0000066756-11-000073.txt : 20110615 0000066756-11-000073.hdr.sgml : 20110615 20110615171325 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000066756-11-000073 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 11-K/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20101231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20110615 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110615 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ALLETE INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000066756 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC & OTHER SERVICES COMBINED [4931] IRS NUMBER: 410418150 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MN FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 11-K/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-03548 FILM NUMBER: 11913481 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 30 W SUPERIOR ST CITY: DULUTH STATE: MN ZIP: 55802-2093 BUSINESS PHONE: 2182795000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 30 W SUPERIOR STREET CITY: DULUTH STATE: MN ZIP: 55802-2093 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ALLETE DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20000901 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MINNESOTA POWER INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19980603 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MINNESOTA POWER & LIGHT CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 11-K/A 1 rsop2010_11-ka.htm 2010 RSOP FORM 11-K/A rsop2010_11-ka.htm

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 
FORM 11-K/A
 
(Amendment No. 1)
 

 
(Mark One)
 
 
x
Annual Report Pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
For the fiscal year ended DECEMBER 31, 2010
 
or
 
 
¨
Transition Report Pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
For the transition period from                                                                to                                                                
 

 
Commission File No. 1-3548
 

 

MINNESOTA POWER AND AFFILIATED COMPANIES
RETIREMENT SAVINGS AND STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN

(Full Title of the Plan)


ALLETE, Inc.
30 West Superior Street
Duluth, Minnesota 55802-2093

(Name of issuer of securities
held pursuant to the Plan and
the address of its principal
executive office)


 
 
 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Annual Report on Form 11-K/A constitutes Amendment No. 1 (the Amendment) to Minnesota Power and Affiliated Companies Retirement Savings and Stock Ownership Plan Annual Report on Form 11-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, which was originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on June 10, 2011. This Amendment is being filed solely to include the previously omitted Exhibit 23. Except as described above, no other changes have been made to the Form 11-K as originally filed.


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Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, ALLETE, Inc., as plan administrator, has duly caused this amendment to the annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


   
Minnesota Power and Affiliated Companies
   
Retirement Savings and Stock Ownership Plan
       
   
By:
ALLETE, Inc., its Plan Administrator
       
       
       
June 15, 2011
    
/s/ Alan R. Hodnik
     
Alan R. Hodnik
     
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer


ALLETE 2010 RSOP Form 11-K/A
 
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Index to Exhibits


Exhibit
Number

23      
    Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
 

ALLETE 2010 RSOP Form 11-K/A
 
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 EX-23 2 consent_11-ka.htm CONSENT - INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM consent_11-ka.htm

Exhibit 23


Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (No. 333-162890) on Form S-8 of ALLETE, Inc. of our report dated June 10, 2011, with respect to the statements of the net assets available for benefits of the Minnesota Power and Affiliated Companies Retirement Savings and Stock Ownership Plan for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009,  the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2010, and the related supplemental schedules as of December 31, 2010, which report appears in the December 31, 2010, annual report on Form 11-K and Form 11-K/A of the Minnesota Power and Affiliated Companies Retirement Savings and Stock Ownership Plan.


/s/ Reilly, Penner & Benton LLP

Reilly, Penner & Benton LLP
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
June 15, 2011