CENTRAL PACIFIC FINANCIAL CORP
EXHIBIT 10.19
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10.19</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Amendment
No. 2008-1 to the Central Pacific Financial Corporation</font></div>
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Executive Incentive Plan</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 40pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">THIS
AMENDMENT (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Amendment</font>&#8221;) is made
by Central Pacific Financial Corporation (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Company</font>&#8221;) to be
effective as of December 31, 2008.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 5pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font>WHEREAS, the Company maintains the
Long-Term Executive Incentive Plan (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Plan</font>&#8221;) for the
benefit of certain participants (&#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Participants</font>&#8221;);</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 5pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font>WHEREAS, the Company desires to amend
certain provisions of the Plan in order to comply with Section 409A of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (&#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Section 409A</font>&#8221;);
and</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 5pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font>WHEREAS, the Company has reserved the
right to amend or modify the Plan.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 5pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font>NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan is hereby
amended as follows:</font></div>
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              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">1.&#160;&#160;</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Section
      2.4 shall be amended to read as
follows:</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 40pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8220;&#8220;Change
in Control Event&#8221; is defined by reference to the definition of &#8220;change in
control event&#8221; in Treas. Reg. 1.409A-3(i)(5).&#8221;</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Section
      2.8 shall be amended to read as
follows:</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 40pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8220;&#8220;Disability&#8221;
is defined by reference to the definition of &#8220;disability&#8221; in Treas. Reg.
1.409A-3(i)(4).&#8221;</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      following sentence shall be added as the final sentence to Section
      7.1:</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 40pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8220;Any such
prorated Final Award payable in respect of termination of employment due to the
Participant&#8217;s death or Disability shall be paid as soon as practicable after
such termination of employment, but no later than 2&#189; months after the close of
the Plan Year in which the termination of employment due to the Participant&#8217;s
death or Disability occurs.&#8221;</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      final sentence of Article 8 shall be amended to read as
      follows:</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 40pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8220;Any
Final Award payable because of the death of the Participant shall be paid as
soon as practicable after the Participant dies, but no later than 2&#189; months
after the close of the Plan Year in which the Participant dies.&#8221;</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">A
      new Section&#160;15.5 shall be added to the Plan as
    follows:</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 40pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Code Section
409A</font>.&#160;&#160;It is the Company&#8217;s intent that payments under the Plan
are exempt from, and do not constitute &#8220;deferred compensation&#8221; subject to,
Section&#160;409A of the Code and that the Plan be administered
accordingly.&#160;&#160;If and to the extent that any payment is determined by
the Company to constitute &#8220;non-qualified deferred compensation&#8221; subject to
Section 409A of the Code and is payable hereunder to a Participant by reason of
his termination of employment, then (a) such payment or benefit shall be made or
provided to the Participant only upon a &#8220;separation from service&#8221; as defined for
purposes of Section 409A of the Code under applicable regulations and (b) if the
Participant is a &#8220;specified employee&#8221; (within the meaning of Section 409A of the
Code and as determined by the Company), such payment shall not be made or
provided before the date that is six months after the date of the Participant&#8217;s
separation from service (or his earlier death).&#160;&#160;Neither the Company
nor its affiliates shall have any liability to any Participant, Participant&#8217;s
spouse or other beneficiary of any Participant&#8217;s spouse or other beneficiary of
any Participant or otherwise if the Plan or any amounts paid or payable
hereunder are subject to the additional tax and penalties under Section 409A of
the Code.&#8221;</font></div>
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WITNESS WHEREOF, the Compensation Committee has caused this Amendment 2008-1 to
the Plan to be duly executed on this 31<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">st</font> day of
December, 2008.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">CENTRAL
PACIFIC FINANCIAL CORPORATION</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">By:&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">/s/ Karen K.
Street</font></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font>Executive Vice President and Director
of Human Resources</font></div>
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