-----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, UCDniuzh8quPkcjgrJU33dKaSZCzqIE/GK+ht02GbyrnOJiUPYeIftyXm3X9EUDs qHQ9iLe2TMu/VxdYiZAL9A== 0000947871-04-001444.txt : 20040519 0000947871-04-001444.hdr.sgml : 20040519 20040519163831 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000947871-04-001444 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 424B3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20040519 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: 333-43766 FILM NUMBER: 04819017 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_051304software.txt PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT - SOFTWARE PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT Filed Pursuant to Rule No. 424(b)(3) (To Prospectus dated July 11, 2003) REGISTRATION NO. 333-43766 [SOFTWARE HOLDRS (SM) LOGO] 1,000,000,000 Depositary Receipts Software 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 Software HOLDRS (SM) Trust. The share amounts specified in the table on page 12 of the base prospectus shall be replaced with the following:
Share Primary Name of Company Ticker Amounts Trading Market - --------------------------------------------------- -------- ---------- ---------------- Adobe Systems Incorporated ADBE 6 NASDAQ BMC Software, Inc. BMC 7 NYSE Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. CHKP 6 NASDAQ Computer Associates International, Inc. CA 17 NYSE Intuit Inc. INTU 6 NASDAQ Macromedia, Inc. MACR 1 NASDAQ Mercury Interactive Corporation MERQ 2 NASDAQ Micromuse Inc. MUSEE 2 NASDAQ Microsoft Corporation MSFT 30 NASDAQ Nuance Communications, Inc. NUAN 1 NASDAQ Openwave Systems Inc. OPWV .6667 NASDAQ Oracle Corporation ORCL 24 NASDAQ Peoplesoft, Inc. PSFT 8 NASDAQ SAP AG-preference shares * SAP 16 NYSE Sapient Corporation SAPE 3 NASDAQ Siebel Systems, Inc. SEBL 8 NASDAQ TIBCO Software Inc. TIBX 5 NASDAQ Veritas Software Corporation VRTSE 7 NASDAQ
- -------------------------------------- * The preference shares of this non-U.S. company 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 factors to consider with respect to an investment in a non-U.S. company. 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 March 31, 2004. -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----