424B3 1 f424b3_080504-semiconductor.txt PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT Filed Pursuant to Rule No. 424(b)(3) (To Prospectus dated July 7, 2003) REGISTRATION NO. 333-33362 [LOGO] 1,000,000,000 Depositary Receipts Semiconductor 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 Semiconductor HOLDRS (SM) Trust. The share amounts specified in the table in the "Highlights of Semiconductor HOLDRS" section of the base prospectus shall be replaced with the following:
Share Primary Name of Company Ticker Amounts Trading Market ---------------------------------------------- ------ ------- -------------- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. AMD 4 NYSE Altera Corporation ALTR 6 NASDAQ Amkor Technology, Inc. AMKR 2 NASDAQ Analog Devices, Inc. ADI 6 NYSE Applied Materials, Inc. AMAT 26 NASDAQ Atmel Corporation ATML 8 NASDAQ Broadcom Corporation BRCM 2 NASDAQ Intel Corporation INTC 30 NASDAQ KLA-Tencor Corporation KLAC 3 NASDAQ Linear Technology Corporation LLTC 5 NASDAQ LSI Logic Corporation LSI 5 NYSE Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. MXIM 5 NASDAQ Micron Technology, Inc. MU 9 NYSE National Semiconductor Corporation(1) NSM 6 NYSE Novellus Systems, Inc. NVLS 2 NASDAQ SanDisk Corporation SNDK 2 NASDAQ Teradyne, Inc. TER 3 NYSE Texas Instruments, Inc. TXN 22 NYSE Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation VTSS 3 NASDAQ Xilinx, Inc. XLNX 5 NASDAQ
-------------------- (1) National Semiconductor Corporation (NYSE:NSM) announced a 2-for-1 stock split on its common stock payable on May 13, 2004 to shareholders of record as of April 29, 2004. Effective May 19, 2004 the share amount of National Semiconductor Corporation represented by a round lot of 100 Semiconductor HOLDRS was 6. 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.