SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Levi & Korsinsky, LLP Launches Investigation of the Board of Directors of Hawaiian Electric Industries, In...

Levi & Korsinsky is investigating the Board of Directors of Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. (“Hawaiian Electric” or “the Company”) (NYSE: HE) for possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of state law in connection with the sale of the Company to NextEra Energy Inc. (NYSE: NEE).

Click here to learn more about the investigation: http://www.zlkdocs.com/HE-Info-Request-Form_ma-2420.

Under the terms of the transaction, Hawaiian Electric shareholders will receive 0.2413 NextEra shares and a one-time cash dividend payment of $0.50 for each share of Hawaiian Electric common stock they own. The investigation concerns whether the Board of Hawaiian Electric breached their fiduciary duties to stockholders by failing to adequately shop the Company before agreeing to enter into this transaction, and whether NextEra Energy is underpaying for Hawaiian Electric shares.

If you own Hawaiian Electric common stock and wish to obtain additional information, please contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. either via email at [e-mail] or by telephone at [phone], toll-free: [phone], or visit http://www.zlkdocs.com/HE-Info-Request-Form_ma-2420.

Levi & Korsinsky is a national firm with offices in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Washington D.C. The firm’s attorneys have extensive expertise in prosecuting securities litigation involving financial fraud, representing investors throughout the nation in securities and shareholder lawsuits. For more information, please feel free to contact any of the attorneys listed below. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.

Levi & Korsinsky, LLPJoseph Levi, Esq.Eduard Korsinsky, Esq.Tel: [phone]Toll Free: 877-363-5972Fax: [phone]www.zlk.com