424B3 1 f4243_110505-europe2001.txt EUROPE 2001 HOLDRS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT REGISTRATION NO. 333-44286 (To Prospectus dated October 25, 2004) Filed Pursuant Rule 424(b)(3) [graphic omitted] 1,000,000,000 Depositary Receipts Europe 2001 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 Europe 2001 HOLDRS (SM) Trust. The share amounts specified in the table in the "Highlights of Europe 2001 HOLDRS" section of the base prospectus shall be replaced with the following:
Primary Share Trading Name of Company(1) Ticker Amounts Market --------------------------------------------- ------- -------- --------- AEGON, N.V. AEG 5.2 NYSE Alcatel* ALA 3 NYSE Amdocs Limited DOX 3 NYSE ARM Holdings plc* ARMHY 8 NASDAQ ASM International N.V. ASMI 13 NASDAQ ASML Holding N.V. ASML 7 NASDAQ AstraZeneca PLC.* AZN 4 NYSE AXA* AXA 6 NYSE Bookham Inc. BKHM 1.2 NASDAQ BP p.l.c.* BP 4 NYSE Business Objects S.A.* BOBJ 4.5 NASDAQ Cable & Wireless p.l.c.* CWP 4 NYSE DaimlerChrysler AG DCX 4 NYSE Deutsche Telekom AG* DT 5 NYSE Diageo p.l.c.* DEO 5 NYSE Elan Corporation, p.l.c.* ELN 4 NYSE Ericsson LM Telephone Company* ERICY 1.6 NASDAQ GlaxoSmithKline p.l.c.* GSK 6 NYSE Infineon Technologies AG* IFX 5 NYSE ING Group N.V.* ING 4 NYSE IONA Technologies p.l.c.* IONA 3 NASDAQ Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. PHG 5 NYSE Millicom International Cellular S.A.* MICC 8 NASDAQ Nokia Corp.* NOK 5 NYSE Novartis AG* NVS 5 NYSE Qiagen N.V. QGEN 6 NASDAQ Repsol YPF, S.A.* REP 11 NYSE Royal Dutch Petroleum Company RD 3 NYSE Ryanair Holdings p.l.c.* RYAAY 8 NASDAQ Sanofi-Aventis SA* SNY 4.6956 NYSE SAP AG* SAP 4 NYSE Scottish Power p.l.c.* SPI 7 NYSE Serono S.A.* SRA 9 NYSE Shire Pharmaceuticals Group p.l.c.* SHPGY 4 NASDAQ Skillsoft p.l.c.* SKIL 6 NASDAQ STMicroelectronics N.V. STM 4 NYSE (continued on following page) Primary Share Trading Name of Company(1) Ticker Amounts Market --------------------------------------------- ------- -------- --------- Telefonica S.A.*(1) TEF 4.555843218 NYSE Total S.A.* TOT 3 NYSE UBS AG UBS 3 NYSE Unilever N.V. UN 3 NYSE Vivendi Universal* V 3 NYSE Vodafone Group p.l.c.* VOD 6 NYSE WPP Group p.l.c.* WPPGY 3 NASDAQ
------------------- (1) Effective July 18, 2005, the merger of Telefonica S.A. (NASDAQ: "TRRA") and Terra Networks S.A., each a constituent of Europe 2001 HOLDRS Trust, became effective. As a result, Terra Networks S.A. will no longer be an underlying security of the Europe 2001 HOLDRS Trust. For the 15 shares of Terra Networks S.A. per 100 share round lot of Europe 2001 HOLDRS, The Bank of New York will receive 1.11111111 shares of Telefonica S.A. * The securities of these non-U.S. companies trade in the United States as American Depository Receipts. Please see "Risk Factors" and "Federal Income Tax Consequences-Special considerations with respect to underlying securities of foreign issuers" for additional information relating 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 September 30, 2005.