UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549 

FORM 8-K/A

(Amendment No. 1) 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 14, 2021 

FIRST HAWAIIAN, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

(808) 525-7000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Item 5.02              Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On July 14, 2021, First Hawaiian, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Form 8-K”) disclosing that, on July 14, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company had increased the number of directors constituting the Board and appointed James S. Moffatt and Kelly A. Thompson to serve as members of the Board and fill the vacancies created upon the increase in the size of the Board, effective immediately. At the time of the filing of the Form 8-K, the Board had not determined the committees of the Board to which Mr. Moffatt or Ms. Thompson would be appointed.

This Amendment No. 1 to the Form 8-K is being filed to disclose that, on January 19, 2022, the Board appointed Mr. Moffatt and Ms. Thompson to its Risk Committee, in each case effective immediately.

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.