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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October&nbsp;4, 2004



<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-___


<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>THE TORO COMPANY</B>
<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Delaware<BR>
(State or other jurisdiction<BR>
of incorporation or organization)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">41-0580470<BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification Number)</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">8111 Lyndale Avenue South<BR>
Bloomington, Minnesota 55420<BR>
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>THE TORO COMPANY<BR>
PROFIT SHARING PLAN FOR PLYMOUTH UNION EMPLOYEES</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">J. Lawrence McIntyre, Esquire<BR>
Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel<BR>
The Toro Company<BR>
8111 Lyndale Avenue South<BR>
Bloomington, Minnesota 55420<BR>
Telephone number: (952)&nbsp;888-8801<BR>
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Copy to:<BR>
Helen P. Starr, Esquire<BR>
Perkins Coie LLP<BR>
607 Fourteenth Street, NW<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20005


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>


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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="6%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="7%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="6%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="8%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
     <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" valign="top"><B>Proposed</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" valign="top"><B>Proposed</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>Title of</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" valign="top"><B>maximum</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" valign="top"><B>maximum</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size:8pt">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>securities to be</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" valign="top"><B>Amount to be</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" valign="top"><B>offering price</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" valign="top"><B>aggregate</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" valign="top"><B>Amount of</B>
</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>registered</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" valign="top"><B>registered</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" valign="top"><B>per share</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>

    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" valign="top"><B>offering price</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" valign="top"><B>registration fee</B>
</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade>&nbsp;</TD>

    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><HR size="1" noshade>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>

    <TD align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><HR size="1" noshade>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><HR size="1" noshade>&nbsp;</TD>

    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><HR size="1" noshade>&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">35,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">$</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">67.295</TD>


    <TD align="left" valign="top">(c)
</TD>

    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">$</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">2,335,325</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">(c)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">$</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">158.14</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">(d)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">par value $1.00
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="left" valign="top">shares(b)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">per share (a)</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Interests in the Plan (e)</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Each share of Common Stock has one Preferred Share Purchase Right
attached to it. Value attributable to such Rights, if any, is reflected
in the market price of the Common Stock.</TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of shares that
may be issued in respect of stock splits, stock dividends and similar
transactions in the future.</TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Estimated solely to calculate the registration fee, pursuant to Rule
457(c) and Rule&nbsp;457(h), on the basis of the average of the high and low
prices reported by the New York Stock Exchange on September&nbsp;27, 2004.</TD>
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<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(d)</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Restricted fee to be applied to account number 737758.</TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(e)</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933,
this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of
interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan
described.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART I</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As permitted by the instructions to Form S-8, this Registration Statement
omits the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Registrant&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form S-8.

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission allow Registrant to
incorporate by reference information into this Registration Statement. This
means that Registrant may disclose important information to you by referring
you to another document.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents have been filed by Registrant with the Securities
and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and
are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:


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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="right">1.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
October&nbsp;31, 2003 (File No.&nbsp;1-8649).</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="right">2.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended January
30, 2004 (File No.&nbsp;1-8649).</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="right">3.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April&nbsp;30,
2004 (File No.&nbsp;1-8649).</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="right">4.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July&nbsp;30,
2004 (File No.&nbsp;1-8649).</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="right">5.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The descriptions of its Common Stock and Preferred Share Purchase
Rights contained in its Registration Statements filed with the
Commission pursuant to Section&nbsp;12 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
updating such descriptions (File No.&nbsp;1-8649).</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to
the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement and to be part of this Registration Statement from the date of
filing of those documents. The information contained in a document will
automatically update and supersede any information previously incorporated by
reference into this Registration Statement.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Common Stock is registered under Section 12(b) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</B>.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The opinion of counsel as to the legality of the securities being
registered, which is Exhibit&nbsp;5 to this Registration Statement, is rendered by
J. Lawrence McIntyre, Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of
Registrant. Mr.&nbsp;McIntyre does not participate in this Plan.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</B>.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
empowers a corporation incorporated under the statute to indemnify its
directors, officers, employees and agents and its former directors, officers,
employees and agents and those who serve in such capacities with another
enterprise at the corporation&#146;s request against expenses (including attorneys&#146;
fees), as well as judgments, fines and settlements, actually and reasonably
incurred by them in connection with any action, suit or proceeding in which
they or any of them were or are made parties or are threatened to be made
parties by reason of their serving or having served in such capacity. The
power to indemnify exists only where such officer, director, employee or agent
has acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, in the case of a criminal
action, where such person had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was
unlawful. Unless a court determines to the contrary, a corporation has no
power of indemnification in an action or suit by or in the right of the
corporation, where such person has been adjudged liable to the corporation.
Indemnification against expenses is mandatory to the extent a claim, issue or
matter has been successfully defended. Indemnification and advancement of
expenses are not deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those
indemnified may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or
otherwise. A Delaware corporation also has the power to purchase and maintain
insurance on behalf of any person it has the power to indemnify, whether or not
indemnity against liability would be allowed under the statute.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;2 of Article&nbsp;X of Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation mandates indemnification of a director or officer of Registrant
or a person serving at the request of Registrant as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another entity to the fullest extent authorized by the
Delaware General Corporation Law against expenses, liability and loss and
authorizes the Board to express such rights in written contracts.



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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;1 of Article&nbsp;X of Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation provides, in accordance with Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the
Delaware General Corporation Law, for the elimination or limitation of the personal
liability of a director to Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages
for breach of fiduciary duty as a director under certain circumstances.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Registrant also maintains liability insurance policies which provide for
indemnification of a director or officer of Registrant or a person serving at
the request of Registrant as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
entity against certain liabilities under certain circumstances.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The exhibits are listed in the exhibit index.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Registrant undertakes that it has submitted the Plan and will submit any
amendment thereto to the Internal Revenue Service in a timely manner and has
made all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the Plan.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">(a)&nbsp;Rule&nbsp;415 offering.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:



<P align="left" style="margin-left:4%; font-size: 10pt">(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;



<P align="left" style="margin-left:4%; font-size: 10pt">(ii)&nbsp;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;



<P align="left" style="margin-left:4%; font-size: 10pt">(iii)&nbsp;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;


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange
Commission by the Registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, 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.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;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 align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;Filings incorporating subsequent Securities Exchange Act of 1934
documents by reference.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) 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.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 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 Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the 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 of
whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>The Registrant</B>. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, 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
the 30th day of September, 2004.

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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><B>THE TORO COMPANY</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Registrant)</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ J. Lawrence McIntyre
<HR align="left" size="1" noshade width="70%">
J. Lawrence McIntyre, Vice President,</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Secretary and General Counsel</TD>
</TR>

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS</B>, that each person whose signature
appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Kendrick B. Melrose, Stephen P.
Wolfe and J. Lawrence McIntyre, or any one of them, each with power to act
without the other, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and/or all subsequent amendments
to this registration statement, and to file the same, or cause to be filed the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission granting unto said attorney-in-fact
and agent full power to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby approving and confirming all
that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or substitutes may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

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    <TD width="19%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Date</B></TD>
</TR>


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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Kendrick B. Melrose
<HR align="center" size="1" noshade width="100%">
Kendrick B. Melrose
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chairman, Chief Executive<br>
Officer, President and Director<br>
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;30, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;
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    <TD width="33%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="19%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Date</B></TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Stephen P. Wolfe
<HR align="center" size="1" noshade width="100%">
Stephen P. Wolfe
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Vice President Finance<br>
and Chief Financial Officer<br>
(Principal Financial Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;30, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Randy B. James
<HR align="center" size="1" noshade width="100%">
Randy B. James
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Vice President and Controller<br>
(Principal Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;30, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Ronald O. Baukol
<HR align="center" size="1" noshade width="100%">
Ronald O. Baukol
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;30, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert C. Buhrmaster
<HR align="center" size="1" noshade width="100%">
Robert C. Buhrmaster
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;30, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Winslow H. Buxton
<HR align="center" size="1" noshade width="100%">
Winslow H. Buxton
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;30, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Janet K. Cooper
<HR align="center" size="1" noshade width="100%">
Janet K. Cooper
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;30, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Katherine J. Harless
<HR align="center" size="1" noshade width="100%">
Katherine J. Harless
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;30, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert H. Nassau
<HR align="center" size="1" noshade width="100%">
Robert H. Nassau
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;30, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Dale R. Olseth
<HR align="center" size="1" noshade width="100%">
Dale R. Olseth
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;30, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Christopher A. Twomey
<HR align="center" size="1" noshade width="100%">
Christopher A. Twomey
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;30, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Gregg W. Steinhafel
<HR align="center" size="1" noshade width="100%">
Gregg W. Steinhafel
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;30, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Edwin H. Wingate
<HR align="center" size="1" noshade width="100%">
Edwin H. Wingate
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;30, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>The Plan</B>. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the trustees
(or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan)
have 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 September&nbsp;30, 2004.


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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3"><B>THE TORO COMPANY PROFIT SHARING<BR>
PLAN FOR PLYMOUTH UNION <BR>
EMPLOYEES </B>(Plan)<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ J. Lawrence McIntyre
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">J. Lawrence McIntyre, Vice President,&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">Secretary and General Counsel&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>EXHIBIT LIST</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</B>


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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="90%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Exhibit Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Description</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD  VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="LEFT"></TD>
<TD></TD>
    <TD  VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="LEFT">Instruments defining the rights of security holders, including indentures</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">(a)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4(b)
to Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated May&nbsp;28, 2003, Commission File No.&nbsp;1-8649).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">(b)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws of Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4(c) to Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K
dated May&nbsp;28, 2003, Commission File No.&nbsp;1-8649).</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD nowrap valign="top">(c)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen form of Common Stock certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4(c) to Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8, Registration No.&nbsp;2-94417).</TD>
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    <TD nowrap valign="top">(d)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement dated as of May&nbsp;20, 1998, between Registrant and Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National
Association relating to rights to purchase Series&nbsp;B Junior Participating Voting Preferred Stock, as amended
(incorporated by reference to Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated May&nbsp;27, 1998, Commission File No.
1-8649).</TD>
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    <TD nowrap valign="top">(e)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Adjusted Purchase Price or Number of Shares dated April&nbsp;14, 2003 filed
by Registrant with Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, N.A., as Rights Agent, in connection with Rights Agreement dated
as of May&nbsp;20, 1998 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;2 to Registrant&#146;s Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A/A dated April&nbsp;14, 2003, Commission File No.&nbsp;1-8649).</TD>
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    <TD nowrap valign="top">(f)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indenture dated as of January&nbsp;31, 1997, between Registrant and First National Trust Association, as Trustee,
relating to the Registrant&#146;s 7.125% Notes due June&nbsp;15, 2007 and its 7.80% Debentures due June&nbsp;15, 2027
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4(a) to Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K for June&nbsp;24, 1997,
Commission File No.&nbsp;1-8649).</TD>
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Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 4, 2004
Registration No. 333-___
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
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
41-0580470
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
8111 Lyndale Avenue South
Bloomington, Minnesota 55420
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
THE TORO COMPANY
PROFIT SHARING PLAN FOR PLYMOUTH UNION EMPLOYEES
(Full title of the plan)
J. Lawrence McIntyre, Esquire
Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
The Toro Company
8111 Lyndale Avenue South
Bloomington, Minnesota 55420
Telephone number: (952) 888-8801
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
Copy to:
Helen P. Starr, Esquire
Perkins Coie LLP
607 Fourteenth Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20005
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Title of
maximum
maximum
securities to be
Amount to be
offering price
aggregate
Amount of
registered
registered
per share
offering price
registration fee
Common Stock
35,000
$
67.295
(c)
$
2,335,325
(c)
$
158.14
(d)
par value $1.00
shares(b)
per share (a)
Interests in the Plan (e)
(a)
Each share of Common Stock has one Preferred Share Purchase Right
attached to it. Value attributable to such Rights, if any, is reflected
in the market price of the Common Stock.
(b)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of shares that
may be issued in respect of stock splits, stock dividends and similar
transactions in the future.
(c)
Estimated solely to calculate the registration fee, pursuant to Rule
457(c) and Rule 457(h), on the basis of the average of the high and low
prices reported by the New York Stock Exchange on September 27, 2004.
(d)
Restricted fee to be applied to account number 737758.
(e)
In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933,
this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of
interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan
described.
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PART I
PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT LIST
Opinion/Consent of Counsel Regarding Legality
Consent of KPMG LLP
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PART I
As permitted by the instructions to Form S-8, this Registration Statement
omits the information specified in Part I of Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
The rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission allow Registrant to
incorporate by reference information into this Registration Statement. This
means that Registrant may disclose important information to you by referring
you to another document.
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents have been filed by Registrant with the Securities
and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and
are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
1.
Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
October 31, 2003 (File No. 1-8649).
2.
Its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended January
30, 2004 (File No. 1-8649).
3.
Its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 30,
2004 (File No. 1-8649).
4.
Its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 30,
2004 (File No. 1-8649).
5.
The descriptions of its Common Stock and Preferred Share Purchase
Rights contained in its Registration Statements filed with the
Commission pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
updating such descriptions (File No. 1-8649).
All documents subsequently filed by Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to
the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement and to be part of this Registration Statement from the date of
filing of those documents. The information contained in a document will
automatically update and supersede any information previously incorporated by
reference into this Registration Statement.
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Item 4. Description of Securities.
The Common Stock is registered under Section 12(b) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.
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 to this Registration Statement, is rendered by
J. Lawrence McIntyre, Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of
Registrant. Mr. McIntyre does not participate in this Plan.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
.
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
empowers a corporation incorporated under the statute to indemnify its
directors, officers, employees and agents and its former directors, officers,
employees and agents and those who serve in such capacities with another
enterprise at the corporation's request against expenses (including attorneys'
fees), as well as judgments, fines and settlements, actually and reasonably
incurred by them in connection with any action, suit or proceeding in which
they or any of them were or are made parties or are threatened to be made
parties by reason of their serving or having served in such capacity. The
power to indemnify exists only where such officer, director, employee or agent
has acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, in the case of a criminal
action, where such person had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was
unlawful. Unless a court determines to the contrary, a corporation has no
power of indemnification in an action or suit by or in the right of the
corporation, where such person has been adjudged liable to the corporation.
Indemnification against expenses is mandatory to the extent a claim, issue or
matter has been successfully defended. Indemnification and advancement of
expenses are not deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those
indemnified may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or
otherwise. A Delaware corporation also has the power to purchase and maintain
insurance on behalf of any person it has the power to indemnify, whether or not
indemnity against liability would be allowed under the statute.
Section 2 of Article X of Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation mandates indemnification of a director or officer of Registrant
or a person serving at the request of Registrant as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another entity to the fullest extent authorized by the
Delaware General Corporation Law against expenses, liability and loss and
authorizes the Board to express such rights in written contracts.
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Section 1 of Article X of Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation provides, in accordance with Section 102(b)(7) of the
Delaware General Corporation Law, for the elimination or limitation of the personal
liability of a director to Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages
for breach of fiduciary duty as a director under certain circumstances.
Registrant also maintains liability insurance policies which provide for
indemnification of a director or officer of Registrant or a person serving at
the request of 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 exhibits are listed in the exhibit index.
Registrant undertakes that it has submitted the Plan and will submit any
amendment thereto to the Internal Revenue Service in a timely manner and has
made all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the Plan.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) Rule 415 offering.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(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 of 1933;
(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;
(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;
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provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange
Commission by the Registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, 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) Filings incorporating subsequent Securities Exchange Act of 1934
documents by reference.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) 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.
(h) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 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 Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the 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 of
whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant
. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, 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
the 30th day of September, 2004.
THE TORO COMPANY
(Registrant)
By:
/s/ J. Lawrence McIntyre
J. Lawrence McIntyre, Vice President,
Secretary and General Counsel
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS
, that each person whose signature
appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Kendrick B. Melrose, Stephen P.
Wolfe and J. Lawrence McIntyre, or any one of them, each with power to act
without the other, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and/or all subsequent amendments
to this registration statement, and to file the same, or cause to be filed the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission granting unto said attorney-in-fact
and agent full power to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby approving and confirming all
that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or substitutes may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Kendrick B. Melrose
Kendrick B. Melrose
Chairman, Chief Executive
Officer, President and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
September 30, 2004
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Stephen P. Wolfe
Stephen P. Wolfe
Vice President Finance
and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
September 30, 2004
/s/ Randy B. James
Randy B. James
Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
September 30, 2004
/s/ Ronald O. Baukol
Ronald O. Baukol
Director
September 30, 2004
/s/ Robert C. Buhrmaster
Robert C. Buhrmaster
Director
September 30, 2004
/s/ Winslow H. Buxton
Winslow H. Buxton
Director
September 30, 2004
/s/ Janet K. Cooper
Janet K. Cooper
Director
September 30, 2004
/s/ Katherine J. Harless
Katherine J. Harless
Director
September 30, 2004
/s/ Robert H. Nassau
Robert H. Nassau
Director
September 30, 2004
/s/ Dale R. Olseth
Dale R. Olseth
Director
September 30, 2004
/s/ Christopher A. Twomey
Christopher A. Twomey
Director
September 30, 2004
/s/ Gregg W. Steinhafel
Gregg W. Steinhafel
Director
September 30, 2004
/s/ Edwin H. Wingate
Edwin H. Wingate
Director
September 30, 2004
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The Plan
. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the trustees
(or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan)
have 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 September 30, 2004.
THE TORO COMPANY PROFIT SHARING
PLAN FOR PLYMOUTH UNION
EMPLOYEES
(Plan)
By:
/s/ J. Lawrence McIntyre
J. Lawrence McIntyre, Vice President,
Secretary and General Counsel
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EXHIBIT LIST
Item 8. Exhibits
Exhibit Number
Description
4
Instruments defining the rights of security holders, including indentures
4
(a)
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(b)
to Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 28, 2003, Commission File No. 1-8649).
4
(b)
Bylaws of Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(c) to Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K
dated May 28, 2003, Commission File No. 1-8649).
4
(c)
Specimen form of Common Stock certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(c) to Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-8, Registration No. 2-94417).
4
(d)
Rights Agreement dated as of May 20, 1998, between Registrant and Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National
Association relating to rights to purchase Series B Junior Participating Voting Preferred Stock, as amended
(incorporated by reference to Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 27, 1998, Commission File No.
1-8649).
4
(e)
Certificate of Adjusted Purchase Price or Number of Shares dated April 14, 2003 filed
by Registrant with Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, N.A., as Rights Agent, in connection with Rights Agreement dated
as of May 20, 1998 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2 to Registrant's Amendment No. 1 to Registration
Statement on Form 8-A/A dated April 14, 2003, Commission File No. 1-8649).
4
(f)
Indenture dated as of January 31, 1997, between Registrant and First National Trust Association, as Trustee,
relating to the Registrant's 7.125% Notes due June 15, 2007 and its 7.80% Debentures due June 15, 2027
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(a) to Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K for June 24, 1997,
Commission File No. 1-8649).
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Exhibit Number
Description
5
Opinion of counsel regarding legality (
filed electronically herewith)
.
23(a)
Consent of counsel (
contained in Exhibit 5(a)
).
23(b)
Consent of KPMG LLP (
filed electronically herewith
).
24
Powers of Attorney (
filed electronically herewith and contained in
the signature pages
).