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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D. C. 20549   FORM  8-K   CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934   Date of Report April 30, 2021 (Date of earliest event reported)     BANK OF HAWAII CORP (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)   Delaware 1-6887 99-0148992 (State of Incorporation) (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.)   130 Merchant Street Honolulu Hawaii 96813 (Address of principal executive offices) (City) (State) (Zip Code)   (888) 643-3888 (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) N/A (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)   Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:   Title of each class   Trading Symbol   Name of each exchange on which registered Common Stock $.01 Par Value   BOH   New York Stock Exchange   Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):   ☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)     ☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)     ☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))     ☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4 (c))   Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter). Emerging growth company ☐ If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐           Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. On April 30, 2021, Bank of Hawaii Corporation (the “Company”) held its annual shareholders meeting. At the meeting, the following matters were submitted to a vote of the shareholders: 1. Election of Directors:   Nominee   Votes Cast For     Votes Against     Abstentions     Uncast     Non-Votes   S. Haunani Apoliona     28,731,645       895,113       536,164       -       4,603,537   Mark A. Burak     28,728,553       881,136       553,233       -       4,603,537   John C. Erickson     28,964,180       644,845       553,897       -       4,603,537   Joshua D. Feldman     28,692,121       920,526       550,275       -       4,603,537   Peter S. Ho     28,134,213       1,361,092       667,617       -       4,603,537   Michelle Hulst     28,696,781       914,768       551,373       -       4,603,537   Kent T. Lucien     28,813,383       810,240       539,299       -       4,603,537   Alicia E. Moy     28,970,637       653,023       539,262       -       4,603,537   Victor K. Nichols     28,974,277       647,882       540,763       -       4,603,537   Barbara J. Tanabe     28,349,640       1,274,491       535,772       3,019       4,603,537   Dana M. Tokioka     28,820,979       798,445       540,479       3,019       4,603,537   Raymond P. Vara, Jr.     28,699,749       916,164       543,990       3,019       4,603,537   Robert W. Wo     28,409,517       1,215,119       535,267       3,019       4,603,537   2. Advisory vote on the Company’s executive compensation:   Votes Cast For     Votes Against     Abstentions     Uncast     Non-Votes     28,376,278       1,159,443       626,527       674       4,603,537   3. Ratification of the re-appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021:   Votes Cast For     Votes Against     Abstentions     Uncast     Non-Votes     33,661,583       563,418       537,765       3,693       -     Item 8.01. Other Events.   On April 29, 2021, Peter S. Ho, Chairman, CEO and President, Mary E. Sellers, Vice Chair and Chief Risk Officer, and Dean Y. Shigemura, Vice Chair and Chief Financial Officer (collectively, the “Grantees”), of the Company, each adopted a pre-arranged stock trading plan (the “10b5-1 Plans”) designed to comply with Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which permits persons to enter into a pre-arranged plan for buying or selling Company stock at a time when such person is not in possession of material, nonpublic information about the Company.  The 10b5-1 Plans, executed during the Company’s current open trading window period and in compliance with the Company’s insider trading policy, allow for the exercise and sale of the following vested stock options, half of which will expire in November 2021 and the other half in January 2022, if not exercised prior to their expiration dates:   Grantee   Option Shares   Peter S. Ho     46,666   Mary E. Sellers     30,000   Dean Y. Shigemura     23,333     Shares may be sold under the 10b5-1 Plans on the open market at prevailing market prices from time to time prior to the expiration of these stock option awards. The Grantees entered into the 10b5-1 Plans as a part of their personal long-term financial and tax planning strategies and to provide for an orderly liquidation of their stock options prior to their expiration.   The Grantees will continue to be subject to the Company’s executive stock ownership guidelines and the sales contemplated by the 10b5-1 Plans will not reduce their stock ownership below the level required by the guidelines.  Except as may be required by law, the Company does not undertake to report on specific Rule 10b5-1 pre-planned stock trading plans of Company officers or directors, nor to report modifications or terminations of the aforementioned 10b5-1 Plans or the plans of any other individual.  The transactions under the 10b5-1 Plans will be disclosed publicly through Form 4 and/or Form 144 filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission to the extent applicable.         Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits. Exhibit No. 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)     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: May 4, 2021 Bank of Hawaii Corporation           By: /s/ Patrick M. McGuirk     Patrick M. McGuirk     Senior Executive Vice President and Corporate Secretary