X0202 4 2006-05-25 0000726990 AMERICANWEST BANCORPORATION AWBC 0001299524 Griffith Wade A C/O AMERICANWEST BANCORPORATION 41 W. RIVERSIDE AVE. SUITE 400 SPOKANE WA 99201 0 1 0 0 SVP/Chief Information Officer Common Stock 2006-05-25 4 S 0 800 24.00 D 5627 D Common Stock 3624.42 I Held by 401(k) Plan Effective April 25, 2006, AmericanWest Bancorporation approved the consolidation and merger of the ESOP Plan into the existing AmericanWest Bank 401 (k) Plan. by R. Blair Reynolds, Pursuant to Power of Attorney on File 2006-05-26