Edgar Filing: TORO CO

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 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

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, Comm. & Irrigation

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

8111 LYNDALE AVENUE SOUTH

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
12/04/2014

(Street)

BLOOMINGTON, MN 55420-1196

4. If Amendment, Date 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

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

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)
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	12/04/2014		A		3,853 ⁽¹⁾	A	$ 0	107,797.001 ⁽²⁾	D
Common Stock	12/04/2014		F		1,295	D	$ 64.97	106,502.001	D
Common Stock								4,952.772 ⁽³⁾	I	The Toro Company Investment, Savings & ESOP

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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 Underlying Securities
(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 of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Non-Qualified Stock Option

$ 62.75

12/05/2014

11,300

⁽⁴⁾

12/05/2024

Common Stock

11,300

$ 0

11,300

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
BROWN WILLIAM E JR 8111 LYNDALE AVENUE SOUTH BLOOMINGTON, MN 55420-1196			Group VP, Comm. & Irrigation

Signatures

/s/ Nancy A. McGrath, Attorney-In-Fact		12/08/2014
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Represents the payout of a Performance Share Award for the Fiscal 2012 to Fiscal 2014 Performance Period under The Toro Company 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan, as amended (the "2010 Plan"), as approved by the registrant's Compensation & Human Resources Committee of its Board of Directors on December 2, 2014, and which was conditioned upon and subject to confirmation by the registrant's Fiscal 2014 financial results that were released on December 4, 2014. Performance Share Awards are paid in shares of common stock under the 2010 Plan.
(2)	Includes 30.7 shares of common stock acquired by the reporting person since the date of his last report under The Toro Company Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the "DRIP") on 3,071.301 shares of restricted stock. The restricted stock and all related DRIP shares vest in full on the third anniversary of the date of grant, which was March 20, 2012.
(3)	Includes the following shares of common stock acquired by the reporting person since the date of his last report: 48.633 net shares acquired under the dividend reinvestment feature of The Toro Company Investment, Savings & ESOP (IS&ESOP) less quarterly non-discretionary administrative fees; and 58.661 shares acquired through issuer annual investment fund contributions to the IS&ESOP.
(4)	The option vests in three equal annual installments commencing on the first anniversary of the date of grant.

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