NEW YORK, Sep 09, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- ABM Industries Incorporated (NYSE:ABM) announced that it will celebrate the 100^th anniversary of its founding today by ringing the Closing Bell at the New York Stock Exchange. Joining ABM President and CEO Henrik Slipsager for the event will be Ted Rosenberg (son of ABM's founder, who worked in the company as everything from janitor to executive and corporate director), and ABM Chairman Maryellen Herringer, among others. The Closing Bell event will take place at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time today.

"ABM's is a remarkable story," said Slipsager. "From its founding in 1909 when Morris Rosenberg launched a one-man window washing business serving merchants on San Francisco's Fillmore Street, recording a first-day profit of $3.50; today, 100 years later, ABM employs more than 100,000 people and has annual revenues exceeding $3.6 billion and operations serving thousands of customers across the United States. We are proud of our century-long heritage of service. The men and women of this company strive every day to achieve those same ideals of service to our customers and stakeholders in new ways. With Ted and Maryellen, and on behalf of ABM's employees and shareholders, let us ring in the next 100 years of ABM's remarkable story."

Covering the Closing Bell Event at the NYSE

Media interested in covering the bell ringing and/or scheduling an interview with Henrik Slipsager on-site at the NYSE must contact Judy Shaw at (212) 656-4290 or jshaw@nyx.com.

All other media inquiries should be directed to ABM's Tony Mitchell at (212) 297-2898 or tony.mitchell@abm.com.

About ABM Industries Incorporated

ABM Industries Incorporated (NYSE:ABM), which operates through its subsidiaries (collectively "ABM"), is the leading provider of facility services in the United States. With fiscal 2008 revenues in excess of $3.6 billion and approximately 100,000 employees, ABM provides janitorial, facility, engineering, parking and security services for thousands of commercial, industrial, institutional and retail facilities across the United States, Puerto Rico and British Columbia, Canada. ABM's business services include ABM Janitorial Services; ABM Facility Services; ABM Engineering Services; Ampco System Parking; and ABM Security Services.For more information visit www.abm.com.

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