1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
HESS, HERBERT H.
3250 Lacey Road, Suite 600
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
4/2003
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 173812 D
Common stock $.01 par value 80682 I Dir.Def.Fee
Trust
Common stock $.01 par value 50000 I Sole Trustee
of CRT
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 7018 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $9.0916 09/29/2011 Common 9349 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $9.2593 02/15/2006 Common 10125 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $9.7856 03/30/2010 Common 8831 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $10.02 04/26/2008 Common 15000 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $10.2319 06/29/2010 Common 9000 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $11.2222 02/12/2007 Common 11250 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $11.81 12/31/2011 Common 8654 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $13.972 04/14/2009 Common 15000 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $15.7392 03/30/2008 Common 3780 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $18.0413 09/29/2008 Common 3298 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $18.6788 12/30/2008 Common 3186 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $19.3588 06/29/2008 Common 3074 D
(Right to buy) Stock
2001 Dir. $8.4 04/01/2003 A 13513 04/01/2003 03/31/2013 Common 13513 $0.0000 13513 D
Stock Option Stock
(Right to Buy)
Explanation of Responses:
Directors Deferred Fees Trust includes 792 shares acquired through the dividend
reinvestment feature of the plan pursuant to the January 2003 dividend.
The option is exercisable in five equal annual installments beginning on the
first anniversary of the date of the grant.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ Sandra L. Groman
DATE
04/02/2003