1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
WESSNER, DAVID K.
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
9/30/2002
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
(X) Director ( ) 10% Owner
( ) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below)
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 8007 D
Common stock $.01 par value 278152 I by Trust for
self
Common stock $.01 par value 275832 I by trust for
spouse
Common stock $.01 par value 61846 I Cust. for
children
Common stock $.01 par value 05/24/2002 J V 1614 A $11.2420 I Dir. Def Fee
Trust
Common stock $.01 par value 07/31/2002 J V 689 A $0.0000 51003 I Dir. Def Fee
Trust
Common stock $.01 par value 545620 I Director
Investment
Co.
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 $7.4074 07/31/2004 Common 16875 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $8.4788 09/29/2010 Common 7018 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $9.2593 02/15/2006 Common 10125 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $9.7856 03/30/2010 Common 7962 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $10.02 04/26/2008 Common 15000 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $10.2319 06/29/2010 Common -7045 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $13.2069 09/29/2009 Common 4505 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $15.5231 06/29/2009 Common 3833 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $15.7392 03/30/2008 Common 3780 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $17.1913 03/30/2009 Common 6922 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $18.0413 09/29/2008 Common 3298 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $18.6788 12/30/2008 Common 3489 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $19.3588 06/29/2008 Common 2781 D
(Right to buy) Stock
2001 Dir. $13.972 05/03/2002 A V 15000 04/15/2002 04/14/2009 Common 15000 $0.0000 15000 D
Stock Option Stock
(Right to Buy)
Non-Emplee $9.1 09/30/2002 A 11801 09/30/2002 09/29/2012 Common 11801 $0.0000 11801 D
Dir.Dis. Stock
Option (Right
to Buy)
Explanation of Responses:
Mr. Wessner disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, and this report
shall not be deemed an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial
owner of the securities for the purposes of Section 16 or for any other
purposes.
Deferral of Directors fees into Directors Deferred Fee Trust.
Directors Deferred Fee Trust includes shares acquired through the dividend
reinvestment feature of the plan from January through July, 2002 at prices
ranging from $10.697 to $14.037.
Mr. Wessner disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares for the investment
company of which he is a director, and this report shall not be deemed an
admission that he is the beneficial owners of such securities for purposes of
Section 16 or for any other purposes.
Director's fees taken in discounted options.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ Sandra L. Groman
DATE
10/02/2002