0000066756-16-000133.txt : 20160111 0000066756-16-000133.hdr.sgml : 20160111 20160111140106 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000066756-16-000133 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160105 FILED AS OF DATE: 20160111 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160111 ISSUER: 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 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 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Cutshall Patrick L CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001296564 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-03548 FILM NUMBER: 161335981 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ALLETE, INC. STREET 2: 30 WEST SUPERIOR STREET CITY: DULUTH STATE: MN ZIP: 55802 3 1 edgar.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0206 3 2016-01-05 0 0000066756 ALLETE INC ALE 0001296564 Cutshall Patrick L 30 WEST SUPERIOR STREET DULUTH MN 55802 0 1 0 0 Treasurer Common Stock 452.798 D Common Stock 342.765 I By RSOP Trust Patrick L. Cutshall 2016-01-05 EX-24 2 poa.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR PATRICK L. CUTSHALL

Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY



Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Deborah A. Amberg, Ingrid K. Johnson, Christopher D. Anderson, and Lyssa S. Supinski, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:



(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of ALLETE, Inc. (Company), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;



(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Forms 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and



(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.



The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.



The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.



This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 5th day of January, 2016.





/s/Patrick L. Cutshall

Patrick L. Cutshall