written (or, to the knowledge of the Company, oral) notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such form of registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has been received by the Company (the base prospectus filed as part of such registration statement, in the form in which it has most recently been filed with the Commission on or prior to the date of this Agreement, is hereinafter called the “ Basic Prospectus ”; the various parts of such registration statement, and any prospectus supplement relating to the Shares that is filed with the Commission and deemed by virtue of Rule 430B under the 1933 Act to be part of such registration statement, each as amended at the time such part of the registration statement became effective, are hereinafter collectively called the “ Registration Statement ”; the prospectus supplement specifically relating to the Shares prepared and filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act is hereinafter called the “ Prospectus Supplement ”; the Basic Prospectus, as amended and supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement, is hereinafter called the “ Prospectus ”; any reference herein to the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act; any reference to any amendment or supplement to the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, any prospectus supplement relating to the Shares filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act and any documents filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ 1934 Act ”), and incorporated therein, in each case after the date of the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement or the Prospectus, as the case may be; any reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to refer to and include any annual report of the Company filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the 1934 Act after the effective date of the Registration Statement that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement; and any “issuer free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 433 under the 1933 Act relating to the Shares is hereinafter called an “ Issuer Free Writing Prospectus ”).

At the respective times the Registration Statement was originally declared effective and any amendment thereto was declared effective, at the time the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K was filed with the Commission, at each “new effective date” with respect to the Agents pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1933 Act (the “ 1933 Act Regulations ”), the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto complied, comply and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and did not, do not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

No order preventing or suspending the use of the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and the Basic Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, at the time of filing thereof, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

For the purposes of this Agreement, the “ Applicable Time ” means, with respect to any Shares, the time of sale of such Shares pursuant to this Agreement; the Prospectus and the

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applicable Issuer Free Writing Prospectus(es) issued at or prior to such Applicable Time, taken together (collectively, and, with respect to any Shares, together with the public offering price of such Shares, the “ General Disclosure Package ”) as of each Applicable Time and each Settlement Date, will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and each applicable Issuer Free Writing Prospectus will not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus Supplement or the Prospectus, and each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as supplemented by and taken together with the General Disclosure Package as of such Applicable Time, will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(b)                                  The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus Supplement or the Prospectus, at the respective time they were or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied, comply and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (the “ 1934 Act Regulations ”), and did not, do not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(c)                                   The statements set forth in the Prospectus Supplement under the captions “Risk Factors — Risks Related to this Offering”, “Description of Common Stock” and “Plan of Distribution” and in the Company’s Form 8-A filed with the Commission on December 12, 2002, as amended, insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Shares or certain provisions of the Company’s charter and by-laws or Hawaii law, and in the Basic Prospectus under the caption “Our Company - Supervision and Regulation”, in the Prospectus Supplement under the caption “Certain United States Tax Consequences to Non-U. S. Holders of Our Common Stock” and in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 under the caption “Supervision and Regulation”, insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the laws, rules, regulations and documents referred to therein, are accurate in all material respects and represent a fair summary of such terms or provisions, as applicable.

(d)                                  The Company is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Hawaii and the Company is qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which qualification is required, except where failure to so qualify would not have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined below).  Each of the Company’s subsidiaries that is a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X (each a “ Subsidiary ” and collectively the “ Subsidiaries ”) is listed on Exhibit 21 to the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K/A filed with the Commission.  Except as otherwise stated on Exhibit 21, each Subsidiary is a direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.  Each Subsidiary is duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and is qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which qualification is required, except where failure to so qualify would not have a Material Adverse Effect.  For the purposes of this Agreement, the term

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“ Material Adverse Effect ” shall mean a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition, properties, shareholder’s equity, or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

(e)                                   The Company is duly registered as a bank holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended.  The Company’s banking subsidiary holds the requisite authority from the Hawaii Division of Financial Institutions (the “ Division ”) to do business as a state-chartered banking corporation under the laws of the State of Hawaii as described in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.  The Company and each Subsidiary are in compliance in all material respects with all laws administered by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “ Federal Reserve Board ”), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “ FDIC ”), the Division and any other federal or state bank regulatory authorities with jurisdiction over the Company and its subsidiaries, except for failures to be so in compliance that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(f)                                     The Company is subject to the reporting requirements of the 1934 Act and has timely filed all reports required thereby.

(g)                                  The Company has the authorized capitalization set forth in the Prospectus.  All of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws, and were not issued in violation of or subject to any preemptive rights or other similar rights, except for such rights as may have been fully satisfied or waived.  Except as disclosed in the Prospectus and for options, restricted stock, restricted stock units and similar securities issued under the Company’s existing shareholder-approved equity compensation plans, the Company does not have outstanding any options to purchase, or any preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase, any securities or obligations convertible into, or any contracts or commitments to issue or sell, shares of its capital stock or any such options, rights, convertible securities or obligations.  With respect to each of the Subsidiaries, all the issued and outstanding shares of such Subsidiary’s capital stock have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable, and, except as disclosed in the Prospectus, are owned directly by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries free and clear of any liens, claims or encumbrances, other than the pledge of the capital of CPB Real Estate, Inc. to the Federal Home Loan Bank.

(h)                                  The Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued, delivered and paid for in the manner set forth in this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in each of the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.  No preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or purchase any shares of Common Stock exist with respect to the issuance and sale of the Shares by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, except for such rights as may have been fully satisfied or waived prior to the Settlement Date.  There are no restrictions upon the voting or transfer of any of the Shares except as required under applicable federal or state securities laws.  No further approval or authority of the shareholders or the Board of Directors of the Company will be required for the issuance and sale of the Shares as contemplated herein.

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(i)                                      The Company has full legal right, corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and perform the transactions contemplated hereby.  This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.  This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws of general application relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights and the application of equitable principles relating to the availability of remedies, and subject to 12 U.S.C. §1818(b)(6)(D) (or any successor statute) and similar bank regulatory powers and to the application of principles of public policy, and except as rights to indemnity or contribution, including but not limited to, indemnification provisions set forth in Section 7 of this Agreement may be limited by federal or state securities law or the public policy underlying such laws.

(j)                                      KPMG LLP, who has expressed its opinion with respect to the consolidated financial statements contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2008, are registered independent public accountants as required by the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and by the rules of the Public Accounting Oversight Board and, to the knowledge of the Company after reasonable inquiry, KPMG is not in violation of the auditor independence requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 with respect to the Company.

(k)                                   The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company, the issuance and sale of the Shares by the Company, the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated (including, without limitation, the use of proceeds from the sale of the Shares as described in the Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus under the caption “Use of Proceeds”), do not and will not (i) violate or conflict with any provision of the amended and restated articles of incorporation or bylaws of the Company or the organizational documents of any Subsidiary and (ii) except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect and will not materially and adversely affect the Company’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (x) result in the creation of any lien, charge, security interest or encumbrance upon any assets of the Company or any Subsidiary pursuant to the terms or provisions of, and will not conflict with, result in the breach or violation of, or constitute, either by itself or upon notice or the passage of time or both, a default under, or give rise to the accelerated due date of any payment due under, any agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, lease, franchise, license, indenture, permit or other instrument to which any of the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any of the Company or any Subsidiary or their respective properties may be bound or affected or (y) violate any statute or any authorization, judgment, decree, order, rule or regulation of any court or any regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental agency or body applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties.  All consents, approvals, licenses, qualifications, authorizations or other orders of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental agency or body that are required for the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the issuance, sale and delivery of the Shares, have been obtained, except such consents, approvals authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Agents.

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(l)                                      Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the material contracts to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, have been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, and constitute the legal, valid and binding agreements of the Company or its Subsidiaries, enforceable by and against it in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws relating to enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and general equitable principles relating to the availability of remedies, and subject to 12 U.S.C. §1818(b)(6)(D) (or any successor statute) and similar bank regulatory powers and to the application of principles of public policy, and except as rights to indemnity or contribution may be limited by federal or state securities laws and the public policy underlying such laws.

(m)                                The deposit accounts of the Central Pacific Bank (the “ Bank ”) are insured up to the maximum amount provided by the FDIC and no proceedings for the modification, termination or revocation of any such insurance are pending or threatened.

(n)                                  Except as disclosed in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Company or any Subsidiary before or by any court, regulatory body or administrative agency or any other governmental agency or body, domestic, or foreign, which actions, suits or proceedings, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and no labor disturbance by the employees of the Company exists or, to the Company’s knowledge, is imminent, that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(o)                                  Except as disclosed in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no Subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, under any order of the Federal Reserve Board (other than orders applicable to bank holding companies and their subsidiaries generally), under any applicable law, or under any agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or is subject, from paying any dividends to the Company , from making any other distribution on such Subsidiary’s capital stock (other than as provided in the (x) Indenture, dated December 15, 2004, by and between the Company, as issuer, and Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee, and (y) Indenture, dated October 10, 2003, by and between the Company, as issuer, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee), from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such Subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such Subsidiary’s properties or assets to the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company.

(p)                                  Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has valid title to all the properties and assets described as owned by it in the consolidated financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, free and clear of all liens, mortgages, pledges, or encumbrances of any kind except (i) those, if any, reflected in such consolidated financial statements, or (ii) those that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  Any real property and buildings held under lease or sublease by the Company and each of its Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases.

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(q)                                  Except as disclosed in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, since December 31, 2008, (i) the Company and its Subsidiaries have conducted their respective businesses in all material respects in the ordinary course, consistent with prior practice, (ii) except for publicly disclosed ordinary dividends on the Common Stock and dividends paid on the Company’s Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, the Company has not made or declared any distribution in cash or in kind to its shareholders, (iii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has issued any capital stock or securities issuable into capital stock except for securities issued pursuant to the Company’s existing shareholder-approved equity incentive plans, (iv) neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has incurred any liabilities or obligations of any nature (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) which are not fully reflected or reserved against in the financial statements described in Section 1(cc), except for liabilities that have arisen since such date in the ordinary and usual course of business and consistent with past practice and that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (v) no event or events have occurred that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  As used in this paragraph, references to the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus exclude any amendments or supplements thereto subsequent to the date of this Agreement.

(r)                                     The Company owns, is licensed or otherwise possesses all rights to use, all patents, patent rights, inventions, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented or unpatentable or confidential information, systems, or procedures), trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights and other intellectual property rights (collectively, the “Intellectual Property”) necessary for the conduct of its business as described in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  No claims have been asserted against the Company by any person with respect to the use of any such Intellectual Property or challenging or questioning the validity or effectiveness of any such Intellectual Property except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(s)                                   Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations of the jurisdictions in which it is conducting business, including, without limitation, all applicable local, state and federal banking and environmental laws and regulations, except where failure to be so in compliance would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  Except as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is (a) in violation of its charter or bylaws or other organizational documents, as applicable, except for any immaterial failure on the part of the Subsidiaries (other than the Bank) to comply; (b) is in default under, and no event has occurred which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge, or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, pursuant to any agreement