| FORM 4 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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| Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). | |||||||||||||||||
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
| 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol TORO CO [ TTC ] | 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
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| 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 12/18/2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year) | 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ||||||||||
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) | 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | |||
| Code | V | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price | ||||||
| Common Stock | 12/18/2019 | A | 7,079(1) | A | $0 | 7,079 | D | |||
| Common Stock | 12/18/2019 | F | 2,167 | D | $75.75 | 4,912 | D | |||
| Common Stock | 309.63(2) | I | By Trust | |||||||
| Common Stock | 53.567(3) | I | The Toro Company Investment, Savings & ESOP | |||||||
| Performance Share Units | 109,805.537(4) | D | ||||||||
| Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||||||||||
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) | 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) | 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) | 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | ||||
| Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||||||
| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. Represents the payout of a Performance Share Award for the Fiscal 2017 to Fiscal 2019 Performance Period under The Toro Company Amended and Restated 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (the "Amended and Restated 2010 Plan"), as approved by the Issuer's Compensation & Human Resources Committee of its Board of Directors on December 3, 2019, and which was conditioned upon and subject to confirmation by the Issuer's Fiscal 2019 financial results that were released on December 18, 2019. Performance Share Awards are paid in shares of common stock under the Amended and Restated 2010 Plan. |
| 2. Includes 4.134 shares of common stock acquired by the reporting person since the date of his last report under the dividend reinvestment feature of The Toro Company Direct Stock Purchase Plan. |
| 3. Includes the following shares of common stock acquired by the reporting person since the date of his last report: 0.507 net shares acquired under the dividend reinvestment feature of The Toro Company Investment, Savings & ESOP (the "IS&ESOP") less quarterly non-discretionary administrative fees; and 53.06 shares acquired through Issuer annual investment fund contributions to the IS&ESOP. |
| 4. Includes 1,464.842 performance share units acquired by the reporting person since the date of his last report under the dividend reinvestment feature of The Toro Company Deferred Compensation Plan for Officers. |
| /s/ Nancy A. McGrath, Attorney-In-Fact | 12/20/2019 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | ||
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v). | ||
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