UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 15/A
CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER
SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
Commission File Number 1-3548 *
Minnesota Power and Affiliated Companies
Retirement Savings and Stock Ownership Plan
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
30 West Superior Street
Duluth, Minnesota 55802-2093
(218) 279-5000
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(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
registrant's principal executive offices)
Interests held under the
Minnesota Power and Affiliated Companies
Employee Stock Ownership Plan
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(Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)
None
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(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports
under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)
Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s)
relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:
Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i) / / Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i) / /
Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(ii) / / Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii) / /
Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i) / / Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i) / /
Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(ii) / / Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(ii) / /
Rule 15d-6 /X/
Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date:
None
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 THE
MINNESOTA POWER AND AFFILIATED COMPANIES RETIREMENT SAVINGS AND STOCK OWNERSHIP
PLAN has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned duly authorized person.
Date: July 1, 2003 By: Donald J. Shippar
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Donald J. Shippar
Chairman, Employee Benefit Plans Committee
* Effective January 1, 2002 the Minnesota Power and Affiliated Companies
Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) and the Minnesota Power and Affiliated
Companies Supplemental Retirement Plan (SRP) were merged into one plan called
the Minnesota Power and Affiliated Companies Retirement Savings and Stock
Ownership Plan (RSOP) with the surviving plan being the plan previously named
the SRP. While SEC reporting requirements for the ESOP are hereby
discontinued, reports will continue to be filed for the RSOP. This filing
does not terminate or suspend any duties to file reports by ALLETE, Inc.