Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

On December 28, 2021, Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. (HEI) made an equity contribution to Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. (Hawaiian Electric), its wholly-owned subsidiary, in order for Hawaiian Electric to maintain its targeted capital structure. Hawaiian Electric's proceeds from its sale of common stock to HEI will be used for the reimbursement of funds used for the payment of capital expenditures.

To effect the equity contribution, Hawaiian Electric issued 429,157 shares of its common stock to HEI for an aggregate amount of $54.4 million. The issuance was made in reliance upon the exemption provided in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933.

HEI and Hawaiian Electric intend to continue to use HEI's website, www.hei.com, as a means of disclosing additional information. Such disclosures will be included on HEI's website in the Investor Relations section. Accordingly, investors should routinely monitor such portions of HEI's website, in addition to following HEI's, Hawaiian Electric's and American Savings Bank, F.S.B.'s (ASB's) press releases, HEI's and Hawaiian Electric's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings and HEI's public conference calls and webcasts. The information on HEI's website is not incorporated by reference in this document or in HEI's and Hawaiian Electric's SEC filings unless, and except to the extent, specifically incorporated by reference. Investors may also wish to refer to the PUC website at dms.puc.hawaii.gov/dms in order to review documents filed with and issued by the PUC. No information on the PUC website is incorporated by reference in this document or in HEI's and Hawaiian Electric's other SEC filings.


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