Winslow H Buxton

Retired since 2002. Chairman of the Board of Directors of Pentair, Inc., Golden Valley, Minnesota (diversified manufacturing) from 1993 to April 2002. First elected to the Toro Board in 1998, he is the Chair of the Nominating & Governance Committee and a member of the Audit Committee and Compensation & Human Resources Committee. Winslow H. Buxton served as the Chief Executive Officer of Pentair Inc. from August 1992 to December 2000. Mr. Buxton served as the President of Pentair Inc. from August 1992 to December 1999. Mr. Buxton served as the Chairman of Pentair Inc., Saint Paul, Minnesota from January 1993 to April 2002. Mr. Buxton served as a Director of Toro Company from 1998 to March 16, 2010. He serves as a Trustee of Underwriters Laboratories Inc. He served as a Director of Bemis Co. Inc. from 1993 to May 4, 2006. He served as a Director of Willamette Industries, Inc. since February 1999.