in the plan if he elects to defer receipt of compensation that would otherwise be payable in cash. All named executive officers except for Mr. Moore elected to participate in the plan for the 2019 performance year.

The amounts shown in the column “Executive Contributions” come from a deferral of the named executive officer’s cash incentive award. If the named executive officer had not chosen to defer these amounts, we would have paid these amounts in cash. The amounts shown in this column are part of the dollar amount shown in the Summary Compensation Table on page 47, in the column “Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation” for 2019. The amount shown in the column “Executive Contributions” is not an additional award to the named executive officer.

				Aggregate
			Aggregate	Withdrawals/		Aggregate
			Earnings in	Distributions in		Balance as of
	Executive	Company	Last Fiscal	Last Fiscal		December 31,
	Contributions(1)	Contributions(2)	Year(3)	Year(4)		2019(5)
	($)	($)	($)	($)		($)
James M. Cracchiolo	1,161,000	290,250	15,390,589	0		58,061,613
Walter S. Berman	528,200	132,050	3,706,415	0		16,051,718
William F. Truscott	420,000	105,000	303,767	(739,395	)	2,829,336
Colin Moore	0	0	0	0		0
Joseph E. Sweeney	260,800	65,200	170,725	(371,305	)	1,634,498

(1)	These amounts are included in the Summary Compensation Table on page 47 in the column captioned “Non-Equity Incentive Compensation Plan Compensation” for 2019. These deferrals will not be credited to deferral accounts until after December 31, 2019 and therefore are not included in the column “Aggregate Balance as of December 31, 2019.”
(2)	These amounts are included in the Summary Compensation Table on page 47 in the column labeled “All Other Compensation.” Executives received a 25% Company matching contribution on deferrals of 2019 cash incentive awards (deferrals eligible for matching contributions are limited to 20% of such awards). The Company matching contributions are notionally credited to the Ameriprise Common Stock Fund, which tracks the performance of Ameriprise Financial common stock and are subject to a three-year cliff vesting period. The Company matching contributions will not be credited to deferral accounts until after December 31, 2019, and therefore are not included in the column “Aggregate Balance as of December 31, 2019.”
(3)	These amounts represent the change in market value on amounts previously deferred under the Deferred Compensation Plan, based on the actual market-rate returns and dividend equivalents credited to deferral accounts for the period January through December 2019. Participants are able to allocate their deferrals among a number of investment options that track the performance of select mutual funds, Ameriprise Financial common stock, and the Moody’s Corporate Bond Yield Index. Future values are not guaranteed and will fluctuate based on changes in the market value of selected investment options.
(4)	These amounts represent distributions received in 2019 from compensation previously deferred by participants and related vested company matching contributions. Under the Deferred Compensation Plan, participants make an irrevocable election to have deferrals distributed in a lump sum or installments at a future date.
(5)	These numbers include amounts previously reported as compensation in Summary Compensation Tables for previous years for Messrs. Cracchiolo ($30,124,550); Berman ($9,417,013); Truscott ($7,198,298); and Sweeney ($1,353,250). The amounts shown in the table above for Messrs. Cracchiolo, Berman, Truscott, and Sweeney include amounts that they deferred prior to our spin-off from American Express Company as a public company on September 30, 2005. As a result, those amounts have not been previously reported as compensation in a Summary Compensation Table included in one of our annual meeting proxy statements. Each aggregate balance reflects the deduction of an $80 annual administrative fee.

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Pension Benefits in 2019

The following table presents information about the participation of our named executive officers in our retirement programs. Assumptions used for purposes of valuation are included in the footnotes.

	Plan	Number of Years Credited Service	Present Value of Accumulated Benefits(1) ($)	Payments Made During Fiscal 2019 ($)
James M. Cracchiolo	Retirement Plan	37	874,385	0
	Supplemental Retirement Plan	37	15,973,010	0
	Total	37	16,847,395	0
Walter S. Berman	Retirement Plan	51	710,320	0
	Supplemental Retirement Plan	51	5,888,174	0
	Total	51	6,598,494	0
William F. Truscott	Retirement Plan	18	316,850	0
	Supplemental Retirement Plan	18	3,775,752	0
	Total	18	4,092,602	0
Colin Moore	Retirement Plan	17	145,812	0
	Supplemental Retirement Plan	17	1,639,203	0
	Total	17	1,785,015	0
Joseph E. Sweeney	Retirement Plan	36	738,445	0
	Supplemental Retirement Plan	36	2,494,045	0
	Total	36	3,232,490	0

(1) The Ameriprise Financial Retirement Plan is a defined benefit pension plan, commonly referred to as a cash balance plan, which covers eligible employees of the Company. Each payroll period, the Company credits the account of each participating employee with an amount equal to a percentage of such employee’s pension eligible pay (generally, base salary and annual cash incentive compensation, subject to the applicable calendar year limit ($275,000 for 2019), but excluding long-term incentive compensation) for that period. The percentage varies with the employee’s age and years of service. The plan was amended on March 1, 2010, to lower the applicable contribution percentages and base it on years of service only and no longer consider an employee’s age. Employees who were eligible for the plan on March 1, 2010 continue to receive the percentage that they were receiving under the “Previous Table” prior to the change, until and if such time the percentage under the “New Table” became more favorable. The plan was further amended effective April 10, 2020, to close participation to new employees and to provide that contribution percentages for existing participants will no longer increase with additional years of service. Existing participants, however, will continue to receive the contribution percentage they are receiving in 2020 until they leave the Company or move to an ineligible position. New employees will not be eligible for the Ameriprise Financial Retirement Plan and will receive a Company Base Contribution in the Ameriprise Financial 401(k) Plan. Employees who participate in the Retirement Plan are not eligible for the Company Base Contribution.

Previous Table Sum of Age Plus Years of Service	Applicable Percentage
Less than 35		2.50	%
35-44		3.25
45-59		4.25
60-74		5.75
75-89		8.00
90 or more		10.00
New Table (effective March 1, 2010) Years of Service		Applicable Percentage
Less than 5		2.50	%
5-9		3.25
10-14		4.00
15 and over		5.00

The retirement plan credits participants with interest on their balances. The retirement plan sets the fixed interest rate each year based on the average of the daily five-year U.S. Treasury Note yields for the previous October 1 through November 30. The minimum interest rate is 5%. The maximum rate is the lower of 10% or a specific rate set by the U.S. government under the tax laws. For 2019, the interest rate was 5%.

When an employee retires or terminates employment and is vested, the retirement plan will pay out the cash balance amounts. The retirement plan will make these payments in the form and at the time the employee elects, including payment in a single lump sum or as an annuity. An annuity obligates the retirement plan to make payments in monthly installments over time, in amounts based on plan assumptions as to life expectancy and the value of making payments in the future. Employees may choose similar methods of payment for benefits they earned before July 1, 1995. The retirement plan balances vest after completing three years of service, reaching age 65, or upon disability or death.

The Ameriprise supplemental retirement plan is a non-qualified pension plan that allows participants to receive retirement plan contributions on pension earnings that exceed applicable limits under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The supplemental retirement plan balances vest after completing three years of service, reaching age 65, or upon disability or death.

The retirement plan account balances for Messrs. Cracchiolo, Berman, Truscott, Moore, and Sweeney as of December 31, 2019 were $823,630; $710,320; $286,543; $137,156; and $661,999, respectively. The supplemental retirement plan account balances for Messrs. Cracchiolo, Berman, Truscott, Moore, and Sweeney as of December 31, 2019 were $14,326,227; $5,628,917; $3,242,481; $1,468,013; and $2,121,919, respectively. For all of the named executive officers, their retirement plan or supplemental retirement plan balances are fully vested. The December 31, 2019 values shown in the table above for the retirement plan assumes a discount rate of 3.18% and a discount rate of 3.06% for the supplemental retirement plan. The values assume an interest crediting rate of 5.00% and a retirement age of 65, or current age for Mr. Berman, for both the retirement plan and the supplemental retirement plan.

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Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change of Control for Named Executive Officers

The tables below describe the potential termination payments for the named executive officers under various termination of employment scenarios as if they occurred on December 31, 2019. As noted earlier, the Company does not have employment, severance, or change in control agreements with any of the named executive officers. Rather, the rights of our executives with respect to specific events, including death, disability, severance, or retirement, or a change in control of the Company, are covered by certain compensation and benefit plans of the Company, the material terms of which are summarized below.

We are providing two sets of tables for each named executive officer to show you what the officer would receive if he no longer worked for the Company. The first table shows the vested plan amounts that the named executive officer would receive if he left the Company for any reason. Any other employee participating in these plans would also receive any vested amounts in these plans if he no longer worked for the Company. The second table shows what the named executive officer would receive under various hypothetical situations resulting in a termination of his employment. The second table does not include amounts disclosed in the first table.

Both tables assume that the named executive officer’s employment terminated on December 31, 2019. Because the numbers disclosed are calculated as of that date and are subject to other estimates and assumptions, the actual amounts the named executive officer may receive may differ materially from those shown in the tables. Additional information on the calculations for the payouts are outlined in the common set of footnotes to the tables. Unless otherwise specified in the common set of footnotes to the tables, all payments and benefits would be provided by Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

In addition to the amounts disclosed in these tables, the named executive officer would also receive any restricted stock that vested on or before his termination date. The officer would also be able to exercise any vested stock options. For more information, please see the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End 2019 table on page 50.

Ameriprise Financial Senior Executive Severance Plan

To be eligible for severance benefits under this plan, a named executive officer must be terminated in connection with a workforce reduction, closure, or other similar event. Additionally, an employee who is involuntarily or constructively terminated within two years after a change in control is eligible for severance benefits. The severance amount is based upon a multiple of (i) the named executive officer’s annual base compensation plus (ii) the average bonus and incentive amount over the previous three years. The named executive officer also is entitled to the bonus amount that he otherwise would have received for the year in which the termination occurred, pro-rated for the period of employment during that year. During the severance period, medical and dental benefits will continue and we have the right to continue other programs.

The severance amount is payable in installments according to our regular payroll schedule, except that the payments which would be made during the sixth month period following termination will be made in a lump sum on the first payroll period of the seventh month following termination. If the named executive officer is reemployed by us, he must repay any severance amounts paid and forfeit any severance amounts not yet paid to the extent that those amounts relate to the portion of the severance period after the date of reemployment.

In addition, a named executive officer who incurs an involuntary or constructive termination within two years after a change in control will have a credit made to his book reserve account in the Ameriprise Financial Supplemental Retirement Plan as of the date of termination equal to the value of employer contributions that would have been made to the Ameriprise Financial Retirement Plan, the Ameriprise Financial 401(k) Plan, the Ameriprise Financial Supplemental Retirement Plan, or other similar plans during the period for which the employee receives severance payments under this Plan.

A change in control under the Senior Executive Severance Plan generally occurs if an unrelated person or entity acquires at least 30% of the voting power of our securities, an unrelated person or entity acquires at least 50% of the total voting power of our securities and at least 50% of the total fair market value of our equity or assets, or a majority of our Board is replaced during any 12-month period with persons whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of our Board before the date of appointment or election.

A constructive termination occurs if, within two years after a change in control, a named executive officer resigns or otherwise terminates employment without consent for any of the following reasons: (i) a reduction in overall total compensation opportunity; (ii) relocation to a location more than 35 miles from the named executive officer’s primary residence and more than 50 miles from the named executive officer’s then current work location; or (iii) a significant reduction in the named executive officer’s position, title, duties, or responsibilities. To constitute a constructive termination, the named executive officer must provide the Company with a thirty-day period to remedy the situation.

Beginning in 2012, the gross-up provisions for excise taxes were eliminated and replaced with a best net approach, under which a named executive officer will receive reduced severance benefits if it results in a more favorable after-tax benefit for the officer.

Accelerated Vesting of Equity Compensation

We eliminated the “single-trigger” acceleration of unvested incentive compensation upon a change in control for future awards of equity compensation granted on or after January 1, 2013. Instead, the vesting of awards granted on or after January 1, 2013, will only accelerate upon a “double-trigger” (change in control followed by termination for good reason or involuntary termination not for cause within two years).

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Annual Cash Incentive Compensation

A pro rata annual cash incentive award may become payable in the event an executive is involuntarily or constructively terminated within two years of a change in control. The pro rata payment of these awards rewards the executive for performance prior to the change in control of his performance prior to the change in control transactions.

Detrimental Conduct Agreements

To help protect our competitive position, the named executive officers have signed detrimental conduct agreements. Detrimental conduct includes: working for certain competitors; soliciting our customers or employees; and disclosing confidential information for a period of up to one year after termination of employment.

The detrimental conduct agreements include a provision that requires the named executive officers to forfeit or repay the proceeds from some or all of their long-term incentive awards received up to two years prior to the end of their employment if they engage in conduct that is detrimental to us. In addition, the severance and post-employment benefits described above require the named executive officer to sign an agreement that includes a general release and other restrictive covenants, in addition to the detrimental conduct agreement. The detrimental conduct agreement was updated in November 2014 to reflect the current competitive environment and applicable laws. Key provisions of the policy, including the repayment terms, were not changed. The revisions generally provide more details about the noncompete and nonsoliciation provisions, and also address the enforceability in a few states with different employment laws.

James M. Cracchiolo

The following tables describe the potential termination payments for Mr. Cracchiolo for the various termination of employment scenarios, assuming separation of employment on December 31, 2019. These amounts are in addition to the payout of vested stock options and restricted stock awards listed on page 51.

Vested Plan Balances Payable Upon Termination of Employment for any Reason⁽¹⁾

Retirement Plan	$	823,630
401(k) Plan		4,664,000
Supplemental Retirement Plan		15,270,861
Deferred Compensation Plan		58,061,613
Total	$	78,820,104

	Other Amounts Payable Upon Termination of Employment
							Involuntary or
							Good Reason
							Termination
	Voluntary				Involuntary		following a		Termination		Termination
	Termination/		For Cause		Not for Cause		Change in		Due to		Due to
	Retirement		Termination		Termination		Control(10)		Disability		Death
Severance benefit(2)	$	0	$	0	$17,637,333		$	26,456,000	$	0	$	0
Payment of annual cash incentive
award(3)		5,805,000		0		5,805,000		8,788,000		5,805,000		5,805,000
Accelerated vesting of long-term
performance share unit awards(4)		0		0		0		14,780,866		14,780,866		14,780,866
Accelerated vesting of stock options(4)		0		0		0		6,696,325		6,696,325		6,696,325
Accelerated vesting of restricted
stock awards(4)		0		0		0		8,910,531		8,910,531		8,910,531
Continued contributions to
supplemental retirement plan(5)		0		0		0		2,159,230		0		0
Accelerated vesting of deferred
compensation plan match(6)		0		0		0		0		0		0
Continued participation in health and
welfare benefits(7)		0		0		28,484		42,726		0		0
Payout of life insurance benefits(8)		0		0		0		0		0		2,500,000
Present value of disability benefits(9)		0		0		0		0		761,657		0
Total	$	5,805,000	$	0	$	23,470,817	$	67,833,678	$	36,954,379	$	38,692,722

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Walter S. Berman

The following tables describe the potential termination payments for Mr. Berman for the various termination of employment scenarios, assuming separation of employment on December 31, 2019. These amounts are in addition to the payout of vested stock options and restricted stock awards listed on page 51.

Vested Plan Balances Payable Upon Termination of Employment for any Reason⁽¹⁾

Retirement Plan	$	710,320
401(k) Plan		942,162
Supplemental Retirement Plan		5,761,666
Deferred Compensation Plan		16,051,718
Total	$	23,465,866

	Other Amounts Payable Upon Termination of Employment
							Involuntary or
							Good Reason
							Termination
	Voluntary				Involuntary		following a		Termination		Termination
	Termination/		For Cause		Not for Cause		Change in		Due to		Due to
	Retirement		Termination		Termination		Control(10)		Disability		Death
Severance benefit(2)	$	0	$	0	$	5,657,500	$	11,315,000	$	0	$	0
Payment of annual cash incentive award(3)		2,641,000		0		2,641,000		3,324,500		2,641,000		2,641,000
Accelerated vesting of long-term
performance share unit awards(4)		0		0		0		4,657,077		4,657,077		4,657,077
Accelerated vesting of stock options(4)		0		0		0		2,528,858		2,528,858		2,528,858
Accelerated vesting of restricted stock awards(4)		0		0		0		3,002,771		3,002,771		3,002,771
Continued contributions to
supplemental retirement plan(5)		0		0		0		1,174,250		0		0
Accelerated vesting of deferred compensation plan match(6)		0		0		0		0		0		0
Continued participation in health and welfare benefits(7)		0		0		20,649		41,299		0		0
Payout of life insurance benefits(8)		0		0		0		0		0		675,000
Present value of disability benefits(9)		0		0		0		0		0		0
Total	$	2,641,000	$	0	$	8,319,149	$	26,043,755	$	12,829,706	$	13,504,706

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William F. Truscott

The following tables describe the potential termination payments for Mr. Truscott for the various termination of employment scenarios, assuming separation of employment on December 31, 2019. These amounts are in addition to the payout of vested stock options and restricted stock awards listed on page 51.

Vested Plan Balances Payable Upon Termination of Employment for any Reason⁽¹⁾

Retirement Plan	$	286,543
401(k) Plan		1,061,889
Supplemental Retirement Plan		3,508,522
Deferred Compensation Plan		2,829,336
Total	$	7,686,290

	Other Amounts Payable Upon Termination of Employment
	Voluntary Termination/ Retirement		For Cause Termination		Involuntary Not for Cause Termination		Involuntary or Good Reason Termination following a Change in Control(10)		Termination Due to Disability		Termination Due to Death
Severance benefit(2)	$	0	$	0	$	4,640,000	$	9,280,000	$	0	$	0
Payment of annual cash incentive award(3)		2,100,000		0		2,100,000		2,577,500		2,100,000		2,100,000
Accelerated vesting of long-term performance share unit awards(4)		0		0		0		3,959,606		3,959,606		3,959,606
Accelerated vesting of stock options(4)		0		0		0		2,004,972		2,004,972		2,004,972
Accelerated vesting of restricted stock awards(4)		0		0		0		2,351,610		2,351,610		2,351,610
Continued contributions to supplemental retirement plan(5)		0		0		0		506,750		0		0
Accelerated vesting of deferred compensation plan match(6)		0		0		0		0		0		0
Continued participation in health and welfare benefits(7)		0		0		30,204		60,408		0		0
Payout of life insurance benefits(8)		0		0		0		0		0		675,000
Present value of disability benefits(9)		0		0		0		0		1,165,421		0
Total	$	2,100,000	$	0	$	6,770,204	$	20,740,846	$	11,581,609	$	11,091,188

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Colin Moore

The following tables describe the potential termination payments for Mr. Moore for the various termination of employment scenarios, assuming separation of employment on December 31, 2019. These amounts are in addition to the payout of vested stock options and restricted stock awards listed on page 51.

Vested Plan Balances Payable Upon Termination of Employment for any Reason⁽¹⁾

Retirement Plan	$	137,156
401(k) Plan		0
Supplemental Retirement Plan		1,468,013
Deferred Compensation Plan		0
Total	$	1,605,169

	Other Amounts Payable Upon Termination of Employment
	Voluntary Termination/ Retirement		For Cause Termination		Involuntary Not for Cause Termination		Involuntary or Good Reason Termination following a Change in Control(10)		Termination Due to Disability		Termination Due to Death
Severance benefit(2)	$	0	$	0	$	3,922,000	$	5,229,333	$	0	$	0
Payment of annual cash incentive award(3)		1,823,000		0		1,823,000		2,298,000		1,823,000		1,823,000
Accelerated vesting of long-term performance share unit awards(4)		0		0		0		3,635,442		3,635,442		3,635,442
Accelerated vesting of stock options(4)		0		0		0		1,841,021		1,841,021		1,841,021
Accelerated vesting of restricted stock awards(4)		0		0		0		2,116,565		2,116,565		2,116,565
Continued contributions to supplemental retirement plan(5)		0		0		0		289,967		0		0
Accelerated vesting of deferred compensation plan match(6)		0		0		0		0		0		0
Continued participation in health and welfare benefits(7)		0		0		20,210		26,947		0		0
Payout of life insurance benefits(8)		0		0		0		0		0		1,900,000
Present value of disability benefits(9)		0		0		0		0		777,431		0
Total	$	1,823,000	$	0	$	5,765,210	$	15,437,275	$	10,193,459	$	11,316,028

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Joseph E. Sweeney

The following tables describe the potential termination payments for Mr. Sweeney for the various termination of employment scenarios, assuming separation of employment on December 31, 2019. These amounts are in addition to the payout of vested stock options and restricted stock awards listed on page 51.

Vested Plan Balances Payable Upon Termination of Employment for any Reason⁽¹⁾

Retirement Plan	$	661,999
401(k) Plan		1,639,524
Supplemental Retirement Plan		2,173,609
Deferred Compensation Plan		1,634,498
Total	$	6,109,630

	Other Amounts Payable Upon Termination of Employment
	Voluntary Termination/ Retirement		For Cause Termination		Involuntary Not for Cause Termination		Involuntary or Good Reason Termination following a Change in Control(10)		Termination Due to Disability		Termination Due to Death
Severance benefit(2)	$	0	$	0	$	3,031,500	$	6,063,000	$	0	$	0
Payment of annual cash incentive award(3)		1,304,000		0		1,304,000		1,554,500		1,304,000		1,304,000
Accelerated vesting of long-term performance share unit awards(4)		0		0		0		2,169,149		2,169,149		2,169,149
Accelerated vesting of stock options(4)		0		0		0		1,215,773		1,215,773		1,215,773
Accelerated vesting of restricted stock awards(4)		0		0		0		1,426,258		1,426,258		1,426,258
Continued contributions to supplemental retirement plan(5)		0		0		0		527,790		0		0
Accelerated vesting of deferred compensation plan match(6)		0		0		0		0		0		0
Continued participation in health and welfare benefits(7)		0		0		24,548		49,096		0		0
Payout of life insurance benefits(8)		0		0		0		0		0		550,000
Present value of disability benefits(9)		0		0		0		0		1,242,134		0
Total	$	1,304,000	$	0	$	4,360,048	$	13,005,566	$	7,357,314	$	6,665,180

(1)	In the event of termination of employment for any reason, the executive is eligible to receive these vested amounts under the Company’s retirement, 401(k), supplemental retirement, and deferred compensation plans. The amounts deferred under the Deferred Compensation Plan will also be paid out immediately following a change in control, including any amounts of unvested company match which will become vested upon a change in control.
(2)	Under the Ameriprise Financial Senior Executive Severance Plan, the severance multiples for involuntary not for cause termination unrelated to a change in control were reduced for Mr. Cracchiolo and other executive officers. Beginning in 2012, the severance multiple for Mr. Cracchiolo was reduced from three times the sum of base salary and highest annual cash incentive award received over the previous three years to two times the sum of base salary and the average annual cash incentive award over the previous three years. For the named executive officers other than Mr. Cracchiolo, the severance multiple is one and one-half times the sum of base salary and the average annual cash incentive award over the last three years. For involuntary termination not for cause or constructive termination within two years following a change in control, severance is equal to the following multiples of the sum of base salary plus the average annual cash incentive award received over the previous three years: Mr. Cracchiolo (three times); Messrs. Berman, Truscott, and Sweeney (three times); and any new executive officer hired or promoted after March 19, 2008 which includes Mr. Moore (two times). For all participants under the Ameriprise Financial Senior Executive Severance Plan, the severance benefit is payable in biweekly installments, beginning on the seventh month following the executive’s termination of employment (i.e., following a six-month delay), not exceeding the duration during which the executive is entitled to receive severance benefits under the plan.
(3)	If an executive leaves due to involuntary not for cause termination unrelated to change in control, retirement, death or disability, the amount paid to the executive for their annual cash incentive award for the year in which their termination of employment occurs is prorated to reflect the period of the year that was worked, based on actual performance, and fully discretionary. The hypothetical amount shown in the table is based on the actual cash incentive award earned for 2019 performance. In the event of involuntary termination not for cause within two years of a change of control, the executive will receive the average of the prior two years’ annual cash incentive awards in a lump sum following the executive’s termination of employment. The hypothetical amount shown in the table is based on the average of the actual cash incentive awards earned for 2017 and 2018.
(4)	In the event of death or disability, vesting accelerates for all outstanding stock options, restricted shares, and on a prorated basis for all outstanding performance shares. For all awards, vesting of outstanding stock options, restricted shares, and performance shares is not accelerated solely due to a change in control and also requires an involuntary or good reason termination of employment within two years following the change in control. In such an instance, vesting is accelerated in full for outstanding stock options and restricted shares and on a prorated basis for outstanding performance shares. In the event of retirement, outstanding restricted shares, performance shares, and stock options granted in the year of retirement are forfeited. For awards granted prior to the year of retirement, vesting does not accelerate upon retirement but the awards remain outstanding and continue to vest.

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(5)	In the event of involuntary termination not for cause or constructive termination within two years of a change of control, the executive will receive the value of Company contributions that would have been made on his behalf to the Company’s retirement, 401(k), and supplemental retirement plans during the severance period. Immediately upon a change in control, the entire value of each executive’s account under the supplemental retirement plan will be transferred to a trust established for this purpose. Continued contributions will be credited to the executive’s account under the supplemental retirement plan as of the date of the executive’s termination of employment. Payment is made from the trust in a lump sum or annual installments based on the executive’s distribution election under the supplemental retirement plan.
(6)	In the event of a change of control, death or disability, vesting fully accelerates on the Company match portion of the deferred compensation plan for all participants, and each participant is paid his deferred compensation plan balance shortly following the triggering event (i.e., death, disability, or change in control). For participants who are retirement eligible (applicable to our named executive officers), the Company match is currently fully vested.
(7)	In the event of involuntary termination not for cause or good reason termination of employment within two years of the change in control, the executive is provided continued participation in the medical, dental, and life insurance benefits during the severance period.
(8)	Reflects the life insurance benefit payable for both Company-provided and employee-purchased coverage. All employees including the named executive officers are provided a Company-funded coverage of one times base salary.
(9)	In the event of disability, the executive would be eligible to receive disability income as long as they remained disabled until reaching age 65. The amount shown indicates the present value of potential future disability payments that would be received between December 31, 2019 and the executive reaching age 65, using a 3.88% discount rate.
(10)	Beginning in 2012, named executive officers are no longer eligible to receive a payment from the Company to put the executive in the same after-tax position as if no excise taxes under the Internal Revenue Code Section 280G had been imposed. This excise tax reimbursement and gross up by the Company was eliminated for all executive officers.

CEO Pay Ratio

SEC rules require public companies to disclose the ratio of the annual total compensation of their chief executive officer to the median of the annual total compensation of all of the Company’s employees, other than the chief executive officer. For Ameriprise we explain below how we made reasonable efforts to identify the median employee and calculate both the individual’s annual total compensation and the annual total compensation of our chief executive officer for this purpose. As permitted by the SEC, we have used reasonable estimates, assumptions, and methodologies to prepare this disclosure.

Because the SEC gives companies flexibility to calculate their CEO pay ratio in a manner that best suits their facts and circumstances, our CEO pay ratio is specific to Ameriprise and should not be used as a basis for comparison with the CEO pay ratios disclosed by other companies.

Given our divestiture of Ameriprise Auto & Home insurance in 2019, we identified a new median employee this year rather than reference the same median employee that we used the prior two years (as permitted by the SEC). Consistent with prior years, we identified our median employee by using total cash compensation: base salary plus any cash bonuses or commissions. We included the total cash compensation of our approximately 12,500 full- and part-time employees – including our employee financial advisors – from all 20 countries in which we operate, as of December 31, 2019. We did not include our approximately 7,700 franchise financial advisors even though they form a significant part of our business, because they –and their staff – are not our employees. We did not make any cost of living adjustments, or account separately for regional pay differences other than converting foreign currencies to US dollars.

Next, we calculated our median employee’s annual total compensation using the same methodology that we use for our chief executive officer and our other named executive officers for purposes of the Summary Compensation Table on page 47. We then added the value of company-provided insurance. This is consistent with how we communicate with our employees through our My Ameriprise employee value proposition.

Using this methodology, our median employee’s annual total compensation for 2019 was $106,428. We also added the value of company-provided insurance ($14,242) to our CEO’s 2019 annual total compensation as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. The resulting ratio of our CEO’s annual total compensation to the annual total compensation of our median employee was 230:1.

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Certain Transactions

Related Person Transaction Review Policy

Our Audit Committee has adopted a written policy which provides procedures for the review, approval or ratification of certain transactions required to be reported under applicable rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Any amendments to the policy require Audit Committee approval.

Reportable transactions include those in which we are a participant and in which a related person has a direct or indirect interest. Related persons include: our directors, director nominees and executive officers; any person known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of our voting securities; and certain family members of, or certain other persons sharing the household of, any of our directors, director nominees or executive officers or holders of more than five percent of our voting securities.

Standards to be applied to the review of related person transactions include, but are not limited to, the following:

• materiality of such transaction;

• benefits of such transaction to us;

• structure of such transaction;

• the extent of the related person’s interest, benefit or influence in such transaction;

• whether the terms of such transaction are on an arm’s length basis with terms no less favorable than terms generally available to an unaffiliated third-party under the same or similar circumstances or otherwise can be determined as fair to us; and

• whether means are available to manage any actual or apparent conflict of interest that may arise under such transaction following the time it is approved or entered into.

The Audit Committee of our Board of Directors, as well as the Audit Committee’s chair acting alone under delegated authority, have the responsibility to review, approve, disapprove or ratify related person transactions. Any Audit Committee member who is a related person under a transaction that is the subject of review is recused from voting upon any approval, disapproval or ratification of that transaction. Conditions operative to the transaction or to the relationship with the related person may be included in an approval or ratification.

Transactions with Other Companies

In the usual course of our business, we have transactions with many other firms. Some of the directors or officers of these firms may also serve as directors or officers for us or our subsidiaries. We carry out our transactions with these firms on customary terms. The directors and officers who serve us, our subsidiaries or the other firms involved may not have knowledge of these transactions.

Transactions Between the Company and Our Directors and Officers

Our executive officers and directors may from time to time take out loans from certain of our subsidiaries on the same terms that these subsidiaries offer to the general public. By way of example, our broker- dealer subsidiary Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC may extend margin loans (except margin loans to acquire the Company’s stock) to our directors and executive officers under their brokerage accounts. All indebtedness from these transactions is in the ordinary course of our business and is on the same terms, including interest rates, in effect for comparable transactions with other people. Such indebtedness involves normal risks of collection and does not have features or terms that are unfavorable to our subsidiaries.

Our executive officers and directors may also have transactions with us or our subsidiaries involving other goods and services, such as insurance, brokerage and investment services. These transactions are also in the usual course of our business and we provide them on terms that we offer to our employees (with respect to executive officers) or to the public (with respect to our outside directors) generally.

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Transactions with Significant Shareholders

From time to time we may engage in ordinary course relationships and commercial transactions with our significant shareholders or their subsidiaries. We do not believe that these transactions are material to our Company.

• In the usual course of our Advice & Wealth Management business, we provide to BlackRock, Inc. or its affiliates (“BlackRock”) distribution services and marketing support in connection with the sale of BlackRock products to our clients. We received approximately $28.5 million in marketing support and related payments from BlackRock in 2019 in connection with these services.

• In the usual course of our Asset Management business, we obtain investment advisory or sub-advisory services from BlackRock. We paid approximately $167 thousand in fees to BlackRock in 2019 in connection with these investment advisory or sub-advisory services.

• In the usual course of our Asset Management business, Vanguard Group, Inc. (Vanguard) provides distribution and marketing support in connection with the distribution of our investment products. We paid approximately $153 thousand in fees to Vanguard in 2019 in connection with these services.

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General Information

We are holding the 2020 annual meeting at 11:00 a.m. Central time, on Wednesday, April 29, 2020, at the Company’s Minneapolis headquarters and invite you to attend in person. An admission ticket is required for the annual meeting. Please see additional information about how to attend the meeting on page 63. If you need special assistance at the meeting because of a disability, you may contact Thomas R. Moore, our Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Chief Governance Officer, by telephone at (612) 678-0106, by email at thomas.r.moore@ampf.com or by writing to him at 1098 Ameriprise Financial Center, Minneapolis, MN 55474. We have arranged for a live audio webcast of the 2020 annual meeting to be accessible to the general public on the Internet at ir.ameriprise.com.

We provide our shareholders with the choice of accessing the 2020 annual meeting proxy materials over the Internet, rather than receiving printed copies of those materials through the mail. In connection with this process, a Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials is being mailed to our shareholders who have not previously requested electronic access to our proxy materials or paper proxy materials. The notice contains instructions on how you may access and review our proxy materials on the Internet and how you may submit a proxy for your shares over the Internet. The notice will also tell you how to request our proxy materials in printed form or by email, at no charge. The notice contains a 12-digit control number that you will need to submit a proxy for your shares. Please keep the notice for your reference through the meeting date.

Voting Information

Record Date

You may vote all shares that you owned as of March 2, 2020, which is the record date for the annual meeting. On March 2, 2020, we had 122,968,570 common shares outstanding at the close of business. Each common share is entitled to one vote on each matter properly brought before the meeting.

Ownership of Shares

You may own common shares in one of the following ways:

• directly in your name as the shareholder of record, which includes restricted stock awards issued to employees under our long-term incentive plans;

• indirectly through a broker, bank, trustee, or other holder of record in “street name”; or

• indirectly in the Ameriprise Financial, Inc. Stock Fund of our 401(k) Plan.

If your shares are registered directly in your name, you are the holder of record of these shares and we are sending a Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials directly to you. As the holder of record, you have the right to submit your proxy, by telephone, by the Internet or by mail (if you request to receive your proxy materials by mail), or to vote in person at the meeting. If you hold your shares in street name, your broker, bank, trustee, or other holder of record is sending a Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials to you. As a holder in street name, you have the right to direct your broker, bank or other holder of record how to vote by submitting voting instructions in the manner directed by your bank, broker, trustee, or other holder of record.

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Regardless of how you hold your shares, we invite you to attend the annual meeting. To attend the meeting, you must have been a shareholder at the close of business on the record date of March 2, 2020, and you will need to bring an admission ticket. If you are a shareholder who plans to send a proxy or qualified representative to represent you at the annual meeting, it is also important to note that under our amended and restated By-Laws, the following provisions apply: (i) no later than five business days prior to the annual meeting, a shareholder who has proposed business or made a nomination in accordance with the amended and restated By-Laws for consideration at the annual meeting must provide the full name(s) and current residential address of any person(s) authorized to act as a qualified representative for such shareholder in order for such qualified representative to gain admission to the annual meeting to present the proposed business or nomination on such shareholder’s behalf; and (ii) no more than three persons who are authorized to act as proxy or a qualified representative for a shareholder may attend the annual meeting. You should review Article I, Section 1.10(c) of our By-Laws for additional information. We have posted our amended and restated By-Laws on our website on the Corporate Governance page at ir.ameriprise.com.

How to Vote

The Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials that most of our shareholders will receive will have information about submitting your proxy online but is not permitted to include a telephonic voting number because that would enable a shareholder to vote without accessing the proxy materials online. The telephonic voting number will be on the website where the proxy materials can be found. For more information about submitting your proxy by telephone, please see the next two sections.

Your Vote is Important. We encourage you to submit your proxy promptly. Internet and telephone proxy submission is available through 10:00 a.m. Eastern time on Sunday, April 26, 2020, for shares held in the Ameriprise 401(k) plan and through 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, April 28, 2020, for all other shares. You may submit your proxy or vote in one of the following ways:

	Submit Your Proxy by Internet. You may submit your proxy by the Internet. The Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials indicates the website you may access for Internet proxy submission using the 12-digit control number included in the notice. You may submit your proxy by the Internet 24 hours a day. You will be able to confirm that the system has properly recorded your voting instructions. If you hold your shares in street name, please follow the Internet proxy submission instructions in the Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials you receive from your bank, broker, trustee, or other record holder. You may incur telephone and Internet access charges if you submit your proxy by the Internet.
	Submit Your Proxy by Telephone. You have the option to submit your proxy by telephone. In order to submit your proxy by telephone, please go to www.proxyvote.com and log in using the 12-digit control number provided on your Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials. You will be provided with a telephone number for submitting your proxy at that site. Alternatively, if you request paper copies of the proxy materials, your proxy card or voting instruction form will have a toll-free telephone number that you may use to submit your proxy. When you submit your proxy by telephone, you will be required to enter your 12-digit control number, so please have it available when you call. You may submit your proxy by telephone 24 hours a day. The telephone proxy submission system has easy-to-follow instructions and allows you to confirm that the system has properly recorded your voting instructions.
	Submit Your Proxy by Mail. If you elect to receive your proxy materials by mail and you are a holder of record, you can submit your proxy by marking, dating, and signing your proxy card and returning it by mail in the postage-paid envelope provided to you. If you elect to receive your proxy materials by mail and you hold your shares in street name, you can submit your voting instructions by completing and mailing the voting instruction form provided by your bank, broker, trustee, or holder of record.
	Vote at the Meeting. Submitting a proxy now will not limit your right to change your vote at the meeting if you attend in person. If you hold your shares in street name, you must obtain a proxy, executed in your favor, from the holder of record if you wish to vote your shares at the meeting in person. All shares for which proxies have been properly submitted and not revoked will be voted as you have directed at the meeting. If you sign and return your proxy card without voting instructions for a proposal, your shares will be voted as the Board of Directors recommends for that proposal.

Revocation of Proxies

You can revoke your proxy at any time before your shares are voted if you:

(1)	submit a written revocation to our corporate secretary at the meeting;
(2)	submit a timely later-dated proxy or voting instruction form if you hold shares in street name;
(3)	provide timely subsequent telephone or Internet voting instructions; or
(4)	vote in person at the meeting.

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Shares Held Under the Ameriprise Financial 401(k) Plan

If you participate in the Ameriprise Financial 401(k) Plan and invest in the Ameriprise Financial, Inc. Stock Fund, your proxy card includes shares that the plan has credited to your account. To allow sufficient time for the plan trustee to vote, the trustee must receive your voting instructions by 10:00 a.m. Eastern time, on Sunday, April 26, 2020. If the plan trustee does not receive your instructions by that date, the trustee will vote your shares in the same proportion of votes that the trustee receives from other plan participants who did vote.

Confidential Voting

We maintain the confidentiality of the votes of individual shareholders. We do not disclose these votes to any member of management unless we must disclose them for legal reasons or in the event of a contested proxy solicitation. However, if a shareholder writes a comment on the proxy card, we will forward the comment to management. In reviewing the comment, management may learn how the shareholder voted. In addition, the Inspector of Elections and selected employees of our independent tabulating agent may have access to individual votes in the normal course of counting and verifying the vote.

Votes Required for Proposals How We Count Votes

Item		To elect directors and adopt the other proposals, the following proportion of votes is required:	Routine/ Non-Routine	Treatment of Abstentions	Treatment of Broker Non-Votes
	To elect the nine director nominees named in the proxy statement	Under the majority voting standard, in an uncontested election, a nominee must receive a number of “For” votes that exceeds 50% of the votes cast (excluding abstentions)*	Non-routine	No effect; not included in numerator or denominator.	No effect; not included in numerator or denominator.
	To approve the compensation of the named executive officers by a nonbinding advisory vote	The affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast	Non-routine	No effect; not included in numerator or denominator.	No effect; not included in numerator or denominator.
	To ratify the Audit Committee’s selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2020	The affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast	Routine	No effect; not included in numerator or denominator.	No effect; not included in numerator or denominator.

The Board of Directors recommends that you vote “FOR” each of the nominees in Item (1) and “FOR” Items (2) and (3). Properly submitted proxies will be voted “FOR” each such Item unless otherwise specified.

* If an uncontested incumbent nominee for director does not receive an affirmative majority of “For” votes, he or she will be required to promptly tender his or her resignation to the Board. The independent Nominating and Governance Committee will then make a recommendation to the Board as to whether the tendered resignation should be accepted or rejected, or whether other action should be taken. The Board will publicly announce its decision regarding the tendered resignation and the rationale behind it within 90 days after the election results have been certified. The director who tendered the resignation will not be permitted to vote on the recommendation of the Nominating and Governance Committee or the Board’s decision with respect to his or her tendered resignation.

Quorum and Required Vote

Quorum

We will have a quorum and will be able to conduct the business of the annual meeting if the holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares entitled to vote at the meeting are either present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting.

Routine and Non-Routine Proposals

The rules of the New York Stock Exchange determine whether proposals presented at shareholder meetings are routine or non-routine. If a proposal is routine, a broker or other entity holding shares for an owner in street name may vote on the proposal without receiving voting instructions from the owner under certain circumstances. If a proposal is non-routine, the broker or other entity may vote on the proposal only if the owner has provided voting instructions. A broker non-vote occurs when the broker or other entity is unable to vote on a proposal because the proposal is non-routine and the owner does not provide any voting instructions.

The rules of the New York Stock Exchange make all of the proposals to be considered at the annual meeting non-routine items except for the proposal to ratify the Audit Committee’s selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2020. This

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means that brokers who do not receive voting instructions from their clients as to how to vote their shares for Items (1) and (2) can’t exercise discretion to vote their clients’ shares. Therefore, it is important that you instruct your broker as to how you wish to have your shares voted on these proposals, even if you wish to vote as recommended by the Board of Directors.

How We Count Votes

In determining whether we have a quorum for the annual meeting, we count abstentions and broker non-votes as present and entitled to vote. For your convenience, we have provided the chart on the previous page to show whether each item being voted on is routine or non-routine under the rules of the New York Stock Exchange. The chart also shows how abstentions and broker non-votes will be treated in determining the outcome of voting on each item.

Multiple Shareholders Sharing the Same Address

For those shareholders requesting paper proxy materials who share a single address and would like to receive only one annual report and proxy statement at that address, please contact our corporate secretary. This service, known as “householding,” is designed to reduce our printing and postage costs. If after signing up for householding any shareholder residing at such an address wishes to receive a separate annual report or proxy statement in the future, he or she may contact our corporate secretary. The contact information for our corporate secretary is provided on page 63 under “General Information.”

Cost of Proxy Solicitation

We will pay the expenses of soliciting proxies. Our directors, officers or employees may solicit proxies for us in person, or by telephone, facsimile or electronic transmission for no additional compensation. We have hired D.F. King & Co., Inc. to help us distribute and solicit proxies. We will pay D.F. King $20,000 plus expenses for these services.

Requirements, Including Deadlines, for Submission of Proxy Proposals, Nomination of Directors and Other Business by Shareholders

Shareholder proposals included in our proxy statement. Under Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 14a-8, if a shareholder wants us to include a proposal in our proxy statement and form of proxy for the 2021 annual meeting of shareholders, our corporate secretary must receive the proposal at his office by no later than November 20, 2020. Proposals that are mailed, faxed, emailed or otherwise delivered to anyone other than our corporate secretary must still be received by the corporate secretary no later than November 20, 2020.

Shareholder nominees included in our proxy statement (“proxy access”). Under our By-Laws, shareholders may nominate a person for election as a director at an annual meeting to be included in our proxy statement if the shareholders satisfy certain requirements. Generally, a shareholder, or group of up to 20 shareholders, must own at least 3% of our outstanding shares and have held those shares for at least three years to be eligible to make a proxy access nomination. Shareholders who meet these requirements may nominate the greater of two directors or directors representing twenty percent of the directors constituting our board of directors. If a shareholder wants to nominate a director to be included in our proxy statement and form of proxy for the 2021 annual meeting of shareholders, our corporate secretary must receive the nomination at his office no earlier than October 21, 2020 and no later than November 20, 2020. However, if we hold the annual meeting on a date that is not within 30 days of this year’s annual meeting, we must receive the notice no earlier than 150 days before the annual meeting and no later than 120 days before the annual meeting or ten days after our first public announcement of the annual meeting date.

If you will be nominating a director for election to be included in our proxy statement, there are special requirements that apply. These requirements are contained in Article I, Section 1.16 of our amended and restated By-Laws, which are posted on the Corporate Governance page at ir.ameriprise.com.

If you will be submitting a shareholder proposal under SEC Rule 14a-8 acting as a proxy or attorney-in-fact on behalf of a shareholder-proponent, there are special requirements that apply. These requirements are contained in Article I, Section 1.10(c)(iv) of our amended and restated By-Laws, which are posted on our website on the Corporate Governance page at ir.ameriprise.com.

Shareholder items of business and director nominees not included in our proxy statement. Under our By-Laws, and as the Securities and Exchange Commission rules permit, shareholders must follow certain procedures to nominate a person for election as a director at an annual or special meeting, or to introduce an item of business at an annual meeting. Under these procedures, shareholders must submit the proposed nominee or item of business by delivering a written notice to the corporate secretary of the Company at our principal executive offices. Our corporate secretary must receive notice as follows on the date specified:

• Normally we must receive notice of a shareholder’s intention to introduce a nomination or proposed item of business for an annual meeting not less than 90 days or more than 120 days before the first anniversary of the prior year’s meeting. Assuming that our 2020 annual meeting is held on schedule, we must receive notice pertaining to the 2021 annual meeting no earlier than December 30, 2020, and no later than January 29, 2021.

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• However, if we hold the annual meeting on a date that is not within 30 days before or 60 days after such anniversary date, we must receive the notice no more than 120 days before the annual meeting date and no later than the later of the 90^th day prior to the annual meeting date or ten days after our first public announcement of the annual meeting date.

• If we hold a special meeting to elect directors, we must receive a shareholder’s notice of intention to introduce a nomination no earlier than the 120^th day prior to the special meeting date and no later than the later of the 90^th day prior to the special meeting date or ten days after our first public announcement of the special meeting date and the nominees proposed by the Board.

Any notice that is mailed, faxed, emailed or otherwise delivered to anyone other than our corporate secretary must still be received by the corporate secretary no later than the relevant date specified above.

Our By-Laws require a nominee to deliver signed forms of a questionnaire, representation, and agreement that our corporate secretary will provide upon request. A notice of a proposed item of business must include a description of and the reasons for bringing the proposed business to the annual meeting, any material interest of the shareholder in the business and certain other information about the shareholder.

The Board and our management have not received notice of, and are not aware of, any business to come before the meeting other than the items we refer to in this proxy statement. If any other matter comes before the meeting, the named proxies will use their best judgment in voting the proxies.

It is very important that you read the applicable By-Law requirements carefully and comply with them. If you have any questions about these requirements, please contact our corporate secretary and chief governance officer, Thomas R. Moore, by telephone at (612) 678-0106, by email at thomas.r.moore@ampf.com, or by writing to him at 1098 Ameriprise Financial Center, Minneapolis, MN 55474. He will be happy to answer your questions.

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We have made available on the Internet our 2019 Annual Report to Shareholders in connection with this proxy solicitation. If you would like a copy of our 2019 Form 10-K, excluding certain exhibits, please contact Thomas R. Moore, Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Chief Governance Officer, Ameriprise Financial, Inc., 1098 Ameriprise Financial Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55474. We will provide a copy without charge.

Please submit your proxy by telephone or Internet or sign, date and return your proxy card or voting instruction form in the prepaid envelope you received if you requested paper copies of our proxy materials.

We encourage you to attend the April 29, 2020, meeting. To attend the 2020 annual meeting, you must have been a shareholder as of the record date of March 2, 2020, and you will need to bring an admission ticket. You will be asked to provide valid photo identification. You must print an admission ticket at www.proxyvote.com. You will need the 12-digit control number printed on your Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, voting instruction form or proxy card.

If you are attending the meeting as a proxy or qualified representative of a shareholder, please bring a form of identification bearing your photograph and written evidence of your authority to act on behalf of the shareholder, bearing the shareholder’s signature.

Please note that seating is limited, and admission is on a first-come, first-served basis. If you cannot attend the meeting in person, you can listen to the live broadcast on our Investor Relations page at ir.amperiprise.com. No cameras, cellular telephones, pagers, or other electronic or recording devices will be allowed to be used in the meeting room. Anyone attending the annual meeting must observe the rules approved by the Board of Directors, which are printed in the meeting agenda.

With the evolving developments associated with COVID-19, our Board of Directors is considering a virtual annual meeting reflecting government health directives and our efforts to protect the health and safety of our shareholders, employees, directors, and others. A virtual annual meeting or electronic annual meeting is a meeting where shareholders, management, and directors are not physically in the same room but meet through means of remote communication.

We would publicly announce a determination to hold a virtual annual meeting in a news release available at www.ameriprise.com and issue a second Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders as soon as practicable. In that event, our 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders would be conducted solely virtually on the above date and time, via live audio webcast and there will be no physical meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota. You or your proxyholder may participate, vote, and examine our shareholder list at the virtual annual meeting by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/amp2020 and using your 16-digit control number, but only if the meeting is not held in Minneapolis.

By order of the Board of Directors,

Thomas R. Moore

Vice President, Corporate Secretary and

Chief Governance Officer

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Appendix

GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliations

($ in millions)	Full Year 2018			Full Year 2019			% Over/(Under)
Total net revenues	$	12,835		$	12,967			1%
Less: CIEs revenue		127			88
Less: Net realized investment gains (losses)		10			(6	)
Less: Market impact on indexed universal life benefits		(7	)		—
Less: Integration/restructuring charges		—			(3	)
Less: Gain on Disposal of Business		—			213
Less: Market impact of hedges on investments		11			(35	)
Adjusted operating total net revenues		12,694			12,710			0%
Less: Unlocking		78			5
Less: Auto & Home net revenues		283			—
Adjusted operating total net revenues excluding Ameriprise Auto & Home	$	12,333		$	12,705			3%

($ in millions, except per share amounts)	Full Year 2018			Full Year 2019			Per Diluted Share Full Year 2018			Per Diluted Share Full Year 2019			% Over/(Under)
Net income	$	2,098		$	1,893		$	14.20		$	13.92			(2)%
Less: net income (loss) attributable to the CIEs		(1	)		1			(0.01	)		0.01
Add: Integration/restructuring charges(1)		19			17			0.13			0.12
Add: Market impact on variable annuity guaranteed benefits(1)		31			579			0.21			4.26
Add: Market impact on indexed universal life benefits(1)		17			12			0.12			0.09
Add: Market impact on fixed index annuity benefits(1)		(1	)		—			(0.01	)		—
Add: Mean reversion related impacts(1)		33			(57	)		0.22			(0.42	)
Add: Market impact of hedges on investments(1)		(11	)		35			(0.08	)		0.26
Less: Net realized investment losses (gains)(1)		9			(4	)		0.06			(0.03	)
Less: Gain on disposal of business(1)		—			213			—			1.57
Tax effect of adjustments(2)		(17	)		(79	)		(0.11	)		(0.58	)
Adjusted operating earnings	$	2,161		$	2,190		$	14.63		$	16.10			10%
Less: Unlocking		(46	)		(16	)		(0.31	)		(0.12	)
Less: Auto & Home operating earnings		2			—			0.01			—
Adjusted operating earnings excluding Ameriprise Auto & Home	$	2,205		$	2,206		$	14.93		$	16.22			9%
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic		145.6			134.1
Diluted		147.7			136.0

(1)	Pretax adjusted operating adjustment.
(2)	Calculated using the statutory tax rate of 21%.

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($ in millions)	Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2018			Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2019
Net income	$	2,098		$	1,893
Less: Adjustments(1)		(63	)		(297	)
Adjusted operating earnings	$	2,161		$	2,190
Less: Annual unlocking/loss recognition, net of tax(2)		(46	)		(16	)
Less: Auto and Home, net of tax(2)		2			—
Adjusted operating earnings excluding annual unlocking/loss recognition	$	2,205		$	2,206
Total Ameriprise Financial, Inc. shareholders’ equity	$	5,735		$	5,837
Less: Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax		(98	)		122
Total Ameriprise Financial, Inc. shareholders’ equity excluding AOCI		5,833			5,715
Less: Equity impacts attributable to the consolidated investment entities		1			1
Adjusted operating equity	$	5,832		$	5,714
Return on equity, excluding AOCI		36.0%			33.1%
Adjusted operating return on equity, excluding AOCI(2)		37.1%			38.3%
Adjusted operating return on equity, excluding AOCI and annual unlocking/loss recognition		37.8%			38.6%

(1)

Adjustments reflect the trailing twelve months’ sum of after-tax net realized investment gains/losses, net of deferred sales inducement costs (“DSIC”) and deferred acquisition costs (“DAC”) amortization, unearned revenue amortization and the reinsurance accrual; the market impact on variable annuity guaranteed benefits, net of hedges and related DSIC and DAC amortization; the market impact on indexed universal life benefits, net of hedges and related DAC amortization, unearned revenue amortization, and the reinsurance accrual; the market impact on fixed index annuity benefits, net of hedges and the related DAC amortization; mean reversion related impacts;gain or loss on disposal of business that is not considered discontinued operations; the market impact of hedges to offset interest rate changes on unrealized gains or losses for certain investments; integration/restructuring charges; and the impact of consolidating certain investment entities. After-tax is calculated using the statutory tax rate of 21%.

(2)

Adjusted operating return on equity excluding accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI) is calculated using the trailing twelve months of earnings excluding the after-tax net realized investment gains/losses, net of DSIC and DAC amortization, unearned revenue amortization and the reinsurance accrual; market impact on variable annuity guaranteed benefits, net of hedges and related DSIC and DAC amortization; the market impact on indexed universal life benefits, net of hedges and related DAC amortization, unearned revenue amortization, and the reinsurance accrual; the market impact on fixed index annuity benefits, net of hedges and the related DAC amortization; mean reversion related impacts; gain or loss on disposal of business that is not considered discontinued operations; the market impact of hedges to offset interest rate changes on unrealized gains or losses for certain investments; integration/restructuring charges; the impact of consolidating certain investment entities; and discontinued operations in the numerator, and Ameriprise Financial shareholders’ equity excluding AOCI and the impact of consolidating investment entities using a five-point average of quarter-end equity in the denominator. After-tax is calculated using the statutory tax rate of 21%.

	1Q19			2Q19			3Q19			4Q19			FY 2019
Gain/(Loss) on Disposal of Business	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	213		$	213
Restructuring		(7	)		(2	)		(2	)		(6	)		(17	)
Market Impact of Hedges on Investments		(10	)		(18	)		(9	)		2			(35	)
Total Ameriprise Auto & Home insurance Divestiture - Operating Adjustments	$	(17	)	$	(20	)	$	(11	)	$	209		$	161

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