1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ENGEL, MITCHELL 3250 Lacey Road, Suite
600 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
1/31/2003
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) Chief Marketing 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. 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 1495 D
Common stock $.01 par value 01/31/2003 J 36 A $10.4100 965 I Deferred Comp
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 |
+-------------+--------+----------+------+--+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+--------+-------+-------+
2000 Emplee $13.73 04/07/2009 Common 200000 D
Stock Option stock
(Right to Buy) $.01
par
value
Explanation of Responses:
Engel: Direct holdings includes, 284 shares acquired through the ServiceMaster
Employee Stock Purchase Plan and the dividend reinvestment feature of the plan
during January 2003 at prices ranging from $9.82 and $11.41.
The deferred shares represent phantom stock units accured under the
ServiceMaster Deferred Compensation Plan.
The option is exercisable in five equal annual installments beginning on the
first anniversary of the date of the grant.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ Sandra L. Groman
DATE
02/03/2003