UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  August 20, 2008

 

 

THE SERVICEMASTER COMPANY

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

860 Ridge Lake Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee 38120
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (901) 597-1400

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a — 12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a — 12)

 

o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d — 2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d(b))

 

o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e — 4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e — 4(c))

 

 

 

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

On August 20, 2008, The ServiceMaster Company (“ServiceMaster”) announced that Dennis R. Sutton, President and Chief Operating Officer, TruGreen LawnCare, will be leaving ServiceMaster effective September 9, 2008.

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: August 20, 2008	THE SERVICEMASTER COMPANY
	By:	/s/  Steven J. Martin
		Steven J. Martin
		Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

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