1001 Bishop Street, Suite 2900, Honolulu, Hawaii96813 - Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. (HEI)
1099 Alakea Street, Suite 2200, Honolulu, Hawaii96813 - Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. (Hawaiian Electric)
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(808) 543-5662 - HEI
(808) 543-7771 - Hawaiian Electric
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).
Emerging growth company
Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.
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Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc.
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Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc.
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Item 5.07 Submission of matters to a vote of security holders
HEI: The Annual Meeting of Shareholders (Annual Meeting) of Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. (HEI) was held on June 11, 2026. Proxies for the meeting were solicited pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. As of April 6, 2026, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 172,635,624 shares of HEI Common Stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote. There was no solicitation in opposition to the nominees to the Board of Directors, as listed in the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting, and all such nominees were elected to the Board of Directors. Shareholders also (1) approved, on an advisory basis, a resolution approving the compensation of HEI's named executive officers and (2) ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche, LLP as HEI's independent registered public accounting firm for 2026.
The final record of the voting of shares at the Annual Meeting is as follows:
Shares of Common Stock
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Vote
Election of Directors
James A. Ajello
123,453,432
1,472,450
688,744
25,424,612
John C. Aquilino
123,571,747
1,357,747
685,132
25,424,612
Celeste A. Connors
123,175,691
1,802,839
636,096
25,424,612
Elisia K. Flores
123,393,838
1,603,981
616,807
25,424,612
Peggy Y. Fowler
121,019,850
3,959,621
635,155
25,424,612
Timothy E. Johns
123,524,246
1,422,824
667,556
25,424,612
Micah A. Kāne
123,021,305
1,927,188
666,133
25,424,612
Shelee M. T. Kimura
122,351,511
2,660,456
602,659
25,424,612
Mary E. Kipp
123,354,961
1,601,409
658,256
25,424,612
William James Scilacci, Jr.
122,706,646
2,216,549
691,431
25,424,612
Scott W. H. Seu
123,075,642
1,941,570
597,414
25,424,612
Toby B. Taniguchi
123,812,776
1,256,555
545,295
25,424,612
Advisory vote on resolution approving the compensation of HEI's named executive officers.
121,283,353
3,464,322
866,951
25,424,612
Ratification of appointment of Deloitte & Touche, LLP as HEI's independent registered public accounting firm for 2026.
148,329,328
1,587,347
1,122,563
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Hawaiian Electric: On June 11, 2026, HEI, the sole common shareholder of Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. (Hawaiian Electric), by written consent in lieu of an annual meeting of shareholders (1) fixed the number of Hawaiian Electric directors at twelve, (2) elected James A. Ajello, John C. Aquilino, Celeste A. Connors, Elisia K. Flores, Peggy Y. Fowler, Timothy E. Johns (Chair), Micah A. Kāne, Shelee M. T. Kimura, Mary E. Kipp, William James Scilacci, Jr., Scott W. H. Seu, and Toby B. Taniguchi to serve as directors until the next annual meeting of Hawaiian Electric shareholders, or until their successors are duly elected and qualified and (3) ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche, LLP as Hawaiian Electric's independent registered accounting firm for 2026.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. The signature of the undersigned companies shall be deemed to relate only to matters having reference to such companies and any subsidiaries thereof.