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SEC FORM 4 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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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Stinson Mark B

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

8111 LYNDALE AVENUE SOUTH

(Street)

BLOOMINGTON

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
	Officer (give title below)	X	Other (specify below)
GM, LCB- Exmark

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
12/01/2009

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)
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								8,015	D
Common Stock								957.945⁽¹⁾	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)
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)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Stock Option	$40.73	12/01/2009		A		5,500		⁽²⁾	12/01/2019	Common Stock	5,500	$0	5,500	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Includes the following shares of common stock acquired by the reporting person under the dividend reinvestment feature of The Toro Company Investment, Savings & ESOP (IS&ESOP) since the date of his last report: 3.276 shares acquired on January 12, 2009, 5.463 shares acquired on April 13, 2009, 4.802 shares acquired on July 10, 2009, and 3.662 shares acquired on October 19, 2009. Also includes 163.857 shares acquired on March 5, 2009 through issuer contributions to the IS&ESOP and an account adjustment (rounding) of 0.045 shares of common stock on January 12, 2009.

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

	/s/ Amy E. Dahl, Attorney-in-Fact	12/03/2009
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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EXHIBIT 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints each of Amy E. Dahl, Timothy P. Dordell and Stephen P.
Wolfe, 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 (the ?Company?) 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, as amended, 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 and
execute any such Forms 3, 4, and 5 and the timely filing of such
forms 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 discretions.

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, or 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, nor is the
Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, and the rules thereunder.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed effective as of the date indicated below,
and said Power of Attorney shall remain in effect until revoked
by the undersigned in writing, or at such time as the undersigned
is no longer an officer of the Company, whichever first occurs.


Signed:		/s/ Mark B. Stinson
		Mark B. Stinson

Dated:	02/10/2009