Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. To Announce Second Quarter 2014 Financial Results On August 11, 2014; American Savings Bank To Announce Second Quarter 2014 Financial Results On July 30, 2014

HONOLULU, July 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. (HEI) (NYSE - HE) said today that it plans to announce its second quarter 2014 financial results on Monday, August 11, 2014. In addition, American Savings Bank, F.S.B. (American), a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of HEI, plans to announce its second quarter 2014 financial results on Wednesday, July 30, 2014, the same day American expects to file financial reports to meet regulatory filing requirements.

HEI also announced that it will conduct a webcast and teleconference call to discuss second quarter 2014 earnings and 2014 earnings per share (EPS) guidance on Monday, August11, 2014 at 7:00 a.m. Hawaii time (1:00 p.m. Eastern time).

Interested parties may listen to the conference by calling [phone] and entering passcode: 92297255, or by accessing the webcast on HEI's website at www.hei.com under the heading "Investor Relations." HEI and Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. (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's press releases, HEI's and Hawaiian Electric's SEC filings and HEI's public conference calls and webcasts. Also, at the Investor Relations section of HEI's website, investors may sign up to receive e-mail alerts (based on each investor's selected preferences). 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 Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii (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 SEC filings.

An on-line replay of the August 11, 2014 webcast will be available on HEI's website beginning about two hours after the event. Audio replays of the teleconference will also be available approximately two hours after the event through August 25, 2014, by dialing [phone], passcode: 58411343.

HEI supplies power to approximately 450,000 customers or 95% of Hawaii's population through its electric utilities, Hawaiian Electric, Hawaii Electric Light Company, Inc. and Maui Electric Company, Limited and provides a wide array of banking and other financial services to consumers and businesses through American, one of Hawaii's largest financial institutions.

Contact:	Clifford H. Chen			[phone] Telephone
	Manager, Investor Relations			E-mail: [e-mail]
	& Strategic Planning

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SOURCE Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.