1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ROONEY, PHILLIP B. 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 12/13/2002 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) Ex. Vice President 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 429689 D Common stock $.01 par value 408 I 401(k) plan Common stock $.01 par value 1350 I by son Common stock $.01 par value 13500 I by spouse Common stock $.01 par value 12/13/2002 A 44 A $10.0300 193837 I Deferred Comp Common stock $.01 par value 34869 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 | +-------------+--------+----------+------+--+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+--------+-------+-------+ Stock Options $8.75 08/07/2007 Common 175000 D (Right to buy) StockStock Options $9.2593 02/15/2006 Common 8100 D (Right to buy) Stock Stock Options $10.52 03/15/2008 Common 150000 D (Right to buy) Stock Stock Options $11.2222 02/12/2007 Common 11250 D (Right to buy) Stock Stock Options $11.5 12/31/2009 Common 308980 D (Right to buy) Stock Stock Options $12.524 12/06/2008 Common 250000 D (Right to buy) Stock Stock Options $13.4311 04/30/2007 Common 225000 D (Right to buy) Stock Stock Options $13.87 05/03/2006 Common 1442 D (Right to buy) Stock Stock Options $14.7733 04/30/2007 Common 22500 D (Right to buy) Stock Stock Options $16.1155 04/30/2007 Common 22500 D (Right to buy) Stock Stock Options $17.4622 04/30/2007 Common 22500 D (Right to buy) Stock Stock Options $18.075 01/28/2009 Common 200000 D (Right to buy) Stock Stock Options $18.2583 02/15/2008 Common 75000 D (Right to buy) Stock Stock Options $18.8045 04/30/2007 Common 22500 D (Right to buy) Stock Stock Options $20.1467 04/30/2007 Common 22500 D (Right to buy) Stock Explanation of Responses: SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /s/ Sandra L. Groman DATE 12/16/2002 The option is exercisable in five equal annual installments beginning on the first anniversary of the date of the grant. Option becomes exercisable 10% per year on anniversary date of the grant for a period of 8 years, the 9th anniversary the remaining 20% becomes exercisable.. In 1999, ServiceMaster entered into a joint venture with Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers to develop an Internet company, We Serve Homes.com ("WSH"). A WSH option was granted in 2000. On January 11, 2002, the WSH option was converted into a ServiceMaster option at a ratio of 55.48 to 1, pursuant to a merger with a subsidiary of ServiceMaster in a transaction exempt under Rule 16b-7. Exercise Vesting/Exercise Prices - 1st anniversary 20% exercisable at 110% FMV: $14.7733 per share - 2nd anniversary 20% exercisable at 120% FMV: $16.1155 per share - 3rd anniversary - 20% exercisable at 130% FMV: $17.462 per share - 4th anniversary 20% exercisable at 140% FMV: $18.8045 - 5th anniversary 20% exercisable at 150% FMV: $20.1467 per share FMV - Fair Market Value on Grant Date