SAN FRANCISCO – Oct. 1, 2007 – ABM Industries Incorporated (NYSE:ABM) announced that Joseph F. Yospe has been hired as the company’s new senior vice president finance, and will assume the role of chief accounting officer and controller on January 1, 2008. With more than 25 years experience in the accounting and finance industry, Yospe most recently served as vice president and assistant controller, corporate reporting for The Interpublic Group of Companies Incorporated (NYSE:IPG). While at IPG, he was responsible for specialized accounting, budgeting, forecasting and the worldwide capital expenditure approval process.

“Joseph Yospe’s impressive background in global financial management, planning and analysis is a welcome addition to our company’s executive team,” said Henrik C. Slipsager, ABM Industries president and CEO. “As we continue to further increase ABM’s business, Joseph’s expanded responsibility as the company’s chief accounting officer and controller early next year will be an integral part of our overall financial leadership moving forward,” he added.

Yospe’s career encompasses senior level financial management positions at multi-national companies, including Genmab A/S, where he served as corporate controller and chief accounting officer; Lucent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:LU), as external reporting director when the company was honored with Business Finance Magazine’s second annual Vision Award for business performance excellence with a revenue increase of $10 billion in a three-year period; and AT&T Capital Corporation as assistant controller for international accounting.

Yospe earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers University, a master’s in business administration in finance from Columbia Business School, and is a certified public accountant. Active professionally, Yospe held positions of vice president, treasurer and trustee of the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants.

ABM Industries Incorporated

ABM Industries Incorporated (NYSE:ABM) is among the largest facility services contractors listed on the New York Stock Exchange. With fiscal 2006 revenues in excess of $2.7 billion and more than 75,000 employees, ABM provides janitorial, parking, security, engineering and lighting services for thousands of commercial, industrial, institutional and retail facilities in hundreds of cities across the United States and British Columbia, Canada. The ABM Family of Services includes ABM Janitorial Services; Ampco System Parking; ABM Security Services; ABM Facility Services; ABM Engineering; and Amtech Lighting Services.