ALLETE INC — Director's Dealing 2010

Jan 20, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ALLETE INC (ALE)
CIK: 0000066756
Period of Report: 2010-01-18

Reporting Person: Hodnik Alan R (Director, President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-01-18	Common Stock	A	1912	—	Acquired	7798.54	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	2057.67	Indirect
Common Stock	125.13	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Includes shares acquired in exempt transactions under the dividend reinvestment feature of ALLETE's stock purchase and dividend reinvestment plan and pursuant to the dividend equivalent feature of a restricted stock grant under ALLETE's executive long-term incentive compensation plan, and is based on plan information available as of December 31, 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 December 31, 2009.