424B3 1 f424b3_102803-b2b.txt FORM 424(B)(3) - PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT Filed Pursuant to Rule No. 424(b)(3) (To Prospectus dated July 7, 2003) REGISTRATION NO. 333-96063 [LOGO OMITTED] 1,000,000,000 Depositary Receipts B2B Internet HOLDRS (SM) Trust This prospectus supplement supplements information contained in the prospectus dated July 7, 2003 relating to the sale of up to 1,000,000,000 depositary receipts by the B2B Internet 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 --------------------------------------- ----------- ------------ ---------- Agile Software Corporation AGIL 4 NASDAQ Ariba, Inc. ARBA 14 NASDAQ CheckFree Corporation CKFR 4 NASDAQ Commerce One, Inc. CMRC 1.2 NASDAQ FreeMarkets, Inc. FMKT 3 NASDAQ Internet Capital Group, Inc. ICGE 15 NASDAQ Nexprise, Inc. NXPS 0.133 NASDAQ Pegasus Solutions, Inc. PEGS 2 NASDAQ QRS Corporation QRSI 1 NASDAQ Retek, Inc. RETK 3 NASDAQ SciQuest, Inc. SQST 0.4 NASDAQ VerticalNet, Inc. VERT 0.6 NASDAQ The share amounts listed in the table above reflect all previous stock splits, dividends and business combination transaction. The date of this prospectus supplement is September 30, 2003.