ABM Janitorial Services Awarded Contract with Auto-Owners Insurance Group.

Business Editors

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 12, 2003

ABM Janitorial Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ABM Industries Incorporated (NYSE:ABM), has been awarded a service contract with Auto-Owners Insurance Group. The contract includes janitorial and cleaning services for the three buildings comprising the corporate headquarters for the Auto-Owners Insurance Group in Lansing, Michigan, encompassing 450,000 square feet of office space.

"We are pleased to serve Auto-Owners Insurance Group, which ranks on the 2003 Fortune 500 list as the 445th largest company in America," said Jim McClure, president of ABM Janitorial Services. "We look forward to providing a well-maintained business environment for Auto-Owners' associates, agents, policyholders and staff, while ensuring the highest quality of cleanliness for its office buildings," he added.

"We chose ABM Janitorial to maintain our buildings because of its longstanding commitment to integrity, efficient operations and customer service," said Dan Keefe, facilities engineer at Auto-Owners Insurance Company. "We are confident that if any concerns or special needs arise, ABM will provide the necessary resources and make sure our concerns are taken care of expeditiously," he added.

Auto-Owners Insurance is the largest property and casualty mutual insurance company domiciled in Michigan. The Auto-Owners Insurance Group is comprised of five property and casualty companies and one life/health and annuity insurer. Auto-Owners' success evolves from its loyal associates, agents and policyholders. The Companies are represented by more than 5,000 independent agencies in 23 states. Total associates number more than 3,000. The Auto-Owners Insurance Group ranks among the largest in the nation and in 2003 was named in the Fortune 500. With over 3.5 million policies in force, the Companies also enjoy the highest possible ratings assigned by nationally recognized independent rating authorities.

ABM Janitorial Services operates more than 200 branch offices nationwide, serving 38 states and 36 of the 40 largest major metropolitan areas across the country.

ABM Industries Incorporated is one of the largest facility services contractors listed on the New York Stock Exchange. With annualized revenues in excess of $2.1 billion and more than 62,000 employees, ABM provides janitorial, parking, engineering, security, lighting, elevator, mechanical and network services for thousands of commercial, industrial, institutional and retail facilities in hundreds of cities across North America. In addition to ABM Janitorial, the ABM Family of Services includes Ampco System Parking, ABM Engineering, American Commercial Security (ACSS), Amtech Lighting, Amtech Elevator, CommAir Mechanical and ABM Service Network.