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Published on: 4/11/2008
Last Visited: 8/10/2008
The Board of Directors has affirmatively determined that Mr. Gregory S. Anderson, Mr. L. Todd Budge, Mr. Donald J. Carty, Admiral Thomas B. Fargo, Mr. Sean Kim, Mr. Bert T. Kobayashi, Jr., and Ms. Crystal K. Rose are independent as defined by the listing standards of the AMEX and the applicable rules of the SEC.
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On the recommendation of the Governance and Nominating Committee, the Board of Directors has nominated Mr. Lawrence S. Hershfield, Mr. Mark B. Dunkerley, Mr. Anderson, Mr. Budge, Mr. Carty, Admiral Fargo, Mr. Randall L. Jenson, Mr. Kobayashi and Ms. Rose for election to the Board of Directors at the Annual Meeting.
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Bert T. Kobayashi, Jr.
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Bert T. Kobayashi, Jr.Mr. Kobayashi has been a member of our Board of Directors since December 2004.Mr. Kobayashi is senior partner of the law firm of Kobayashi Sugita & Goda in Honolulu, Hawaii.He currently is director of the First Hawaiian Bank (1974 to present) and BancWest Corporation (1998 to present).Mr. Kobayashi also was a member of the Board of Directors of Western Airlines (from 1976 to 1986, when it was sold to Delta Air Lines) and on the Board of Directors of Schuler Homes (from
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1992 to 2001, when it merged with Western Pacific).He formerly sat as chairman of the State of Hawaii Judicial Selection Commission.He is the Vice Chairman for the Friends of Hawaii Charities and currently is a member of the executive committee of the University of Hawaii Athletic Foundation.Mr. Kobayashi has a J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of Law and a B.A. from the University of Hawaii and Gettysburg College.Mr. Kobayashi serves as a member of the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Governance and Nominating Committee of the Board of Directors.