AVISTA CORPORATION (NYSE:AVA) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Avista Corp. was held on May 11, 2017. There were 64,384,248 shares of common stock issued and outstanding as of March 10, 2017, the proxy record date, with 58,697,248 shares represented at said meeting. The proposal regarding the frequency of future shareholder advisory votes on executive compensation and the results of the voting is as follows:

Proposal 5: Advisory (non-binding) vote on the frequency of advisory votes on executive compensation, recommending whether advisory votes should occur every one, two or three years.

The 1 year frequency of advisory (non-binding) votes on executive compensation was approved as the number of votes cast for "1 Year" exceeded the number of votes cast for "2 Years" and "3 Years." Abstentions had no effect on the outcome.

The Company’s Board of Directors has considered the outcome of this advisory vote and determined, consistent with its recommendation to shareholders in the proxy statement for the 2017 Annual Meeting and the vote of a majority of the Company’s outstanding shares, that the Company will conduct future votes on say on pay proposals each year until the next advisory vote on the frequency of say on pay votes. The Company is required to hold advisory votes regarding the frequency of shareholder say on pay proposals every six years.

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.