1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Melrose, Kendrick B.
8111 Lyndale Avenue South
Bloomington, MN 55420-1196
USA
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
The Toro Company (TTC)
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
3/2002
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
(X) Director ( ) 10% Owner
(X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below)
Chief Executive Officer & Chai
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
(X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
TABLE I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
+---------------------------------+----------+-------------+-----------------------------+----------------+-----------+------------+
|1. Title of Security |2. Trans- |3. Trans- |4. Securities Acquired (A) |5. Amount of |6. Owner- |7. Nature |
| | action | action | or Disposed of (D) | Securities | ship | of In- |
| | Date | Code | | Beneficially | Form: | direct |
| | | | | Owned at | Direct | Bene- |
| | (Month/ | | | End of | (D) or | ficial |
| | Day/ +-------+-----+-----------+------+----------+ Month | Indirect| Owner- |
| | Year) |Code |V |Amount |A/D |Price | | (I) | ship |
+---------------------------------+----------+-------+-----+-----------+------+----------+----------------+-----------+------------+
Common Stock 12/28/2001 G V -339 D $0.0000 D
Common Stock 01/11/2002 G V -1000 D $0.0000 D
Common Stock 02/14/2002 G V -987 D $0.0000 D
Common Stock 03/18/2002 G V -834 D $0.0000 204114 D
Common Stock 0 I Cust of dtr.
Velia E.
Common Stock 0 I Matching
Stock Trustee
Common Stock 3999.818 I Held by ESOP
Trustee
Common Stock 4995.957 I 401(k) PLAN
Common Stock 0 I Cust. of dtr.
Kendra
Common Stock 12/28/2001 G V 113 A $0.0000 113 I By stepson
Common Stock 12/28/2001 G V 226 A $0.0000 226 I By
grandchildren
Common Stock Units 19024.747 D
Matching Units 9512.142 D
Performance Share Units 12/04/2001 A V 30093 A $0.0000 68517.398 D
TABLE II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
+-------------+--------+----------+---------+-----------+---------------------+----------------+----------+--------+-------+-------+
|1. |2. |3. |4. |5. |6. |7. |8. |9. |10. |11. |
| | | | | | | | |Number |Owner- | |
| | | | | | | | |of |ship | |
| | | | | | | | |Deriv- |Form of| |
| | | | | | |Title and Amount| |ative |Deriv- | |
| | | | | | |of Underlying | |Secur- |ative |Nature |
| |Conver- | | |Number of | |Securities | |ities |Secur- |of |
| |sion or | | |Derivative |Date Exercisable +-------+--------+ |Benefi- |ity: |In- |
| |Exercise| | |Securities |and Expiration Date | |Amount | |cially |Direct |direct |
| |Price of|Transac- |Transac- |Acquired(A)|(Month/Day/Year) | |or | |Owned |(D) or |Bene- |
|Title of |Deriv- |tion Date |tion Code|Disposed(D)+----------+----------+ |Number |Price of |at End |In- |ficial |
|Derivative |ative |(Month/ +------+--+-----+-----+Date Exer-|Expira- | |of |Derivative|of |direct |Owner- |
|Security |Security|Day/Year) |Code |V |(A) |(D) |cisable |tion Date |Title |Shares |Security |Month |(I) |ship |
+-------------+--------+----------+------+--+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+--------+-------+-------+
Stock Option $47.25 12/04/2001 A V 46500 12/04/2001 12/04/2011 Common 46500 $47.2500 46500 D
Stock
Explanation of Responses:
Gift to stepson under the MN Unif Transfer to Minors Act w/reporting person as
custodian.
The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of all securities held by
his stepson, and this report should not be deemed an admission that the
reporting person is the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of
Section 16 or any other purposes.
Gift to grandchildren under the MN Unif Transfer to Minors Act w/reporting
person as custodian.
The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of all securities held by
his grandchildren, and this report should be be deemed an admission that the
reporting person is the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of
Section 16 or for any other purpose.
Includes 49.218 Common Stock Units acquired 1/12/02 pursuant to a dividend
reinvestment feature of The Toro Company Deferred Compensation Plan for
Officers.
Includes 24.608 Matching Units acquired 1/12/02 pursuant to a dividend
reinvestment feature of The Toro Company Deferred Compensation Plan for
Officers.
Includes 177.257 Performance Share Units acquired 1/12/02 pursuant to a dividend
reinvesment feature of The Toro Company Deferred Compensation Plan for Officers.
Exempt transaction under Section 16b-3.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ Kendrick B. Melrose
DATE
04/04/2002
