Current Report Filing (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: November 23, 2021


Exact Name of Registrant	Commission	I.R.S. Employer
as Specified in Its Charter	File Number	Identification No.
Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.	1-8503	99-0208097

State of Hawaii

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

1001 Bishop Street, Suite 2900, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(808) 543-5662

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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


Registrant	Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.	Common Stock, Without Par Value	HE	New York Stock Exchange

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 Rule12b-2 of the Securities Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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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.

On November 23, 2021 the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Elisia K. Flores as a director of the Company, effective December 1, 2021, to serve until the Company’s 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Ms. Flores will continue to serve as a director of the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, American Savings Bank, F.S.B., where she has served as a director since 2018 and as audit committee Chair since 2019.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Flores and any other person pursuant to which she was selected as a director of the Company and no transactions involving Ms. Flores that are required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Ms. Flores will participate in the Company’s standard non-employee director compensation program, as described in the Company’s Proxy Statement dated March 26, 2021, and will enter into substantially the same indemnity agreement that the Company entered into with each of its existing directors, the form of which is filed as Exhibit 10.19 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal year 2020.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On November 29, 2021, HEI issued a news release, “Elisia Flores, CEO of L&L Franchise, named to Hawaiian Electric Industries board of directors.” This news release is furnished as Exhibit 99.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.


(d) Exhibits
Exhibit 99			News release dated November 29, 2021 "Elisia Flores, CEO of L&L Franchise, named to Hawaiian Electric Industries board of directors"
104			Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

The information furnished in connection with Item 7.01 of this current report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

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SIGNATURES

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 thereunto duly authorized.


HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Registrant)
/s/ Gregory C. Hazelton
Gregory C. Hazelton
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)

Date: November 29, 2021