424B3 1 f424b3_080504-internet.txt PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT Filed Pursuant to Rule No. 424(b)(3) (To Prospectus dated July 3, 2003) REGISTRATION NO. 333-96061 [LOGO] 1,000,000,000 Depositary Receipts Internet Architecture HOLDRS (SM) Trust This prospectus supplement supplements information contained in the prospectus dated July 3, 2003 relating to the sale of up to 1,000,000,000 depositary receipts by the Internet Architecture HOLDRS (SM) Trust. The share amounts specified in the table in the "Highlights of Internet Architecture HOLDRS" section of the base prospectus shall be replaced with the following:
Share Primary Name of Company Ticker Amounts Trading Market --------------- ------ -------- -------------- 3Com Corporation COMS 3 NASDAQ Adaptec, Inc. ADPT 1 NASDAQ Apple Computer, Inc. AAPL 2 NASDAQ Ciena Corporation CIEN 2 NASDAQ Cisco Systems, Inc. CSCO 26 NASDAQ Dell Inc. DELL 19 NASDAQ EMC Corporation EMC 16 NYSE Extreme Networks, Inc. EXTR 2 NASDAQ Foundry Networks, Inc. FDRY 1 NASDAQ Gateway, Inc. GTW 2 NYSE Hewlett-Packard Company HPQ 22.2225 NYSE International Business Machines Corporation IBM 13 NYSE Juniper Networks, Inc. JNPR 2 NASDAQ McDATA Corporation MCDTA 0.58891 NASDAQ Network Appliance, Inc. NTAP 2 NASDAQ Roxio Inc. ROXI 0.1646 NASDAQ Sun Microsystems, Inc. SUNW 25 NASDAQ Sycamore Networks, Inc. SCMR 2 NASDAQ Unisys Corporation UIS 2 NYSE Veritas Software Corporation VRTS 0.893 NASDAQ
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 June 30, 2004.