UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP ( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b). 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person Evon L. Jones 15501 North Dial Boulevard Suite 2212 AZ, Scottsdale 85260-1619 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol The Dial Corporation (DL) 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) 4. Statement for Month/Day/Year 3/12/2003 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) ( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1. Title of Security|2. |2A. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect | |Trans-|Exec- |Trans | or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership | |action|ution |action| | Beneficially |(D)or | | | | | | | | A/| | Owned Following |Indir | | |Date | Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | Reported Trans(s)|ect(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| The Dial Corporation| | | | | | | |561.537 1 |I |By 401(k) Saving Plan | Common Stock (401(K| | | | | | | | | | | ) Stock Holdings) | | | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1.Title of |2.Con- |3. |3A. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of| Derivative |version |Trans- |Deemed|Trans-| rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect | Security |or Exer |action | |action| rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial | |cise | |Execu-| | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership | |Price of| |ution | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | | |Deriva- | | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| | |tive | | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned Follow|ire| | |Secu- |(Month/|(Month| | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |ing Reported|ct | | |rity |Day/ |/Day/ |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Trans- |(I)| | | |Year) |Year) | | | | | | | | |action(s) | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Options - Rig|17.7700 |3/12/ 2| |A | |60000 |A |2 |03/12|The Dial Cor|60000 |17.7700|60000 |D | | ht to Buy | |003 | | | | | | |/2010|poration Com| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |mon Stock | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Options - Rig|13.1650 | | | | | | |2 |05/08|The Dial Cor| | |60000 |D | | ht To Buy | | | | | | | | |/2011|poration Com| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |mon Stock | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Explanation of Responses: 1. Between January 1 and August 12, 2002, the reporting person acquired 566.70 shares of The Dial Corporation Common Stock under The Dial Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan. 2. Granted pursuant to the 1996 Stock Incentive Plan. 1/3 of the options vest on the first anniversary of the grant date; 1/3 vest after the second anniversary of the grant date; and the final 1/3 vest after the third anniversary of the grant date. All op tions vest in the event of a change in control. Each option contains a Change in Control Cash-Out whereby, in the event of a change in control, the participant may elect to surrender all or part of the stock option to the Corporation and to receive cash i SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON Evon L. Jones /s/ Dianne B. Stoehr, Attorney-In-Fact