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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 October 26, 2022 (Date of earliest event reported)     BANK OF HAWAII CORPORATION (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) Not Applicable (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(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share   BOH   New York Stock Exchange           Depository Shares, Each Representing 1/40 th Interest in a Share of 4.375% Fixed Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series A   BOH.PRA   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:   ☐ 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 8 .01 . Other Events On October 26, 2022, Peter S. Ho, Chairman, CEO and President of the Bank of Hawaii Corporation (the “Company”), adopted a pre-arranged stock trading plan (the “10b5-1 Plan”) 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 Plan, executed during the Company’s current open trading window period and in compliance with the Company’s insider trading policy, allows for shares to be sold on the open market at prevailing market prices from time to time between February 10, 2023, and November 30, 2023. Mr. Ho entered into the 10b5-1 Plan as a part of his personal long-term financial and tax planning strategies.  He continues to be subject to the Company’s executive stock ownership guidelines and the sales contemplated by the 10b5-1 Plan will not reduce his 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 Plan 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.     Signatures 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: October 28, 2022 Bank of Hawaii Corporation           By: /s/ Patrick M. McGuirk     Patrick M. McGuirk     Senior Executive Vice President and Corporate Secretary