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PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT   REGISTRATION NO. 333-31226
(To Prospectus dated August 15, 2007)   Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
                                                                                           
 

 
 
1,000,000,000 Depositary Receipts
Broadband HOLDRS (SM) Trust

This prospectus supplement supplements information contained in the prospectus dated August 15, 2007 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:
 
Name of Company
 
Ticker
 
Share
Amounts
 
Primary
Trading
Market
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation
 
AMCC
 
.5
 
NASDAQ
Broadcom Corporation CL A
 
BRCM
 
3
 
NASDAQ
Ciena Corporation
 
CIEN
 
0.2857
 
NASDAQ
Conexant Systems, Inc.1
 
CNXT
 
.2
 
NASDAQ
Corning, Inc.
 
GLW
 
9
 
NYSE
JDS Uniphase Corporation
 
JDSU
 
1.475
 
NASDAQ
Alcatel-Lucent
 
ALU
 
5.6608
 
NYSE
LSI Corporation
 
LSI
 
1.7247
 
NYSE
Motorola, Inc.
 
MOT
 
18
 
NYSE
Mindspeed Technologies, Inc.2
 
MSPD
 
0.6666667
 
NASDAQ
Nortel Networks Corporation
 
NT
 
2.8
 
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

 
 
1 Effective June 30, 2008, due to the 1 for 10 reverse stock split of Conexant Systems, Inc., the quantity of shares of Conexant Systems, Inc. represented by each 100 share round lot of Broadband HOLDRS decreased from 2 shares to 0.2 shares.
2 Effective July 1, 2008, due to the 1 for 5 reverse stock split of Mindspeed Technologies, Inc., the quantity of shares of Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. represented by each 100 share round lot of Broadband HOLDRS will decrease from 0.6666667 shares to 0.13333334 shares. In addition, effective July 30, 2008, Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. will change its ticker symbol to “MSPDD.”
 
 
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, 2008.