AVISTA CORP — Director's Dealing 2012

Jan 9, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: AVISTA CORP (AVA)
CIK: 0000104918
Period of Report: 2012-01-06

Reporting Person: THIES MARK T (Senior Vice President/CFO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-01-06	Common Stock	F	951	$25.58	Disposed	32011	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock held by Spouse	5751	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Shares withheld to pay income taxes on restricted shares which vested 1/6/2012 covering 2009, 2010 and 2011.