SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM T-1
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A
CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
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CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE
PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(B)(2) [X]
LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
36-0884183
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
135 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
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Willie J. Miller, Jr.
Group Senior Vice President
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
Telephone: (312) 904-2018
135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 925
Chicago, Illinois 60603
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
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ALLETE (legally incorporated as Minnesota Power, Inc.)
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
Minnesota 41-0418150
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
30 West Superior Street
Duluth, Minnesota 55802-2093
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
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Debt Securities
(Title of the indenture securities)
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ITEM 1. GENERAL INFORMATION*
Furnish the following information as to the trustee:
(a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which
it is subject.
1. Comptroller of the Currency, Washington D.C.
2. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Washington, D.C.
3. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Systems,
Washington, D.C.
(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.
Yes.
ITEM 2. AFFILIATIONS WITH THE OBLIGOR.
If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.
Not Applicable
*Pursuant to General Instruction B, the trustee has responded only to items 1, 2
and 16 of this form since to the best knowledge of the trustee the obligor is
not in default under any indenture under which the trustee is a trustee.
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ITEM 16. LIST OF EXHIBITS.
List below all exhibits filed as part of this statement of eligibility and
qualification.
1. A copy of the Articles of Association of LaSalle Bank National
Association now in effect (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 1 filed with Form T-1 filed with the Current Report on
Form 8-K, dated June 29, 2000, in File No. 333-61691).
2. A copy of the certificate of authority to commence business
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2 filed with Form
T-1 filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K, dated June 29,
2000, in File No. 333-61691).
3. A copy of the authorization to exercise corporate trust powers
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3 filed with Form
T-1 filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K, dated June 29,
2000, in File No. 333-61691).
4. A copy of the existing By-Laws of LaSalle Bank National
Association (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4 filed
with Form T-1 filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K, dated
June 29, 2000, in File No. 333-61691).
5. Not applicable.
6. The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 6 filed with Form T-1 filed with the Current Report on
Form 8-K, dated June 29, 2000, in File No. 333-61691).
7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the trustee published
pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or
examining authority.
8. Not applicable.
9. Not applicable.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the trustee,
LaSalle Bank National Association, a corporation organized and existing under
the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this statement of
eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, all in the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, on the 1st day of
September, 2000.
LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:/s/ John W. Porter
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John W. Porter
Assistant Vice President
