AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON APRIL 2, 2002 REGISTRATION NO. 333-85180 ================================================================================ 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 FUTURE INVESTMENT 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) EXPLANATORY NOTE This Post-Effective Amendment is being filed solely to add Exhibit 4.5 to the Registration Statement. ITEM 8. EXHIBITS Exhibit Number Description of Exhibit 4.5 Amendment No. 1 to The Dial Corporation Future Investment Plan 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 No. 1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Scottsdale, State of Arizona, on this 2nd day of April, 2002. THE DIAL CORPORATION * --------------------------- 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 No. 1 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated and as of the dates indicated. Signature Title Date * Chairman of the Board, President April 2, 2002 ---------------------- Herbert M. Baum and Chief Executive Officer * Executive Vice President and Chief April 2, 2002 ---------------------- Conrad A. Conrad Financial Officer (principal financial officer) Senior Vice President and Controller April 2, 2002 * (principal accounting officer) ---------------------- John F. Tierney Director April 2, 2002 * ---------------------- Joy A. Amundson * Director April 2, 2002 ---------------------- Joe T. Ford * Director April 2, 2002 ---------------------- Thomas L. Gossage * Director April 2, 2002 ---------------------- Donald E. Guinn * Director April 2, 2002 ---------------------- James E. Oesterreicher * Director April 2, 2002 ---------------------- Michael T. Riordan * Director April 2, 2002 ---------------------- Barbara S. Thomas * Director April 2, 2002 ---------------------- Salvador M. Villar Constituting a majority of the Board of Directors. * By: /s/ Conrad A. Conrad --------------------------- Conrad A. Conrad Attorney-In-Fact Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the committee that administers the Plan has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Scottsdale, State of Arizona, on April 2, 2002. /s/ Conrad A. Conrad ------------------------ Conrad A. Conrad /s/ Mark R. Shook ------------------------ Mark R. Shook /s/ Bernhard J. Welle ------------------------ Bernhard J. Welle /s/ Mark L. Whitehouse ------------------------ Mark L. Whitehouse /s/ Geraldine M. Gallegos ------------------------ Geraldine M. Gallegos INDEX TO EXHIBITS Exhibit Number Description of Exhibit 4.5 Amendment No. 1 to The Dial Corporation Future Investment Plan