UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 26, 2007

 

 

 

THE SERVICEMASTER COMPANY

 

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware

 

1-14762

 

36-3858106

(State or Other Jurisdiction

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

of Incorporation)

 

 

 

Identification Number)

 

860 Ridge Lake Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee 38120

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (901) 597-1400

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

ServiceMaster’s (the “Company’s”) calculation of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA is attached hereto as exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

 

Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description of Exhibit

 

 

 

99.1

 

EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA

 

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: September 26, 2007

THE SERVICEMASTER COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/  Jim L. Kaput

 

 

 

Jim L. Kaput

 

 

 

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description of Exhibit

 

 

 

99.1

 

EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA