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): March 14, 2005

                            THE SERVICEMASTER COMPANY
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


     DELAWARE                          1-14762                 36-3858106
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(State or Other Jurisdiction       (Commission File      (I.R.S. Employer
     of Incorporation)                 Number)            Identification Number)


3250 LACEY ROAD, SUITE 600, DOWNERS GROVE, ILLINOIS                      60515
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      (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                        (Zip Code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (630) 663-2000
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                                 NOT APPLICABLE
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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ITEM 2.02.  RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.

On March 14, 2005,  Jonathan Ward,  Chairman and Chief Executive  Officer of The
ServiceMaster  Company,  will make a presentation at an Investors  Meeting which
will be held in Phoenix at the Arizona  Biltmore Hotel at 3:00 p.m.  (EST).  The
Company's  presentation  will  be  broadcast  live  and can be  accessed  at the
Company's  website at  WWW.SVM.COM.  The  presentation  will be  archived on its
website for 30 days.

Attached  as  Exhibit  99.1 is a series of  slides  from the  presentation  that
include  material  non-public  information  regarding the  Company's  results of
operations or financial condition for a completed quarterly or annual period.

The  information  in this report  (including  Exhibit  99.1) is being  furnished
pursuant  to Item 2.02 and shall not be deemed to be  "filed"  for  purposes  of
Section  18 of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934  (the  "Exchange  Act") or
otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section,  nor shall it be deemed to
be  incorporated  by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or
the Exchange Act.

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(c) Exhibits.

    99.1     Slides from Investor Presentation.



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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.

                                   THE SERVICEMASTER COMPANY


Date:  March 14, 2005             By:  /S/  ERNIE J. MROZEK
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                                  Ernie J. Mrozek
                                  President and CFO


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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
NUMBER   DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
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99.1     Slides from Investor Presentation.





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