UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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): January 8, 2014 (January 7, 2014)

 

THE SERVICEMASTER COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

1-14762

 

36-3858106

(State or other Jurisdiction

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S Employer

of Incorporation)

 

 

 

Identification Number)

 

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)

 

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

In connection with its planned separation and spin-off of its TruGreen business, The ServiceMaster Company (“ServiceMaster”) is making available the presentation furnished as Exhibit 99 to this report.  ServiceMaster is committed to the planned separation and spin-off of the TruGreen business as being in the best interests of all of its businesses.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)          Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

99

 

TruGreen Spin-Off Presentation — January 7, 2014.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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

 

Date: January 8, 2014

THE SERVICEMASTER COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Alan J. M. Haughie

 

 

Alan J. M. Haughie

 

 

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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