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UNITED STATES | OMB APPROVAL |
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | OMB Number: 3235-0101 |
Washington, D.C. 20549 | Expires: November 30, 2003 |
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FORM 144 | hours per response.....2.0 |
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NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ATTENTION: Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either
placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with
a market maker.
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1(a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print)
Winnebago Industries, Inc.
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1(b) IRS IDENT. NO. | (c) SEC FILE NO.
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42-0802678 | I-6403
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1(d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER
P.O. Box 152 605 W. Crystal Lake Road
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1(d) CITY STATE ZIP CODE
Forest City, Iowa 50436
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1(e) TELEPHONE
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AREA CODE |NUMBER
641 |585-3535
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2(a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD
Robert L. Gossett
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2(b) IRS IDENT. NO. (c) RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER
276-50-4095 Officer - VP Administration
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2(d) ADDRESS STREET
2713 Campus Lane
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2(d) CITY STATE ZIP CODE
Albert Lea, MN 56007
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INSTRUCTION: The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain
the I.R.S. Identification Number and the SEC File Number.
(b)
Name and Address of -------
Each Broker Through SEC USE (c)
Whome the Securities ONLY Number of (d)
3(a) are to be Offered ------- Shares or Aggregate (e) (f) (g)
Title of the or Each Market Broker- Other Units Market Number of Shares Approximate Name of Each
Class of Maker who is Dealer to be Sold Value or Other Units Date of Sale Securities
Securities Aquiring the File (See instr. (See instr. Outstanding (See instr. 3(f)) Exchange
to be Sold Securities Number 3(c)) 3(d)) (See instr. 3(e)) (MO. DAY YR.) (See instr. 3(g))
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New York
Common Chicago
Stock, Edward Jones & Company Pacific
$.50 par 209 N. Clark Street Boston
value Forest City, IA 50436 3,278 $172,455.58 18,232,390 10/21/03 Philadelphia
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INSTRUCTIONS:
1.(a) Name of issuer
(b) Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number
(c) Issuer'S S.E.C. file number, if any
(d) Issuer's address, including zip code
(e) Issuer's telephone number, including area code
2.(a) Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold
(b) Such person's I.R.S. identification number, if such person is an entity
(c) Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10%
stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)
(d) Such person's address, including zip code
3.(a) Title of the class of securities to be sold
(b) Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended
to be sold
(c) Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the
aggregate face amount)
(d) Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date
within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice
(e) Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debit
securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most
recent report or statement published by the issuer
(f) Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold
(g) Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are
intended to be sold
POTENTIAL PERSONS WHO ARE TO RESPOND TO THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION CONTAINED
IN THIS FORM ARE NOT REQUIRED TO RESPOND UNLESS THE FORM DISPLAYS A CURRENTLY
VALID OMB CONTROL NUMBER.
TABLE I - SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
FURNISH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO THE ACQUISITION OF THE
SECURITIES TO BE SOLD AND WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF ALL OR ANY PART OF THE
PURCHASE PRICE OR OTHER CONSIDERATION THEREFOR:
Name of Person
from Whom Acquired
Title of Date You Nature of (If gift, also give date Amount of Date of
the Class Acquired Acquisition Transaction donor acquired) Securities Acquired Payment Nature of Payment
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Common 10/21/03 Exercise of Stock Option Winnebago Industries, Inc. 1,982 10/21/03 Cash
Stock, 10/21/03 Exercise of Stock Option Winnebago Industries, Inc. 996 10/21/03 Cash
$.50 par 10/21/03 Exercise of Stock Option Winnebago Industries, Inc. 300 10/21/03 Cash
value
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INSTRUCTIONS:
If the securities were purchased and full payment therefore was not made in cash
at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of
the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other
obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and
state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last
installment paid.
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TABLE II - SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
FURNISH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS TO ALL SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER SOLD DURING
THE PAST 3 MONTHS BY THE PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD.
Amount of Gross
Name and Address of Seller Title of Securities Sold Date of Sale Securities Proceeds
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Robert L. Gossett Common Stock 8/5/03 1,004 $45,643.80
2713 Campus Lane
Albert Lea, MN 56007
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REMARKS:
INSTRUCTIONS:
See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to
be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be
sold but also as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph
(e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing
this notice.
ATTENTION:
THE PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES TO WHICH THIS NOTICE RELATES ARE TO
SOLD HEREBY REPRESENTS BY SIGNING THIS NOTICE THAT HE DOES NOT KNOW ANY MATERIAL
ADVERSE INFORMATION IN REGARD TO THE CURRENT AND PROSPECTIVE OPERATIONS OF THE
ISSUER OF THE SECURITIES TO BE SOLD WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN PUBLICLY DISCLOSED.
/s/ Raymond M. Beebe, Secretary,
Winnebago Industries, Inc.
October 21, 2003 under Power of Attorney
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(DATE OF NOTICE) (SIGNATURE)
THE NOTICE SHALL BE SIGNED BY THE PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE
TO BE SOLD. AT LEAST ONE COPY OF THE NOTICE SHALL BE MANUALLY SIGNED.
ANY COPIES NOT MANUALLY SIGNED SHALL BEAR TYPED OR PRINTED SIGNATURES.
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