---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000066756-24-000061"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0000066756"
company_name: "ALLETE INC"
filed_at: "2024-05-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T13:32:50.884178+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ALLETE shareholders elect all 10 director nominees, approve say-on-pay and auditor ratification

## Summary
- All 10 director nominees elected with votes for ranging from 44.1M to 45.0M shares.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 43.0M for, 2.1M against, 320K abstain.
- Ratification of PwC as independent auditor for 2024 passed: 48.3M for, 964K against, 184K abstain.
- Meeting held May 14, 2024; results reflect shareholder support for governance and pay practices.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000066756-24-000061
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0000066756
- company_name: ALLETE INC
- filed_at: 2024-05-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66756/000006675624000061/0000066756-24-000061-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66756/000006675624000061/ale-20240514.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000066756-24-000061
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000066756-24-000061.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000066756-24-000061.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 2644a593234e4b134218bdf04713cc2b67f94c02
  claim: ALLETE INC shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve executive compensation at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: The advisory resolution on executive compensation was approved.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66756/000006675624000061/0000066756-24-000061-index.htm
- claim_id: 94aec8cbe9d89fdebac66b0e9f268cc864d914b6
  claim: ALLETE INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: All nominees for director were elected by the following votes.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66756/000006675624000061/0000066756-24-000061-index.htm
- claim_id: c1ec901013f3503e1f4a9bbbf06ad5bf53d28cee
  claim: ALLETE INC shareholders approved Ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as ALLETE’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2024 at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: The selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2024 was ratified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66756/000006675624000061/0000066756-24-000061-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.