Company: BOH
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: S-8
Source: 0000950170-25-058663
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Company: BANK OF HAWAII CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: S-8
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 25, 2025 Registration No. 333- UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ___________________________________ FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ___________________________________ BANK OF HAWAII CORPORATION (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) ___________________________________

| DELAWARE                                                      |     | 99-0148992                            |
| (State or other jurisdiction ofincorporation or organization) |     | -I.R.S. EmployerIdentification Number |

130 Merchant Street Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 (888) 643-3888 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrants’ principal executive offices) ___________________________________ Bank of Hawaii Corporation 2025 Director Stock Compensation Plan (Full title of the plan) ___________________________________ Patrick M. McGuirk, Esq. Vice Chair, Chief Administrative Officer Bank of Hawaii Corporation 130 Merchant Street Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 (808) 694-7124 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) ___________________________________ With a copy to: Russell Lum, Esq. Senior Vice President, Director, Legal, & Corporate Governance Bank of Hawaii Corporation 130 Merchant Street Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 (808) 694-8879 ___________________________________ Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

| Large accelerated filer |     |  |     | Accelerated filer         |     | ☐ |
| Non-accelerated filer   |     | ☐ |     | Smaller reporting company |     | ☐ |
|                         |     |   |     | 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 7(a)(2)(B) of Securities Act. ☐

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