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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;20, 2015 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </B></P>
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM S-8
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>THE TORO COMPANY </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>41-0580470</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or Other Jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Incorporation or Organization)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>8111 Lyndale Avenue South </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Bloomington, Minnesota 55420-1196 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>The Toro
Company Amended and Restated </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2010 Equity and Incentive Plan </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full Title of the Plan) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Timothy P. Dordell </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Vice
President, Secretary and General Counsel </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>The Toro Company </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>8111 Lyndale Avenue South </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Bloomington, Minnesota 55420-1196 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(952) 888-8801 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name and
Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Agent for Service) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Copies requested to: </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Amy E. Culbert, Esq. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Oppenheimer Wolff&nbsp;&amp; Donnelly LLP </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Campbell Mithun Tower, Suite 2000 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>222 South Ninth Street </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(612) 607-7287 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;12b-2</FONT> of
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>to be Registered</B></P></TD>
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Price</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Per Share(2)</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Registration Fee</B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New Shares(3)</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">300,000 shares</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$67.76</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$20,328,000</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$2,362</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Carryover Shares(4)</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">398,243 shares</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$67.76</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$26,984,946</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$3,136</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:5.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Total</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">698,243 shares</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$67.76</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$47,312,946</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$5,498</TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), the shares being registered hereunder include an indeterminate number of additional shares that may be issued to adjust
the number of shares issued pursuant to The Toro Company Amended and Restated 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan (the &#147;2010 Plan&#148;) described herein as the result of any future stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the
outstanding common stock, par value $1.00 per share (&#147;Common Stock&#148;), of the Registrant. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(2)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee and calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule&nbsp;457(h) under the Securities Act on the basis of the average of the high and low
sales prices of the Common Stock, as reported by the New York Stock Exchange on May 13, 2015. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(3)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">As described in the Explanatory Note, the New Shares are shares of Common Stock of the Registrant that are newly available for issuance pursuant to the 2010 Plan. On March&nbsp;17, 2015, the shareholders of the
Registrant approved the 2010 Plan which, among other things, increased the number of shares of Common Stock of the Registrant authorized for issuance under the 2010 Plan by 300,000 shares. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(4)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">As described in the Explanatory Note, the Carryover Shares consist of (a)&nbsp;26,316 shares that were previously subject to awards under The Toro Company 2000 Stock Option Plan that were registered on Registration
Statements on Form S-8 (Registration Statement Nos. 333-151086, 333-135033, 333-89262 and 333-39052) plus (b)&nbsp;369,409 shares that were previously subject to awards under The Toro Company Performance Share Plan that were registered on a
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-89260) plus (c)&nbsp;2,518 shares that were previously subject to awards under The Toro Company 2000 Directors Stock Plan that were registered on Registration Statements on
Form S-8 (Registration Statement Nos.&nbsp;333-159767 and 333-57198). The Carryover Shares were available for future grants under the plans referred to above in this footnote 4 (the &#147;Prior Plans&#148;) as of March&nbsp;16, 2010, the date of the
initial adoption of The Toro Company 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan, and may now be issued under the 2010 Plan. Post-effective amendments to the foregoing Form S-8 Registration Statements to the extent they are no longer required to remain
outstanding and effective are being filed contemporaneously with the filing of this Registration Statement to deregister the Carryover Shares. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The share numbers in the Explanatory Note below reflect adjustments for a two-for-one stock split effected on April&nbsp;12, 2005 and a
two-for-one stock split effected on June&nbsp;29, 2012. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On March&nbsp;17, 2015, the shareholders of The Toro Company (the
&#147;Registrant&#148;) approved The Toro Company Amended and Restated 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan (the &#147;2010 Plan&#148;) which, among other things, increased the number of shares of common stock, par value $1.00 (&#147;Common Stock&#148;),
of the Registrant authorized for issuance under the 2010 Plan by 300,000 shares (the &#147;New Shares&#148;). The maximum number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the 2010 Plan, subject to adjustment pursuant to the terms of the
2010 Plan, is now 5,800,000 shares plus the number of shares subject to awards outstanding under The Toro Company 2000 Stock Option Plan, The Toro Company Performance Share Plan and The Toro Company 2000 Directors Stock Plan (collectively, the
&#147;Prior Plans&#148;) as of March&nbsp;16, 2010, the date of the initial adoption of the 2010 Plan, but only to the extent that such outstanding awards under the Prior Plans are forfeited, expire or otherwise terminate without the issuance of
such shares (the &#147;Carryover Shares&#148;). The Registrant&#146;s authority to grant new awards under the Prior Plans terminated upon shareholder approval of the initial adoption of the 2010 Plan on March&nbsp;16, 2010. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On March&nbsp;19, 2010, the Registrant filed a registration statement on Form S-8 (Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-165582) with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) in connection with the registration of 5,500,000 shares of Common Stock to be issued under the 2010 Plan. The purpose of this registration statement is to register the New Shares and
the Carryover Shares. The Carryover Shares consist of the following shares that are now available for issuance under the 2010 Plan: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">26,316 shares that were previously subject to awards under The Toro Company 2000 Stock Option Plan that were registered on Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Registration Statement Nos. 333-151086, 333-135033,
333-89262 and 333-39052); </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">369,409 shares that were previously subject to awards under The Toro Company Performance Share Plan that were registered on a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-89260); and
</TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">2,518 shares that were previously subject to awards under The Toro Company 2000 Directors Stock Plan that were registered on Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Registration Statement Nos. 333-159767 and 333-57198).
</TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Post-effective amendments to the foregoing Form S-8 Registration Statements to the extent they are no longer required to
remain outstanding and effective are being filed contemporaneously with the filing of this Registration Statement to deregister the Carryover Shares. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Additional shares of Common Stock registered under the Prior Plans may become available for future grants under the 2010 Plan if awards made
under the Prior Plans that were outstanding on March&nbsp;16, 2010 are forfeited, expire or otherwise terminate without the issuance of such shares. Such shares may be registered for issuance under the 2010 Plan pursuant to subsequent registration
statements. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Plan Information.* </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Registrant Information and Employee Annual Information.* </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">As permitted under Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;) and the Note to Part I of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-8,</FONT> this Registration Statement
omits the information specified in Part I of this Registration Statement on Form S-8. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The rules of the Commission allow the
Registrant to incorporate by reference information into this Registration Statement. This means that the Registrant may disclose important information to you by referring you to another document. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents previously filed by the Registrant with the Commission are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
</P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October&nbsp;31, 2014 (File No.&nbsp;1-8649); </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(b)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended January&nbsp;30, 2015 (File No.&nbsp;1-8649); </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K (only to the extent &#147;filed&#148; and not &#147;furnished&#148;) filed on November&nbsp;14, 2014 and March&nbsp;19, 2015 (File No.&nbsp;1-8649); and
</TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(d)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statements filed with the Commission pursuant to Section&nbsp;12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
&#147;Exchange Act&#148;), including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such descriptions (File No.&nbsp;1-8649). </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, all documents filed with the Commission by the Registrant (other than portions of such documents which are furnished and not
filed) pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been
sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the time of filing of such documents. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any statement contained in the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed
to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </P>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Description of Securities. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The opinion of counsel as to the legality of
the securities being registered, which is Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement, is rendered by Timothy P. Dordell, Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of the Registrant. Mr.&nbsp;Dordell owns or has rights to acquire an aggregate of
less than 0.5% of the Registrant&#146;s outstanding Common Stock. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Subsection (a)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;145 of
the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the &#147;DGCL&#148;) empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding,
whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation), by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at
the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by
such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and with respect to any criminal
action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person&#146;s conduct was unlawful. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Subsection (b)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;145
of the DGCL empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by
reason of the fact that the person acted in any of the capacities set forth above, against expenses actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if such person acted under similar
standards, except that no indemnification may be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person has been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which
such action or suit was brought determines that, despite the adjudication of liability, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court deems proper. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL further provides that, to the extent that a present or former director or officer of a corporation has been
successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a)&nbsp;and (b)&nbsp;or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person will be indemnified against expenses (including
attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection therewith; that indemnification provided for by Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL will not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which the indemnified party may be entitled; and
that the scope of such mandatory indemnification extends to directors, officers, employees or agents of a constituent corporation absorbed in a consolidation or merger and persons serving in that capacity at the request of the constituent
corporation for another. Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL also empowers the corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation against any liability asserted
against and incurred by such person in any such capacity or arising out of such person&#146;s status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under Section&nbsp;145, including
liability under the Securities Act. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Article X of the Registrant&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation mandates indemnification
of a director or officer of the Registrant or a person serving at the request of the Registrant as a director, officer, employee or agent of another entity to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL against expenses, liability and loss and
authorizes the Board to express such rights in written contracts. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Article X of the Registrant&#146;s Restated Certificate of
Incorporation provides, in accordance with Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the DGCL, for the elimination of the personal liability of a director to the Registrant or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director under
certain circumstances. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The above discussion of the Registrant&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation and of Sections 102(b)(7) and
145 of the DGCL is not intended to be exhaustive and is qualified in its entirety by the Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the DGCL. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors pursuant to which the Registrant has agreed to indemnify
each director to the fullest extent permitted by law against any expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid or owing that arise out of events or occurrences related to such director&#146;s status, capacities and activities with the
Registrant. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant also maintains liability insurance policies which provide for indemnification of a director or officer of the
Registrant or a person serving at the request of the Registrant as a director, officer, employee or agent of another entity against certain liabilities under certain circumstances. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Exemption from Registration Claimed. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Exhibits. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of The Toro Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 17, 2008, Commission File No. 1-8649)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of The Toro Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated March&nbsp;13, 2013, Commission File
No.&nbsp;1-8649)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of The Toro Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 17, 2008, Commission File No. 1-8649)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Specimen Form of Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(c) to Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended August 1, 2008, Commission File No.
1-8649)</TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Indenture dated as of January&nbsp;31, 1997, between The Toro Company and First National Trust Association, as Trustee, relating to The Toro Company&#146;s 7.80% Debentures due June&nbsp;15, 2027 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4(a) to Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June&nbsp;24, 1997, Commission File No. 1-8649)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Indenture dated as of April 20, 2007, between The Toro Company, as issuer, and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, relating to The Toro Company&#146;s 6.625% Notes due May 1, 2037 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;4.3 to Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-3 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 23, 2007, Registration No. 333-142282)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">First Supplemental Indenture dated as of April 26, 2007, between The Toro Company, as issuer, and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, relating to The Toro Company&#146;s 6.625% Notes due May 1, 2037 (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 23, 2007, Commission File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;1-8649)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Form of The Toro Company 6.625% Note due May 1, 2037 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 23, 2007, Commission File No. 1-8649)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of Counsel Regarding Legality (filed herewith)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.1</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Counsel (included as part of Exhibit 5.1)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of KPMG LLP (filed herewith)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Power of Attorney (filed herewith)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>99.1</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">The Toro Company Amended and Restated 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 17, 2015, Commission File No. 1-8649)</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>99.2</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Nonemployee Director Stock Option Agreement between The Toro Company and its Non-Employee Directors under The Toro Company Amended and Restated 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan (filed herewith)</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>99.3</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement between The Toro Company and its officers and other employees under The Toro Company Amended and Restated 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan (filed herewith)</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>99.4</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Performance Share Award Agreement between The Toro Company and its officers and other employees under The Toro Company Amended and Restated 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan (filed herewith)</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>99.5</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Annual Performance Award Agreement between The Toro Company and its officers and other employees under The Toro Company Amended and Restated 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan (filed herewith)</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>99.6</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement between The Toro Company and its officers and other employees under The Toro Company Amended and Restated 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan (filed herewith)</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>99.7</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement between The Toro Company and its officers and other employees under The Toro Company Amended and Restated 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan (filed herewith)</TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Undertakings. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the
most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the
effective Registration Statement; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-8, and the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide</I>
offering thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being
registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report
</P>
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pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of
any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of
the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Bloomington, State of Minnesota, on May&nbsp;20, 2015. </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>THE TORO COMPANY</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">(Registrant)</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Timothy P. Dordell</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Timothy P. Dordell</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel</TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the
following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:33.30pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Signature</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:15.95pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Title</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:16.00pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date</B></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Michael J.
Hoffman&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Chairman of the Board, President and</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center">May&nbsp;20, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Michael J. Hoffman</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Chief Executive Officer and Director</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(principal executive officer)</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Renee J.
Peterson&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Vice President, Treasurer and</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center">May 20, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Renee J. Peterson</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Chief Financial Officer</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(principal financial officer)</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Thomas J.
Larson&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Vice President,</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center">May 20, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Thomas J. Larson</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Corporate Controller</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(principal accounting officer)</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Timothy P.
Dordell&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Directors</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">May 20, 2015</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Timothy P. Dordell</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">As attorney in fact for Robert C.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Buhrmaster, Janet K. Cooper, Gary L.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Ellis, Jeffrey M. Ettinger, Katherine J.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Harless, James C. O&#146;Rourke, Gregg W.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Steinhafel and Christopher A. Twomey</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of The Toro Company</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June&nbsp;17, 2008, Commission File No. 1-8649</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of The Toro Company</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated March&nbsp;13, 2013, Commission File No.&nbsp;1-8649</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of The Toro Company</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June&nbsp;17, 2008, Commission File No. 1-8649</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.4</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Specimen Form of Common Stock Certificate</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(c) to Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended August&nbsp;1, 2008, Commission File No. 1-8649</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Indenture dated as of January&nbsp;31, 1997, between The Toro Company and First National Trust Association, as Trustee, relating to The Toro Company&#146;s 7.80% Debentures due June&nbsp;15, 2027</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(a) to Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June&nbsp;24, 1997, Commission File No. 1-8649</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Indenture dated as of April&nbsp;20, 2007, between The Toro Company, as issuer, and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, relating to The Toro Company&#146;s 6.625% Notes due May&nbsp;1, 2037</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-3 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;23, 2007, Registration No. 333-142282</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.7</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">First Supplemental Indenture dated as of April&nbsp;26, 2007, between The Toro Company, as issuer, and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, relating to The Toro Company&#146;s 6.625% Notes due May&nbsp;1, 2037</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated April&nbsp;23, 2007, Commission File No. 1-8649</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.8</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Form of The Toro Company 6.625% Note due May&nbsp;1, 2037</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated April&nbsp;23, 2007, Commission File No. 1-8649</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of Counsel Regarding Legality</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Filed herewith</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Counsel</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Included as part of Exhibit 5.1</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">23.2</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of KPMG LLP</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Filed herewith</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">24.1</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Power of Attorney</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Filed herewith</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>99.1</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">The Toro Company Amended and Restated 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated March&nbsp;17, 2015, Commission File No. 1-8649</TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Nonemployee Director Stock Option Agreement between The Toro Company and its Non-Employee Directors under The Toro Company Amended and Restated 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Filed herewith</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement between The Toro Company and its officers and other employees under The Toro Company Amended and Restated 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Filed herewith</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Performance Share Award Agreement between The Toro Company and its officers and other employees under The Toro Company Amended and Restated 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Filed herewith</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Annual Performance Award Agreement between The Toro Company and its officers and other employees under The Toro Company Amended and Restated 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Filed herewith</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement between The Toro Company and its officers and other employees under The Toro Company Amended and Restated 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Filed herewith</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement between The Toro Company and its officers and other employees under The Toro Company Amended and Restated 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Filed herewith</TD></TR>
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Form S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 2015
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
THE TORO COMPANY
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
41-0580470
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
8111 Lyndale Avenue South
Bloomington, Minnesota 55420-1196
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
The Toro
Company Amended and Restated
2010 Equity and Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Timothy P. Dordell
Vice
President, Secretary and General Counsel
The Toro Company
8111 Lyndale Avenue South
Bloomington, Minnesota 55420-1196
(952) 888-8801
(Name and
Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copies requested to:
Amy E. Culbert, Esq.
Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP
Campbell Mithun Tower, Suite 2000
222 South Ninth Street
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
(612) 607-7287
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in
Rule 12b-2
of
the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
x
Accelerated filer
¨
Non-accelerated filer
¨
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
¨
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
to be Registered
Amount
to be
Registered(1)
Proposed
Maximum
Offering
Price
Per Share(2)
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price(2)
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share
New Shares(3)
300,000 shares
$67.76
$20,328,000
$2,362
Carryover Shares(4)
398,243 shares
$67.76
$26,984,946
$3,136
Total
698,243 shares
$67.76
$47,312,946
$5,498
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), the shares being registered hereunder include an indeterminate number of additional shares that may be issued to adjust
the number of shares issued pursuant to The Toro Company Amended and Restated 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan (the "2010 Plan") described herein as the result of any future stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the
outstanding common stock, par value $1.00 per share ("Common Stock"), of the Registrant.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee and calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act on the basis of the average of the high and low
sales prices of the Common Stock, as reported by the New York Stock Exchange on May 13, 2015.
(3)
As described in the Explanatory Note, the New Shares are shares of Common Stock of the Registrant that are newly available for issuance pursuant to the 2010 Plan. On March 17, 2015, the shareholders of the
Registrant approved the 2010 Plan which, among other things, increased the number of shares of Common Stock of the Registrant authorized for issuance under the 2010 Plan by 300,000 shares.
(4)
As described in the Explanatory Note, the Carryover Shares consist of (a) 26,316 shares that were previously subject to awards under The Toro Company 2000 Stock Option Plan that were registered on Registration
Statements on Form S-8 (Registration Statement Nos. 333-151086, 333-135033, 333-89262 and 333-39052) plus (b) 369,409 shares that were previously subject to awards under The Toro Company Performance Share Plan that were registered on a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration Statement No. 333-89260) plus (c) 2,518 shares that were previously subject to awards under The Toro Company 2000 Directors Stock Plan that were registered on Registration Statements on
Form S-8 (Registration Statement Nos. 333-159767 and 333-57198). The Carryover Shares were available for future grants under the plans referred to above in this footnote 4 (the "Prior Plans") as of March 16, 2010, the date of the
initial adoption of The Toro Company 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan, and may now be issued under the 2010 Plan. Post-effective amendments to the foregoing Form S-8 Registration Statements to the extent they are no longer required to remain
outstanding and effective are being filed contemporaneously with the filing of this Registration Statement to deregister the Carryover Shares.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The share numbers in the Explanatory Note below reflect adjustments for a two-for-one stock split effected on April 12, 2005 and a
two-for-one stock split effected on June 29, 2012.
On March 17, 2015, the shareholders of The Toro Company (the
"Registrant") approved The Toro Company Amended and Restated 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan (the "2010 Plan") which, among other things, increased the number of shares of common stock, par value $1.00 ("Common Stock"),
of the Registrant authorized for issuance under the 2010 Plan by 300,000 shares (the "New Shares"). The maximum number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the 2010 Plan, subject to adjustment pursuant to the terms of the
2010 Plan, is now 5,800,000 shares plus the number of shares subject to awards outstanding under The Toro Company 2000 Stock Option Plan, The Toro Company Performance Share Plan and The Toro Company 2000 Directors Stock Plan (collectively, the
"Prior Plans") as of March 16, 2010, the date of the initial adoption of the 2010 Plan, but only to the extent that such outstanding awards under the Prior Plans are forfeited, expire or otherwise terminate without the issuance of
such shares (the "Carryover Shares"). The Registrant's authority to grant new awards under the Prior Plans terminated upon shareholder approval of the initial adoption of the 2010 Plan on March 16, 2010.
On March 19, 2010, the Registrant filed a registration statement on Form S-8 (Registration Statement No. 333-165582) with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") in connection with the registration of 5,500,000 shares of Common Stock to be issued under the 2010 Plan. The purpose of this registration statement is to register the New Shares and
the Carryover Shares. The Carryover Shares consist of the following shares that are now available for issuance under the 2010 Plan:
•
26,316 shares that were previously subject to awards under The Toro Company 2000 Stock Option Plan that were registered on Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Registration Statement Nos. 333-151086, 333-135033,
333-89262 and 333-39052);
•
369,409 shares that were previously subject to awards under The Toro Company Performance Share Plan that were registered on a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration Statement No. 333-89260); and
•
2,518 shares that were previously subject to awards under The Toro Company 2000 Directors Stock Plan that were registered on Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Registration Statement Nos. 333-159767 and 333-57198).
Post-effective amendments to the foregoing Form S-8 Registration Statements to the extent they are no longer required to
remain outstanding and effective are being filed contemporaneously with the filing of this Registration Statement to deregister the Carryover Shares.
Additional shares of Common Stock registered under the Prior Plans may become available for future grants under the 2010 Plan if awards made
under the Prior Plans that were outstanding on March 16, 2010 are forfeited, expire or otherwise terminate without the issuance of such shares. Such shares may be registered for issuance under the 2010 Plan pursuant to subsequent registration
statements.
2
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1.
Plan Information.*
Item 2.
Registrant Information and Employee Annual Information.*
*
As permitted under Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") and the Note to Part I of
Form S-8,
this Registration Statement
omits the information specified in Part I of this Registration Statement on Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The rules of the Commission allow the
Registrant to incorporate by reference information into this Registration Statement. This means that the Registrant may disclose important information to you by referring you to another document.
The following documents previously filed by the Registrant with the Commission are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
(a)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2014 (File No. 1-8649);
(b)
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended January 30, 2015 (File No. 1-8649);
(c)
The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K (only to the extent "filed" and not "furnished") filed on November 14, 2014 and March 19, 2015 (File No. 1-8649); and
(d)
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registrant's Registration Statements filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
"Exchange Act"), including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such descriptions (File No. 1-8649).
In addition, all documents filed with the Commission by the Registrant (other than portions of such documents which are furnished and not
filed) pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been
sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the time of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed
to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
The opinion of counsel as to the legality of
the securities being registered, which is Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement, is rendered by Timothy P. Dordell, Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of the Registrant. Mr. Dordell owns or has rights to acquire an aggregate of
less than 0.5% of the Registrant's outstanding Common Stock.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Subsection (a) of Section 145 of
the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "DGCL") empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding,
whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation), by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at
the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by
such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and with respect to any criminal
action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person's conduct was unlawful.
Subsection (b) of Section 145
of the DGCL empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by
reason of the fact that the person acted in any of the capacities set forth above, against expenses actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if such person acted under similar
standards, except that no indemnification may be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person has been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which
such action or suit was brought determines that, despite the adjudication of liability, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court deems proper.
Section 145 of the DGCL further provides that, to the extent that a present or former director or officer of a corporation has been
successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person will be indemnified against expenses (including
attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection therewith; that indemnification provided for by Section 145 of the DGCL will not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which the indemnified party may be entitled; and
that the scope of such mandatory indemnification extends to directors, officers, employees or agents of a constituent corporation absorbed in a consolidation or merger and persons serving in that capacity at the request of the constituent
corporation for another. Section 145 of the DGCL also empowers the corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation against any liability asserted
against and incurred by such person in any such capacity or arising out of such person's status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under Section 145, including
liability under the Securities Act.
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Article X of the Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation mandates indemnification
of a director or officer of the Registrant or a person serving at the request of the Registrant as a director, officer, employee or agent of another entity to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL against expenses, liability and loss and
authorizes the Board to express such rights in written contracts.
Article X of the Registrant's Restated Certificate of
Incorporation provides, in accordance with Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, for the elimination of the personal liability of a director to the Registrant or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director under
certain circumstances.
The above discussion of the Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation and of Sections 102(b)(7) and
145 of the DGCL is not intended to be exhaustive and is qualified in its entirety by the Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the DGCL.
The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors pursuant to which the Registrant has agreed to indemnify
each director to the fullest extent permitted by law against any expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid or owing that arise out of events or occurrences related to such director's status, capacities and activities with the
Registrant.
The Registrant also maintains liability insurance policies which provide for indemnification of a director or officer of the
Registrant or a person serving at the request of the Registrant as a director, officer, employee or agent of another entity against certain liabilities under certain circumstances.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement:
Exhibit
No.
Description
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of The Toro Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 17, 2008, Commission File No. 1-8649)
4.2
Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of The Toro Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 13, 2013, Commission File
No. 1-8649)
4.3
Amended and Restated Bylaws of The Toro Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 17, 2008, Commission File No. 1-8649)
4.4
Specimen Form of Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(c) to Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended August 1, 2008, Commission File No.
1-8649)
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Exhibit
No.
Description
4.5
Indenture dated as of January 31, 1997, between The Toro Company and First National Trust Association, as Trustee, relating to The Toro Company's 7.80% Debentures due June 15, 2027 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4(a) to Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 24, 1997, Commission File No. 1-8649)
4.6
Indenture dated as of April 20, 2007, between The Toro Company, as issuer, and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, relating to The Toro Company's 6.625% Notes due May 1, 2037 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.3 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-3 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 23, 2007, Registration No. 333-142282)
4.7
First Supplemental Indenture dated as of April 26, 2007, between The Toro Company, as issuer, and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, relating to The Toro Company's 6.625% Notes due May 1, 2037 (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 23, 2007, Commission File
No. 1-8649)
4.8
Form of The Toro Company 6.625% Note due May 1, 2037 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 23, 2007, Commission File No. 1-8649)
5.1
Opinion of Counsel Regarding Legality (filed herewith)
23.1
Consent of Counsel (included as part of Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of KPMG LLP (filed herewith)
24.1
Power of Attorney (filed herewith)
99.1
The Toro Company Amended and Restated 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 17, 2015, Commission File No. 1-8649)
99.2
Form of Nonemployee Director Stock Option Agreement between The Toro Company and its Non-Employee Directors under The Toro Company Amended and Restated 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan (filed herewith)
99.3
Form of Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement between The Toro Company and its officers and other employees under The Toro Company Amended and Restated 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan (filed herewith)
99.4
Form of Performance Share Award Agreement between The Toro Company and its officers and other employees under The Toro Company Amended and Restated 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan (filed herewith)
99.5
Form of Annual Performance Award Agreement between The Toro Company and its officers and other employees under The Toro Company Amended and Restated 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan (filed herewith)
99.6
Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement between The Toro Company and its officers and other employees under The Toro Company Amended and Restated 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan (filed herewith)
99.7
Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement between The Toro Company and its officers and other employees under The Toro Company Amended and Restated 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan (filed herewith)
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Item 9.
Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes as follows:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the
most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
effective Registration Statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
Provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-8, and the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being
registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report
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pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of
any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of
the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Bloomington, State of Minnesota, on May 20, 2015.
THE TORO COMPANY
(Registrant)
By:
/s/ Timothy P. Dordell
Timothy P. Dordell
Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the
following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/    Michael J.
Hoffman
Chairman of the Board, President and
May 20, 2015
Michael J. Hoffman
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(principal executive officer)
/s/    Renee J.
Peterson
Vice President, Treasurer and
May 20, 2015
Renee J. Peterson
Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial officer)
/s/    Thomas J.
Larson
Vice President,
May 20, 2015
Thomas J. Larson
Corporate Controller
(principal accounting officer)
/s/    Timothy P.
Dordell
Directors
May 20, 2015
Timothy P. Dordell
As attorney in fact for Robert C.
Buhrmaster, Janet K. Cooper, Gary L.
Ellis, Jeffrey M. Ettinger, Katherine J.
Harless, James C. O'Rourke, Gregg W.
Steinhafel and Christopher A. Twomey
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
No.
Description
Method of Filing
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of The Toro Company
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 17, 2008, Commission File No. 1-8649
4.2
Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of The Toro Company
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 13, 2013, Commission File No. 1-8649
4.3
Amended and Restated Bylaws of The Toro Company
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 17, 2008, Commission File No. 1-8649
4.4
Specimen Form of Common Stock Certificate
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(c) to Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended August 1, 2008, Commission File No. 1-8649
4.5
Indenture dated as of January 31, 1997, between The Toro Company and First National Trust Association, as Trustee, relating to The Toro Company's 7.80% Debentures due June 15, 2027
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(a) to Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 24, 1997, Commission File No. 1-8649
4.6
Indenture dated as of April 20, 2007, between The Toro Company, as issuer, and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, relating to The Toro Company's 6.625% Notes due May 1, 2037
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-3 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 23, 2007, Registration No. 333-142282
4.7
First Supplemental Indenture dated as of April 26, 2007, between The Toro Company, as issuer, and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, relating to The Toro Company's 6.625% Notes due May 1, 2037
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 23, 2007, Commission File No. 1-8649
4.8
Form of The Toro Company 6.625% Note due May 1, 2037
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 23, 2007, Commission File No. 1-8649
5.1
Opinion of Counsel Regarding Legality
Filed herewith
23.1
Consent of Counsel
Included as part of Exhibit 5.1
23.2
Consent of KPMG LLP
Filed herewith
24.1
Power of Attorney
Filed herewith
99.1
The Toro Company Amended and Restated 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 17, 2015, Commission File No. 1-8649
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Exhibit
No.
Description
Method of Filing
99.2
Form of Nonemployee Director Stock Option Agreement between The Toro Company and its Non-Employee Directors under The Toro Company Amended and Restated 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan
Filed herewith
99.3
Form of Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement between The Toro Company and its officers and other employees under The Toro Company Amended and Restated 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan
Filed herewith
99.4
Form of Performance Share Award Agreement between The Toro Company and its officers and other employees under The Toro Company Amended and Restated 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan
Filed herewith
99.5
Form of Annual Performance Award Agreement between The Toro Company and its officers and other employees under The Toro Company Amended and Restated 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan
Filed herewith
99.6
Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement between The Toro Company and its officers and other employees under The Toro Company Amended and Restated 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan
Filed herewith
99.7
Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement between The Toro Company and its officers and other employees under The Toro Company Amended and Restated 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan
Filed herewith
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