The Toro Company (TTC) Form 4 TORO / WILLIAM E BROWN JR ownership change

SEC Form 4

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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

BROWN WILLIAM E JR

(Last) (First) (Middle)

8111 LYNDALE AVENUE SOUTH

(Street)

BLOOMINGTON MN 55420-1196

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
TORO CO [ TTC ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Group VP, Res & Cont

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
09/15/2018

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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	09/15/2018		M		8,312.363	A	$0	189,544.715	D
Common Stock	09/17/2018		F		2,544	D	$62.39	187,000.715	D
Common Stock								173.476(1)	I	The Toro Company Investment, Savings & ESOP
Performance Share Units								9,190.163(2)	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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
Restricted Stock Units	(3)	09/15/2018		M			8,312.363	(4)	(4)	Common Stock	8,312.363	$0	0	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Includes the following shares of common stock acquired by the reporting person since the date of his last report: 1.481 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 51.380 shares acquired through issuer annual investment fund contributions to and revenue credit allocations in the IS&ESOP.

2. Includes 87.163 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.

3. Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of Toro common stock.

4. The restricted stock units and related dividend equivalents vested and became non-forfeitable in full on September 15, 2018, which was the third anniversary of the date of grant.

	/s/ Nancy A. McGrath, Attorney-In-Fact	09/18/2018
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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