1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
KAPUT, JIM L.
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
11/4/2002
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)
Sr. VP & General Counsel
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 18141 D
Common stock $.01 par value 11/04/2002 P 2970 A $10.0000 I through
401(k) plan
Common stock $.01 par value 11/04/2002 P 4100 A $10.0700 9770 I through
401(k) plan
Common stock $.01 par value 400 I Cust. for
children
Common stock $.01 par value 1448 I Deferred Comp
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 50000 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $10.52 03/15/2008 Common 75000 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $11.4125 03/31/2010 Common 50000 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $13.83 02/07/2009 Common 85000 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $13.87 05/03/2006 Common 541 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Explanation of Responses:
Direct holdings includes, 134 shares acquired through the ServiceMaster Employee
Stock Purchase Plan and the dividend reinvestment feature of the plan during
August, September and October at prices ranging from $8.89 to $12.28.
Includes 15 shares purchased through the dividend reinvestment feature of the
plan at prices ranging from $8.89 to $10.96 per share.
The option is exercisable in five equal annual installments beginning on the
first anniversary of the date of the grant.
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.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ JIM L. KAPUT
DATE
11/05/2002