1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ROONEY, PHILLIP B. 2300 Warrenville Road Downers Grove, IL 60515-1700 USA 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ServiceMaster Company (SVM) 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) 4. Statement for Month/Year 10/2002 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) Ex. Vice President 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. Trans- |3. Trans- |4. Securities Acquired (A) |5. Amount of |6. Owner- |7. Nature | | | action | action | or Disposed of (D) | Securities | ship | of In- | | | Date | Code | | Beneficially | Form: | direct | | | | | | Owned at | Direct | Bene- | | | (Month/ | | | End of | (D) or | ficial | | | Day/ +-------+-----+-----------+------+----------+ Month | Indirect| Owner- | | | Year) |Code |V |Amount |A/D |Price | | (I) | ship | +---------------------------------+----------+-------+-----+-----------+------+----------+----------------+-----------+------------+ Common stock $.01 par value 425024D Common stock $.01 par value 405 I 401(k) plan Common stock $.01 par value 1350 I by son Common stock $.01 par value 13500 I by spouse Common stock $.01 par value 10/15/2002 A 47 A $9.1600 191709 I Deferred Comp Common stock $.01 par value 34533 I Dir.Def.Fee Trust TABLE II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned +-------------+--------+----------+---------+-----------+---------------------+----------------+----------+--------+-------+-------+ |1. |2. |3. |4. |5. |6. |7. |8. |9. |10. |11. | | | | | | | | | |Number |Owner- | | | | | | | | | | |of |ship | | | | | | | | | | |Deriv- |Form of| | | | | | | | |Title and Amount| |ative |Deriv- | | | | | | | | |of Underlying | |Secur- |ative |Nature | | |Conver- | | |Number of | |Securities | |ities |Secur- |of | | |sion or | | |Derivative |Date Exercisable +-------+--------+ |Benefi- |ity: |In- | | |Exercise| | |Securities |and Expiration Date | |Amount | |cially |Direct |direct | | |Price of|Transac- |Transac- |Acquired(A)|(Month/Day/Year) | |or | |Owned |(D) or |Bene- | |Title of |Deriv- |tion Date |tion Code|Disposed(D)+----------+----------+ |Number |Price of |at End |In- |ficial | |Derivative |ative |(Month/ +------+--+-----+-----+Date Exer-|Expira- | |of |Derivative|of |direct |Owner- | |Security |Security|Day/Year) |Code |V |(A) |(D) |cisable |tion Date |Title |Shares |Security |Month |(I) |ship | +-------------+--------+----------+------+--+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+--------+-------+-------+ Stock Options $8.75 08/07/2007 Common 175000 D (Right to buy) Stock Stock Options $9.2593 02/15/2006 Common 8100 D (Right to buy) Stock Stock Options $10.52 03/15/2008 Common 150000 D (Right to buy) Stock Stock Options $11.2222 02/12/2007 Common 11250 D (Right to buy) Stock Stock Options $11.5 12/31/2009 Common 308980 D (Right to buy) Stock Stock Options $12.524 12/06/2008 Common 250000 D (Right to buy) Stock Stock Options $13.4311 04/30/2007 Common 225000 D (Right to buy) Stock Stock Options $13.87 05/03/2006 Common 1442 D (Right to buy) Stock Stock Options $14.7733 04/30/2007 Common 22500 D (Right to buy) Stock Stock Options $16.1155 04/30/2007 Common 22500 D (Right to buy) Stock Stock Options $17.4622 04/30/2007 Common 22500 D (Right to buy) Stock Stock Options $18.075 01/28/2009 Common 200000 D (Right to buy) Stock Stock Options $18.2583 02/15/2008 Common 75000 D (Right to buy) Stock Stock Options $18.8045 04/30/2007 Common 22500 D (Right to buy) Stock Stock Options $20.1467 04/30/2007 Common 22500 D (Right to buy) Stock Explanation of Responses: SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /s/ Sandra L. Groman DATE 10/16/2002 Direct holdings include 82 shares acquired through the ServiceMaster Employee Stock Purchase Plan during September at $10.80. Reflects the holdings of Company common stock in the ServiceMaster 401K as of September 30, 2002. The option is exercisable in five equal annual installments beginning on the first anniversary of the date of the grant. Option becomes exercisable 10% per year on anniversary date of the grant for a period of 8 years, the 9th anniversary the remaining 20% becomes exercisable.. In 1999, ServiceMaster entered into a joint venture with Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers to develop an Internet company, We Serve Homes.com ("WSH"). A WSH option was granted in 2000. On January 11, 2002, the WSH option was converted into a ServiceMaster option at a ratio of 55.48 to 1, pursuant to a merger with a subsidiary of ServiceMaster in a transaction exempt under Rule 16b-7. Exercise Vesting/Exercise Prices - 1st anniversary 20% exercisable at 110% FMV: $14.7733 per share - 2nd anniversary 20% exercisable at 120% FMV: $16.1155 per share - 3rd anniversary - 20% exercisable at 130% FMV: $17.462 per share - 4th anniversary 20% exercisable at 140% FMV: $18.8045 - 5th anniversary 20% exercisable at 150% FMV: $20.1467 per share FMV - Fair Market Value on Grant Date