ALLETE INC — Director's Dealing 2011

Mar 18, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ALLETE INC (ALE)
CIK: 0000066756
Period of Report: 2011-03-17

Reporting Person: Adams Robert John (VP Bus. Dev; Chief Risk Ofcr)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-03-17	Common Stock	S	722	$36.39	Disposed	3700.89	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	8275.06	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Includes shares acquired in exempt transactions under ALLETE's stock purchase and dividened reinvestment plan and ALLETE's employee stock purchase plan based on plan information avaialble as of March 1, 2011.

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 March 11, 2011.