---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000354707-26-000026"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HE"
cik: "0000354707"
company_name: "HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2026-04-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T06:43:56.191094+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Maui wildfire settlement conditions fully satisfied; HEI authorizes first $479M payment

## Summary
- Final condition met April 10, 2026: insurer subrogation judgment became final and unappealable.
- HEI and Hawaiian Electric authorized first of four equal annual $479M installments.
- Funds for this payment were from HEI's September 2024 equity offering and held in a special purpose vehicle.
- Releases under the Settlement Agreements and from individual claimants are now effective.
- Settlement Agreements settle all tort-related claims from the 2023 Maui windstorm and wildfires.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000354707-26-000026
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HE
- cik: 0000354707
- company_name: HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2026-04-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/354707/000035470726000026/0000354707-26-000026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/46207/000035470726000026/he-20260410.htm

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