UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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): March 27, 2008

 

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):

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

 



 

 

Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

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

 

In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)

 

Exhibits.

 

Exhibit 
No.

 

Description of Exhibit

 

 

 

99.1

 

Adjusted EBITDA, Comparable Operating Performance and Operating Performance

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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: March 27, 2008

THE SERVICEMASTER COMPANY

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/  Steven J. Martin

 

 

Steven J. Martin

 

 

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

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Exhibit Index

 

 

Exhibit 
No.

 

Description of Exhibit

 

 

 

99.1

 

Adjusted EBITDA, Comparable Operating Performance and Operating Performance

 

 

 

 

 

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