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SCHEDULE 13G Amendment No. 4 Toro Corporation Common Stock Cusip # 891092108 Cusip # 891092108 Item 1: Reporting Person - FMR Corp. - (Tax ID: 04-2507163) Item 4: Commonwealth of Massachusetts Item 5: 13,400 Item 6: None Item 7: 13,800 Item 8: None Item 9: 13,800 Item 11: 0.11% Item 12: HC Cusip # 891092108 Item 1: Reporting Person - Edward C. Johnson 3d Item 4: United States of America Item 5: None Item 6: None Item 7: 13,800 Item 8: None Item 9: 13,800 Item 11: 0.11% Item 12: IN Cusip # 891092108 Item 1: Reporting Person - Abigail P. Johnson Item 4: United States of America Item 5: None Item 6: None Item 7: 13,800 Item 8: None Item 9: 13,800 Item 11: 0.11% Item 12: IN SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) Item 1(a). Name of Issuer: Toro Corporation Item 1(b). Name of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: 8111 Lyndale Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55420-1136 Item 2(a). Name of Person Filing: FMR Corp. Item 2(b). Address or Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence: 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109 Item 2(c). Citizenship: Not applicable Item 2(d). Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock Item 2(e). CUSIP Number: 891092108 Item 3. This statement is filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) and the person filing, FMR Corp., is a parent holding company in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G). (Note: See Item 7). Item 4. Ownership (a) Amount Beneficially Owned: 13,800 (b) Percent of Class: 0.11% (c) Number of shares as to which such person has: (i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 13,400 (ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote: None (iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 13,800 (iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: None Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class. If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof, the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following (X). Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person. Not applicable. Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company. See attached Exhibit(s) A and B. Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group. Not applicable, see attached Exhibit A. Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group. Not applicable. Item 10. Certification. Inasmuch as the reporting persons are no longer the beneficial owners of more than five percent of the number of shares outstanding, the reporting persons have no further reporting obligation under section 13(d) of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, and the reporting persons have no obligation to amend this Statement if any material change occurs in the facts set forth herein. Signature After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this Schedule 13G in connection with FMR Corp.'s beneficial ownership of the common stock of Toro Corporation at September 30, 1997 is true, complete and correct. October 10, 1997 Date /s/Arthur S. Loring Signature Arthur S. Loring, Vice President Name/Title SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) Pursuant to the instructions in Item 7 of Schedule 13G, Fidelity Management Trust Company, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109, a wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR Corp. and a bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, is the beneficial owner of 13,800 shares or 0.11% of the common stock outstanding of the Company as a result of its serving as investment manager of the institutional account(s). Edward C. Johnson 3d and FMR Corp., through its control of Fidelity Management Trust Company, each has sole dispositive power over 13,800 shares and sole power to vote or to direct the voting of 13,400 shares, and no power to vote or to direct the voting of 400 shares of common stock owned by the institutional account(s) as reported above. Members of the Edward C. Johnson 3d family and trusts for their benefit are the predominant owners of Class B shares of common stock of FMR Corp., representing approximately 49% of the voting power of FMR Corp. Mr. Johnson 3d owns 12.0% and Abigail Johnson owns 24.5% of the aggregate outstanding voting stock of FMR Corp. Mr. Johnson 3d is Chairman of FMR Corp. and Abigail P. Johnson is a Director of FMR Corp. The Johnson family group and all other Class B shareholders have entered into a shareholders' voting agreement under which all Class B shares will be voted in accordance with the majority vote of Class B shares. Accordingly, through their ownership of voting common stock and the execution of the shareholders' voting agreement, members of the Johnson family may be deemed, under the Investment Company Act of 1940, to form a controlling group with respect to FMR Corp. SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) RULE 13d-1(f)(1) AGREEMENT The undersigned persons, on October 10, 1997, agree and consent to the joint filing on their behalf of this Schedule 13G in connection with their beneficial ownership of the common stock of Toro Corporation at September 30, 1997. FMR Corp. By /s/Arthur S. Loring Arthur S. Loring Vice President - Legal Edward C. Johnson 3d By /s/Arthur S. Loring Arthur S. Loring Under Power of Attorney dated 5/17/89 On File with Schedule 13G for Airborne Freight Corp. 9/10/91 Abigail P. Johnson By /s/Arthur S. Loring Arthur S. Loring Under Power of Attorney dated 1/5/96 On File with Schedule 13G for Acclaim Entertainment Inc. 1/10/96 Fidelity Management & Research Company By /s/Arthur S. Loring Arthur S. Loring Sr. V.P. and General Counsel