ALLETE INC — Director's Dealing 2009

Jun 15, 2009

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ALLETE INC (ALE)
CIK: 0000066756
Period of Report: 2009-06-12

Reporting Person: Hodnik Alan R (Director, President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2009-06-12	Common Stock	P	400	$28.024	Acquired	5509.958	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	1832.06	Indirect
Common Stock	121.93	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Includes shares acquired in exempt transactions under the dividend reinvestment feature of ALLETE's employee stock purchase plan, and is based on plan information available as of June 1, 2009.

F2: Includes shares acquired in exempt transactions under ALLETE's retirement savings and stock ownership plan (RSOP) and is based on RSOP plan information available as of June 1, 2009.