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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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * BROWN WILLIAM E JR   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, Res & Cont (Last) (First) (Middle) 8111 LYNDALE AVENUE SOUTH 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 12/07/2017 (Street) BLOOMINGTON, MN 55420-1196 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 12/07/2017   A   9,103 (1) A $ 0 9,103 D   Common Stock               181,232.352 D   Common Stock               120.615 (2) I The Toro Company Investment, Savings & ESOP

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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

$ 65.93

12/08/2017

A

19,800

(3)

12/08/2027

Common Stock

19,800

$ 0

19,800

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
BROWN WILLIAM E JR 8111 LYNDALE AVENUE SOUTH BLOOMINGTON, MN 55420-1196			Group VP, Res & Cont

Signatures

/s/ Nancy A. McGrath, Attorney-In-Fact		12/11/2017
**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 2015 to Fiscal 2017 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 5, 2017, and which was conditioned upon and subject to confirmation by the issuer's Fiscal 2017 financial results that were released on December 7, 2017. 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 0.335 net shares of common stock acquired by the reporting person since the date of his last report acquired under the dividend reinvestment feature of The Toro Company Investment, Savings & ESOP less quarterly non-discretionary administrative fees.
(3)	The option vests in three equal annual installments commencing on the first anniversary of the date of grant.

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