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Table of Contents
ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
The headquarters for TruGreen LawnCare, TruGreen LandCare and Terminix, along with the corporate headquarters, are located in leased premises at
860 Ridge Lake Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee. The headquarters for American Home Shield are located in leased premises at 889 Ridge Lake Boulevard,
Memphis, Tennessee. The headquarters for ServiceMaster Clean, Merry Maids, AmeriSpec and Furniture Medic and a training facility are located in leased
premises at 3839 Forest Hill Irene Road, Memphis, Tennessee. In addition, ServiceMaster leases space for a call center located at 6399 Shelby View Drive,
Memphis, Tennessee; offices located at 850 and 855 Ridge Lake Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee; a training facility located at 1650 Shelby Oaks Drive
North, Memphis, Tennessee; and a warehouse located at 1575 Two Place, Memphis, Tennessee. ServiceMaster believes that the headquarters, call center
facility, offices, training facilities and warehouse located in Memphis are suitable and adequate to support the current needs of its operating companies and
corporate headquarters in the Memphis area.
ServiceMaster's operating companies own and lease a variety of facilities principally in the United States for branch and service center operations and for
office, storage, call center and data processing space. The following chart identifies the number of owned and leased facilities for each of its operating
segments and ServiceMaster Clean and Merry Maids as of December 31, 2008. ServiceMaster believes that these facilities, when considered with the
headquarters, call center facility, offices, training facilities and warehouses described above, are suitable and adequate to support the current needs of its
business.
Operating Company
Owned
Facilities
Leased
Facilities
TruGreen LawnCare 6 295
TruGreen LandCare 2 145
Terminix 16 479
American Home Shield 1 6
ServiceMaster Clean 0 12
Merry Maids 0 83
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
United States Environmental Protection Agency
On April 11, 2006, Terminix received a letter from the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, demanding reimbursement under
CERCLA with respect to the Vertut Packaging and Blending Superfund Site located in Memphis, Tennessee. Vertut was a former blender and repackager of
herbicides, pesticides, and wood treating chemicals. USEPA asserted that Terminix could be liable as a generator of hazardous wastes at the site. There is
currently no litigation pending with respect to this location. Terminix is in negotiations with the Environmental Protection Agency to attempt to resolve this
matter.
Colorado Department of Agriculture Notice of Disciplinary Proceedings to Terminix
On or about September 2, 2004, two Terminix branches in Colorado, Colorado Springs and Pueblo, received subpoenas duces tecum from the Colorado
Department of Agriculture requesting various information for all Sentricon customers of those branches. Those Terminix branches produced documents to the
Colorado Department of Agriculture in response to those subpoenas. In 2007, the Colorado Department of Agriculture conducted announced inspections of
several Terminix branches in Colorado. On February 5, 2008, the Colorado Department of Agriculture issued Notices of Disciplinary Proceedings relating to
the Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Pueblo, Colorado, Terminix branches, which included approximately 270 alleged violations of various
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