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Issuer:     CENTRAL PACIFIC FINANCIAL CORP (CPF)
CIK:        0000701347
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-09-22T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000701347-23-000036
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.20
Item codes: 5.03, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Central Pacific Financial amends bylaws for universal proxy rules and governance updates
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- Board adopted amended and restated bylaws effective Sept 21, 2023, primarily to align with new SEC universal proxy rules.
- Shareholders using universal proxy must certify compliance and provide evidence at least five business days before meeting.
- Advance notice provisions updated: nominating shareholders must provide detailed info and complete questionnaire if requested.
- Chair of meeting can determine compliance and disregard non-compliant nominations or proposals.
- Clarifies that directors may only be removed for cause at a meeting called per Hawaii law.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/701347/000070134723000036/0000701347-23-000036-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/701347/000070134723000036/cpf-20230921.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000701347-23-000036

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