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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 30, 2018
ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Hawaii
001-35492
45-4849780
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

822 Bishop Street, P. O. Box 3440
Honolulu, Hawaii 96801
(Address of principal executive office and zip code)

(808) 525-6611
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On April 24, 2018, the Company held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders at which: (i) ten directors to the Company’s Board of Directors were elected, (ii) executive compensation was approved in an advisory vote, and (iii) the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm was ratified. The number of votes for, against, or withheld, as well as the number of abstentions and broker non-votes, as to each matter voted upon at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders, were as follows:


(i) Election of Directors
For
Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
Christopher J. Benjamin
56,699,888
2,489,165
7,561,552
W. Allen Doane
58,203,631
985,422
7,561,552
Robert S. Harrison
52,547,009
6,642,044
7,561,552
David C. Hulihee
56,697,325
2,491,728
7,561,552
Stanley M. Kuriyama
56,678,177
2,510,876
7,561,552
Thomas A. Lewis, Jr.
58,235,665
953,388
7,561,552
Douglas M. Pasquale
57,795,229
1,393,824
7,561,552
Michele K. Saito
58,244,606
944,447
7,561,552
Jenai S. Wall
58,243,975
945,078
7,561,552
Eric K. Yeaman
52,517,306
6,671,747
7,561,552


(ii) Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
 
57,182,379
1,401,579
605,095
7,561,552


 (iii) Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
 
66,177,100
500,812
72,693
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SIGNATURE

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.

Date:  April 30, 2018

ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, INC.


/s/ James E. Mead
James E. Mead
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer