Company: BOH
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-039381
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Company: BANK OF HAWAII CORP
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form: DEF 14A
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 14A Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. ) Filed by the Registrant ☒ Filed by a Party other than the Registrant ☐ Check the appropriate box:

| ☐ | Preliminary Proxy Statement                                                     |
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| ☐ | Soliciting Material under §240.14a-12                                           |

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<div align='center'>Notice of 2025

Annual Meeting of Shareholders

and Proxy Statement

Your VOTE is important!

Meeting Date: April 25, 2025

Bank of Hawaii Corporation

130 Merchant Street

Honolulu, Hawai'i 96813</div>

| BANK OF HAWAI'I   •   2025 PROXY STATEMENT |

Notice of 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders To be held April 25, 2025 To Our Shareholders: The 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Bank of Hawaii Corporation will be held via live webcast at www.meetnow.global/M2SHXR5 on Friday, April 25, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. Hawai'i Standard Time for the following purposes: 1. To elect 12 persons to serve as directors of the Company for a term of one year each until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, or until the director’s earlier resignation, removal, death or disqualification. 2. To hold an advisory vote on executive compensation. 3. To approve the Bank of Hawaii Corporation 2025 Director Stock Compensation Plan. 4. To ratify the re-appointment of Ernst