SAN FRANCISCO, September 7, 2005 – The Board of Directors of ABM Industries Incorporated (NYSE: ABM) has declared an all-time-high fourth quarter cash dividend of $0.105 per common share payable on November 7, 2005 to stockholders of record on October 14, 2005.  This will be ABM’s 158th consecutive quarterly cash dividend, and is $0.005 (5.0%) above the $0.100 per share quarterly dividend rate declared and paid for the fourth quarter of 2004.

 
About ABM Industries:
ABM Industries Incorporated is among the largest facility services contractors listed on the New York Stock Exchange. With fiscal 2004 revenues in excess of $2.4 billion and more than 73,000 employees, ABM provides janitorial, parking, security, engineering and lighting services for thousands of commercial, industrial, institutional and retail facilities in hundreds of cities across the United States and British Columbia, Canada. The ABM Family of Services includes ABM Janitorial; Ampco System Parking; ABM Security, which includes American Commercial Security (ACSS) and Security Services of America (SSA); ABM Facility Services; ABM Engineering; and Amtech Lighting Services.