1 AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON FEBRUARY 5, 2001 REGISTRATION NO. 333-20901 ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 -------------------------- POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 -------------------------- THE TORO COMPANY ------------------------------------------------------ (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) DELAWARE 41-0580470 ------------------------------- ------------------- (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 8111 LYNDALE AVENUE SOUTH, BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA 55420-1196 (952) 888-8801 ------------------------------------------------------------------ (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices) --------------------------- J. LAWRENCE MCINTYRE, ESQ. VICE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY AND GENERAL COUNSEL THE TORO COMPANY 8111 LYNDALE AVENUE SOUTH BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA 55420-1196 TELEPHONE: (952) 888-8801 --------------------------------------------------------- (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) --------------------------- COPY TO: DEAN R. EDSTROM, ESQ. ATTORNEY AT LAW PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION 1100 ONE FINANCIAL PLAZA 120 SOUTH SIXTH STREET MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55402-1801 TELEPHONE: (612) 573-3661 TELEFAX: (612) 330-0959 --------------------------- ================================================================================
2 DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES The purpose of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (this "Amendment") to Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-20901) (the "Registration Statement") of The Toro Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), is to deregister all securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement but unissued as of the date this Amendment is filed. The Registration Statement, which related to $250,000,000 principal amount of securities, became effective on June 10, 1997. On June 24, 1997 the Company sold $175,000,000 in debt securities registered under the Registration Statement. In accordance with an undertaking made by the Company in Part II, Item 17(a)(3) of the Registration Statement, the Company hereby deregisters the $75,000,000 principal amount of securities registered under the Registration Statement which remains unsold.
3 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, The Toro Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Bloomington and the State of Minnesota, on the 31st day of January, 2001. THE TORO COMPANY By: /S/ J. LAWRENCE MCINTYRE -------------------------------------- J. Lawrence McIntyre, VICE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY AND GENERAL COUNSEL Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post- Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated: NAME TITLE DATE - -------------------------------- -------------------------- ------------------ Chairman and Chief * Executive Officer - -------------------------------- (Principal Executive Kendrick B. Melrose Officer) Vice President and Chief /S/ STEPHEN P. WOLFE Financial Officer - -------------------------------- (Principal Financial January 31, 2001 Stephen P. Wolfe Officer) Vice President and * Controller - -------------------------------- (Principal Accounting Randy B. James Officer) * - -------------------------------- Director Ronald O. Baukol
4 NAME TITLE DATE - -------------------------------- -------------------------- ------------------ * - -------------------------------- Director Robert C. Buhrmaster - -------------------------------- Director January __, 2001 Winslow H. Buxton * - -------------------------------- Director Janet K. Cooper - -------------------------------- Director January __, 2001 Katherine J. Harless * - -------------------------------- Director Robert H. Nassau * - -------------------------------- Director Dale R. Olseth - -------------------------------- Director January __, 2001 Gregg W. Steinhafel - -------------------------------- Director January __, 2001 Christopher A. Twomey * - -------------------------------- Director Edwin H. Wingate *By: /S/ J. LAWRENCE MCINTYRE ---------------------------- January 31, 2001 J. Lawrence McIntyre ATTORNEY-IN-FACT