ABM Industries Incorporated declares a fourth quarter cash dividend.

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Board of Directors of ABM Industries Incorporated (NYSE:ABM) declared a fourth quarter cash dividend of 16.5 cents per common share for payment on Nov. 5 to stockholders of record on Oct. 15.

This will be ABM's 142nd consecutive quarterly cash dividend, and the fourth such dividend in 2001 that is 6.5 percent greater than the rate of 15.5 cents per common share in the corresponding quarter of 2000.

ABM Industries Incorporated is the largest facility services contractor listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). It has annualized revenues in excess of $1.9 billion and more than 60,000 employees.

ABM provides air conditioning, elevator, engineering, janitorial, lighting, parking and security services at thousands of commercial, industrial, institutional and retail facilities in hundreds of cities across North America.