ABM Janitorial Services Awarded Spieker Properties Contract Approved Business Editors

Business Wire, May 4, 2001

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 4, 2001

ABM Janitorial Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ABM Industries Incorporated (NYSE:ABM), has been awarded a multi-year, multi-million dollar janitorial contract with Spieker Properties (NYSE:SPK). The contract covers janitorial service at four buildings in the Los Angeles area. ABM Janitorial will provide around-the-clock cleaning service for Spieker Properties facilities totaling more than one million square feet of floorspace located in Santa Monica, Westwood and West Los Angeles.

"We're pleased to be serving Spieker Properties, one of the nation's leading publicly-held real estate companies," said Jim McClure, president of ABM Janitorial Services. "This contract expands our relationship with Spieker Properties, which began many years ago with our Ampco System Parking affiliate," he added.

Spieker Properties, Inc. owns and operates approximately 40 million square feet of commercial real estate in California and the Pacific Northwest. For over 30 years, Spieker's principal objective has been sustainable long-term growth in earnings through the acquisition, development and management of high-quality office and industrial properties in select western United States markets.

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 the largest facility services provider listed on the New York Stock Exchange. With annualized revenues in excess of $1.8 billion and more than 60,000 employees, ABM provides air conditioning, elevator, engineering, janitorial, lighting, parking and security services for thousands of commercial, industrial and institutional facilities in hundreds of cities across North America. In addition to ABM Janitorial Services and Ampco System Parking, the ABM Family of Services includes American Building Maintenance, American Commercial Security (ACSS), Amtech Elevator, Amtech Lighting, ABM Engineering and CommAir Mechanical.