UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 6, 2018

 

 

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)

 

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

 

(b)                                 On February 6, 2018, First Hawaiian Bank, the bank subsidiary of First Hawaiian, Inc., entered into an amended consulting agreement with Mr. Albert M. Yamada, formerly the Vice Chairman, Chief Administrative Officer and Secretary of First Hawaiian, Inc. and First Hawaiian Bank and currently a non-employee director of First Hawaiian Bank.  As previously disclosed, Mr. Yamada retired from his position at First Hawaiian, Inc. and First Hawaiian Bank on December 1, 2016, entered into a consulting agreement with First Hawaiian Bank on December 13, 2016 and ceased providing services thereunder on April 25, 2017.  The amended consulting agreement is on terms materially consistent with the original consulting agreement in all respects, including with respect to fees.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d)                                 Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.		Description
10.1		Consulting Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2016, by and between First Hawaiian Bank and Albert M. Yamada (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.29 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed by First Hawaiian, Inc. on January 24, 2017 (File No. 333-215676)).

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

Exhibit No.		Description
10.1		Consulting Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2016, by and between First Hawaiian Bank and Albert M. Yamada (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.29 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed by First Hawaiian, Inc. on January 24, 2017 (File No. 333-215676)).

 

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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 filed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

	FIRST HAWAIIAN, INC.
Date: February 12, 2018	By:	/s/ Robert S. Harrison
		Robert S. Harrison
		Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
		(Principal Executive Officer)

 

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