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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM 10-Q

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Quarterly Period Ended June 28, 2003

Commission file number 1-11793

THE DIAL CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


|                                                                                        |  |                                                
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | -----------------------------------------------
|DELAWARE
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)                 |  | 51-0374887
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
|                                                                                        |  |                                                
|15501 NORTH DIAL BOULEVARD
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) |  | 85260-1619
(Zip Code)                          

Registrants Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (480) 754-3425

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all Exchange Act
reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months, and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yesü     No [  ]

Indicate by check mark whether the
registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act).

Yesü     No [  ]

The number of shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value, outstanding as of the
close of business on July 26, 2003 was 95,927,268.





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|                              |                                                                                               |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
|----------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
|PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
|                              | ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS                                                                 
|                              | ITEM 2. MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
|                              | Item 4. Controls and Procedures                                                              
|PART II. OTHER INFORMATION   
|                              | Item 1. Legal Proceedings                                                                    
|                              | Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders                                  
|                              | Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K                                                     
|SIGNATURES                   
|Exhibit Index                
|EX-10.1                      
|EX-10.2                      
|EX-31                        
|EX-32                        
|EX-99.1                      



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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS







THE DIAL CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

|                                             |                                                                                                         |                                            |         |                   |             |  |         |          |           |  | 
|-------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------ | ------- | ----------------- | ----------- |  | ------- | -------- | --------- |  | 
|                                             |                                                                                                         |                                            |         |                   | (Unaudited) |  |         |          |          
|(In thousands, except share data)            |                                                                                                         | June 28, 2003                              |         | December 31, 2002
|                                             |                                                                                                         |                                            |         |                  
|ASSETS                                       |                                                                                                         |                                            |         |                   |             |  |         |         
|Current Assets:                              |                                                                                                         |                                            |         |                   |             |  |         |         
|                                             | Cash and cash equivalents                                                                               |                                            | $       | 320,263           |             |  | $       | 219,554  |          
|                                             | Receivables, less allowance of $1,857 and $1,256                                                        |                                            |         | 86,061            |             |  |         | 88,466   |          
|                                             | Inventories                                                                                             |                                            |         | 144,567           |             |  |         | 131,508  |          
|                                             | Deferred income taxes                                                                                   |                                            |         | 22,250            |             |  |         | 23,255   |          
|                                             | Income tax receivable                                                                                   |                                            |         |                  |             |  |         | 7,901    |          
|                                             | Current assets of discontinued operation                                                                |                                            |         | 11,892            |             |  |         | 18,547   |          
|                                             | Other current assets                                                                                    |                                            |         | 3,390             |             |  |         | 7,605    |          
|                                             |                                                                                                         |                                            |         |                   |             |  |         |         
|                                             |                                                                                                         | Total current assets                       |         |                   | 588,423     |  |         |          | 496,836   | 
|Property and equipment, net                  |                                                                                                         |                                            | 213,902 |                   |             |  | 220,792 |         
|Deferred income taxes                        |                                                                                                         |                                            | 45,817  |                   |             |  | 57,012  |         
|Goodwill                                     |                                                                                                         |                                            | 313,132 |                   |             |  | 312,678 |         
|Other intangibles, net                       |                                                                                                         |                                            | 51,313  |                   |             |  | 51,070  |         
|Non-current assets of discontinued operation |                                                                                                         |                                            | 3,477   |                   |             |  | 2,226   |         
|Other assets                                 |                                                                                                         |                                            | 18,943  |                   |             |  | 9,125   |         
|                                             |                                                                                                         |                                            |         |                   |             |  |         |         
|                                             |                                                                                                         | Total assets                               |         | $                 | 1,235,007   |  |         | $        | 1,149,739 | 
|                                             |                                                                                                         |                                            |         |                   |             |  |         |         
|LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY         |                                                                                                         |                                            |         |                   |             |  |         |         
|Current Liabilities:                         |                                                                                                         |                                            |         |                   |             |  |         |         
|                                             | Trade accounts payable                                                                                  |                                            | $       | 98,407            |             |  | $       | 94,187   |          
|                                             | Income taxes payable                                                                                    |                                            |         | 31,211            |             |  |         |         |          
|                                             | Current liabilities of discontinued operation                                                           |                                            |         | 6,489             |             |  |         | 13,512   |          
|                                             | Other current liabilities                                                                               |                                            |         | 138,017           |             |  |         | 161,217  |          
|                                             |                                                                                                         |                                            |         |                   |             |  |         |         
|                                             |                                                                                                         | Total current liabilities                  |         |                   | 274,124     |  |         |          | 268,916   | 
|Long-term debt                               |                                                                                                         |                                            | 465,240 |                   |             |  | 458,393 |         
|Post-retirement and other employee benefits  |                                                                                                         |                                            | 269,613 |                   |             |  | 267,225 |         
|Other liabilities                            |                                                                                                         |                                            | 5,414   |                   |             |  | 6,207   |         
|                                             |                                                                                                         |                                            |         |                   |             |  |         |         
|                                             |                                                                                                         | Total liabilities                          |         |                   | 1,014,391   |  |         |          | 1,000,741 | 
|                                             |                                                                                                         |                                            |         |                   |             |  |         |         
|Stockholders Equity:                        |                                                                                                         |                                            |         |                   |             |  |         |         
|                                             | Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 10,000,000 shares
authorized; no shares issued and outstanding        |                                            |         |                  |             |  |         |         |          
|                                             | Common stock, $0.01 par value, 300,000,000 shares
authorized; 106,816,344 and 106,372,531 shares issued |                                            |         | 1,068             |             |  |         | 1,064    |          
|                                             | Additional paid-in capital                                                                              |                                            |         | 439,207           |             |  |         | 436,262  |          
|                                             | Retained income                                                                                         |                                            |         | 66,446            |             |  |         | 8,835    |          
|                                             | Accumulated other comprehensive loss                                                                    |                                            |         | (31,350           | )           |  |         | (32,350  | )        
|                                             | Unearned employee benefits                                                                              |                                            |         | (37,430           | )           |  |         | (48,103  | )        
|                                             | Treasury stock, 10,942,317 and 10,910,433 shares held                                                   |                                            |         | (217,325          | )           |  |         | (216,710 | )        
|                                             |                                                                                                         |                                            |         |                   |             |  |         |         
|                                             |                                                                                                         | Total stockholders equity                 |         |                   | 220,616     |  |         |          | 148,998   | 
|                                             |                                                                                                         |                                            |         |                   |             |  |         |         
|                                             |                                                                                                         | Total liabilities and stockholders equity |         | $                 | 1,235,007   |  |         | $        | 1,149,739 | 
|                                             |                                                                                                         |                                            |         |                   |             |  |         |         

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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THE DIAL CORPORATION
STATEMENT OF CONSOLIDATED OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(Unaudited)

|                                                      |                                                                                                |                                                     |                             |               |               |         |         |       |         |         | 
|----------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------- | ------- | ----- | ------- | ------- | 
|                                                      |                                                                                                |                                                     |                             |               | Quarter Ended
|                                                      |                                                                                                |                                                     |                             |               |              
|(In thousands, except per share data)                 |                                                                                                | June 28, 2003                                       |                             | June 29, 2002
|                                                      |                                                                                                |                                                     |                             |              
|Net sales                                             |                                                                                                | $                                                   | 332,491                     |               |               | $       | 320,015 |      
|                                                      |                                                                                                |                                                     |                             |               |               |         |         |      
|Costs and expenses:                                   |                                                                                                |                                                     |                             |               |               |         |         |      
|                                                      |                                                                                                | Cost of products sold                               |                             |               | 208,277       |         |         |       | 198,018 |        
|                                                      |                                                                                                | Asset writedowns and other special items (net gain) |                             |               |              |         |         |       | (1,182  | )      
|                                                      |                                                                                                |                                                     |                             |               |               |         |         |      
|                                                      |                                                                                                |                                                     | Total cost of products sold |               |               | 208,277 |         |       |         | 196,836 | 
|                                                      |                                                                                                | Selling, general and administrative expenses        |                             |               | 62,445        |         |         |       | 65,593  |        
|                                                      |                                                                                                |                                                     |                             |               |               |         |         |      
|                                                      |                                                                                                |                                                     | Total costs and expenses    |               |               | 270,722 |         |       |         | 262,429 | 
|                                                      |                                                                                                |                                                     |                             |               |               |         |         |      
|Operating income                                      |                                                                                                |                                                     | 61,769                      |               |               |         | 57,586  |      
|Interest expense                                      |                                                                                                |                                                     | 6,360                       |               |               |         | 6,591   |      
|Other expenses, net                                   |                                                                                                |                                                     | 2,254                       |               |               |         | 2,868   |      
|Income from joint ventures                            |                                                                                                |                                                     |                            |               |               |         | 1,749   |      
|                                                      |                                                                                                |                                                     |                             |               |               |         |         |      
|Income from continuing operations before income taxes |                                                                                                |                                                     | 53,155                      |               |               |         | 49,876  |      
|Income taxes                                          |                                                                                                |                                                     | 19,774                      |               |               |         | 18,097  |      
|                                                      |                                                                                                |                                                     |                             |               |               |         |         |      
|Income from continuing operations                     |                                                                                                |                                                     | 33,381                      |               |               |         | 31,779  |      
|                                                      |                                                                                                |                                                     |                             |               |               |         |         |      
|Discontinued operations:                              |                                                                                                |                                                     |                             |               |               |         |         |      
|                                                      | Adjustment to loss on disposal of discontinued
Argentina business, net of income tax of $1,263 |                                                     |                             | 2,150         |               |         |         |      |        
|                                                      | Income from operation of discontinued Argentina
business, net of income tax of $1,125          |                                                     |                             |              |               |         |         | 1,654 |        
|                                                      |                                                                                                |                                                     |                             |               |               |         |         |      
|Total income from discontinued operations             |                                                                                                |                                                     | 2,150                       |               |               |         | 1,654   |      
|                                                      |                                                                                                |                                                     |                             |               |               |         |         |      
|NET INCOME                                            |                                                                                                | $                                                   | 35,531                      |               |               | $       | 33,433  |      
|                                                      |                                                                                                |                                                     |                             |               |               |         |         |      
|Basic net income per common share:                    |                                                                                                |                                                     |                             |               |               |         |         |      
|Income from continuing operations                     |                                                                                                | $                                                   | 0.36                        |               |               | $       | 0.34    |      
|Income from discontinued operations                   |                                                                                                |                                                     | 0.02                        |               |               |         | 0.02    |      
|                                                      |                                                                                                |                                                     |                             |               |               |         |         |      
|NET INCOME PER SHARE  BASIC                          |                                                                                                | $                                                   | 0.38                        |               |               | $       | 0.36    |      
|                                                      |                                                                                                |                                                     |                             |               |               |         |         |      
|Diluted net income per common share:                  |                                                                                                |                                                     |                             |               |               |         |         |      
|Income from continuing operations                     |                                                                                                | $                                                   | 0.35                        |               |               | $       | 0.34    |      
|Income from discontinued operations                   |                                                                                                |                                                     | 0.02                        |               |               |         | 0.02    |      
|                                                      |                                                                                                |                                                     |                             |               |               |         |         |      
|NET INCOME PER SHARE  DILUTED                        |                                                                                                | $                                                   | 0.37                        |               |               | $       | 0.35    |      
|                                                      |                                                                                                |                                                     |                             |               |               |         |         |      
|Weighted average basic shares outstanding             |                                                                                                |                                                     | 93,662                      |               |               |         | 92,243  |      
|Weighted average equivalent shares                    |                                                                                                |                                                     | 1,857                       |               |               |         | 2,235   |      
|                                                      |                                                                                                |                                                     |                             |               |               |         |         |      
|Weighted average diluted shares outstanding           |                                                                                                |                                                     | 95,519                      |               |               |         | 94,478  |      
|                                                      |                                                                                                |                                                     |                             |               |               |         |         |      
|NET INCOME                                            |                                                                                                | $                                                   | 35,531                      |               |               | $       | 33,433  |      
|Other comprehensive income (loss):                    |                                                                                                |                                                     |                             |               |               |         |         |      
|Foreign currency translation adjustment               |                                                                                                |                                                     | 647                         |               |               |         | (7,671  | )    
|                                                      |                                                                                                |                                                     |                             |               |               |         |         |      
|COMPREHENSIVE INCOME                                  |                                                                                                | $                                                   | 36,178                      |               |               | $       | 25,762  |      
|                                                      |                                                                                                |                                                     |                             |               |               |         |         |      

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THE DIAL CORPORATION
STATEMENT OF CONSOLIDATED OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(Unaudited)

|                                                                                   |  |                                                                                                           |                             |               |                  |         |         |   |         |         | 
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------- | ------------- | ---------------- | ------- | ------- | - | ------- | ------- | 
|                                                                                   |  |                                                                                                           |                             |               | Six Months Ended
|                                                                                   |  |                                                                                                           |                             |               |                 
|(In thousands, except per share data)                                              |  | June 28, 2003                                                                                             |                             | June 29, 2002
|                                                                                   |  |                                                                                                           |                             |              
|Net sales                                                                          |  | $                                                                                                         | 644,892                     |               |                  | $       | 614,594 |  
|                                                                                   |  |                                                                                                           |                             |               |                  |         |         |  
|Costs and expenses:                                                                |  |                                                                                                           |                             |               |                  |         |         |  
|                                                                                   |  | Cost of products sold                                                                                     |                             |               | 401,772          |         |         |   | 384,190 |        
|                                                                                   |  | Asset writedowns and other special items (net gain)                                                       |                             |               |                 |         |         |   | (1,182  | )      
|                                                                                   |  |                                                                                                           |                             |               |                  |         |         |  
|                                                                                   |  |                                                                                                           | Total cost of products sold |               |                  | 401,772 |         |   |         | 383,008 | 
|                                                                                   |  | Selling, general and administrative expenses                                                              |                             |               | 124,280          |         |         |   | 126,400 |        
|                                                                                   |  |                                                                                                           |                             |               |                  |         |         |  
|                                                                                   |  |                                                                                                           | Total costs and expenses    |               |                  | 526,052 |         |   |         | 509,408 | 
|                                                                                   |  |                                                                                                           |                             |               |                  |         |         |  
|Operating income                                                                   |  |                                                                                                           | 118,840                     |               |                  |         | 105,186 |  
|Interest expense                                                                   |  |                                                                                                           | 13,120                      |               |                  |         | 14,999  |  
|Other expenses, net                                                                |  |                                                                                                           | 5,357                       |               |                  |         | 5,484   |  
|Income from joint ventures                                                         |  |                                                                                                           |                            |               |                  |         | 1,749   |  
|                                                                                   |  |                                                                                                           |                             |               |                  |         |         |  
|Income from continuing operations before income taxes                              |  |                                                                                                           | 100,363                     |               |                  |         | 86,452  |  
|Income taxes                                                                       |  |                                                                                                           | 37,334                      |               |                  |         | 31,577  |  
|                                                                                   |  |                                                                                                           |                             |               |                  |         |         |  
|Income from continuing operations                                                  |  |                                                                                                           | 63,029                      |               |                  |         | 54,875  |  
|                                                                                   |  |                                                                                                           |                             |               |                  |         |         |  
|Discontinued operations:                                                           |  |                                                                                                           |                             |               |                  |         |         |  
|                                                                                   |  | Adjustment to loss on disposal of discontinued
Specialty Personal Care segment, net of income tax
of $740 |                             |               |                 |         |         |   | 1,260   |        
|                                                                                   |  | Adjustment to loss on disposal of discontinued
Argentina business, net of income tax of $1,263            |                             |               | 2,150            |         |         |   |        |        
|                                                                                   |  | Income from operation of discontinued Argentina
business, net of income tax of $1,610                     |                             |               |                 |         |         |   | 2,130   |        
|                                                                                   |  |                                                                                                           |                             |               |                  |         |         |  
|Total income from discontinued operations                                          |  |                                                                                                           | 2,150                       |               |                  |         | 3,390   |  
|                                                                                   |  |                                                                                                           |                             |               |                  |         |         |  
|Cumulative effect of the change in accounting
principle, net of income
tax of $661 |  |                                                                                                           |                            |               |                  |         | (43,308 | )
|                                                                                   |  |                                                                                                           |                             |               |                  |         |         |  
|NET INCOME                                                                         |  | $                                                                                                         | 65,179                      |               |                  | $       | 14,957  |  
|                                                                                   |  |                                                                                                           |                             |               |                  |         |         |  
|Basic net income per common share:                                                 |  |                                                                                                           |                             |               |                  |         |         |  
|Income from continuing operations                                                  |  | $                                                                                                         | 0.67                        |               |                  | $       | 0.60    |  
|Income from discontinued operations                                                |  |                                                                                                           | 0.02                        |               |                  |         | 0.04    |  
|Effect of change in accounting principle                                           |  |                                                                                                           |                            |               |                  |         | (0.47   | )
|                                                                                   |  |                                                                                                           |                             |               |                  |         |         |  
|NET INCOME PER SHARE  BASIC                                                       |  | $                                                                                                         | 0.70                        |               |                  | $       | 0.16    |  
|                                                                                   |  |                                                                                                           |                             |               |                  |         |         |  
|Diluted net income per common share:                                               |  |                                                                                                           |                             |               |                  |         |         |  
|Income from continuing operations                                                  |  | $                                                                                                         | 0.66                        |               |                  | $       | 0.58    |  
|Income from discontinued operations                                                |  |                                                                                                           | 0.02                        |               |                  |         | 0.04    |  
|Effect of change in accounting principle                                           |  |                                                                                                           |                            |               |                  |         | (0.46   | )
|                                                                                   |  |                                                                                                           |                             |               |                  |         |         |  
|NET INCOME PER SHARE  DILUTED                                                     |  | $                                                                                                         | 0.68                        |               |                  | $       | 0.16    |  
|                                                                                   |  |                                                                                                           |                             |               |                  |         |         |  
|Weighted average basic shares outstanding                                          |  |                                                                                                           | 93,445                      |               |                  |         | 92,020  |  
|Weighted average equivalent shares                                                 |  |                                                                                                           | 1,863                       |               |                  |         | 1,840   |  
|                                                                                   |  |                                                                                                           |                             |               |                  |         |         |  
|Weighted average diluted shares outstanding                                        |  |                                                                                                           | 95,308                      |               |                  |         | 93,860  |  
|                                                                                   |  |                                                                                                           |                             |               |                  |         |         |  
|NET INCOME                                                                         |  | $                                                                                                         | 65,179                      |               |                  | $       | 14,957  |  
|Other comprehensive income (loss):                                                 |  |                                                                                                           |                             |               |                  |         |         |  
|Foreign currency translation adjustment                                            |  |                                                                                                           | 1,000                       |               |                  |         | (34,695 | )
|                                                                                   |  |                                                                                                           |                             |               |                  |         |         |  
|COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)                                                        |  | $                                                                                                         | 66,179                      |               |                  | $       | (19,738 | )
|                                                                                   |  |                                                                                                           |                             |               |                  |         |         |  

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THE DIAL CORPORATION
STATEMENT OF CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)

|                                                            |                                                                                              |                                                   |                                   |               |                  |         |         |        |        |        |  
|----------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------- | ------------- | ---------------- | ------- | ------- | ------ | ------ | ------ | -
|                                                            |                                                                                              |                                                   |                                   |               | Six Months Ended
|                                                            |                                                                                              |                                                   |                                   |               |                 
|(In thousands)                                              |                                                                                              | June 28, 2003                                     |                                   | June 29, 2002
|                                                            |                                                                                              |                                                   |                                   |              
|CASH FLOWS PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES:                |                                                                                              |                                                   |                                   |               |                  |         |         |       
|Net income                                                  |                                                                                              | $                                                 | 65,179                            |               |                  | $       | 14,957  |       
|                                                            | Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided
by operating activities:            |                                                   |                                   |               |                  |         |         |        |       
|                                                            | Adjustment to loss on disposal of discontinued Specialty
Personal Care operation, net of tax |                                                   |                                   |              |                  |         |         | (1,260 | )     
|                                                            | Adjustment to loss on disposal of discontinued Argentina
business, net of tax                |                                                   |                                   | (2,150        | )                |         |         |       |       
|                                                            | Argentina business discontinued operation, net of tax                                        |                                                   |                                   |              |                  |         |         | (2,130 | )     
|                                                            | Effect of change in accounting principle, net of tax                                         |                                                   |                                   |              |                  |         |         | 43,308 |       
|                                                            |                                                                                              | Depreciation                                      |                                   |               | 17,881           |         |         |        | 17,665 |       
|                                                            |                                                                                              | Amortization                                      |                                   |               | 90               |         |         |        | 61     |       
|                                                            |                                                                                              | Deferred income taxes                             |                                   |               | 12,200           |         |         |        | (2,184 | )     
|                                                            |                                                                                              | Asset writedowns and other special items, net     |                                   |               |                 |         |         |        | (1,182 | )     
|                                                            |                                                                                              | Tax benefits from employee stock option exercises |                                   |               | 1,265            |         |         |        |       |       
|                                                            |                                                                                              | Change in operating assets and liabilities:       |                                   |               |                  |         |         |        |        |       
|                                                            |                                                                                              |                                                   | Receivables                       |               |                  | 2,405   |         |        |        | (9,084 | )
|                                                            |                                                                                              |                                                   | Inventories                       |               |                  | (13,059 | )       |        |        | (7,848 | )
|                                                            |                                                                                              |                                                   | Trade accounts payable            |               |                  | 4,220   |         |        |        | 8,277  |  
|                                                            |                                                                                              |                                                   | Income taxes payable/receivable   |               |                  | 39,112  |         |        |        | 49,242 |  
|                                                            |                                                                                              |                                                   | Other assets and liabilities, net |               |                  | (17,742 | )       |        |        | 3,429  |  
|                                                            |                                                                                              |                                                   |                                   |               |                  |         |         |       
|Net cash provided by operating activities                   |                                                                                              |                                                   | 109,401                           |               |                  |         | 113,251 |       
|                                                            |                                                                                              |                                                   |                                   |               |                  |         |         |       
|CASH FLOWS USED BY INVESTING ACTIVITIES:                    |                                                                                              |                                                   |                                   |               |                  |         |         |       
|Capital expenditures                                        |                                                                                              |                                                   | (11,107                           | )             |                  |         | (12,636 | )     
|Investment in discontinued operation                        |                                                                                              |                                                   |                                  |               |                  |         | (6,324  | )     
|Proceeds from disposition of discontinued operation         |                                                                                              |                                                   |                                  |               |                  |         | 2,000   |       
|Proceeds from sale of assets                                |                                                                                              |                                                   | 787                               |               |                  |         | 2,993   |       
|                                                            |                                                                                              |                                                   |                                   |               |                  |         |         |       
|Net cash used by investing activities                       |                                                                                              |                                                   | (10,320                           | )             |                  |         | (13,967 | )     
|                                                            |                                                                                              |                                                   |                                   |               |                  |         |         |       
|CASH FLOWS PROVIDED (USED) BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES:         |                                                                                              |                                                   |                                   |               |                  |         |         |       
|Repayment and amortization of debt                          |                                                                                              |                                                   | (1,244                            | )             |                  |         | (581    | )     
|Dividends paid on common stock                              |                                                                                              |                                                   | (7,568                            | )             |                  |         | (7,339  | )     
|Cash proceeds from employee stock option exercises          |                                                                                              |                                                   | 10,440                            |               |                  |         | 6,638   |       
|                                                            |                                                                                              |                                                   |                                   |               |                  |         |         |       
|Net cash provided (used) by financing activities            |                                                                                              |                                                   | 1,628                             |               |                  |         | (1,282  | )     
|                                                            |                                                                                              |                                                   |                                   |               |                  |         |         |       
|Effects of foreign currency exchange rates on cash balances |                                                                                              |                                                   |                                  |               |                  |         | (1,376  | )     
|                                                            |                                                                                              |                                                   |                                   |               |                  |         |         |       
|Net increase in cash and cash equivalents                   |                                                                                              |                                                   | 100,709                           |               |                  |         | 96,626  |       
|Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period              |                                                                                              |                                                   | 219,554                           |               |                  |         | 28,310  |       
|                                                            |                                                                                              |                                                   |                                   |               |                  |         |         |       
|CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF PERIOD                    |                                                                                              | $                                                 | 320,263                           |               |                  | $       | 124,936 |       
|                                                            |                                                                                              |                                                   |                                   |               |                  |         |         |       

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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THE DIAL CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

Note 1. Basis of Preparation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of The
Dial Corporation and all majority-owned subsidiaries. This information should
be read in conjunction with the financial statements set forth in The Dial
Corporation Annual Report to Stockholders for the year ended December 31, 2002.

On December 23, 2002, we announced the pending sale of our Argentina business.
As a result of this pending sale, Argentinas financial position and historical
earnings have been reclassified as a discontinued operation in the accompanying
financial statements. The sale of our Argentina business was completed on June
30, 2003. See Note 2 to these consolidated financial statements.

Accounting policies utilized in the preparation of the financial information
presented herein are the same as set forth in Dials annual financial
statements except as modified for interim accounting policies, which are within
the guidelines set forth in Accounting Principles Board Opinion (APB) No. 28,
Interim Financial Reporting. The interim consolidated financial statements
are unaudited. All adjustments necessary to present fairly the financial
position as of June 28, 2003, and the results of operations and cash flows for
the quarters and six months ended June 28, 2003 and June 29, 2002,
respectfully, have been included. Interim results of operations are not
necessarily indicative of the results of operations for the full year.

In May 2003, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement
of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 150, Accounting for Certain
Financial Instruments with Characteristics of both Liabilities and Equity.
This Statement requires the classification of certain financial instruments,
previously classified within the equity section of the balance sheet, to be
included in liabilities. This Statement is effective for financial instruments
entered into or modified after May 31, 2003 and June 15, 2003 for all other
instruments. We do not believe that this Statement will impact our future
financial position.

In April 2003, the FASB issued SFAS No. 149, Amendment of Statement No. 133 on
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities. This Statement amended and
refined certain characteristics of derivative instruments and hedges. We do
not anticipate a financial impact as a result of this Statement.

Note 2. Discontinued Operations

Argentina - In December 2002, we announced that we had reached an agreement to
sell our Argentina business to an entity designated by Southern Cross Group, a
private equity investor in Argentina. The transaction was structured as the
sale of assets of Dial Argentina, S.A., which included the stock of its two
subsidiaries, Sulfargen, S.A. and The Dial Corporation San Juan, S.A. In
December 2002, we recorded an after-tax loss of $62.4 million on the pending
sale and reclassified our Argentina business as a discontinued operation. This
primarily non-cash loss includes the reversal of $92.8 million in currency
translation adjustments, which had previously been recorded as a reduction of
equity and an accrual for estimated exit and closing costs. This transaction
also resulted in current tax benefits of approximately $61 million.

At the beginning of the third quarter of 2003, we completed the sale of our
Argentina business, based on negotiations concluded prior to June 28, 2003.
The sale resulted in higher cash proceeds and lower projected exit and closing
costs than originally anticipated. Accordingly, in the second quarter of 2003,
we recognized a $2.1 million after-tax ($3.4 million pre-tax) reduction in the
previously recorded loss on the disposal of our discontinued Argentina
business.

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The tax benefits from the sale of Argentina were utilized by the end of the
second quarter of 2003.

Our discontinued Argentina business has been classified as held for sale and as
a discontinued operation since December 2002. Accordingly, we did not recognize
any income from operation of this business during 2003. During the first six
months of 2002, we recorded $2.1 million in net income ($3.7 million pre-tax)
from our discontinued Argentina business.

Assets and liabilities of the discontinued Argentina operation included in our
consolidated financial statements as of June 28, 2003 and December 31, 2002
were as follows:

|                          |                                               |      |          |        |              |   |        |        | 
|------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- | ---- | -------- | ------ | ------------ | - | ------ | ------ | 
|                          |                                               |      | June 28, |        | December 31,
|(In thousands)            |                                               | 2003 |          | 2002  
|                          |                                               |      |         
|Cash and cash equivalents |                                               | $    | 1,663    |        |              | $ | 1,657  |       
|Receivables               |                                               |      |         |        |              |   | 3,988  |       
|Inventories               |                                               |      | 8,953    |        |              |   | 10,483 |       
|Other current assets      |                                               |      | 1,276    |        |              |   | 2,419  |       
|                          |                                               |      |          |        |              |   |        |       
|                          | Current assets of discontinued operation      |      | $        | 11,892 |              |   | $      | 18,547 | 
|                          |                                               |      |          |        |              |   |        |       
|Other non-current assets  |                                               |      | 3,477    |        |              |   | 2,226  |       
|                          |                                               |      |          |        |              |   |        |       
|                          | Non-current assets of discontinued operation  |      | $        | 3,477  |              |   | $      | 2,226  | 
|                          |                                               |      |          |        |              |   |        |       
|Other current liabilities |                                               |      | 6,489    |        |              |   | 13,512 |       
|                          |                                               |      |          |        |              |   |        |       
|                          | Current liabilities of discontinued operation |      | $        | 6,489  |              |   | $      | 13,512 | 
|                          |                                               |      |          |        |              |   |        |       

In the first quarter of 2002, we recorded a $43.3 million after-tax impairment
loss on the goodwill and trademarks of our Argentina business as a result of
adopting Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 142,
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, which established a new method of
testing goodwill for impairment. The impairment was calculated using a
discounted cash flow model and was recorded in our Statement of Consolidated
Operations and Comprehensive Income as a Cumulative effect of the
change in accounting principle and, therefore, is not included in operating income.

Specialty Personal Care - On August 28, 2001, we completed the sale of our
Specialty Personal Care (SPC) business. This business segment included a
variety of skin, hair, bath, body and foot care products sold under the Freemanand Sarah Michaels brand names. The sale of SPC was in line with our strategy
to fix or jettison under-performing businesses. As a result of the sale, we
incurred a one-time charge of $198.4 million, net of income tax benefits and
expected sale proceeds, related to the write-off of SPC assets and an accrual
for estimated exit costs. Proceeds from the sale were used to repay debt. As
a result of this transaction, we sold the stock of our wholly-owned subsidiary,
Sarah Michaels, Inc., and the inventories, fixed assets and intangibles of the
SPC business, but retained the related receivables and liabilities arising on
or prior to the closing.

As consideration for the sale, we received aggregate purchase price
consideration of $12.0 million, which consisted of $8.0 million in cash and two
subordinated promissory notes in the amount of $2.0 million each. As of
December 31, 2001, we had not recorded the $4.0 million in promissory notes
because of uncertainties regarding the realizability of such amounts. In the
first quarter of 2002, we entered into an agreement with the buyer of this
business to resolve disputes that arose in connection with the sale. Under the
terms of that agreement, we received full payment on one of these notes,
forgave the other note and agreed to bear the cost of some disputed expenses.
In the first quarter of 2002, we recorded the $2.0 million ($1.3 million
after-tax) received as a reduction of the loss recognized on the sale of the
SPC business.

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As a result of the loss recognized on the sale, we recorded a current tax
benefit of approximately $40.0 million. This tax benefit resulted in cash
savings in the third and fourth quarters of 2001 and throughout 2002. The loss
on the sale of SPC is comprised primarily of the write-off of goodwill and
inventories. In addition, the sale resulted in approximately $52.3 million in
capital losses for which no tax benefits were provided. In the second quarter
of 2003, we utilized $0.7 million of these capital losses. We will realize
additional tax benefits on these capital losses only to the extent that we
generate capital gains within five years of the sale.

As of June 28, 2003, our balance sheet included $13.2 million in liabilities
related to the discontinued SPC business, primarily for future operating lease
payments. These liabilities will be adjusted in the future if our estimate of
remaining lease and other exit costs change. The effect of any future
adjustments to SPC liabilities would be presented in the income statement as an
adjustment to the previously recorded loss on disposal of discontinued
operation.

Note 3. Special Gains

In the second quarter of 2002, we recorded a net gain of $2.9 million ($2.2
million after-tax or $0.02 per diluted share) associated with the previously
dissolved joint venture with Henkel KGaA of Germany (Henkel) and from the
sale of our Mexico City facility, offset in part by a writedown of fixed assets
in our Guatemala facility. The gain from our Dial/Henkel joint venture of $1.7
million was included in Income from joint ventures for income statement
purposes. We sold our Mexico facility for $2.7 million, resulting in a pre-tax
gain of $2.4 million, which was offset in part by a writedown of the carrying
value of our Guatemala facility by approximately $1.2 million, pre-tax. For
income statement purposes, the gain on the sale of our Mexico facility and the
writedown of fixed assets in our Guatemala facility are included in Asset
writedowns and other special items (net gain).

Note 4. Dial/Henkel Joint Venture

In April 1999, we formed Dial/Henkel LLC, a joint venture with Henkel. Dial
and Henkel each owned 50% of this joint venture. The joint venture was formed
to develop and market a range of enhanced laundry products in North America.
In July 1999, the joint venture acquired the Custom Cleaner home dry-cleaning
business. During the third quarter of 2001, the joint venture discontinued the
Custom Cleaner home dry cleaning business.

In the second quarter of 2002, Henkel received certain intellectual property
rights related to the former Custom Cleaner business in exchange for their
interest in Dial/Henkel LLC. As a result, we consolidated Dial/Henkel LLCs
operations in the second quarter of 2002. Prior to our assumption of Henkels
interest in Dial/Henkel LLC, we accounted for this joint venture under the
equity method of accounting. In the second quarter of 2002, we recorded a gain
of $1.7 million ($1.6 million after-tax) related to lower than expected costs
associated with the discontinued Custom Cleaner business. For income statement
purposes, the gain was included in Income from joint ventures.

Note 5. Inventories

Inventories consisted of the following:

|                           |  |   |               |  |                   |   |         |  |  | 
|-------------------------- |  | - | ------------- |  | ----------------- | - | ------- |  |  | 
|(In thousands)             |  |   | June 28, 2003 |  | December 31, 2002
|                           |  |   |               |  |                   |  
|Raw materials and supplies |  | $ | 35,794        |  |                   | $ | 34,575  | 
|Work in process            |  |   | 6,310         |  |                   |   | 8,515   | 
|Finished goods             |  |   | 102,463       |  |                   |   | 88,418  | 
|                           |  |   |               |  |                   |   |         |  |  | 
|Total
inventories          |  | $ | 144,567       |  |                   | $ | 131,508 | 
|                           |  |   |               |  |                   |   |         |  |  | 

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Note 6. Intangible Assets

Intangible assets subject to amortization consisted of the following:

|                  |       |               |          |                   |              |   |          |      |          |   |              |       |          |   |       |       |     |   |      |      |   |   |       |       | 
|----------------- | ----- | ------------- | -------- | ----------------- | ------------ | - | -------- | ---- | -------- | - | ------------ | ----- | -------- | - | ----- | ----- | --- | - | ---- | ---- | - | - | ----- | ----- | 
|(In thousands)    |       | June 28, 2003 |          | December 31, 2002
|                  |       |               |          |                  
|                  |       |               | Gross    |                   |              |   |          |      | Net      |   | Gross        |       |          |   |       |       | Net
|                  |       |               | Carrying |                   | Accumulated  |   | Carrying |      | Carrying |   | Accumulated  |       | Carrying
|                  |       |               | Value    |                   | Amortization |   | Value    |      | Value    |   | Amortization |       | Value   
|                  |       |               |          |                   |              |   |          |      |          |   |              |       |         
|Patents           |       | $             | 2,258    |                   |              | $ | (210     | )    |          | $ | 2,048        |       |          | $ | 2,171 |       |     | $ | (149 | )    |   | $ | 2,022 |      
|Other intangibles |       |               | 900      |                   |              |   | (608     | )    |          |   | 292          |       |          |   | 900   |       |     |   | (578 | )    |   |   | 322   |      
|                  |       |               |          |                   |              |   |          |      |          |   |              |       |          |   |       |       |     |   |      |      |   |   |       |      
|                  | Total |               | $        | 3,158             |              |   | $        | (818 | )        |   | $            | 2,340 |          |   | $     | 3,071 |     |   | $    | (727 | ) |   | $     | 2,344 | 
|                  |       |               |          |                   |              |   |          |      |          |   |              |       |          |   |       |       |     |   |      |      |   |   |       |      

Intangibles not subject to amortization consisted of the following:

|                            |  |               |         |                   |  |   |         | 
|--------------------------- |  | ------------- | ------- | ----------------- |  | - | ------- | 
|(In thousands)              |  | June 28, 2003 |         | December 31, 2002
|                            |  |               |         |                  
|Goodwill (1)                |  | $             | 313,132 |                   |  | $ | 312,678 | 
|Trademarks                  |  |               | 39,673  |                   |  |   | 39,426  | 
|Pension Related intangibles |  |               | 9,300   |                   |  |   | 9,300   | 
|                            |  |               |         |                   |  |   |         | 
|Total                       |  | $             | 362,105 |                   |  | $ | 361,404 | 
|                            |  |               |         |                   |  |   |         | 



|(1) |  | Additions to goodwill are the result of the Zout acquisition earnout.
|--- |  | ---------------------------------------------------------------------

Note 7. Long-Term Debt

Long-term debt consisted of the following:

|                                                                      |                         |               |         |                   |  |   |         |         | 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------- | ------------- | ------- | ----------------- |  | - | ------- | ------- | 
|(In thousands)                                                        |                         | June 28, 2003 |         | December 31, 2002
|                                                                      |                         |               |         |                  
|$250 million 7.0% Senior Notes
due 2006, net of issue discount        |                         | $             | 247,806 |                   |  | $ | 247,460 |        
|$200 million 6.5% Senior Notes
due 2008, net of issue discount        |                         |               | 198,890 |                   |  |   | 198,785 |        
|                                                                      |                         |               |         |                   |  |   |         |        
|                                                                      | Total long-term debt    |               |         | 446,696           |  |   |         | 446,245 | 
|Deferred gain on interest rate
swaps terminated in August 2002        |                         |               | 10,453  |                   |  |   | 12,148  |        
|Fair market value of interest rate
swaps entered into in January 2003 |                         |               | 8,091   |                   |  |   |        |        
|                                                                      |                         |               |         |                   |  |   |         |        
|                                                                      | Reported long-term debt |               | $       | 465,240           |  |   | $       | 458,393 | 
|                                                                      |                         |               |         |                   |  |   |         |        

In January 2003, we entered into two interest rate swap contracts that
effectively change the interest rate on our 6.5% Senior Notes from fixed to
variable. The $200 million notional value of the interest rate swaps, which
expire in September 2008, effectively converts approximately 45% of our total
debt to variable interest rate debt. Under the interest rate swaps, we pay a
variable rate of interest based on the 6-month LIBOR plus 278 basis points and
receive a fixed interest rate of 6.5%. Variable interest rates are paid and
reset semi-annually.

During the first quarter of 2003, we renewed the $100 million short-term
commitment portion of our $200 million revolving credit facility until March
2004. The remaining $100 million long-term portion of our credit facility, due
in March 2005, has remained unchanged. Terms and conditions under the credit
facility have remained the same and are described within our Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002. As of June 28, 2003, there
were no amounts outstanding under our credit facility.

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At June 28, 2003, we were in compliance with all covenants under our $200
million credit facility, our $250 million of 7.0% Senior Notes due 2006 and our
$200 million of 6.5% Senior Notes due 2008.

Note 8. Stock Options

We account for our stock-based compensation plans under
the recognition and
measurement provisions of APB Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to
Employees, and related Interpretations. We have adopted the disclosure-only
provisions of SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, as
amended by SFAS No. 148, Accounting for Stock-Based
Compensation  Transition
and Disclosure. Accordingly, no compensation cost has been recognized, as all
options under the stock-based compensation plans had an exercise price equal to
or greater than the fair market value of the underlying common stock at the
date of grant. The following table illustrates the effect on net income and
earnings per share if the fair value based method had been applied to all
outstanding and unvested awards using the Black-Scholes valuation model for the
periods ended:

|                       |                                                                                                                                       |      |               |        |                  |      |          |        |          |   |        |        |   |   |        |        |  
|---------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---- | ------------- | ------ | ---------------- | ---- | -------- | ------ | -------- | - | ------ | ------ | - | - | ------ | ------ | -
|                       |                                                                                                                                       |      | Quarter Ended |        | Six Months Ended
|                       |                                                                                                                                       |      |               |        |                 
|                       |                                                                                                                                       |      | June 28,      |        | June 29,         |      | June 28, |        | June 29,
|(In thousands)         |                                                                                                                                       | 2003 |               | 2002   |                  | 2003 |          | 2002  
|                       |                                                                                                                                       |      |               |        |                  |      |          |       
|Net income as reported |                                                                                                                                       | $    | 35,531        |        |                  | $    | 33,433   |        |          | $ | 65,179 |        |   | $ | 14,957 |       
|                       | Deduct: Total
stock-based employee
compensation expense
determined under fair
value method for all
awards, net of related tax effects |      |               | (2,019 | )                |      |          | (1,715 | )        |   |        | (4,037 | ) |   |        | (2,886 | )
|                       |                                                                                                                                       |      |               |        |                  |      |          |        |          |   |        |        |   |   |        |       
|Pro forma net income   |                                                                                                                                       | $    | 33,512        |        |                  | $    | 31,718   |        |          | $ | 61,142 |        |   | $ | 12,071 |       
|                       |                                                                                                                                       |      |               |        |                  |      |          |        |          |   |        |        |   |   |        |       
|Earnings per share:    |                                                                                                                                       |      |               |        |                  |      |          |        |          |   |        |        |   |   |        |       
|                       | Basic  as reported                                                                                                                   |      | $             | 0.38   |                  |      | $        | 0.36   |          |   | $      | 0.70   |   |   | $      | 0.16   |  
|                       | Basic  pro forma                                                                                                                     |      | $             | 0.36   |                  |      | $        | 0.34   |          |   | $      | 0.65   |   |   | $      | 0.13   |  
|                       | Diluted  as reported                                                                                                                 |      | $             | 0.37   |                  |      | $        | 0.35   |          |   | $      | 0.68   |   |   | $      | 0.16   |  
|                       | Diluted  pro forma                                                                                                                   |      | $             | 0.35   |                  |      | $        | 0.34   |          |   | $      | 0.64   |   |   | $      | 0.13   |  

Note 9. Segments of an Enterprise

We are organized into two business segments: (i) Domestic Branded and (ii)
International and Other. The segments were identified based on economic
characteristics, types of products sold, customer base and method of
distribution.

Information related to our operations in different business segments is set
forth below. The calculation of operating income for each segment includes an
allocation of indirect general and administrative expenses based on each
segments share of our consolidated net sales. The accounting policies of the
business segments are the same as those described in the summary of significant
accounting policies in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements included
in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002.

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|                  |                   |                   |  |           |         |               |  |   |        |  |  |   |         | 
|----------------- | ----------------- | ----------------- |  | --------- | ------- | ------------- |  | - | ------ |  |  | - | ------- | 
|                  |                   |                   |  | Domestic  |         | International |  |   |        | 
|(In thousands)    |                   | Branded           |  | and Other |         | Total        
|                  |                   |                   |  |           |         |              
|Net Sales:        |                   |                   |  |           |         |               |  |   |        |  |  |  
|                  | Quarter Ended:    |                   |  |           |         |               |  |   |        |  |  |   |        
|                  |                   | June 28, 2003     |  | $         | 302,867 |               |  | $ | 29,624 |  |  | $ | 332,491 | 
|                  |                   | June 29, 2002     |  |           | 295,466 |               |  |   | 24,549 |  |  |   | 320,015 | 
|                  | Six Months Ended: |                   |  |           |         |               |  |   |        |  |  |   |        
|                  |                   | June 28, 2003     |  |           | 589,160 |               |  |   | 55,732 |  |  |   | 644,892 | 
|                  |                   | June 29, 2002     |  |           | 568,093 |               |  |   | 46,501 |  |  |   | 614,594 | 
|Operating Income: |                   |                   |  |           |         |               |  |   |        |  |  |  
|                  | Quarter Ended:    |                   |  |           |         |               |  |   |        |  |  |   |        
|                  |                   | June 28, 2003     |  |           | 57,943  |               |  |   | 3,826  |  |  |   | 61,769  | 
|                  |                   | June 29, 2002     |  |           | 52,933  |               |  |   | 4,653  |  |  |   | 57,586  | 
|                  | Six Months Ended: |                   |  |           |         |               |  |   |        |  |  |   |        
|                  |                   | June 28, 2003     |  |           | 111,429 |               |  |   | 7,411  |  |  |   | 118,840 | 
|                  |                   | June 29, 2002     |  |           | 100,046 |               |  |   | 5,140  |  |  |   | 105,186 | 
|Goodwill at:      |                   |                   |  |           |         |               |  |   |        |  |  |  
|                  |                   | June 28, 2003     |  |           | 313,132 |               |  |   |       |  |  |   | 313,132 | 
|                  |                   | December 31, 2002 |  |           | 312,678 |               |  |   |       |  |  |   | 312,678 | 

Note 10. Subsequent Events

Pension Contribution At the beginning of the third quarter of 2003, we made a
$50 million tax-deductible contribution to our pension plans. This
contribution reduces the shortfall between our pension plan assets and
projected pension liabilities. The shortfall is primarily due to negative
returns in the capital markets over the past few years coupled with the decline
in interest rates. The decrease in interest rates caused the present value of
our pension liabilities to increase while the losses in the capital markets led
to a decline in our pension assets, thereby creating a shortfall in the funded
status of the plans. The difference between the fair value of assets and accumulated benefit
obligation for our qualified pension plans was approximately $57 million as of
December 31, 2002.

The net cash outflow from this pension contribution will be approximately $31
million after the related tax deduction.

Sale of Dial Argentina Business At the beginning of the third quarter of
2003, we completed the sale of our Argentina business, based on negotiations
concluded prior to June 28, 2003. The sale resulted in higher cash proceeds
and lower projected exit and closing costs than originally anticipated.
Accordingly, in the second quarter of 2003, we recorded a $2.1 million
after-tax ($3.4 million pre-tax) reduction in the previously recorded loss on
the disposal of our discontinued Argentina business.

IT Outsourcing and SAP
Implementation Project In July of 2003, we entered
into an approximate $110 million, seven-year information technology outsourcing
agreement with Electronic Data Systems Corporation (EDS). Under this
outsourcing agreement, EDS will provide information technology infrastructure,
support and management services. In addition, EDS, teaming with SAP, will lead
a complete SAP software implementation for our enterprise operations, including
the manufacturing, supply chain, finance, accounting and performance management
environments as well as customer relationship management.

The implementation of SAP is currently expected to cost approximately $35
million. As a result of the move to SAP, we will recognize approximately $8
million of accelerated depreciation expense over the next 18 months related to
our current software system.

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND
FINANCIAL CONDITION




Potential Sale of Dial And Future Capital Allocation Strategy

We believe that the long-term interests of our shareholders would be best
served if we were part of a larger enterprise. We will continue to explore
opportunities to become part of a larger company, which could include
transactions with multiple parties. We have been working with Goldman Sachs &
Co. and may continue to do so as we evaluate any opportunities for us to be
part of a larger company.

No time constraints have been set for any transaction, and any decision
regarding any potential transactions will be based upon the best interests of
our shareholders. Accordingly, there is no assurance that any sale, merger or
other transactions involving us or any of our businesses will occur in the near
future or at all. In addition, decisions made in the course of continuing to
improve our operating results could require additional special or restructuring
charges or additional asset writedowns.

We will continue to focus on growing our core businesses and will evaluate
capital allocation options in light of the amount of cash we are accumulating.
The capital allocation alternatives we are reviewing include:



| |  | Acquisitions                   
|- |  | -------------------------------
| 
| |  | Dividend increases             
| 
| |  | Share repurchases              
| 
| |  | Investment in our base business

If suitable acquisition options do not emerge, then we currently expect to use
cash to increase our dividend and/or repurchase shares. At the present time,
we are not considering reduction of debt as one of our capital allocation
alternatives, but we will continue to evaluate this as an option in the future.

Critical Accounting Policies

Management has discussed critical accounting policies and estimates used in the
preparation of our financial statements within our Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2002. There have been no changes to our
critical accounting policies in the current year.

Sale of Dial Argentina Business

In December 2002, we announced that we had reached an agreement to sell our
Argentina business to an entity designated by Southern Cross Group, a private
equity investor in Argentina. The transaction was structured as the sale of
assets of Dial Argentina, S.A., which included the stock of its two
subsidiaries, Sulfargen, S.A. and The Dial Corporation San Juan, S.A. In
December 2002, we recorded an after-tax loss of $62.4 million on the pending
sale and reclassified our Argentina business as a discontinued operation. This
primarily non-cash loss includes the reversal of $92.8 million in currency
translation adjustments, which had previously been recorded as a reduction of
equity and an accrual for estimated exit and closing costs. This transaction
also resulted in current tax benefits of approximately $61 million.

At the beginning of the third quarter of 2003, we completed the sale of our
Argentina business, based on negotiations concluded prior to June 28, 2003.
The sale resulted in higher cash proceeds and lower projected exit and closing
costs than originally anticipated. Accordingly, in the second quarter of 2003,
we recognized a $2.1 million after-tax ($3.4 million pre-tax) reduction in the
previously recorded loss on the disposal of our discontinued Argentina
business.

The tax benefits from the sale of Argentina were utilized by the end of the
second quarter of 2003.

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Our discontinued Argentina business has been classified as held for sale and as
a discontinued operation since December 2002. Accordingly, we did not recognize
any income from operation of this business during 2003. During the first six
months of 2002, we recorded $2.1 million in net income ($3.7 million pre-tax)
from our discontinued Argentina business.

In the first quarter of 2002, we recorded a $43.3 million after-tax impairment
loss on the goodwill and trademarks of our Argentina business as a result of
adopting Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (SFAS) No. 142, Goodwill
and Other Intangible Assets, which established a new method of testing
goodwill for impairment.

Sale of Specialty Personal Care Segment

On August 28, 2001, we completed the sale of our Specialty Personal Care
(SPC) business. This business segment included a variety of skin, hair,
bath, body and foot care products sold under theFreeman and Sarah Michaels
brand names. The sale of SPC was in line with our strategy to fix or jettison
under-performing businesses. As a result of the sale, we incurred a one-time
charge of $198.4 million, net of income tax benefits and expected sale
proceeds, related to the write-off of SPC assets and an accrual for estimated
exit costs. Proceeds from the sale were used to repay debt. As a result of
this transaction, we sold the stock of our wholly-owned subsidiary, Sarah
Michaels, Inc., and the inventories, fixed assets and intangibles of the SPC
business, but retained the related receivables and liabilities arising on or
prior to the closing.

As consideration for the sale, we received aggregate purchase price
consideration of $12.0 million, which consisted of $8.0 million in cash and two
subordinated promissory notes in the amount of $2.0 million each. As of
December 31, 2001, we had not recorded the $4.0 million in promissory notes
because of uncertainties regarding the realizability of such amounts. In the
first quarter of 2002, we entered into an agreement with the buyer of this
business to resolve disputes that arose in connection with the sale. Under the
terms of that agreement, we received full payment on one of these notes,
forgave the other note and agreed to bear the cost of some disputed expenses.
In the first quarter of 2002, we recorded the $2.0 million ($1.3 million
after-tax) received as a reduction of the loss recognized on the sale of the
SPC business.

As a result of the loss recognized on the sale, we recorded a current tax
benefit of approximately $40.0 million. This tax benefit resulted in cash
savings in the third and fourth quarters of 2001 and throughout 2002. The loss
on the sale of SPC is comprised primarily of the write-off of goodwill and
inventories. In addition, the sale resulted in approximately $52.3 million in
capital losses for which no tax benefits were provided. In the second quarter
of 2003, we utilized $0.7 million of these capital losses. We will realize
additional tax benefits on these capital losses only to the extent that we
generate capital gains within five years of the sale.

As of June 28, 2003, our balance sheet included $13.2 million in liabilities
related to the discontinued SPC business, primarily for future operating lease
payments. These liabilities will be adjusted in the future if our estimate of
remaining lease and other exit costs change. The effect of any future
adjustments to SPC liabilities would be presented in the income statement as an
adjustment to the previously recorded loss on disposal of discontinued
operation.

Recent Developments

IT Outsourcing and SAP Implementation Project- In July of 2003, we entered
into an approximate $110 million, seven-year information technology outsourcing
agreement with Electronic Data Systems Corporation (EDS). Under this
outsourcing agreement, EDS will provide information technology infrastructure,
support and management services. In addition, EDS, teaming with SAP, will lead
a complete SAP software implementation for our enterprise operations, including
the manufacturing, supply chain, finance, accounting and performance management
environments as well as customer relationship management.

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We expect capital and operating savings totaling approximately $21 million over
the term of the agreement with EDS, and anticipate realizing additional capital
and operating savings benefits relating to the implementation of the SAP
software.

The implementation of SAP will commence in the third quarter of 2003 and
currently is expected to be completed over the next 18 months. The
implementation of SAP is currently expected to cost approximately $35 million.
As a result of the move to SAP, we will recognize approximately $8 million of
accelerated depreciation expense over the next 18 months related to our current
software system.

EEOC Litigation
Settlement - As we previously disclosed, we were defending a
lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC),
which was pending in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of
Illinois, Eastern Division, and was entitled Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission v. The Dial Corporation, Civil Action No. 99 C 3356. The EEOC
alleged that we engaged in a pattern and practice of discrimination against a
class of female employees at our Aurora, Illinois manufacturing facility by
subjecting them to sexual harassment and not taking prompt remedial action
after these employees complained. Most of the potential claimants allegations
relate to incidences that allegedly occurred prior to 1996. The EEOC sought
injunctive relief and unspecified compensatory and punitive damages.

On April 29, 2003, we announced that we had reached a settlement with the EEOC
that involves a payment of $10 million by Dial. As previously disclosed, this
settlement is not expected to materially affect our earnings for 2003.
However, negative publicity resulting from this lawsuit or the settlement could
adversely affect our sales and operating results.

Kmart Bankruptcy and Store
Closings - In January 2002, Kmart Corporation filed
for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Kmart is one of our top ten customers.
Prior to March 2003, we sold products to Kmart primarily through Kmarts
distributor, Fleming Companies, Inc. However, Kmart and Fleming recently
agreed that Fleming would no longer be Kmarts contracted distributor. As a
result, in March 2003 we began to sell our products directly to Kmart.

Kmart closed approximately 600 stores prior to emerging from bankruptcy in May
2003. Our sales to Kmart have decreased as a result of these store closings
and from a decline in consumers visiting Kmarts open stores. Kmarts
bankruptcy has not had a material adverse effect on our planned sales or
operating results. However, Kmarts financial condition could have an adverse
impact on our sales and operating results in the future.

Fleming Bankruptcy- As mentioned above, we previously sold products to Kmart
through Fleming. Fleming filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in April
2003. Due to the uncertainty of Flemings ability to pay its creditors, we
increased our bad debt reserve for our accounts receivable from Fleming during
the first quarter of 2003. This reserve and the related accounts receivable
were subsequently written off in the second quarter of 2003 due to their
uncollectibility. To date, Flemings bankruptcy has not had a material adverse
effect on our planned sales or operating results. However, Flemings
bankruptcy and financial condition could have an adverse impact on our sales
and operating results in the future.

FASMA LLC Bankruptcy- The buyer of our Specialty Personal Care business, FASMA
L.L.C., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on May 1, 2003. FASMA is
subleasing a facility in Dedham, Massachusetts from us. In May 2003 we reached
an agreement with FASMA that allows them to remain in the facility until
September 30, 2003 for a monthly rental fee. FASMA is responsible for all
liabilities related to the SPC business, including customer deductions and
returns. It is too early to determine if FASMAs bankruptcy could impact our
financial results. At June 28, 2003, our balance sheet included $13.2 million
in liabilities related to the discontinued SPC business, primarily for future
operating lease payments. If we decide that we need to increase the reserves
related to the discontinued SPC business, our net income would be adversely
impacted.

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Comparison of the Second Quarter of 2003 with the Second Quarter of 2002

Net sales information for our businesses is set forth below:

|                        |                                       |               |               |               |                     |        |         |            |  |   |        |       |  |  |      |      |  
|----------------------- | ------------------------------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------------- | ------ | ------- | ---------- |  | - | ------ | ----- |  |  | ---- | ---- | -
|                        |                                       |               | Quarter Ended |               | Increase (Decrease)
|                        |                                       |               |               |               |                    
|(In thousands)          |                                       | June 28, 2003 |               | June 29, 2002 |                     | Amount |         | Percentage
|                        |                                       |               |               |               |                     |        |         |           
|Laundry Care            |                                       | $             | 118,973       |               |                     | $      | 121,081 |            |  | $ | (2,108 | )     |  |  | (1.7 | )%  
|Personal Cleansing      |                                       |               | 97,222        |               |                     |        | 90,442  |            |  |   | 6,780  |       |  |  | 7.5  | %   
|Food Products           |                                       |               | 47,180        |               |                     |        | 44,624  |            |  |   | 2,556  |       |  |  | 5.7  | %   
|Air Fresheners          |                                       |               | 39,492        |               |                     |        | 39,319  |            |  |   | 173    |       |  |  | 0.4  | %   
|                        |                                       |               |               |               |                     |        |         |            |  |   |        |       |  |  |      |     
|                        | Total Domestic Branded segment        |               |               | 302,867       |                     |        |         | 295,466    |  |   |        | 7,401 |  |  |      | 2.5  | %
|                        | Total International and Other
segment |               |               | 29,624        |                     |        |         | 24,549     |  |   |        | 5,075 |  |  |      | 20.7 | %
|                        |                                       |               |               |               |                     |        |         |            |  |   |        |       |  |  |      |     
|Total Company Net Sales |                                       | $             | 332,491       |               |                     | $      | 320,015 |            |  | $ | 12,476 |       |  |  | 3.9  | %   
|                        |                                       |               |               |               |                     |        |         |            |  |   |        |       |  |  |      |     

Laundry Care sales decreased primarily due to a 16.8% decline in sales
of Purex powder detergent and increased promotional spending, offset in part by
continued growth in Purex liquid detergent. The increase in Purex liquid
detergent sales resulted from continued promotions and consumer demand as well
as the current consumer preference for liquid detergent versus powder detergent
products. We currently expect that this consumer preference will continue.
Personal cleansing sales increased primarily due to sales of new products
introduced in the second half of 2002 and first quarter of 2003. These sales
were offset in part by a decrease in bar soap sales. The decrease in bar sales
was driven in part by a growing consumer preference for body washes. We expect
that this consumer preference will continue. Food Products sales increased
primarily as a result of stronger sales of Armour branded Vienna sausage and
private label sales. Increased sales of Vienna sausage were driven in large
part by segment growth as well as increased promotions and distribution. Sales
were offset in part by increased promotional spending. Air Fresheners sales
increased primarily as a result of the launch of three new products, Renuzit
Super Odor Neutralizer, Renuzit Universal Scented Oil Refills and Renuzit High
Impact Scented Oil, which were introduced in the second half of 2002. Sales of
new products were primarily offset by the discontinuation of One Touch electric
scented oil products combined with continued weakness in the candle segment. We
are discontinuing Renuzit High Impact Scented Oil and expect related sales to
decline in future periods.

Sales in our International and Other segment increased primarily due to higher
Canadian sales of Purex liquid laundry detergent, foreign currency gains and
growth in Branded Commercial Markets. International and Other segment sales
increased 17.2% in the second quarter of 2003 excluding foreign currency gains.

Our gross margin decreased 110 basis points to 37.4% from 38.5% last year.
This decrease primarily resulted from higher energy and petroleum related
costs, higher raw material prices, increased promotional spending and special
gains recorded in 2002.

Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased 4.8% to $62.4 from $65.6
million last year. The decrease is primarily due to lower performance-based
compensation expense as compared to the same period in 2002.

Other net expenses decreased 21.4% to $2.3 million from $2.9 million primarily
as a result of a $0.7 million gain recorded on the sale of surplus land at our
Aurora plant.

We recognized a $1.7 million gain from the Dial/Henkel joint venture in the
second quarter of 2002 primarily as a result of lower than expected costs
associated with the discontinued Custom Cleaner business. No additional
adjustments have been recorded since the second quarter of 2002.

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Our effective tax rate from continuing operations of 37.2% is higher than the
2002 rate of 36.3%. The 2002 rate benefited from a lower tax rate on joint
venture income, offset in part by higher taxes on foreign income.

Income from continuing operations was $33.4 million or $0.35 per diluted share,
compared to $31.8 million or $0.34 per diluted share last year. As discussed
above, this increase resulted primarily from higher sales and lower selling,
general and administrative expense, offset in part by an increase in the number
of shares outstanding. The following table reconciles diluted earnings per
share from income from continuing operations to net income per diluted share:

|                                              |  |               |      |               |  |   |      | 
|--------------------------------------------- |  | ------------- | ---- | ------------- |  | - | ---- | 
|                                              |  | Quarter Ended |      | Quarter Ended
|                                              |  | June 28, 2003 |      | June 29, 2002
|                                              |  |               |      |              
|Diluted net income per common share:          |  |               |      |               |  |   |      | 
|Diluted net income from continuing operations |  | $             | 0.35 |               |  | $ | 0.34 | 
|Discontinued operation, Dial Argentina        |  |               | 0.02 |               |  |   | 0.02 | 
|                                              |  |               |      |               |  |   |      | 
|Net income per diluted share                  |  | $             | 0.37 |               |  | $ | 0.35 | 
|                                              |  |               |      |               |  |   |      | 

Comparison of the First Six Months of 2003 with the First Six Months 2002

Net sales information for our businesses is set forth below:

|                        |                                       |               |                  |               |                     |        |         |            |  |   |        |        |  |  |      |      |  
|----------------------- | ------------------------------------- | ------------- | ---------------- | ------------- | ------------------- | ------ | ------- | ---------- |  | - | ------ | ------ |  |  | ---- | ---- | -
|                        |                                       |               | Six Months Ended |               | Increase (Decrease)
|                        |                                       |               |                  |               |                    
|(In thousands)          |                                       | June 28, 2003 |                  | June 29, 2002 |                     | Amount |         | Percentage
|                        |                                       |               |                  |               |                     |        |         |           
|Laundry Care            |                                       | $             | 238,396          |               |                     | $      | 228,358 |            |  | $ | 10,038 |        |  |  | 4.4  | %   
|Personal Cleansing      |                                       |               | 185,263          |               |                     |        | 176,839 |            |  |   | 8,424  |        |  |  | 4.8  | %   
|Food Products           |                                       |               | 89,177           |               |                     |        | 86,423  |            |  |   | 2,754  |        |  |  | 3.2  | %   
|Air Fresheners          |                                       |               | 76,324           |               |                     |        | 76,473  |            |  |   | (149   | )      |  |  | (0.2 | )%  
|                        |                                       |               |                  |               |                     |        |         |            |  |   |        |        |  |  |      |     
|                        | Total Domestic Branded segment        |               |                  | 589,160       |                     |        |         | 568,093    |  |   |        | 21,067 |  |  |      | 3.7  | %
|                        | Total International and Other
segment |               |                  | 55,732        |                     |        |         | 46,501     |  |   |        | 9,231  |  |  |      | 19.9 | %
|                        |                                       |               |                  |               |                     |        |         |            |  |   |        |        |  |  |      |     
|Total Company Net Sales |                                       | $             | 644,892          |               |                     | $      | 614,594 |            |  | $ | 30,298 |        |  |  | 4.9  | %   
|                        |                                       |               |                  |               |                     |        |         |            |  |   |        |        |  |  |      |     

Laundry Care sales increased due to higher sales of Purex liquid detergent,
offset in part by lower sales of powder detergent and other laundry products as
well as increased promotional spending and coupon redemption. The increase in
Purex liquid detergent is due to continued promotions and consumer demand as
well as the current consumer preference for liquid detergent versus powder
detergent products. We currently expect that this consumer preference will
continue. Personal Cleansing sales increased mainly due to sales of new
products introduced in the second half of 2002 and first quarter of 2003.
These sales were offset in part by a decrease in bar soap sales. The decrease
in bar soap sales was driven in part by a growing consumer preference for body
washes. We expect that this consumer preference will continue. Food Products
sales were higher primarily as a result of increased sales of Armour branded
Vienna sausage. Increased sales of Vienna sausage were driven in large part by
segment growth as well as increased promotions and distribution. Air Fresheners
sales decreased primarily as a result of the discontinuation of One Touch
electric scented oil products combined with continued weakness in the candle
segment. The decrease in sales was partially offset by the launch of three new
products, Renuzit Super Odor Neutralizer, Renuzit High Impact Scented Oil and
Renuzit Universal Scented Oil Refills, which were introduced in the second half
of 2002. We are discontinuing Renuzit High Impact Scented Oil and expect
related sales to decline in future periods.

Sales in our International and Other segment increased primarily due to higher
Canadian sales of Purex liquid laundry detergent and foreign currency gains.
International and Other segment sales increased 16.8% in the first six months
of 2003 excluding foreign currency gains.

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Our gross margin remained consistent at 37.7% during the period, as
manufacturing efficiencies were
offset by increases in energy and petroleum related
costs.

Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased 1.7% to $124.3 from
$126.4 million last year. The decrease is primarily due to lower
performance-based compensation expense as compared to 2002, offset in
part by higher bad debt expense and legal costs.

Interest expense decreased 12.5% to $13.1 million from $15.0 million last year.
The decrease is a result of lower effective interest rates due to our current
and previously terminated interest rate swaps.

We recognized a $1.7 million gain from the Dial/Henkel joint venture in the
second quarter of 2002 primarily as a result of lower than expected costs
associated with the discontinued Custom Cleaner business. No additional
adjustments have been recorded since the second quarter of 2002.

Our effective tax rate from continuing operations of 37.2% is higher than the
2002 rate of 36.5%. The 2002 rate benefited from a lower tax rate on joint
venture income, offset in part by higher taxes on foreign income.

Income from continuing operations was $63.0 million or $0.66 per diluted share,
compared to $54.9 million or $0.58 per diluted share last year. As discussed
above, this increase resulted primarily from higher sales, lower selling,
general and administrative expense and lower interest expense, offset in part
by an increase in the number of shares outstanding. The following table
reconciles diluted earnings per share from income from continuing operations to
net income per diluted share:

|                                                    |  |                |      |                |  |   |       |  
|--------------------------------------------------- |  | -------------- | ---- | -------------- |  | - | ----- | -
|                                                    |  | Six Months     |      | Six Months    
|                                                    |  | Ended June 28, |      | Ended June 29,
|                                                    |  | 2003           |      | 2002          
|                                                    |  |                |      |               
|Diluted net income per common share:                |  |                |      |                |  |   |       |  
|Diluted net income from continuing operations       |  | $              | 0.66 |                |  | $ | 0.58  |  
|Discontinued operations                             |  |                | 0.02 |                |  |   | 0.04  |  
|Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle |  |                |     |                |  |   | (0.46 | )
|                                                    |  |                |      |                |  |   |       |  
|Net income per diluted share                        |  | $              | 0.68 |                |  | $ | 0.16  |  
|                                                    |  |                |      |                |  |   |       |  

Financial Condition and Liquidity

Our needs and access to funds are dependent on future operating results, as
well as external economic and market conditions. Cash and cash equivalents,
cash flow from operations and proceeds from divestitures are expected to be
sufficient to meet our anticipated operating and capital expenditure
requirements during the next year.

Net cash provided by operations for the six months ended June 28, 2003 was
$109.4 million compared to $113.3 million last year. The decrease was due to
higher pension contributions as well as higher performance-based compensation
payments made in early 2003 for results achieved in 2002. This decrease was
offset in part by higher net income and tax benefits received in the current
year.

Net cash used in investing activities for the six months ended June 28, 2003
was $10.3 million versus $14.0 million last year. This change was primarily due
to cash flows related to discontinued operations as well as higher capital
spending in this period in 2002. Capital expenditures for the six months ended
June 28, 2003 were $11.1 million compared to $12.6 million in the same period
last year. We expect capital expenditures in 2003 to be approximately $45
million, including the SAP implementation project expenditures. These
expenditures will be concentrated primarily on equipment and information
systems that provide opportunities to reduce manufacturing, logistics, and
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maintain our existing facilities.
There can be no assurance as to the quantity and the type of capital spending
we may incur.

Additionally, as previously disclosed, we have entered into an information
technology outsourcing agreement with EDS. EDS will also lead the
implementation of SAP, which will commence in the third quarter of 2003. We
anticipate completion of the implementation within the next 18 months. The
implementation of SAP and related costs are currently expected to be
approximately $35 million.

Net cash provided by financing activities was $1.6 million in the first six
months of 2003 compared to $1.3 million used in the same period last year. This
change is primarily due to an increase in proceeds received from employee stock
option exercises in 2003.

At June 28, 2003, we had $312.8 million invested in short-term investment
vehicles with low principal risk.

Capital Structure and
Resources

Long-term debt consisted of the following at June 28, 2003 and December 31,
2002:

|                                                                      |                         |               |         |                   |  |   |         |         | 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------- | ------------- | ------- | ----------------- |  | - | ------- | ------- | 
|(In thousands)                                                        |                         | June 28, 2003 |         | December 31, 2002
|                                                                      |                         |               |         |                  
|$250 million 7.0% Senior Notes
due 2006, net of issue discount        |                         | $             | 247,806 |                   |  | $ | 247,460 |        
|$200 million 6.5% Senior Notes
due 2008, net of issue discount        |                         |               | 198,890 |                   |  |   | 198,785 |        
|                                                                      |                         |               |         |                   |  |   |         |        
|                                                                      | Total long-term debt    |               |         | 446,696           |  |   |         | 446,245 | 
|Deferred gain on interest rate
swaps terminated in August 2002        |                         |               | 10,453  |                   |  |   | 12,148  |        
|Fair market value of interest
rate swaps entered into in
January 2003 |                         |               | 8,091   |                   |  |   |        |        
|                                                                      |                         |               |         |                   |  |   |         |        
|                                                                      | Reported long-term debt |               | $       | 465,240           |  |   | $       | 458,393 | 
|                                                                      |                         |               |         |                   |  |   |         |        

The increase in total debt is primarily due to the fair market value of our new
interest rate swaps discussed below, partially offset by the amortization of
the deferred gain related to our terminated interest rate swaps. The swaps are
designated as fair value hedges. Accordingly, the fair value of the swaps was
recorded as an asset and the carrying value of the underlying debt was
increased by an equal amount in accordance with SFAS No. 133, Accounting for
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities.

In January 2003, we entered into two interest rate swap contracts that
effectively change the interest rate on our 6.5% Senior Notes from fixed to
variable. The $200 million notional value of the interest rate swaps, which
expire in September 2008, effectively converts approximately 45% of our total
debt to variable interest rate debt. Under the interest rate swaps, we pay a
variable rate of interest based on the 6-month LIBOR plus 278 basis points and
receive a fixed interest rate of 6.5%. Variable interest rates are paid and
reset semi-annually.

During the first quarter of 2003, we renewed the $100 million short-term
commitment portion of our $200 million revolving credit facility until March
2004. The remaining $100 million long-term portion of our credit facility, due
in March 2005, has remained unchanged. Terms and conditions under the credit
facility have remained the same and are described within our Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002. As of June 28, 2003, there
were no amounts outstanding under our credit facility.

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At June 28, 2003, we were in compliance with all covenants under our $200
million credit facility, our $250 million of 7.0% Senior Notes due 2006 and our
$200 million of 6.5% Senior Notes due 2008.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2003, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement
of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 150, Accounting for Certain
Financial Instruments with Characteristics of both Liabilities and Equity.
This Statement requires the classification of certain financial instruments,
previously classified within the equity section of the balance sheet, to be
included in liabilities. This Statement is effective for financial instruments
entered into or modified after May 31, 2003 and June 15, 2003 for all other
instruments. We do not believe that this Statement will impact our future
financial position.

In April 2003, the FASB issued SFAS No. 149, Amendment of Statement No. 133 on
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities. This Statement amended and
refined certain characteristics of derivative instruments and hedges. We do
not anticipate a financial impact as a result of this Statement.

In January 2003, the FASB issued Interpretation (FIN) No. 46, Consolidation
of Variable Interest Entities  An Interpretation of Accounting Research
Bulletin (ARB) No. 51. This Interpretation states that consolidation of
variable interest entities will be required by the primary beneficiary if the
entities do not effectively disperse risks among the parties involved. The
requirements will be effective in the third quarter of 2003 for variable
interest entities acquired before February 1, 2003 and effective immediately
for variable interest entities created after January 31, 2003. We do not
believe that FIN No. 46 will impact our future financial results.

In December 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 148, Accounting for Stock-Based
CompensationTransition and Disclosure. This Statement amends SFAS No. 123 to
provide alternative methods of transition for a voluntary change to the fair
value method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation. SFAS No. 148
also amends the disclosure requirements relating to stock options under SFAS
No. 123 and APB Opinion No. 28, Interim Financial Reporting. We have adopted
the new annual and interim disclosure requirements and are evaluating the
impact of adopting the fair value method of accounting for stock-based
compensation under all allowable methods.

In November 2002, the FASB issued FIN No. 45, Guarantors Accounting and
Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of
Indebtedness of Others. This Interpretation clarifies that a guarantor is
required to recognize a liability for the fair value of the obligation
undertaken in issuing a guarantee and requires certain related disclosures.
Currently under such guarantees, we could be liable for lease payments
extending through 2006.

In June 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 146, Accounting for Costs Associated
with Exit or Disposal Activities. SFAS No. 146 supersedes guidance
established in the FASBs Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Issue No. 94-3
regarding certain exit and disposal costs. The provisions of this Statement
are effective for exit or disposal activities that are initiated after December
31, 2002. This Statement may have a financial impact on our business to the
extent that we engage in exit or disposal activities in the future.

In April 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 145, Rescission of Statements No. 4,
44, and 64, Amendment of SFAS No. 13 and Technical Corrections. This
Statement rescinds SFAS No. 4 that required all gains and losses from the
extinguishment of debt to be aggregated and, if material, classified as an
extraordinary item. Gains and losses from the extinguishment of debt will no
longer be considered extraordinary. SFAS No. 145 is effective for fiscal years
beginning after May 15, 2002. We do not anticipate a financial impact as a
result of this Statement.

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Item 4. Controls and Procedures




Evaluation of Disclosure Controls
and Procedures

Our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial
officer, have carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure
controls and procedures as of June 28, 2003, pursuant to Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(e) and 15(d)-15(e). Based upon that evaluation, our chief executive
officer and chief financial officer have concluded that as of such date, our
disclosure controls and procedures in place are adequate to ensure material
information and other information requiring disclosure is identified and
communicated on a timely basis.

Changes in Internal Control Over
Financial Reporting

During the period covered by this report, there have been no changes in our
internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected or are
reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial
reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION







Item 1. Legal Proceedings

As we previously disclosed, we were defending a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which was pending in the U.S.
District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, and was
entitled Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. The Dial Corporation, Civil
Action No. 99 C 3356. The EEOC alleged that we engaged in a pattern and
practice of discrimination against a class of female employees at our Aurora,
Illinois manufacturing facility by subjecting them to sexual harassment and not
taking prompt remedial action after these employees complained. Most of the
potential claimants allegations relate to incidences that allegedly occurred
prior to 1996. The EEOC sought injunctive relief and unspecified compensatory
and punitive damages.

On April 29, 2003, we announced that we had reached a settlement with the EEOC
that involved a payment of $10 million by Dial. As previously disclosed, this
settlement is not expected to materially affect our earnings for 2003.
However, negative publicity resulting from this lawsuit or the settlement could
adversely affect our sales and operating results.

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders




Our annual meeting of stockholders was held on June 5, 2003. The stockholders
elected the following persons to serve three-year terms as Directors: Joy A.
Amundson, Thomas L. Gossage and Michael T. Riordan. The votes for and against
(withheld) each nominee were as follows:

|                   |  |           |            |                |  |  |           | 
|------------------ |  | --------- | ---------- | -------------- |  |  | --------- | 
|Nominee            |  | Votes For |            | Votes Withheld
|                   |  |           |            |               
|Joy A. Amundson    |  |           | 81,088,587 |                |  |  | 604,526   | 
|Thomas L. Gossage  |  |           | 79,376,639 |                |  |  | 2,316,474 | 
|Michael T. Riordan |  |           | 81,035,994 |                |  |  | 657,119   | 

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Herbert M. Baum, Joe T. Ford, Donald E. Guinn, James E. Oesterreicher, Barbara
S. Thomas and Salvador M. Villar also continued as Directors following the
meeting.

The stockholders also ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as
Dials independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2003. The
votes for and against the ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Dials
independent auditor were as follows:

|           |  |               |           |             |  |  |         | 
|---------- |  | ------------- | --------- | ----------- |  |  | ------- | 
|Votes For  |  | Votes Against |           | Abstentions
|           |  |               |           |            
|78,096,325 |  |               | 3,383,915 |             |  |  | 212,694 | 

Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K




(A)  Exhibits

|     |  |                                                                                                                  
|---- |  | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|10.1 |  | The Dial Corporation Amended and Restated 1996 Stock Incentive Plan.                                             
|     |  |                                                                                                                  
|10.2 |  | Waiver of Claims and Acknowledgment Agreement with Robert F.
Bernstock dated June 5, 2003.                       
|     |  |                                                                                                                  
|31   |  | Certifications pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002.                                        
|     |  |                                                                                                                  
|32   |  | Certifications pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002.                                        
|     |  |                                                                                                                  
|99.1 |  | Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 Safe Harbor
Compliance Statement for Forward-Looking Statements.

(B)  Reports on Form 8-K

We filed a Current Report on Form 8-K, dated March 31, 2003, reporting that
Dial issued a press release announcing the appointment of Richard F. Theiler as
Senior Vice President-Research & Development, a copy of which was attached as
Exhibit 99.

We also filed a Current Report on Form 8-K, dated April 8, 2003, reporting that
Dial issued a press release relating to the conference call to announce its
first quarter 2003 results to be held on Wednesday, April 23, 2003, a copy of
which was attached as Exhibit 99.

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We also filed a Current Report on Form 8-K, dated April 23, 2003, reporting
that Dial issued a press release relating to its financial results for the
first quarter ended March 31, 2003, and its outlook for second quarter and full
year 2003, a copy of which was attached as Exhibit 99.

We also filed a Current Report on Form 8-K, dated April 29, 2003, reporting
that Dial and the EEOC issued a joint press release announcing that they had
reached a settlement of the case relating to Dials Aurora, Illinois
manufacturing facility that was pending in the U.S. District Court for the
Northern District of Illinois entitled Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
v. The Dial Corporation, Civil Action No. 99C 3356. The settlement involves a
$10 million payment by Dial. A copy of the joint press release was attached as
Exhibit 99.1. The press release also announced that the settlement was not
expected to materially affect Dials earnings for the second quarter or the
full year and confirmed that it expected earnings per share from continuing
operations to be $0.33 for the second quarter and $1.31 for the year.

We also filed a Current Report on Form 8-K, dated May 6, 2003, reporting that
Dial issued a press release announcing the resignation of Robert F. Bernstock,
Senior Vice President-General Manager, Air Fresheners, Food Products and
Branded Commercial Markets, a copy of which was attached as Exhibit 99.

We also filed a Current Report on Form 8-K, dated May 16, 2003, reporting that
Dial issued a press release announcing that The Dial Corporations CEO and CFO
would present at the Goldman Sachs Global Consumer Products Conference 2003.
The release also announced that Dial remained comfortable with the second
quarter guidance. A copy of the press release was attached as Exhibit 99.

We also filed a Current Report on Form 8-K, dated May 21, 2003, reporting that,
as previously announced in its press release dated May 15, 2003, Dial would
make a presentation to investors on May 21, 2003. A copy of the presentation
was attached as Exhibit 99.

We also filed a Current Report on Form 8-K, dated May 22, 2003, reporting that
Dial issued a press release announcing the conference call and web cast of its
2003 annual stockholders meeting held on Thursday, June 5, 2003, a copy of
which was attached as Exhibit 99.

We also filed a Current Report on Form 8-K, dated June 5, 2003, reporting that
Dial issued a press release announcing the re-election of three directors to
the Board of Directors, a copy of which was filed as Exhibit 99.1. Dial issued
a second press release declaring a quarterly dividend on Dial Common Stock, a
copy of which was attached as Exhibit 99.2.

We also filed a Current Report on Form 8-K, dated June 30, 2003, reporting that
Dial issued a press release announcing the completion of the divestiture of its
Argentina business, a copy of which was attached as Exhibit 99.1.

We also filed a Current Report on Form 8-K, dated July 23, 2003, reporting that
Dial issued a press release relating to its financial results for the second
quarter ended June 28, 2003 and its outlook for 2003. The press release also
announced an information technology outsourcing and ERP implementation
agreement with EDS and SAP. A copy of the press release was attached as Exhibit
99.

We also filed a Current Report on Form 8-K, dated July 28, 2003, reporting
that Dial issued a press release announcing the appointment of Elizabeth M.
Harvey as Senior Vice President & General Manager - Air Fresheners, a copy of
which was attached as Exhibit 99.1. Dial issued a second press release
announcing the appointment of Shari Brickin as Vice President - Innovation, a
copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.2.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

The Dial Corporation
(Registrant)

August 6, 2003

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| |  | /s/ Herbert M. Baum                                                                                                        |  | 
| |  |                                                                                                                           
| |  | Herbert M. Baum
Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer and Authorized Officer)       |  | 
| |  |                                                                                                                            |  | 
| |  | /s/ Conrad A. Conrad                                                                                                       |  | 
| |  |                                                                                                                           
| |  | Conrad A. Conrad
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and Authorized Officer) |  | 
| |  |                                                                                                                            |  | 
| |  | /s/ John F. Tierney                                                                                                        |  | 
| |  |                                                                                                                           
| |  | John F. Tierney
Senior Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer and Authorized Officer)                 |  | 

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Exhibit Index

|     |  |                                                                                                                  
|---- |  | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|10.1 |  | The Dial Corporation Amended and Restated 1996 Stock Incentive Plan.                                             
|     |  |                                                                                                                  
|10.2 |  | Waiver of Claims and Acknowledgment Agreement with Robert F. Bernstock dated June 5, 2003.                       
|     |  |                                                                                                                  
|31   |  | Certifications pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.                                        
|     |  |                                                                                                                  
|32   |  | Certifications pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.                                        
|     |  |                                                                                                                  
|99.1 |  | Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 Safe Harbor Compliance Statement for Forward-Looking Statements.