UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 11-K/A
| (Mark One) | |||||
| x | Annual Report Pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 | ||||
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 | |||||
or
| ¨ | Transition Report Pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 | ||||
| For the transition period from ______________ to ______________ | |||||
Commission File Number 1-3548
ALLETE 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 Form 11-K/A is being filed as an amendment to the Annual Report on Form 11-K filed on June 24, 2021 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 ("Original Form 11-K") solely to list an additional registration statement in the Exhibit 23, Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The Exhibit 23 filed with the Original Form 11-K had not listed the most recently filed registration statement for the plan. Except as described above, no other changes have been made to the Original Form 11-K.
ALLETE 2020 RSOP Form 11-K/A
Signature
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.
| ALLETE and Affiliated Companies | |||||||||||
| Retirement Savings and Stock Ownership Plan | |||||||||||
| By: | ALLETE, Inc., its Plan Administrator | ||||||||||
| July 23, 2021 | /s/ Bethany M. Owen | ||||||||||
| Bethany M. Owen | |||||||||||
| Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer | |||||||||||
ALLETE 2020 RSOP Form 11-K/A
Exhibit 23
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement Nos. 333-162890 and 333-253190 on Form S-8 of our report dated June 24, 2021, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 11-K of the ALLETE and Affiliated Companies Retirement Savings and Stock Ownership Plan for the year ended December 31, 2020.
/s/ Reilly, Penner & Benton LLP
Reilly, Penner & Benton LLP
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
July 23, 2021