Press Release

Prospect Heights, IL - March 13, 2002 - Household International, Inc. (NYSE:HI) announced that, yesterday, its board of directors declared the regular quarterly cash dividend on the company's common stock of $0.22 per share payable April 15, 2002, to shareholders of record on March 29, 2002.

The board also declared the following cash dividends payable on April 15, 2002, to shareholders of record on March 29, 2002:

-- $20.625 per share, equal to $0.515625 per depositary share, on the 8¼% cumulative preferred stock, Series 1992-A (a depositary share represents ownership of one-fortieth of a full share of the Series 1992-A).

-- $18.75 per share, equal to $0.46875 per depositary share, on the 7.50% cumulative preferred stock, Series 2001-A (a depositary share represents ownership of one-fortieth of a full share of the Series 2001-A).

About Household
Household's businesses are leading providers of consumer loan, credit card, auto finance and credit insurance products in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada. In the United States, Household's largest business, founded in 1878, operates under the two oldest and most widely recognized names in consumer finance- HFC and Beneficial. Household is also one of the nation's largest issuers of private-label and general-purpose credit cards, including The GM Card® and the AFL-CIO's Union Plus® card. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.household.com.