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                                                                   Exhibit 10(m)


                  THE DIAL CORPORATION AMENDED AND RESTATED
                    MANAGEMENT DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

             (As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 1999)
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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ARTICLE 1 Purpose ...............................................        1

ARTICLE 2 Definitions ...........................................        1

ARTICLE 3 Deferral Elections of Base Salary and Incentive Awards.        6

 3.1 DEFERRAL ELECTION ..........................................        6
 3.2 TIMING OF DEFERRAL ELECTIONS ...............................        6
 3.3 IRREVOCABILITY .............................................        6
 3.4 CESSATION OF DEFERRAL ELECTIONS ............................        7
 3.5 RETURN TO WORK FOLLOWING DISABILITY OR LEAVE OF ABSENCE ....        7
 3.6 INITIAL PLAN YEAR ..........................................        7

ARTICLE 4 Treatment of Deferral Amounts .........................        7

 4.1 MEMORANDUM ACCOUNTS ........................................        7
 4.2 RULES APPLICABLE TO POST-1998 DEFERRAL AMOUNTS ONLY ........        7
 4.3 RULES APPLICABLE TO 1998 DEFERRAL AMOUNTS ONLY .............        7
 4.4 RULES APPLICABLE TO PRIOR ACCOUNTS ONLY ....................        9
 4.5 STOCK UNIT DIVIDEND EQUIVALENT RIGHTS ......................        9
 4.6 REPORTS ....................................................       10

ARTICLE 5 Management Stock Unit Purchase Program ................       10

 5.1 PURPOSE ....................................................       10
 5.2 RULES APPLICABLE TO POST-1998 DEFERRAL AMOUNTS .............       10
 5.3 RULES APPLICABLE TO 1998 DEFERRAL AMOUNTS ..................       11
 5.4 RULES GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO STOCK UNIT AMOUNTS ...........       11

ARTICLE 6 Payment of Account Balances ...........................       12

 6.1 FORMS OF PAYMENT OF POST-1998 DEFERRAL AMOUNTS .............       12
 6.2 FORMS OF PAYMENT OF 1998 DEFERRAL AMOUNTS ..................       12
 6.3 PAYMENT METHOD ELECTIONS ...................................       12
 6.4 EXCEPTION TO TERMINATION PAYMENT METHOD ....................       13
 6.5 EXCEPTION FOR DISABILITY OF PARTICIPANT ....................       13
 6.6 EXCEPTION FOR DEATH OF PARTICIPANT .........................       13
 6.7 EXCEPTION FOR UNFORESEEABLE FINANCIAL EMERGENCY ............       14
 6.8 EXCEPTION FOR SECTION 162(m) OF THE CODE ...................       14
 6.9 EXCEPTION FOR SECTION 16 OF THE EXCHANGE ACT ...............       14
 6.10 SHORT TERM PAYOUT .........................................       14
 6.11 WITHDRAWAL ELECTION .......................................       15
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  6.12 EFFECT OF SECTION 280G OF THE CODE ........................       15
  6.13 TIMING OF PAYMENTS ........................................       15
  6.14 VALUATION OF ACCOUNT BALANCES .............................       16
  6.15 PRORATION OF PAYMENTS .....................................       16

ARTICLE 7 Administration .........................................       16

  7.1 PLAN ADMINISTRATOR .........................................       16
  7.2 DELEGATION TO MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE .........................       16
  7.3 GENERAL POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PLAN ADMINISTRATOR ..       16
  7.4 ACTION OF PLAN ADMINISTRATOR ...............................       17
  7.5 LIABILITY ..................................................       17
  7.6 INDEMNIFICATION OF PLAN ADMINISTRATOR ......................       17
  7.7 ADMINISTRATION UPON CHANGE IN CONTROL ......................       17
  7.8 EMPLOYER INFORMATION .......................................       18

ARTICLE 8 Beneficiary Designation ................................       18

  8.1 BENEFICIARY ................................................       18
  8.2 CHANGE OF BENEFICIARY; SPOUSAL CONSENT .....................       18
  8.3 ACKNOWLEDGMENT .............................................       18
  8.4 NO BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION .................................       18
  8.5 DOUBT AS TO BENEFICIARY ....................................       18

ARTICLE 9 Amendment and Termination of the Plan ..................       19

  9.1 TERMINATION OF THE PLAN ....................................       19
  9.2 AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN ......................................       19
  9.3 EFFECT OF PAYMENT ..........................................       20

ARTICLE 10 Claims Procedures .....................................       20

 10.1 PRESENTATION OF CLAIM ......................................       20
 10.2 NOTIFICATION OF DECISION ...................................       20
 10.3 REVIEW OF A DENIED CLAIM ...................................       20
 10.4 DECISION ON REVIEW .........................................       20
 10.5 LEGAL ACTION ...............................................       21

ARTICLE 11 Funding ...............................................       21

 11.1 ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TRUST .................................       21
 11.2 INTERRELATIONSHIP OF THE PLAN AND THE TRUST ................       21
 11.3 DISTRIBUTIONS FROM THE TRUST ...............................       21

ARTICLE 12 Miscellaneous .........................................       21
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12.1 STATUS OF PLAN ........................................       21
12.2 UNSECURED GENERAL CREDITOR ............................       21
12.3 ASSETS ................................................       22
12.4 COMPANY LIABILITY .....................................       22
12.5 NONASSIGNABILITY ......................................       22
12.6 NOT A CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT ..........................       22
12.7 FURNISHING INFORMATION ................................       22
12.8 TERMS .................................................       22
12.9 CAPTIONS ..............................................       22
12.10 GOVERNING LAW ........................................       23
12.11 NOTICE ...............................................       23
12.12 SUCCESSORS ...........................................       23
12.13 SPOUSE'S INTEREST ....................................       23
12.14 REFORMATION AND SEVERABILITY .........................       23
12.15 INCOMPETENCE .........................................       23
12.16 COURT ORDER ..........................................       24
12.17 DISTRIBUTION IN THE EVENT OF TAXATION ................       24
12.18 TAXES ................................................       24
12.19 INSURANCE ............................................       24
12.20 MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK AUTHORIZED ..       25
12.20 LITIGATION TO ENFORCE RIGHTS AFTER CHANGE IN CONTROL .       25
12.21 EFFECT OF THE PLAN ...................................       25
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                  THE DIAL CORPORATION AMENDED AND RESTATED
                    MANAGEMENT DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

             (As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 1999)

                                    ARTICLE 1
                                     PURPOSE

      The purpose of this Amended and Restated Management Deferred Compensation
Plan is to provide a select group of key management employees of The Dial
Corporation and designated subsidiaries and affiliates the opportunity to defer
receipt of Base Salary and Incentive Awards to which they are entitled while the
Plan is in effect. The Plan is intended to be an unfunded nonqualified deferred
compensation plan maintained for "a select group of management or highly
compensated employees," as that phrase is used in Title I of ERISA, and shall be
construed and administered accordingly.

                                    ARTICLE 2

                                  DEFINITIONS

      For purposes of the Plan, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:

      "1998 DEFERRAL AMOUNTS: shall mean the portion of a Participant's Cash
Account and Stock Unit Account which are allocable to his or her Deferral Amount
deferred in the 1998 Plan Year.

      "ACCOUNT BALANCES" shall mean the sum of the balances of a Participant's
Cash Account, Stock Unit Account and Prior Account.

      "ALLOCATION DATE" shall mean the date on which all or a portion of a
Participant's Deferral Amount is credited to his or her Cash Account or Stock
Unit Account, which shall be the date on which such Deferral Amount (or portion
thereof) would have been paid to the Participant if the Participant had not made
a Deferral Election; provided, however, that, if such date is not a business
day, the Allocation Date shall be the immediately preceding business day.

      "ANNUAL INSTALLMENT" shall mean any installment payment required to be
paid to a Participant, the amount of each of which shall be determined by
multiplying each Account Balance as of the Valuation Date immediately preceding
the date of the Annual Installment by a fraction, the numerator of which shall
be one (1) and the denominator of which shall be the number of Annual
Installments remaining to be paid to the Participant.

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      "BASE SALARY" shall mean a Participant's regular base salary for a Plan
Year (excluding Incentive Awards or other incentive compensation) payable by an
Employer to a Participant, before reduction pursuant to the Plan or any other
plan or arrangement of the Employer.

      "BASIC STOCK UNITS" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(b) of
Article 5.

      "BENEFICIARY" shall mean the person or persons designated by a Participant
in accordance with Article 8 to receive payments under the Plan following the
death of the Participant.

      "BOARD" shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

      "CASH ACCOUNT" shall mean a memorandum account established on the books of
the Company on behalf of a Participant, into which shall be credited an amount
of cash pursuant to Article 4, in accordance with the Participant's Deferral
Elections.

      "CAUSE" shall mean (i) the conviction of a Participant for committing a
felony under federal law or the law of the state in which such action occurred,
(ii) material dishonesty in the course of fulfilling a Participant's employment
duties; (iii) willful and deliberate failure on the part of a Participant to
perform his employment duties in any material respect or (iv) such other events
as shall be determined by the Plan Administrator.

      "CHANGE IN CAPITALIZATION" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
4.5(iv) of Article 4.

      "CHANGE IN CONTROL" shall have the meaning set forth in Appendix A.

      "CHANGE IN CONTROL PAYMENT METHOD" shall mean the manner in which a
Participant's Account Balances are paid to a Participant following a Change in
Control in accordance with the Participant's election, such manner to be either
(i) a lump sum upon a Change in Control or (ii) a lump sum upon termination for
any reason following a Change in Control; provided, that, if a Participant does
not elect a Change in Control Payment Method, the Participant's other Payment
Methods shall remain in effect following a Change in Control.

      "CLAIMANT" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.1 of Article 10.

      "CODE" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

      "COMMITTEE" shall mean the Executive Compensation Committee of the
Company; provided, that if the Committee shall cease to be composed of at least
two "Non-Employee Directors" as defined in Rule 16b-3(b) of the Exchange Act,
"Committee" shall mean two individuals, each of whom is a "Non-Employee
Director."


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      "COMMON STOCK" shall mean the common stock, par value $.01 per share, of
the Company.

      "COMPANY" shall mean The Dial Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and any
successor thereto.

      "CONVERSION NOTICE" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(e) of
Article 4.

      "DEFERRAL AMOUNT" shall mean a specified percentage or specified dollar
amount of Base Salary or Incentive Awards elected by a Participant to be
deferred in a Plan Year.

      "DEFERRAL ELECTION" shall mean a Participant's timely election of a
Deferral Amount pursuant to Article 3.

      "DEFERRAL ELECTION FORM" shall mean the form that a Participant must
submit to the Plan Administrator documenting his or her Deferral Election.

      "DEFERRED COMPENSATION ACCOUNTS" shall mean a Participant's Cash Account,
Stock Unit Account, and Prior Account.

      "DISABILITY" shall mean a condition as a result of which a Participant
qualifies for permanent disability benefits under the Company's long-term
disability plan (or would qualify for such benefits, if the Participant is not a
participant in such plan) as determined by the Plan Administrator.

      The "DISCOUNT" applicable to the conversion of cash to Stock Units on an
Allocation Date shall be a percentage of the Fair Market Value of a share of
Common Stock on such Allocation Date, as determined the sole discretion of the
Committee.

      "ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE" shall mean an employee of an Employer in a management
position who is designated from time to time by the Plan Administrator to be
eligible for participation in the Plan; provided, however, that no such employee
shall be eligible to participate in the Plan in a Plan Year if the Plan
Administrator shall determine that the employee could acquire under the Plan
more than 1,000,000 share of Common Stock.

      "EMPLOYER" shall mean the Company and any subsidiary or affiliate of the
Company which is an employer of one or more employees who are Participants in
the Plan.

      "ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.


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      "EXCHANGE ACT" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

      "FAIR MARKET VALUE" on any date shall mean the mean between the highest
and lowest reported sales prices of the Common Stock on the New York Stock
Exchange Composite Tape or, if not listed on such exchange, on any other
national exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or on the NASDAQ National
Market System or on NASDAQ or, if there is no regular public trading market for
the Common Stock, as determined by the Committee in good faith.

      "INCENTIVE AWARD" shall mean an award to a Participant pursuant to the
Company's Annual Incentive Plan or Sales Incentive Plan.

      "INVESTMENT CHOICES" shall mean the reference investment vehicles made
available by the Plan Administrator from time to time in which Participants'
Deferral Amounts will be deemed to be invested pursuant to Section 4.3(c) of
Article 4.

      "LEAVE OF ABSENCE" shall mean a paid or unpaid break in the service of a
Participant as an employee of his or her Employer with the approval of the Plan
Administrator.

      "MANAGEMENT STOCK UNIT PURCHASE PROGRAM" shall mean the program by which
Deferral Amounts are credited as Stock Units to a Stock Unit Account maintained
for the benefit of a Participant, as set forth in Article 5.

      "MATCHING STOCK UNITS" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(b)
of Article 5.

      "PARTICIPANT" shall mean any Eligible Employee who makes a Deferral
Election pursuant to Section 3.1 of Article 3 and for whom one or more Deferred
Compensation Accounts are maintained under the Plan.

      "PAYMENT METHOD" shall mean any of a Participant's Change in Control
Payment Method, Retirement Payment Method, Survivor Payment Method and
Termination Payment Method.

      "PLAN" shall mean The Dial Corporation Amended and Restated Management
Deferred Compensation Plan (As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 1999),
as such Plan may be amended from time to time.

      "PLAN ADMINISTRATOR" shall mean the Committee or such committee to which
the Committee delegates its powers and duties under the Plan, as set forth in
Section 7.2 of Article 7, or, upon and following a Change in Control, one or
more persons selected pursuant to Section 7.7 of Article 7.

      "PLAN YEAR" shall mean the calendar year.


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      "POST-1998 DEFERRAL AMOUNTS" shall mean the portion of a Participant's
Stock Unit Account which is allocable to his or her Deferral Amounts deferred in
the 1999 Plan Year and thereafter.

      "PRIOR ACCOUNT" shall mean the amounts in a Participant's deferred
compensation accounts (under the terms of The Dial Corporation Deferred
Compensation Plan) as of December 31, 1997.

      "RETIREMENT" shall mean termination of employment of a Participant upon or
following the date on which (i) the Participant's age is at least fifty-five
(55) and (ii) the Participant has completed at least ten (10) Years of Service;
provided, however, that "Retirement" shall not include termination upon or
following such date for Cause or as a result of death or Disability.

      "RETIREMENT PAYMENT METHOD" shall mean the manner in which a Participant's
Account Balances are paid to the Participant upon Retirement in accordance with
the Participant's election, such manner to be either (i) a lump sum payment or
(ii) five (5), ten (10) or fifteen (15) Annual Installments.

      "SHORT-TERM PAYOUT" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.10 of
Article 6.

      "STOCK UNIT ACCOUNT" shall mean a memorandum account established on the
books of the Company on behalf of a Participant, into which shall be credited a
number of Stock Units pursuant to Sections 4.2(a) of Article 4.3(a) of Article 4
and 5.4(a) of Article 5, in accordance with the Participant's Deferral
Elections, or pursuant to Section 4.3(e) of Article 4, in accordance with the
Participant's Conversion Notices.

      "STOCK UNITS" shall mean units credited to a Participant's Stock Unit
Account as Matching Stock Units or Basic Stock Units, with one Stock Unit having
a value on a date equal to the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock on
such date.

      "SURVIVOR PAYMENT METHOD" shall mean the manner in which a Participant's
Account Balances are paid to the Beneficiary of the Participant upon the
Participant's death prior to Retirement in accordance with the Participant's
election, such manner to be either (i) a lump sum or (ii) five (5), ten (10) or
fifteen (15) Annual Installments.

          "TERMINATION" shall mean termination of employment of a Participant,
other than (i) for Cause or (ii) upon his or her Retirement or death.

          "TERMINATION PAYMENT METHOD" shall mean the manner in which a
Participant's Account Balances are paid to the Participant upon Termination in
accordance with the Participant's election, such manner to be either (i) a lump
sum payment or (ii) two (2) or three (3) Annual Installments.


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      "TRUST" shall mean the trust established pursuant to Article 11.

      "UNFORESEEABLE FINANCIAL EMERGENCY" shall mean an unanticipated emergency
which is (i) a sudden and unexpected illness or accident of the Participant or a
dependent of the Participant (with "dependent" defined for purposes of the Plan
as in Section 152(a) of the Code), (ii) a loss of the Participant's property due
to casualty or (iii) such other extraordinary circumstances deemed to be an
Unforeseeable Financial Emergency, in each case caused by an event beyond the
control of the Participant and imposing severe financial hardship to the
Participant.

      "VALUATION DATE" shall mean the last day of each calendar month; provided,
however, that, if such date is not a business day, the Valuation Date shall be
the immediately preceding business day.

      "YEAR OF SERVICE" shall mean each complete 365-day period during which an
employee is an employee of any Employer, such period to commence on the
employee's initial date of hire and each anniversary of his or her date of hire;
provided, that the calculation of the Years of Service of an employee with
breaks in service as a result of a Disability or a Leave of Absence shall be as
determined by the Plan Administrator.

                                    ARTICLE 3
             DEFERRAL ELECTIONS OF BASE SALARY AND INCENTIVE AWARDS

      3.1 DEFERRAL ELECTION. Each Eligible Employee may elect to have the
payment of a specified percentage or specified dollar amount of Base Salary or
one or more Incentive Awards deferred in each Plan Year pursuant to the Plan;
provided, however, that the Plan Administrator shall establish minimum and
maximum Deferral Amounts in respect of each Plan Year and may in its discretion
establish other limits on Deferral Amounts as it deems appropriate. Each
Deferral Election shall be timely made on a Deferral Election Form to be
provided by the Plan Administrator and shall specify the Deferral Amount. Upon
the acknowledgment of a Deferral Election Form by the Plan Administrator, such
Eligible Employee shall become a Participant in the Plan for such Plan Year.

      3.2 TIMING OF DEFERRAL ELECTIONS. Deferral Elections in respect of Base
Salary otherwise payable to Participants in a Plan Year shall be timely if made
on or before December 15 of the preceding year. Deferral Elections in respect of
Incentive Awards otherwise payable to Participants in a Plan Year shall be
timely: (i) for awards pursuant to the Company's Annual Incentive Plan, if made
on or before September 30 of the preceding year; and (ii) for awards pursuant to
the Company's Sales Incentive Plan, if made at least six (6) months prior to the
Allocation Date of such awards.

      3.3 IRREVOCABILITY. Except as provided in Section 3.4 of this Article 3, a
Deferral Election, once made, shall be irrevocable.


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         3.4 CESSATION OF DEFERRAL ELECTIONS. The Deferral Election of a
Participant shall be of no further force and effect (i) upon the Participant's
death, (ii) in the discretion of the Plan Administrator, if a Participant is
suffering from a Disability, (iii) in the discretion of the Plan Administrator,
during a Participant's Leave of Absence; provided, however, that the Plan
Administrator may permit the Deferral Election of a Participant who is on a paid
Leave of Absence to remain in effect during the Leave of Absence, or (iv) upon
withdrawal of a Participant from the Plan pursuant to Section 6.11 of Article 6.

         3.5 RETURN TO WORK FOLLOWING DISABILITY OR LEAVE OF ABSENCE. If a
Participant returns to employment upon cessation of Disability, or following a
Leave of Absence, in either case during which the Participant's Deferral
Election was of no force and effect pursuant to Section 3.4 of this Article 3,
(i) the Plan Administrator may give effect to the Participant's unexpired
Deferral Election and (ii) the Participant may, with the consent of the Plan
Administrator, make Deferral Elections in respect of future Plan Years.

         3.6 INITIAL PLAN YEAR. The initial Plan Year of the Plan shall commence
on January 1, 1998.

                                   ARTICLE 4

                         TREATMENT OF DEFERRAL AMOUNTS

         4.1 MEMORANDUM ACCOUNTS. The Company shall establish on its books for
each Participant in the Plan, as necessary, a Cash Account, a Stock Unit Account
and a Prior Account.

         4.2 RULES APPLICABLE TO POST-1998 DEFERRAL AMOUNTS ONLY

         (a) CREDITING OF MEMORANDUM ACCOUNTS. On each Allocation Date during
the 1999 Plan Year and thereafter, an amount of cash reflecting the portion of a
Participant's Deferral Amount which would otherwise have been paid to the
Participant on such Allocation Date shall be converted to Stock Unites and
credited to the Participant's Stock Unit Account, in accordance with the terms
and conditions of Article 5.

         (b) VESTING. A Participant shall be vested in the Account Balance of
his or her Stock Unit Account as provided in Section 5.4(b) of Article 5.

         4.3 RULES APPLICABLE TO 1998 DEFERRAL AMOUNTS ONLY

         (a) CREDITING OF MEMORANDUM ACCOUNTS. On each Allocation Date during
the 1998 Plan year, an amount of cash reflecting the portion of a Participant's
Deferral Amount which would otherwise have been paid to the Participant on such




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Allocation Date shall be (i) credited to the Participant's Cash Account, to the
extent that the Participant has elected to invest in one or more Investment
Choices and (ii) converted to Stock Units and credited to the Participant's
Stock Unit Account, in accordance with the terms and conditions of Article 5, to
the extent that the Participant has elected to participate in the Management
Stock Unit Purchase Program.

         (b) VESTING. A Participant shall be fully (100%) vested in the Account
Balance of his or her Cash Account at all times. A Participant shall be vested
in the Account Balance of his or her Stock Unit Account as provided in Section
5.4(b) of Article 5.

         (c) INVESTMENT OF CASH ACCOUNTS. A Participant's Cash Account shall be
deemed invested among the Investment Choices selected by the Participant on the
Participant's Deferral Election Form (or such other form as may be prescribed by
the Plan Administrator). Each Participant's Cash Account shall be adjusted as of
each Valuation Date to reflect the performance of the Investment Choices, and,
to the greatest extent practicable, the value of each Participant's Cash Account
shall be determined as if Deferral Amounts were actually invested among the
Investment Choices as directed by such Participant; provided, however, that the
Company shall have no obligation actually to invest any Deferral Amounts or
other assets in any Investment Choices.

         (d) ALLOCATION AMONG INVESTMENT CHOICES. A Participant may elect to
change the allocation of his or her Cash Account among the Investment Choices
not more frequently than quarterly by completing such form as may be prescribed
by the Plan Administrator and submitting it to the Plan Administrator. Any such
change in allocation will become effective on the first day of the next
following calendar quarter.

         (e) CONVERSION BETWEEN STOCK UNIT ACCOUNTS AND CASH ACCOUNTS. A
Participant may, by notice delivered to the Plan Administrator (a "Conversion
Notice"), convert (i) all or any portion of the Stock Units credited to his or
her Stock Unit Account which is allocable to his or her 19989 Deferral Amount
(either before or after Annual Installments from such account may have
commenced) to his or her Cash Account by multiplying the Stock Units to be
converted by the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the earlier of
the Valuation Date coincident with or the Valuation Date next following the day
on which the Conversion Notice is received, or (ii) all or any portion of his or
her Cash Account (either before or after Annual Installments from such account
may have commenced) into a number of Stock Units equal to the portion of the
Cash Account to be converted divided by the Fair Market Value of a share of
Common Stock on the last trading day of the month in which such Conversion
Notice is given; provided, however, that no Conversion Notice shall be of any
force and effect if it (A) is given within six months following the date of an
election by such Participant, with respect to any plan of the Company, that
effected a "Discretionary Transaction" (as defined in Rule 16b-3(f) under the
Exchange Act) that was an acquisition (if the Conversion Notice is pursuant to
clause (i)) or a disposition (if the Conversion Notice is pursuant to clause
(ii)), (B) is given after an individual ceases to be an employee of an Employer
and the Committee does not consent to such Conversion Notice, (C) applies to




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(i) any Basic Stock Units which (by reason of the calculation set forth in
Section 5.4(a) of Article 5) give rise to Matching Stock Units, if such Matching
Stock Units are unvested as of the date of the Conversion Notice or (ii) any
unvested Matching Stock Units, or (D) applies to a Prior Account. Any such
Conversion Notice will become effective on the first day of the next following
calendar quarter.

         4.4 RULE APPLICABLE TO PRIOR ACCOUNTS ONLY

         (a) VESTING. A Participant shall be fully (100%) vested in his or her
Prior Account at all times.

         (b) TREATMENT OF PRIOR ACCOUNTS. Prior Accounts shall be accounted for
separately under the Plan. Prior Accounts may be allocated between the
investment alternatives available under the Plan as of December 31, 1997 (unless
the Plan Administrator shall make available another investment alternative) but
may not be allocated among the Investment Choices (unless such other investment
alternative is also an Investment Choice) or transferred to a Cash Account or
Stock Unit Account. A Participant's Prior Account shall be paid to the
Participant in accordance with Article 6 of the Plan.

         4.5 STOCK UNIT DIVIDEND EQUIVALENT RIGHTS. In the event of a dividend
paid with respect to the Common Stock, whether in cash, Common Stock or other
stock or property of the Company, credits (dividend equivalents) will be made to
each Participant's Stock Unit Account as follows:

                  (i) in the case of a cash dividend, or a dividend of stock of
         the Company (other than Common Stock) or other property, additional
         credits will be made to the Stock Unit Account consisting of a number
         of Stock Units equal to the number determined by dividing (A) the cash
         amount of such dividend per share (or the fair market value, on the
         date of payment, of dividends paid in such stock or other property),
         multiplied by the aggregate number of Stock Units credited to such
         Stock Unit Account on the record date for the payment of such dividend
         by (B) the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the day
         prior to the date such dividend is payable to holders;

                  (ii) in the case of a dividend consisting of Common Stock, the
         Stock Unit Account will be credited with a number of Stock Units equal
         to the number of Stock Units in such account immediately prior to such
         dividend multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock paid per
         share of Common Stock in such dividend;

                  (iii) in the case of a dividend consisting of shares of stock
         of any of the Company's subsidiaries, a new stock unit subaccount will
         be established and credited with a number of shares of stock of such
         subsidiary equal to the number of Stock Units in the Participant's
         Stock Unit Account immediately prior to such dividend multiplied by the
         number of shares of subsidiary stock issued per share




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         of Common Stock in such dividend (with dividends thereafter accruing on
         such new subaccount solely in the form of cash in an amount equal to
         the value of dividends paid by the issuer of the stock to which the
         stock units relate); and

                  (iv) in the case of a Change in Capitalization not described
         in subsections (i), (ii) or (iii) of this Section 4.5, the Committee in
         good faith shall take such action as it deems necessary to preserve the
         economic value of the Stock Unit Account immediately prior to the
         Change in Capitalization. For purposes of this Section 4.5(iv), "Change
         in Capitalization" shall mean any increase or reduction in the number
         of shares of Common Stock, or any change (including, but not limited
         to, a change in value) in such shares or exchange of such shares for a
         different number or kind of shares or other securities of the Company
         or another corporation, by reason of a reclassification,
         recapitalization, merger, consolidation, reorganization, spin-off,
         split-up, issuance of warrants or rights or debentures, stock dividend,
         stock split or reverse stock split, cash dividend, property dividend,
         combination or exchange of shares, repurchase of shares, change in
         corporate structure or otherwise.

After payment in respect of a Participant's Stock Unit Account commences,
dividend equivalents will accrue on the unpaid balance of such Stock Unit
Account in the same manner until all of the amounts credited to such Stock Unit
Account have been paid.

         4.6 REPORTS. Until a Participant's Account Balances shall have been
paid in full, the Company will furnish to the Participant a report at least
quarterly which shall set forth transactions in, and the status of, the
Participant's Deferred Compensation Accounts.

                                   ARTICLE 5

                     MANAGEMENT STOCK UNIT PURCHASE PROGRAM

         5.1 PURPOSE. The purpose of the Management Stock Unit Purchase Program
is to encourage Participants in the Plan to defer compensation into Stock Units,
thereby aligning the interests of senior management of the Company with the
interests of the Company's stockholders.

         5.2 RULES APPLICABLE TO POST-1998 DEFERRAL AMOUNTS

         (a) STOCK UNIT DEFERRALS. All Deferral Amounts deferred by a
Participant in the 1999 Plan Year and thereafter shall be credited as Stock
Units to his or her Stock Unit Account.

         (b) STOCK UNIT ACCOUNTS. A Stock Unit Account shall be maintained for
each Participant. On each Allocation Date, an amount of cash reflecting the
portion of a Participant's Deferral Amount which would otherwise have been paid
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Participant on such Allocation Date shall be converted to Stock Units pursuant
to Section 5.4(a) of this Article 5 and shall be credited to the Participant's
Stock Unit Account.

         5.3 RULES APPLICABLE TO 1998 DEFERRAL AMOUNTS

         (a) STOCK UNIT DEFERRAL ELECTIONS. In making his or her Deferral
Election for the 1998 Plan Year, a Participant may elect that his or her
Deferral Amounts be deferred as Stock Units. A Participant shall make such a
Deferral Election on the Deferral Election Form or such other form as the Plan
Administrator may prescribe.

         (b) STOCK UNIT ACCOUNTS. A Stock Unit Account shall be maintained as
necessary for each Participant. On each Allocation Date, an amount of cash
reflecting the portion of a Participant's Deferral Amount which would otherwise
have been paid to the Participant on such Allocation Date shall be converted to
Stock Unites pursuant to Section 5.4(a) of this Article 5 and shall be credited
to a Participant's Stock Unit Account. The amount so credited shall reflect the
portion of the Participant's Deferral Amount not credited to the Participant's
Cash Account pursuant to Section 4.3(a) of Article 4.

         5.4 RULES GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO STOCK UNIT ACCOUNTS

         (a) CONVERSION TO STOCK UNITS. Subject to Section 5.4(e) of this
Article 5, credits to a Participant's Stock Unit Account on an Allocation Date
shall be converted into a number of Stock Units equal to the amount of the
credit to the Stock Unit Account on such Allocation Date divided by the
Discount. Upon and following such conversion, such Stock Units shall be
allocated to the Stock Unit Account in lieu of such credit.

         (b) VESTING IN STOCK UNITS. Stock Units which are equal to the credit
to the Stock Unit Account on an Allocation Date divided by the Fair Market Value
of a share of Common Stock on such Allocation Date shall be deemed "Basic Stock
Units." The remaining Stock Units following the conversion of the credit into
Stock Units on such Allocation Date shall be deemed "Matching Stock Units." Each
Participant shall at all times be fully (100%) vested in the Basic Stock Units
allocated to his or her Stock Unit Account. Subject to Section 5.4(c) of this
Article 5, each Participant shall vest in the Matching Stock Units allocated to
his or her Stock Unit Account on the last day of the second Plan Year following
the Plan Year in which such Stock Units were allocated.

         (c) FORFEITURE AND ACCELERATED VESTING OF MATCHING STOCK UNITS. If,
prior to a Change in Control, a Participant ceases to be an employee of an
Employer for any reason other than death or Disability, all unvested Matching
Stock Units credited to the Participant's Stock Unit Account shall be
immediately forfeited. Upon (i) the death of a Participant, (ii) termination of
employment by reason of Disability or (iii) a Change in Control, all unvested
Matching Stock Units credited to the Participant's Stock Unit Account shall
immediately vest. If a Participant shall remain a Participant following a Change
in Control or become a Participant following cessation of a Disability, Stock
Units thereafter allocated to the Participant's Stock Unit Account shall be
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terms and conditions of the Plan as if no such Change in Control or Disability
(as the case may be) had occurred.

         (d) DIVIDEND EQUIVALENT RIGHTS. Dividend equivalents credited pursuant
to Section 4.5 of Article 4 shall be subject to the vesting and forfeiture
provisions of Sections 5.4(b) and 5.4(c) of this Article 5 in accordance with
the Stock Units to which such dividend equivalents relate.

         (e) CONTINUATION OF DISCOUNTED STOCK UNIT PURCHASE. Upon oral or
written notice to Participants, the Plan Administrator may prospectively alter
the Discount (including but not limited to ceasing to make the Discount
available).

                                   ARTICLE 6

                          PAYMENT OF ACCOUNT BALANCES

         6.1 FORMS OF PAYMENT OF POST-1998 DEFERRAL AMOUNTS. Any payment which
is allocable to a Participant's Post-1998 Deferral Amounts shall be paid in
Common Stock.

         6.2 FORMS OF PAYMENT OF 1998 DEFERRAL AMOUNTS

         (a) PAYMENT TO BE MADE IN CASH. Any payment which is allocable to a
Participant's 1998 Deferral Amount and which is required to be paid from a
Participant's Cash Account, and any payment which is required to be paid from
the cash portion of a Participant's Prior Account, shall be in cash.

         (b) PAYMENT TO BE MADE IN COMMON STOCK. Any payment which is allocable
to a Participant's 1998 Deferral Amount and which is required to be paid from a
Participant's Stock Unit Account, and any payment which is required to be paid
from the stock unit portion of a Participant's Prior Account, shall be in cash
or, at the election of the Participant or the Plan Administrator, in Common
Stock. A Participant's election pursuant to this Section 6.2(b) shall be honored
by the Plan Administrator in its discretion.

         6.3 PAYMENT METHOD ELECTIONS

         (a) PAYMENT OF ACCOUNT BALANCES IN ACCORDANCE WITH PAYMENT METHODS.
Except as provided in the exceptions set forth in Section 6.4 through 6.9 of
this Article 6, a Participant's Account Balances shall be paid in accordance
with the Payment Methods selected by him or her.

         (b) INITIAL PAYMENT METHOD ELECTIONS. Each Eligible Employee shall
select Payment Methods upon completion of his or her initial Deferral Election
Form. If a Participant fails to select one or more Payment Methods, he or she
will be deemed to have selected a lump sum in respect of such Payment Methods;
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if a Participant has not selected a Change in Control Payment Method, the
Participant's Retirement Payment Method, Survivor Payment Method and Termination
Payment Method will remain in effect following a Change in Control.

         (c) CHANGE IN PAYMENT METHOD. A Participant may change one or more of
his or her Payment Methods by completing such form as may be prescribed by the
Plan Administrator; provided, however, that such change shall be effective only
if made by the Participant and acknowledged by the Plan Administrator: (i) if
the change relates to the Change in Control Payment Method, at least one (1)
year prior to the date of a Change in Control, (ii) if the change relates to the
Retirement Payment Method or Termination Payment Method, at least two (2) years
prior to the date of Termination of Retirement (whichever is applicable) and
(iii) if the changes relates to the Survivor Payment Method, immediately.

         (d) PRIOR ACCOUNTS. Prior Accounts shall be paid to a Participant in
accordance with the Payment Methods selected by the Participant pursuant to
Section 6.2 of this Article 6 (or, if the Participant has failed to select one
or more Payment Methods, in a lump sum).

         6.4 EXCEPTION TO TERMINATION PAYMENT METHOD. Notwithstanding a
Participant's selection of a Termination Payment Method, a Participant's Account
Balances shall be paid in a lump sum if (i) the Participant's Account Balances
on the Valuation Date next following his or her Termination of employment equal
less than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or (ii) the Participant ceases
to be an employee of an Employer by reason of termination for Cause. If a
Participant's Account Balances on the Valuation Date next following his or her
Termination of employment equal twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or
greater, the Account Balances shall be paid in accordance with the Participant's
Termination Payment Method.

         6.5 EXCEPTION FOR DISABILITY OF PARTICIPANT. If a Participant is
determined by the Plan Administrator to be suffering from a Disability, the Plan
Administrator may deem such Participant to have effected a Termination of
employment; provided, however, that if a Participant is eligible for Retirement
on the date he or she would have been deemed to have effected a Termination, the
Plan Administrator, with the consent of the Participant, may deem the
Participant to have effected his or her Retirement.

         6.6 EXCEPTION FOR DEATH OF PARTICIPANT.

         (a) PRIOR TO RETIREMENT. Notwithstanding a Participant's selection of a
Survivor Payment Method, if a Participant's Account Balances on the Valuation
Date next following his or her death prior to Retirement equal less than
twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), the Account Balances shall be paid to
the Participant's Beneficiary in a lump sum. If a Participant's Account Balances
on such Valuation Date equal twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or greater,
the Account Balances shall be paid to the Participant's Beneficiary in
accordance with the Participant's Survivor Payment Method.




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         (b) FOLLOWING RETIREMENT. If a Participant's Account Balances on the
Valuation Date next following his or her death following Retirement equal less
than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), the Account Balances shall be paid
to the Participant's Beneficiary in a lump sum. If a Participant's Account
Balances on such Valuation Date equal twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or
greater, the Account Balances shall be paid to the Participant's Beneficiary in
accordance with the Retirement Payment Method in effect in respect of the
Participant on the date of his or her death; provided, however, that the
Beneficiary may request that the Plan Administrator pay the Participant's
Account Balances in a lump sum without giving effect to Section 6.11 of this
Article 6, which request shall be honored by the Plan Administrator in its
discretion in whole or in part or upon such terms and conditions as the Plan
administrator in good faith deems appropriate.

         6.7 EXCEPTION FOR UNFORESEEABLE FINANCIAL EMERGENCY. If a Participant
(or, after a Participant's death, his or her Beneficiary) experiences an
Unforeseeable Financial Emergency, the Participant or Beneficiary may request
that the Plan Administrator (i) suspend his or her Deferral Election and (ii)
distribute a partial or full lump sum payment from the Participant's Account
Balances. The payment shall not exceed the amount reasonably needed to satisfy
the Unforeseeable Financial Emergency (and may include an amount equal to any
income taxes and other taxes payable by the Participant or Beneficiary upon
receipt of the amount to be distributed). The request shall be honored by the
Plan Administrator in its discretion. The lump sum payment shall be paid
promptly after the Valuation Date after approval of the request.

         6.8 EXCEPTION FOR SECTION 162(m) OF THE CODE. If, prior to a Change in
Control, the Plan Administrator determines that any payment under the Plan to a
Participant may not be deductible by the Company under Section 162(m) of the
Code, the Plan Administrator may, to the extent necessary to preserve such
deduction, defer any such payment otherwise payable until the earlier of (i) the
earliest date that such payment is deductible under Section 162(m) or (ii) a
Change in Control. This Section 6.8 shall be of no force and effect upon and
following a Change in Control.

         6.9 EXCEPTION FOR SECTION 16 OF THE EXCHANGE ACT. Notwithstanding any
other provision of the Plan, no payment shall be made pursuant to the Plan if
such payment would subject a Participant to liability under Section 16 of the
Exchange Act, and any such payment shall be delayed until the first date on
which such payment may be made without subjecting the Participant to such
liability.

         6.10 SHORT-TERM PAYOUT. In making his or her Deferral Election, a
Participant may irrevocably elect to receive a "Short-Term Payout" of the
Deferral Amount in respect of the Plan Year for which such Deferral Election is
made. The Short-Term Payout shall be a lump sum payment in an amount equal to
such Deferral Amount plus or minus gains or losses to such Deferral Amount, to
be paid to such Participant before March 1 of a Plan Year selected by the
Participant; provided, however, that at least two (2) complete Plan Years must
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Amount is deferred and the Plan Year in which the Short-Term Payout is to occur.
If, after a Participant elects to receive a Short-Term Payout but before the
Short-Term Payout occurs, the Participant becomes entitled to payment of his or
her Account Balances (in whole or in part), such Short-Term Payout shall be of
no force and effect to the extent inconsistent with such other payment.

         6.11 WITHDRAWAL ELECTION. A Participant (or, after a Participant's
death, his or her Beneficiary) may elect to withdraw from the Plan at any time.
A Participant or Beneficiary shall make such election in writing delivered to
the Plan Administrator on such form as the Plan Administrator may prescribe.
Upon the making of such an election, any unvested Matching Stock Units credited
to the Participant's Stock Unit Account shall be immediately forfeited, and the
Participant's Account Balances shall thereafter be reduced by an additional ten
percent (10%). Payment of a Participant's Account Balances shall be in a lump
sum to be paid as soon as practicable following the election. Upon payment of
his or her Account Balances pursuant to this Section 6.11, a Participant's
participation in the Plan shall terminate and the Participant shall be
ineligible to participate in the Plan in the future.

         6.12 EFFECT OF SECTION 280G OF THE CODE. If a Participant is a party to
an agreement or a participant in a plan (other than this Plan) that contains a
provision which addresses the treatment of "excess parachute payments" (as
defined in Section 280G(b)(1) of the Code), the treatment of excess parachute
payments set forth in such agreement or plan shall be applicable to any payments
to be made to him or her pursuant to the Plan. If a Participant is not a party
to such an agreement and is not a participant in such a plan, and if any payment
under the Plan to a participant would constitute an excess parachute payment,
then such payment shall be reduced (but no below zero) to such extent; provided,
however, that such Participant may, by notice given to the Plan Administrator,
elect to reduce payments due him or her under other plans, arrangements or
agreements of the Company in lieu of the reduction of one or more payments under
the Plan. Any such notice given by a Participant shall take precedence over the
provisions of any other plan, arrangement or agreement governing the
Participant's rights and entitlements to any benefits or compensation.

         6.13 TIME OF PAYMENTS

         (a) TIMING OF LUMP SUM PAYMENTS. Except as provided in Sections 6.7 and
6.11 of this Article 6, prior to a Change in Control, any lump sum payment
required to be paid pursuant to the Plan shall be paid by March 1 of the Plan
Year following the Plan Year in which occurs the event giving rise to such
payment. Upon and following a Change in Control, any lump sum payment required
to be paid pursuant to the Plan shall be paid within ten (10) business days
following the first Valuation Date following the occurrence of the event giving
rise to such payment.

         (b) TIMING OF ANNUAL INSTALLMENTS. A Participant's initial Annual
Installment shall be paid by March 1 of the Plan Year following the Plan Year in
which occurs the event giving rise to such Annual Installment. Subsequent Annual
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required to be paid under the Plan shall be paid as promptly as practicable
after the end of each subsequent Plan Year until all Annual Installments have
been paid.

         6.14 VALUATION OF ACCOUNT BALANCES

         (a) CASH ACCOUNTS. The valuation of any payment to be made from a Cash
Account shall be determined as of the Valuation Date immediately preceding the
date of such payment.

         (b) STOCK UNIT ACCOUNTS. The valuation of any payments to be made from
a Stock Unit Accounts or the stock unit portion of Prior Accounts shall be based
on the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the Valuation Date
immediately preceding the date of such payment.

         (c) PRORATION OF PAYMENTS. To the extent that a Participant has two or
more Account Balances at the time a payment is due from such Account Balances,
any payment due such Participant (or such Participant's Beneficiary) shall be
paid pro rata from each Account Balance.

                                   ARTICLE 7

                                 ADMINISTRATION

         7.1 PLAN ADMINISTRATOR. Except as may be delegated pursuant to Section
7.2 of this Article 7 and except as provided in Section 7.7 of this Article 7,
the Committee shall be the Plan Administrator.

         7.2 DELEGATION TO MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE. The Plan Administrator may
delegate one or more of its functions to a committee composed of three or more
senior executives of the Company; provided, however, that the Plan Administrator
may not delegate (i) the selection of Eligible Employees, (ii) the selection of
Investment Choices, (iii) the approval of the Deferral Elections of any officer
who is subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act or (iv) any other function
required by law to be performed by the Committee. Upon appointment of such a
committee and delegation of duties thereto, such committee shall become the Plan
Administrator to the extent of such delegation.

         7.3 GENERAL POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PLAN ADMINISTRATOR. The Plan
Administrator shall have full authority to construe and interpret the terms and
provisions of the Plan, and to adopt, alter and repeal such administrative
rules, guidelines and practices governing the Plan and perform all acts as it
shall, from time to time, deem advisable, and otherwise to supervise the
administration of the Plan. The Plan Administrator may correct any defect,
supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan, or in any
Deferral Election hereunder, in the manner and to the extent it shall deem
necessary to effectuate the Plan. Any decision, interpretation or other action
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connection with the Plan shall be in the sole and absolute discretion of the
Plan Administrator and shall be final, binding and conclusive on all persons
(including, but not limited to, the Company, employees of the Company and the
Employers, Participants and their respective Beneficiaries, heirs, executors,
administrators, successors and assigns). A Participant who is a member of a
committee that is the Plan Administrator or a person to whom the Plan
Administrator has delegated responsibility pursuant to Section 7.2 of this
Article 7 shall not participate in any decision involving a request made by him
or her or relating in any way to his or her rights, duties, and obligations as a
Participant (unless such decision relates to all Participants generally and in a
similar manner).

         7.4 ACTION OF PLAN ADMINISTRATOR. Action taken by the Plan
Administrator shall be taken by a vote of the majority of its members present at
a meeting at which a quorum is present or signed by a majority of its members in
writing without a meeting.

         7.5 LIABILITY. No member of the Board, nor the Plan Administrator nor
any employee or agent of the Company, shall be liable for any act or action
hereunder, whether of omission or commission, by any person to whom duties in
connection with the administration of the Plan have been delegated except in
respect of the prudent appointment and periodic monitoring of such person.
Except in circumstances involving bad faith, gross negligence, willful
misconduct or fraud, no person who is a member of the Board, the Plan
Administrator or any employee or agent of the Company shall be liable for
anything done or omitted to be done by him or her. The Company or the Plan
Administrator may consult with legal counsel, who may be counsel for the Company
or other legal counsel with respect to obligations or duties hereunder or with
respect to any action or proceeding or any question of law, and shall not be
liable with respect to any action taken or omitted by it in good faith pursuant
to the advice of such counsel except in respect of the prudent selection of such
counsel.

         7.6 INDEMNIFICATION OF PLAN ADMINISTRATOR. The Company hereby
indemnifies the Plan Administrator and each employee to whom responsibilities
are delegated under the Plan against any and all liabilities and expenses,
including attorney's fees, actually and reasonably incurred by them in
connection with any threatened, pending or completed legal action or judicial or
administrative proceeding to which they may be a party, or may be threatened to
be made a party, by reason of being a member of a committee which is the Plan
Administrator or due to a delegation of responsibilities, except with regard to
any matters (i) as to which they shall be adjudged to have failed to act with
the care, skill, prudence and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing
that a prudent person acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters
would use in the conduct of an enterprise of alike character and with like aims,
and (ii) with respect to any action finally adjudged to be a crime, had
reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful.

         7.7 ADMINISTRATION UPON CHANGE IN CONTROL. Upon and following a Change
in Control, the Plan Administrator shall be one or more persons selected by the
individual who, immediately prior to the Change in Control was the Company's
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executive officer; provided, however, that if no such Plan Administrator has
been appointed or accepted such appointment within ninety (90) days following
such Change in Control, the Plan Administrator shall remain as in effect prior
to such Change in Control. The Company's chief executive officer may appoint
himself or herself as Plan Administrator pursuant to this Section 7.7.

         7.8 EMPLOYER INFORMATION. To enable the Plan Administrator to perform
its functions under the Plan, each Employer shall supply full and timely
information to the Plan Administrator regarding all matters relating to the
compensation of Participants, the date and circumstances of the Retirement,
Disability, death and Termination of Participants, and such other pertinent
information as the Plan Administrator may reasonably require.

                                   ARTICLE 8

                            BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION

         8.1 BENEFICIARY. Each Participant shall designate upon such form as may
be prescribed by the Plan Administrator one or more primary Beneficiaries and
one or more contingent Beneficiaries to receive such Participant's Account
Balances upon his or her death.

         8.2 CHANGE OF BENEFICIARY; SPOUSAL CONSENT. A Participant shall have
the right to change his or her Beneficiaries upon such form as may be prescribed
by the Plan Administrator. If the Participant names a primary Beneficiary other
than his or her spouse, a spousal consent, in the form designated by the Plan
Administrator, must be signed by the Participant's spouse and returned to the
Plan Administrator.

         8.3 ACKNOWLEDGMENT. No designation or change in designation of a
Beneficiary shall be effective until actually received and acknowledged in
writing by the Plan Administrator. Upon such receipt and acknowledgment, all
prior Beneficiary designations of a Participant shall be of no further force and
effect. The Plan Administrator shall be entitled to rely on the most recent
Beneficiary designation in effect prior to a Participant's death.

         8.4 NO BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION. If a Participant fails to designate a
Beneficiary as provided in this Article 8, or if all designated Beneficiaries
who are natural persons shall have predeceased the Participant or die prior to
complete distribution of the Participant's Account Balances, such Participant's
Account Balances shall be paid to his or her surviving spouse or, if the
Participant has no surviving spouse, to the Participant's estate.

         8.5 DOUBT AS TO BENEFICIARY. If the Plan Administrator is in doubt as
to a Participant's Beneficiary, the Plan Administrator may withhold payments
under the Plan until the Plan Administrator has resolved its doubts to its
satisfaction.



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                                   ARTICLE 9

                     AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF THE PLAN

         9.1 TERMINATION OF THE PLAN

         (a) BY THE COMPANY. Subject to Section 9.1(c) of this Article 9, the
Company may terminate the Plan in whole or in part (including with respect to
the participation of the employees of any Employer) at any time and for any
reason without prior notice to or consent of any Participant.

         (b) BY THE EMPLOYERS. Subject to Section 9.1(c) of this Article 9, each
Employer may terminate the Plan at any time with respect to any or all
Participants who are employees of such Employer.

         (c) PAYMENT OF ACCOUNT BALANCES FOLLOWING PLAN TERMINATION. Upon the
termination of the Plan prior to a Change in Control, Participants shall receive
their Account Balances in a lump sum or in five (5), ten (10) or fifteen (15)
Annual Installments (at the discretion of the Plan Administrator); provided,
however, that if a Participant is receiving Annual Installments upon termination
of the Plan pursuant to the election of a Payment Method, such Annual
Installments shall continue following termination of the Plan. Upon termination
of the Plan upon or following a Change in Control, Participants shall receive
their Account Balances in a lump sum promptly following the Valuation Date next
following the date of such termination. Termination of the Plan shall not
adversely affect the Account Balances of any Participant or Beneficiary;
provided, however, that neither lump sum payment of Account Balances nor a
reduced number of Annual Installments upon termination of the Plan shall be
deemed such an adverse effect.

         9.2 AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN

         (a) BY THE COMPANY. Subject to Section 9.2(c) of this Article 9, the
Company may amend or modify the Plan in whole or in part at any time and for any
reason without prior notice to or consent of any Participant or Beneficiary;
provided, however, that, unless a Participant or Beneficiary who would be
affected by such amendment shall have consented thereto, the Plan may not be
amended (i) at the request of a third party who has indicated an intention or
taken steps to effect a Change in Control and who effectuates a Change in
Control, (ii) within six (6) months prior to, or otherwise in connection with,
or in anticipation of, a Change in Control which has been threatened or proposed
and which actually occurs, or (iii) upon or following a Change in Control.

         (b) BY THE PLAN ADMINISTRATOR. Subject to Section 9.2(c) of this
Article 9, prior to a Change in Control, the Plan Administrator may in good
faith amend or modify the Plan to effectuate its intent or to resolve any
discrepancy among the provisions of the Plan or between the Plan and other
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provided, however, that no such amendment may materially increase the cost of
the Plan to the Company or any Employer.

         (c) EFFECT OF AMENDMENT. No amendment or modification of the Plan shall
reduce a Participant's Account Balances as of the date of such amendment or
modification.

         9.3 EFFECT OF PAYMENT. The full payment of a Participant's Account
Balances shall completely discharge all obligations to a participant and his or
her Beneficiaries under the Plan.

                                   ARTICLE 10

                               CLAIMS PROCEDURES

         10.1 PRESENTATION OF CLAIM. Any Participant, Beneficiary or other
person (each such person, a "Claimant") may deliver to the Plan Administrator a
written claim for payment from the Plan. All claims must be made within one
hundred eighty (180) days following the date of the occurrence of the event
giving rise to the claim; provided, however, that, if a claim relates to a
notice given by the Company, such claim must be made within sixty (60) days
following receipt of such notice by the Claimant. The claim must state with
particularity the determination desired by the Claimant.

         10.2 NOTIFICATION OF DECISION. The Plan Administrator shall consider a
Claimant's claim, and shall notify the Claimant in writing of its determination
within a reasonable time. Such notice shall set forth (i) one or more reasons
for the grant or denial of the claim or any part of it; (ii) a description of
any additional material or information necessary for the Claimant to perfect the
claim, and an explanation of why such material or information is necessary; and
(iii) an explanation of the claim review procedure set forth in Section 10.3 of
this Article 10.

         10.3 REVIEW OF A DENIED CLAIM. Within sixty (60) days after receiving a
notice from the Plan Administrator that a claim has been denied in whole or in
part, a Claimant (or such Claimant's duly authorized representative) may file
with the Plan Administrator a written request for a review of the denial of the
claim. During such sixty-day period, the Claimant (or the Claimant's duly
authorized representative) (i) may review pertinent documents, (ii) may submit
written comments or other documents to the Plan Administrator and (iii) may
request a hearing.

         10.4 DECISION ON REVIEW. The Plan Administrator shall render its
decision on review promptly, and not later than sixty (60) days after the filing
of a written request for review of the denial, unless a hearing is held or other
special circumstances require additional time, in which case the Plan
Administrator's decision must be rendered within one hundred twenty (120) days
after such date. Such decision must be written in a manner calculated to be
understood by the Claimant, and it must contain (i) specific reasons for the
decision, (ii) specific reference(s) to the pertinent Plan provisions upon



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which the decision was based, and (iii) such other matters as the Plan
Administrator may deem relevant.

         10.5 LEGAL ACTION. In making a Deferral Election under the Plan, each
Participant shall be deemed to have agreed that compliance with the provisions
of this Article 10 is a mandatory prerequisite to commencement of any legal
action with respect to any claim for payment under the Plan.

                                   ARTICLE 11

                                    FUNDING

         11.1 ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TRUST. The Company shall establish a Trust in
connection with the Plan, and each Employer may, from time to time and in its
sole discretion, transfer to the Trust assets with respect to Participants who
are employees of such Employer. The Plan Administrator may, in its discretion,
establish subaccounts into which assets allocable to the participation of
employees of an Employer shall be deposited.

         11.2 INTERRELATIONSHIP OF THE PLAN AND THE TRUST. The provisions of the
Plan shall govern the rights of a Participant to receive payment of his or her
Account Balances. The provisions of the Trust shall govern the rights of the
Trustee, the Company, the Employers, Participants and the creditors of the
Company or the Employers to the assets held in the Trust.

         11.3 DISTRIBUTIONS FROM THE TRUST. Each Employer's obligations under
the Plan may be satisfied with Trust assets distributed pursuant to the terms of
the Trust, and any such distribution shall reduce the Employer's obligations
under the Plan.

                                   ARTICLE 12

                                 MISCELLANEOUS

         12.1 STATUS OF PLAN. The Plan is intended to be a plan that is not
qualified within the meaning of Section 401(a) of the Code and that "is
unfunded and is maintained by an employer primarily for the purpose of providing
deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly compensated
employees" within the meaning of Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of
ERISA. The Plan shall be administered and interpreted in a manner consistent
with that intent.

         12.2 UNSECURED GENERAL CREDITOR. Participants and their Beneficiaries,
heirs, successors and assigns shall have no legal or equitable rights, interest
or claims in any property or assets of the Company. For purposes of the payment
of benefits under the Plan, any and all of the Company's assets shall be, and
remain, the general, unpledged unrestricted assets of the Company. The Company's
obligation under the Plan shall be merely that of an unfunded and unsecured
promise to pay money in the future.



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         12.3 ASSETS. This Plan, and the crediting of Deferral Amounts to Cash
Accounts, Stock Unit Accounts and Prior Accounts hereunder, shall not constitute
a trust and shall be an unsecured contractual obligation of the Company to the
Participants. The obligations of the Company hereunder to any Participant on any
date shall be limited to his or her Account Balances as of the most recent
preceding Valuation Date.

         12.4 COMPANY LIABILITY. The Company's liability for the payment of
benefits under the Plan shall be defined only by the Plan. The Company shall
have no obligation to a Participant under the Plan except as expressly provided
herein.

         12.5 NONASSIGNABILITY. Neither a Participant nor any other person shall
have any right to commute, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, anticipate, mortgage
or otherwise encumber, transfer, hypothecate, alienate or convey in advance of
actual receipt, any amount payable under the Plan. All amounts payable under the
Plan, and all rights to such amounts, are expressly declared to be unassignable
and non-transferable. Except as provided in Section 12.16 of this Article 12, no
part of a Participant's Account Balances shall, prior to actual payment, be
subject to seizure, attachment, garnishment or sequestration for the payment of
any debts, judgments, alimony or separate maintenance owed by the Participant or
any other person, be transferable by operation of law in the event of a
Participant's or any other person's bankruptcy or insolvency or be transferable
to a spouse as a result of a property settlement or otherwise.

         12.6 NOT A CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT. The terms and conditions of the Plan
shall not be deemed to establish, constitute or be evidence of a contract of
employment between any Employer and any Participant. Nothing in the Plan shall
be deemed to confer upon a Participant the right to be retained in the service
of any Employer, or in any way to restrict the right of any Employer to
discipline or discharge a Participant at any time.

         12.7 FURNISHING INFORMATION. A Participant or his or her Beneficiary
will cooperate with the Plan Administrator by furnishing any and all information
requested by the Plan Administrator and will take such other action as may be
requested in order to facilitate the administration of the Plan and the payments
of benefits hereunder.

         12.8 TERMS. Unless the context shall plainly require otherwise, (i) use
of the masculine herein shall be deemed to include the feminine (and vice
versa), (ii) use of the singular shall be deemed to include the plural (and vice
versa) and (iii) use of the conjunctive shall be deemed to include the
disjunctive (and vice versa).

         12.9 CAPTIONS. The captions of the articles, sections and paragraphs of
the Plan are for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or
construction of any of its provisions.



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         12.10 GOVERNING LAW. The provisions of the Plan shall be construed and
interpreted according to the internal laws of the State of Delaware without
regard to its conflicts of laws principles, except to the extent governed by
ERISA.

         12.11 NOTICE. Any notice or filing required or permitted to be given to
the Company or the Plan Administrator shall be sufficient if in writing and sent
to the following address by (i) hand, (ii) registered or certified mail or (iii)
facsimile:

         The Dial Corporation

         Attention: Senior Vice President, Human Resources

         15501 North Dial Boulevard

         Scottsdale, AZ 85260

         (Fax: 602-754-1098)

Such notice shall be deemed given as of the date of receipt by the Company or
the Plan Administrator (whichever may apply). The person sending such notice or
filing shall produce satisfactory evidence of receipt by the Company upon the
request of the Plan Administrator, and, if such person fails to produce such
evidence of receipt, the Plan Administrator may give effect to such notice or
filing as it deems appropriate.

Any notice or filing required or permitted to be given to a Participant under
the Plan shall be sufficient if in writing and hand-delivered, or sent by
first-class mail, to the last known address of the Participant.

         12.12 SUCCESSORS. The provisions of the Plan shall bind and inure to
the benefit of the Company and its successors and assigns. The provisions of the
Plan shall bind and inure to Participants and, upon the death of a Participant,
his or her Beneficiaries or estate (whichever may apply).

         12.13 SPOUSE'S INTEREST. The interest in the Plan of a spouse of a
Participant who is not a Beneficiary shall be subject to the terms and
conditions of Article 8. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
spouse of a Participant shall have no interest in the Plan if such spouse shall
predecease such Participant.

         12.14 REFORMATION AND SEVERABILITY. In the event that any provision of
the Plan shall be held illegal, invalid or unenforceable for any reason, the
provision shall be reformed to the extent necessary such that the provision, as
reformed, is legal, valid and enforceable. If a provision of the Plan shall be
held illegal, invalid or enforceable and such reformation is not possible, such
provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such illegality, invalidity or
unenforceability without rendering illegal, invalid or unenforceable the
remaining provisions of the Plan.

         12.15 INCOMPETENCE. If the Plan Administrator determines that a benefit
under the Plan is to be paid to a minor, a person declared incompetent or a
person adjudged legally incapable of handling the disposition of his or her
property, the Plan Administrator may direct payment of such benefit to the
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other person having the care and custody of such minor or such incompetent or
incapable person. The Plan Administrator may require proof of minority,
incompetence, incapacity or guardianship, as it may deem appropriate prior to
distribution of such benefit. Any payment of a benefit shall be a payment for
the account of the Participant or the Participant's Beneficiary, as the case may
be, and shall effect a complete discharge of any liability under the Plan for
such payment.

         12.16 COURT ORDER. The Plan Administrator is authorized to make any
payments directed by court order in any action in which the Plan, the Company or
the Plan Administrator has been named as a party. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, if a court determines that a spouse or former
spouse of a Participant has an interest in the Participant's Account Balances
under the Plan in connection with a property settlement or otherwise, the Plan
Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall have the right, notwithstanding any
election by a Participant of a Payment Method, immediately to distribute the
interest of such spouse or former spouse in the Participant's Account Balances
under the Plan to such spouse or former spouse.

         12.17 DISTRIBUTION IN THE EVENT OF TAXATION. If, for any reason, all or
any portion of a Participant's Account Balances becomes taxable to the
Participant prior to receipt, a Participant may request that the Plan
Administrator distribute that portion of his or her Account Balances that has
become taxable. The granting of such a request shall not be unreasonably
withheld. If the request is granted, the distribution for such tax liability
shall be paid within ninety (90) days of the date the request is granted.

         12.18 TAXES

         (a) UPON DEFERRAL. For each Plan Year in respect of which a Participant
makes a Deferral Election, the Company shall withhold (from amounts other than
Deferral Amounts) an amount equal to the employment taxes on the Deferral
Amounts required to be so withheld.

         (b) UPON VESTING. For each Plan year in which Matching Stock Units vest
in accordance with the terms of the Plan, the Company shall withhold (from
amounts other than Deferral Amounts) an amount equal to the employment taxes on
the vested Matching Stock Units required to be so withheld.

         (b) UPON DISTRIBUTION. When Account Balances are distributed to
Participants, the Company shall withhold from such distributions any taxes
required by federal, state or local law to be so withheld by any Employer.

         12.19 INSURANCE. The Company, on its own behalf or on behalf of the
Trust, in its sole discretion may apply for and procure insurance policies on
the life of Participants, in such amounts and in such forms as the Trustee may
select. The Trust shall be the sole owner and beneficiary of any such policies.
The Participant shall have no interest in any such policies.



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         12.20 MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK AUTHORIZED.

         Notwithstanding any other provision on this Plan, no more than
5,000,000 shares of Common Stock may be issued in the aggregate to Participants
under the Plan; and provided, that the number of shares of Common Stock which
may be so issued under the Plan shall be further reduced by the number of shares
of Common Stock authorized for issuance under other plans of the Company
(excluding from such reduction, however, the number of shares of Common Stock
authorized for issuance under other plans of the Company for which shareholder
approval is not required pursuant to subsections (1)-(3) of New York Stock
Exchange Rule 312.03(a)).

         12.20 LITIGATION TO ENFORCE RIGHTS AFTER CHANGE IN CONTROL. Upon or
following a Change in Control, litigation in respect of the rights of
Participants and Beneficiaries under the Plan may be commenced as provided in
The Dial Corporation Benefits Protection Trust.

         12.21 EFFECT OF THE PLAN. The terms and conditions of the Plan shall
supersede the terms and conditions of The Dial Corporation Deferred Compensation
Plan.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused the Plan to be executed by
its duly authorized representative effective as of this 1 day of November, 1998.

                                    THE DIAL CORPORATION


                                    /s/ Malcolm Jozoff
                                    ------------------------------------------

                                    By: Malcolm Jozoff
                                    ------------------------------------------

                                    Its: Chairman, President and
                                         Chief Executive Officer
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                                   APPENDIX A
                        DEFINITION OF "CHANGE IN CONTROL"

      A "Change in Control" shall mean the occurrence, while the Plan is in
effect, of any of the following:

      (a) The 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 (i) the then outstanding shares of common stock of the
Company (the "Outstanding Company Common Stock") or (ii) 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"); provided, however, that for purposes of this subsection (a), the
following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change in Control: (i) any
acquisition 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 (i), (ii) and (iii) of subsection (c) below; or

      (b) Individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute the Board (the
"Incumbent Board") cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the
Board; provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to
the date hereof whose election, or nomination for election by the Company's
stockholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors
then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such
individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this
purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a
result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election
or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or
consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board; or

      (c) Consummation of a reorganization, merger or consolidation or sale or
other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (a
"Business Combination"), in each case, unless, following such Business
Combination, (i) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who
were the beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Company Common
Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such
Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of,
respectively, the then outstanding voting 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 Business Combination (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 Business Combination, of the Outstanding Company
Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be, (ii)
no Person (excluding


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any corporation resulting from such Business Combination or any employee benefit
plan (or related trust) of the Company or such corporation resulting from such
Business Combination) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 20% or more of,
respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation
resulting from such Business Combination or the combined voting power of the
then outstanding voting securities of such corporation except to the extent that
such ownership existed prior to the Business Combination and (iii) at least a
majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation resulting
from such Business Combination were members of the Incumbent Board at the time
of the execution of the initial agreement, or of the action of the Board,
providing for such Business Combination; or

      (d) Approval by the stockholders of the Company of a complete liquidation
or dissolution of the Company.


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