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
4/2002
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 04/01/2002 G V -3390 D $0.0000 D
Common Stock 04/03/2002 G V -47 D $0.0000 D
Common Stock 04/10/2002 S -10000 D $62.0500 190677 D
Common Stock 0 I Cust of dtr.
Velia E.
Common Stock 0 I Matching
Stock Trustee
Common Stock 4009.637 I Held by ESOP
Trustee
Common Stock 5003.859 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 19062.885 D
Matching Units 9531.211 D
Performance Share Units 68654.753 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:
Gift to spouse and reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of all
securities held by spouse, and this report should not be deemed an admission
that the reporting person is the benerficial owner of such securities for
purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.
Mr. Melrose sold 10,000 shares in a private transaction with the company.
Includes 38.138 Common Stock Units acquired 4/12/02 pursuant to a dividend
reinvestment feature of The Toro Company Deferred Compensation Plan for
Officers.
Includes 19.069 Matching Units acquired 4/12/02 pursuant to a dividend
reinvestment feature of The Toro Company Deferred Compensation Plan for
Officers.
Includes 137.355 Performance Share Units acquired 4/12/02 pursuant to a dividend
reinvestment feature of The Toro Company Deferred Compensation Plan for
Officers.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ Kendrick B. Melrose
DATE
05/06/2002