424B3 1 f424b3_012704-utilities.txt PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT - UTILITIES PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT Filed Pursuant to Rule No. 424(b)(3) (To Prospectus dated July 14, 2003) REGISTRATION NO. 333-36490 [UTILITIES HOLDRS LOGO] 1,000,000,000 Depositary Receipts Utilities HOLDRS (SM) Trust This prospectus supplement supplements information contained in the prospectus dated July 14, 2003 relating to the sale of up to 1,000,000,000 depositary receipts by the Utilities HOLDRS (SM) Trust. The share amounts specified in the table on page 10 of the base prospectus shall be replaced with the following:
Share Primary Name of Company Ticker Amounts Trading Market --------------------------------------------- ------ ------- -------------- American Electric Power Company, Inc. AEP 14 NYSE Centerpoint Energy, Inc. CNP 13 NYSE Consolidated Edison, Inc. ED 9 NYSE Dominion Resources, Inc. D 11 NYSE Duke Energy Corporation DUK 30 NYSE Dynegy, Inc. DYN 12 NYSE Edison International EIX 15 NYSE El Paso Corporation EP 10 NYSE Entergy Corporation ETR 10 NYSE Exelon Corporation EXC 15 NYSE FirstEnergy Corporation FE 10 NYSE FPL Group, Inc. FPL 8 NYSE PG&E Corporation PCG 17 NYSE Progress Energy, Inc. PGN 7 NYSE Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated PEG 10 NYSE Reliant Resources, Inc. RRI 10.2518 NYSE The Southern Company SO 29 NYSE Texas Genco Holdings, Inc. TGN .65 NYSE Texas Utilities Company TXU 12 NYSE The Williams Companies, Inc. WMB 20 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 December 31, 2003.