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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-048724"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FHB"
cik: "0000036377"
company_name: "FIRST HAWAIIAN, INC."
filed_at: "2026-04-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T04:19:29.209133+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First Hawaiian amends bylaws for universal proxy rules; stockholders elect all directors and approve say-on-pay

## Summary
- Board approved Fifth Amended and Restated Bylaws effective April 22, 2026, updating proxy rules and nomination procedures.
- All seven director nominees elected with >103M votes; broker non-votes on each ~3.4M.
- Advisory say-on-pay passed with 104.6M for, 2.4M against, 77.5K abstentions.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as auditor for FY2026: 110M for, 407K against, 78K abstentions.
- Bylaws also clarify board authority to postpone meetings and require proxy card color other than white for soliciting stockholders.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-048724
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FHB
- cik: 0000036377
- company_name: FIRST HAWAIIAN, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-04-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/36377/000110465926048724/0001104659-26-048724-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/36377/000110465926048724/tm2612652d1_8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 1622aa56210d06f22221a8c4a4abfda916705f94
  claim: FIRST HAWAIIAN, INC.: Fifth Amended and Restated Bylaws adopted with amendments related to universal proxy rules, stockholder nominations, meeting postponement, and proxy card color requirements, effective April 22, 2026 (effective 2026-04-22).
  evidence_excerpt: On April 22, 2026, and effective as of that date, the Board of Directors of First Hawaiian, Inc. (the “Company”) approved and adopted the Company’s Fifth Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/36377/000110465926048724/0001104659-26-048724-index.htm

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