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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000003453-08-000059.txt : 20081112
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000003453-08-000059
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20081106
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
FILED AS OF DATE:		20081112
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20081112

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ALEXANDER & BALDWIN INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000003453
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	WATER TRANSPORTATION [4400]
		IRS NUMBER:				990032630
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			HI
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-34187
		FILM NUMBER:		081177916

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		822 BISHOP STREET
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 3440
		CITY:			HONOLULU
		STATE:			HI
		ZIP:			96801
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8085256611

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		822 BISHOP STREET
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 3440
		CITY:			HONOLULU
		STATE:			HI
		ZIP:			96801
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:9pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=4>UNITED STATES</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=4>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Washington, D. C. 20549</font></b></p>


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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=4>FORM 8-K</font></B></p>


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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'>CURRENT REPORT</p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'>Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the</p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'>Securities Exchange Act of 1934</p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'>&nbsp;</p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  November 6, 2008</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=5>ALEXANDER &amp; BALDWIN, INC.</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u>Hawaii</u><u></u></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u>000-00565</u><u></u></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u>99-0032630</u><u></u></p> </td> </tr>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'>822 Bishop Street, P. O. Box 3440</p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><u>Honolulu, Hawaii 96801</u></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'>(Address of principal executive office and zip code)</p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'>&nbsp;</p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><u>(808) 525-6611</u></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'>(Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code)</p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'>(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)</p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'>&nbsp;</p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>Check the appropriate box below if the Form&nbsp;8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2.): </font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><u><font size=2>Item 8.01. Other Events</font></u></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>As reported previously in Part II, Item 1 of the Company&#146;s Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2008 (the &#147;Company Form 10-Q&#148;), in connection with the complaint filed by the Shipbuilders Council of America, Inc. and Pasha Hawaii Transport Lines LLC against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Coast Guard and the National Vessel Documentation Center (the &#147;Mokihana case&#148;), the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia entered a preliminary order granting summary judgment to the plaintiffs on September 30, 2008.  As also reported previously in the Company Form 10-Q, the District Court was to have issued an opinion setting forth the basis for the ruling and relief to have been granted, and the preliminary order may have affected the right of Matson Navigation Company, Inc. (&#147;Matson&#148;), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, to
operate its vessel </font><i><font size=2>Mokihana</font></i><font size=2> in the domestic trade.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>On November 6, 2008, the District Court vacated the preliminary order granting summary judgment to the plaintiffs in the Mokihana case, and stayed the matter pending the outcome of an appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in a case referred to by the District Court as the Seabulk Trader case.  Such case, which was decided in favor of the plaintiff by another judge in the same District Court, is reported at 551 F. Supp. 2d 447.  While the Seabulk Trader case involves certain issues similar in nature to certain issues in the Mokihana case, Matson believes the two cases are distinguishable in various respects.  No decision is expected from the Fourth Circuit in the Seabulk Trader case until 2009.  The Company is unable to predict, at this time, the outcome of the appeal in the Seabulk Trader case or the possible effect of such outcome on the Mokihana case.  The Company also is
unable to predict, at this time, the outcome or the financial impact, if any, of the Mokihana case.</font></p>

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<U>SIGNATURE</U></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'>&nbsp;</p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'>Date:  November 11, 2008</p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:2.99in;text-align:left;'>ALEXANDER &amp; BALDWIN, INC.</p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:2.99in;text-align:left;'>&nbsp;</p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:2.99in;text-align:left;'><u>/s/ Christopher J. Benjamin_______</u></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:2.99in;text-align:left;'>Christopher J. Benjamin</p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:2.99in;text-align:left;'>Senior Vice President, </p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:2.99in;text-align:left;'>Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer</p>

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