Form 8-K

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: January 18, 2005

 

 

Exact Name of Registrant

as Specified in Its Charter

  

Commission

File Number

  

I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.

Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.

Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc.

  

1-8503

1-4955

  

99-0208097

99-0040500

 

 

State of Hawaii

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

900 Richards Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

 

(808) 543-5662 - Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. (HEI)

(808) 543-7771 - Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. (HECO)

 

None

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

 

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))

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

 

On January 18, 2005, HEI issued the following news release:

 

HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, INC. TO WEBCAST AND TELECONFERENCE 2004 YEAR-END EARNINGS ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2005

 

HONOLULU — Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. (NYSE - HE) announced that its 2004 year-end earnings will be released on January 24, 2005, after market close. The Company will also conduct an audio webcast and teleconference call to review its year-end earnings on Tuesday, January 25, 2005, at 12:00 noon EST. The event can be accessed through HEI’s website at http://www.hei.com or by dialing (800) 798-2864, pass code: 18851071 for the teleconference call.

 

An online replay of the webcast will be available at the same website beginning about two hours after the event. Replays of the teleconference call will also be available approximately two hours after the event through February 8, 2005, by dialing (888) 286-8010, pass code: 44811615.

 

Representing management will be Robert F. Clarke, chairman, president and chief executive officer, Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.; T. Michael May, president and chief executive officer, Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc.; Constance H. Lau, president and chief executive officer, American Savings Bank, F.S.B.; and Eric K. Yeaman, financial vice president, treasurer and chief financial officer, Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

The webcast/teleconference call may contain “forward-looking statements,” which include statements that are predictive in nature, depend upon or refer to future events or conditions, and usually include words such as expects, anticipates, intends, plans, believes, predicts, estimates or similar expressions. In addition, any statements concerning future financial performance (including future revenues, expenses, earnings or losses or growth rates), ongoing business strategies or prospects and possible future actions, which may be provided by management, are also forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and projections about future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions about HEI and its subsidiaries, the performance of the industries in which they do business and economic and market factors, among other things. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance.

 

Forward-looking statements are referenced in the “Forward-Looking Statements and Risk Factors” discussion (which is incorporated by reference herein) set forth on page v of HEI’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2004, and in HEI’s future periodic reports that discuss important factors that could cause HEI’s results to differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of the webcast/teleconference call.

 

HEI and its subsidiaries are a critical part of Hawaii’s economy. HEI supplies power to over 400,000 customers or 93% of the Hawaii electric public utility market through its electric utilities, Hawaiian Electric Company, Maui Electric Company and Hawaii Electric Light Company, and provides a wide array of banking and other financial services to consumers and businesses through American Savings Bank, the state’s third largest financial institution based on asset size.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. The signature of the undersigned companies shall be deemed to relate only to matters having reference to such companies and any subsidiaries thereof.

 

HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, INC.

    HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.
                                                         (Registrant)                                                          (Registrant)

/s/ Eric K. Yeaman

   

/s/ Tayne S. Y. Sekimura

Eric K. Yeaman    Tayne S. Y. Sekimura
Financial Vice President, Treasurer    Financial Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer    (Principal Financial Officer of HECO)
(Principal Financial Officer of HEI)    Date: January 18, 2005
Date: January 18, 2005     

 

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