---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-054656"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AVA"
cik: "0000104918"
company_name: "AVISTA CORP"
filed_at: "2024-05-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T15:40:08.009316+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Avista shareholders elect all 11 directors, approve auditor and executive compensation at annual meeting

## Summary
- All 11 directors elected with majority support; vote totals ranged from ~60M to ~65M for.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as independent auditor for 2024 approved: 68.9M for, 2.3M against.
- Advisory say-on-pay resolution approved: 63.4M for, 1.9M against, 5.7M broker non-votes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-054656
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AVA
- cik: 0000104918
- company_name: AVISTA CORP
- filed_at: 2024-05-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/104918/000095017024054656/0000950170-24-054656-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/104918/000095017024054656/ava-20240501.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-054656.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  AVISTA CORP shareholders approved Advisory (non-binding) vote on executive compensation at the 2024-05-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-01
  source text: Proposal 3: Advisory (non-binding) vote on executive compensation. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 63,443,244 1,892,107 342,037 5,706,243 This advisory (non-binding) resolution was approved as the number of votes cast “for” exceeded the number of votes “against.” Abstentions and broker non-votes had no effect on the outcome.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/104918/000095017024054656/0000950170-24-054656-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  AVISTA CORP shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2024 at the 2024-05-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-01
  source text: Proposal 2: Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/104918/000095017024054656/0000950170-24-054656-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  AVISTA CORP shareholders approved Election of eleven directors at the 2024-05-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-01
  source text: Proposal 1: Election of eleven directors, for one-year terms expiring at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, and until their successors are elected.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/104918/000095017024054656/0000950170-24-054656-index.htm

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