424B3 1 f424b3112001.txt PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT FILED PURSUANT TO RULE NO. 424(b)(3) (To Prospectus dated January 23, 2001) REGISTRATION NO. 333-92613 333-95807 [TELECOM HOLDRS(SM) TRUST LOGO] 1,000,000,000 Depositary Receipts Telecom HOLDRS(sm) Trust This prospectus supplement supplements information contained in the prospectus dated January 23, 2001, which updated the original prospectus dated January 31, 2000 relating to the sale of up to 1,000,000,000 depositary receipts by the Telecom HOLDRS(sm)Trust. The share amounts specified in the table on page 11 of the base prospectus shall be replaced with the following:
Share Primary Name of Company Ticker Amounts Trading Market ALLTEL Corp. AT 2 NYSE AT&T Corp T 25 NYSE AT&T Wireless Services(1) AWE 8.045 NYSE BCE Inc. BCE 5 NYSE BellSouth Corp. BLS 15 NYSE Broadwing Inc. BRW 2 NYSE CenturyTel, Inc. CTL 1 NYSE Global Crossing Ltd. GX 6 NYSE Level 3 Communications, Inc. LVLT 3 Nasdaq NMS McLeodUSA Inc. MCLD 3 Nasdaq NMS MCI Group MCIT 0.88 Nasdaq NMS Nextel Communications, Inc. NXTL 6 Nasdaq NMS NTL Incorporated NLI 1.25 NYSE Qwest Communications International Inc. Q 12.91728 NYSE SBC Communications Inc. SBC 27 NYSE Sprint Corporation-FON Group FON 6 NYSE Sprint Corporation-PCS Group PCS 6 NYSE Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. TDS 1 AMEX Verizon Communications VZ 21.76 NYSE WorldCom Group WCOM 22 Nasdaq NMS -----------------------
(1) On July 12, 2001, AT&T Corp. completed its spin-off of AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. As a result, AT&T distributed 0.3216 share of AT&T Wireless Services common stock for each share of AT&T. The share amount of AT&T Wireless represented by a round-lot 100 Telecom HOLDRS is 1.9308. For more information, please see the description of AT&T Wireless Services in Annex A of this prospectus supplement. The share amounts listed in the table above reflect all previous stock splits, dividends and business combination transactions. (continued on following page) ANNEX A AT&T WIRELESS SERVICES, INC. (AWE) AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. is a provider of wireless voice and data services using time division multiple access (TDMA), analog and cellular digital packet data (CDPD) technologies. AT&T Wireless Services seeks to provide wireless services and to expand its customer base and revenue stream by attracting subscribers who are heavy users of communication services. AT&T Wireless Services and its affiliates and partners hold licenses that allow them to provide wireless services to the vast majority of the United States population. It supplements its operations with agreements that allow its subscribers to use other providers' wireless services in regions where it does not have operations. AT&T Wireless Services was spun-off from AT&T Corp. in July 2001.
Closing Closing Closing Closing Closing Closing 1996 Price 1997 Price 1998 Price 1999 Price 2000 Price 2001 Price January * January * January * January * January * January 25.97 February * February * February * February * February * February 21.01 March * March * March * March * March * March 19.18 April * April * April * April * April 31.94 April 20.10 May * May * May * May * May 28.56 May 17.90 June * June * June * June * June 27.78 June 16.35 July * July * July * July * July 27.50 July 18.69 August * August * August * August * August 26.08 August 15.50 September * September * September * September * September 20.75 September 14.94 October * October * October * October * October 24.94 November * November * November * November * November 18.00 December * December * December * December * December 17.31
The date of this prospectus supplement is September 30, 2001.