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Item 5.02	Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers

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On December 2, 2013, ALLETE, Inc., (ALLETE or Company) announced that Steven Q. DeVinck has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective March 3, 2014. Mr. DeVinck, currently ALLETE's Controller and Vice President – Business Support, will succeed Mark A. Schober, who announced his retirement plans from the Company in August 2013. Mr. DeVinck has been ALLETE's Controller since 2006. The Company has initiated efforts to name a new controller.

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•	our ability to successfully implement our strategic objectives;

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regulatory or legislative actions, including those of the United States Congress, state legislatures, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, the North Dakota Public Service Commission, the Environmental Protection Agency and various state, local and county regulators, and city administrators, that impact our allowed rates of return, capital structure, ability to secure financing, industry and rate structure, acquisition and disposal of assets and facilities, operation and construction of plant facilities, recovery of purchased power, capital investments and other expenses, including present or prospective wholesale and retail competition and environmental matters;

•	our ability to manage expansion and integrate acquisitions;

•	our current and potential industrial and municipal customers’ ability to execute announced expansion plans;

•	the impacts on our Regulated Operations of climate change and future regulation to restrict the emissions of greenhouse gases;

•	effects of restructuring initiatives in the electric industry;

•	economic and geographic factors, including political and economic risks;

•	changes in and compliance with laws and regulations;

•	weather conditions, natural disasters and pandemic diseases;

•	war, acts of terrorism and cyber attacks;

•	wholesale power market conditions;

•	population growth rates and demographic patterns;

•	effects of competition, including competition for retail and wholesale customers;

•	zoning and permitting of land held for resale, real estate development or changes in the real estate market;

•	pricing, availability and transportation of fuel and other commodities and the ability to recover the costs of such commodities;

•	changes in tax rates or policies or in rates of inflation;

•	project delays or changes in project costs;

•	availability and management of construction materials and skilled construction labor for capital projects;

•	changes in operating expenses and capital expenditures;

•	global and domestic economic conditions affecting us or our customers;

•	our ability to access capital markets and bank financing;

•	changes in interest rates and the performance of the financial markets;

•	our ability to replace a mature workforce and retain qualified, skilled and experienced personnel; and

•	the outcome of legal and administrative proceedings (whether civil or criminal) and settlements.

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