SEC FORM 4

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

LAU CONSTANCE H

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, INC.

P.O. BOX 730

(Street)

HONOLULU

96808

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES INC [ HE ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
	President-American Savings Bnk

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
11/30/2005

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	11/30/2005		M		10,000	A	$20.495	21,804⁽²⁾	D
Common Stock	11/30/2005		J⁽¹⁾		3,150	A	⁽¹⁾	24,954⁽²⁾	D
Common Stock								14,282.0418⁽²⁾	D
Common Stock								2,521.4615⁽²⁾	I	By custodian for child (Jennifer)
Common Stock								2,521.4613⁽²⁾	I	By custodian for child (Gregory)
Common Stock								2,521.4613⁽²⁾	I	By custodian for child (Eric)
Common Stock								3	I	By custodian for children
Common Stock								60.403⁽³⁾	I	By 401(k)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Shares acquired as dividend equivalents pursuant to the terms of the Stock Option and Incentive Plan for the period 5/11/98 to 2/13/02 with a range in price of $14.5625 to $21.2975 (price accommodating 2-for-1 split).

2. Aggregate shares; earned dividends are automatically reinvested in the Hawaiian Electric Industries Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan (DRIP).

3. Shares held pursuant to the Hawaiian Electric Industries Retirement Savings Plan 401(k) (HEIRS). Effective 4/1/96 the participant's investment in HEI Common Stock was converted to units in the HEI Common Stock Fund portion of HEIRS. A small portion of the Fund is held in cash and the overall value of the Fund is based on the combined value of the HEI Common Stock and the cash portfolio. For SEC reporting purposes only the actual stock portion of the Fund is being reported.

Remarks:

	/s/ Molly M. Egged, Atty-in-fact for Constance H. Lau	11/30/2005
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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