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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001564590-20-018409
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8 POS
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200424
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200424
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20200424

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TORO CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000737758
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	LAWN & GARDEN TRACTORS & HOME LAWN & GARDEN EQUIPMENT [3524]
		IRS NUMBER:				410580470
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8 POS
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-159767
		FILM NUMBER:		20814171

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		8111 LYNDALE AVE SOUTH
		CITY:			BLOOMINGTON
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55420-1196
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9528888801

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		8111 LYNDALE AVENUE SOUTH
		CITY:			BLOOMINGTON
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55420

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	TORO CO/DE
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:4pt;">Washington, D.C. 20549&nbsp;</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-size:10pt;text-transform:uppercase;font-family:Times New Roman;font-variant: normal;">the securities act of 1933</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:16pt;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;font-variant: normal;">The Toro Company</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;;font-size:10pt;">8111 Lyndale Avenue South&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Bloomington, Minnesota 55420-1196</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:16pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The Toro Company 2000 Stock Option Plan</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Amy E. Dahl</p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Vice President, Human Resources, Distributor Development</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;;font-size:10pt;">8111 Lyndale Avenue South&nbsp;</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;;font-size:10pt;">222 South Ninth Street&nbsp;</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company.&nbsp;&nbsp;See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;smaller reporting company,&#8221; and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.14%;font-size:11pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.14%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The Toro Company (the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;) is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 (this &#8220;Post-Effective Amendment&#8221;) to each of the following Registration Statements on Form S-8 (collectively, the &#8220;Registration Statements&#8221;) to deregister any and all securities that remain unsold under such Registration Statements:</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.14%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Registration Statement on Form S-8 No. 333-151086</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.14%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The Registrant has terminated any offering of the Registrant&#8217;s securities pursuant to the Registration Statements described above. In accordance with the undertaking made by the Registrant in the Registration Statements to remove from registration, by means of post-effective amendments, any of the securities that had been registered for issuance that remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Registrant hereby removes from registration all of such securities of the Registrant registered under the Registration Statements that remain unsold as of the date of this Post-Effective Amendment, which include 653,108 shares of common stock of the Registrant under Registration Statement on Form S-8 No. 333-151086 and 221,584 shares of common stock of the Registrant under Registration Statement on Form S-8 No. 333-159767.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-transform:uppercase;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant: normal;"><font style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-transform:uppercase;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant: normal;">Signatures</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.14%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to each of the Registration Statements to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Bloomington, State of Minnesota, on April 24, 2020.</p>
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