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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-083898"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FHB"
cik: "0000036377"
company_name: "FIRST HAWAIIAN, INC."
filed_at: "2026-07-15T20:23:11+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-15T20:24:09.400385+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First Hawaiian to acquire TriCo Bancshares; TriCo shareholders get 2.095 FHB shares per share

## Summary
- Each TriCo share converted into 2.095 shares of FHB common stock; cash for fractional shares.
- Termination fee of $80M payable by either party under certain circumstances.
- Transaction requires regulatory approvals, FHB stockholder and TriCo shareholder approvals.
- Four TriCo directors to join FHB board; Tri Counties Bank to operate as division of First Hawaiian Bank.
- Merger agreement unanimously approved by both boards; expected to close in 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-083898
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FHB
- cik: 0000036377
- company_name: FIRST HAWAIIAN, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-07-15T20:23:11+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/36377/000110465926083898/0001104659-26-083898-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/36377/000110465926083898/tm2620283d5_8k.htm

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