1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
GRIFFITHS, BRIAN
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)
(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 $.01 par value 07/31/2002 J 4 V 11 A $0.0000 741 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 |
+-------------+--------+----------+------+--+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+--------+-------+-------+
1997 Option $11.2222 02/12/2007 Common 38250 D
Plan (Right to stock
Buy) $.01
par
value
2001 Dir. $10.02 04/26/2008 Common 15000 D
Stock Option stock
(Right to Buy) $.01
par
value
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 $8.4788 09/29/2010 Common 9190 D
Dir.Dis. stock
Option (Right $.01
to Buy) par
value
Non-Emplee $8.7232 12/30/2010 Common 5034 D
Dir.Dis. stock
Option (Right $.01
to Buy) par
value
Non-Emplee $9.0916 09/29/2011 Common 6077 D
Dir.Dis. stock
Option (Right $.01
to Buy) par
value
Non-Emplee $9.1 09/30/2002 A 7919 09/30/2002 09/29/2012 Common 7919 $0.0000 7919 D
Dir.Dis. Stock
Option (Right
to Buy)
Non-Emplee $9.7856 03/30/2010 Common 5646 D
Dir.Dis. stock
Option (Right $.01
to Buy) par
value
Non-Emplee $10.2319 06/29/2010 Common 5954 D
Dir.Dis. stock
Option (Right $.01
to Buy) par
value
Non-Emplee $11.81 12/31/2011 Common 7091 D
Dir.Dis. stock
Option (Right $.01
to Buy) par
value
Non-Emplee $13.2069 09/29/2009 Common 8367 D
Dir.Dis. Stock
Option (Right
to Buy)
Non-Emplee $15.5231 06/30/2009 Common 3559 D
Dir.Dis. stock
Option (Right $.01
to Buy) par
value
Non-Emplee $15.7392 03/30/2008 Common 3780 D
Dir.Dis. stock
Option (Right $.01
to Buy) par
value
Non-Emplee $17.1913 03/30/2009 Common 4203 D
Dir.Dis. stock
Option (Right $.01
to Buy) par
value
Non-Emplee $18.0413 09/29/2008 Common 3298 D
Dir.Dis. stock
Option (Right $.01
to Buy) par
value
Non-Emplee $18.6788 12/30/2008 Common 3489 D
Dir.Dis. stock
Option (Right $.01
to Buy) par
value
Non-Emplee $19.3588 08/28/2002 Common 2781 D
Dir.Dis. stock
Option (Right $.01
to Buy) par
value
Non-Emplee $9.2593 02/15/2006 Common 10125 D
Dir. Share Stock
Plan (Right to
Buy)
Explanation of Responses:
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.
The option is exercisable in five equal annual installments beginning on the
first anniversary of the date of the grant.
Director's fees taken in discounted options.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ Sandra L. Groman
DATE
10/02/2002