Item 5.07 Submission of matters to a vote of security holders
HEI: The Annual Meeting of Shareholders (Annual Meeting) of Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. (HEI) was held on May 12, 2025. Proxies for the meeting were solicited pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. As of March 7, 2025, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 172,494,263 shares of HEI Common Stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote. There was no solicitation in opposition to the nominees to the Board of Directors, as listed in the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting, and all such nominees were elected to the Board of Directors. Shareholders also (1) approved, on an advisory basis, a resolution approving the compensation of HEI's named executive officers, (2) approved Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock, and (3) ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche, LLP as HEI's independent registered public accounting firm for 2025.
The final record of the voting of shares at the Annual Meeting is as follows:
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Shares of Common Stock
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For
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Against
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Abstain
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Broker Non-Vote
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Election of Directors
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Thomas B. Fargo
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110,736,707
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4,352,726
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1,144,319
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27,566,125
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Celeste A. Connors
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112,761,845
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2,313,261
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1,158,646
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27,566,125
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Elisia K. Flores
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112,762,614
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2,346,915
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1,124,223
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27,566,125
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Peggy Y. Fowler
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111,069,767
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4,031,954
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1,132,031
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27,566,125
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Micah A. Kāne
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112,588,957
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2,492,266
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1,152,529
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27,566,125
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William James Scilacci, Jr.
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112,506,349
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2,559,875
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1,167,528
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27,566,125
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Scott W. H. Seu
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112,025,165
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3,037,685
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1,170,902
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27,566,125
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Advisory vote on resolution approving the compensation of HEI's named executive officers
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109,061,701
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5,557,588
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1,614,463
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27,566,125
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Approval of Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock
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134,772,757
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6,986,609
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2,040,511
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0
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Ratification of appointment of Deloitte & Touche, LLP as HEI's independent registered public accounting firm for 2025
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138,543,238
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2,936,316
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2,320,323
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0
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Hawaiian Electric:On May 12, 2025, HEI, the sole common shareholder of Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. (Hawaiian Electric), by written consent in lieu of an annual meeting of shareholders (1) fixed the number of Hawaiian Electric directors at five, (2) elected James A. Ajello, Timothy E. Johns (Chair), Shelee M. T. Kimura, Mary E. Kipp, and Toby B. Taniguchi to serve as directors until the next annual meeting of Hawaiian Electric shareholders, or until their successors are duly elected and qualified and (3) ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche, LLP as Hawaiian Electric's independent registered accounting firm for 2025.
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