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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.1

                              THE DIAL CORPORATION
                            1996 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
                      (AMENDED AND RESTATED JULY 27, 2003)

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SECTION 1.        PURPOSE; DEFINITIONS.

         The purpose of the Plan is to give the Company a significant advantage
in attracting, retaining and motivating officers, employees and directors and to
provide the Company and its subsidiaries with the ability to provide incentives
more directly linked to the profitability of the Company's businesses and
increases in stockholder value.

         For purposes of the Plan, the following terms are defined as set forth
below:

         (a)      "Affiliate" means a corporation or other entity controlled by
the Company and designated by the Committee as such.

         (b)      "Award" means Stock Appreciation Right, Stock Option or
Restricted Stock.

         (c)      "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

         (d)      "Cause" means (1) the conviction of a participant for
committing a felony under federal law or the law of the state in which such
action occurred, (2) dishonesty in the course of fulfilling a participant's
employment duties or (3) willful and deliberate failure on the part of a
participant to perform his employment duties in any material respect, or such
other events as shall be determined by the Committee. The Committee will have
the sole discretion to determine whether "Cause" exists, and its determination
will be final.

         (e)      "Change in Control" and "Change in Control Price" have the
meanings set forth in Sections 8(b) and (c), respectively.

         (f)      "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
from time to time, and any successor thereto.

         (g)      "Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission or
any successor agency.

         (h)      "Committee" means the Committee referred to in Section 2.

         (i)      "Common Stock" means common stock, par value $0.01 per share,
of the Company.

         (j)      "Company" means The Dial Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

         (k)      "Disability" means permanent and total disability as
determined under procedures established by the Committee for purposes of the
Plan.

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         (l)      "Distribution" means the distribution of shares of Company
Common Stock by The Dial Corp (which, in connection with such distribution, will
be renamed "Viad Corp," herein referred to as "Old Dial") to the holders of
common stock of Old Dial, par value $1.50 per share.

         (m)      "Distribution Agreement" means the Distribution Agreement,
dated as of July 25, 1996, by and among Old Dial, the Company and Exhibitgroup
Inc.

         (n)      "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended from time to time, and any successor thereto.

         (o)      "Fair Market Value" means, as of any given date, the mean
between the highest and lowest reported sales prices of the Stock on the New
York Stock Exchange Composite Tape or, if not listed on such exchange, on any
other national exchange on which the Stock is listed or on the NASDAQ National
Market System or on NASDAQ. If there is no regular public trading market for
such Stock, the Fair Market Value of the Stock will be determined by the
Committee in good faith.

         (p)      "Incentive Stock Option" means any Stock Option intended to be
and designated as an "incentive stock option" within the meaning of Section 422
of the Code.

         (q)      "Non-Employee Director" means a member of the Board who
qualifies as a "Non-Employee Director" as defined in Rule 16b-3(b)(3), as
promulgated by the Commission under the Exchange Act, or any successor
definition adopted by the Commission.

         (r)      "Non-Qualified Stock Option" means any Stock Option that is
not an Incentive Stock Option.

         (s)      "Performance Goals" means the performance goals established by
the Committee prior to the grant of Restricted Stock. In the case of Qualified
Performance-Based Awards, such goals (1) will be based on the attainment of
specified levels of one or more of the following measures: earnings per share,
sales, net profit after tax, gross profit, operating profit, cash generation,
unit volume, return on equity, change in working capital, return on capital,
stockholder return or such other performance measures as the Committee selects
and discloses to stockholders in connection with stockholder approval for
purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code and related regulations and (2) will be
set by the Committee within the time period prescribed by Section 162(m) of the
Code and related regulations.

         (t)      "Plan" means The Dial Corporation 1996 Stock Incentive Plan,
as set forth herein and as hereinafter amended from time to time.

         (u)      "Preferred Stock" means preferred stock, par value $0.01, of
the Company.

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         (v)      "Qualified Performance-Based Awards" means an Award of
Restricted Stock designated as such by the Committee at the time of grant, based
upon a determination that (1) the recipient is or may be a "covered employee"
within the meaning of Section 162(m)(3) of the Code in the year in which the
Company would expect to be able to claim a tax deduction with respect to such
Restricted Stock and (2) the Committee wishes such Award to qualify for the
exemption from the limitation on deductibility imposed by Section 162(m) of the
Code that is set forth in Section 162(m)(4)(C).

         (w)      "Replacement Awards" means Stock Options granted to replace
outstanding options to purchase Old Dial common stock pursuant to the
Distribution Agreement.

         (x)      "Restricted Stock" means an award granted under Section 7.

         (y)      "Retirement" means retirement from active employment under a
pension plan of the Company, any subsidiary or Affiliate, or under an employment
contract with any of them, or termination of employment at or after age 55 under
circumstances which the Committee, in it sole discretion, deems equivalent to
retirement.

         (z)      "Rule 16b-3" means Rule 16b-3, as promulgated by the
Commission under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, as amended from time to
time.

         (aa)     "Stock" means the Common Stock or Preferred Stock.

         (bb)     "Stock Appreciation Right" means a right granted under Section
6.

         (cc)     "Stock Option" means an option granted under Section 5.

         (dd)     "Termination of Employment" means the termination of the
participant's employment with the Company and any subsidiary or Affiliate. A
participant employed by a subsidiary or an Affiliate shall also be deemed to
incur a Termination of Employment if the subsidiary or Affiliate ceases to be
such a subsidiary or Affiliate, as the case may be, and the participant does not
immediately thereafter become an employee of the Company or another subsidiary
or Affiliate. Transfers among the Company and its subsidiaries and Affiliates,
as well as temporary absences from employment because of illness, vacation or
leave of absence, will not be considered a Termination of Employment.

         In addition, certain other terms used herein have definitions given to
them in the first place in which they are used.

SECTION 2.        ADMINISTRATION.

         The Plan will be administered by the Executive Compensation Committee
of the Board pursuant to authority delegated by the Board in accordance with the
Company's Bylaws. If at any time there is no such Executive Compensation
Committee or such

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Executive Compensation Committee shall fail to be composed of at least two
directors each of whom (1) is a Non-Employee Director and (2) is an "outside
director" under Section 162(m)(4) of the Code, the Plan will be administered by
a Committee selected by the Board and composed of not less than two individuals,
each of whom is such a Non-Employee Director and such an "outside director."

         The Committee will have plenary authority to grant Awards pursuant to
the terms of the Plan to officers, employees and directors of the Company and
its subsidiaries and Affiliates.

         Among other things, the Committee will have the authority, subject to
the terms of the Plan:

         (a)      to select the officers, directors, employees, advisers and
business affiliates to whom Awards may from time to time be granted;

         (b)      to determine whether and to what extent Incentive Stock
Options, Non-Qualified Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights and Restricted
Stock or any combination thereof are to be granted hereunder;

         (c)      to determine the number of shares of Stock to be covered by
each Award granted hereunder;

         (d)      to determine the terms and conditions of any Award granted
hereunder (including, but not limited to, the option price (subject to Section
5(a)), any vesting condition, restriction or limitation (which may be related to
the performance of the participant, the Company or any subsidiary or Affiliate)
and any vesting acceleration or waiver of forfeiture regarding any Award and the
shares of Stock relating thereto, based on such factors as the Committee shall
determine; provided, however, that the Committee will have no power to
accelerate the vesting, or waive the forfeiture, of any Qualified
Performance-Based Awards;

         (e)      to modify, amend or adjust the terms and conditions, at any
time or from time to time, of any Award, including but not limited to
Performance Goals; provided, however, that the Committee may not adjust upwards
the amount payable with respect to any Qualified Performance-Based Award or
waive or alter the Performance Goals associated therewith; and

         (f)      to determine to what extent and under what circumstances Stock
and other amounts payable with respect to an Award will be deferred.

         The Committee will have the authority to adopt, alter and repeal such
administrative rules, guidelines and practices governing the Plan as it from
time to time deems advisable, to interpret the terms and provisions of the Plan
and any Award issued under the Plan (and any agreement relating thereto) and to
otherwise supervise the administration of the Plan.

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         The Committee may act only by a majority of its members then in office,
except that the members thereof may (1) delegate to designated officers or
employees of the Company such of its powers and authorities under the Plan as it
deems appropriate (provided that no such delegation may be made that would cause
Awards or other transactions under the Plan to fail to be exempt from Section
16(b) of the Exchange Act) and (2) authorize any one or more members of the
Committee or any designated officer or employee of the Company to execute and
deliver documents on behalf of the Committee.

         Any determination made by the Committee or pursuant to delegated
authority pursuant to the provisions of the Plan with respect to any Award will
be made in the sole discretion of the Committee or such delegate(s) at the time
of the grant of the Award or, unless in contravention of any express term of the
Plan, at any time thereafter. All decisions made by the Committee or any
appropriately delegated officer(s) or employee(s) pursuant to the provisions of
the Plan will be final and binding on all persons, including the Company and
Plan participants.

SECTION 3.        STOCK SUBJECT TO PLAN.

         The maximum number of shares of Stock that may be made the subject of
Awards granted under the Plan shall be 5 million shares, plus the number of
shares subject to outstanding Awards under the Plan as of June 27, 2003. The
aggregate number of shares of Stock covered by Awards granted to any one
participant will not exceed 1,000,000 shares for any consecutive three-year
period plus the number of shares necessary to provide new Awards to replace
outstanding awards of Old Dial pursuant to the Distribution Agreement
("Replacement Awards"). No more than 9,600,000 shares of Common Stock will be
cumulatively available for the grant of Incentive Stock Options under the Plan.
Shares subject to an Award under the Plan may be authorized and unissued shares
or may be "treasury shares."

         In the event of any merger, reorganization, consolidation,
recapitalization, spin-off, stock dividend, stock split, extraordinary
distribution with respect to the Stock or other change in corporate structure
affecting the Stock, such substitution or adjustments shall be made in the
aggregate number of shares reserved for issuance under the Plan, in the number,
or kind, and option price of shares subject to outstanding Stock Options and
Stock Appreciation Rights, and in the number, or kind, of shares subject to
other outstanding Awards granted under the Plan as may be determined to be
appropriate by the Committee or the Board in its sole discretion; provided,
however, that the number of shares subject to any Award shall always be a whole
number. Whenever any outstanding Stock Option or Award or portion thereof
expires, is canceled, is settled in cash (including the settlement of tax
withholding obligations using Stock) or is otherwise terminated for any reason
without having been exercised or payment having been made in respect of the
entire Stock Option or Award, the Stock allocable to the expired, canceled,
settled or otherwise terminated portion of the Stock Option or Award may again
be the subject of Stock Options or Awards granted hereunder.

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SECTION 4.        ELIGIBILITY.

         Officers, directors, employees, advisers and business affiliates of the
Company, its subsidiaries, and Affiliates who are responsible for or contribute
to the management, growth and profitability of the business of the Company, its
subsidiaries and Affiliates are eligible to be granted Awards under the Plan.

         SECTION 5.        STOCK OPTIONS.

         Stock Options may be granted alone or in addition to other Awards
granted under the Plan and may be of two types: Incentive Stock Options and
Non-Qualified Stock Options. Any Stock Option granted under the Plan will be in
such form as the Committee may from time to time approve.

         The Committee will have the authority to grant any optionee Incentive
Stock Options, Non-Qualified Stock Options or both types of Stock Options (in
each case with or without Stock Appreciation Rights). Incentive Stock Options
may be granted only to employees of the Company and its subsidiaries (within the
meaning of Section 424(f) of the Code). To the extent that any Stock Option is
not designated as an Incentive Stock Option or even if so designated does not
qualify as an Incentive Stock Option, it will be deemed to be a Non-Qualified
Stock Option.

         Stock Options will be evidenced by option agreements, the terms and
provisions of which may differ. An option agreement will indicate on its face
whether it is an agreement for an Incentive Stock Option or a Non-Qualified
Stock Option. The grant of a Stock Option will occur on the date the Committee
by resolution selects an individual to be a participant in any grant of a Stock
Option, determines the number of shares of Stock to be subject to such Stock
Option to be granted to such individual and specifies the terms and provisions
of the Stock Option. The Company will notify a participant of any grant of a
Stock Option, and a written option agreement or agreements shall be duly
executed and delivered by the Company to the participant.

         Anything in the Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, no term of the
Plan relating to Incentive Stock Options will be interpreted, amended or altered
nor shall any discretion or authority granted under the Plan be exercised so as
to disqualify the Plan under Section 422 of the Code or, without the consent of
the optionee affected, to disqualify any Incentive Stock Option under such
Section 422.

         Stock Options granted under the Plan will he subject to the following
terms and conditions and will contain such additional terms and conditions as
the Committee shall deem desirable:

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         (a)      Option Price. The option price per share of Stock purchasable
under a Stock Option shall be determined by the Committee and set forth in the
option agreement. It is the intention under the Plan that such option price will
not be less than the Fair Market Value of the Stock subject to the Stock Option
on the date of grant; provided, however, that (1) the Committee may, from time
to time, grant Awards of Stock Options with an exercise price of less than Fair
Market Value and (2) the option prices for Replacement Awards will be determined
in accordance with the Distribution Agreement.

         (b)      Option Term. The term of each Stock Option will be fixed by
the Committee, but no Incentive Stock Option may be exercisable more than ten
(10) years after the date the Stock Option is granted.

         (c)      Exercisability. Except as otherwise provided herein, Stock
Options will be exercisable at such time or times and subject to such terms and
conditions as shall be determined by the Committee. If the Committee provides
that any Stock Option is exercisable only in installments, the Committee may at
any time waive such installment exercise provisions, in whole or in part, based
on such factors as the Committee may determine. In addition, the Committee may
at any time accelerate the exercisability of any Stock Option.

         (d)      Method of Exercise. Subject to the provisions of this Section
5, Stock Options may be exercised, in whole or in part, at any time during the
option term by giving written notice of exercise to the Company specifying the
number of shares of Stock subject to the Stock Option to be purchased.

         Such notice must be accompanied by payment in full of the purchase
price by certified or bank check or such other instrument as the Company may
accept. An option agreement may provide that, if approved by the Committee,
payment in full or in part may also be made in the form of unrestricted Stock
already owned by the optionee of the same class as the Stock subject to the
Stock Option and, in the case of the exercise of a Non-Qualified Stock Option,
Restricted Stock subject to an Award hereunder which is of the same class as the
Stock subject to the Stock Option, in both cases based on the Fair Market Value
of the Stock on the date the Stock Option is exercised; provided, however, that,
in the case of an Incentive Stock Option, the right to make a payment in the
form of already owned shares of Stock of the same class as the Stock subject to
the Stock Option may be authorized only at the time the Stock Option is granted.
In addition, an option agreement may provide that in the discretion of the
Committee, payment for any shares subject to a Stock Option may also be made by
instruction to the Committee to withhold a number of such shares having a Fair
Market Value on the date of exercise equal to the aggregate exercise price of
such Stock Option.

         If payment of the option exercise price of a Non-Qualified Stock Option
is made in whole or in part in the form of Restricted Stock, the number of
shares of Stock to be received upon such exercise equal to the number of shares
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option exercise price will be subject to the same forfeiture restrictions to
which such Restricted Stock was subject, unless otherwise determined by the
Committee.

         No shares of Stock will be issued until full payment therefor has been
made. Subject to any forfeiture restrictions that may apply if a Stock Option is
exercised using Restricted Stock, an optionee will have all of the rights of a
stockholder of the Company holding the class or series of Stock that is subject
to such Stock Option (including, if applicable, the right to vote the shares and
the right to receive dividends), when the optionee has given written notice of
exercise, has paid in full for such shares and, if requested, has given the
representation described in Section 11(a).

         (e)      Nontransferability of Stock Options. (1) No Stock Option will
be transferable by the optionee other than (A) by will or by the laws of descent
and distribution or (B) in the case of a Non-Qualified Stock Option, pursuant to
a qualified domestic relations order (as defined in the Code or Title I of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or the rules
thereunder). All Stock Options will be exercisable, during the optionee's
lifetime, only by the optionee or by the guardian or legal representative of the
optionee, it being understood that the terms "holder" and "optionee" include the
guardian and legal representative of the optionee named in the option agreement
and any person to whom an option is transferred by will or the laws of descent
and distribution or pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order.

                  (2)      Notwithstanding Section 5(e)(1) above, the Committee
         may grant Stock Options that are transferable, or amend outstanding
         Stock Options to make them transferable, by the optionee (any such
         Stock Option so granted or amended a "Transferable Option") to one or
         more members of the optionee's immediate family, to partnerships of
         which the only partners are members of the optionee's immediate family,
         or to trusts established by the optionee for the benefit of one or more
         members of the optionee's immediate family. For this purpose the term
         "immediate family" means the optionee's spouse, children or
         grandchildren. Consideration may not be paid for the transfer of a
         Transferable Option. A transferee described in this Section 5(e)(2)
         will be subject to all terms and conditions applicable to the
         Transferable Option prior to its transfer. The option agreement with
         respect to a Transferable Option will set forth its transfer
         restrictions, such option agreement shall be approved by the Committee,
         and only Stock Options granted pursuant to a stock option agreement
         expressly permitting transfer pursuant to this Section 5(e)(2) will be
         so transferable.

         (f)      Termination by Death. If an optionee's employment terminates
by reason of death, any Stock Option held by such optionee may thereafter be
exercised, to the extent then exercisable, or on such accelerated basis as the
Committee may determine, for a period of one year (or such other period as the
Committee may specify in the option agreement) from the date of such death or
until the expiration of the stated term of such Stock Option, whichever period
is the shorter.

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         (g)      Termination by Reason of Disability or Retirement. If an
optionee's employment terminates by reason of Disability or Retirement, any
Stock Option held by such optionee may thereafter be exercised by the optionee,
to the extent it was exercisable at the time of termination, or on such
accelerated basis as the Committee may determine, for a period of five years (or
such shorter period as the Committee may specify in the option agreement) from
the date of such termination of employment or until the expiration of the stated
term of such Stock Option, whichever period is the shorter; provided, however,
that if the optionee dies within such five-year period (or such shorter period),
any unexercised Stock Option held by such optionee shall, notwithstanding the
expiration of such five-year (or such shorter) period, continue to be
exercisable to the extent to which it was exercisable at the time of death for a
period of twelve (12) months from the date of such death or until the expiration
of the stated term of such Stock Option, whichever period is the shorter. In the
event of termination of employment by reason of Disability or Retirement, if an
Incentive Stock Option is exercised after the expiration of the exercise periods
that apply for purposes of Section 422 of the Code, such Stock Option will
thereafter be treated as a Non-Qualified Stock Option.

         (h)      Other Termination. Unless otherwise determined by the
Committee, (1) if an optionee incurs a Termination of Employment for Cause, all
Stock Options held by such optionee will thereupon terminate and (2) if an
optionee incurs a Termination of Employment for any reason other than death,
Disability, Retirement, or Cause, any Stock Option held by such optionee shall
thereupon terminate, except that such Stock Option, to the extent then
exercisable, or on such accelerated basis as the Committee may determine, may be
exercised for the lesser of three (3) months from the date of such Termination
of Employment or the balance of such Stock Option's term; provided, however,
that if the optionee dies within such three-month period, any unexercised Stock
Option held by such optionee shall, notwithstanding the expiration of such
three-month period, continue to be exercisable to the extent to which it was
exercisable at the time of death for a period of twelve (12) months from the
date of such death or until the expiration of the stated term of such Stock
Option, whichever period is the shorter. In the event of Termination of
Employment, if an Incentive Stock Option is exercised after the expiration of
the exercise periods that apply for purposes of Section 422 of the Code, such
Stock Option will thereafter be treated as a Non-Qualified Stock Option.

         (i)      Cashing Out of Stock Option. On receipt of written notice of
exercise, the Committee may elect to cash out all or part of the portion of the
shares of Stock for which a Stock Option is being exercised by paying the
optionee an amount, in cash or Stock, equal to the excess of the Fair Market
Value of the Stock over the option price times the number of shares of Stock for
which the Option is being exercised on the effective date of such cash out.

         (j)      Change in Control Cash-Out. Notwithstanding any other
provision of the Plan, during the 60-day period from and after a Change in
Control (the "Exercise Period"), unless the Committee shall determine otherwise
at the time of grant, an optionee shall have

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the right, whether or not the Stock Option is fully exercisable and in lieu of
the payment of the exercise price for the shares of Stock being purchased under
the Stock Option and by giving notice to the Company, to elect (within the
Exercise Period) to surrender all or part of the Stock Option to the Company and
to receive cash, within 30 days of such notice, in an amount equal to the amount
by which the Change in Control Price per share of Stock on the date of such
election shall exceed the exercise price per share of Stock under the Stock
Option (the "Spread") multiplied by the number of shares of Stock granted under
the Stock Option as to which the right granted under this Section 5(j) shall
have been exercised.

SECTION 6.        STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS.

         (a)      Grant and Exercise. Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted
in conjunction with all or part of any Stock Option granted under the Plan. In
the case of a Non-Qualified Stock Option, such rights may be granted either at
or after the time of grant of such Stock Option. In the case of an Incentive
Stock Option, such rights may be granted only at the time of grant of such Stock
Option. A Stock Appreciation Right will terminate and no longer be exercisable
upon the termination or exercise of the related Stock Option.

         A Stock Appreciation Right may be exercised by an optionee in
accordance with Section 6(b) by surrendering the applicable portion of the
related Stock Option in accordance with procedures established by the Committee.
Upon such exercise and surrender, the optionee will be entitled to receive an
amount determined in the manner prescribed in Section 6(b). Stock Options which
have been so surrendered will no longer be exercisable to the extent the related
Stock Appreciation Rights have been exercised.

         (b)      Terms and Conditions. Stock Appreciation Rights will be
subject to such terms and conditions as shall be determined by the Committee,
including the following:

                  (1)      Stock Appreciation Rights will be exercisable only at
         such time or times and to the extent that the Stock Options to which
         they relate are exercisable in accordance with the provisions of
         Section 5 and this Section 6.

                  (2)      Upon the exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right, an
         optionee will be entitled to receive an amount in cash, shares of Stock
         or both equal in value to the excess of the Fair Market Value of one
         share of Stock as of the date of exercise over the option price per
         share specified in the related Stock Option multiplied by the number of
         shares in respect of which the Stock Appreciation Right shall has been
         exercised, with the Committee having the right to determine the form of
         payment.

                  (3)      Stock Appreciation Rights will be transferable only
         to permitted transferees of the underlying Stock Option in accordance
         with Section 5(e).

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SECTION 7.        RESTRICTED STOCK.

         (a)      Administration. Shares of Restricted Stock may be awarded
either alone or in addition to other Awards granted under the Plan. The
Committee will determine the individuals to whom and the time or times at which
grants of Restricted Stock will be awarded, the number of shares to be awarded
to any participant, the conditions for vesting, the time or times within which
such Awards may be subject to forfeiture and any other terms and conditions of
the Awards, in addition to those contained in Section 7(c).

         (b)      Awards and Certificates. Shares of Restricted Stock will be
evidenced in such manner as the Committee may deem appropriate, including
book-entry registration or issuance of one or more stock certificates. Except as
otherwise set forth in a Restricted Stock Agreement, any certificate issued in
respect of shares of Restricted Stock will be registered in the name of such
participant and will bear an appropriate legend referring to the terms,
conditions, and restrictions applicable to such Award, substantially in the
following form:

         "The transferability of this certificate and the shares of stock
          represented hereby are subject to the terms and conditions (including
          forfeiture) of the 1996 Stock Incentive Plan and a Restricted Stock
          Agreement. Copies of such Plan and Agreement are on file at the office
          of The Dial Corporation, 15501 North Dial Boulevard, Scottsdale,
          Arizona 85260-1619."

         The Committee may require that the certificates evidencing such shares
be held in custody by the Company until the restrictions thereon have lapsed and
that, as a condition of any Award of Restricted Stock, the participant has
delivered a stock power, endorsed in blank, relating to the Stock covered by
such Award.

         (c)      Terms and Conditions. Shares of Restricted Stock will be
subject to the following terms and conditions:

                  (1)      The Committee may, prior to or at the time of grant,
         designate an Award of Restricted Stock as a Qualified Performance-Based
         Award, in which event it will condition the grant or vesting, as
         applicable, of such Restricted Stock upon the attainment of Performance
         Goals. If the Committee does not designate an Award of Restricted Stock
         as a Qualified Performance-Based Award, it may also condition the grant
         or vesting thereof upon the attainment of Performance Goals. Regardless
         of whether an Award of Restricted Stock is a Qualified
         Performance-Based Award, the Committee may also condition the grant or
         vesting upon the continued service of the participant. The provisions
         of Restricted Stock Awards (including the conditions for grant or
         vesting and any applicable Performance Goals) need not be the same with
         respect to each recipient. The Committee may at any time, in its sole
         discretion, accelerate or waive, in whole or in part, any of the
         foregoing restrictions; provided,

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         however, that in the case of Restricted Stock that is a Qualified
         Performance-Based Award, the applicable Performance Goals have been
         satisfied.

                  (2)      Subject to the provisions of the Plan (including
         Section 5(d)) and the Restricted Stock Agreement referred to in Section
         7(c)(7), during a period set by the Committee, commencing with the date
         of such Award for which such participant's continued service is
         required (the "Restriction Period") and until the later of (A) the
         expiration of the Restriction Period and (B) the date the applicable
         Performance Goals (if any) are satisfied, the participant will not be
         permitted to sell, assign, transfer, pledge or otherwise encumber
         shares of Restricted Stock.

                  (3)      Except as provided in this paragraph (3) and Sections
         7(c)(1) and (2) and the Restricted Stock Agreement, the participant
         will have, with respect to the shares of Restricted Stock, all of the
         rights of a stockholder of the Company holding the class or series of
         Stock that is the subject of the Restricted Stock, including, if
         applicable, the right to vote the shares and the right to receive any
         dividends. If so determined by the Committee in the applicable
         Restricted Stock Agreement and subject to Section 11(f) of the Plan,
         (A) dividends consisting of cash, stock or other property (other than
         Stock) on the class or series of Stock that is the subject of the
         Restricted Stock shall be automatically deferred and reinvested in
         additional Restricted Stock (in the case of stock or other property,
         based on the fair market value thereof, and the Fair Market Value of
         the stock, in each case as of the record date for the dividend) held
         subject to the vesting of the underlying Restricted Stock, or held
         subject to meeting Performance Goals applicable to the underlying
         Restricted Stock, and (B) dividends payable in Stock shall be paid in
         the form of Restricted Stock of the same class as the Stock with which
         such dividend was paid and shall be held subject to the vesting of the
         underlying Restricted Stock, or held subject to meeting Performance
         Goals applicable to the underlying Restricted Stock.

                  (4)      Except to the extent otherwise provided in the
         applicable Restricted Stock Agreement and Sections 7(c)(1), 7(c)(2),
         7(c)(5) and 8(a)(2), upon a participant's Termination of Employment for
         any reason during the Restriction Period or before any applicable
         Performance Goals are met, all shares still subject to restriction
         shall be forfeited by the participant.

                  (5)      Except to the extent otherwise provided in Section
         8(a)(2), in the event that a participant retires or such participant's
         employment is involuntarily terminated (other than for Cause), the
         Committee will have the discretion to waive in whole or in part any or
         all remaining restrictions (other than, in the case of Restricted Stock
         which is a Qualified Performance-Based Award, satisfaction of the
         applicable Performance Goals unless the participant's employment is
         terminated by reason of death or Disability) with respect to any or all
         of such participant's shares of Restricted Stock.

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                  (6)      Except as otherwise provided herein or as required by
         law, if and when applicable Performance Goals are satisfied and the
         Restriction Period expires without a prior forfeiture of the Restricted
         Stock, unlegended certificates for such shares will be delivered to the
         participant upon surrender of legended certificates.

                  (7)      Each Award will be confirmed by, and be subject to
         the terms of, a Restricted Stock Agreement.

SECTION 8.        CHANGE IN CONTROL PROVISIONS.

         (a)      Impact of Event. Notwithstanding any other provision of the
Plan to the contrary, in the event of a Change in Control:

                  (1)      Any Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Right
         outstanding as of the date such Change in Control is determined to have
         occurred and not then exercisable and vested will become fully
         exercisable and vested to the full extent of the original grant.

                  (2)      The restrictions and conditions to vesting applicable
         to any Restricted Stock shall lapse, and such Restricted Stock shall
         become free of all restrictions and become fully vested and
         transferable to the full extent of the original grant.

         (b)      Definition of Change in Control. For purposes of the Plan, a
"Change in Control" shall mean the happening of any of the following events:

                  (1)      An acquisition by any individual, entity or group
         (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange
         Act) (a "Person") of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule
         13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 20% or more of either (A)
         the then outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (the
         "Outstanding Company Common Stock") or (B) the combined voting power of
         the then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote
         generally in the election of directors (the "Outstanding Company Voting
         Securities"); excluding, however, the following: (i) any acquisition
         directly from the Company, other than an acquisition by virtue of the
         exercise of a conversion privilege unless the security being so
         converted was itself acquired directly from the Company, (ii) any
         acquisition by the Company, (iii) any acquisition by any employee
         benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company
         or any corporation controlled by the company or (iv) any acquisition by
         any corporation pursuant to a transaction which complies with clauses
         (A), (B) and (C) of subsection (3) of this Section 8(b); or

                  (2)      A change in the composition of the Board such that
         the individuals who, as of the date that the Distribution is effective,
         constitute the Board (such Board shall be hereinafter referred to as
         the "Incumbent Board") cease for any reason to constitute at least a
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         Section 8(b), that any individual who becomes a member of the Board
         subsequent to the date that the Distribution is effective, whose
         election, or nomination for election by the Company's stockholders, was
         approved by vote of at least a majority of those individuals who are
         members of the Board and who were also members of the Incumbent Board
         (or deemed to be such pursuant to this proviso) will be considered as
         though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board; but,
         provided, further, that any such individual whose initial assumption of
         office occurs as a result of either an actual or threatened election
         contest (as such terms as used in Rule 14a-11 of Regulation 14A
         promulgated under the Exchange Act) or other actual or threatened
         solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other
         than the Board will not be considered as a member of the Incumbent
         Board; or

                  (3)      The approval by the stockholders of the Company of a
         reorganization, merger or consolidation or sale or other disposition of
         all or substantially all of the assets of the Company ("Corporate
         Transaction") (or, if consummation of such Corporate Transaction is
         subject, at the time of such approval by stockholders, to the consent
         of any government or governmental agency, the earlier of the obtaining
         of such consent or the consummation of the Corporate Transaction);
         excluding, however, such a Corporate Transaction pursuant to which (A)
         all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who are the
         beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Company Common
         Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to
         such Corporate Transaction will beneficially own, directly or
         indirectly, more than 60% of, respectively, the outstanding shares of
         common stock, and the combined voting power of the then outstanding
         voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of
         directors, as the case may be, of the corporation resulting from such
         Corporate Transaction (including, without limitation, a corporation
         which as a result of such transaction owns the Company or all or
         substantially all of the Company's assets either directly or through
         one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as
         their ownership, immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction, of
         the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting
         Securities, as the case may be, (B) no Person (other than the Company,
         any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or such
         corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction) will
         beneficially own, directly or indirectly, 20% or more of, respectively,
         the outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation resulting
         from such Corporate Transaction or the combined voting power of the
         outstanding voting securities of such corporation entitled to vote
         generally in the election of directors except to the extent that such
         ownership existed prior to the Corporate Transaction and (C)
         individuals who were members of the Incumbent Board will constitute at
         least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the
         corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction; or

                  (4)      The approval by the stockholders of the Company of a
         complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

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         (c)      Change in Control Price. For purposes of the Plan, "Change in
Control Price" means the higher of (1) the highest reported sales price, regular
way, of a share of Stock in any transaction reported on the New York Stock
Exchange Composite Tape or other national exchange on which such shares are
listed or on the NASDAQ National Market System or on NASDAQ during the 60-day
period prior to and including the date of a Change in Control or (2) if the
Change in Control is the result of a tender or exchange offer or a Corporate
Transaction, the highest price per share of Stock paid in such tender or
exchange offer or Corporate Transaction; provided, however, that in the case of
Incentive Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights relating to Incentive
Stock Options, the Change in Control Price will be in all cases the Fair Market
Value of the Stock on the date such Incentive Stock Option or Stock Appreciation
Right is exercised. To the extent that the consideration paid in any such
transaction described above consists all or in part of securities or other
non-cash consideration, the value of such securities or other non-cash
consideration will be determined in the sole discretion of the Board.

SECTION 9.        TERM, AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION.

         The Plan shall terminate on October 31, 2012 and no Award may be
granted under the Plan thereafter, provided that the Board may sooner terminate
the Plan subject to the limitations contained in this Section 9.

         The Board may amend, alter, or discontinue the Plan, but no amendment,
alteration or discontinuation shall be made which would (a) impair the rights of
an optionee under a Stock Option or a recipient of a Stock Appreciation Right or
Restricted Stock Award theretofore granted without the optionee's or recipient's
consent, except such an amendment which is necessary to cause any Award or
transaction under the Plan to qualify, or to continue to qualify, for the
exemption provided by Rule 16b-3, or (b) disqualify any Award or transaction
under the Plan from the exemption provided by Rule 16b-3. In addition, no such
amendment may be made without the approval of the Company's stockholders to the
extent such approval is required by law or agreement.

         The Committee may amend the terms of any Stock Option or other Award
theretofore granted, prospectively or retroactively, but no such amendment will
(1) impair the rights of any holder without the holder's consent except such an
amendment which is necessary to cause any Award or transaction under the Plan to
qualify, or to continue to qualify, for the exemption provided by Rule 16b-3 or
(2) amend any Qualified Performance-Based Award in such a way as to cause it to
cease to qualify for the exemption set forth in Section 162(m)(4)(C). The
Committee may also substitute new Stock Options for previously granted Stock
Options, including previously granted Stock Options having higher option prices.

         Subject to the above provisions, the Board will have authority to amend
the Plan to take into account changes in law and tax and accounting rules, as
well as other developments and to grant Awards which qualify for beneficial
treatment under such rules without stockholder approval.

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SECTION 10.       UNFUNDED STATUS OF PLAN.

         It is presently intended that the Plan constitute an "unfunded" plan
for incentive and deferred compensation. The Committee may authorize the
creation of trusts or other arrangements to meet the obligations created under
the Plan to deliver Stock or make payments; provided, however, that, unless the
Committee otherwise determines, the existence of such trusts or other
arrangements is consistent with the "unfunded" status of the Plan.

         SECTION 11.       GENERAL PROVISIONS.

         (a)      The Committee may require each person purchasing or receiving
shares pursuant to an Award to represent to and agree with the Company in
writing that such person is acquiring the shares without a view to the
distribution thereof. The certificates for such shares may include any legend
which the Committee deems appropriate to reflect any restrictions on transfer.

         All certificates for shares of Stock or other securities delivered
under the Plan will be subject to such stock transfer orders and other
restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the rules, regulations
and other requirements of the Commission, any stock exchange upon which the
Stock is then listed and any applicable Federal or state securities law, and the
Committee may cause a legend or legends to be put on any such certificates to
make appropriate reference to such restrictions.

         (b)      Nothing contained in the Plan will prevent the Company or any
subsidiary or Affiliate from adopting other or additional compensation
arrangements for its employees.

         (c)      The adoption of the Plan will not confer upon any employee any
right to continued employment nor will it interfere in any way with the right of
the Company or any subsidiary or Affiliate to terminate the employment of any
employee at any time.

         (d)      No later than the date as of which an amount first becomes
includible in the gross income of the participant for Federal income tax
purposes with respect to any Award under the Plan, the participant will pay to
the Company, or make arrangements satisfactory to the Company regarding the
payment of, any Federal, state, local or foreign taxes of any kind required by
law to be withheld with respect to such amount. Unless otherwise determined by
the Company, withholding obligations may be settled with Stock, including Stock
that is part of the Award that gives rise to the withholding requirement. The
obligations of the Company under the Plan will be conditional on such payment or
arrangements, and the Company and its Affiliates will, to the extent permitted
by law, have the right to deduct any such taxes from any payment otherwise due
to the participant. The Committee may establish such procedures as it deems
appropriate, including the making of irrevocable elections, for the settlement
of withholding obligations with Stock.

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         (e)      At the time of grant, the Committee may provide in connection
with any grant made under the Plan that the shares of Stock received as a result
of such grant will be subject to a right of first refusal pursuant to which the
participant will be required to offer to the Company any shares that the
participant wishes to sell at the then Fair Market Value of the Stock, subject
to such other terms and conditions as the Committee may specify at the time of
grant.

         (f)      The reinvestment of dividends in additional Restricted Stock
at the time of any dividend payment shall only be permissible if sufficient
shares of Stock are available under Section 3 for such reinvestment (taking into
account then outstanding Stock Options and other Awards).

         (g)      The Committee will establish such procedures as it deems
appropriate for a participant to designate a beneficiary to whom any amounts
payable in the event of the participant's death are to be paid or by whom any
rights of the participant, after the participant's death, may be exercised.

         (h)      Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or any
agreement relating to any Award hereunder, if any right granted pursuant to this
Plan would make a Change in Control transaction ineligible for
pooling-of-interests-accounting under APE No. 16 that, but for the nature of
such grant, would otherwise be eligible for such accounting treatment, the
Committee will have the ability, in its sole discretion, to substitute for the
cash payable pursuant to such grant Common Stock with a Fair Market Value equal
to the cash that would otherwise be payable hereunder.

         (i)      The Plan and all Awards made and actions taken thereunder
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
Delaware.

SECTION 12.       EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN

         The Plan shall be effective on August 15, 1996.

SECTION 13.       DIRECTOR STOCK OPTIONS.

         (a)      Each director of the Company who is not otherwise an employee
of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or Affiliates, will be automatically
granted Non-Qualified Stock Options to purchase Common Stock having an exercise
price per share of Common Stock equal to 100% of Fair Market Value per share of
Common Stock at the date of grant of such Non-Qualified Stock Option as follows:
(1) on the date of his or her first election as a director of the Company, which
election will be deemed to occur on August 15, 1996 for individuals who become
directors of the Company in connection with the Distribution (any such initial
grant, an "Initial Grant"), (2) on June 7, 2001 and thereafter annually, on the
date of the Annual Stockholders Meeting, during such director's term (the
"Annual Grant"), and (3) on the date of the Annual Stockholders Meeting
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service (the "Refresher Grant"). The number of shares subject to each such
Initial Grant, Annual Grant and Refresher Grant, will be equal to the annual
retainer fee in effect at the date of the respective grant for nonemployee
directors of the Company divided by an amount equal to one-fourth (1/4) of the
Fair Market Value of the Common Stock at the date of grant, rounded to the
nearest 100 shares. A nonemployee director elected during the course of a year
(i.e., on a date other than the date of the Annual Grant) will, in addition to
the Initial Grant, receive upon election a grant of Non-Qualified Stock Options
prorated for the year in which the election occurs, with the number of shares of
Common Stock subject to such Stock Options being equal to (1) the number of
shares subject to the Initial Grant multiplied by (2) a fraction the numerator
of which is the number of full calendar months from the date of such election
through the date of the next Annual Grant and the denominator of which is
twelve.

         (b)      An automatic director Stock Option will be granted hereunder
only if as of each date of grant the director (1) is not otherwise an employee
of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or Affiliates, (2) has not been an
employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or Affiliates for any part of
the preceding fiscal year, and (3) has served on the Board continuously since
the commencement of his term.

         (c)      Except as expressly provided in this Section 13, any Stock
Option granted hereunder will be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan
as if the grant were made pursuant to Section 5 hereof including, without
limitation, the rights set forth in Section 5(j) hereof.

SECTION 14.         DEFERRAL OF STOCK OPTIONS

         (a)      The Committee may, in its discretion, permit optionees to
elect to defer the issuance of Common Stock upon the exercise of one or more
Non-Qualified Stock Options granted pursuant to the Plan (including, but not
limited to, Replacement Awards). All such deferrals shall be made by the
delivery of a written election (in such form as may be prescribed by the
Committee) by an optionee at such time as may be established by the Committee
for such purpose and, once made, shall be irrevocable; provided, however, that
such election shall (i) be made at least six (6) months prior to the initial
exercise in respect of such Non-Qualified Stock Option and (ii) apply to the
entirety of such Non-Qualified Stock Option.

         (b)      Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the exercise
price of a Non-Qualified Stock Option in respect of which a deferral election
has been made pursuant to this Section 14 shall be paid by delivery of
unrestricted Common Stock owned by the optionee for at least six (6) months
prior to the date of exercise or such other Common Stock as the Committee may
authorize (the "Previously Owned Shares").

         (c)      Upon the exercise of a Non-Qualified Stock Option in respect
of which a deferral election has been made, a number of shares equal to the
number of shares of Common Stock which would otherwise have been received by the
optionee in excess of the

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Previously Owned Shares if such deferral election had not been made (the
"Deferred Shares") shall be credited to an account maintained on behalf of the
optionee pursuant to the Plan; provided, however, that, subject to Section 10,
the Company may (but shall not be required to) actually cause shares of Common
Stock to be delivered to one or more trusts or other arrangements to satisfy its
obligations created under the Plan to deliver Deferred Shares to optionees.

         (d)      Upon the making of a deferral election pursuant to this
Section 14, an optionee shall elect on a form and in such manner as the
Committee shall prescribe the time or times at which the Deferred Shares shall
be delivered to the optionee (or, in the event of the optionee's death, to his
or her beneficiary). Notwithstanding the election by an optionee, upon
Termination of an optionee's employment for Cause, all Deferred Shares shall be
delivered to such optionee in a lump sum as promptly as practicable after his or
her Termination.

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