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<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>UNITED STATES</b></p>

<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</b></p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>FORM 8-K</b></p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>CURRENT REPORT</b></p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the</b></p>

<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Securities Exchange Act of 1934</b></p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):<font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b> </b><b>December 27</b><b>, 2017</b></font></p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>MAUI LAND &amp; PINEAPPLE COMPANY</b><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>, INC.</b></font></p>

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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>9</b><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>9-0107542</b></font></p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Identification No.)</p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>200 Village Road, Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii </b></p>
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<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Registrant&#39;s telephone number, including area code: <font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>(</b><b>808) 877-3351</b></font></p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Not Applicable</b></p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">(Former name or former address if changed since last report)</p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</p>

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<p style="text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&sect;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&sect;240.12b-2 of this chapter). Emerging growth company <font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&#9744; </font></p>

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<p style="text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt;">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. <font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&#9744;</font></p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 5pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">(b)<font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Resignation of Director</u></font></p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt 12.65pt 0pt 5pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">On December 27<font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">, 2017, Duncan MacNaughton </font><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">submitted his resignation as a member of the Board of Directors (the &ldquo;Board&rdquo;) of Maui Land &amp; Pineapple Company, Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;), effective as of December 31, 2017. Mr. MacNaughton has served as a member of the Board since 2004 and was serving on the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board. Mr. MacNaughton&rsquo;s resignation is not the result of any disagreements with the Company on any of the Company&rsquo;s operations, policies or practices. </font></p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 5pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">(d)<font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Appointment</u><u> </u><u>of</u><u> </u><u>New</u><u> </u><u>Director</u></font></p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt 12.65pt 0pt 5pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Effective<font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"> January 1, 2018, the Board appointed David A. Heenan to serve on the Board to fill the vacancy created by Mr. MacNaughton&rsquo;s resignation. Mr. Heenan will serve as a member of the Board until the Company&#39;s next annual meeting of stockholders or until a successor is elected and qualified. In addition, Mr. Heenan will be a member of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board. There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Heenan and any other persons pursuant to which he was elected to serve on the Board.</font></p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt 12.65pt 0pt 5pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mr. <font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Heenan previously served as a member of the Board from 1999 until the Company&rsquo;s annual meeting in 2015, at which time he did not stand for re-election. Mr.&nbsp;Heenan has served as a Trustee of The Estate of James Campbell, a private trust in Honolulu, Hawaii, since 1995. He was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Theo. H. Davies &amp; Co., Ltd., the North American holding company for the Hong Kong-based Jardine Matheson, from 1982 to 1995, and served as a director of Bank of Hawaii Corporation from 1993 until 2015. Mr. Heenan is a visiting business professor at the College of William and Mary. He was the Chairman of our Board from May 2003 to March 2004 and has also served the Board as its lead independent director. His former experience leading a public company, as well as his public company board experience, provides a great depth of experience on which he can draw while serving on our Board.</font></p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt 22.25pt 0pt 5pt; text-align: justify; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">In<font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"> addition, Mr. Heenan will be compensated for his service on the Board in accordance with the Company&#39;s standard compensation policy for non-employee directors, as disclosed in the Company&#39;s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the SEC on March 28, 2017.</font></p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 23pt; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</p>

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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>MAUI LAND &amp; PINEAPPLE COMPANY</b><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>, INC.</b></font></p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Date: <font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">December 29, 2017</font></p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">/s/ <font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">TIM T. ESAKI</font></p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Tim T. Esaki<br>
			<font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Chief Financial Officer</font></p>
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mlp20171227_8k.htm
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
_______________
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
December 27
, 2017
MAUI LAND & PINEAPPLE COMPANY
, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Hawaii
001-06510
9
9-0107542
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
200 Village Road, Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii
96761
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(
808) 877-3351
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address if changed since last report)
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Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(b)
Resignation of Director
On December 27
, 2017, Duncan MacNaughton
submitted his resignation as a member of the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc. (the "Company"), effective as of December 31, 2017. Mr. MacNaughton has served as a member of the Board since 2004 and was serving on the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board. Mr. MacNaughton's resignation is not the result of any disagreements with the Company on any of the Company's operations, policies or practices.
(d)
Appointment
of
New
Director
Effective
January 1, 2018, the Board appointed David A. Heenan to serve on the Board to fill the vacancy created by Mr. MacNaughton's resignation. Mr. Heenan will serve as a member of the Board until the Company's next annual meeting of stockholders or until a successor is elected and qualified. In addition, Mr. Heenan will be a member of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board. There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Heenan and any other persons pursuant to which he was elected to serve on the Board.
Mr.
Heenan previously served as a member of the Board from 1999 until the Company's annual meeting in 2015, at which time he did not stand for re-election. Mr. Heenan has served as a Trustee of The Estate of James Campbell, a private trust in Honolulu, Hawaii, since 1995. He was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Theo. H. Davies & Co., Ltd., the North American holding company for the Hong Kong-based Jardine Matheson, from 1982 to 1995, and served as a director of Bank of Hawaii Corporation from 1993 until 2015. Mr. Heenan is a visiting business professor at the College of William and Mary. He was the Chairman of our Board from May 2003 to March 2004 and has also served the Board as its lead independent director. His former experience leading a public company, as well as his public company board experience, provides a great depth of experience on which he can draw while serving on our Board.
In
addition, Mr. Heenan will be compensated for his service on the Board in accordance with the Company's standard compensation policy for non-employee directors, as disclosed in the Company's definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the SEC on March 28, 2017.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
MAUI LAND & PINEAPPLE COMPANY
, INC.
Date:
December 29, 2017
By:
/s/
TIM T. ESAKI
Tim T. Esaki
Chief Financial Officer