OREANDA-NEWS. March 15, 2018. ABM (NYSE:ABM), a leading provider of facility solutions, today announced that affiliates of Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. and Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division (the “Selling Stockholders”) intend, subject to market conditions, to offer 9,047,741 shares of ABM common stock in an underwritten secondary offering. The Selling Stockholders will receive all of the net proceeds from the offering.  ABM is not offering any shares of common stock in the offering and will not receive any proceeds for the sale of shares in the offering.

The shares of common stock being offered were previously issued by ABM to the Selling Stockholders in connection with its acquisition of GCA Holding Corp., the indirect parent of GCA Services Group, on September 1, 2017.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and UBS Securities LLC  will act as joint book-running managers for proposed offering.

This offering is being made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement (including a prospectus) (File No. 333-223233).  A preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the offering will also be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the offering to which this communication relates.  Before you invest, you should read the prospectus included in that registration statement, the preliminary prospectus supplement and the other documents ABM has filed with the SEC and incorporated by reference into the shelf registration statement for more complete information about ABM and its common stock.  You may obtain a copy of the preliminary prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus, the final prospectus supplement and the documents incorporated by reference therein, when available, for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov.  Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement for this offering may also be obtained, when available, by contacting Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Attn: Prospectus Department, 200 West Street, New York, NY 10282, telephone: (866) 471-2526, facsimile: 212-902-9316, e-mail: prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com and UBS Securities LLC, Attn: Prospectus Department, 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019, telephone: 888-827-7275 or by email: ol-prospectusrequest@ubs.com

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there by any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction.  The offering of the common stock will be made only by means of the prospectus and related prospectus supplement.

ABOUT ABM

ABM (NYSE: ABM) is a leading provider of facility solutions with revenues of approximately $5.5 billion and more than 130,000 employees in 350+ offices throughout the United States and various international locations. ABM’s comprehensive capabilities include janitorial, electrical & lighting, energy solutions, facilities engineering, HVAC & mechanical, landscape & turf, mission critical solutions and parking, provided through stand-alone or integrated solutions. ABM provides custom facility solutions in urban, suburban and rural areas to properties of all sizes - from schools and commercial buildings to hospitals, data centers, manufacturing plants and airports. ABM Industries Incorporated, which operates through its subsidiaries, was founded in 1909.