1. Name and Address of Reporting Person PRESTON, STEVEN C. 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 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. VP & CFO 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/ | +-----------+------+----------+ Year | Indirect| Owner- | | | Year) | |Amount |A/D |Price | | (I) | ship | +---------------------------------+----------+-------------+-----------+------+----------+----------------+-----------+------------+ Common stock $.01 par value 13000 D Common stock $.01 par value 482I by 401(k) plan Common stock $.01 par value 40567 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) | |(A) |(D) |cisable |tion Date |Title |Shares |Security |Year |(I) |ship | +-------------+--------+----------+---------+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+--------+-------+-------+ Stock Options $13.4667 02/12/2007 Common 22500 D (Right to buy) stock $.01 par value Stock Options $13.83 02/08/2002 A 10000 02/08/2003 02/07/2009 Common 100000 $0.0000 100000 D (Right to buy) 0 Stock 1997 Option $11.2222 02/12/2007 Common 225000 D Plan (Right to stock Buy) $.01 par value 1997 Option $12.3467 02/12/2007 Common 22500 D Plan (Right to stock Buy) $.01 par value 1997 Option $14.5911 02/12/2007 Common 22500 D Plan (Right to stock Buy) $.01 par value 1997 Option $15.7111 02/12/2007 Common 22500 D Plan (Right to stock Buy) $.01 par value 1997 Option $16.8355 02/12/2007 Common 22500 D Plan (Right to stock Buy) $.01 par value Non-Qual. $18.075 01/28/2009 Common 90000 D Stock Option stock (Right to Buy) $.01 par value 1998 $11.5 12/31/2009 Common 235158 D Non-Qual.Stock stock Option (Right $.01 to Buy) par value 1998 $18.2583 02/15/2008 Common 45000 D Non-Qual.Stock Stock Option (Right to Buy) Senior Ex. $8.75 08/07/2007 Common 200000 D Ownership stock Elec. Plan $.01 (Right to Buy) par value 2000 Emplee $10.52 03/15/2008 Common 250000 D Stock Option stock (Right to Buy) $.01 par value WSH Emplee $13.87 05/03/2006 Common 2523 D Stock Option stock (Right to Buy) $.01 par value Explanation of Responses: SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /s/ Sandra L. Groman DATE 02/14/2003 Includes 13 shares acquired through the ServiceMaster Profit Sharing and Retirement Plan during the period January through December 2002 at prices ranging from $8.89 to $15.50. The deferred shares represent phantom stock units accrued under the dividend reinvestment feature of the ServiceMaster Deferred Compensation Plan, including 1,365 shares acquired during the period January through December 2002 at prices ranging from $8.89 to $15.50. Exercise Vesting/Exercise Prices - 1st annivresary 20% exercisable at 110% FMV:$12.3467 per share - 2nd anniversary 20% exercisable at 120% FMV - $15.7111 per share - 3rd anniversary - 20% exercisable - at 130% FMV $14.5911 per share - 4th anniversary 20% exercisable at 140% FMV $13.4667 - 5th anniversary 20% exercisable at 150% of FMV - $16.8355 per share FMV - Fair Market Value on Grant Date. 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.