The Toro Company (TTC) Form 4 TORO / KATHERINE J HARLESS 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^*

HARLESS KATHERINE J

(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)

X	Director	10% Owner
	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
11/01/2018

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 Units	11/01/2018		A		1,009(1)	A	$0	6,613.881(2)	D
Common Stock								65,529.51	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
Non-Qualified Stock Option	$58.63	11/01/2018		A		4,482(3)		(4)	11/01/2028	Common Stock	4,482	$0	4,482	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Annual common stock award for service as a non-employee director issued under The Toro Company Amended and Restated 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (the "Amended and Restated 2010 Plan"). The reporting person has deferred the payout of her stock award under The Toro Company Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors (the "Deferred Plan") and, accordingly, the reporting person's stock award is paid in common stock units under the Deferred Plan.

2. Includes 55.935 common stock units acquired by the reporting person under the dividend reinvestment feature of the Deferred Plan since the date of her last report.

3. Annual option grant for service as a non-employee director issued under the Amended and Restated 2010 Plan.

4. The option vests in three equal annual installments commencing on the first anniversary of the date of grant.

	/s/ Nancy A. McGrath, Attorney-In-Fact	11/02/2018
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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