Sixty-Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 1, 2020

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EX-4.1 2 avistasixty-thirdsuppl.htm SIXTY-THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE Exhibit
Execution Version

AVISTA CORPORATION


TO
CITIBANK, N.A.
As Successor Trustee under
Mortgage and Deed of Trust,
dated as of June 1, 1939
________________________
Sixty-third Supplemental Indenture
Providing among other things for a series of bonds designated
“First Mortgage Bonds, Collateral Series 2020A”

Due April 18, 2022
________________________
Dated as of June 1, 2020








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SIXTY-THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
THIS INDENTURE, dated as of the 1st day of June, 2020, 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-third 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-second Supplemental Indentures and, if the context shall so require, as to be supplemented by this Sixty-third Supplemental Indenture, being herein sometimes called the “Mortgage”); and
WHEREAS the Original Mortgage and the First through Sixty-first Supplemental Indentures have been appropriately filed or recorded in various official records in the States of Washington, Idaho, Montana and Oregon, as set forth in the First through Sixty-second Supplemental Indentures and the Instrument of Further Assurance, dated December 15, 2001, hereinafter referred to; and
WHEREAS the Sixty-second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 1, 2019, 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 for the purpose of confirming or perfecting the lien of the Mortgage on certain of its properties, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered a Short Form Mortgage

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and Security Agreement, in multiple counterparts dated as of various dates in 1992, and such instrument has been appropriately filed or recorded in the various official records in the States of Montana and Oregon; and
WHEREAS for the purpose of confirming or perfecting the lien of the Mortgage on certain of its properties, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered an Instrument of Further Assurance dated as of December 15, 2001, and such instrument has been appropriately filed or recorded in the various official records in the States of Washington, Idaho, Montana and Oregon; 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
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-third Supplemental Indenture and the terms of the Bonds of the Sixty‑fourth 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-third 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

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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, 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-third 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

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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 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-third 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

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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-fourth Series of Bonds
SECTION 1. (I)    There shall be a series of bonds designated “First Mortgage Bonds, Collateral Series 2020A” (herein sometimes referred to as the “Bonds of the Sixty-fourth Series”), 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-fourth 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-fourth Series shall have the following terms and characteristics:
(a)    the Bonds of the Sixty-fourth Series shall be initially authenticated and delivered under the Mortgage in the aggregate principal amount of $400,000,000;
(b)    the principal of the Bonds of the Sixty-fourth Series shall (unless theretofore paid) be payable on the Stated Maturity Date (as hereinafter defined);
(c)    the Bonds of the Sixty-fourth Series shall bear interest at the rate of eight per centum (8%) per annum; interest on the Bonds of the Sixty-fourth Series shall accrue from and including June 4, 2020, except as otherwise provided in the form of bond attached hereto as Exhibit D; interest on the Bonds of the Sixty-fourth Series shall be payable on each Interest Payment Date and at Maturity (as each of such terms is hereinafter defined); and interest on the Bonds of the Sixty-fourth Series during any period for which payment is made shall be computed in accordance with the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined);
(d)    the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on each Bond of the Sixty-fourth 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-fourth Series (other than interest payable at Maturity) shall be payable, in similar coin or currency, directly to the registered owner thereof in the manner provided for payments under the Credit Agreement;
(e)    the Bonds of the Sixty-fourth Series shall not be redeemable, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;

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(f)    (i)    the Bonds of the Sixty-fourth Series are to be issued and delivered to the Administrative Agent (as hereinafter defined) in order to provide the benefit of the lien of the Mortgage as security for the obligation of the Company under the Credit Agreement to pay the Obligations (as hereinafter defined), to the extent and subject to the limitations set forth in clauses (iii) and (iv) of this subdivision;
(ii)    upon the earliest of (A) the occurrence of an Event of Default (as hereinafter defined) under the Credit Agreement, other than an Event of Default referred to in clause (B) below, and further upon the condition that, in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement, (1) the Commitments (as hereinafter defined) shall have been or shall have terminated and any Loans (as hereinafter defined) shall have been declared to be or shall have otherwise become due and payable immediately, (2) the Administrative Agent shall have demanded that the Company provide cash collateral in the amount of the total LC Exposure (as hereinafter defined), if any, and (3) the Administrative Agent shall have delivered to the Company a notice demanding redemption of the Bonds of the Sixty-fourth Series which notice states that it is being delivered pursuant to Article VII of the Credit Agreement; (B) the occurrence of an Event of Default under paragraph (g) or (h) of Article VII of the Credit Agreement; and (C) the Stated Maturity Date, then all Bonds of the Sixty-fourth Series shall be redeemed or paid immediately at the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest to the date of redemption or payment;
(iii)    the obligation of the Company to pay the accrued interest on Bonds of the Sixty-fourth Series on any Interest Payment Date prior to Maturity (A) shall be deemed to have been satisfied and discharged in full in the event that all amounts then due in respect of the Obligations shall have been paid or (B) shall be deemed to remain unsatisfied in an amount equal to the aggregate amount then due in respect of the Obligations and remaining unpaid (not in excess, however, of the amount otherwise then due in respect of interest on the Bonds of the Sixty-fourth Series);
(iv)    the obligation of the Company to pay the principal of and accrued interest on Bonds of the Sixty-fourth Series at or after Maturity (A) shall be deemed to have been satisfied and discharged in full in the event that (1) all amounts then due in respect of the Obligations shall have been paid and (2) no Letter of Credit (as hereinafter defined) shall remain outstanding (or all outstanding Letters of Credit shall have been cash collateralized in full pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement) or (B) shall be deemed to remain unsatisfied in an amount equal to the sum of (1) the aggregate amount then due in respect of the Obligations and remaining unpaid plus (2) the aggregate stated amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit to the extent that such Letters of Credit have not been cash collateralized pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement (not in excess, however, of the amount otherwise then due in respect of principal of and accrued interest on the Bonds of the Sixty-fourth Series); and
(v)    the Trustee shall be entitled to presume that the obligation of the Company to pay the principal of and interest on the Bonds of the Sixty-fourth Series as the same shall become due and payable shall have been fully satisfied and discharged unless

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and until it shall have received a written notice from the Administrative Agent, signed by an authorized officer thereof, stating that the principal of and/or interest on the Bonds of the Sixty-fourth Series has become due and payable and has not been fully paid, and specifying the amount of funds required to make such payment;
(g)    no service charge shall be made for the registration of transfer or exchange of Bonds of the Sixty-fourth Series;
(h)    in the event of an application by the Administrative Agent for a substituted Bond of the Sixty-fourth Series pursuant to Section 16 of the Original Mortgage, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to provide any indemnity or pay any expenses or charges as contemplated in said Section 16;
(i)    if the Expiration Date (as hereinafter defined) shall have been extended pursuant to any provision of the Credit Agreement, and if the Company shall have furnished to the Trustee written evidence of such extension, executed by the Administrative Agent, the Stated Maturity Date shall, without further act, be deemed to have been extended to the Expiration Date (as so extended); provided, however, that in no event shall the Stated Maturity Date be so extended beyond December 31, 2050; and.
(j)    the Bonds of the Sixty-fourth Series shall have such other terms as are set forth in the form of bond attached hereto as Exhibit B.
Anything in this Sixty-third Supplemental Indenture or in the Bonds of the Sixty-fourth Series to the contrary notwithstanding, if, at the time of the Maturity of the Bonds of the Sixty-fourth Series, the stated aggregate principal amount of the Bonds of the Sixty-fourth Series then Outstanding shall exceed the aggregate amount of the Commitments (provided, that the aggregate amount of the Commitments shall be determined without regard to any termination of the Commitments at such time or pursuant to Section 2.10(a) or Article VII of the Credit Agreement), the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds of the Sixty-fourth Series shall be deemed to have been reduced by the amount of such excess.
(III)    For all purposes of this Article I, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires, the terms defined below shall have the meanings specified:
Administrative Agent” means MUFG Union Bank, N.A. (formerly known as Union Bank, N.A.), in its capacity as Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity.
Bond Delivery Agreement” means the Bond Delivery Agreement, dated as of June 4, 2020, between the Company and the Administrative Agent, as the same may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Commitments” shall have the meaning specified in the Credit Agreement.

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Credit Agreement” means the Credit Agreement, dated as of February 11, 2011, among the Company, the lenders party thereto, The Bank of New York Mellon, KeyBank National Association and U.S. Bank National Association, as Co-Documentation Agents, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Syndication Agent and an Issuing Bank, and MUFG Union Bank, N.A. (formerly known as Union Bank, N.A.), as Administrative Agent and an Issuing Bank; as such Credit Agreement was amended, supplemented or otherwise modified by that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement and Waiver Thereunder, dated as of December 14, 2011, among the Company, the lenders party thereto, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as an Issuing Bank, and MUFG Union Bank, N.A. (formerly known as Union Bank, N.A.), as Administrative Agent and an Issuing Bank; as such Credit Agreement was further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified by that certain Second Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of April 18, 2014, among the Company, the lenders party thereto, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as an Issuing Bank, and MUFG Union Bank, N.A. (formerly known as Union Bank, N.A.), as Administrative Agent and an Issuing Bank; as such Credit Agreement was further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified by that certain letter agreement entitled “Extension of Expiration Date of Credit Facility”, dated May 16, 2016, by MUFG Union Bank, N.A. (formerly known as Union Bank, N.A.), as Administrative Agent, to the Company; as such Credit Agreement was further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified by that certain Third Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of June 4, 2020, among the Company, the lenders party thereto, U.S. Bank National Association, as an Issuing Bank, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as an Issuing Bank and MUFG Union Bank, N.A. (formerly known as Union Bank, N.A.), as Administrative Agent and an Issuing Bank; and as such Credit Agreement may be further amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time after the date of this Sixty-third Supplemental Indenture.
Event of Default” shall have the meaning specified in the Credit Agreement.
Expiration Date” shall have the meaning specified in the Credit Agreement.
Interest Payment Date” means each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31, commencing on June 30, 2020.
LC Exposure” shall have the meaning specified in the Credit Agreement.
“Letter of Credit” shall have the meaning specified in the Credit Agreement.
Loans” shall have the meaning specified in the Credit Agreement.
Maturity” means the date on which the principal of the Bonds of the Sixty-fourth Series becomes due and payable, whether at stated maturity, upon redemption or acceleration, or otherwise.
Obligations” shall have the meaning specified in the Bond Delivery Agreement.

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Stated Maturity Date” means April 18, 2022 or such later date to which such date shall have been extended as provided in subsection II(i) above.
A copy of the Credit Agreement is on file at the office of the Administrative Agent at 445 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071 and at the office of the Company at 1411 East Mission Avenue, Spokane, WA 99202.
ARTICLE II

Outstanding Bonds
Upon the delivery of this Sixty-third Supplemental Indenture, Bonds of the Sixty-fourth Series in an aggregate principal amount of $400,000,000 are to be issued and will be Outstanding, in addition to $1,904,200,000 aggregate principal amount of bonds of prior series Outstanding at the date of delivery of this Sixty-third Supplemental Indenture (which amount excludes $400,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, Collateral Series 2014A that are to be retired simultaneously with the issuance and delivery of the Bonds of the Sixty-fourth Series); 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
Each initial and subsequent holder of Bonds of the Sixty-fourth 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-third 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-third 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-third Supplemental Indenture with the same force and effect as if the same were herein

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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-third Supplemental Indenture.
SECTION 3.     Whenever in this Sixty-third 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-third 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-third 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-third Supplemental Indenture or any covenant, condition, stipulation, promise or agreement hereof, and all the covenants, conditions, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Sixty-third Supplemental Indenture contained by or on behalf of the Company shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto, and of the holders of the bonds Outstanding under the Mortgage.
SECTION 5.     This Sixty-third 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-third Supplemental Indenture shall not be deemed to be any part thereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, on the 1st day of June, 2020, AVISTA CORPORATION 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, and its corporate seal to be attested by its Corporate Secretary or one of its Assistant Corporate Secretaries for and in its behalf, all in The City of Spokane, Washington, as of the day and year first above written; and on the 1st day of June, 2020, 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 and its corporate seal to be attested by one of its Vice Presidents or one of its Trust Officers, all in The City of New York, New York, 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

Attest:
/s/ Marian M. Durkin    
Name: Marian M. Durkin
Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer

Executed, sealed and delivered
by AVISTA CORPORATION
in the presence of:



/s/ Jason E. Lang    
Name: Jason E. Lang
/s/ Karrie S. Wilson    
Name: Karrie S. Wilson



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CITIBANK, N.A., as Trustee

By:
/s/ Danny Lee
Name:
Danny Lee
Title:
Senior Trust Officer


Attest:


/s/ John Hannon    
Name: John Hannon
Title: Senior Trust Officer

Executed, sealed and delivered
by CITIBANK, N.A.,
as trustee, in the presence of:
/s/ Louis Piscitelli    
Name: Louis Piscitelli
/s/ Shelley Lee    
Name: Shelley Lee




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STATE OF WASHINGTON )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF SPOKANE    )
On the 1st day of June, 2020, before me personally appeared Mark T. Thies, to me known to be 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 and that the seal affixed is the corporate seal of said Corporation.
On the 1st day of June, 2020, before me, a Notary Public in and for the State and County aforesaid, personally appeared Mark T. Thies, known to me to be 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 to me that such Corporation executed the same.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year first above written.


/s/ Rae An Cornell    
Notary Public
RAE AN CORNELL
Notary Public
State of Washington
Commission Expires January 30, 2022

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STATE OF NEW YORK    )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK    )
On the 1st day of June, 2020 before me personally appeared Danny Lee, to me known to be a Senior Trust Officer of CITIBANK, N.A., 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 she was authorized to execute said instrument and that the seal affixed is the corporate seal of said Corporation.
On the 1st day of June, 2020, before me, a Notary Public in and for the State and County aforesaid, personally appeared Danny Lee, known to me to be a Senior Trust Officer of CITIBANK, N.A., one of the corporations that executed the within and foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that such Corporation executed the same.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year first above written.
/s/ Kate Molina    
Kate Molina
Notary Public
State of New York
No. 01MO6387127
Qualified in Richmond County
My Commission Expires February 4, 2023


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EXHIBIT A


MORTGAGE, SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
AND SERIES OF BONDS


MORTGAGE OR SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
DATED AS OF
SERIES NO.
DESIGNATION
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT ISSUED
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OUTSTANDING
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
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

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MORTGAGE OR SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
DATED AS OF
SERIES NO.
DESIGNATION
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT ISSUED
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OUTSTANDING
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
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

52,000,000
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

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MORTGAGE OR SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
DATED AS OF
SERIES NO.
DESIGNATION
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT ISSUED
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OUTSTANDING
55
August 1, 2013
56
Collateral Series 2013A
90,000,000

None
56
April 1, 2014
57
Collateral Series 2014A
400,000,000

400,000,000
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
TOTAL OUTSTANDING
 
$2,304,200,000
 


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EXHIBIT B

FILING AND RECORDING OF
SIXTY-SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
FILING IN STATE OFFICES
State
Office of
Date
Financing Statement 
Document Number
Washington
Secretary of State
1/10/20
1389465
Idaho
Secretary of State
1/21/20
20200110090
Montana
Secretary of State
1/29/20
20200088235
Oregon
Secretary of State
1/8/2020
92151467
 
 
 
 
RECORDING IN COUNTY OFFICES
County
Office of

Real Estate Mortgage Records
Financing
Statement
Document
 
Number
Date
Document 
Number
Book
Page
Washington
 
 
 
 
 
 
Adams
Auditor
12/23/19
323290
N/A
N/A
N/A
Asotin
Auditor
12/24/19
364416
N/A
N/A
N/A
Benton
Auditor
12/23/19
2019-041178
N/A
N/A
N/A
Douglas
Auditor
12/23/19
3226487
N/A
N/A
N/A
Ferry
Auditor
12/23/19
293070
N/A
N/A
N/A
Franklin
Auditor
12/23/19
1906374
N/A
N/A
N/A
Garfield
Auditor
12/23/19
20190565
N/A
N/A
N/A
Grant
Auditor
12/23/19
1419706
N/A
N/A
N/A
Klickitat
Auditor
12/23/19
1137692
N/A
N/A
N/A
Lewis
Auditor
12/23/19
3515607
N/A
N/A
N/A
Lincoln
Auditor
12/23/19
2019-0482958
N/A
N/A
N/A
Pend Oreille
Auditor
12/23/19
20190337540
N/A
N/A
N/A
Skamania
Auditor
12/23/19
2019-002555
`
N/A
N/A
Spokane
Auditor
12/20/19
6876027
N/A
N/A
N/A
Stevens
Auditor
12/26/19
2019 0009906
N/A
N/A
N/A
Thurston
Auditor
1/21/20
4731987
N/A
N/A
N/A
Whitman
Auditor
12/23/19
756246/756247
N/A
N/A
N/A
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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RECORDING IN COUNTY OFFICES
County
Office of
Real Estate Mortgage Records
 
Financing 
Statement 
Document 
Number
Date
Document
Number
Book
Page
Idaho
 
 
 
 
 
 
Benewah
Recorder
12/23/19
285652
N/A
N/A
N/A
Bonner
Recorder
1/3/20
951282
N/A
N/A
N/A
Boundary
Recorder
12/23/19
280239
N/A
N/A
N/A
Clearwater
Recorder
12/23/19
237111
N/A
N/A
N/A
Idaho
Recorder
1/3/20
522081
N/A
N/A
N/A
Kootenai
Recorder
12/23/19
2728769000
N/A
N/A
N/A
Latah
Recorder
1/6/20
603311
N/A
N/A
N/A
Lewis
Recorder
1/3/20
147993
N/A
N/A
N/A
Nez Perce
Recorder
1/6/20
872669
N/A
N/A
N/A
Shoshone
Recorder
1/7/20
502242
N/A
N/A
N/A
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Montana
 
 
 
 
 
 
Big Horn
Clerk & Recorder
12/23/19
359392
N/A
N/A
N/A
Broadwater
Clerk & Recorder
12/23/19
184396
N/A
N/A
N/A
Golden Valley
Clerk & Recorder
12/23/19
83891
M
20126
N/A
Meagher
Clerk & Recorder
12/23/19
146113
N/A
N/A
N/A
Mineral
Clerk & Recorder
5/21/20
121410
N/A
N/A
 
Rosebud
Clerk & Recorder
12/23/19
122091
N/A
N/A
N/A
Sanders
Clerk & Recorder
12/23/19
315194
N/A
N/A
N/A
Stillwater
Clerk & Recorder
12/26/19
377451
N/A
N/A
N/A
Treasure
Clerk & Recorder
12/26/19
84335
N/A
N/A
N/A
Wheatland
Clerk & Recorder
12/27/19
111285
M
7715
N/A
Yellowstone
Clerk & Recorder
12/27/19
3906848
N/A
N/A
N/A
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Oregon
 
 
 
 
 
 
Douglas
Recorder
12/23/19
2019-019974
N/A
N/A
N/A
Jackson
Recorder
1/13/20
2020-001177
N/A
N/A
N/A
Josephine
Recorder
12/23/19
2019-016388
N/A
N/A
N/A
Klamath
Recorder
12/23/19
2019-014907
N/A
N/A
N/A
Morrow
Recorder
12/30/19
2019-45688
N/A
N/A
N/A
Union
Recorder
12/26/19
20193799
N/A
N/A
N/A
Wallowa
Recorder
12/23/19
81150
N/A
N/A
N/A




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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:


(1)
Spokane County, Washington: “Southeast Substation”, granted by Ida L. Rotter, a single woman, dated January 16, 2020; Lots 22 and 23, Pine Wood Acres, According To The Plat Thereof Recorded In Volume “K” Of Plats, Page 6, Records Of Spokane County, Washington;

Except Beginning At The Northwest Corner Of Said Tract 22;
Thence East Along The North Line Thereof 116 Feet;
Thence South, Parallel To The West Line Of Said Tract 22, A Distance Of 218 Feet;
Thence East, Parallel To The North Line Of Said Tracts 22 and 23, A Distance Of 38 Feet;
Thence South, Parallel To The West Line Of Said Tract 22, A Distance Of 82 Feet, More Or Less, To The South Line Of Said Tract 23;
Thence West, Along Said South Line 154 Feet To The Southwest Corner of Said Tract 22;
Thence North, Along Said West Line To The Point Of Beginning.

Situate In The County Of Spokane, State Of Washington.


(2)
Spokane County, Washington: “Melville Substation and Switching Station”, granted by JJJJ Ltd Partnership, a Washington Partnership, dated January 16, 2020; A parcel of land being a portion of Parcel “D” as described in Statutory Warranty Deed, Auditor’s File Number (A.F.N.) 5431552, located in the South half of Section 12, Township 24 North, Range 41 East, W. M., Spokane County, Washington, and being more particularly described as follows:

COMMENCING at the Southeast Section Corner of said Section 12, monumented by a found Railroad (RR) spike monument as shown on Records of Survey, A.F.N.’s ###-###-####, 6573793 and ###-###-####, records of Spokane County, Washington, from which

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the South Quarter Corner of said Section 12, monumented by a found ½ inch iron rod with illegible cap monument, as shown on Records of Survey, A.F.N. 4869951, 4272177 and in Survey Book 45 at Page 99, records of Spokane County, Washington, bears South 87°40’12” West, a distance of 2658.95 feet and also from which the calculated East Quarter Corner of said Section 12, as shown on Records of Survey, A.F.N’s. 6800756, 6573793, 5435096, 4869951 and ###-###-####, records of Spokane County, Washington, bears North 02°18’02” West, a distance of 2655.35 feet;

Thence along the South line of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 12, South 87°40’12” West, a distance of 2658.95 feet to the said South Quarter Corner of said Section 12, monumented with a found ½ inch iron rod with illegible cap;

Thence leaving said South line and along the Center Section line of said Section 12, North 02°26’19” West, a distance of 30.00 feet, to a found 5/8 inch iron rod as shown on Record of Survey in Book 45 at Page 99, monumenting the POINT OF BEGINNING of the herein description;

Thence leaving said Center Section line, and along a line 30 foot offset and parallel with the South line of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 12, South 87°40’33” West, a distance of 420.24 feet, to the Easterly Right of Way line of Interstate 90, monumented with a found 5/8 inch iron rod as shown on Record of Survey in Book 45 at Page 99;

Thence leaving said parallel line and along said Easterly Right of Way line, North 32°47’25” East, a distance of 728.51 feet, to a point on the said Center Section line, monumented with a found 5/8 inch iron rod, marked “PLS 7580” as shown on Record of Survey in Book 45 at Page 99;

Thence leaving said Center Section line and continuing along the said Easterly Right of Way line, North 32°47’25” East, a distance of 150.80 feet, to a point monumented with a set iron rod, 5/8 inch diameter, 30 inches long, with a yellow plastic cap marked “PLS 49729”;

Thence leaving said Easterly Right of Way line, North 87°40’12” East, a distance of 958.35 feet, to a point monumented with a set iron rod, 5/8 inch diameter, 30 inches long, with a yellow plastic cap marked “PLS 49729”;

Thence, South 02°19’48” East, a distance of 719.27 feet, to a point 30 foot offset from the South Line of the said Southeast Quarter, monumented with a set iron rod, 5/8 inch diameter, 30 inches long, with a yellow plastic cap marked “PLS 49729”;

Thence along a line, 30 foot offset and parallel with the South line of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 12, South 87°40’12” West, a distance of 1043.97 feet, to the POINT OF BEGINNING;
Tax Parcel Number(s): 14125.9087 PTN

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(3)
Kootenai County, Idaho: “Prairie Substation” , granted by Cecil’s Cove LLC, an Idaho limited liability company, dated March 12, 2020; the following described premises, situated in Kootenai County, Idaho, to-wit:

The North Half of Tract 2, Block 36, Second Addition to Post Falls Irrigation District, According to the Plat Recorded in Book “C” of Plat, Page 83, Records of Kootenai County, Idaho.

Except for the North 20 Feet Thereof.

(4)
Latah County, Idaho: “North Moscow Substation”, granted by Toehead, LLC, an Idaho limited liability company, dated January 23, 2020; Grantor, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency whereof is hereby acknowledged, and for the purposes of a boundary line adjustment, does by these presents, remises, releases and forever quitclaims unto Grantee and to Grantee’s successors and assigns, all of Grantor’s interest in the real property situated in the County of Latah, State of Idaho, legally described as:

A legal description for a parcel of land located in the SW ¼ of Section 6, T39N, R5W, BM. Being more particularly described as follows:

Commencing at the southeast corner of the SE ¼ of the SW ¼ of Section 6, Thence N0°30’27”E, 1306.93 feet to the northeast corner of the SE ¼ of the SW ¼ of Section 6, Thence S62°19’00”W, 343.50 feet to the southeast corner of Warranty Deed, Instrument #229706, Thence along the east line of said Warranty Deed, N6°43’15”W, 38.00 feet to the Point of Beginning.

Thence continuing along said east line, N6°43’15”W, 122.00 feet to the
northeast corner of said Warranty Deed;
Thence leaving said east line, along the extension of the north line of
said Warranty Deed, N83°16’26”E, 20.87 feet;
Thence S2°59’09”W, 123.77 feet to the Point of Beginning.

Subject to Harden County Road right-of-way.

Second

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

(1)
Stevens County, Washington: “Tum Tum Spokane River License”, granted by Lori L. Sowl, an unmarried woman, dated October 29, 2019; The following described real estate, situated in the County of Stevens, State of Washington: Tract No. 22, Suncrest Recreational Tracts, according to Plat thereof recorded August 20, 1968, under Auditor’s File NO. 391012, Stevens County, Washington.

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EXHIBIT D

(Form of Bond)
This bond is non-transferable, except to a successor
Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement referred to herein.
AVISTA CORPORATION
First Mortgage Bond,
Collateral Series 2020A
REGISTERED    REGISTERED
NO. _________________    $400,000,000
AVISTA CORPORATION, a corporation of the State of Washington (hereinafter called the “Company”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to
, as Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement hereinafter referred to or registered assigns, on April 18, 2022 (or such later date to which such stated maturity date shall have been extended as provided below, the “Stated Maturity Date”)

FOUR HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS

and to pay the registered owner hereof interest thereon from June 4, 2020 in arrears on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year, commencing June 30, 2020 (each such date being hereinafter called an “Interest Payment Date”), and at Maturity (as hereinafter defined), at the rate of eight per centum (8%) per annum computed as provided in the Sixty-third Supplemental Indenture hereinafter referred to, until the Company’s obligation with respect to the payment of such principal shall have been discharged, all in accordance with, and subject to, the provisions hereinafter set forth.
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 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 directly to the registered owner hereof. 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, Collateral Series 2020A, 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-third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 1, 2020 (the “Sixty-third 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.
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.
The bonds of this series are not redeemable, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company.
The bonds of this series have been issued and delivered to MUFG Union Bank, N.A. (formerly known as Union Bank, N.A.), as Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement (as such terms are defined in the Sixty-third Supplemental Indenture) in order to provide the benefit

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of the lien of the Mortgage as security for the obligation of the Company under the Credit Agreement to pay the Obligations (as so defined), to the extent and subject to the limitations set forth below. Subject to the terms and conditions specified in the Sixty-third Supplemental Indenture, the Stated Maturity Date shall be automatically extended upon the extension of the Expiration Date (as such term is defined in the Sixty-third Supplemental Indenture) pursuant to any provision of the Credit Agreement, but in no event beyond December 31, 2050.
Upon the earliest of (A) the occurrence of an Event of Default (as defined in the Sixty-third Supplemental Indenture) under the Credit Agreement, other than an Event of Default referred to in clause (B) below, and further upon the condition that, in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement, (1) the Commitments (as so defined) shall have been or shall have terminated and any Loans (as so defined) shall have been declared to be or shall have otherwise become due and payable immediately, (2) the Administrative Agent shall have demanded that the Company provide cash collateral in the amount of the total LC Exposure (as so defined), if any, and (3) the Administrative Agent shall have delivered to the Company a notice demanding redemption of the bonds of this series which notice states that it is being delivered pursuant to Article VII of the Credit Agreement, (B) the occurrence of an Event of Default under paragraph (g) or (h) of Article VII of the Credit Agreement, and (C) the Stated Maturity Date, then all bonds of this series shall be redeemed or paid immediately at the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest to the date of redemption or payment.
The obligation of the Company to pay the accrued interest on bonds of this series on any Interest Payment Date prior to Maturity (a) shall be deemed to have been satisfied and discharged in full in the event that all amounts then due in respect of the Obligations shall have been paid or (b) shall be deemed to remain unsatisfied in an amount equal to the aggregate amount then due in respect of the Obligations and remaining unpaid (not in excess, however, of the amount otherwise then due in respect of interest on the bonds of this series).
The obligation of the Company to pay the principal of and accrued interest on bonds of this series at or after Maturity (x) shall be deemed to have been satisfied and discharged in full in the event that (1) all amounts then due in respect of the Obligations shall have been paid and (2) no Letter of Credit (as defined in the Sixty-third Supplemental Indenture) shall remain outstanding (or all outstanding Letters of Credit shall have been cash collateralized in full pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement) or (y) shall be deemed to remain unsatisfied in an amount equal to the sum of (1) the aggregate amount then due in respect of the Obligations and remaining unpaid plus (2) the aggregate stated amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit to the extent that such Letters of Credit have not been cash collateralized pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement (not in excess, however, of the amount otherwise then due in respect of principal of and accrued interest on the bonds of this series).
Anything in this bond to the contrary notwithstanding, if, at the time of the Maturity of the bonds of this series, the stated aggregate principal amount of such bonds then outstanding shall exceed the aggregate amount of the Commitments (provided that the aggregate amount of the Commitments shall be determined without regard to any termination of the Commitments at such time or pursuant to Section 2.10(a) or Article VII of the Credit Agreement), the aggregate principal amount of such bonds shall be deemed to have been reduced by the amount of such excess.

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The principal hereof, together with all accrued and unpaid interest hereon, 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.
This bond is non-transferable except as required to effect transfer to any successor administrative agent under the Credit Agreement, any such transfer to be made 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 City of New York, are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of bonds of the same series of other authorized denominations.
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of 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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