1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Wolfe, Stephen P.
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)
Chief Financial Officer & Vice
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 48.098 D
Common Stock 3173.05 I HELD BY ESOP
TRUSTEE
Common Stock 0 I HELD BY
MATCHING
STOCK TRUSTEE
Common Stock 3074.767 I 401(K) PLAN
Common Stock 10504 I By trust for
reporting
person
Common Stock Units 10/14/2002 A 11.963 A $57.4200 5736.153 D
Matching Units 10/14/2002 A 5.982 A $0.0000 2868.07 D
Performance Share Units 10/14/2002 A 39.032 A $57.4200 18715.622 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