Exhibit 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, each being a member of the Board of Directors of The Toro Company, a Delaware corporation, do hereby make, nominate and appoint each of MICHAEL J. HOFFMAN AND TIMOTHY P. DORDELL, signing singly, to be his or her attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority to sign his or her name to a Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 (“Amendment No. 2”) to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-87461), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 21, 1999, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-89260), filed with the Commission on May 28, 2002, and the Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 (No. 333-89260), filed with the Commission on June 2, 2003 (collectively, and as amended, the “Registration Statement”), and any and all additional amendments thereto (including without limitation additional post-effective amendments to register or de-register shares), provided that Amendment No. 2 and any additional amendments to the Registration Statement, in final form, be approved by said attorney-in-fact; and his name, when thus signed, shall have the same force and effect as though I had manually signed said document or documents.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed my signature this 21st day of May, 2008.
Signature |
/s/ Robert C. Buhrmaster Robert C. Buhrmaster |
/s/ Winslow H. Buxton Winslow H. Buxton |
/s/ Janet K. Cooper Janet K. Cooper |
/s/ Gary L. Ellis Gary L. Ellis |
/s/ Katherine J. Harless Katherine J. Harless |
/s/ Robert H. Nassau Robert H. Nassau |
/s/ Gregg W. Steinhafel Gregg W. Steinhafel |
/s/ Inge G. Thulin Inge G. Thulin |
/s/ Christopher A. Twomey Christopher A. Twomey |