1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
BEREZNY Jr., PAUL W.
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
12/31/02
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 662984 I Berezny
Holding
Common stock $.01 par value 1260 I by
Partnership
Common stock $.01 par value 35835 I by Spouse
Common stock $.01 par value 77259 I by Trust for
self
Common stock $.01 par value 504450 I by Trust for
wife
Common stock $.01 par value 61192 I Cust. for
children
Common stock $.01 par value 1307 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 10526 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $8.7232 12/30/2010 Common 4385 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $9.0916 09/29/2011 Common 7947 D
(Right to buy) stock
$.01
par
value
Stock Options $9.21 12/31/2002 A 7870 12/31/2002 12/31/2012 Common 7870 $0.0000 7870 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 2183 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $9.7856 03/30/2010 Common 5646 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 4292 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $11.2222 02/12/2007 Common 11250 D
(Right to buy) stock
$.01
par
value
Stock Options $11.81 12/31/2011 Common 6611 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $13.2069 09/29/2009 Common 8045 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $15.5231 06/29/2009 Common 2464 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
Stock Options $18.6788 12/30/2008 Common 2882 D
(Right to buy) stock
$.01
par
value
Stock Options $19.3588 06/29/2008 Common 1904 D
(Right to buy) stock
$.01
par
value
Non-Qual. $13.972 04/14/2009 Common 15000 D
Stock Option Stock
(Right to Buy)
Non-Emplee $9.1 09/29/2012 Common 7919 D
Dir.Dis. Stock
Option (Right
to Buy)
Explanation of Responses:
1,750 shares received from will as a gift.
Mr. Berezny disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by his children.
Director's fees taken in discounted options.
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
12/31/02