1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
PETERSON, DALLEN W.
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
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/ | +-----------+------+----------+ Year | Indirect| Owner- |
| | Year) | |Amount |A/D |Price | | (I) | ship |
+---------------------------------+----------+-------------+-----------+------+----------+----------------+-----------+------------+
Common stock $.01 par value 4753 D
Common stock $.01 par value 3295 I Dir. Def. Fee
Trust
Common stock $.01 par value 05/17/2002 G -25000 D $0.0000 I Glendal, Inc.
Common stock $.01 par value 06/18/2002 G -25000 D $0.0000 2087073 I Glendal, Inc.
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) | |(A) |(D) |cisable |tion Date |Title |Shares |Security |Year |(I) |ship |
+-------------+--------+----------+---------+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+--------+-------+-------+
Stock Options $9.2593 02/15/2006 Common 10125 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $10.02 04/26/2008 Common 15000 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $11.2222 02/12/2007 Common 11250 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $13.972 05/03/2002 A 15000 04/15/2003 04/14/2009 Common 15000 $0.0000 15000 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Explanation of Responses:
Directors Deferred Fee Trust includes shares acquired through the dividend
reinvestment feature of the plan during the period January through December 2002
at prices ranging from $8.89 to $15.50. Shares previously reported were
overstated by 486 shares.
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
02/14/2003