20180126Avista to Staff_DR_009.docx

AVISTA CORP.
RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
JURISDICTION:OregonDATE PREPARED:10/06/2017
CASE NO.:UM 1897WITNESS:Mark Thies
REQUESTER:PUC StaffRESPONDER:Ed SchlectTYPE:Data RequestDEPT:Corporate Development
REQUEST NO.:Staff– 009(AVA)TELEPHONE:[phone]EMAIL:[e-mail]:Please clarify who performed and who funded each analysis described in the immediately prior DR No. 8.RESPONSE:The presentations referenced in Staff_DR_008HC(AVA) Highly Confidential Attachments A-Cwere prepared by BofA Merrill Lynch. BofAMerrill Lynch funded the analysis described, and the Company has agreed to pay BofA Merrill Lynch an aggregate fee plus expenses, each as described in the section “Opinion of the Financial Advisor” within the proxy statement at p. 51 (See Staff_DR_007(AVA) Attachment A), which is duplicated below: