UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 12, 2023

THE TORO COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware	1-8649	41-0580470
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

8111 Lyndale Avenue South Bloomington, Minnesota		55420
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (952) 888-8801

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share	TTC	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On December 12, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of The Toro Company (“TTC”) increased the number of directors constituting the Board from nine to ten and elected Dianne C. Craig to the Board and to the Audit Committee and Finance Committee of the Board, effective January 1, 2024.

In her capacity as a non-employee director, Ms. Craig will receive customary non-employee directors compensation pursuant to plans and policies applicable to non-employee members of the Board, as described in TTC’s definitive proxy statement for its most recent Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on March 21, 2023.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Craig and any other person pursuant to which she was selected as a director of TTC, and there have been no transactions since the beginning of TTC’s last fiscal year, or are currently proposed, regarding Ms. Craig that are required to be disclosed by Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 is the press release announcing the election of Ms. Craig to the Board.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.


Exhibit No.			Description
99.1			Press release dated December 12, 2023
104			Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


			THE TORO COMPANY
			(Registrant)

Date: December 12, 2023			/s/ Joanna M. Totsky
			Joanna M. Totsky
			Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

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