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Pricing Supplement No. 23 Filing under Rule 424(b)(3)
Dated June 9, 1998 Registration File No. 33-58820
(To Prospectus dated June 11, 1993)
$250,000,000
HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, INC.
MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES B
Principal amount: $48,000,000 Floating Rate Notes: N/A
Interest Rate (if fixed rate): 6.49% Base Rate: N/A
Stated Maturity Date: June 12, 2002 Commercial Paper Rate
Issue price (as a percentage of Prime Rate
principal amount): 100% LIBOR
Selling Agent's commission (%): N/A Treasury Rate
Purchasing Agent's discount CD Rate
or commission (%): 0.45 % Federal Funds Rate
Net proceeds to the Company (%): 99.55% Other:
Settlement date and time (original Index Maturity: N/A
issue date): June 12, 1998 Spread: N/A
Initial Redemption Date (if any): N/A Spread Multiplier: N/A
Initial Redemption Percentage: N/A Maximum Interest Rate: N/A
Annual Redemption Minimum Interest Rate: N/A
Percentage Reduction: N/A Initial Interest Rate: N/A
Optional Repayment Dates: N/A Interest Reset Period: N/A
Currency of Denomination: U.S. Interest Determination Date(s): N/A
Currency of Payment: U.S. Calculation Date(s): N/A
Minimum Authorized Interest Payment Period: N/A
Denominations: $1,000 Regular Record Date(s): N/A
Additional Terms: N/A Calculation Agent: N/A
Redemption prices (if any): The Redemption Price shall initially be N/A % of
the principal amount of such Notes to be redeemed and shall decline (but not
below par) on each anniversary of the Initial Redemption Date by N/A % of the
principal amount to be redeemed until the Redemption Price is 100% of such
principal amount.
Use of Proceeds and Additional Terms:
All or substantially all of the net proceeds to Hawaiian Electric
Industries, Inc. ("HEI") from the sale of its Medium-Term Notes, Series B,
covered by this Pricing Supplement will be used by HEI to retire commercial
paper, and/or for other general corporate purposes. As of June 9, 1998,
HEI's commercial paper outstanding totaled approximately $154 million. Such
commercial paper bore interest at prevailing market rates and had original
maturities varying between 1 and 190 days.
As of the date of this Pricing Supplement, the aggregate initial public
offering price of the Series B Notes which have been sold (including the Series
B Notes to which this Pricing Supplement relates and Series B Notes described in
Pricing Supplements of even date herewith) is $243,500,000.
"N/A" as used herein means "Not applicable". "A/S" as used herein means "As
stated in the Prospectus referred to above".
MERRILL LYNCH & CO. GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
