Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Olson Richard M
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
TORO CO [TTC] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Chairman & CEO
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
8111 LYNDALE AVENUE SOUTH		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
12/06/2018
(Street)

BLOOMINGTON, MN 55420		 4. If Amendment, Date 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
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
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 12/06/2018   A   14,871 (1) A $ 0 46,340.233 (2) D  
Common Stock               5,038.461 D  
Common Stock               15,978.259 (3) I The Toro Company Investment, Savings & ISOP

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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 Underlying Securities
(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 of Derivative Security: 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
Non-Qualified Stock Option $ 58.53 12/07/2018   A   137,100     (4) 12/07/2028 Common Stock 137,100 $ 0 137,100 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Olson Richard M
8111 LYNDALE AVENUE SOUTH
BLOOMINGTON, MN 55420		   X     Chairman & CEO  

Signatures

 /s/ Nancy A. McGrath, Attorney-In-Fact   12/10/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Represents the payout of a Performance Share Award for the Fiscal 2016 to Fiscal 2018 Performance Period under The Toro Company Amended and Restated 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan, as amended and restated, as approved by the issuer's Compensation & Human Resources Committee of its Board of Directors on December 4, 2018, and which was conditioned upon and subject to confirmation by the issuer's Fiscal 2018 financial results that were released on December 6, 2018. The reporting person has deferred the payout of his Performance Share Award under The Toro Company Deferred Compensation Plan for Officers (the "Deferred Plan") and, accordingly, the reporting person's Performance Share Award is paid in performance share units under the Deferred Plan.
(2) Includes 407.703 performance share units acquired by the reporting person since the date of his last report under the dividend reinvestment feature of the Deferred Plan.
(3) Includes the following shares of common stock acquired by the reporting person since the date of his last report: 204.916 net shares acquired under the dividend reinvestment feature of The Toro Company Investment, Savings & ESOP (the "IS&ESOP") less quarterly non-discretionary administrative fees; and 65.983 shares acquired through issuer annual investment fund contributions to the IS&ESOP.
(4) The option vests in three equal annual installments commencing on the first anniversary of the date of grant.

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