-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, G35j6nfTwLA8H9VdWQ+XCbo0v7EZfZakN1g/gH8jZXfNb/11wwgVMDMtMtUbchHe vttYSOOZMEPbIorzNJ4WhA== 0000726990-06-000009.txt : 20060404 0000726990-06-000009.hdr.sgml : 20060404 20060404170558 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000726990-06-000009 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20060315 FILED AS OF DATE: 20060404 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060404 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AMERICANWEST BANCORPORATION CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000726990 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022] IRS NUMBER: 911259511 STATE OF INCORPORATION: WA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 41 W. RIVERSIDE AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 400 CITY: SPOKANE STATE: WA ZIP: 99201-3631 BUSINESS PHONE: (509)467-6993 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 41 W. RIVERSIDE AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 400 CITY: SPOKANE STATE: WA ZIP: 99201-3631 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: UNITED SECURITY BANCORPORATION DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EERKES CRAIG D CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001278367 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-18561 FILM NUMBER: 06739078 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9506 N. NEWPORT HIGHWAY CITY: SPOKANE STATE: WA ZIP: 99218 4 1 edgar.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0202 4 2006-03-15 0000726990 AMERICANWEST BANCORPORATION AWBC 0001278367 EERKES CRAIG D C/O AMERICANWEST BANCORPORATION 41 W. RIVERSIDE AVE. SUITE 400 SPOKANE WA 99201 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 2006-03-15 4 A 0 16382 A 23617 D Stock Option (right to buy) 8.32 2006-03-15 4 A 0 722 A 2006-03-15 2010-01-04 Common Stock 722 5722 D Received in exchange for 9,084 shares of Columbia Trust Bancorp common stock in connection with merger of Columbia Trust Bancorp into AmericanWest Bancorporation (the"Merger"). The shares were exchanged at an exchange rate of 1 : 1.8035 per share. The shares of AmericanWest Bancorp were valued at $25.34, based on a 20-day average, pursuant to the terms of the agreement. The shares of Columbia Trust Bancorp were valued at $45.70 prior to the effective date of the merger. Received in the Merger in exchange for an employee stock option to acquire 400 shares of Columbia Trust Bancorp common stock for $15.00 per share. /s/ R. Blair Reynolds, Pursuant to Power of Attorney on File 2006-04-04 EX-24 2 attach_1.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY

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