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):
May
29, 2009
Central
Pacific Financial Corp.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Hawaii
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0-10777
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99-0212597
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(State
or other jurisdiction
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(Commission
File
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(I.R.S.
Employer
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of
incorporation)
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Number)
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Identification
No.
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220
South King Street, Honolulu, Hawaii
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96813
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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(808)
544-0500
(Registrant's
telephone number, including area code)
Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
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Item
5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of
Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers
On
May 29, 2009, Curtis Chinn resigned as Executive Vice President and Chief Risk
Officer of Central Pacific Financial Corp. and Central Pacific Bank
(collectively, the "Company") to be effective August 6, 2009.
Effective
as of June 1, 2009, Mary A. Weisman has been appointed as interim Chief Credit
Officer of the Company. Mrs. Weisman, age 50, has been the Executive Vice
President, Credit Review Director from December 2008 to the present and the
Senior Vice President, Risk Management Director from July 2007 to December 2008
of the Company. From 1989 to 2007 she served in various positions at
Bank of Hawaii and from 2003 to 2007 was the Executive Vice President, Credit
Review Director at that bank. Mrs. Weisman will serve as Chief Credit Officer
until the Company completes a search for a permanent
replacement.
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.
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Central
Pacific Financial Corp.
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(Registrant)
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Date: May
29, 2009
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By:
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/s/ Dean K. Hirata |
| Dean K. Hirata | ||
| Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer |