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* Vale Michael G. (Last) (First) (Middle) 8111 LYNDALE AVENUE SOUTH (Street) BLOOMINGTON MN 55420-1196 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 01/01/2018	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.

	/s/ Nancy A. McGrath, Attorney-In-Fact	01/08/2018
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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Exhibit 24

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints each of Timothy P. Dordell, Nancy A. McGrath and
Angela D. Snavely, 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)	Prepare and execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in
the undersigned?s capacity as a director of the Company, Forms 3, 4
and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder
(the ?Exchange Act?);

(2)	Prepare and execute for and on behalf of the undersigned,
in the undersigned?s capacity as a director of the Company, any
Form 144 in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the
?Securities Act?);

(3)	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, 5 and 144 and the timely filing of
such forms with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(4)	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 Limited Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may
approve in such attorney-in-fact?s 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, 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 Limited 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
the Securities Act and Exchange Act, including Section 16 of the
Exchange Act and Rule 144 under the Securities Act.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Limited 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 a director of the Company, whichever first occurs.


Signed:		/s/ Michael G. Vale
		Michael G. Vale

Dated:	01/01/2018