1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
James, Randy 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
3/2002
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 President & Controller
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 03/08/2002 M 3607 A $43.5000 D
Common Stock 03/08/2002 M 2298 A $43.5000 D
Common Stock 03/08/2002 S -5800 D $56.9000 D
Common Stock 03/08/2002 S -105 D $57.4000 2332 D
Common Stock 0 I HELD BY
MATCHING
STOCK TRUSTEE
Common Stock 2421.263 I HELD BY ESOP
TRUSTEE
Common Stock 0 I CUST.ACCT.FOR
SON, MICHAEL
Common Stock 2938.471 I 401(k) PLAN
Common Stock 5822 I By trust for
spouse
Common Stock 2000 I By trust for
reporting
person
Common Stock Units 2896.845 D
Matching Units 1448.377 D
Performance Share Units 12/04/2001 A V 3009 A $0.0000 6851.032 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 |
+-------------+--------+----------+------+--+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+--------+-------+-------+
Stock Option $43.5 03/08/2002 M 3607 11/25/1997 11/25/2002 Common 3607 $56.9000 D
Stock
Stock Option $43.5 03/08/2002 M 2298 11/25/1997 11/25/2002 Common 2298 $43.5000 0 D
Stock
Stock Option $47.25 12/04/2001 A V 3600 12/04/2001 12/04/2011 Common 3600 $47.2500 3600 D
Stock
Explanation of Responses:
Includes 7.494 Common Stock Units acquired 1/12/02 pursuant to a dividend
reinvestment feature of The Toro Company Deferred Compensation Plan for
Officers.
Includes 3.747 Matching Units acquired 1/12/02 acquired pursuant to a dividend
reiinvestment feature of The Toro Company Deferred Compensation Plan for
Officers.
Includes 17.724 Performance Share Units acquired 1/12/02 pursuant to a dividend
reinvestment feature of The Toro Company Deferred Compensation Plan for
Officers.
Exempt transaction under Section 16b-3.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ Randy B. James
DATE
04/04/2002