UNITED STATES
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CURRENT REPORT
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This Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed solely to file the consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, the independent registered public accounting firm of First Hawaiian, Inc. (the “Company”), dated April 6, 2022, to the incorporation by reference of their reports dated February 25, 2022, relating to the consolidated financial statements of the Company and subsidiary and the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting, included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 (the “Form 10-K”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 25, 2022, into the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-255415). The consent filed as Exhibit 23.1 to this Current Report is in addition to, and does not change, the previously-filed consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP filed as Exhibit 23.1 to the Form 10-K.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| FIRST HAWAIIAN, INC. | ||
| Date: April 6, 2022 | By: | /s/ Robert S. Harrison |
| Robert S. Harrison | ||
| Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
| (Principal Executive Officer) | ||
Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement No. 333-255415 on Form S-8 of our reports dated February 25, 2022, relating to the consolidated financial statements of First Hawaiian, Inc. and subsidiary and the effectiveness of First Hawaiian, Inc. and subsidiary's internal control over financial reporting appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of First Hawaiian, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2021.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
April 6, 2022