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Exhibit 10.1

AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO 
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

THIS AMENDMENT NO. 1 (this “Amendment”) to that certain Employment Agreement, dated March 22, 2021, by and between Ascend Wellness Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), and Abner Kurtin (“Executive”) (the “Employment Agreement”), is made as of September 27, 2022.
W I T N E S S E T H.
WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive are parties to the Employment Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend the Employment Agreement as set forth herein, effective as of September 27, 2022.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
1.The Employment Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
a)Section 1 of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended by deleting Section 1 in its entirety and replacing Section 1 with the following: “Employment. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company hereby offers, and the Executive hereby accepts, continued employment as Executive Chairman of the Company.”
b)Section 3(a) of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended by deleting Section 3(a) in its entirety and replacing Section 3(a) with the following: “During the term hereof, the Executive shall serve the Company as Executive Chairman, reporting directly to the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”).”
c)Section 3(b) of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended by deleting Section 3(b) in its entirety and replacing Section 3(b) with the following: “During the term hereof, the Executive shall be employed by the Company on a full-time and diligent basis and shall perform such duties and responsibilities on behalf of the Company as set forth on Exhibit B attached hereto and made a part hereof or as otherwise directed by the Board.”
d)The first sentence of Section 3(c) of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended by deleting and replacing the first sentence of Section 3(c) with the following: [“During the term hereof, for so long as the Executive is employed as the Company’s Executive Chairman, the Company will nominate the Executive for re-election to the Board and the Executive shall serve in such other officer and/or director positions with any affiliate of 

the Company (for no additional compensation) as may be determined by the Board (excluding the Executive) from time to time.”]
e)Section 5(f)(iii) of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended by deleting Section 5(f)(iii) and replacing Section 5(f)(iii) with the following: [“any failure by the Company to nominate the Executive for re-election to the Board and to use its best efforts to have the Executive re-elected (other than as a result of a Change of Control Event, which shall be governed by this Section 5(f)(v)), or any change in the Executive’s title as Executive Chairman of the Company;”]
f)Section 5(f)(v) of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended by deleting and replacing Section 5(f)(v) with the following: “in the event of a Change of Control Event, any failure by the acquirer to (a) make an offer of employment to the Executive for a base salary, target bonus and maximum bonus opportunity amounts that are substantially comparable in the aggregate to the Executive’s Base Salary and Annual Bonus (taking into consideration both the Target Bonus and the Maximum Annual Bonus) each as of immediately prior to such sale, (b) nominate the Executive for election to the Board of the acquirer, (c) offer the Executive a position with duties, responsibilities and authority that are materially comparable to the Executive’s duties, responsibilities and authority as Executive Chairman of the Company (disregarding any duties, responsibilities and authority the Executive had as a member of the Board or as an officer or director of any affiliate of the Company) as of immediately prior to such sale”.
g)Section 19 of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended by deleting Section 19 in its entirety and replacing Section 19 with the following:  “Governing Law; Venue; Dispute Resolution.  This Agreement, the rights of the parties, and all claims, actions, causes of action, suits, litigation, controversies, hearings, charges, complaints or proceedings arising in whole or in part under or in connection herewith, will be governed by and construed in accordance with the domestic substantive laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of conflict of law provision or rule that would cause the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction.  If the parties cannot settle any disputes, differences, controversies, or claims arising under the Employment Agreement (“Disputes”) through good faith negotiation, then such Disputes shall be referred by either party to JAMS and finally settled by confidential, binding arbitration under the Streamlined Arbitration Rules and Procedures (the “Rules”) of JAMS by a single arbitrator appointed by agreement of the parties in accordance with such Rules or, in the absence of such agreement, by JAMS in accordance with such Rules.  The foregoing arbitration proceedings may be commenced by any party by written notice to the other party.  The venue for any such arbitration shall be New York County, New York, and each of the parties irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to venue in New York County, New York.  For the avoidance of doubt, EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING OF ANY KIND OR NATURE IN ANY COURT OR TRIBUNAL.  Each of the parties hereby agrees to maintain the nature of any Dispute, the resolution of any Dispute by discussion, arbitration or otherwise, and/or 
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any documentation, memoranda, submissions and other materials delivered by or received from the arbitrator, a party, or any other person involved in any such arbitration strictly confidential (except as permitted in the immediately succeeding clause of this sentence); and the terms of any settlement agreement, arbitrator’s award or other resolution of such Dispute, and any such documentation, memoranda, submissions and/or other materials, shall not be disclosed to any other person, except as required by law or the Rules, to a party’s professional advisors, insurers, vendors, and experts engaged in connection with such Dispute, to a party’s witnesses in respect of such Dispute, or as may be required to enforce any settlement agreement, arbitrator’s award or other resolution of such Dispute.  Each of the parties irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that the arbitrator’s award shall be final and binding and that such award and any of the other provisions of this paragraph may be enforced in any court having jurisdiction over the award or any of the parties or any of his, her or its respective assets, and judgment on the award (including, without limitation, equitable remedies) granted in any arbitration hereunder may be entered in any such court.  Without limiting the foregoing, each of the parties hereby agrees to exclude any right of appeal to any court on the merits of the Dispute or the resolution thereof.  Each of the parties shall pay its respective arbitration-related expenses, attorneys’ fees, and other costs incurred by him, her or it in connection with such arbitration, except as the single arbitrator may otherwise determine in such arbitrator’s award.  Nothing in this Section 19 shall prevent a party from seeking provisional remedies in a court of competent jurisdiction as a conservatory measure or in aid of arbitration.  In the event of a conflict between the Rules and this paragraph, the provisions of this paragraph shall govern.”
2.For avoidance of doubt, as resolved by the Company’s Board of Directors on March 1, 2022 and the Compensation and Corporate Governance Committee on August 5, 2022, the Executive shall continue to receive his 2022 Base Salary via quarterly stock issuances on the terms and conditions set forth in such resolutions. For avoidance of doubt, Executive’s Base Salary for any year after 2022 shall be paid in accordance with Section 4(a) of the Employment Agreement.
3.Except as specifically set forth herein, the Employment Agreement and all of its terms and conditions remain in full force and effect, and the Employment Agreement is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects, except that on or after the date of this Amendment all references in the Employment Agreement to “this Agreement,” “hereto,” “hereof,” “hereunder,” or words of like import shall mean the Employment Agreement as amended by this Amendment.
4.Executive hereby releases any and all claims and potential claims, known and unknown, against the Company and the other Releasees (as defined below) that are releasable by law, which arose on or before the Effective Date and are directly related to the Company’s issuance of a press release on September 6, 2022, Executive’s appointment to the role of Executive Chairman, and the entry into this Amendment. This limited release is made by Executive for and on behalf of himself and his family, dependents, heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, and Executive hereby releases the Company and its respective 
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predecessors, successors, and all their past, present or future assigns, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, insurers, and affiliated entities, together with their respective current and former officers, directors, shareholders, fiduciaries, administrators, trustees, agents, employees, and/or representatives, and their respective predecessors, successors and assigns, heirs, executors, administrators, and any and all other affiliated persons or entities, which may have an interest by or through them (collectively “Releasees”), both jointly and individually, from any and all claims, actions, arbitrations, and lawsuits of any kind relating directly to the limited subject matter of this limited release in this Section 4. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties agree that entry into this Amendment does not constitute “Good Reason” as such term is defined in the Employment Agreement. 
5.Except as set forth in Section 4 hereinabove, neither party waives any claims, demands, causes of actions, fees, damages, liabilities and expenses (including attorneys' fees) of any kind whatsoever, whether known or unknown, that such party has ever had or might have against the other party, including, but not limited to, those that directly or indirectly arise out of, relate to, or are connected with, the Employment Agreement or this Amendment.
6.This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
7.The provisions of Sections 17 through 19 (inclusive) of the Employment Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, shall apply mutatis mutandis to this Amendment, as if set out in this Amendment in full (except that any reference to "this Agreement" shall be construed as a reference to the "Amendment").
8.This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the respective successors and assigns of the parties hereto. The Employment Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, embodies the entire agreement and understanding between the parties hereto and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter hereof.
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SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment as of the date first written above.

ASCEND WELLNESS HOLDINGS, LLC

By: /s/ Robin Debiase                                  
Name: Robin Debiase
Title: Chief People Officer
EXECUTIVE

By: /s/ Abner Kurtin                                    
Name: Abner Kurtin

EXHIBIT B

The Executive shall perform the following duties and responsibilities on behalf of the Company:

•Chair monthly management meetings;
•Chair mid-month catch-up call with the Company’s senior officers and executives; 
•Chair weekly meetings with the co-chief executive officers of the Company; 
•Chair meetings and discussions regarding employee compensation and benefits matters, including, without limitation, changes in any employee’s salary in the amount of $50,000 or more, and bonuses, benefits, and other compensation/benefits changes outside of the annual budgeted amount;  
•Chair meetings and discussions regarding the hiring, terminating, or promoting of any senior officers and executives (senior vice president and above);
•Chair capital allocation meetings, including, without limitation, meetings regarding mergers and acquisitions, re-organizations, financings, capital expenditures, and other capital allocation meetings; and
•Shall be available to the co-Chief Executive Officers and Investor Relations Executives for external meetings with investors and lenders on an as needed basis.

The Executive shall have no day-to-day operating role in the Company’s operations.  

The Company shall ensure that the Executive Shall be alerted promptly by email or phone call of all operating, strategic, and business decisions that are expected to have an impact on the Company’s business in excess of a USD$1,000,000 difference to plan, and the Executive shall be available by email and/or phone call to receive such alerts. 
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HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, INC.

DIVIDEND REINVESTEMENT AND STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

(As amended and restated effective November 3,
2022)

 

PURPOSE

 

	1.	What is the purpose of the Plan?

 

The purpose of the Dividend Reinvestment and Stock
Purchase Plan (“Plan”) is to provide holders of record of Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. (“HEI”) common stock
(“Common Stock”) and/or the preferred stock of HEI’s electric utility subsidiary, Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc., and
its subsidiaries Maui Electric Company, Limited and Hawaii Electric Light Company, Inc (“Preferred Stock”), and any other
individual of legal age and any entity (“Nonholder”), with a convenient method of buying Common Stock by using their cash
dividends and/or by making optional cash investments.

 

ADMINISTRATION

 

	2.	Who administers the Plan?

 

The Plan is administered by Broadridge Corporate
Issuer Solutions, Inc. (the “Administrator”), which serves as our stock transfer agent, registrar and dividend disbursing
agent. The Administrator acts as agent for Plan participants and keeps records, sends statements and performs other duties relating to
the Plan. HEI reserves the right to designate a new administrator at any time.

 

Open market purchases and sales of Common Stock
under the Plan are made by a registered broker-dealer (which may be an affiliate of the Administrator) acting as purchasing agent for
Plan participants, and we refer to such party herein as the “independent purchasing agent.” The Administrator has designated
a registered broker-dealer to perform this function, but reserves the right to appoint a different or successor independent purchasing
agent from time to time. The Administrator is not acting as a broker-dealer and will not execute any purchase or sale on behalf of Plan
participants. Rather, the Administrator will forward requests to purchase or sell such shares to a broker-dealer appointed by the Administrator,
including possibly a broker-dealer affiliated with the Administrator, who will execute the transaction.

 

	3.	How do I contact the Administrator?

 

Written Inquiries: Hawaiian Electric Industries
Shareholder Services

c/o Broadridge Corporate Issuer Solutions

P.O. Box 1342

Brentwood, NY 11717-0718

 

Street Address: Hawaiian Electric Industries Shareholder
Services

c/o Broadridge Corporate Issuer Solutions

1155 Long Island Avenue

Englewood, NY 11717-8309

Attn: IWS

 

Telephone Inquiries: Toll-Free: 866-672-5841 or
808-206-7529

Fax: 215-553-5402

Email: shareholder@broadridge.com

 

Website: www.hei.com/shareholder

 

When communicating with the Administrator, you
should have available your Plan account number, taxpayer identification number, and/or the stock certificate number(s).

 

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ELIGIBILITY AND ENROLLMENT

 

	4.	Who is eligible to participate in the Plan?

 

Any person or entity, whether or not a holder of
Common Stock or Preferred Stock, is eligible to join the Plan, provided that (i) such person or entity fulfills the prerequisites for
participation described under Question 5 and (ii) participation by such person or entity would not violate securities or other laws of
the state, territory or country where the participant resides that are applicable to HEI, the Plan or the participant. If a beneficial
owner of Common Stock and/or Preferred Stock whose shares are registered in the name of another (e.g., a broker or bank nominee) would
like to participate in the Plan with respect to such shares, the beneficial owner must first have the shares transferred into such beneficial
owner’s name. HEI reserves the right to restrict or terminate participation in the Plan if it believes that such participation may
be contrary to the general intent of the Plan or in violation of applicable law.

 

	5.	How do I participate in the Plan?

 

Current
participants — Current participants will automatically be participants in the Plan as amended to date, and do not need
to do anything to continue their participation.

 

Current
HEI Shareholders—If you are already an HEI shareholder with at least one share of Common Stock or Preferred Stock registered
directly in your name, whether in certificated form, in book-entry notation or held electronically as direct registration shares, you
may enroll in the Plan simply by completing and returning the appropriate enrollment form.

 

If you currently own shares of Common Stock or
Preferred Stock that are held on your behalf by an agent, bank or broker (that is, in “street name”), you may participate
in the Plan by doing either of the following:

 

		·	Instructing your agent, bank or broker (hereafter, an “agent”) to transfer at least one of your HEI shares to an account
registered in your name. You can do this by requesting that your agent transfer your shares via the Direct Registration System (“DRS”)
directly to the books of the Administrator, registered in your name. In order to do so, you must provide your agent with the Broadridge
Corporate Issuer Solutions, Inc. DTCC Transfer Agent FAST number: 7824. Once the process is completed, you will receive a transaction
confirmation showing the deposit of shares in DRS. Upon receipt of the DRS confirmation, you may log into your account by going to www.hei.com/shareholder
and enroll in the Plan or you can ask the Administrator to send you an enrollment package.

 

		·	Making arrangements with your agent to participate in the Plan on your behalf, if and to the extent such agent permits beneficial
owners to participate in the Plan. Participation in the Plan through an agent may be on terms and conditions that differ from those set
forth in this Plan, in which case the terms and conditions set forth by such agent will govern. We are not, and will not be, responsible
for the terms of any such participation, including the tax consequences thereof.

 

The term “participant” as used in this
Plan refers to shareholders of record participating directly in the Plan.

 

Plan participants may send their Common Stock
certificates to the Administrator for safekeeping, but doing so is not mandatory. However, in order to sell certificated shares through
the Plan, it is necessary that the certificates be deposited in the Plan with the Administrator. See Questions 18 and 19.

 

Current
Nonholders— If you currently hold no shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock, you may enroll in the Plan by completing
and returning an enrollment form for new investors and making an initial investment of at least $250 and not more than $300,000. Enrollment
forms may be found at www.hei.com/shareholder or from the Administrator at https://stockplans.broadridge.com. Initial enrollments for
Nonholders are processed on a weekly basis and all funds are subsequently invested on the schedule set forth in Question 14.

 

	6.	Are there any restrictions on participation in the Plan by shareholders residing outside the United States?

 

Regulations in certain countries may limit or
prohibit participation in services provided under this type of program. Accordingly, in the case of citizens or residents of a country
other than the United States, its territories, and possessions, the Company may determine, in its sole and absolute discretion, not to
allow participation because compliance with applicable regulations is not reasonably practicable.

 

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INVESTMENT OPTIONS — DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT AND OPTIONAL CASH
PURCHASES

 

		7.	What are my investment options under the Plan?

 

Participants may elect to have some or all of the
dividends they receive on shares of Common Stock and/or the Preferred Stock invested in Common Stock under the Plan. Participants may
also make purchases of Common Stock through our optional cash investment feature.

 

		8.	Must my dividends be reinvested automatically?

 

No. Participants may elect to have cash dividends
on all or a portion of the participant’s shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock automatically reinvested.

 

Each participant may elect one of the following
investment options:

 

		·	Full Dividend Reinvestment—Participant automatically reinvests cash dividends on all shares of Common Stock and Preferred
Stock.

 

		·	Partial Dividend Reinvestment—Participant specifies the number of whole shares of Common Stock, and the number, class
and series of whole shares of Preferred Stock, as to which the participant wishes to receive cash dividends, and automatically reinvests
the remainder of the cash dividends. Participants may not exercise any partial election with respect to fractional shares.

 

		·	Optional Cash Investments Only/No Dividend Reinvestment—Participant makes optional cash investments only and receives
cash dividends on all shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock.

 

You may change your dividend reinvestment election
at any time by notifying the Administrator. For a particular dividend to be reinvested, your notification must be received prior to the
record date for that dividend payment date. Payment of any and all dividends on Common Stock is at the discretion of HEI’s Board
of Directors.

 

		9.	When will my dividends be reinvested and at what price?

 

Newly issued shares will be purchased from the
Company on a dividend payment date (such date of purchase, the “Investment Date” as hereinafter defined in Question 14) and
shares acquired on the open market will be purchased starting as early as two days prior to the dividend payment date.

 

The purchase price of newly issued shares of Common
Stock purchased under the Plan directly from the Company will be the average of the high and low sales prices for Common Stock on the
composite tape for stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange on the business day prior to the purchase. The price of shares purchased
on the open market by the independent purchasing agent with the dividend will be the weighted average price of all shares purchased with
reinvested dividends. See Question 15.

 

		10.	What are the minimum and maximum amounts for optional cash investments?

 

Additional cash investments may be made in amounts
of at least $25, subject to a maximum of $300,000 during any calendar year, including your initial investment, if any. In the case of
Nonholders making payment by check or individual online investment, the initial cash investment must be at least $250.

 

		11.	How do I make optional cash investments?

 

Optional cash investments may be made through a
variety of methods:

 

		·	By Check. Existing Plan participants may send a personal check or cashier’s check, payable in U.S. dollars to “Broadridge.”
Currency, money orders and third-party checks are not allowed. Checks may be accompanied by the appropriate section of your Plan account
statement or an Optional Cash Investment coupon. Optional Cash Investment coupons can be obtained by accessing your Plan account at www.hei.com/shareholder.
If you do not have a coupon, write the account number in the memo portion of your check and include a note identifying your Plan account.

 

Mail your optional cash investment to:
Hawaiian Electric Industries Shareholder Services

c/o Broadridge Corporate Issuer Solutions

P.O. Box 1342

Brentwood, NY 11717-0718

 

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		·	By Individual Online Investment. You may also authorize a one-time, optional cash investment to be deducted from an account
at a U. S. financial institution that is a member of the National Automated Clearing House Association. To do so, log into your account
via www.hei.com/shareholder and click “Purchase Shares”. You will be re-directed to a new screen which will allow you to set
a one-time investment amount and input your banking information.

 

		·	By Recurring Automatic Investments from your U.S. Bank Account. You can authorize monthly automatic investments from an account
at a U.S. financial institution that is a member of the National Automated Clearing House Association. The minimum amount for monthly
investments is $25. Application forms for automatic cash bank account drafts will be available from the Administrator. See Question 3
for the contact information of the Administrator. To initiate this service, you must send a completed “Automatic Investment”
form to the Administrator in hard copy or complete the online form at www.hei.com/shareholder. To change any aspect of the instruction,
you must send a revised “Automatic Investment” form to the Administrator or, log into your account via www.hei.com/shareholder
and click “Plan Options.” To terminate automatic investments, you must notify the Administrator in writing, or log into your
account via www.hei.com/shareholder. Initial set-up, changes and terminations to the monthly automatic investment instructions will be
implemented as soon as practicable after receipt by the Administrator of the request.

 

See Question 14 for a discussion of when
optional cash investments will be purchased.

 

		12.	How are investments for returned or “insufficient funds” handled?

 

If the Administrator does not receive credit for
a cash investment because of insufficient funds or incorrect draft information, the requested purchase will be deemed void, and the Administrator
will immediately remove from participant’s account any pending investment or shares already purchased upon the Administrator’s
prior credit of such funds to the participant. The Administrator may also place a hold on the participant’s Plan account until an
 “insufficient funds” fee of $30 is received from the participant, or may sell such shares to satisfy any uncollected amounts.
If the net proceeds from the sale of shares are insufficient to satisfy the balance of the uncollected amounts, the Administrator may
sell additional shares from Participant’s account as necessary to satisfy the uncollected balance.

 

PURCHASE OF COMMON STOCK

 

		13.	What is the source of Common Stock purchased through the Plan?

 

Open market share purchases will be made by the
Plan’s independent purchasing agent. HEI may also issue authorized but previously unissued shares to the Plan Administrator for
participants. HEI will not change the method of acquiring shares of Common Stock more than once in any three-month period.

 

Share purchases in the open market may be made
on any stock exchange where the Common Stock is traded or by negotiated transactions on such terms as the independent purchasing agent
may reasonably determine. Neither HEI, the Plan Administrator nor any participant will have any authority or power to control or influence
the timing or price at which shares may be purchased by the independent purchasing agent, the manner of effecting these purchases or the
broker through which these purchases are made.

 

		14.	When will my optional cash investment be purchased?

 

Initial and optional investment purchases will
occur on a weekly basis, excluding weekends or holidays. We refer to each date on which purchases are made as an “Investment Date.”
An Investment Date will occur each Tuesday or, if that date is not a business day, the business day immediately following that Tuesday.
The Administrator must receive funds for initial and optional investments no later than two business days before an Investment Date for
those investments to be invested in Common Stock beginning on that Investment Date. Otherwise, the Administrator may hold those funds
and invest them on the next Investment Date.

 

For automatic investments, funds will be deducted
from your designated account on the 25th of each month, or the immediately preceding business day if the 25th is not a business day. Funds
will then be invested on the next applicable Investment Date.

 

Shares purchased from the Company shall be purchased
on the applicable Investment Date. Shares acquired on the open market will be purchased by the independent purchasing agent, who will
start buying the shares on the Investment Date. Shares purchased on the open market shall be purchased during the period commencing on
each applicable Investment Date and ending 30 days thereafter (each, an “Investment Period”).

 

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No interest will be paid on amounts held by the
Administrator pending investment. The Administrator may commingle each participant’s funds with those of other participants for
the purpose of executing each purchase.

 

		15.	What is the price of shares purchased under the Plan?

 

Shares purchased by the independent purchasing
agent in the open market on any Investment Date will be credited to a participant’s account at the weighted average price incurred
to purchase all shares acquired by the independent purchasing agent on that date or, if the independent purchasing agent is unable to
complete all required purchases on the Investment Date, at the weighted average price incurred to purchase all shares acquired by the
independent purchasing agent during the applicable Investment Period. Brokerage commissions for these purchases will be paid by HEI. The
purchase price of newly issued shares of Common Stock purchased under the Plan directly from the Company will be the average of the high
and low sales prices for Common Stock on the composite tape for stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange on the business day prior
to the purchase.

 

SALE OF SHARES

 

		16.	How do I sell my Plan shares?

 

You may sell any number of shares held in your
Plan account by (i) contacting the Administrator by phone at (808) 206-7529 or toll free at (866) 672-5841 and giving verbal instruction,
(ii) completing the appropriate section of your Plan account statement, (iii) accessing your Plan account at www.hei.com/shareholder and
submitting the number of shares to sell, or (iv) preparing a written request and sending it to the Administrator by mail or by fax at
(215) 553-5402. Participants may instruct the Administrator to sell shares under the Plan through a Batch Order, Market Order or Day Limit
Order. All sales options may not be available at all times. The Administrator will forward your request to the Plan’s independent
purchasing agent, and the independent purchasing agent will sell your shares within five business days. You may have the net proceeds
of any sale of your shares held under the plan remitted to you by check, via U.S. mail, or by automatic deposit in your U.S. bank account.
As an added security measure, the Administrator may apply a five business-day hold period to the initial association of banking account
information to investor accounts as well as changes made to established direct deposit or direct debit instructions. This hold period
is a method of preventing unauthorized transactions. For faster delivery of proceeds to be delivered by check, checks can be sent on the
settlement date by an overnight courier for an additional fee of $25.00, or $30.00 for Saturday delivery.

 

Batch
Order (online, by telephone or by written request) — A Batch Order is an accumulation by the Administrator of all requests
to sell shares through the Plan submitted together as a collective request. Batch Orders are submitted on each trading day, assuming there
are sale requests to be processed. The Administrator will forward your request to a registered broker-dealer (which registered broker-dealer
may be an affiliate of the Administrator) and the broker-dealer will sell your shares, along with shares to be sold for other accounts,
within five business days, assuming the applicable market is open for trading and sufficient market liquidity exists. Proceeds from the
sale, less a sales fee of $15 and a brokerage commission (which commission is currently $0.12 per share but is subject to change without
notice), will be sent to you on the settlement date. You may request a Batch Order sale online at www.hei.com/shareholder, by contacting
the Administrator by phone at (808) 206-7529 or toll free at (866) 672-5841 or by written request. All sale requests received in writing
will be submitted as Batch Order sales.

 

Market
Order (as available online or by telephone) — A Market Order is a request to sell shares promptly at the then-current
market price. A participant’s request to sell shares in a Market Order will be at the prevailing market price when the trade is
executed. If such an order is placed during market hours (normally 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern time), the Administrator will promptly
submit the shares to a registered broker-dealer (which registered broker-dealer may be an affiliate of the Administrator) for sale on
the open market and the order will be executed as soon as market conditions allow. The price per share will be the market price of the
sale obtained by the Administrator’s broker-dealer and is not guaranteed. Proceeds from the sale, less a market order fee of $25
and a brokerage commission (which commission is currently $0.12 per share but is subject to change without notice), will be sent to you
on the settlement date. You may request a Market Order sale only online at www.hei.com/shareholder or by contacting the Administrator
by phone at (808) 206-7529 or toll free at (866) 672-5841. Once entered, Market Order requests received by the Administrator during market
hours are final and cannot be canceled. Sales requests submitted near or after the close of the market may be executed on the next trading
day, along with other requests received after market close. Depending on the current trading activity, there may not be a market for your
request and the order could be canceled at the end of the trading day. If your Market Order is canceled, you will receive an email confirmation.
If your Market Order was canceled and you still want the shares to be sold, you will need to re-enter the sale request.

 

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Day
Limit Order (as available online or by telephone) — A Day Limit Order is an order to sell shares when, and if, they reach
a specific trading price on a specific day. A participant’s request to sell shares in a Day Limit Order will be promptly submitted
by the Administrator to a broker. The broker will execute as a Market Order when and if the stock reaches, or exceeds the specified price
on the day the order was placed (or, for orders placed outside of market hours, the next trading day). All limit orders are considered
irrevocable upon final submission of the order and cannot be canceled within market hours. Proceeds from the sale, less a limit order
fee of $25 and a brokerage commission (which commission is currently $0.12 per share but is subject to change without notice), will be
sent to you within five business days following the sale. You may request a Day Limit Order only online at www.hei.com/shareholder or
by contacting the Administrator by phone at (808) 206-7529 or toll free at (866) 672-5841. Depending on the current trading activity,
the entered price may not be met by the end of that trading day or there may not be a market for the request. In both instances, the order
will be canceled at the end of the trading day. Should a participant submit a limit order that falls under the current trading price at
the time of receipt by the broker, there is a chance the order will be canceled upon receipt if it exceeds certain pricing thresholds
meant to protect you from erroneous entries. The order may also be canceled by the applicable stock exchange or by the Administrator’s
broker due to certain restrictions. If your Day Limit Order is canceled, you will receive an email confirmation. If your Day Limit Order
was canceled and you still want the shares to be sold, you will need to re-enter the sale request.

 

		17.	Is there a minimum number of shares that I must maintain in my account to keep it active?

 

Yes. You must maintain at least five shares of
Common Stock in your Plan account. If your Plan account balance falls below five shares, the Administrator may terminate your participation
in the Plan without written notice. Upon termination, your participation in the Plan will cease and your shares will be sold. A check
for the value of the shares, less any fees and commissions will be mailed to the address of record. If you have a bank account on file,
the funds will be deposited into your bank account.

 

If you are a new investor who has signed up for
automatic monthly investments, your Plan account will be exempt from this requirement until you accumulate five shares in your Plan account.

 

CUSTODIAL SERVICE

 

		18.	How does the custodial service (book-entry shares) work?

 

All shares of Common Stock that are purchased through
the Plan will be held by the Administrator and reflected in book-entry notation form in the participant’s account on the records
of the Administrator. A Plan participant who holds Common Stock in certificated form may also, at any time, deposit those certificates
for safekeeping in the Plan with the Administrator, and the shares represented by the deposited certificates will be included as Plan
shares in the participant’s account.

 

		19.	How do I deposit my HEI stock certificates with the Administrator?

 

To deposit certificates into the Plan, you should
send your certificates, by registered and insured mail (insured for 2% of the value of the shares), to the Administrator with written
instructions to deposit the shares represented by the certificates in your Plan account. The certificates should not be endorsed and the
assignment section should not be completed.

 

		20.	Are there any charges associated with this custodial service?

 

No. There is no cost to you either for having
the Administrator hold the shares purchased for you through the Plan or for depositing with the Administrator the Common Stock certificates
you hold for the purpose of adding the shares to your Plan shares.

 

ISSUANCE OF STOCK CERTIFICATES

 

		21.	How do I request a stock certificate?

 

To request a stock certificate for any shares held
in an account, Participants must send written instructions to the Administrator. All stock certificates will be issued in the account
holder’s name and will be mailed via the U.S. Postal Service to the shareholder’s address on record. A $20 service fee will
be charged for each stock certificate issued. The service fee should be paid through check, payable to Broadridge Corporate Issuer Solutions,
Inc. (“Broadridge”) and must accompany the request for a stock certificate.

 

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GIFTS AND TRANSFERS OF SHARES

 

		22.	Can I transfer shares that I hold in the Plan to someone else?

 

Yes. You may transfer ownership of some or all
of your Plan shares by sending the Administrator a completed stock power transfer form. Copies of this form may be obtained from the Administrator
or online at www.hei.com/shareholder. Signatures of all registered holders must be “Medallion Guaranteed” by a financial institution
participating in the Medallion Guarantee program. The Medallion Guarantee program helps to establish that the individual signing is in
fact the owner as indicated on the participant’s account. Broadridge is a Paperless Legal Transfer Agent. As transfer agent, Broadridge
relies on the Medallion guaranteed signature of the shareholder, or his, her or its agent to transfer stock. Supporting legal documentation
(e.g., death certificates, trusts, powers of attorney, letters of testamentary/administration, etc.) must be reviewed and maintained by
the guarantor institution. Legal documents that accompany a transfer request sent to the transfer agent will not be reviewed or returned.
The Medallion signature guarantee stamp can be obtained at most major banks and brokerage firms.

 

		23.	Enrolling Newly Transferred Accounts

 

You may transfer shares to new or existing shareholders.
The transfer of Plan shares will automatically enroll the new account in the Plan with a full cash dividend. Documentation to request
the transfer of Plan shares can be found at www.hei.com/shareholder.

 

		24.	What about Gifts to Minors?

 

If you are transferring shares to a minor, you
need to provide the state of residency for the minor and the name of the adult custodian who will be listed on the account. Once the minor
has reached the age of majority, the custodian’s name can be removed by following the transfer instructions in Question 22.

 

FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PLAN

 

		25.	What are the fees associated with participation in the Plan?

 

Transaction fees will be as follows:

 

	Enrollment Fee	 	Company paid
	Commission for Open Market Purchase of Shares	 	Company paid
	Reinvestment of Dividends	 	None
	Optional cash investments via check or automatic investment	 	Company paid
	Safekeeping of Common Stock certificates	 	None
	Certificate issuance	 	$20.00
	Batch Sale of shares (partial or full)	 	$0.12 per share + $15 service fee
	Market Order Sales	 	$0.12 per share + $25 service fee
	Day Limit Order Sales	 	$0.12 per share + $25 service fee
	Historical Research Fee	 	$25 per account
	Replacement Check Fee	 	None

 

	Returned checks due to insufficient funds, stop pay orders, closed accounts, or failed electronic transfers due to insufficient funds	 	$30.00
	Failed electronic funds transfers for all other reasons	 	$25.00
	Original statements	 	None
	Duplicate statements	 	None
	Overnight delivery of sales proceeds or statements	 	$25.00
	Saturday delivery of sales proceeds or statements	 	$30.00

 

Fees are subject to change with prior notice except
for the brokerage commission fee which may change without prior notice.

 

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WITHDRAWAL FROM THE PLAN

 

		26.	How do I close my Plan account?

 

You may terminate your participation in the Plan
either by calling (808) 206-7529 or toll free at (866) 672-5841 and giving verbal instruction or by sending written instructions (a notice
of withdrawal) to the Administrator. Written instructions can be mailed to the address provided in Question 3 or faxed to 215-553-5402.
Upon termination, your whole shares will be converted to book-entry form in DRS. The DRS advice will be sent to you together with a check
for the value of any fractional share, less any sales fee. Alternatively, you can have all of the shares in your Plan account sold for
you as described in Question 16.

 

Any shares converted to book-entry form in DRS
upon termination will be issued in the name or names in which the account is registered, unless otherwise instructed. If the shares are
to be issued in a name other than the name or names on your Plan account, you must include complete transfer instructions signed by all
registered shareholders. The signature(s) on the instruction letter must be “Medallion Guaranteed” by a financial institution
participating in the Medallion Guarantee program. See Question 22.

 

The Administrator will process notices of withdrawal
and send proceeds to you as soon as practicable, without interest. If a notice of withdrawal is received on or after an ex-dividend date
but before the related dividend payment date, the withdrawal will be processed as described above and a separate dividend check will be
mailed as soon as practicable following the payment date. Thereafter, cash dividends will be paid out to the shareholder and not reinvested
in Common Stock.

 

If you are an active participant in the automatic
investment service and request that all of your shares be sold and your Plan account be terminated, be aware that you may have a purchase
pending that will result in more shares being placed in your Plan account after the original sale request has been completed. If you elect
to sell but do not request termination of your Plan account, your shares will be sold and future reinvestments and any authorized investment
deductions from your Plan account at a financial institution will continue.

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

		27.	What kind of reports will be sent to participants in the Plan?

 

Statements will be sent to participants with
account activity (such as purchase, sale, transfer, deposit, withdrawal of shares or dividend reinvestment) two weeks following the completion
of such transaction or as soon as practicable thereafter. You should retain these statements in order to establish the cost basis of shares
purchased under the Plan for income tax reporting and other purposes. In addition, each participant will receive all communications sent
to all other shareholders, such as annual reports and proxy statements or notices of availability of these documents.

 

Please note that if you are enrolling only for
dividend reinvestment, you will not receive a confirmation notice of your enrollment. Statements will be sent upon the reinvestment of
any dividend.

 

		28.	Can Plan statements be sent electronically?

 

Yes. You can elect to have your Plan statements
sent to you via E-delivery by logging into your Plan account at any time at www.hei.com/shareholder.

 

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		29.	How would a stock split or stock dividend affect my account?

 

Any shares resulting from a stock split or stock
dividend paid on shares held in custody for you by the Administrator or held by you in certificated or DRS form will be credited to your
Plan book-entry notation position. If HEI makes a distribution on shares in a form other than cash or shares of Common Stock or Preferred
Stock, you will receive the distribution in kind.

 

		30.	How do I vote my Plan shares at shareholders’ meetings?

 

As a Plan participant, you will be sent proxy materials
through the mail or electronic delivery or we will provide you with notice and access to proxy materials in accordance with the rules
and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission to allow you to vote the shares held by the Administrator in your Plan account.
You can vote by using the Internet or telephone or by signing, dating and returning the proxy card. Fractional shares will be aggregated
and voted in accordance with the participants’ directions.

 

If a participant does not provide instructions
on how to vote the shares held in the Plan, participant will be deemed to have instructed HEI to instruct the Administrator to vote the
shares held by the participant in the Plan in accordance with the recommendations of the Company’s Board of Directors on each issue.

 

		31.	Can the Plan be changed or discontinued?

 

HEI reserves the right to change any administrative
procedures of the Plan at any time. HEI reserves the right to suspend, modify or terminate the Plan at any time. All participants will
receive notice of any such suspension, modification or termination. Upon termination of the Plan by HEI, whole shares held in a participant’s
account under the Plan will be converted to book-entry notation form in DRS and a cash payment will be made for any fractional share.

 

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

 

If you choose to participate in the Plan, you should
recognize that neither HEI nor the Administrator can assure you of a profit or protect you against a loss on the shares that you purchase
under the Plan.

 

Neither HEI nor the Administrator, in administering
the Plan, will be liable for any act done in good faith or for any good faith omission to act, including without limitation any claim
of liability arising out of failure to terminate a participant’s account upon such participant’s death, the price at which
shares are purchased or sold for the participant’s account, the times when purchases or sales are made or fluctuations in the market
value of Common Stock. This limitation of liability will not constitute a waiver by any participant of his, her, or its rights under the
federal securities laws.

 

The Administrator is administering this Plan on
behalf of HEI. The Administrator is not a registered broker-dealer and does not endorse or recommend the services of any brokerage company.
Any shareholder utilizing the Plan will not be a brokerage customer of the Administrator. The Administrator’s role in administering
the Plan is purely ministerial and clerical. Additionally, the Administrator does not warranty or guarantee execution quality or fulfillment
of transaction requests.

 

Although the Plan provides for the reinvestment
of dividends, the declaration and payment of Common Stock dividends will continue to be determined by HEI’s Board of Directors in
its discretion, depending upon future earnings, the financial condition of HEI and other factors. The amount and timing of dividends may
be changed, or the payment of dividends terminated, at any time without notice.

 

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