| FORM 3 |
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement
(Month/Day/Year) 12/06/2009 |
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ABM INDUSTRIES INC /DE/ [ ABM ] |
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4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year) |
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6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned | |||
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) | 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) |
| Common Stock | 0 | D | |
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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) | ||
| Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||
| Explanation of Responses: |
| Remarks: |
| By: Barbara L. Smithers, by power of attorney | 12/08/2009 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | ||
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5 (b)(v). | ||
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). | ||
| Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. | ||
| Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. | ||
POWER OF
ATTORNEY
The
undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Sarah H. McConnell or in her
absence, Barbara L. Smithers, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact
to:
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(1)
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execute and file for and on
behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer,
director, and/or person who holds more than 10% of the stock of ABM
Industries Incorporated (the “Company”) Forms 3, Forms 4, and Forms 5
in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the “Exchange
Act”), and the rules
thereunder;
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(2)
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do and perform any and all acts
for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable
to complete and execute any such Forms 3, Forms 4, or Forms 5 and timely
file such forms with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
and any other authority; and
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(3)
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take any other action of any type
whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such
attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or
legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the
documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned,
pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain
such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his or
her discretion.
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The
undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to
do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or
proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or his or her
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done pursuant to
this power of attorney. The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange
Act.
This
Power of Attorney revokes any previously granted Power of Attorney relating to
the subject matter hereof and shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, Forms 4, and Forms 5 with
respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued
by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the attorney-in-fact.
The
undersigned has caused the Power of Attorney to be executed as of this
8th day of December, 2009.
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/s/ J. Philip Ferguson
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J.
Philip Ferguson
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