secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AVISTA CORP (AVA)
CIK:        0000104918
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-19T21:38:47+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-231187
Event type: debt
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 1.01, 2.03, 5.07, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Avista issues $160M in first mortgage bonds; shareholder proposal to lower vote threshold fails
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- Issued $90M of 4.77% bonds due 2029 and $70M of 6.10% bonds due 2056; proceeds for refinancing and utility capex.
- Additional $70M of 6.10% bonds expected in August 2026 under same agreement.
- Annual meeting approved all 11 director nominees, ratification of Deloitte, and advisory say-on-pay.
- Proposal to reduce shareholder approval requirement from 80% to majority of outstanding shares failed to get required 80% vote.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/104918/000119312526231187/0001193125-26-231187-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/104918/000119312526231187/ava-20260514.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-231187

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