424B3 1 f424b3_102803-wireless.txt FORM 424(B)(3) - PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT Filed Pursuant to Rule No. 424(b)(3) (To Prospectus dated July 11, 2003) REGISTRATION NO. 333-43142 [LOGO OMITTED] 1,000,000,000 Depositary Receipts Wireless HOLDRS (SM) Trust This prospectus supplement supplements information contained in the prospectus dated July 11, 2003 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 11 of the base prospectus shall be replaced with the following: Share Primary Name of Company(1) Ticker Amounts Trading 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 18.4809 NYSE LM Ericsson Telephone Company * ERICY 7.4 NASDAQ Motorola, Inc. MOT 41 NYSE 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 SR Telecom Inc.(1) SRXA 0.1047 NASDAQ Telesp Celular Participacoes S.A. * 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. (1) As a result of the acquisition of Netro Corporation, Inc. by SR Telecom, Inc., SR Telecom, Inc. will replace Netro Corporation as a constituent of Wireless HOLDRS. In connection with the acquisition, for each share of Netro Corporation, shareholders received 0.1052 shares of SR Telecom, Inc. As of September 4, 2003, 0.1052 shares of SR Telecom are included in each round-lot of 100 Wireless HOLDRS. 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, 2003.