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	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* MELROSE KENDRICK B (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 X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Chairman of the Board
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 01/19/2006
	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	01/19/2006		F		348,740(1)	D	$44.83	843,121(1)	D
Common Stock								1,832	I	By grandchildren
Common Stock								38,115.9007	I	The Toro Company Investment, Savings & ESOP

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

Explanation of Responses:

1. On January 23, 2006, Toro distributed to Mr. Melrose 845,431 shares of Common Stock previously held as Common Stock units for his benefit under The Toro Company Deferred Compensation Plan for Officers. Toro also withheld from distribution 348,740 shares to pay income and related taxes required by law. The Common Stock units represented compensatin earned, but deferred, by Mr. Melrose under The Toro Company Performance Share Plan and The Toro Company Annual Management Incentive Plan II from 1999 through 2005. The distribution was made pursuant to Mr. Melrose's prior deferral election to take a lump sum distribution following his December 31, 2005 retirement as an employee of Toro. Under the terms of the plan, such a distribution is to be on or about January 15 following termination, and in Mr. Melrose's case, was ordered on January 19, 2006.

	N. Jeanne Ryan, Atty-In-Fact	01/23/2006
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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