1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
HARRIS, SIDNEY E.
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
10/2002
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/ +-------+-----+-----------+------+----------+ Month | Indirect| Owner- |
| | Year) |Code |V |Amount |A/D |Price | | (I) | ship |
+---------------------------------+----------+-------+-----+-----------+------+----------+----------------+-----------+------------+
Common stock $.01 par value 1687 D
Common stock $.01 par value 05/06/2002 J V 126 A $0.0000 I Dir.Def.Fee
Trust
Common stock $.01 par value 05/25/2002 J V 870 A $11.2420 10294 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 $8.4788 09/29/2010 Common 8354 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $9.2593 02/15/2006 Common 10125 D
(Right to buy) stock
$.01
par
value
Stock Options $9.7325 12/30/2009 Common 1019 D
(Right to buy) stock
$.01
par
value
Stock Options $9.7856 03/30/2010 Common 5646 D
(Right to buy) stock
$.01
par
value
Stock Options $10.02 04/26/2008 Common 15000 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $10.2319 06/29/2010 Common 10938 D
(Right to buy) stock
$.01
par
value
Stock Options $11.2222 02/12/2007 Common 11250 D
(Right to buy) stock
$.01
par
value
Stock Options $13.2069 09/29/2009 Common 7187 D
(Right to buy) stock
$.01
par
value
Stock Options $15.5231 06/29/2009 Common 3924 D
(Right to buy) stock
$.01
par
value
Stock Options $15.7392 03/30/2008 Common 3780 D
(Right to buy) stock
$.01
par
value
Stock Options $17.1913 03/30/2009 Common 4203 D
(Right to buy) stock
$.01
par
value
Stock Options $18.0413 09/29/2008 Common 3298 D
(Right to buy) stock
$.01
par
value
Stock Options $18.6788 12/30/2008 Common 2276 D
(Right to buy) stock
$.01
par
value
Stock Options $19.3588 06/29/2008 Common 2781 D
(Right to buy) stock
$.01
par
value
Non-Qual. $13.972 05/03/2002 A V 15000 04/15/2003 04/14/2012 Common 15000 $0.0000 15000 D
Stock Option Stock
(Right to Buy)
Non-Emplee $9.1 09/30/2002 A 5823 09/30/2002 09/29/2012 Common 5823 $0.0000 5823 D
Dir.Dis. Stock
Option (Right
to Buy)
Explanation of Responses:
Deferral of Directors fees into Directors Deferred Fee Trust.
Directors Deferred Fee Trust includes shares acquired through the dividend
reinvestment feature of the plan from January through July, 2002 at prices
ranging from $10.697 to $14.037.
Director's fees taken in discounted options.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ Sandra L. Groman
DATE
10/02/2002