X0306 4 2012-11-01 0000737758 TORO CO TTC 0001290170 Ellis Gary Lee 8111 LYNDALE AVENUE SOUTH BLOOMINGTON MN 55420-1196 1 Common Stock 2012-11-01 4 A 0 1128 0 A 17792 D Common Stock Units 1739.217 D Non-Qualified Stock Option 43.11 2012-11-01 4 A 0 3421 0 A 2013-11-01 2022-11-01 Common Stock 3421 3421 D Annual common stock award for service as a non-employee director issued under The Toro Company 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan, as amended (the "2010 Plan"). On June 29, 2012, the common stock of the issuer split two-for-one (the "Stock Split"), resulting in the reporting person's ownership of 8,332 additional shares of common stock. All future Form 4 and 5 filings made by the reporting person will include adjustments, as necessary, to reflect the Stock Split. Includes 21.217 post-split common stock units acquired by the reporting person under the dividend reinvestment feature of The Toro Company Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors since the date of his last report and 859 additional common stock units acquired as a result of the Stock Split. Annual option grant for service as a non-employee director issued under the 2010 Plan. The option vests in three equal annual installments commencing on the first anniversary of the date of grant. /s/ Nancy A. McGrath, Attorney-in-Fact 2012-11-05