ABM Security Services Awarded Contract with the United States Postal Service

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 24, 2004--ABM Security Services, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of ABM Industries Incorporated (NYSE:ABM), has been awarded a multi-year, multi-million dollar national contract with the Unites States Postal Service. The contract covers security guard services for more than 60 postal service facilities located in 20 states across the country and includes more that 300 security personnel.

"We are very pleased to be working with the U.S. Postal Service," said J.E. Benton, president of ABM Security Services. "We are confident that our expertise in this industry, combined with our multi-faceted security service programs, will enhance the overall experience of the many millions of postal customers nationwide who depend on the Postal Service for their personal and business needs," he added.

“We are very pleased to be working with the U.S. Postal Service”

Today, the U.S. Postal Service fuels the nation's economy and delivers 202 billion pieces of mail per year to over 141 million homes, businesses and Post Office boxes. Each of the 300,000 mail carriers delivers about 2,300 pieces of mail a day to about 500 addresses. With annual revenues of $68.5 billion and over 729,000 employees nationwide, the U.S. Postal Service serves seven million customers daily at more that 37,500 postal retail outlets.

Headquartered in San Francisco, ABM Security Services, Inc. is the recently formed parent organization that includes American Commercial Security Services and the newly acquired Security Services of America. With combined resources and enhanced capabilities, ABM Security Services now provides seamless service for national clients. One of the largest security service specialists in the country, ABM Security Services has more than 11,500 employees and 50 branch offices nationwide.

ABM Industries Incorporated is among the largest facility services contractors listed on the New York Stock Exchange. With fiscal 2003 revenues in excess of $2.2 billion and more than 70,000 employees, ABM provides janitorial, parking, security, engineering, lighting and mechanical services for thousands of commercial, industrial, institutional and retail facilities in hundreds of cities across the United States and British Columbia, Canada. In addition to ABM Security Services, which includes American Commercial Security (ACSS) and Security Services of America (SSA), the ABM Family of Services includes ABM Janitorial, Ampco System Parking, ABM Engineering, Amtech Lighting, CommAir Mechanical and ABM Facility Services.