424B3 1 f424b3_013105-intinfra.txt PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT FILED PURSUANT TO RULE NO. 424(b)(3) (To Prospectus dated October 25, 2004) REGISTRATION NO. 333-96069 [INTERNET INFRASTRUCTURE HOLDRS (SM) TRUST LOGO OMITTED] 1,000,000,000 Depositary Receipts Internet Infrastructure HOLDRS (SM) Trust This prospectus supplement supplements information contained in the prospectus dated October 25, 2004, relating to the sale of up to 1,000,000,000 depositary receipts by the Internet Infrastructure HOLDRS (SM) Trust. The share amounts specified in the table in the "Highlights of Internet Infrastructure HOLDRS" section of the base prospectus shall be replaced with the following:
Primary Name of Company Ticker Share Amounts Trading Market --------------- ------ ------------- -------------- Akamai Technologies Inc. AKAM 3 NASDAQ BEA Systems, Inc. BEAS 10 NASDAQ BroadVision, Inc. BVSN 1 NASDAQ E.piphany, Inc. EPNY 1.5 NASDAQ InfoSpace, Inc. INSP 0.8 NASDAQ InterNAP Network Services Corporation IIP 5 AMEX Kana Software, Inc. KANA 0.2 NASDAQ NaviSite, Inc. NAVI 0.1333 NASDAQ Openwave Systems Inc. OPWV 1.073667 NASDAQ Portal Software, Inc. PRSF 1.2 NASDAQ RealNetworks, Inc. RNWK 6 NASDAQ VeriSign, Inc. VRSN 6.15 NASDAQ Vignette Corporation VIGN 6 NASDAQ Vitria Technology, Inc. VITR 1 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 December 31, 2004.