ALLETE INC — Director's Dealing 2003

Feb 21, 2003

5 1 edgar.htm 5 Form 5

| FORM 5 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES
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| 1. Name and Address
of Reporting Person* Smith Nick | 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ALLETE (ALE) | | 6. Relationship of
Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) |
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| (Last)
(First) (Middle) 747 Sellwood Building 202 West Superior Street | 3. I.R.S. Identification
Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary) | 4. Statement for Month/Year 12/31/02 | |
| (Street) Duluth , MN 55802 | | 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) | 7. Individual
or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |
| (City) (State) (Zip) | Table
I — Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially
Owned | | |

1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) — Amount	Price	6. Owner- ship Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	14596.94	D
Common Stock	50	I	By Spouse
Common Stock	2000	I	By IRA Trust
Common Stock	510	I	By Keogh Plan

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FORM 5 (continued) Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

| 1. Title of Derivative
Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Conver- sion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 3. Trans- action Date (Month/ Day/ Year) | 4. Trans- action Code (Instr. 8) | 5. Number of Derivative
Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 & 5) | | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/ Year) | | 7. Title and Amount
of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 & 4) | | 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned at End of Year (Instr. 4) | 10. Owner- ship Form of Deriv- ative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) |
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| | | | | (A) | (D) | Date Exer-cisable | Expira- tion Date | Title | Amount or Number
of Shares | | |
| Stock Option - Right to Buy | 30.21 | 5/14/02 | A | 875 | | see below (1) | 5/14/12 | Common Stock | 875 | 875 | D |

Explanation of Responses: (1) Option vests 50% on January 2, 2003 and 50% on January 2, 2004.

By: /s/ Philip R. Halverson Philip R. Halverson for Nick Smith **Signature of Reporting Person February 21, 2003 Date

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