424B3 1 f424b3_103102-regional.txt PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT FILED PURSUANT TO RULE NO. 424(b)(3) PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT REGISTRATION NO. 333-36480 (To Prospectus dated January 29, 2002) [HOLDRS REGIONAL BANKS LOGO] 1,000,000,000 Depositary Receipts Regional Bank 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 Regional Bank 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 --------------- ------ ------- -------------- AmSouth Bancorporation ASO 12 NYSE Bank One Corporation ONE 33 NYSE BB&T Corporation BBT 10 NYSE Comerica Incorporated CMA 5 NYSE Fifth Third Bancorp FITB 13.5 NASDAQ F1eetBoston Financial Corporation FBF 25 NYSE KeyCorp KEY 13 NYSE Marshall & Ilsley Corporation MI 6 NYSE Mellon Financial Corporation MEL 14 NYSE National City Corporation NCC 18 NYSE Northern Trust Corporation NTRS 7 NASDAQ State Street Corporation STT 10 NYSE SunTrust Banks, Inc. STI 9 NYSE Synovus Financial Corp. SNV 8 NYSE The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. PNC 9 NYSE U.S. Bancorp USB 56.83 NYSE Wachovia Corporation WB 41 NYSE Wells Fargo & Co. WFC 24 NYSE
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 September 30, 2002.