2007_Proxy

The document is a proxy statement from Ameriprise Financial, Inc. informing shareholders of the upcoming annual meeting on April 25, 2007. It invites shareholders to attend the meeting to vote on four items of business: 1) electing four directors, 2) approving an amended incentive compensation plan, 3) ratifying the selection of Ernst & Young as the independent auditor for 2007, and 4) any other business that may properly come before the meeting. It provides details on shareholder voting eligibility, procedures for voting by proxy, and the required votes to pass each proposal.