UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C. 20549

FORM 8-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT

TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) 

February 28, 2019 (December 17, 2018)

BANK OF HAWAII CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	1-6887	99-0148992
(State of Incorporation)	(Commission	(IRS Employer
	File Number)	Identification No.)

130 Merchant Street, Honolulu, Hawaii	96813
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

(808) 694-8822

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Explanatory Note

This Amendment No. 1 on Form 8-K/A (this "Form 8-K/A") is an amendment to the Current Report of Form 8-K of Bank of Hawaii Corporation, dated December 17, 2018 (the "Original Form 8-K").  This Form 8-K/A is being filed for the purpose of correcting fiscal year end date from 10/24 to 12/31.  No other changes were made to the Original Form 8-K.  References to the exhibits in this Form 8-K/A are references to the exhibits filed with the Original Form 8-K.

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

On December 14, 2018, the Board of Directors of Bank of Hawaii Corporation (the “Company”) approved a form of indemnity agreement to be entered into by the Company with certain of its corporate officers. This form of agreement, among other things, requires the Company to indemnify each such officer, under the circumstances and to the extent provided for therein, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, including indemnification of expenses such as attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred by the officer in actions or proceedings arising out of the person’s services to the Company. The agreements supplement the rights to indemnity and expense advancement provided to the Company’s officers under Delaware law and the Company’s By-Laws as amended. They establish various procedures to be followed by the individual and the Company in connection with the assertion of a claim to indemnity or expense advancement, and establish presumptions that will apply to the evaluation of any such claims. The foregoing description of the form of indemnity agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form of indemnity agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)

Exhibits

Exhibit No.

10.1

Exhibit Description

Form of Indemnity Agreement

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: February 28, 2019	Bank of Hawaii Corporation
	By:	/s/ Mark A. Rossi
		Mark A. Rossi
		Vice Chairman and Corporate Secretary