1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Meyer, Karen M.
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
10/14/2002
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner
(X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below)
Vice Pres.Admn.
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 3450 D
Common Stock 4509.953 I HELD BY ESOP
TRUSTEE
Common Stock -0 I HELD BY
MATCHING
STOCK TRUSTEE
Common Stock 5154.3 I 401(k) Plan
COMMON STOCK 0 D
Common Stock Units 10/14/2002 A 11.504 A $57.4200 5516.22 D
Matching Units 10/14/2002 A 5.752 A $57.4200 D
Matching Units 10/14/2002 J -1 D $0.0000 2758.067 D
Performance Share Units 10/14/2002 A 37.663 A $57.4200 18059.394 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 |
+-------------+--------+----------+------+--+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+--------+-------+-------+
Explanation of Responses:
These are additional units credited to the reporting person's account pursuant
to a dividend reinvestment feature of The Toro Company Deferred Compensation
Plan for Officers and earlier stock retention awards under the Annual Management
Incentive Plan II.
Rounding adjustment to match records with the Trust.
These are additional units credited to the reporting person's account pursuant
to a dividend reinvestment feature of The Toro Company Deferred Compensation
Plan for Officers and participation in The Toro Company Performance Share Plan.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ N. Jeanne Ryan
DATE
10/16/2002
