As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 9, 1997 Registration No. 33-60564 ============================================================================= SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ______________________ POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ---------------- FIRST HAWAIIAN, INC. (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 6711 99-0156159 (State or other (Primary Standard (I.R.S. Employer jurisdiction of Industrial Identification Number) incorporation or Classification organization) Code Number) 999 Bishop Street Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 (808) 525-7000 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant's principal executive offices) WALTER A. DODS, JR. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer FIRST HAWAIIAN, INC. 999 Bishop Street Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 (808) 525-7000 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) ---------------- Copies to: HOWARD H. KARR LEE MEYERSON, ESQ. Executive Vice President Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Treasurer 425 Lexington Avenue First Hawaiian, Inc. New York, New York 10017 999 Bishop Street Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 REMOVAL OF SECURITIES FROM REGISTRATION The Registrant hereby amends Registration Statement No. 33-60564 on Form S-3 for the sole purpose of deregistering 330,700 shares of the Registrant's common stock, par value $5.00 per share. =============================================================================FIRST HAWAIIAN, INC. Pursuant to its Registration on Form S-3 (No. 33-60564) (the "Registration Statement"), First Hawaiian, Inc. (the "Registrant") registered 423,077 shares of its common stock, par value $5.00 per share (the "Common Stock"), which were held by Finance Investment Company, Limited (the "Selling Shareholder"). The Registrant has been advised by the Selling Shareholder and certain of its affiliates that 92,377 shares of Common Stock have been sold, and that no other shares have been sold or will be sold, under the Registration Statement. Pursuant to the Registrant's undertaking in the Registration Statement, the Registrant hereby removes from registration 330,700 shares of Common Stock which were registered but not sold pursuant to such Registration Statement. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Honolulu, State of Hawaii, on December 9, 1997. FIRST HAWAIIAN, INC. (Registrant) By/s/Howard H. Karr Howard H. Karr Executive Vice President and Treasurer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Rule 478(a)(4) thereunder, this post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following person in the capacity and on the date indicated. /s/Walter A. Dods, Jr. Agent for Service December 9, 1997 Walter A. Dods, Jr.