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
10/14/2002
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 10/15/2002 G V -830 D $0.0000 189847 D
Common Stock 0 I Cust of dtr.
Velia E.
Common Stock 0 I Matching
Stock Trustee
Common Stock 4020.56 I Held by ESOP
Trustee
Common Stock 5012.665 I 401(k) PLAN
Common Stock 0 I Cust. of dtr.
Kendra
Common Stock 113 I By stepson
Common Stock 226 I By
grandchildren
Common Stock Units 10/14/2002 A 39.928 A $57.4200 19145.24 D
Matching Units 10/14/2002 A 19.963 A $57.4200 9572.387 D
Performance Share Units 10/14/2002 A 143.799 A $57.4200 68951.354 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.
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
