-----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, A+69VYzRr6zpX0673+88kMYfP76mp77hR2FcrbLNPLxhySlYFHMxsQcti6RLVP/2 2a8ZO6Oawspg4SzZ6ejKaQ== 0000947871-05-001062.txt : 20050518 0000947871-05-001062.hdr.sgml : 20050518 20050518164946 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000947871-05-001062 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 424B3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20050518 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20050518 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] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 424B3 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-31226 FILM NUMBER: 05842261 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_051305-broadband.txt PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT DATED MARCH 31, 2005 PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 424(b)(3) (To Prospectus dated October 25, 2004) REGISTRATION NO. 333-31226 [GRAPHIC OMITTED] 1,000,000,000 Depositary Receipts Broadband 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 Broadband HOLDRS (SM) Trust. The share amounts specified in the table in the "Highlights of Broadband HOLDRS" section of the base prospectus shall be replaced with the following:
Primary Share Trading Name of Company Ticker Amounts Market ------------------------------------------------------ ---------------- ----------- ------------- Agere Systems, Inc. Class A AGRA 0.312604 NYSE Agere Systems, Inc. Class B AGRB 7.672327 NYSE Applied Micro Circuits Corporation AMCC 2 NASDAQ Broadcom Corporation BRCM 2 NASDAQ Ciena Corporation CIEN 2 NASDAQ Comverse Technology, Inc. CMVT 2 NASDAQ Conexant Systems, Inc. CNXT 2 NASDAQ Copper Mountain Networks, Inc. CMTN 0.1 NASDAQ Corning, Inc. GLW 9 NYSE Freescale Semiconductor Class B FSLB 1.987 NASDAQ JDS Uniphase Corporation JDSU 11.8 NASDAQ Lucent Technologies, Inc. LU 29 NYSE Motorola, Inc. MOT 18 NYSE Mindspeed Technologies MSPD 0.6667 NASDAQ Nortel Networks Corporation NT 28 NYSE PMC-Sierra, Inc. PMCS 1 NASDAQ Qualcomm Incorporated QCOM 16 NASDAQ RF Micro Devices, Inc. RFMD 2 NASDAQ Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. SFA 2 NYSE Skyworks Solutions, Inc. SWKS 0.702 NASDAQ Sycamore Networks, Inc. SCMR 3 NASDAQ Tellabs, Inc. TLAB 4 NASDAQ Terayon Communications Systems, Inc. TERN 2 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 March 31, 2005. -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----