ALLETE INC — Director's Dealing 2012

Jun 4, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ALLETE INC (ALE)
CIK: 0000066756
Period of Report: 2012-06-01

Reporting Person: LUDLOW MADELEINE W (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-06-01	Common Stock	A	1543.61	—	Acquired	15533.08	Direct
2012-06-01	Common Stock	S	200	$38.62	Disposed	1200	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Includes shares acquired in exempt transactions pursuant to the dividend equivalent feature of deferred stock awards under ALLETE's nonemployee director compensation deferral plan, based on plan information available as of June 1, 2012.

F2: 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.