Exhibit 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, each being a member of the Board of Directors of The Toro Company, a Delaware corporation, do hereby make, nominate and appoint each of MICHAEL J. HOFFMAN AND TIMOTHY P. DORDELL, signing singly, to be his or her attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority to sign his or her name to a Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 (“Amendment No. 2”) to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-57198), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 19, 2001, and as previously amended by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 (No. 333-57198), previously filed with the Commission on June 2, 2003 (as amended, the “Registration Statement”), and any and all additional amendments thereto (including without limitation additional post-effective amendments to register or de-register shares), provided that Amendment No. 2 and any additional amendments to the Registration Statement, in final form, be approved by said attorney-in-fact; and his name, when thus signed, shall have the same force and effect as though I had manually signed said document or documents.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed my signature this 21st day of May, 2008.
Signature
| /s/ Robert C. Buhrmaster | |
| Robert C. Buhrmaster | |
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| /s/ Winslow H. Buxton | |
| Winslow H. Buxton | |
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| /s/ Janet K. Cooper | |
| Janet K. Cooper | |
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| /s/ Gary L. Ellis | |
| Gary L. Ellis | |
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| /s/ Katherine J. Harless | |
| Katherine J. Harless | |
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| /s/ Robert H. Nassau | |
| Robert H. Nassau | |
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| /s/ Gregg W. Steinhafel | |
| Gregg W. Steinhafel | |
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| /s/ Inge G. Thulin | |
| Inge G. Thulin | |
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| /s/ Christopher A. Twomey | |
| Christopher A. Twomey | |
