---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-062886"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TTC"
cik: "0000737758"
company_name: "TORO CO"
filed_at: "2026-09-21T20:12:35+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-21T20:13:26.219610+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Toro expands board to 11 with new director David W. Huml

## Summary
- Board increased from ten to eleven members; David W. Huml elected effective September 21, 2026.
- Huml appointed to the Audit Committee and Finance Committee of the Board.
- Term expires at the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders; non-employee director receiving customary compensation.
- No Item 404(a) transactions or arrangements related to Huml's selection were disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-062886
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TTC
- cik: 0000737758
- company_name: TORO CO
- filed_at: 2026-09-21T20:12:35+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/737758/000162828026062886/0001628280-26-062886-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/737758/000162828026062886/ttc-20260921.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-062886.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  David W. Huml was elected as Director at TORO CO.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On September 21, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of The Toro Company (“TTC”) increased the number of directors constituting the Board from ten to eleven and elected David W. Huml to the Board and to the Audit Committee and Finance Committee of the Board, effective immediately
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/737758/000162828026062886/0001628280-26-062886-index.htm

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