SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES 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* Ellis Gary Lee (Last) (First) (Middle) MEDTRONIC, INC. 710 MEDTRONIC PARKWAY NE (Street) MINNEAPOLIS MN 55432-5604 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 06/26/2006	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol TORO CO [ TTC ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. 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 Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

No securities are beneficially owned.

	N. Jeanne Ryan, Attorney-in-Fact	06/28/2006
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of J. Lawrence McIntyre and N. Jeanne Ryan, signing singly, true
and lawful attorneys in-fact relative to the filings identified below in
connection with the undersigned's derivative and non-derivative securities of
The Toro Company (TTC) to:
(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance
with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
thereunder:
(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete the execution of any such
Form 3, 4 and 5 and the timely filing of such form with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar
authority; and
(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit
to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned,
it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact
on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall
be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in either of their discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the
rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes
as such attorney-in-fact might or could do if personally present, with
full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that each such attorney-in-fact, or any substitute or substitutes,
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney
and the rights and powers herein granted.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not
assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange act of 1934.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 23rd day of June 2006, and said Power shall
remain in effect until revoked by the undersigned in writing, or at
such time as the undersigned is no longer a director of The Toro Company,
whichever first occurs.
/s/ Gary L. Ellis
  Director