8-K 1 a8-kseptember2018.htm 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 (Date of earliest event reported):
September 4, 2018
Central Pacific Financial Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Hawaii |  | 001-31567 |  | 99-0212597
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |  | (Commission File Number) |  | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

220 South King Street, Honolulu, Hawaii (Address of principal executive offices) |  | 96813 (Zip Code)

(808) 544-0500
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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ITEM 7.01. REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE
Central Pacific Financial Corp. is furnishing the slide presentation that it intends to present in various meetings during September 2018. The slides are included as Exhibit 99.1 to this report. The information in this report (including Exhibit 99.1) shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
As discussed therein, the slide presentation furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act and, as such, may involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions. These forward-looking statements relate to the Company’s current expectations and are subject to the limitations and qualifications set forth in the presentation as well as in the Company’s other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, without limitation, that actual events and/or results may differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements.
ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(d) The following exhibit is being furnished herewith:

Exhibit No. |  | Description
99.1 |  |  | Central Pacific Financial Corporation slide presentation

SIGNATURES
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.

| Central Pacific Financial Corp.
| (Registrant)
Date: September 4, 2018 | /s/ David S. Morimoto
| David S. Morimoto
| Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer