-----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, UgQq6TY2/YDx4PFJfSCnNVtpuCPwa0MIlJZAFnrKUvtDHFhrdgt3vsvHvOSOZnzE QH7EJ94gqyxMZTBJDISWKA== 0000947871-06-000891.txt : 20060512 0000947871-06-000891.hdr.sgml : 20060512 20060512162041 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000947871-06-000891 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 424B3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20060512 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060512 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: 06835111 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4 WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER STREET 2: NORTH TOWER CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10080 BUSINESS PHONE: 2126702273 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4 WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER STREET 2: NORTH TOWER CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10080 424B3 1 f424b3_051106-broadband.txt PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT REGISTRATION NO. 333-31226 (To Prospectus dated February 17, 2006) Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) [HOLDERS BROADBAND LOGO] 1,000,000,000 Depositary Receipts Broadband HOLDRS (SM) Trust This prospectus supplement supplements information contained in the prospectus dated February 17, 2006 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 (1) Ticker Amounts Market ----------------------------------------- ---------- ------------ ----------- Agere Systems Inc. AGR .798493151 NYSE Applied Micro Circuits Corporation AMCC 2 NASDAQ Broadcom Corporation BRCM 3 NASDAQ Ciena Corporation CIEN 2 NASDAQ Comverse Technology, Inc. CMVT 2 NASDAQ Conexant Systems, Inc. CNXT 2 NASDAQ Corning, Inc. GLW 9 NYSE Freescale Semiconductor Class B FSLB 1.98747 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 Skyworks Solutions, Inc. SWKS 0.702 NASDAQ Sycamore Networks, Inc. SCMR 3 NASDAQ Tellabs, Inc. TLAB 4 NASDAQ Terayon Communications Systems, Inc. TERNE 2 NASDAQ Tut Systems TUTS 0.0326432 NASDAQ
(1) As a result of the merger of Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. (NYSE ticker "SFA") and Cisco Systems, Inc., Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. will no longer be an underlying constituent of the Broadband HOLDRS Trust. For each share of Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. held, shareholders received $43.00 in cash. For the 2 shares of Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. per 100 shares round lot of Broadband HOLDRS, The Bank of New York received $86.00. The Bank of New York distributed the cash at a rate of $ 0.86 per depositary share of "BDH," less custody fees on March 2, 2006. 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, 2006. -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----