EXHIBIT 4

                            CERTIFICATE OF ADJUSTMENT
                             TO THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT
                 DATED AS OF JULY 24, 1996 ("RIGHTS AGREEMENT")
                              BETWEEN ALLETE, INC.
      (FORMERLY MINNESOTA POWER, INC. AND MINNESOTA POWER & Light Company)
                                     AND THE
                CORPORATE SECRETARY OF ALLETE, INC., RIGHTS AGENT


          The undersigned,  Deborah A. Amberg,  Vice President,  General Counsel
and Secretary of ALLETE,  Inc., a Minnesota  corporation (the  "Company"),  does
hereby certify, pursuant to Section 12(a) of the Rights Agreement, that:

          (1) At 12:00 p.m.  Eastern Time on September 20, 2004 (the  "Effective
Date"), for shareholders of record on September 13, 2004, the Company engaged in
a one-for-three reverse stock split of the Company's common stock, no
par value.

          (2)  Pursuant  to  Section  11(n) of the Rights  Agreement,  as of the
Effective  Date,  each preferred  share purchase right (a "Right")  entitles the
registered  holder,  until the earlier of the close of business on July 23, 2006
or the  redemption  or  exchange of the  Rights,  to  purchase  from the Company
one-and-a-half of one one-hundredth  (three  two-hundredth) of a share of Serial
Preferred Stock A, without par value, of the Company  ("Preferred  Stock") at an
exercise price of $90.00 per one one-hundredth ($135.00 per three two-hundredth)
of a share of Preferred Stock.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the undersigned has hereunto signed her name this
21st day of September, 2004.


                                        ALLETE, INC.


                                        By:        /s/ Deborah A. Amberg
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