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0000104918falseAVISTA CORP00001049182023-03-292023-03-29

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 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): March 29, 2023

 

 

AVISTA CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Washington

001-03701

91-0462470

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

1411 East Mission Avenue

 

Spokane, Washington

 

99202-2600

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: 509 489-0500

 

 

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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:

☐Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class

 

Trading
Symbol(s)

 


Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock

 

AVA

 

The New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

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. ☐

 

 

Section 1 - Registrant's Business and Operations

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

See description of Avista Corp.’s issuance of $250.0 million of 5.66 percent first mortgage bonds due in 2053 under Item 2.03.

 

Section 2 - Financial Information

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

On March 29, 2023, Avista Corporation (Avista Corp. or the Company) issued and sold $250.0 million of 5.66 percent first mortgage bonds due in 2053 pursuant to a bond purchase agreement with institutional investors in the private placement market. The new first mortgage bonds were issued under and in accordance with the Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of June 1, 1939, from the Company to Citibank, N.A., trustee, as amended and supplemented by various supplemental indentures and other instruments, including the Sixty-seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 1, 2023 (the “Mortgage”). The new bonds are subject to redemption prior to maturity, at the option of the Company, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount thereof plus a “make-whole” premium and plus accrued interest. The Mortgage constitutes a lien on substantially all the property of the Company (other than excepted property).

In connection with the pricing of the first mortgage bonds in March 2023, the Company cash settled four interest rate swap derivatives (notional aggregate amount of $40.0 million) and received a net amount of $7.5 million, which will be amortized as a component of interest expense over the life of the debt.

The net proceeds from the sale of the new bonds will be used for the construction or improvement of utility facilities, and to refinance existing indebtedness incurred for these purposes.

The bonds have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act of 1933 or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.

The Mortgage, as previously amended and supplemented, is referred to in and filed as Exhibits 4.1 through 4.67 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year 2022.

Section 9 Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits

4.1

Sixty-seventh Supplemental Indenture to the Mortgage dated as of March 1, 2023

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SIGNATURES

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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

AVISTA CORPORATION

 

 

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

Date:

March 31, 2023

By:

/s/ Mark T. Thies

 

 

 

Mark T. Thies

 

 

 

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,

 

 

 

and Treasurer

 

 
EX-4

Exhibit 4.1

 

AVISTA CORPORATION

TO

CITIBANK, N.A.

As Successor Trustee under

Mortgage and Deed of Trust,

dated as of June 1, 1939

________________________

Sixty-seventh Supplemental Indenture

Providing among other things for a series of bonds designated
"First Mortgage Bonds, 5.66% Series due 2053"
Due April 1, 2053

________________________

Dated as of March 1, 2023

 

 

 

SIXTY-SEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

THIS INDENTURE, dated as of the 1st day of March, 2023, between AVISTA CORPORATION (formerly known as The Washington Water Power Company), a corporation of the State of Washington, whose post office address is 1411 East Mission Avenue, Spokane, Washington 99202 (the "Company"), and CITIBANK, N.A., formerly First National City Bank (successor by merger to First National City Trust Company, formerly City Bank Farmers Trust Company), a national banking association incorporated and existing under the laws of the United States of America, whose post office address is 388 Greenwich Street, 14th Floor, New York, New York 10013, as trustee (the "Trustee"), under the Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of June 1, 1939 (the "Original Mortgage"), executed and delivered by the Company to secure the payment of bonds issued or to be issued under and in accordance with the provisions thereof, this indenture (this "Sixty-seventh Supplemental Indenture") being supplemental to the Original Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented and amended.

WHEREAS pursuant to a written request of the Company made in accordance with Section 103 of the Original Mortgage, Francis M. Pitt (then Individual Trustee under the Original Mortgage, as theretofore supplemented and amended) ceased to be a trustee thereunder on July 23, 1969, and all of his powers as Individual Trustee have devolved upon the Trustee and its successors alone; and

WHEREAS by the Original Mortgage the Company covenanted that it would execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as might be necessary or proper to carry out more effectually the purposes of the Original Mortgage and to make subject to the lien of the Original Mortgage any property thereafter acquired intended to be subject to the lien thereof; and

WHEREAS the Company has heretofore executed and delivered, in addition to the Original Mortgage, the indentures supplemental thereto and amendatory thereof, and has issued the series of bonds, set forth in Exhibit A hereto (the Original Mortgage, as supplemented and amended by the First through Sixty-sixth Supplemental Indentures and, if the context shall so require, as to be supplemented by this Sixty-seventh Supplemental Indenture, being herein sometimes called the "Mortgage"); and

WHEREAS the Original Mortgage and the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 1, 1952, through the Twenty-fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 1, 1989, were appropriately filed and recorded in the various official records in the States of Washington, Idaho and Montana, as set forth in such Supplemental Indentures and in the Twenty-sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 1, 1993; and

WHEREAS for the purpose of confirming or perfecting the lien of the Original Mortgage, as then supplemented and amended, on additional properties of the Company located in the State of Oregon and additional counties in the State of Montana, the Company executed and delivered a Short Form Mortgage and Security Agreement, in multiple counterparts dated as of various dates in 1992, in furtherance of and supplemental to the Original Mortgage, as then supplemented and amended, and such instrument was appropriately filed and recorded in the

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various official records in Oregon and Montana, as set forth in the aforesaid Twenty-sixth Supplemental Indenture; and

WHEREAS the aforesaid Twenty-sixth Supplemental Indenture through the Twenty-ninth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 1, 2001, were appropriately filed and recorded in the various official records in the States of Washington, Idaho, Montana and Oregon, as set forth in the Twenty-seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 1, 1994, through the Thirtieth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 1, 2002; and

WHEREAS for the purpose of confirming or perfecting the lien of the Original Mortgage, as then supplemented and amended, on all its properties (other than specifically excepted property), including all real properties owned in fee, which were specifically described or referred to in Exhibit B to such instrument, all easements and other interests in and rights to use real property and all equipment and fixtures, the Company executed and delivered an Instrument of Further Assurance, dated as of December 15, 2001, in furtherance of and supplemental to the Original Mortgage, as then supplemented and amended, and such instrument was appropriately filed and recorded in the various official records in the States of Washington, Idaho, Montana and Oregon; and

WHEREAS for the purpose of confirming or perfecting the lien of the Original Mortgage, as then supplemented and amended, on additional properties of the Company located in an additional county in the State of Oregon, the Company executed and delivered a Memorandum of Mortgage and Security Agreement, dated as of May 29, 2003, in furtherance of and supplemental to the Original Mortgage, as then supplemented and amended, and such instrument was appropriately filed and recorded in the various official records in the State of Oregon; and

WHEREAS the aforesaid Thirtieth Supplemental Indenture through the Sixty-fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 1, 2021, were appropriately filed and recorded in the various official records in the States of Washington, Idaho, Montana and Oregon, as set forth in the Thirty-first Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 1, 2003, through the Sixty-sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 1, 2022; and

WHEREAS the aforesaid Sixty-sixth Supplemental Indenture has been appropriately filed or recorded in the various official records in the States of Washington, Idaho, Montana and Oregon, as set forth in Exhibit B hereto; and

WHEREAS in addition to the property described in the Mortgage the Company has acquired certain other property, rights and interests in property; and

WHEREAS Section 120 of the Original Mortgage, as heretofore amended, provides that, without the consent of any holders of bonds, the Company and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into indentures supplemental to the Original Mortgage for various purposes set forth therein, including, without limitation, to cure ambiguities or correct defective or inconsistent provisions or to make other changes therein that shall not adversely affect the interests of the holders of bonds of any series in any material respect or to establish the form or terms of bonds of any series as contemplated by Article II; and

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WHEREAS the Company now desires to create a new series of bonds; and

WHEREAS Section 8 of the Original Mortgage, as heretofore amended, provides that the form of each series of bonds (other than the First Series) issued thereunder and of the coupons to be attached to coupon bonds of such series shall be established by Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company or by Treasurer's Certificate, or shall be set forth in an indenture supplemental to the Original Mortgage; that the form of such series, as so established, shall specify the descriptive title of the bonds and various other terms thereof; and that such series may also contain such provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of the Mortgage as the Company may, in its discretion, cause to be inserted therein expressing or referring to the terms and conditions upon which such bonds are to be issued and/or secured under the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS the execution and delivery by the Company of this Sixty-seventh Supplemental Indenture and the terms of the Bonds of the Sixty-eighth Series, hereinafter referred to, have been duly authorized by the Board of Directors of the Company by appropriate Resolutions of said Board of Directors, and all things necessary to make this Sixty-seventh Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding and legal instrument have been performed;

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH: That the Company, in consideration of the premises and of other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency whereof are hereby acknowledged, hereby confirms the estate, title and rights of the Trustee (including, without limitation, the lien of the Mortgage on the property of the Company subjected thereto, whether now owned or hereafter acquired) held as security for the payment of both the principal of and interest and premium, if any, on the bonds from time to time issued under the Mortgage according to their tenor and effect and the performance of all the provisions of the Mortgage and of such bonds, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, hereby confirms the grant, bargain, sale, release, conveyance, assignment, transfer, mortgage, pledge, setting over and confirmation unto the Trustee, contained in the Mortgage, of all the following described properties of the Company, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, namely:

All of the property, real, personal and mixed, of every character and wheresoever situated (except any hereinafter or in the Mortgage expressly excepted) which the Company now owns or, subject to the provisions of Section 87 of the Original Mortgage, may hereafter acquire prior to the satisfaction and discharge of the Mortgage, as fully and completely as if herein or in the Mortgage specifically described, and including (without in anywise limiting or impairing by the enumeration of the same the scope and intent of the foregoing or of any general description contained in Mortgage) all lands, real estate, easements, servitudes, rights of way and leasehold and other interests in real estate; all rights to the use or appropriation of water, flowage rights, water storage rights, flooding rights, and other rights in respect of or relating to water; all plants for the generation of electricity, power houses, dams, dam sites, reservoirs, flumes, raceways, diversion works, head works, waterways, water works, water systems, gas plants, steam heat plants, hot water plants, ice or refrigeration plants, stations, substations, offices, buildings and other works and structures and the equipment thereof and all improvements, extensions and additions thereto; all generators, machinery, engines, turbines, boilers, dynamos, transformers, motors, electric machines,

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switchboards, regulators, meters, electrical and mechanical appliances, conduits, cables, pipes and mains; all lines and systems for the transmission and distribution of electric current, gas, steam heat or water for any purpose; all towers, mains, pipes, poles, pole lines, conduits, cables, wires, switch racks, insulators, compressors, pumps, fittings, valves and connections; all motor vehicles and automobiles; all tools, implements, apparatus, furniture, stores, supplies and equipment; all franchises (except the Company's franchise to be a corporation), licenses, permits, rights, powers and privileges; and (except as hereinafter or in the Mortgage expressly excepted) all the right, title and interest of the Company in and to all other property of any kind or nature.

The Company hereby acknowledges that, as of the date of this Sixty-seventh Supplemental Indenture, the real property located in the State of Washington, taken as a whole, that is so conveyed or intended to be so conveyed under the Mortgage is not used principally for agricultural purposes.

The property so conveyed or intended to be so conveyed under the Mortgage shall include, but shall not be limited to, the property set forth in Exhibit C hereto, the particular description of which is intended only to aid in the identification thereof and shall not be construed as limiting the force, effect and scope of the foregoing.

TOGETHER WITH all and singular the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances belonging or in anywise appertaining to the aforesaid property or any part thereof, with the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders and (subject to the provisions of Section 57 of the Original Mortgage) the tolls, rents, revenues, issues, earnings, income, product and profits thereof, and all the estate, right, title and interest and claim whatsoever, at law as well as in equity, which the Company now has or may hereafter acquire in and to the aforesaid property and franchises and every part and parcel thereof.

THE COMPANY HEREBY CONFIRMS that, subject to the provisions of Section 87 of the Original Mortgage, all the property, rights, and franchises acquired by the Company after the date of the Original Mortgage (except any in the Mortgage expressly excepted) are and shall be as fully embraced within the lien of the Mortgage as if such property, rights and franchises had been owned by the Company at the date of the Original Mortgage and had been specifically described therein.

PROVIDED THAT the following were not and were not intended to be then or now or hereafter granted, bargained, sold, released, conveyed, assigned, transferred, mortgaged, pledged, set over or confirmed under the Mortgage and were, are and shall be expressly excepted from the lien and operation of the Mortgage namely: (1) cash, shares of stock and obligations (including bonds, notes and other securities) not hereafter specifically pledged, paid, deposited or delivered under the Mortgage or covenanted so to be; (2) merchandise, equipment, materials or supplies held for the purpose of sale in the usual course of business or for consumption in the operation of any properties of the Company; (3) bills, notes and accounts receivable, and all contracts, leases and operating agreements not specifically pledged under the Mortgage or covenanted so to be; (4) electric energy and other materials or products generated, manufactured, produced or purchased by the Company for sale, distribution or use in the ordinary course of its

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business; and (5) any property heretofore released pursuant to any provisions of the Mortgage and not heretofore disposed of by the Company; provided, however, that the property and rights expressly excepted from the lien and operation of the Mortgage in the above subdivisions (2) and (3) shall (to the extent permitted by law) cease to be so excepted in the event that the Trustee or a receiver or trustee shall enter upon and take possession of the Mortgaged and Pledged Property in the manner provided in Article XII of the Original Mortgage by reason of the occurrence of a Completed Default as defined in said Article XII.

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD all such properties, real, personal and mixed, granted, bargained, sold, released, conveyed, assigned, transferred, mortgaged, pledged, set over or confirmed by the Company in the Mortgage as aforesaid, or intended so to be, unto the Trustee, and its successors, heirs and assigns forever.

IN TRUST NEVERTHELESS, for the same purposes and upon the same terms, trusts and conditions and subject to and with the same provisos and covenants as set forth in the Mortgage, this Sixty-seventh Supplemental Indenture being supplemental to the Mortgage.

AND IT IS HEREBY FURTHER CONFIRMED by the Company that all the terms, conditions, provisos, covenants and provisions contained in the Mortgage shall affect and apply to the property in the Mortgage described and conveyed, and to the estates, rights, obligations and duties of the Company and the Trustee and the beneficiaries of the trust with respect to said property, and to the Trustee and its successors in the trust, in the same manner and with the same effect as if the said property had been owned by the Company at the time of the execution of the Original Mortgage, and had been specifically and at length described in and conveyed to said Trustee by the Original Mortgage as a part of the property therein stated to be conveyed.

The Company further covenants and agrees to and with the Trustee and its successor or successors in such trust under the Mortgage, as follows:

ARTICLE I


Sixty-eighth Series of Bonds
SECTION 1.
(I) There shall be a series of bonds designated "First Mortgage Bonds, 5.66% Series due 2053" (herein sometimes referred to as the "Bonds of the Sixty-eighth Series" or the "Bonds"), each of which shall also bear the descriptive title First Mortgage Bond, and the form thereof is set forth on Exhibit D hereto. The Bonds of the Sixty-eighth Series shall be issued as fully registered bonds in denominations of One Thousand Dollars and, at the option of the Company, any amount in excess thereof (the exercise of such option to be evidenced by the execution and delivery thereof) and shall be dated as in Section 10 of the Original Mortgage provided.
(II)
The Bonds of the Sixty-eighth Series shall have the following terms and characteristics:
(a)
the Bonds of the Sixty-eighth Series shall be limited in aggregate principal amount to $250,000,000 (except for Bonds of such series authenticated and delivered upon transfer of or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Bonds of such series);

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(b)
the principal of the Bonds of the Sixty-eighth Series shall (unless theretofore paid) be payable on the Stated Maturity Date (as hereinafter defined);
(c)
the Bonds of the Sixty-eighth Series shall bear interest at the rate of five and sixty-six one-hundredths per centum (5.66%) per annum; interest on the Bonds shall accrue from and including March 29, 2023, except as otherwise provided in the form of bond attached hereto as Exhibit D; interest on the Bonds shall be payable on each Interest Payment Date and at Maturity (as hereinafter defined); and interest on the Bonds during any period less than one year for which payment is made shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-days months;
(d)
the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on each Bond of the Sixty-eighth Series payable at Maturity shall be payable to the registered owner thereof upon presentation thereof at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for public and private debts. The interest on each Bond of the Sixty-eighth Series (other than interest payable at Maturity) shall be payable by check, in similar coin or currency, mailed to the registered owner thereof as of the close of business on the Record Date (as hereinafter defined) next preceding each Interest Payment Date; provided, however, that if such registered owner shall be a securities depositary, such payment may be made by such other means in lieu of check as shall be agreed upon by the Company, the Trustee and such registered owner; and, provided, further, that, so long as any Bond of the Sixty-eighth Series shall be held by (i) the original purchaser thereof under the Bond Purchase Agreement (as hereinafter defined) or (ii) any other Institutional Investor (as hereinafter defined) that (A) is the direct or indirect transferee of such Bond from such original purchaser and (B) has made the same agreement relating to such Bond as such original purchaser made in Section 8.2 of the Bond Purchase Agreement, payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on such Bond of the Sixty-eighth Series shall be payable in the manner specified in the Bond Purchase Agreement. Interest payable at Maturity shall be paid to the person to whom principal shall be paid.
(e)
(i) Prior to the Par Call Date (as hereinafter defined), the Bonds of the Sixty-eighth Series shall be redeemable in whole at any time, or in part from time to time, at the option of the Company at a redemption price equal to the greater of

(A) 100% of the principal amount of the Bonds being redeemed and

(B) (I) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal of and interest on the Bonds being redeemed (assuming, for this purpose, that the Bonds were stated to mature on the Par Call Date), discounted to the date of redemption on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at a discount rate equal to the Treasury Yield (as hereinafter defined) plus 50 basis points, less (II) interest accrued to the redemption date,

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plus, in the case of either (A) or (B) above, whichever is applicable, accrued and unpaid interest on such Bonds to the date of redemption.

(ii)
On or after the Par Call Date, the Bonds of the Sixty-eighth Series shall be redeemable in whole at any time, or in part from time to time, at the option of the Company at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Bonds being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest on such Bonds to the date of redemption.
(f)
(i) "Par Call Date" means October 1, 2052.
(ii)
"Treasury Yield" means, with respect to any redemption of Bonds of the Sixty-eighth Series, the yield to maturity determined as follows for the latest day for which yields for Treasury constant maturities are reported on H.15 (as hereinafter defined) as of the Calculation Date (as hereinafter defined):

(A) the yield for the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the period from the redemption date to the Par Call Date (the "Remaining Life"); or

(B) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 having a term exactly equal to the Remaining Life, the yield to maturity determined by linear interpolation on a straight-line basis between (I) the yield for the Treasury constant maturity reported on H.15 with the term next longer than the Remaining Life and (II) the yield for the Treasury constant maturity so reported with the term next shorter than the Remaining Life, or

(C) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 shorter than the Remaining Life, or there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 longer than the Remaining Life, the yield for the single Treasury constant maturity on H.15 closest to the Remaining Life.

The Treasury Yield shall be rounded to three decimal places. The Treasury Yield shall be calculated as of the third Business Day (as hereinafter defined) preceding the earlier of (X) the date notice of redemption is mailed to holders of Bonds of the Sixty-eighth Series and (Y) the date irrevocable arrangements with the Trustee for the mailing of such notice shall have been made, as the case may be (the "Calculation Date"). For purposes of this paragraph, the applicable Treasury constant maturity shall be deemed to have a term equal to the number of years, months and days, as applicable, from the redemption date of the Bonds to be redeemed to the Par Call Date.

If, on the third business day preceding the Calculation Date, H.15 is no longer published or, if published, no longer contains the yields for nominal Treasury constant maturities, the Treasury yield shall be the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second business day preceding the Calculation Date of:

(A)
the United States Treasury security maturing on, or with a maturity that is closest to, the Par Call Date, as applicable; or

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(B)
if there is no United States Treasury security maturing on the Par Call Date but there are two or more United States Treasury securities with a maturity date equally distant from the Par Call Date, one with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date and one with a maturity date following the Par Call Date, the United States Treasury security with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date; or
(C)
if there are two or more United States Treasury securities maturing on the Par Call Date or two or more United States Treasury securities meeting the criteria of the preceding sentence, the United States Treasury security that is trading closest to par based upon the average of the bid and asked prices for such securities at such time.

In determining the Treasury yield in accordance with this paragraph, the semi-annual yield to maturity of the applicable United States Treasury security shall be based upon the average of the bid and asked prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, of such United States Treasury security, rounded to three decimal places.

(iii)
"H.15" means the daily statistical release entitled "Selected Interest Rates (Daily) – H.15", or any successor publication, published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, or any successor entity; or, if such Board of Governors no longer publishes the information contained in such statistical release, a publication containing similar information published by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, or any successor or other U.S. governmental body; and, in any case, references to H.15 shall be deemed to contemplate, in particular, the information under the caption "U.S. governmental securities – Treasury constant maturities – Nominal" (or any successor caption or heading containing similar information).
(iv)
The Company's actions and determinations in determining the redemption price shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
(g)
If less than all of the outstanding Bonds of the Sixty-eighth Series are to be redeemed, the principal amount to be redeemed shall be prorated among all of the holders of the Bonds in the proportion that their respective holdings bear to the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds outstanding on the date of selection. The portion of any Bond to be redeemed shall be in the principal amount of $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof and such rounding allocations as may be requisite for this purpose shall be made by the Trustee in its uncontrolled discretion. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the distinctive numbers of the Bonds and the portions thereof so selected for redemption.
(h)
Except as provided in this subsection (II) of Section 1,
(i)
the Bonds of the Sixty-eighth Series shall not be redeemable prior to the Stated Maturity Date; and

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(ii)
no amount other than the principal of and interest on the Bonds of the Sixty-eighth Series shall be payable in respect of the Bonds at Maturity (as hereinafter defined) or otherwise.
(i)
in the event of any conflict between the provisions of Section 12.2(c) of the Bond Purchase Agreement and the provisions of the Mortgage, Section 12.2(c) of the Bond Purchase Agreement shall govern.
(III)
At the option of the registered owner, any Bonds of the Sixty-eighth Series, upon surrender thereof for cancellation at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, shall be exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Bonds of the same series of other authorized denominations.

The Bonds of the Sixty-eighth Series shall be transferable, upon the surrender thereof for cancellation, together with a written instrument of transfer in form approved by the registrar duly executed by the registered owner or by his duly authorized attorney, at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York.

Upon any exchange or transfer of Bonds of the Sixty-eighth Series, the Company may make a charge therefor sufficient to reimburse it for any tax or taxes or other governmental charge, as provided in Section 12 of the Original Mortgage, but the Company hereby waives any right to make a charge in addition thereto or any exchange or transfer of Bonds of the Sixty-eighth Series; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to make any transfer or exchange of any Bonds of the Sixty-eighth Series for a period of 10 days next preceding any Interest Payment Date or any selection of such Bonds for redemption, nor shall it be required to make any transfer or exchange of any Bonds of the Sixty-eighth Series which shall have been selected for redemption in whole or in part.

Unless and until the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee a written order to the contrary, the Bonds of the Sixty-eighth Series shall bear a legend as to restrictions on transfer substantially as set forth below:

The Bonds evidenced hereby have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and may not be offered, sold, pledged or otherwise transferred in contravention of the Securities Act.

(IV)
For all purposes of this Sixty-seventh Supplemental Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires, the terms listed below, when used with respect to the Bonds of the Sixty-eighth Series, shall have the meanings specified below:

"Bond Purchase Agreement" means the Bond Purchase Agreement, dated March 29, 2023, between the Company and the purchasers listed on Schedule A thereto.

"Business Day" means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, which is not a day on which banking institutions or trust companies in The City of New York, New York are generally authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed.

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"Institutional Investor" means (a) any original purchaser of a Bond of the Sixty-eighth Series, (b) any holder of a Bond of the Sixty-eighth Series holding (together with one or more of its affiliates) more than $1,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds of the Sixty-eighth Series, and (c) any bank, trust company, savings and loan association or other financial institution, any pension plan, any investment company, any insurance company, any broker or dealer, or any other similar financial institution or entity, regardless of legal form.

"Interest Payment Date" means April 1 and October 1 in each year, commencing October 1, 2023.

"Maturity" means the date on which the principal of the Bonds of the Sixty-eighth Series becomes due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity Date, upon redemption or acceleration, or otherwise.

"Record Date", with respect to any Interest Payment Date, means the close of business on the seventh Business Day preceding such Interest Payment Date.

"Stated Maturity Date" means April 1, 2053.

(V)
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 106 of the Original Mortgage, as amended, the Company shall not cause any Bonds of the Sixty-eighth Series, or any portion of the principal amount thereof, to be deemed to have been paid as provided in such Section and its obligations in respect thereof to be deemed to be satisfied and discharged prior to the Maturity thereof unless the Company shall deliver to the Trustee either:
(a)
an instrument wherein the Company, notwithstanding the effect of Section 106 of the Original Mortgage, as amended, in respect of such Bonds, shall assume the obligation (which shall be absolute and unconditional) to irrevocably deposit with the Trustee such additional sums of money, if any, or additional government obligations (meeting the requirements of Section 106), if any, or any combination thereof, at such time or times, as shall be necessary, together with the money and/or government obligations theretofore so deposited, to pay when due the principal of and premium, if any, and interest due and to become due on such Bonds or portions thereof, all in accordance with and subject to the provisions of Section 106; provided, however, that such instrument may state that the obligation of the Company to make additional deposits as aforesaid shall be subject to the delivery to the Company by the Trustee of a notice asserting the deficiency accompanied by an opinion of an independent accountant showing the calculation thereof (which opinion shall be obtained at the expense of the Company); or
(b)
an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the holders of such Bonds, or portions of the principal amount thereof, will not recognize income, gain or loss for United States federal income tax purposes as a result of the satisfaction and discharge of the Company's indebtedness in respect thereof and will be subject to United States federal income tax on the same amounts, at the same times and in the same manner as if such satisfaction and discharge had not been effected.

10

(VI)
Anything in this Sixty-seventh Supplemental Indenture or the Bonds of the Sixty-eighth Series to the contrary notwithstanding, any payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any Bond of the Sixty-eighth Series that is due on a date other than a Business Day shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day without including the additional days elapsed in the computation of the interest payable on such next succeeding Business Day; provided, however, that if the Maturity date of any Bond is a date other than a Business Day, the payment otherwise due at Maturity shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and shall include the additional days elapsed in the computation of interest payable on such next succeeding Business Day.
(VII)
The Bonds of the Sixty-eighth Series shall have such further terms as are set forth in Exhibit D hereto. If there shall be a conflict between the terms of the form of bond and the provisions of the Mortgage, the provisions of the Mortgage shall control to the extent permitted by law.
ARTICLE II


Outstanding Bonds

Upon the delivery of this Sixty-seventh Supplemental Indenture, Bonds of the Sixty-eighth Series in an aggregate principal amount of $250,000,000 are to be issued and will be Outstanding, in addition to $2,707,200,000 aggregate principal amount of bonds of prior series Outstanding at the date of delivery of this Sixty-seventh Supplemental Indenture; it being understood that, subject to the provisions of the Mortgage, there shall be no limit on the principal amount of bonds that may be authenticated and delivered under the Mortgage.

ARTICLE III


Prospective Amendments of Original Mortgage
SECTION 1.
Each initial and subsequent holder of Bonds of the Sixty-eighth Series, by virtue of its acquisition of an interest therein, shall be deemed, without further act, to have consented to the amendments of the Original Mortgage, as heretofore amended, contemplated in Article III of the Fifty-eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 1, 2015, and set forth in Exhibit E(1) thereto, as amended in Section 2 of Article III of the Sixtieth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 1, 2017, in Exhibits E(2) and E(3) to such Fifty-eighth Supplemental Indenture and in Exhibits E(1), E(2) and E(3) to the Sixty-sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 1, 2022.
ARTICLE IV


Miscellaneous Provisions
SECTION 1.
The terms defined in the Original Mortgage shall, for all purposes of this Sixty-seventh Supplemental Indenture, have the meanings specified in the Original Mortgage.

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SECTION 2.
The Trustee hereby confirms its acceptance of the trusts in the Original Mortgage declared, provided, created or supplemented and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and conditions in the Original Mortgage set forth, including the following:

The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Sixty-seventh Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made by the Company solely. Each and every term and condition contained in Article XVI of the Original Mortgage shall apply to and form part of this Sixty-seventh Supplemental Indenture with the same force and effect as if the same were herein set forth in full, with such omissions, variations and insertions, if any, as may be appropriate to make the same conform to the provisions of this Sixty-seventh Supplemental Indenture.

SECTION 3.
Whenever in this Sixty-seventh Supplemental Indenture either of the parties hereto is named or referred to, this shall, subject to the provisions of Articles XV and XVI of the Original Mortgage be deemed to include the successors and assigns of such party, and all the covenants and agreements in this Sixty-seventh Supplemental Indenture contained by or on behalf of the Company, or by or on behalf of the Trustee, or either of them, shall, subject as aforesaid, bind and inure to the respective benefits of the respective successors and assigns of such parties, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 4.
Nothing in this Sixty-seventh Supplemental Indenture, expressed or implied, is intended, or shall be construed, to confer upon, or to give to, any person, firm or corporation, other than the parties hereto and the holders of the bonds Outstanding under the Mortgage, any right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Sixty-seventh Supplemental Indenture or any covenant, condition, stipulation, promise or agreement hereof, and all the covenants, conditions, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Sixty-seventh Supplemental Indenture contained by or on behalf of the Company shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and the holders of the bonds Outstanding under the Mortgage.
SECTION 5.
This Sixty-seventh Supplemental Indenture shall be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
SECTION 6.
The titles of the several Articles of this Sixty-seventh Supplemental Indenture shall not be deemed to be any part thereof.

________________________

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, on the 21 day of March, 2023, AVISTA CORPORATION has caused its corporate name to be hereunto affixed, and this instrument to be signed by its President or one of its Vice Presidents for and on its behalf, in The City of Spokane, Washington, as of the day and year first above written, and on the 21 day of March, 2023, CITIBANK, N.A., has caused its corporate name to be hereunto affixed, and this instrument to be signed and sealed by its President or one of its Vice Presidents or one of its Senior Trust Officers or one of its Trust Officers for and on its behalf, in The City of New York, New York, all as of the day and year first above written.

AVISTA CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

AVISTA CORPORATION

 

 

By:

/s/ MARK T. THIES

Name:

Mark T. Thies

Title:

Executive Vice President,

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

CITIBANK, N.A., as Trustee

 

 

By:

/s/ EVA WAITE

Name:

Eva Waite

Title:

Senior Trust Officer

 

 

 

13

STATE OF WASHINGTON )

) ss.:

COUNTY OF SPOKANE )

On this 21 day of March, 2023, before me personally appeared Mark T. Thies, personally known to me to be a the Executive Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer and the Treasurer of AVISTA CORPORATION, one of the corporations that executed the within and foregoing supplemental indenture, and acknowledged said instrument to be the free and voluntary act and deed of said corporation, for the uses and purposes therein mentioned, and on oath stated that he was authorized to execute said instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year first above written.

 

 

 

/s/ DEBBIE DEUBEL

 

Notary Public

 

 

 

DEBBIE DEUBEL

 

Notary Public

 

State Of Washington

 

Commission Expires May 9, 2025

 

14

STATE OF NEW YORK )

) ss.:

COUNTY OF NEW YORK )

On this 21 day of March, 2023 before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the State of New York, personally appeared Eva Waite, personally known to me to be a Senior Trust Officer of CITIBANK, N.A., whose name is subscribed to the within and foregoing supplemental indenture, and acknowledged that she executed such instrument in her capacity as such Senior Trust Officer and that, by her signature on such instrument, Citibank, N.A., as trustee, on whose behalf said Eva Waite acted, executed such instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year first above written.

 

 

/s/ PETER J. LOPEZ

 

PETER J. LOPEZ

 

Notary Public State of New York

 

No 01LO6117957

 

Qualified in Suffolk County

 

Certificate Filed in New York County

 

Commission Expires November 1, 2024

 

 

15

Exhibit A

 

 

 

MORTGAGE, SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
AND SERIES OF BONDS

 

MORTGAGE OR SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

DATED AS OF

SERIES

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT ISSUED

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OUTSTANDING

 

 

NO.

DESIGNATION

 

 

Original

June 1, 1939

1

3-1/2% Series due 1964

$22,000,000

None

1

October 1, 1952

2

3-1/2% Series due 1982

(changed to 3-3/4% in Twelfth Supplemental Indenture)

30,000,000

None

2

May 1, 1953

3

3-7/8% Series due 1983

10,000,000

None

3

December 1, 1955

 

None

 

 

4

March 15, 1957

 

None

 

 

5

July 1, 1957

4

4-7/8% Series due 1987

30,000,000

None

6

January 1, 1958

5

4-1/8% Series due 1988

20,000,000

None

7

August 1, 1958

6

4-3/8% Series due 1988

15,000,000

None

8

January 1, 1959

7

4-3/4% Series due 1989

15,000,000

None

9

January 1, 1960

8

5-3/8% Series due 1990

10,000,000

None

10

April 1, 1964

9

4-5/8% Series due 1994

30,000,000

None

11

March 1 ,1965

10

4-5/8% Series due 1995

10,000,000

None

12

May 1, 1966

 

None

 

 

13

August 1, 1966

11

6% Series due 1996

20,000,000

None

14

April 1, 1970

12

9-1/4% Series due 2000

20,000,000

None

15

May 1, 1973

13

7-7/8% Series due 2003

20,000,000

None

16

February 1, 1975

14

9-3/8% Series due 2005

25,000,000

None

17

November 1, 1976

15

8-3/4% Series due 2006

30,000,000

None

18

June 1, 1980

 

None

 

 

19

January 1, 1981

16

14-1/8% Series due 1991

40,000,000

None

 

 

 

Subtotals

$347,000,000

None

A-1

 

MORTGAGE OR SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

DATED AS OF

SERIES

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT ISSUED

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OUTSTANDING

 

 

NO.

DESIGNATION

 

 

20

August 1, 1982

17

15-3/4% Series due 1990-1992

$60,000,000

None

21

September 1, 1983

18

13-1/2% Series due 2013

60,000,000

None

22

March 1, 1984

19

13-1/4% Series due 1994

60,000,000

None

23

December 1, 1986

20

9-1/4% Series due 2016

80,000,000

None

24

January 1, 1988

21

10-3/8% Series due 2018

50,000,000

None

25

October 1, 1989

22
23

7-1/8% Series due 2013
7-2/5% Series due 2016

66,700,000
17,000,000

None
None

26

April 1, 1993

24

Secured Medium-Term Notes, Series A ($250,000,000 authorized)

250,000,000

13,500,000

27

January 1, 1994

25

Secured Medium-Term Notes, Series B ($250,000,000 authorized)

161,000,000

None

28

September 1, 2001

26

Collateral Series due 2002

220,000,000

None

29

December 1, 2001

27

7.75% Series due 2007

150,000,000

None

30

May 1, 2002

28

Collateral Series due 2003

225,000,000

None

31

May 1, 2003

29

Collateral Series due 2004

245,000,000

None

32

September 1, 2003

30

6.125% Series due 2013

45,000,000

None

33

May 1, 2004

31

Collateral Series due 2005

350,000,000

None

34

November 1, 2004

32

5.45% Series due 2019

90,000,000

None

35

December 1, 2004

33

Collateral Series 2004A

88,850,000

25,000,000

36

December 1, 2004

34

35

Collateral Series 2004B

Collateral Series 2004C

66,700,000

17,000,000

None

None

37

December 1, 2004

36

Collateral Series 2004D

350,000,000

None

38

May 1, 2005

37

38

Collateral Series 2005B

Collateral Series 2005C

66,700,000

17,000,000

None

None

39

November 1, 2005

39

6.25% Series due 2035

100,000,000
50,000,000

100,000,000
50,000,000

 

 

 

Subtotals

$2,885,950,000

$188,500,000

A-2

 

MORTGAGE OR SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

DATED AS OF

SERIES

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT ISSUED

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OUTSTANDING

 

 

NO.

DESIGNATION

 

 

40

April 1, 2006

40

Collateral Series due 2011

$320,000,000

None

41

December 1, 2006

41

5.70% Series due 2037

150,000,000

150,000,000

42

April 1, 2008

42

5.95% Series due 2018

250,000,000

 None

43

November 1, 2008

43

Collateral Series 2008A

200,000,000

None

44

December 1, 2008

44

7.25% Series due 2013

30,000,000

None

45

December 1, 2008

45

Collateral Series 2008B

17,000,000

None

46

September 1, 2009

46

5.125% Series due 2022

250,000,000

None

47

November 1, 2009

47

Collateral Series 2009A

75,000,000

None

48

December 1, 2010

48

49

Collateral Series 2010A

Collateral Series 2010B

66,700,000

17,000,000

66,700,000

17,000,000

49

December 1, 2010

50

51

3.89% Series due 2020

5.55% Series due 2040

52,000,000

35,000,000

None

35,000,000

50

December 1, 2010

52

1.68% Series due 2013

50,000,000

None

51

February 1, 2011

53

Collateral Series 2011A

400,000,000

None

52

August 1, 2011

 

None

 

 

53

December 1, 2011

54

4.45% Series due 2041

85,000,000

85,000,000

54

November 1, 2012

55

4.23% Series due 2047

80,000,000

80,000,000

55

August 1, 2013

56

Collateral Series 2013A

90,000,000

None

56

April 1, 2014

57

Collateral Series 2014A

400,000,000

None

57

December 1, 2014

58

4.11% Series due 2044

60,000,000

60,000,000

58

December 1, 2015

59

4.37% Series due 2045

100,000,000

100,000,000

59

December 1, 2016

60

3.54% Series due 2051

175,000,000

175,000,000

60

December 1, 2017

61

3.91% Series due 2047

90,000,000

90,000,000

61

May 1, 2018

62

4.35% Series due 2048

375,000,000

375,000,000

62

November 1, 2019

63

3.43% Series due 2049

180,000,000

180,000,000

63

June 1, 2020

64

Collateral Series 2020A

400,000,000

400,000,000

 

 

 

Subtotals

$3,947,700,000

$1,813,700,000

A-3

 

MORTGAGE OR SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

DATED AS OF

SERIES

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT ISSUED

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OUTSTANDING

 

 

NO.

DESIGNATION

 

 

64

September 1, 2020

65

3.07% Series due 2050

165,000,000

165,000,000

65

September 1, 2021

66

2.90% Series due 2051

140,000,000

140,000,000

66

March 1, 2022

67

4.00% Series due 2052

400,000,000

400,000,000

Subtotals $705,000,000

Totals $7,885,650,000

$705,000,000

$2,707,200,000

 

 

 

A-4

 

EXHIBIT B

FILING AND RECORDING OF

SIXTY-SIXTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

FILING IN STATE OFFICES

State

Office of

Date

Financing Statement

Document Number

Washington

Secretary of State

5/26/22

2022-146-1057-4

Idaho

Secretary of State

5/13/22

20220835996

Montana

Secretary of State

4/19/22

20220266531

Oregon

Secretary of State

4/25/2022

93166502

 

RECORDING IN COUNTY OFFICES

County

Washington

Office of

Real Estate Mortgage Records

 

Financing

Statement

Document

Number

 

 

Date

Document

Number

Book

Page

 

 

Adams

Auditor

5/11/22

331460

N/A

N/A

N/A

Asotin

Auditor

4/25/22

376926

N/A

N/A

N/A

Benton

Auditor

4/26/22

2022-013996

N/A

N/A

N/A

Douglas

Auditor

4/26/22

3254694

N/A

N/A

N/A

Ferry

Auditor

4/25/22

0297703

N/A

N/A

N/A

Franklin

Auditor

4/26/22

1959914

N/A

N/A

N/A

Garfield

Auditor

4/25/22

20220177

N/A

N/A

N/A

Grant

Auditor

5/5/22

1471330

N/A

N/A

N/A

Klickitat

Auditor

1/10/22

1152465

N/A

N/A

N/A

Lewis

Auditor

4/25/22

3575436

N/A

N/A

N/A

Lincoln

Auditor

4/25/22

2022-0492001

N/A

N/A

N/A

Pend Oreille

Auditor

4/26/22

20220348774

N/A

N/A

N/A

Skamania

Auditor

4/25/22

2022-000851

`

N/A

N/A

Spokane

Auditor

4/25/22

7201550

N/A

N/A

N/A

Stevens

Auditor

4/25/22

2022-0003598

N/A

N/A

N/A

Thurston

Auditor

5/17/22

4931941

N/A

N/A

N/A

Whitman

Auditor

4/25/22

773587

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Idaho

 

 

 

 

 

 

Benewah

Recorder

4/25/22

295178

N/A

N/A

N/A

Bonner

Recorder

5/3/22

1004791

N/A

N/A

N/A

Boundary

Recorder

4/25/22

291108

N/A

N/A

N/A

Clearwater

Recorder

5/9/22

243378

N/A

N/A

N/A

Idaho

Recorder

5/2/22

535875

N/A

N/A

N/A

Kootenai

Recorder

5/2/22

2898619000

N/A

N/A

N/A

Latah

Recorder

5/12/22

623231

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B-1

 

RECORDING IN COUNTY OFFICES

County

Idaho (cont.)

Office of

Real Estate Mortgage Records

 

Financing

Statement

Document

Number

 

 

Date

Document

Number

Book

Page

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lewis

Recorder

4/25/22

150602

N/A

N/A

N/A

Nez Perce

Recorder

5/2/22

899656

N/A

N/A

N/A

Shoshone

Recorder

5/4/22

513553

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

Montana

 

 

 

 

 

 

Big Horn

Clerk & Recorder

4/25/22

364868

175

444-486

N/A

Broadwater

Clerk & Recorder

4/26/22

193398

240

19

N/A

Golden Valley

Clerk & Recorder

4/25/22

84796

M

21796

N/A

Meagher

Clerk & Recorder

4/26/22

148363

N/A

N/A

N/A

Mineral

Clerk & Recorder

4/25/22

125771

 

 

 

Rosebud

Clerk & Recorder

4/28/22

0126172

166

860-902

N/A

Sanders

Clerk & Recorder

4/25/22

325715

 

 

N/A

Stillwater

Clerk & Recorder

4/25/22

386573

N/A

N/A

N/A

Treasure

Clerk & Recorder

4/25/22

2022-0071

24

912

N/A

Wheatland

Clerk & Recorder

4/25/22

112416

M

33207-33249

N/A

Yellowstone

Clerk & Recorder

4/26/22

4015159

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oregon

 

 

 

 

 

 

Douglas

Recorder

5/13/22

2022-008644

N/A

N/A

N/A

Jackson

Recorder

4/28/22

2022-013988

N/A

N/A

N/A

Josephine

Recorder

5/31/22

2022-007340

N/A

N/A

N/A

Klamath

Recorder

4/25/22

2022-005225

N/A

N/A

N/A

Morrow

Recorder

4/25/22

2022-51075

N/A

N/A

N/A

Union

Recorder

4/25/22

20221343

N/A

N/A

N/A

Wallowa

Recorder

4/25/22

00086193

N/A

N/A

N/A

B-2

EXHIBIT C

PROPERTY ADDITIONS

First

THE ADDITIONAL ELECTRIC SUBSTATIONS AND SUBSTATION SITES of the Company, in the State of Washington, including all buildings, structures, towers, poles, equipment, appliances and devices for transforming, converting and distributing electric energy, and the lands of the Company on which the same are situated and all of the Company's real estate and interests therein, machinery, equipment, appliances, devices, appurtenances and supplies, franchises, permits and other rights and other property forming a part of said substations or any of them, or used or enjoyed or capable of being used or enjoyed in connection with any thereof, including, but not limited to, the following situated in the State of Washington, to wit:

Spokane County, Spokane: "Bluebird Substation #2", granted by Celina Wiederholt, an unmarried person and Tariq Al Shamary, an unmarried person, conveys and warrants the following described real estate, situated in the County of Spokane, State of Washington:

THAT PORTION OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 17, TOWNSHIP 26 NORTH, RANGE 41 EAST OF THE WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN AND A PORTION OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP 26 NORTH, RANGE 41 EAST OF THE WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE SAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF

SAID SECTION 17:

THENCE NORTH 02°30'42" WEST ALONG THE WEST LINE OF THE SAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER, A DISTANCE OF 167.27 FEET;

THENCE NORTH 88°27'34" EAST 2676.65 FEET TO THE EAST LINE OF THE SAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 17;

THENCE SOUTH 02°42'50" EAST ALONG THE EAST LINE OF THE SAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER, A DISTANCE OF 137.27 FEET;

THENCE SOUTH 88°27'34" WEST 38.89 FEET;

THENCE SOUTH 00°34'56" EAST 241.51 FEET;

THENCE SOUTH 88°27'34" WEST 2033.14 FEET;

THENCE SOUTH 02°32'39" EAST 45.01 FEET;

THENCE SOUTH 88°27'34" WEST 596.85 FEET TO THE WEST LINE OF THE SAID NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 20;

THENCE NORTH 02°33'20" WEST ALONG THE SAID WEST LINE, A DISTANCE OF 256.52 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING;

EXCEPT COUNTY ROAD;

Adams County, Othello: "Bruce Siding Substation", granted by Port of Othello, a Municipal Corporation, conveys and warrants the following described real estate, situated in the County of Adams, State of Washington:

C-1

Lot 2, Andrews Industrial Short Plat No. 3, according to the Short Plat thereof filed June 20, 2007, in Volume 1 of Short Plats, Page 262, records of Adams County, Washington.

TOGETHER WITH all improvements and fixtures situated on the above described real property on the date of this Agreement.

TOGETHER WITH all water and water rights including ditches, appropriations, franchises, privileges, applications, permits, licenses and easements that are on, connected with, or usually had and enjoyed in connection with the above described property.

TOGETHER WITH such right, title and interest as Seller has or may have, or may be able to convey, with respect to rights and services appurtenant to the above described real property, including but no limited to utility services and other services and agreements directly benefiting the above described property.

SUBJECT TO:

This land is included within the East Columbia Basin Irrigation District and is subject to laws of the United States and the State of Washington relative to the Columbia Basin Project and is liable for further assessments, if any, levied by said District.

Rights of ways for roads, drains and canals as shown on the Farm Unit Plat of Irrigation Block 46.

Right of Way in favor of Cascade Natural Gas Company along the West line of Farm Unit 68, as disclosed in instrument recorded September 11, 1983, in Book 95 of Deeds, Pages 510-515, under Auditor's File No 95362.

Perpetual right of way and easement in favor of the United States of America for the right of way of the East Low Canal, laterals, pipe lines, drains, dumping of waste material, etc., as appropriated by the United States of America, in Order of Possession recorded May 28, 1953, in Book 81 of Deeds, Pages 38-42, under Auditor's File No. 43699.

Easement for electric distribution lines, together with the necessary appurtenances, including the terms, covenants and provisions thereto as granted by instrument;

Dated: April 30, 1993

Recorded: July 16, 1993

Recording No.: 231263, in Volume 202 of Recorded

Instruments, Page 383

To: The Washington Water Power Company

Road Access Easement & Well Protection Zone;

Grantor: Andrews, Clyde C. Revocable Living

Trust and Andrews, Bonnie J. Revocable

Living Trust

Grantor: Andrews, Clyde C. Revocable Living

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Trust and Andrews, Bonnie J. Revocable

Living Trust

Recorded: March 22, 2005

Recording No.: 276889

Terms and Conditions of Irrigation Waste Water Easement Between Michael A. Andersen and Janelle S. Andersen and Clyde C. Andrews and Bonnie J. Andrews, as Trustees under the Clyde C. Andrews and Bonnie J. Andrews Revocable Living Trust recorded May 22, 2007, under Auditor's File No. 285527.

Covenants, conditions, restrictions, recitals, reservations, easements, easement provisions, encroachments, dedications, building setback lines, notes, statements, and other matters, if any, but omitting any covenants or restrictions, if any, including but not limited to those based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, familial status, marital status, disability, handicap, national origin, ancestry, or source of income, as set forth in applicable state or federal laws, except to the extent that said covenant or restriction is permitted by applicable law, as set forth on Andrews Industrial Short Plat No. 3:

Recording No: 285863

Easement(s) for the purpose(s) shown below and rights incidental thereto, as granted in a document;

Granted to: Cascade National Gas Corporation

Purpose: Utility Easement Agreement

Recording Date: May 3, 2018

Recording No.: 318550

Second

BUSINESS OFFICE(S) AND/OR MISCELLANEOUS REAL ESTATE, in the State of Washington, to wit:

Asotin County, Clarkston, WA: "Clarkston Facilities Fleet Shop", granted by Cheryl Gay Fleming as Administrator of the Estate of Thomas E. Fleming, III, deceased, per Asotin County Superior Court Case No. 07-4-00037-5, and Earl G. Fields and Donna J. Fields, as Co-Trustees of the Earl and Donna Fields Revocable Trust under agreement dated May 9, 2013, conveys and warrants the following described real estate, situated in the county of Asotin, State of Washington:

PARCEL I:

Situate in the County of Asotin, State of Washington, to-wit:

That part of the Northeast Quarter of Section 20, Township 11 North, Range 46 East of the Willamette Meridian, described as follows:

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Beginning at the monument at the intersection of the centerlines of 13th and Fair Streets; thence West along the centerline of Fair Street 405 feet; thence North 30 feet to a point on the North right of way line of Fair Street which is the True Point of Beginning; thence continuing North 170.5 feet; thence West 75 feet; thence South 170.5 feet to a point on the North right of way line of Fair Street; thence East along said right of way line 75 feet to the true point of beginning.

PARCEL II:

Situate in the County of Asotin, State of Washington, to-wit:

That part of the Northeast Quarter of Section 20, Township 11 North, Range 46 East of the Willamette Meridian, described as follows:

Beginning at the monument at the intersection of the centerlines of 13th and Fair Streets; thence West along the centerline of Fair Street 330.0 feet; thence North 30.0 feet to a point on the North right of way line of Fair Street, said point being the True Point of Beginning; thence continue North 170.5 feet; thence West 75.0 feet; thence South 170.5 feet to a point on the North right of way line of Fair Street; thence East along said right of way line for a distance of 75.0 feet to the true place of beginning.

Subject to: Current Year Taxes, conditions, covenants, restrictions, reservations, easements, rights and rights of way, apparent or of record.

Tax Parcel Number(s): 6-132-00-054-0004-0000, 6-132-00-054-0003-0000

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT D

(Form of Bond)

PPN:

AVISTA CORPORATION

First Mortgage Bond, 5.66% Series due 2053

REGISTERED

REGISTERED

 

 

NO. _________________

$_______________

 

 

 

 

AVISTA CORPORATION, a corporation of the State of Washington (hereinafter called the "Company"), for value received, hereby promises to pay to

, or registered assigns, on April 1, 2053 (the "Stated Maturity Date")

DOLLARS

and to pay the registered owner hereof interest thereon semi-annually in arrears on April 1 and October 1 in each year (each such date, an "Interest Payment Date"), commencing October 1, 2023, and at Maturity (as hereinafter defined), at the rate of five and sixty-six one-hundredths per centum (5.66%) per annum computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, until the Company's obligation with respect to the payment of such principal shall have been discharged. This bond shall bear interest from March 29, 2023 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date on or prior to the date of this bond to which interest on the bonds of this series has been paid.

Dated:

AVISTA CORPORATION

By:

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

ATTEST:

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE

This bond is one of the bonds of the series herein designated, described or provided for in the within-mentioned Mortgage.

CITIBANK, N.A.

Trustee

By

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 

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The principal of and premium, if any, and interest on this bond payable at Maturity shall be payable to the registered owner hereof upon presentation hereof at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for public and private debts. The interest on this bond (other than interest payable at Maturity) shall be paid by check, in the similar coin or currency, mailed to the registered owner hereof as of the close of business on the seventh Business Day (as defined in the Sixty-seventh Supplemental Indenture referred to below) preceding each Interest Payment Date (each such date being herein called a "Record Date"); provided, however, that if such registered owner shall be a securities depositary, such payment shall be made by such other means in lieu of check as shall be agreed upon by the Company, the Trustee and such registered owner; and provided further that, so long as this Bond shall be held by (a) the original purchaser hereof under the Bond Purchase Agreement (as defined in such Sixty-seventh Supplemental Indenture) or (b) any other Institutional Investor (as defined in such Supplemental Indenture) that (i) is the direct or indirect transferee of this bond from such original purchaser and (ii) has made the same agreement relating to this bond as such original purchaser made in Section 8.2 of the Bond Purchase Agreement, payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on this Bond shall be payable in the manner specified in the Bond Purchase Agreement. Interest payable at Maturity shall be paid to the person to whom principal shall be paid. As used herein, the term "Maturity" shall mean the date on which the principal of this bond becomes due and payable, whether at stated maturity, upon redemption or acceleration, or otherwise.

This bond is one of an issue of bonds of the Company issuable in series and is one of a series known as its First Mortgage Bonds, 5.66% Series due 2053, all bonds of all such series being issued and issuable under and equally secured (except insofar as any sinking or other fund, established in accordance with the provisions of the Mortgage hereinafter mentioned, may afford additional security for the bonds of any particular series) by a Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of June 1, 1939 (the "Original Mortgage"), executed by the Company (formerly known as The Washington Water Power Company) to City Bank Farmers Trust Company and Ralph E. Morton, as Trustees (Citibank, N.A., successor Trustee to both said Trustees). The Original Mortgage has been amended and supplemented by various supplemental indentures, including the Sixty-seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 1, 2023 (the "Sixty-seventh Supplemental Indenture"), and, as so amended and supplemented, is herein called the "Mortgage". Reference is made to the Mortgage for a description of the property mortgaged and pledged, the nature and extent of the security, the rights of the holders of the bonds and of the Trustee in respect thereof, the duties and immunities of the Trustee, the terms and conditions upon which the bonds are and are to be secured and the circumstances under which additional bonds may be issued. If there shall be a conflict between the terms of this bond and the provisions of the Mortgage, the provisions of the Mortgage shall control to the extent permitted by law. The holder of this bond, by its acceptance hereof, shall be deemed to have consented and agreed to all of the terms and provisions of the Mortgage and, further, in the event that such holder shall not be the sole beneficial owner of this bond, shall be deemed to have agreed to use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause all direct and indirect beneficial owners of this bond to have knowledge of the terms and provisions of the Mortgage and of this bond and to comply therewith, including particularly, but without limitation, any provisions or restrictions in the Mortgage regarding the transfer or exchange of such beneficial interests and any legend set forth on this bond.

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The Mortgage may be modified or altered by affirmative vote of the holders of at least 60% in principal amount of the bonds outstanding under the Mortgage, considered as one class, or, if the rights of one or more, but less than all, series of bonds then outstanding are to be affected, then such modification or alteration may be effected with the affirmative vote only of 60% in principal amount of the bonds outstanding of the series so to be affected, considered as one class, and, furthermore, for limited purposes, the Mortgage may be modified or altered without any consent or other action of holders of any series of bonds. No modification or alteration shall, however, permit an extension of the Maturity of the principal of, or interest on, this bond or a reduction in such principal or the rate of interest hereon or any other modification in the terms of payment of such principal or interest or the creation of any lien equal or prior to the lien of the Mortgage or deprive the holder of a lien on the mortgaged and pledged property without the consent of the holder hereof. Each initial and subsequent holder of bonds of this series, by virtue of its acquisition of an interest therein, shall be deemed, without further act, to have consented to the prospective amendments to the Original Mortgage set forth or referred to in the Sixty-seventh Supplemental Indenture.

The principal hereof, together with all accrued and unpaid interest hereon (but without premium), may be declared or may become due prior to the Stated Maturity Date on the conditions, in the manner and at the time set forth in the Mortgage, upon the occurrence of a Completed Default as in the Mortgage provided.

As provided in the Mortgage and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, this bond or any portion of the principal amount hereof will be deemed to have been paid if there has been irrevocably deposited with the Trustee moneys or direct obligations of or obligations guaranteed by the United States of America, the principal of and interest on which when due, and without regard to any reinvestment thereof, will provide moneys which, together with moneys so deposited, will be sufficient to pay when due the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on this bond when due.

The Mortgage contains terms, provisions and conditions relating to the consolidation or merger of the Company with or into, and the conveyance or other transfer, or lease, of assets to, another corporation and to the assumption by such other corporation, in certain circumstances, of all of the obligations of the Company under the Mortgage and on the bonds secured thereby.

In the manner prescribed in the Mortgage, this bond is transferable by the registered owner hereof in person, or by his duly authorized attorney, at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, upon surrender and cancellation of this bond, together with a written instrument of transfer whenever required by the Company duly executed by the registered owner or by its duly authorized attorney, and, thereupon, a new fully registered bond of the same series for a like principal amount will be issued to the transferee in exchange herefor as provided in the Mortgage. The Company and the Trustee may deem and treat the person in whose name this bond is registered as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment and for all other purposes.

In the manner prescribed in the Mortgage, any bonds of this series, upon surrender thereof for cancellation at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The

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City of New York, are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of bonds of the same series of other authorized denominations.

Prior to the Par Call Date (as hereinafter defined), the bonds of this series shall be redeemable in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at the option of the Company, upon notice mailed as provided in Section 52 of the Mortgage, at a redemption price equal to the greater of

(f)
100% of the principal amount of the bonds being redeemed and
(g)
(i) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal of and interest on the bonds being redeemed (assuming, for this purpose, that the bonds of this series were stated to mature on the Par Call Date), discounted to the date of redemption on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at a discount rate equal to the Treasury Yield (as hereinafter defined) plus 50 basis points, less (ii) interest accrued to the redemption date,

plus, in the case of either (a) or (b) above, whichever is applicable, accrued and unpaid interest on such bonds to the date of redemption.

On or after the Par Call Date, the bonds of this series shall be redeemable in whole at any time, or in part from time to time, at the option of the Company, upon notice mailed as aforesaid, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the bonds being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest on such bonds to the date of redemption.

"Par Call Date" means October 1, 2052.

"Treasury Yield" has the meaning set forth in the Sixty-seventh Supplemental Indenture.

Except as provided above, (a) the bonds of this series are not redeemable prior to the Stated Maturity Date and (b) no amount other than the principal of and interest on the bonds of this series shall be payable in respect of such bonds at Maturity or otherwise.

No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on this bond against any incorporator or any past, present or future subscriber to the capital stock, stockholder, officer or director of the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, as such, either directly or through the Company or any predecessor or successor corporation, under any rule of law, statute or constitution or by the enforcement of any assessment or otherwise, all such liability of incorporators, subscribers, stockholders, officers and directors being released by the holder or owner hereof by the acceptance of this bond and being likewise waived and released by the terms of the Mortgage.

This bond shall not become obligatory until Citibank, N.A., the Trustee under the Mortgage, or its successor thereunder, shall have signed the form of certificate endorsed hereon.

____________________

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto

 

[please insert social security or other identifying number of assignee]

 

[please print or typewrite name and address of assignee]

 

 

the within bond of AVISTA CORPORATION and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint ____________________________________________, Attorney, to transfer said bond on the books of the within-mentioned Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated: _________________

___________________________________

[signature of assignor]

Notice: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the bond in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.

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