EX-4.1


  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-fifth Supplemental Indenture

  Providing among other things for a series of bonds designated 
“First Mortgage Bonds, 2.90% Series due 2051”
Due October 1, 2051

  ________________________

  Dated as of September 1, 2021

   

   

   

  

   

  SIXTY-FIFTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

  THIS INDENTURE, dated as of the 1st day of September, 2021, 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-fifth 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-fourth Supplemental Indentures and, if the context shall so require, as to be supplemented by this Sixty-fifth 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-third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 1, 2020, 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- fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 1, 2020; and

  WHEREAS the aforesaid Sixty-fourth 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-fifth Supplemental Indenture and the terms of the Bonds of the Sixty‐sixth 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-fifth 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-fifth 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-fifth 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:

  ARITCLE I

  Sixty-sixth Series of Bonds

  SECTION 1. (I)	There shall be a series of bonds designated “First Mortgage Bonds, 2.90% Series due 2051” (herein sometimes referred to as the “Bonds of the Sixty-sixth 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-sixth 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-sixth Series shall have the following terms and characteristics:

  (a)the Bonds of the Sixty-sixth Series shall be limited in aggregate principal amount to $140,000,000 (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 Bonds of the Sixty-sixth Series may be authenticated and delivered in whole at any time or in part from time to time; all Bonds of the Sixty-sixth Series shall be identical in all respects,  except that Bonds originally authenticated and delivered on different dates shall differ as to the Initial Interest Accrual Date (as hereinafter defined); and on and after the first Interest Payment Date (as hereinafter defined) to which interest on all Bonds of the Sixty-sixth Series then outstanding has been paid, all such Bonds shall be identical in all respects.


  (c)     the principal of the Bonds of the Sixty-sixth Series shall (unless theretofore paid) be payable on the Stated Maturity Date (as hereinafter defined);


  (d)the Bonds of the Sixty-sixth Series shall bear interest at the rate of two and ninety one-hundredths per centum (2.90%) per annum; interest on the Bonds shall accrue from and including the Initial Interest Accrual Date, 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;


  (e)       the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on each Bond of the Sixty-sixth 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-sixth 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-sixth 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-sixth 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.


  (f)   (i)	Prior to the Par Call Date (as hereinafter defined), the Bonds of the Sixty-sixth 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)	the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal of and interest on the Bonds being redeemed (assuming, for this 

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  purpose, that the Bonds were stated to mature on the Par Call Date and excluding any portion of any scheduled payment of interest that accrued prior to the redemption 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,

  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-sixth 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.


  (g)(i)	“Par Call Date” means April 1, 2051.


  (ii)          “Treasury Yield” means, with respect to any redemption of Bonds of the Sixty-sixth Series, 


  (A)	the yield to maturity reported in the Statistical Release, for the latest day for which such yields have been so reported as of the Calculation Date, for the U.S. Treasury constant maturity with a term equal to the remaining term of such Bonds (assuming, for this purpose, that the Bonds were stated to mature on the Par Call Date), or

  (B)	if there is no such U.S. Treasury constant maturity having a term equal to such remaining term, the yield to maturity determined by linear interpolation between (I) the U.S. Treasury constant maturity reported in the Statistical Release with the term next longer than such remaining term and (II) the U.S. Treasury constant maturity so reported with the term next shorter than such remaining term.

  The Treasury Yield shall be rounded to two 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-sixth 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”).

  (iii)    “Statistical Release” means the daily statistical release entitled “H.15 Selected Interest Rates”, 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.


  (h)If less than all of the outstanding Bonds of the Sixty‐sixth 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 


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  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.


  (i)        Except as provided in this subsection (II) of Section 1,


  (i)the Bonds of the Sixty-sixth Series shall not be redeemable prior to the Stated Maturity Date; and 


  (ii)no amount other than the principal of and interest on the Bonds of the Sixty-sixth Series shall be payable in respect of the Bonds at Maturity (as hereinafter defined) or otherwise.


  (j)     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-sixth 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-sixth 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-sixth 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-sixth Series; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to make any transfer or exchange of any Bonds of the Sixty-sixth 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-sixth Series which shall have been selected for redemption in whole or in part.

  Any Bond of the Sixty-sixth Series authenticated and delivered upon the  transfer or exchange of a Bond prior to the first Interest Payment Date to which interest on all outstanding Bonds of the Sixty-sixth Series has been paid shall have the same Initial Interest Accrual Date as the Bond surrendered in such transfer or exchange.

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

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  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-fifth 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-sixth Series, shall have the meanings specified below:


  “Bond Purchase Agreement” means the Bond Purchase Agreement, dated September 28, 2021, 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.

  “Institutional Investor” means (a) any original purchaser of a Bond of the Sixty-sixth Series, (b) any holder of a Bond of the Sixty-sixth 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-sixth 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.

  “Initial Interest Accrual Date” means, with respect to any Bond of the Sixty-sixth Series, the date from which interest on such Bond shall first accrue. The Initial Interest Accrual Date of each Bond shall be specified on the face of such Bond.

  “Interest Payment Date” means April 1 and October 1 in each year, commencing April 1, 2022.

  “Maturity” means the date on which the principal of the Bonds of the Sixty-sixth 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 October 1, 2051.

  (V)  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 106 of the Original Mortgage, as amended, the Company shall not cause any Bonds of the Sixty-sixth 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 


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  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.


  (VI)  Anything in this Sixty-fifth Supplemental Indenture or the Bonds of the Sixty-fifth Series to the contrary notwithstanding, any payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any Bond of the Sixty-sixth 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-sixth 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-fifth Supplemental Indenture, Bonds of the Sixty-sixth Series in an aggregate principal amount of $140,000,000 are to be issued and will be Outstanding, in addition to $2,417,200,000 aggregate principal amount of bonds of prior series Outstanding at the date of delivery of this Sixty-fifth 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.

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  ARTICLE III

  Prospective Amendments of Original Mortgage

             SECTION 1. Each initial and subsequent holder of Bonds of the Sixty-sixth 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, and in Exhibits E(2) and E(3) to such Fifty-eighth Supplemental Indenture.

  ARTICLE IV

  Miscellaneous Provisions

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

           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-fifth 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-fifth 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-fifth Supplemental Indenture.

           SECTION 3.	Whenever in this Sixty-fifth 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- fifth 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-fifth 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-fifth Supplemental Indenture or any covenant, condition, stipulation, promise or agreement hereof, and all the covenants, conditions, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Sixty-fifth 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.

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        SECTION 5.	This Sixty-fifth 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-fifth Supplemental Indenture shall not be deemed to be any part thereof.

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  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, on the 22nd day of September, 2021, 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 22nd day of September, 2021, 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

	 
	 

	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/ LOUIS PISCITELLI

	Name:
	Louis Piscitelli

	Title:
	Senior Trust Officer



   

   

   

   

   

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  STATE OF WASHINGTON )

  ) ss.:

  COUNTY OF SPOKANE	)

  On this 22nd day of September, 2021, before me personally appeared Mark T. Thies, to me known 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 instrument, 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



   

  	 

   

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  STATE OF NEW YORK	)

  ) ss.:

  COUNTY OF NEW YORK	)

  On this 22nd day of September, 2021 before me, a Notary Public in and for the State of New York, personally appeared Louis Piscitelli, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is a Senior Trust Officer of CITIBANK, N.A., one of the corporations described in and that executed the within and foregoing instrument, such corporation having executed such instrument as trustee; and that he signed his name thereto by authority of the board of directors of said corporation.

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

  		
	 
	/s/ DANNY LEE

	 
	DANNY LEE, Notary Public

	 
	State of New York, NO. 01LE6161129

	 
	Qualified in New York County

	 
	Commission Expires February 20, 2023



  		 

  
 

   

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  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
	 
	 



   

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	19
	January 1, 1981
	16
	14-1/8% Series due 1991
	40,000,000
	None

	 
	 
	 
	Subtotals
	$347,000,000
	None

	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



   

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	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

	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
	250,000,000

	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



   

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	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

	64
	September 1, 2020
	65
	3.07% Series due 2050
	165,000,000
	165,000,000

	 
	 
	 
	Subtotals
Totals
	$4,112,700,000
$7,345,650,000
	$2,228,700,000
$2,417,200,000



   

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  EXHIBIT B

   

  FILING AND RECORDING OF

  SIXTY-FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

  							
	FILING IN STATE OFFICES

	State
	Office of
	Date
	Financing Statement
Document Number

	Washington
	Secretary of State
	12/22/20
	2020-358-2363-4

	Idaho
	Secretary of State
	1/7/21
	20210026752

	Montana
	Secretary of State
	2/23/21
	20210135148

	Oregon
	Secretary of State
	12/17/2020
	92653253

	 

	RECORDING IN COUNTY OFFICES

	County
Washington
 
	Office of
	Real Estate Mortgage Records
	Financing
Statement
Document
Number

	Date
	Document
Number
	Book
	Page

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	Adams
	Auditor
	12/16/20
	326370
	N/A
	N/A
	N/A

	Asotin
	Auditor
	12/16/20
	369408
	N/A
	N/A
	N/A

	Benton
	Auditor
	12/16/20
	2020-051002
	N/A
	N/A
	N/A

	Douglas
	Auditor
	12/16/20
	3237738
	N/A
	N/A
	N/A

	Ferry
	Auditor
	12/16/20
	0294903
	N/A
	N/A
	N/A

	Franklin
	Auditor
	12/17/20
	1927522
	N/A
	N/A
	N/A

	Garfield
	Auditor
	12/16/20
	20200605
	N/A
	N/A
	N/A

	Grant
	Auditor
	12/16/20
	1439456
	N/A
	N/A
	N/A

	Klickitat
	Auditor
	3/18/21
	1146308
	N/A
	N/A
	N/A

	Lewis
	Auditor
	12/21/20
	3539661
	N/A
	N/A
	N/A

	Lincoln
	Auditor
	12/16/20
	2020-0486150
	N/A
	N/A
	N/A

	Pend Oreille
	Auditor
	12/16/20
	20200342014
	N/A
	N/A
	N/A

	Skamania
	Auditor
	12/16/20
	2020-003538
	N/A
	N/A
	N/A

	Spokane
	Auditor
	3/24/21
	7051555
	N/A
	N/A
	N/A

	Stevens
	Auditor
	12/16/20
	2020 0011216
	N/A
	N/A
	N/A



   

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	Thurston
	Auditor
	3/1/21
	4829566
	N/A
	N/A
	N/A

	Whitman
	Auditor
	12/21/20
	763124
	N/A
	N/A
	N/A

	Idaho
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	Benewah
	Recorder
	12/16/20
	289347
	N/A
	N/A
	N/A

	Bonner
	Recorder
	12/23/20
	972950
	N/A
	N/A
	N/A

	Boundary
	Recorder
	12/16/20
	284701
	N/A
	N/A
	N/A

	Clearwater
	Recorder
	12/16/20
	239459
	N/A
	N/A
	N/A

	Idaho
	Recorder
	12/16/20
	527538
	N/A
	N/A
	N/A

	Kootenai
	Recorder
	12/18/20
	2799568000
	N/A
	N/A
	N/A

	Latah
	Recorder
	12/16/20
	610990
	N/A
	N/A
	N/A

	 

	RECORDING IN COUNTY OFFICES

	County
Idaho (cont.)
	Office of
	Real Estate Mortgage Records
	Financing
Statement
Document
Number

	Date
	Document
Number
	Book
	Page

	Lewis
	Recorder
	12/16/20
	149014
	N/A
	N/A
	N/A

	Nez Perce
	Recorder
	3/18/21
	886663
	N/A
	N/A
	N/A

	Shoshone
	Recorder
	12/29/20
	506682
	N/A
	N/A
	N/A

	 

	Montana
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	Big Horn
	Clerk & Recorder
	12/21/20
	361496
	164
	518-546
	N/A

	Broadwater
	Clerk & Recorder
	12/21/20
	187750
	216
	676
	N/A

	Golden Valley
	Clerk & Recorder
	12/21/20
	84269
	M
	20797
	N/A

	Meagher
	Clerk & Recorder
	12/22/20
	147022
	N/A
	N/A
	N/A

	Mineral
	Clerk & Recorder
	12/16/20
	122844
	 
	 
	 

	Rosebud
	Clerk & Recorder
	12/21/20
	0123937
	161MG
	863-891
	N/A

	Sanders
	Clerk & Recorder
	12/16/20
	319320
	 
	 
	N/A

	Stillwater
	Clerk & Recorder
	12/21/20
	381204
	N/A
	N/A
	N/A

	Treasure
	Clerk & Recorder
	12/21/20
	84617
	24
	201
	N/A

	Wheatland
	Clerk & Recorder
	12/21/20
	111713
	M
	31644-31672
	N/A



   

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	Yellowstone
	Clerk & Recorder
	12/22/20
	3952839
	N/A
	N/A
	N/A

	Oregon
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	Douglas
	Recorder
	12/18/20
	2020-022005
	N/A
	N/A
	N/A

	Jackson
	Recorder
	3/30/21
	2021-014266
	N/A
	N/A
	N/A

	Josephine
	Recorder
	12/17/20
	2020-019093
	N/A
	N/A
	N/A

	Klamath
	Recorder
	12/16/20
	2020-016410
	N/A
	N/A
	N/A

	Morrow
	Recorder
	12/17/20
	2020-47820
	N/A
	N/A
	N/A

	Union
	Recorder
	12/16/20
	20204389
	N/A
	N/A
	N/A

	Wallowa
	Recorder
	12/16/20
	00083121
	N/A
	N/A
	N/A



   

   

   

   

   

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  EXHIBIT C

   

  PROPERTY ADDITIONS

  First

  Additional PROTECTION, MITIGATION AND ENHANCEMENT PROPERTY of the Company, real, personal, or mixed, acquired, constructed and/or installed in, on, under and/or proximate to the Company’s hydroelectric generation developments for the purpose of protecting and/or enhancing wildlife (including fish and aquatic life), botanical life and/or wetlands, and/or mitigating any harm or damage thereto, and all other property, real, personal or mixed, used or enjoyed or capable of being used or enjoyed in conjunction therewith, including, but not limited to, the following in the State of Montana to wit:

  (1)Sanders County, Montana: “Cox to Avista”, granted by Anthony B. Cox, the following described premises situated in Sanders County, Montana, to-wit:


  Lot 1 of Graves Creek Homesites, a platted subdivision in Sanders County, Montana, on file in the office of the Clerk and Recorder, Sanders County, Montana.

  LESS AND EXCEPTING that parcel conveyed to the Montana Department of Transportation by Bargain and Sale Deed recorded April 27, 2010 at Micro No. 69086, Reception No. 283667, Sanders County records.

  SUBJECT TO covenants, conditions, restrictions, provisions, easements and encumbrances apparent or of record. 

  (2)Sanders County, Montana: “Shear to Avista”, granted by Janet M. Shear, all that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the County of Sanders, State of Montana, and particularly described as follows:


  A parcel of land in the SW1/4SW1/4 of Section 1, S1/2SE1/4 of Section 2, N1/2NE1/4 of Section 11 and N1/2 of Section 12, all in Township 22 North, Range 30 West, P.M.M., Sanders County, Montana, further described as Tract B on Certificate of Survey No. 3294, on file in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Sanders County, Montana.

  Second

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

  Asotin County, Washington: “Clarkston Facilities”, granted by Shandi Ochoa, Personal Representative to the Estate of Joseph H. Lemire, deceased per Asotin County Superior Court Case No. 18-4-00056-02, the following described real estate, situated  in Asotin County, State of Washington:

   

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

   

  Commencing at the monument at the intersection of the centerlines of 13th and Fair Streets; thence West along the centerline of Fair Street, 780.0 feet; thence North, 395.5 feet to the True Place of Beginning; thence continue North, 375.5 feet; thence West, 160.0 feet; thence South, 375.5 feet; thence East 160.0 feet to the True Place of Beginning.

   

  Tax Parcel Number(s): 1-132-00-054-0010-0000

   

   

   

   

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  EXHIBIT D

  (Form of Bond)

  PPN: 05379B E*4

  AVISTA CORPORATION

  First Mortgage Bond, 2.90% Series due 2051

  		
	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 October 1, 2051 (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 April 1, 2022, and at Maturity (as hereinafter defined), at the rate of two and ninety one-hundredths per centum (2.90%) 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 _________________ (the “Initial Interest Accrual Date”) 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-fifth 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-fifth 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, 2.90% Series due 2051, 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-fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 1, 2021 (the “Sixty-fifth 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-fifth 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.

  Any bond of this series authenticated and delivered upon the  transfer or exchange of a bond prior to the first Interest Payment Date to which interest on all outstanding bonds of this series has been paid shall have the same Initial Interest Accrual Date as the bond surrendered in such transfer or exchange.

  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

  (a)100% of the principal amount of the bonds being redeemed and 


  (b)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 and excluding any portion of any scheduled payment of interest that accrued prior to the redemption 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,


  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 April 1, 2051.

  “Treasury Yield” means, with respect to any redemption of bonds of this series,

  (a)the yield to maturity reported in the Statistical Release, for the latest day for which such yields have been so reported as of the Calculation Date, for the U.S. Treasury constant maturity with a term equal to the remaining term of such bonds (assuming, for this purpose, that the bonds of this series were stated to mature on the par Call Date), or


  (b)if there is no such U.S. Treasury constant maturity having a term equal to such remaining term, the yield to maturity determined by linear interpolation between (i) the U.S. Treasury constant maturity reported in the Statistical Release with the term next longer than such remaining term and (ii) the U.S. Treasury constant maturity reported in the Statistical Release with the term next shorter than such remaining term.  


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  The Treasury Yield shall be rounded to two decimal places.  The Treasury Yield shall be calculated as of the third Business Day preceding the earlier of (x) the date notice of redemption is mailed to holders of bonds of this 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”).

  “Statistical Release” means the daily statistical release entitled “H.15 Selected Interest Rates”, 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.

  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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