On December 15, 2016, Avista Corporation (Avista Corp. or the Company) issued and sold $175.0 million of 3.54 percent first mortgage bonds due in 2051 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.

In connection with the pricing of the first mortgage bonds in August 2016, the Company cash settled seven interest rate swap contracts (notional aggregate amount of $125.0 million) and paid a total of $54.0 million, which will be amortized as a component of interest expense over the life of the debt.

The total net proceeds from the sale of the new bonds will be used to repay a $70.0 million term loan with a commercial bank that has a maturity date of December 30, 2016 and to repay a portion of the borrowings outstanding under the Company’s $400.0 million committed line of credit.

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.

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.

See description of Avista Corp.’s issuance of $175.0 million of 3.54 percent first mortgage bonds due in 2051 under Item 1.01.

Section 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

4.1 Fifty-ninth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 1, 2016.

About AVISTA CORPORATION (NYSE:AVA)

Avista Corporation is an electric and natural gas utility with certain other business ventures. The Company operates through two business segments: Avista Utilities, and Alaska Electric Light and Power Company (AEL&P). Avista Utilities segment generates, transmits and distributes electricity, and distributes natural gas serving electric and natural gas customers in eastern Washington and northern Idaho and natural gas customers in parts of Oregon. AEL&P is a utility providing electric services in Juneau, Alaska. It operates other businesses, including sheet metal fabrication, venture fund investments and real estate investments, as well as certain other investments of Avista Capital, Inc., a subsidiary of the Company. Through Advanced Manufacturing and Development (AM&D), doing business as METALfx, the Company performs custom sheet metal fabrication of electronic enclosures, parts and systems for the computer, construction, telecommunication, renewable energy and medical industries.

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