ALLETE INC — Director's Dealing 2012

Aug 1, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ALLETE INC (ALE)
CIK: 0000066756
Period of Report: 2012-08-01

Reporting Person: LUDLOW MADELEINE W (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-08-01	Common Stock	S	200	$41.59	Disposed	800	Indirect

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	15533.08	Direct

Footnotes

F1: The sales reported in this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adoped by the reporting person on December 14, 2011.