-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, NF72oK76LPU1S4ipTMdWbwEw5dcfMSk4eJCsucyAW9KF+ZM4hwmlf4Cj2qStzFTV h8NOkAoS1Jx+p+UCZ1ygFA== 0000947871-02-001459.txt : 20020726 0000947871-02-001459.hdr.sgml : 20020726 20020726154051 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000947871-02-001459 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 424B3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20020726 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000728612 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SECURITY BROKERS, DEALERS & FLOTATION COMPANIES [6211] STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 424B3 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-43142 FILM NUMBER: 02712123 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4 WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER STREET 2: NORTH TOWER FL 12 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10080 BUSINESS PHONE: 2124496202 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4 WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER STREET 2: NORTH TOWER FL 12 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10080 424B3 1 f424b3_072502-wireless.txt PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT FILED PURSUANT TO RULE NO. 424(b)(3) (To Prospectus dated January 29, 2002) REGISTRATION NO. 333-43142 1,000,000,000 Depositary Receipts Wireless HOLDRS (SM) Trust This prospectus supplement supplements information contained in the prospectus dated January 29, 2002 relating to the sale of up to 1,000,000,000 depositary receipts by the Wireless HOLDRS (SM) Trust. The share amounts specified in the table on page 13 of the base prospectus shall be replaced with the following:
Primary Share Trading Name of Company Ticker Amounts Market _____________________________________________________ ______________ __________ ________________ Aether Systems, Inc. AETH 1 NASDAQ AT&T Wireless Services AWE 40 NYSE Crown Castle International Corp. CCI 4 NYSE Deutsche Telekom AG * DT 18.4841 NYSE LM Ericsson Telephone Company * ERICY 74 NASDAQ Motorola, Inc. MOT 41 NYSE Netro Corporation, Inc. NTRO 1 NASDAQ Nextel Communications, Inc. NXTL 16 NASDAQ Nextel Partners, Inc. NXTP 4 NASDAQ Nokia Corp. * NOK 23 NYSE Qualcomm Incorporated QCOM 13 NASDAQ Research In Motion Limited RIMM 2 NASDAQ RIF Micro Devices, Inc. RFMD 4 NASDAQ SK Telecom Co., Ltd. * SKM 17 NYSE Sprint Corporation--PCS Group ** PCS 21 NYSE Telesp Cellular Holding Company * TCP 3 NYSE United States Cellular Corporation USM 1 AMEX Verizon Communications VZ 17 NYSE Vodafone Group p.l.c. * VOD 21 NYSE Western Wireless Corporation WWCA 2 NASDAQ
------------------------------- * The securities of these non-U.S. companies trade in the United States as American depositary receipts. Please see "Risk Factors" and "United States Federal Income Tax Consequences--Special considerations with respect to underlying securities of foreign issuers" for additional information relating to an investment in a non-U.S. company. ** The securities of this company trade as a tracking stock. Please see "Risk Factors" and the business description in Annex A for additional information relating to an investment in tracking stock. The share amounts listed in the table above reflect all previous stock splits, dividends and business combination transactions. Recent Developments As of January 2, 2002, Standard & Poor's Corporation sector classifications are based upon the new Standard & Poor's Global Industry Classification Standard ("GICS") sectors. Standard & Poor's Corporation is an independent source of market information that, among other things, maintains the Global Industry Classification Standard, which classifies the securities of public companies into various sector classifications based upon GICS sectors, which are derived from its own criteria. The GICS classification standards were exclusively effective on January 2, 2002. There are 10 Standard & Poor's GICS sectors and each class of publicly traded securities of a company are given only one GICS sector. The securities included in the Wireless HOLDRS are currently represented in the Information Technology and Telecommunication Services GICS sectors. The Standard & Poor's GICS sector classifications of the securities included in the Wireless HOLDRS may change over time if the companies that issued these securities change their focus of operations or if Standard & Poor's alters the criteria it uses to determine GICS sectors, or both. As provided in the depositary trust agreement, in addition to the other reconstitution events described therein, if the underlying securities of an issuer cease to be outstanding as a result of a merger, consolidation, corporate combination or other event, the trustee will distribute the consideration paid by and received from the acquiring company to the beneficial owners of Wireless HOLDRS only if the distributed securities have a different Standard & Poor's GICS sector classification than any of the underlying securities represented in the Wireless HOLDRS at the time of the distribution or exchange or if the securities received are not listed for trading on a U.S. national securities exchange or through the Nasdaq National Market System. In any other case, the additional securities received as consideration will be deposited into the Wireless HOLDRS trust. In addition, securities of a new company will be added to the Wireless HOLDRS, as a result of a distribution of securities by an underlying issuer, where a corporate event occurs, or where the securities of an underlying issuer are exchanged for the securities of another company, unless the securities received have a Standard & Poor's GICS sector classification that is different from the GICS sector classification of any other security then included in the Wireless HOLDRS or are not listed for trading on a U.S. national securities exchange or through the Nasdaq National Market System. The date of this prospectus supplement is June 30, 2002. 2 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----