8-K




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)  April 29, 2016

 
BANK OF HAWAII CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
 
1-6887
 
99-0148992
(State of Incorporation)
 
(Commission
 
(IRS Employer
 
 
File Number)
 
Identification No.)
 
130 Merchant Street, Honolulu, Hawaii
 
96813
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
(808) 694-8822
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
 
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Item 5.07  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
 
On April 29, 2016, Bank of Hawaii Corporation (the “Company”) held its annual shareholders meeting.  At the meeting, the following matters were submitted to a vote of the shareholders:
 
1.             Election of Directors: *
 
Nominee
 
Votes Cast For
 
Votes Against
 
Abstentions
 
Non-Votes
 
Uncast Votes
S. Haunani Apoliona
 
31,728,790
 
640,972
 
76,968
 
6,061,150
 
—

Mary G. F. Bitterman
 
31,509,024
 
881,888
 
55,818
 
6,061,150
 
—

Mark A. Burak
 
31,928,476
 
412,286
 
105,228
 
6,061,150
 
740

Michael J. Chun
 
31,812,283
 
572,374
 
62,073
 
6,061,150
 
—

Clinton R. Churchill
 
31,794,373
 
572,914
 
79,443
 
6,061,150
 
—

Peter S. Ho
 
31,451,510
 
939,575
 
55,645
 
6,061,150
 
—

Robert Huret
 
31,792,858
 
558,545
 
95,327
 
6,061,150
 
—

Kent T. Lucien
 
27,535,838
 
4,828,172
 
82,720
 
6,061,150
 
—

Victor K. Nichols
 
31,919,566
 
417,095
 
110,069
 
6,061,150
 
—

Barbara J. Tanabe
 
31,540,840
 
834,093
 
71,797
 
6,061,150
 
—

Raymond P. Vara, Jr.
 
31,582,878
 
755,377
 
108,475
 
6,061,150
 
—

Robert W. Wo
 
31,597,092
 
772,216
 
77,422
 
6,061,150
 
—

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 *   The directors are elected by a majority of the votes cast in an uncontested election. In the event of a contested election, the directors are elected by a plurality of the votes cast. Uncast votes include votes where the proxy form was illegible with respect to the specific proposal. Messrs. Martin A. Stein and Donald M. Takaki did not stand for election this year for they reached the mandatory retirement age of 75.
 

2.             Advisory vote on the Company’s executive compensation:
 
Votes Cast For
 
Votes Against
 
Abstentions
 
Non-Votes
30,811,299
 
1,339,457
 
295,974
 
6,061,150


3.             Ratification of the re-appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016:
 
Votes Cast For
 
Votes Against
 
Abstentions
 
Non-Votes
37,722,825
 
673,332
 
111,723
 
—

 







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.
 
Date: May 3, 2016
Bank of Hawaii Corporation
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Mark A. Rossi
 
 
Mark A. Rossi
 
 
Vice Chairman and Corporate Secretary