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) | | July 9, 2003
|
ABM Industries Incorporated
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)| | | | | |
| Delaware | | 1-8929 | | 94-1369354 |
| |
| |
|
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation) | | (Commission File
Number) | | (IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
| | | | | |
160 Pacific Avenue, Suite 222, San Francisco, California
(Address of principal executive offices) | | 94111
(Zip Code) |
| | | |
| Registrant’s telephone number, including area code | | (415) 733-4000
|
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address if changed since last report)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Item 5. Other Events and Regulation FD Disclosure.
On July 9, 2003, ABM Industries Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (“the Company”), announced that it had entered into a Sale Agreement, dated as of July 9, 2003, with Otis Elevator Company, a New Jersey corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation (“Otis”), to sell substantially all of the operating assets of its wholly owned subsidiary, Amtech Elevator Services, Inc., to Otis.
The press release issued by the Company announcing the sale is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1, and is incorporated herein by reference.
2
SIGNATURES
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.
| | | | | | | |
| | | ABM INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED | | |
| | | | | | | |
| Dated: July 9, 2003 | | By: | | /s/ George B. Sundby | | |
| | | | |
| | |
| | | | | George B. Sundby
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer | | |
3
EXHIBIT INDEX
| | | |
| Number | | Exhibit |
| |
|
| 99.1 | | Press Release of ABM Industries Incorporated dated July 9, 2003. |
4
