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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
MOELLER PETER D

(Last) (First) (Middle)
8111 LYNDALE AVENUE SOUTH

(Street)
BLOOMINGTON MN 55420

(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
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Group VP, Undg & Spec Construc
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
12/20/2023
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
Performance Share Units 12/20/2023 A 1,046(1) A $0 1,773.516(2) D
Common Stock 4,025.065(3) I The Toro Company Retirement Plan
Common Stock 12/20/2023 M 1,046(1) A $97.21 5,163.669(4) D
Common Stock 12/20/2023 F 321 D $97.21 4,842.669 D
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. Represents the payout of a Performance Share Award for the Fiscal 2021 to Fiscal 2023 Performance Period under The Toro Company Amended and Restated 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (the "Amended and Restated 2010 Plan"), as approved by the Issuer's Compensation & Human Resources Committee of its Board of Directors on December 12, 2023, and which was conditioned upon and subject to confirmation by the Issuer's Fiscal 2023 financial results that were released on December 20, 2023. The reporting person has deferred a portion of the payout of his Performance Share Award under The Toro Company Deferred Compensation Plan for Officers (the "Deferred Plan"). Accordingly, a portion of the reporting person's Performance Share Award is paid in shares of common stock under the Amended and Restated 2010 Plan and a portion of the Performance Share Award is paid in performance share units under the Deferred Plan.
2. Includes 7.516 performance share units acquired by the reporting person since the date of his last report under the dividend reinvestment feature of The Toro Company Deferred Compensation Plan for Officers.
3. Includes 41.540 net shares acquired by the reporting person since the date of his last report under the dividend reinvestment feature of The Toro Company Retirement Plan less quarterly non-discretionary administrative fees.
4. Includes 13.324 shares of common stock acquired by the reporting person since the date of his last report under a dividend reinvestment feature of the account in which the shares are held.
/s/ Joanna M. Totsky, Attorney-in-Fact 12/21/2023
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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