424B3 1 f424b3_050602.txt PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT FILED PURSUANT TO RULE NO. 424(b)(3) (To Prospectus dated March 12, 2002) REGISTRATION NO. 333-78575 [INTERNET HOLDRS LOGO] 1,000,000,000 Depositary Receipts Internet HOLDRS (SM) Trust This prospectus supplements information contained in the prospectus dated March 12, 2002 relating to the sale of up to 1,000,000,000 depositary receipts by the Internet 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 --------------- ------ ------- -------------- Amazon.com, Inc. AMZN 18 NASDAQ Ameritrade Holding Corporation AMTD 9 NASDAQ AOL Time Warner Inc. AOL 42 NYSE CMGI Inc. CMGI 10 NASDAQ CNET Networks, Inc. CNET 4 NASDAQ DoubleClick Inc. DCLK 4 NASDAQ EarthLink, Inc. ELNK 6.23 NASDAQ eBay Inc. EBAY 12 NASDAQ E*TRADE Group, Inc. ET 12 NYSE Inktomi Corporation INKT 6 NASDAQ Network Associates, Inc. NET 7 NASDAQ Priceline.com Incorporated PCLN 7 NASDAQ RealNetworks, Inc. RNWK 8 NASDAQ Yahoo! Inc. YHOO 26 NASDAQ
The share amounts listed in the table above reflect all previous stock splits, dividends and business combination transactions. The date of this prospectus supplement is March 31, 2002.