AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON MARCH 29, 2002 REGISTRATION NO. 333-10153 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ----------------------------------- POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ----------------------------------- THE DIAL CORPORATION (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) DELAWARE 51-0374887 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification Number) 15501 NORTH DIAL BOULEVARD SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA 85260-1619 (Address of registrant's principal executive offices) THE DIAL CORPORATION 401(K) PLAN (Full title of the plan) CHRISTOPHER J. LITTLEFIELD SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY THE DIAL CORPORATION 15501 NORTH DIAL BOULEVARD SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA 85260-1619 (480) 754-3425 (Name, address, and telephone number of agent for service) RECENT EVENTS: DEREGISTRATION This Post-Effective Amendment relates to 6,000 shares of common stock of The Dial Corporation (the "Company") registered on Registration Statement on Form S-8 (registration number 333-10153) (the "Registration Statement") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 14, 1996. On December 31, 2001, The Dial Corporation 401(k) Plan (the "Plan") was merged with and into The Dial Corporation 401(k) Plan for Hourly Employees. As a result of the merger, the Company has ceased making periodic allocations of its common stock under (and pursuant to) the Plan. Accordingly, the Company has terminated offerings of its common stock under the Plan pursuant to the Registration Statement and is filing this Post-Effective Amendment to remove (and hereby does remove) from registration all shares of its common stock registered on the Registration Statement which remain unsold. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Scottsdale, State of Arizona, on this 29th day of March, 2002. THE DIAL CORPORATION /s/ Herbert M. Baum ----------------------------------------- By: Herbert M. Baum Its: Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated and as of the dates indicated. Signature Title Date --------- ----- ---- /s/ Herbert M. Baum Chairman of the Board, March 29, 2002 ----------------------------- Herbert M. Baum President and Chief Executive Officer /s/ Conrad A. Conrad Executive Vice President and March 29, 2002 ----------------------------- Conrad A. Conrad Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) /s/ John F. Tierney Senior Vice President and March 29, 2002 ----------------------------- John F. Tierney Controller (principal accounting officer) /s/ Joy A. Amundson Director March 29, 2002 ----------------------------- Joy A. Amundson /s/ Joe T. Ford Director March 29, 2002 ----------------------------- Joe T. Ford /s/ Thomas L. Gossage Director March 29, 2002 ----------------------------- Thomas L. Gossage /s/ Donald E. Guinn Director March 29, 2002 ----------------------------- Donald E. Guinn /s/ James E. Oesterreicher Director March 29, 2002 ----------------------------- James E. Oesterreicher /s/ Michael T. Riordan Director March 29, 2002 ----------------------------- Michael T. Riordan /s/ Barbara S. Thomas Director March 29, 2002 ----------------------------- Barbara S. Thomas /s/ Salvador M. Villar Director March 29, 2002 ----------------------------- Salvador M. Villar Constituting a majority of the Board of Directors. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the committee that administered the Plan prior to the sale of Sarah Michaels has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Scottsdale, State of Arizona, on March 29, 2002. /s/ Conrad A. Conrad ------------------------------- Conrad A. Conrad /s/ Mark R. Shook ------------------------------- Mark R. Shook /s/ Bernard J. Welle ------------------------------- Bernhard J. Welle /s/ Mark L. Whitehouse ------------------------------- Mark L. Whitehouse /s/ Geraldine M. Gallegos ------------------------------- Geraldine M. Gallegos