forms-8directorsplan052108.htm
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21, 2008
             Registration No. 333-57198
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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THE TORO COMPANY
 (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
 
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
41-0580470
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
 
 
8111 Lyndale Avenue South
Bloomington, Minnesota  55420
(Address of Registrant’s Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)
___________________________
 
The Toro Company 2000 Directors Stock Plan
(Full title of the plan)
 
Timothy P. Dordell
Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
The Toro Company
8111 Lyndale Avenue South
Bloomington, Minnesota 55420
(952) 888-8801
(Name and Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
 
Copies requested to:
 
Amy E. Culbert, Esq.
Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP
45 South Seventh Street, Suite 3300
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402-1509
(612) 607-7287
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
 
Large accelerated filer     x                                                                                                   Accelerated filer     o  
 
Non-accelerated filer (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)     o                    Smaller reporting company     o
 
 

EXPLANATORY NOTE
 
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 (the “Amendment”) is filed by The Toro Company (the “Registrant”) and relates to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-57198), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on March 19, 2001, as amended by the Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 (No. 333-57198), filed with the Commission on June 2, 2003.  Under that earlier Registration Statement, the Registrant registered shares of its common stock, par value $1.00 per share (the “Common Stock”), and related Preferred Share Purchase Rights, to be offered and sold in connection with the 2000 Directors Stock Plan (the “Plan”).  Following a 2-for-1 stock split with a record date of April 1, 2003, and a second 2-for-1 stock split with a record date of March 28, 2005, the total number of shares, on an after-split basis, authorized to be offered and sold in connection with the Plan was 480,000 shares.
 
On January 15, 2008, the Board of Directors of the Registrant, upon recommendation of the Compensation & Human Resources Committee, approved an amendment to the Plan to decrease the number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan from 480,000 to 455,000, subject to adjustment to reflect changes in the corporate or capital structure of Registrant, including but not limited to stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.  The Registrant is filing this Amendment to deregister 25,000 shares of Common Stock under the Plan to reflect the decrease in the number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan.
 
 
Item 8.  Exhibits
 
The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into this Amendment:
 
Exhibit No.
Description
24.1
Power of Attorney (filed herewith)

 

 
 
 

SIGNATURES
 
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 its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Bloomington, State of Minnesota, on May 21, 2008.
 
THE TORO COMPANY
(Registrant)
 

 
By:  /s/ Timothy P. Dordell              
Timothy P. Dordell
Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
 
Signature
Title
Date
 
    /s/ Michael J. Hoffman    
Michael J. Hoffman
 
 
Chairman of the Board, President and
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(principal executive officer)
 
 
May 21, 2008
     /s/ Stephen P. Wolfe     
Stephen P. Wolfe
 
Vice President, Finance and
Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial officer)
 
May 21, 2008
      /s/ Blake M. Grams     
Blake M. Grams
 
Managing Director,
Corporate Controller
(principal accounting officer)
 
May 21, 2008
    /s/ Timothy P. Dordell     
Timothy P. Dordell
As attorney in fact for Robert C. Buhrmaster, Winslow H. Buxton, Janet K. Cooper, Gary L. Ellis, Katherine J. Harless, Robert H. Nassau, Gregg W. Steinhafel, Inge G. Thulin and Christopher A. Twomey
 
Directors
 
May 21, 2008

 
 
 
EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit No.    
Description    
Method of Filing
24.1
Power of Attorney
Filed herewith