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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20090102Final Term Sheet.pdfntion: Jean D. Jewell, Secretary t;...t:, ~~li'V'STA. Corp. lJ 2 M~ 8: 251U09 J~i, - Case No. AVU-U-08-01 We are submittng the following information in compliance with the Commission's Order No. 30509 under Case No. AVU-U-08-01 for the sale of $30,000,000 debt securities, 7.25% due 2013. Avista Corporation issued the $30,000,000 principal amount of secured debt securities 7.25% due December 16,2013 on December 16,2008. The Placement Agent for this issuance was KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. The 7.25% series was offered at a price of 100.00%. The placement agent's fee for the issue was 0.40% leaving a net price to the Company of 99.60% or total net proceeds of $29,880,000. The net proceeds amount does not incorporate other issuance costs such as legal, accounting, ratings and other. See enclosed Final Term Sheet and Forty-fourth Supplemental Indenture for more details on the transaction. Please contact Paul Kimball at (509) 495-4584 if you have any questions. Sincerely,~_C~ Diane C. Thoren Assistant Treasurer Enclosure INDICATIVE TERM SHEET PRIVATE PLACEMENT FINANCING A VISTA CORPORATION RECE D 2009 JAN -2 AM 8: 25 IDAHO PUSLìC UTILITIES COMMìSSION Note: The term sheet below is not complete and is qualifed in its entirety by reference to the Bond Purchase Agreement which wil be executed in connection with the proposed transaction and the Mortgage referred to below Issuer A vista Corporation ( "Issuer" or the "Company'') Issue First Mortgage Bonds (the "Mortgage Bonds") Principal Amount $30,000,000 Coupon 7 .250% Yield 7 .250% Price 100% Priority The Mortgage Bonds wil rank pari passu with all other bonds issued under the Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of June 1, 1939, as amended (the "Mortgage"). The Mortgage constitutes a fist mortgage lien on the Company's facilties for the generation, transmission and distrbution of electrc energy and the storage and distrbution of natual gas and substantially all of the Company's assets, subject to 'excepted encumbrances' and customar exceptions and exclusions. Final Matuty 12/16/2013 Interest Payments Interest wil be payable on June 16 and December 16, commencing June 16,2009, and wil be calculated on the basis ofa 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. Funding Date Scheduled for 12/16/2008 Use of Proceeds The proceeds from the Mortgage Bonds shall be used (i) to refinance existig debt and (ii) for other general corporate puroses. Optional Redemption Make Whole of T + 50; provision to be based on the 5.95% Series due 2018. Mandatory Redemption or Purchase None Covenants Events of Default Private Offering by the Company Customary reporting covenants, compliance with laws (including anti-terrorism), and payment of expenses; others limited to those in the Mortgage. As specified in the Mortgage The Mortgage Bonds are being sold pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act and may not be transferred except to other Institutional Investors pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securties Act and applicable state securties laws. - 2- A VISTA CORPORATION TO CITIBANK, N.A. As Successor Trustee under Mortgage and Deed of Trut, dated as of June 1, 1939 Fort-fourth Supplemental Indenture Providing among other things for a series of bond designated "First Mortgage Bonds, 7.25% Series due 2013" Due December 16,2013 Dated as of December 1, 2008 NY2 201008.6 779483672868 FORTY-FOURm SUPPLENTAL INENT i i THS INDENTURE, dated as of the 1st day of December, 2008, be~1 een AVISTA CORPORATION (formerly known as The Washington Water P wer Company), a corpration of the State of Washington, whose post offce addre s is 1411 East Mission Avenue, Spokane, Washington 99202 (the "Company"), and CITIBAN, N.A., formerly First National City Ban (successor by merger to irs National City Trust Company, formerly City Ban Farers Trust Company), a na . ona banng association incorporated and existig under the laws of the United Stat s of America, whose post offce address is 388 Greenwich Street, 14th Floor, New York, ew York 10013 (the "Trutee"), as Trustee under the Mortgage and Deed of Trut, dat d as of June 1, 1939 (the "Origial Mortgage"), executed and delivered by the Comp y to secure the payment of bonds issued or to be issued under and in accordance wi the provisions thereof, this indentue (the "Fort-four Supplementa Indentue") eing supplementa to the Original Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented and amended. WHREAS pursuat to a wrtten request of the Company rna in accordance with Section 103 of the Orginal Mortgage, Francis M. Pitt (then Indiv dua Trutee under the Mortgage, as supplemented) ceased to be a tree thereund on July 23, 1969, and al of his powers as Individua Truee have devolved upon the T stee and its successors alone; and WHEREAS by the Origin Mortgage the Company covenanted t at it would execute and deliver such furter instrents and do such fuer acts as mig t be necessar or proper to car out more effectually the puroses of the Original Mort age and to make subject to the lien of the Orgin Mortgage any property thereafer acq . ed intended to be subject to the lien thereof; and WHEREAS the Company has heretofore executed and delive In addition to the Original Mortgage, the indentues supplementa thereto, and has issu the series of bonds, set fort in Exhbit A heret (the Orgina Mortgage, as supplem nted and amended by the First though Fort-thrd Supplementa Indentues, being h rein sometimes called the "Mortgage"); and WHEREAS the Original Mortgage and the First though Fort-se ond Supplemental Indentures have been appropriately filed or recorded in varous 0 cial records in the States of Washington, Idao, Monta and Oregon, as set fort in the First though Forty-third Supplementa Indentues and the Instrent of Furer Assur ce, dated December 15,2001, hereinafer referrd to; and WHEREAS the Fort-thd Supplementa Indentue, dated of November i, 2008 has been appropriately fied or recorded, or delivered for fili g or recordig, in the varous offcial records in the States of Washington, Idaho, Montan and NY2 2010008.6 779483672868 Oregon, information as to such fiing and recording to be set fort in a subsetentsupplementa indentue; and I WHREAS for the purose of confirming or perfecting the lien 0 the Mortgage on certai of its propertes, the Company has heretofore executed and deli red a Short Form Mortgage and Securty Agreement, in multiple counterpar dated of varous dates in i 992, and such instent has been appropriately filed or recorded i the varous offcial recrds in the States of Monta and Oregon; and WHREAS for the purose of confrmng or perfecting the lien 0 the Mortgage on certn of its propeies, the Company has heretofore executed and deli red an Instrent of Furer Assurce dated as of December 15,2001, and such in ent has been appropriately filed or recorded in the varous offcial records in the Stat s of Washington, Idaho, Monta and Oregon; and WHREAS in addition to the propert described in the Mortgag Company has acquied cert other propert, rights and interests in propert; and WHREAS Section 8 of the Orgial Mortgage provides that the fo of each series of Bonds (other than the First Series) issued thereunder and of the coupo to be attched to coupon Bonds of such series shall be estblished by Resolution 0 the Board of Directors of the Company; that the form of such series, as established by sad Board of Directors, shall specify the descriptive title of the Bonds and varous other rms thereof; and that such series may also conta such provisions not inconsistent wi the provisions of the Mortgage as the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, cause be inserted therein expressing or referrg to the terms and conditions upon which uch bonds are to be issued and/or securd under the Mortgage; and WHREAS Section 120 of the Original Mortgage provides, among ther thgs, that any power, privilege or right expressly or impliedly reserved to or in any way conferred upon the Company by any provision of the Mortgage, whether such p wer, privilege or right is in any way restrcted or is unestrcte, may be in whole or in par waived or surendered or subjected to any restrction if at the time unestrcted r to additiona restrction if already restrcte, and the Company may enter into any er covenants, limitations or restrctions for the benefit of anyone or more series of b nds issued thereunder, or the Company may cure any ambiguty contaned therein, or i any supplementa indentue, by an insent in wrting executed and acknowledged b the Company in such maner as would be necessar to entitle a conveyance of real est e to record in all of the states in which any propert at the tie subject to the lien 0 the Mortgage shall be situted; and WHREAS the Company now desires to create a new series of bonds and WHEREAS the execution and delivery by the Company of this F rt- fourt Supplementa Indentue and the terms of the Bonds of the Fort-four S ries, 2 NY2 201008.6 779483 672868 hereinafer refered to, have been duly authonzed by the Board of Directors 0 Company by appropriate Resolutions of said Board of Directors, and all thngs nece to make ths Fort-four Supplementa Indentu a valid, binding and legal in have been performed; NOW, THREFORE, THIS INENTU WITNSSETH: Th the Company, in consideration of the premises and of other good and valuable considera ion, the receipt and sufciency whereof are hereby acknowledged, hereby confrms the e te, title and rights of the Trute (including, without limitation, the lien of the Mortga on the propert of the Company subjected thereto, whether now owned or here er acquied) held as securty for the payment of both the principal of and interest and premium, if any, on the Bonds from tie to tie issued under the Mortgage accord" g to their tenor and effect and the performance of all the provisions of the Mortgage of such Bonds, and, without limitig the generality of the foregoing, hereby confirm the grant, bargai sale, release, conveyance, assignent, trsfer, mortgage, pledge, se ting over and confrmation unto the Truee, contaed in the Mortgage, of al the folIo . g described propertes of the Company, whether now owned or hereafer acquired, nam ly: All of the propert, re, personal and mixed, of every character and wheresoever situted (except any hereinafer or in the Mortgage expressly excepted) which the Company now own or, subject to the provisions of Section 87 of the Origial 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 anywse limtig or impaig by the enumeration of the same the scope and intent of the foregoing or of any general description contaned in Mortage) all lands, rea estate, eaements, servtudes, nghts of way and leasehòld 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 electrcity, power houses, dam, dam sites, reservoirs, flumes, raeways, diversion works, head works, waterways, water works, water systems, gas plants, steam heat plants, hot water plants, ice or refrgeration plants, stations, substations, offces, buildigs and other works and stctues and the equipment thereof and all improvements, extensions and additions thereto; all generators, machiery, engines, tubines, boilers, dynamos, trformers, motors, electric machies, switchboards, reguators, meters, electrcal and mechancal appliances, conduits, cables, pipes and mais; all lines and systems for the trmission and distbuton of electrc curent, gas, steam heat or water for any purose; all towers, mais, pipes, poles, pole lines, conduits, cables, wies, switch racks, insulators, compressors, pumps, fittings, valves and connections; all motor vehicles and automobiles; all tools, implements, apparatu, futue, stores, supplies and equipment; all 3 NY2 201008.6 779483 672868 frchises (except the Company's franchise to be a corporation), licenses, permits, rights, powers and privileges; and (except as hereinaer or in the Mortgage expressly excepted) all the right, title and interest of the Company in and to all other propert of any kid or natue. The property so conveyed or intended to be so conveyed under the Mortgage shall include, but shall not be limited to, the propert set fort in Exhbit B hereto, the parcular description of which is intended only to aid in the identification thereof and shall not be consed as limting the force, effect and scope of the foregoing. TOGETIR WITH all and singuar the tenements, hereditaen appurenaces belongig or in anywse apperning to the aforesaid propert or an par thereof, with the reversion and reversions, remaider and remaders and (subject t the provisions of Section 57 of the Orginal Mortgage) the tolls, rents, revenues, i es, eaings, income, product and profits thereof, and all the estate, right, title and in erest and clai whatsoever, at law as well as in equity, which the Company now ha or may hereafer acquire in and to the aforesaid propert and frchises and every par and cel thereof. THE COMPAN HEREBY CONFIRMS that, subject to the provisi s of Section 87 of the Original Mortgage, all the propert, rights, and franchises acquir by the Company afer the date thereof (except any hereinbefore or hereinafer or' the Mortgage expressly excepte) are and shal be as fuly embraced withn the lien f the Mortgage as if such propert, rights and franchises had ben owned by the Comp yat the date of the Original Mortgage and had ben specifically described therein. PROVIDED THT the following were not and were not intended 0 be then or now or hereafer granted, bargained, sold, released, conveyed, assi ed, trasferred, mortgaged, pledged, set over or confirmed under the Mortgage and wer , are and shall be expressly excepted from the lien and operation of the Mo gage namely: (1) cash, shares of stock and obligations (including bonds, notes and ther securties) not hereafer specifically pledged, paid, deposited or delivered unde the Mortage or covenanted so to be; (2) merchadise, equipment, materials or supplie held for the purose of sale in the usua coure of business or for consumption in the ope tion of any properties of the Company; (3) bils, notes and accounts receivable, all contrcts, leases and operating agreeents not specificaly pledged under the Mo gage or covenanted so to be; (4) electrc energy and other materials or products gene ated, manufactued, produced or purchased by the Company for sale, distbution or use' the ordinar course of its business; and (5) any propert heretofore released pursuat t any provisions of the Mortgage and not heretofore disposed of by the Company; pro . ded, however, that the propert and rights expressly excepted from the lien and operati n of the Mortgage in the above subdivisions (2) and (3) shall (to the extent permittd b law) cease to be so excepted in the event that the Trustee or a receiver or trtee shall nter 4 NY2 2010008.6 779483672868 ¡ upon and tae possession of the Mortgaged and Pledged Propert in the maner prov,ded in Aricle XII of the Orginal Mortgage by reaon of the occurence of a Compl ted Default as defined in said Aricle Xß. TO HA VE AN TO HOLD all such properties, real, personal and mi ed, granted, bargaied, sold, releaed, conveyed, assigned, transferred, mortgaged, pled ed, set over or confrmed by the Company in the Mortgage as aforesaid, or intended so t be, unto the Trutee, and its successors, heir and assigns forever. IN TRUST NEVERlHELESS, for the same puroses and upon the terms, trst and conditions and subject to and with the same provisos and covenan set fort in the Mortgage, ths Fort-four Supplementa Indentue being supplemen the Mortgage. AND IT is HEREBY FURlHER CONFIRMD by the Company th all the terms, conditions, provisos, covenats and provisions contaned in the Mortgage hal affect and apply to the propert in the Mortgage described and conveyed, and to the estates, rights, obligations and duties of the Company and the Trutee and the beneficiares of the trst with respect to said propert, and to the Trustee an its successors in the tr, in the same maner and with the same effect as if the sad pro ert had been owned by the Company at the time of the execution of the Orgina Mort e, and had been specifically and at lengt describe in and conveyed to sad Trutee b the Original Mortgage as a par of the propert therein stated to be conveyed. The Company fuer covenats and agrees to and with the Truee an successor or successors in such trst under the Mortgage, as follows: ARTICLE I Fort-fourth Series of Bonds SECTION 1. (I) There shall be a Series of Bonds designated " irst Mortgage Bonds, 7.25% Series due 2013" (herein sometimes referred to as the "Bon s of the Fort-four Series"), each of which shal also bear the descriptive title irst Mortgage Bond and the form thereof, which has been established by Resolution 0 the Board of Directors of the Company, is set fort on Exhbit C hereto. The Bonds 0 the Fort-four Series shall be issued as fuly registered Bonds in denomiations of ne 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 hall be dated as in Section 10 of the Origina Mortgage provided. The Bonds of the F rt- four Series shall be limited in aggrgate pricipal amount to $30,000,000 (excep for Bonds of such series authenticated and delivered upon trsfer of or in exchange fì , or in lieu of, other Bonds of such series). 5 NY2 2010008.6 779483 672868 The Bonds of the Fort-four Series shall matue, shall bear intere shall be payable as set fort below: (a) the pricipal of Bonds of the Fort-four Series (uness theretofore paid) be payable on the Stated Matuty Date (as here. defied); (b) the Bonds of the Fort-four Series shal bear intef st at the rate of seven and twenty-five one hundredths percentu (7.25%) per um; interest on such Bonds sha accrue from and including the date of the . 'tial authentication and delivery thereof, except as otherwse provided in the fo of bond attched hereto as Exhibit C; interest on such Bonds shall be payab e on each Interest Payment Date and at Matuty (as each of such term is here' er defied); and interest on such Bonds durng any period for which paym t is made shal be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelv 30- days months; (c) the pricipal of and premium if any, and interest on each Bond of the Fort-four Series payable at Matuty shall be payable pon presentation thereof at the offce or agency of the Company in the Borou h of Manatt The City of New York, in such coin or curency as at the ti e of payment is legal tender for public and private debts. The interest on each Bo d of the Fort-fourt Series (other than interest payable at Matuty) shall be pa able by check, in similar coin or curncy, mailed to the registered owner thereof of the close of business on the Record Date (as hereinafer defined) next prec ding eah Interest Payment Date; provided, however, that if such registered 0 er shall be a securties deposita, such payment may be made by such other eans in lieu of check as shall be ageed upon by the Company, the Trustee and such registered owner; and, provided, fuer, that, so long as the Bonds of the rt- four Series shall be held by an Institutional Investor (as hereiner defi ed), payment of pricipal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds the Fort-four Series shall be payable in the maner specified in the Bond Pu bae Agreement (as hereinaer defied). (d) The Bonds of the Fort-four Series sha be redee in whole at any time, or in par from time to time, at the option of the Comp a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Bonds emg redeemed, and (ii) the sum of the present values of the rem scheduled payments of principal of and interest (not including any porton 0 scheduled payment of interest which accrued prior to the redemption date) Bonds being redeemed discounted to the date of redemption on a semi 6 NY2 2010008.6 779483 672868 basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at a disc unt rate equal to the Treasur Yield (as hereinaer defined) plus 50 basis points, . I plus, in the case of either (i) or (ü) above, whichever is applicable, acc interest on such Bonds to the date of redemption. ( e) (i) "Treasur Yield" mean, with respect to any redemption of Bonds of the Fort-four Series, the rate per anum equal t the semianua equivalent yield to matuty of the Comparble Treasur I sue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treaur Issue (expressed as a percen e of its principal amount) equal to the Comparble Treaur Price. The Tre ur Yield shall be calculated as of the third business day preceding the redem . on date (the "Calculation Date"). (ii) "Comparble Treasur Issue" mean the U 'ted States Treasur securty selected by an Independent Investment Baner as ha 'ng a matuty comparle to the remainig term of the Bonds of the Fort-tl Series tht would be utilized at the tie of selection and in accordance 'th cusomar financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securiti s of comparble maturty to the remaining term of the Bonds. (ii) "Comparable Treasur Price" mean, (A) the average of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasur Issue (expre sed in each case as a percentage of its pricipal amount) on the Calculation Dat , as set fort in the H. i 5 Daily Update of the Federa Reserve Ban of New Yo or (8) if such release (or any successor release) is not published or does not co tan such prices on such business day, the Reference Treaur Dealer Quotatio for the Calculation Date. (iv) "H.15(519)" means the weekly statistical reI ase entitled "Statistical Release H,15 (519)", or any successor publication, publi hed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. (v) "H.15 Daily Update" means the daly updat of H.15(519) available though the worldwide website of the Board of Governo s of the Federal Reserve System or any successor site or publication. (vi) "Independent Investment Baner" mean Key Capita Markets Inc. or, if so determined by the Company, any other inde ent investent banng institution of nationa stding appointe by the Com any and reasonably acceptable to the Truee, (vii) "Reference Treasur Dealer Quotation" means, respect to the Reference Treasur Dealer, the average, as determined b Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparble Treasur Issue (expr 7 NY2 2010008.6 779483672868 in each cas as a percentage of its pricipal amount and quoted in wrting 1 the Trutee by such Reference Treasu Dealer at 5:00 p.m. on the Calculation d:te). (viii) "Reference Treasury Dealer" means a primar' U.S, Governent securties deaer in New York City appointed by the Compan and reasonably acceptable to the Trutee. (II) (a) At the option of the registred owner, any Bonds Fort-foúr Series, upon surender thereof for cancellation at the offce or agency fthe Company in the Borough of Mantt The City of New York, shall be exchag able for a like aggegate pricipal amount of Bonds of the same Series of other auth rized denominations. The Bonds of the Fort-four Seres shall be transferable, upo the surender thereof for cancellation, together with a wrtten inent of trsfer in form approved by the regist duly executed by the registered owner or by his duly auth rized attorney, at the offce or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manatt, Th City of New York. Upon any exchage or trfer of Bonds of the Forty-four Sere , the Company may make a charge therefor suffcient to reimburse it for any tax or t es or other governenta chage, as provided in Section 12 of the Original Mortgage, b t the Company hereby waives any right to make a charge in addition thereto or any exc ange or trfer of Bonds of the Fort-four Series; provided, however, that the Co pany shall not be requied to make any transfer or exchange of any Bonds of the Fort- ur Series for a period of 10 days next precedig any selection of such Bonds for redem tion, nor shall it be required to make transfers or exchange of any Bonds of the Fort- ur Series which shall have been selected for redemption in whole or in par. The Bonds of the Fort-four Series shall bear a legend as to such form and the foregoing restrctions on tranfer substatially as set fort below: The Bonds evidenced hereby have not been registered under the Securties Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securties Act") and may not be offered, sold, pledged or otherwse transferred in contrvention of the Securties Act, (III) For all purses of this Fort-four Supplementa Inde tu, except as otherwse expressly provided or unless the context otherwse require, the terms listed below, when used with respect to the Bonds of the Fort-four Series shall have the meanngs specified below: "Bond Purchase Agreement' means the Bond Puhase Agreement, ated December 16, 2008, between the Company and the purchaser listed on Sc dule A thereto. 8 NY2 201008.6 779483 672868 "Business Day" mean any day, other than a Satuday or Sunday, whi his not a day on which bang instutions or trst companes in The City of ew York, New York are generally authorized or required by law, regulato or executive order to reman closed. "Institutional Investor" means (a) any original purchaser of a Bond 0 the Fort-four Series, (b) any holder of a Bond of the Fort-fourt Series hol ing (together with one or more of its afliates) more than $1,000,000 in aggre ate principal amount of the Bonds of the Fort-four Series then outstadig, an (c) any ban trt company, savings and loan association or other fi cial instituon, any pension plan, any investment company, any insurance com y, any broker or dealer, or any other similar fiancial institution or entity, regar less of legal form. "Interest Payment Date" means June 16 and December 16 in each ear, commencing June 16,2009, "Stated Maturity Date" means December 16, 2013. "Maturity" means the date on which the principal of the Bonds 0 Forty-four Series becomes due and payable, whether at the Stated Ma Date, upon redemption or acceleration, or otherwse. "Record Date", with respect to any Interest Payment Date, mean the close of business on the Business Day next preceding such Interest Payment ate. (IV) Notwthstding the provisions of Section 106 of the Ori ina Mortgage, as amended the Company shall not cause any Bonds of the Fort-fì ur Series, or any portion of the principal amount thereof, to be deemed to have been p d as provided in such Section and its obligations in respect thereof to be deemed t be satisfied and dischaged prior to the Matuty thereof uness the Company shall de iver to the Trustee either: (a) an insent wherein the Company, notwthandin effect of Section 106 of the Orgin Mortgage, as amended, in respect of Bonds, shal assume the obligation (which shall be absolute and unconditio ) to irrevocably deposit with the Trustee such additional sums of money, if an , or additiona governent obligations (meeting the requirements of Section 10 ), if any, or any combination thereof, at such tie or times, as shal be neces ar, together with the money and/or governent obligations theretofore so depo . te, to pay when due the principal of and premium, if any, and interest due d to become due on such Bonds or portions thereof, all in accordance with and su ~ect to the provisions of Secton 106; provided, however, that such instrent ay stte that the obligation of the Company to make additional deposits as afOI1 said shall be subject to the delivery to the Company by the Trustee of a n tice 9 NY2 2010008.6 779483 672868 assertng the deficiency accompaned by an opinion of an independent acco~tat showing the calculation thereof (which opinion shall be obtaed at the expen~e ofthe Company); or i (b) an Opinon of Counsel to the effect that the holders of such Bonds, or portions of the principal amount thereof, will not recognize inc me, gai or loss for United States federal income ta puroses as a result 0 the satisfaction and discharge of the Company's indebtedess in respect thereo and will be subject to United States federal income ta on the same amounts, the same ties and in the same maner as if such satisfaction and discharge h not ben effected. (V) The Bonds of the Fort-four Series shall have such fuer t rms as are set fort in Exhbit C hereto. If there shall be a confict betwen the terms form of bond and the provisions of the Mortgage, the provisions of the Mortgage control to the extent perittd by law. (V Upon the delivery of ths Fort-four Supplemental Inde tu, Bonds of the Fort-fourt Series in an aggregate principal amount of $30,000,000 e to be issued, upon the basis of Retired Bonds, and will be Outstading, in additi n to $1,391,700,000 aggregate principal amount of bonds of prior series Outstading the date of delivery of ths Fort-four Supplementa Indentue, (VII) Anytng in ths Supplementa Indentue or the Bonds of the F rt- four Series to the contrar notwthtading, any payment of principal of or premi , if any, or interest on any Bond of the Fort-four Series that is due on a date other an a Business Day shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day without inc1udin the additiona days elapsed in the computation of the interest payable on such next succeeding Business Day; provided, however, that if the Matuty Date of any Bon is a date other than a Business Day, the payment otherwse due at Matuty shall be m e on the next succeeding Business Day and shall include the additional days elapsed' the computation of interest payable on such next succeeding Business Day. ARTICLED Miscellaneous Provisions SECTION 1. The terms defined in the Original Mortgage shall, tì r all puroses of ths Fort-four Supplementa Indentue, have the meangs specified i the Original Mortgage. SECTION 2. The Trutee hereby confrms its acceptace of the tr in the Original Mortgage declared, provided, created or supplemented and agrees to pe orm the same upon the terms and conditions in the Original Mortgage set fort includin the followig: 10 NY2 201008.6 779483672868 The Trustee shall not be responsible in any maner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or suffciency of ths Fort-four Supplementa Indentue or or or in respect of the recitas contaned herein, all of which recitas are made by the Co pany solely. Each and every term and condition contaied in Arcle XVI of the . Mortgage, shall apply to and form par of ths Fort-four Supplemental Indentue with the same force and effect as if the same were herein set fort in ful, with such omis ions, varations and inserions, if any, as may be appropriate to make the same conform the provisions of ths Fort-four Supplementa Indentue. SECTION 3. Whenever in ths Fort-four Supplementa Ind tue either of the paries hereto is named or referred to, this shall, subject to the provisi of Arcles XV and XVI of the Original Mortgage be deemed to include the successor and assigns of such par, and all the covenats and agreements in this Fort- ur Supplementa Indentue contaed by or on behalf of the Company, or by or on beh f of the Trustee, or either of them, shall, subject as aforesad, bind and inur to the res ctive benefits of the respective successors and assigns of such paries, whether so expres d or not. SECTION 4. Nothg in ths Fort-four Supplementa Inde tue, expressed or implied, is intended, or shall be constred, to confer upon, or to give t , any person, fi or corpration, other th the pares hereto, the holders of the onds Outstading under the Mortgage, any right, remedy or claim under or by reason 0 ths Fort-four Supplementa Indentue or any covenant, condition, stipulation, prom se or agrement hereof, and all the covenats, conditions, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Fort-four Supplementa Indentue contaed by or on behalf f the Company shal be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the paries hereto, and f the holders of the Bonds Outstading under the Mortgage. SECTION 5. Ths Fort-four Supplemental Indentue shall be exe uted in several counterpars, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the same instrent. SECTION 6. The titles of the several Arcles of ths Forty- ur Supplementa Indentue shall not be deemed to be any par thereof, 11 NY2 201008.6 779483 672868 IN WISS WHREOF, on the _ day of Decber, 2008, A VIS~A CORPORATION ha caus its corprate nae to be herto afxed, and's inent to be signed and seaed by its Presdent or one of its Vice Presidents, and ts corpte sea to be attted by its Corporate Secet or one of its Assistant Corp te Secetes for and in its bef, all in The City of Spokae, Wasgton, as of the dåy and year fi above wrtten and on the _ day of Decber, 2008, CIAN N. ' ., ha caed its coiprate nae to be herto affxed and ths insent to be signed d seaed by its Prden or one of its Vice Prsidents or one of its Senor Tru Offcer r one of its Trut Offce and its corate sea to be attesed by one of its Vice Preside. ts or one of its Trust Offces, all in The City of New York, New York, as of the day d year fit above wntten, AVISTA CORPORATION By rlA !liQQ Name: AI M. Wilso;: Title: Vice President & Treaser Attes: Suev y. ii~ Name: Susan Y. Miner Title: Assistt Corprate Secet Executed seaed and delivered by AVISTA CORPORATION in the prce of: ./(..th1 Cbl\~ Name: Tam Ju~ y¡-z~ Name: Paul W. Kiball FORTY-fURm (44"~ SUAL INEl Name: J Hanon ice President Exe ted, sealed and delivered by CITIBANK, N.A.,~=;. ti;::; Name: Marion O'Connor I.0) ./.i Name: ~i~.is Piscitelli ~../ FORTY-FOURTH (4411) SUPPL.EMENTAL INDENTURE CITIBAI\O STATE OF NEW YORK ) ) ss,:COUNTY OF NEW YORK ) On the _ day of December, 2008 before me personally appeard afaa Orfy, to me known to be a Vice President of CITIBANK, N .A" one of the corpo tions that executed the withn and foregoing instrent, and acknowledged said instr ent to be the free and voluntary act and deed of said Corporation for the uses and p therein mentioned and on oath stated that (s )he was authorized to execute said ins and that the seal affixed is the corporate seal of said Corporation, On the _ day of December, 2008, before me, a Notar Public in the State and County aforesaid, personally appeared Wafaa Orf, known to me t be a Vice President ofCITIBANK, N.A., one of the corporations that executed the with n and foregoing instrent and acknowledged to me tht such Corporation executed the s e. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set official seal the day and year first above written. Nota Stamp ZENAIDA SANTIAGO NOTARY PUBLIC-STATE OF NEW YORK No,OlSA6152564 Qualified In Kings Count ,.....rrlsslon Expires September 8. 2019 FORTY-FOURTH (4411~ SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE STATE OF WASHINGTON) ) 8S,:COUNTY OF SPOKA ) On the _ day of December, 2008, before me peonally appeaed M. Wilson, to me known to be a Vice Presdent of A VITA CORPORATION, one of corprations that executed the with and foregoin inent, and acknwledged insent to be the free and volunta ac and dee of sad Corpration for the uses puroses therei mentioned and on oath stte th (s)he was authoried to execute intrent and that the sea afed is the corate sea of said Corporation. On the _ day of Decbe, 2008, before me, a Nota Public in and t1 r the State an County aforesd, persnay apeaed An M. Wilson, known to me to be a Vice President of AVISTA CORPORATION, one ofthecoiprations that exected e withn and foregoing intrent and acknowledged to me tht such Corporation exect the same. IN WITSS WHREOF, I have herunto set my hand and affxed offcial seal the day and yea firs above wrtten, ~Ýl&~ Nota Public FORTY-FURTH (44'" SUPPLENAL 1N EXHBI fA MORTGAGE, SUPPLEMENTAL INENTURS AN SERIS OF BONDS MORTGAGE OR DATED AS OF SERIS PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAl SUPPLEMENTAL AMOUNT AMOUNT INDENTUE NO,DESIGNATION ISSUED OUTSANDll'G Orginal June i, 1939 1 3-1/2% Series $22,000,000 None due 1964 First October I,2 3-3/4% Series 30,000,000 None 1952 due 1982 Second May I, 1953 3 3-7/8% Series 10,000,000 None due 1983 Third December I,None 1955 Fourt March 15,None 1957 Fift July i, 1957 4 4-7/8% Series 30,000,000 None due 1987 Sixth Januar I,5 4-1/8% Series 20,000,000 None 1958 due 1988 Seventh August I,6 4-3/8% Series 15,000,00 None 1958 due 1988 Eighth Januar I,7 4-3/4% Series 15,000,000 None 1959 due 1989 Ninth Januar 1,8 5-3/8% Series 10,000,000 None 1960 due 1990 Tenth April I, 1964 9 4-5/8% Series 30,000,000 None due 1994 Eleventh March 10 4-5/8% Series 10,000,000 None 1,1965 due 1995 Twelfth May 1,1966 None Thirteenth August i,II 6 % Series due 20,000,000 None 1966 1996 Fourteenth April 1, 1970 12 9-1/4% Series 20,000,000 None due 2000 Fifteenth May i, 1973 13 7-7/8% Series 20,000,000 None due 2003 Sixteenth Februar 1,14 9-3/8% Series 25,000,000 None 1975 due 2005 Seventeenth November 1,15 8-3/4% Series 30,00,000 None 1976 due 2006 Eighteenth June 1, 1980 None Ninetenth Januar 1,16 14-1/8% Series 40,000,000 None 1981 due 1991 NY2 201008.6 779483 672868 Twentieth August 1,17 15-3/4% Series 60,000,000 None 1982 due 1990- I 992 Twenty-Firt September 1,18 13-1/2% Series 60,000,00 None i i1983due 2013 i¡ Twenty-Second March I,19 13- 1/4% Series 60,000,000 None , 1984 due 1994 i Twenty-Third December I,20 9-114% Series 80,000,00 None! 1986 due 2016 iTwenty-Four Januar 1,21 10-3/8% Series 50,000,000 None 1988 due 2018 Twenty-Fift October I,22 7-1/8% Series 66,700,000 None 1989 due 2013 23 7-215% Series 17,000,000 None due 2016 Twenty-Sixth April I, 1993 24 Secured 250,000,000 48,000,0(P Medium-Term Notes, Series A ($250,000,000 authorized) Twenty-Seventh Januar 1,25 Secured 161,000,000 5,000,00 1994 Medium-Term Notes, Series 8 ($250,000,000authoriz) Twenty-Eighth September 1,26 Collatera Series 220,000,000 None 2001 due 2002 Twenty-Ninth December I,27 7.75% Seres 150,000,000 None 2001 due 2007 Thirtieth May 1,2002 28 Collateral Series 225,000,000 None due 2003 Thirt-first May 1,2003 29 Collatera Series 245,000,000 None due 2004 Thirt-second September 1,30 6.1 25% Series 45,000,000 45,000,OCP 2003 due 2013 Thirt-third t\ay 1, 2004 31 Collatera Series 350,000,000 None due 2005 Thir-four November 1,32 5.45% Series 90,000,000 90,000,OCO 2004 due 2019 Thir-fift Deember 1,33 Collate Series 88,850,000 50,000,OCO 2004 2004A Thirt-sixth December 1,34 Collateral Series 66,700,000 None 2004 2004B 35 Collatera Series 17,000,000 None 2004C Thirt-seventh December 1,36 Collateral Series 350,000,000 None 2004 20040 Thirt-eighth May 1,2005 37 Collateral Series 66,700,000 66,7oo,() 0 20058 38 Collateral Series 17,000,000 17,000,0(0 2005C NY2 2010008.6 779483672868 A-2 Thirt-ninth November 1,39 6.25% Series 100,000,000 100,000,00 2005 due 2035 50,000,000 50,000,00( Fortieth April 1, 2006 40 Collateral Series 320,000,000 320,000,00 due 2011 Fort-first December 1,41 5.70% Series 150,000,000 150,000,00 2006 due 2037 Fort-second April 1,2008 42 5.95% Series 250,000,000 250,000,00 due 2018 Fort-third November 1,43 Collateral Series 200,000,000 200,000,00 2008 2008A - NY2 201008.6 779483 672868 A3 First EXHfTB i i ¡ PROPERTY ADDITIONS ,, TH ADDITIONAL ELECTRC SUBSTATIONS AN SUBSTA 1tON iSITES OF THE COMPAN, in the State of Idaho, including all buildings, stctes, towers, poles, equipment, appliances and devices for tranforming, convertg i and distrbuting electrc energy, and the lands of the company on which the same are sittted and all of the company's rea estate and interests therein, machinery, equip ent, appliances, devices, appurenances and supplies, franchises, permits and other right and other property forming a par of said substtions or any of them, or used or enjoy d or capable of being used or enjoyed in connection with any thereof, including, bu not limited to, the followig situted in the States of Idaho, to wit: 1. Kootenai County, Idaho: "Appleway 11SkV Substation; Propert No, I -K- 037; Grantor: Kootenai Electrc Cooperative, Inc.; West Half of Trac 38, Frutland Addition, situte in Section 2, Township SO Nort, Rage 4 est, B.M. NY2 201008.6 779483 672868 EXHITC (Form of Bond) The Bonds evidenced hereby have not been regstered 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. PPN A VISTA CORPORATION Fir Mortgage Bond, 7.25% Series due 2013 REGISTERED REGIST RED NO.$ AVISTA CORPORATION, a corporation of the State of Washi gton (hereinafter called the Company), for value received, hereby promises to pay to , or registered assigns, on December 16,2013, and to pay the registered owner hereof interest thereon semi-anually in arears on June 16 and December 16 in each year (each such date being hereinafer called an" erest Payment Date"), commencing June 16, 2009 and at Matuty (as hereinafer defin ), at the rate of seven and twenty-five one hundredths percentu (7,25%) per ur computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, un '1 the Company's obligation with respt to the payment of such principal shal have been discharged, Ths bond shall bea interest from December (16), 2008 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date on or prior to the date of ths bond to which intere t has been paid. The principal of and premium, if any, and interest on this bond paya Ie at Matuty shall be payable upon presentation hereof at the offce or agency the Company in the Borough of Manatt, The City of New York, in such coin or c ency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for publi and private debts. The interest on ths bond (other than interest payable at Maturty) sh 1 be paid by check, in the simlar coin or curency, mailed to the registered owner hereo as of NY2 2010008.6 779483 672868 the close of business on the the Business Day next precedg each Interest Payment . (each such date being herein called a "Record Date"); provided, however, that if registered owner shal be a securties deposita, such payment shall be made by other means in lieu of check as shall be agreed upon by the Company, the Truste and such registered owner; and provided furter that, so long as this Bond shall be held y an Institutional Investor (as defined in the Fort-four Supplementa Indenture referr d to below), payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on ths Bond sh 1 be payable in the maner specified in the Bond Purchase Agreement (as defined in . uch Fort-four Supplementa Indentu). Interest payable at Matuty shall be paid t(j the person to whom principal shall be paid. As used herein, the term "Matuty" shall itean the date on which the principal of this bond becmes due and payable, whether at s ted matuty, upon redemption or acceleration, or otherwse, Ths bond is one of an issue of bonds of the Company issuable in s ries and is one of a series known as its First Mortgage Bonds, 7.25% Series due 201 , all bonds of all such series being issued and issuable under and equally secured (e cept insofar as any sinking or other fud, established in accordace with the provisions the Mortgage hereinaer mentioned may afford additional security for the bonds 0 any paricular 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 Wa ' gton Water Power Company) to City Ban Farers Tru Company and Raph E. Mort , as Trustees (Citiban, N.A., successor Trustee to both said Trutees), The Ori inal Mortgage has been amended and supplemented by varous supplementa inden es, including the Fort-four Supplementa Indentue, dated as of December 1, 2008 (the "Fort-four Supplementa Indentue"), and, as so amended and supplemented, is h rein called the "Mortgage". Reference is made to the Mortgage for a description 0 the propert mortgaged and pledged, the natue and extnt of the securty, the rights the holders of the bonds and of the Trutee in respect thereof, the duties and imunti s of the Trute and the terms and conditions upon whch the bonds are and are to be se ured and the circumstaces under which additional bonds may be issued. If there shall be a conflct between the terms of ths bond and the provisions of the Mortgage the provisions of the Mortgage shall control to the extent permitted by law. The hoI r of this bond, by its acceptace hereof, shall be deemed to have consented and agreed 0 all of the terms and provisions of the Mortgage and, fuer, in the event that such hIder shal not be the sole beneficial owner of ths bond, shal be deemed to have agreed t use all commercially reasnable efforts to cause all direct and indirect beneficial own of this bond to have knowledge of the term and provisions of the Mortgage and 0 ths bond and to comply therewith, including parcularly, but without limitation, any provisions or restrctions in the Mortgage regarding the transfer or exchange of such beneficial interests and any legend set fort on ths bond. The Mortgage may be modified or altered by afrmative vote 0 the holders of at leas 60% in principal amount of the bonds outstanding under the Mort age, considered as one class, or, if the rights of one or more, but less than all, series of nds C-2 NY2 2010008.6 779483 672868 I, then outstading are to be afected, then such modification or alteration may be effected with the affative vote only of 60% in pricipal amount of the bonds outstadig of the series so to be affected, considered as one class, and, fuermore, for limited pU1ses, the Mortgage may be modified or altered without any consent or other action of ho1fers of any series of bonds. No modification or alteration shall, however, permt an extenpion of the Matuty of the principal of, or interest on, ths bond or a reduction in uch principal or the rate of interest hereon or any other modification in the terms of pa ent of such principal or interest or the creation of any lien equa or prior to the lien 0 the Mortgage or deprive the holder of a lien on the mortgaged and pledged propert wi out the consent of the holder hereof. As provided in the Mortgage and subject to certn limitations therei fort, this bond or any portion of the pricipal amount heref will be deemed to ave been paid if there has been irevocably deposited with the Trustee moneys or d rect obligations of or obligations guantee by the United States of America, the princip 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 hen due the principal of and premium if any, and interest on ths bond when due. The principal hereof may be declared or may become due prior t stated matuty date on the conditions, in the maner and at the time set fort i Mortgage, upon the occurence of a Completed Default as in the Mortgage provided, The Mortgage contans terms, provisions and conditions relating t consolidation or merger of the Company with or into, and the conveyance or trafer, or lease, of assets to, another corpration and to the assuption by such ther corpration, in certn cirumstaces, of all of the obligations of the Company unde the Mortgage and on the bonds secured thereby. In the maner prescribed in the Mortgage, ths bond is tranferable b the registered owner hereof in person, or by his duly authorized attorney, at the off or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manatt The City of New York, pon surender and cancellation of ths bond, together with a wrtten instrent of sfer whenever requird by the Company duly executed by the registered owner or by its uly authorized attorney, and, thereupon, a new fuly registered bond of the same series or a like principal amount will be issued to the tranfer in exchage herefor as provid d in the Mortgage, The Company and the Trutee may deem and treat the person in ose name ths bond is registered as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of rece ving payment and for all other puroses. In the maner prescribed in the Mortgage, any bonds of ths series, pon surender thereof for cacellation at the offce or agency of the Company in the Bor ugh of Manattan, The City of New York, are exchageable for a like aggregate prin ipal amount of bonds of the same series of other authori denominations. C-3 NY2 201008.6 779483 672868 The bonds of ths series shall be redeemable in whole at any time or in par from time to tie, at the option of the Company, upon notice maled as provided in Section 52 of the Mortgage, at the option of the Company at a redemption price equal to the greater of 100% of the pricipal amount of the bonds being redeered, i, ! (b) the sum of the present values of the remaining sche4uled payments of principal of and interest (not including any portion of any schequled payment of interest which accrued prior to the redemption date) on the ~nds being redeemed discounted to the date of redemption on a semianua asis (assuming a 360-day year consistig of twelve 30-day months) at a discoun rate equal to the Treasur Yield (as hereinafer defined) plus 50 basis points, (a) and plus, in the case of either (i) or (ii) above, whichever is applicable, accrued intere ton such Bonds to the date of redemption. "Treasur Yield" mean, with respect to any redemption of the bon of ths series, the rate per anum equa to the semianua equivalent yield to matuty f the Comparable Treasur Issue, assumg a price for the Comparable Treasur ssue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equa to the Comparable Tre y Price. The Treasur Yield shall be caculated as of the thrd business day precedin the redemption date (the "Calculation Date"). "Comparable Treasur Issue" means the United States Treasur se urty selected by an Independent Investent Baner as having a maturity comparble t the remaing term of the Bonds of the Fort-four Series tht would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordace with customar fiancial practice, in pricing new iss s of corporate debt securties of comparable matuty to the remaining term of the bonds. "H.15( 519)" means the weekly statistical release entitled "Stati tical Release H.15 (519)", or any successor publication, published by the Board of Gove ors of the Federal Reserve System. "Comparble Treaur Prce" means, (A) the average of the bid and prices for the Comparable Treaur Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage pricipal amount) on the Calculation Date, as set fort in the H.15 Daily Update Federal Reserve Ban of New York or (B) if such release (or any successor release) s not published or does not contan such prices on such business day, the Reference Tre ur Dealer Quotation for the Calculation Date, "H.t5 Daily Update" means the daily update of H,15(519) ava lable though the worldwide website of the Board of Govemors of the Federal Reserve S stem or any successor site or publication. C-4 NY2 201008.6 779483672868 "Independent Investment Baner" means KeyBanc Capita Markets Inc. or, if so determed by the Company, any other independent investment baning institution of national stding appointed by the Company and reasonably acceptabii tothe Trustre. i "Reference Treas Dealer Quotation" means, with respect to ~ the Reference Treasur Dealer, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparble Treasur Issue (expressed in each case as a percen ge of its principal amount and quoted in wrting to the Trustee by such Reference Tr ur Dealer at 5:00 p,m. on the Calculation Date). "Reference Treasur Dealer" means a primar U.S, Governent sec dealer in New York City appointed by the Company and reasonably acceptable t Trustee. No recourse shal be had for the payment of the principal of or premi if any, or interest on ths bond agains any incorporator or any past, present or tue subscriber to the capita stock, stockholder, offcer or director of the Company or 0 any predecessor or successor corporation, as such, either directly or though the Comp or any predecessor or successor corpration, under any rue of law, statute or constituti n or by the enforcement of any assessment or otherwse, all such liabilty of incorpora ors, subscribers, stockholders, offcers and directors being released by the holder or 0 er hereof by the acceptace of ths bond and being likewise waived and released b the terms of the Mortgage. Ths bond shal not become obligatory until Citiban, N,A., the T under the Mortgage, or its successor thereunder, shall have signed the form of cer endorsed hereon. C-5 NY2 201008.6 779483 672868 IN WITNESS WHREOF, AVISTA CORPORATION has causedi this bond to be signed in its corporate name by its President or one of its Vice Presiden~s by his signatue or a facsimle thereof, and its corporate seal to be impressed or imprfted hereon and attsted by its Corporate Secreta or one of its Assistt Corpørate Secretaes by his signtue or a facsimile thereof, : Dated:AVISTA CORPORATION By: ATTST: C-6 NY2 201008.6 779483 672868 TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE This bond is one of the bonds of the series herein designated, described or provided for in the with-mentioned Mortgage, CITIBANK. N.A. Trustee By Authorid Signatory C-7 NY2 2010008.6 779483 672868 ASSIGNMNT CERTIFCATE FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned hereby sells, assigns land trsfers unto (pleae insert soial securty or other identifYing number of assignee) (please print or tywrte name and addrss of assignee) the within bond of AVISTA CORPORATION and does hereby irrevocably cons tute and appoint , Attorney, to transfer said bond on the books 0 the with-mentioned Company, will ful power of substtution in the premises. Dated: Notice: The signtue to this assi must correspond with the name as tten upon the face of the bond in every pari war without alteration or enlargement or any chage whatsoever. C-8 NY2 201008.6 779483 672868