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PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
REGISTRATION NO.  333-43142
(To Prospectus dated March 11, 2009)
Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
 

 

 
1,000,000,000 Depositary Receipts
Wireless HOLDRS (SM) Trust
 
This prospectus supplement supplements information contained in the prospectus dated March 11, 2009 relating to the sale of up to 1,000,000,000 depositary receipts by the Wireless HOLDRS (SM) Trust.
 
The share amounts specified in the table in the “Highlights of Wireless HOLDRS” section of the base prospectus shall be replaced with the following:
 
Name of Company1
 
Ticker
 
Share
Amounts
 
Primary
Trading
Market
CenturyTel, Inc.
 
CTL
  2.1084  
NYSE
Crown Castle International Corp.
 
CCI
  4.0000  
NYSE
Deutsche Telekom AG *
 
DT
  18.4841  
NYSE
LM Ericsson Telephone Company *
 
ERIC
  14.8000  
NASDAQ
FairPoint Communications, Inc.
 
FRP
  0.3206  
NYSE
Motorola, Inc.
 
MOT
  41.0000  
NYSE
Nokia Corp. *
 
NOK
  23.0000  
NYSE
Qualcomm Incorporated
 
QCOM
  26.0000  
NASDAQ
Research In Motion Limited
 
RIMM
  12.0000  
NASDAQ
RF Micro Devices, Inc.
 
RFMD
  4.0000  
NASDAQ
SK Telecom Co., Ltd. *
 
SKM
  17.0000  
NYSE
Sprint Nextel Corporation
 
S
  30.7800  
NYSE
United States Cellular Corporation
 
USM
  1.0000  
NYSE
Verizon Communications Inc.
 
VZ
  17.0000  
NYSE
Vivo Participações S.A.
 
VIV
  0.7500  
NYSE
Vodafone Group p.l.c. *
 
VOD
  18.3750  
NYSE
Windstream Corporation
 
WIN
  1.1063  
NYSE
 
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 July 9, 2009.
 
 
 
*  The securities of these non-U.S. companies trade in the United States as American depositary receipts.  Please see “Risk Factors” and “U.S. 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.
 
1 On July 1, 2009, the merger of Embarq Corporation and CenturyTel, Inc. became effective.  As a result, Embarq Corporation will no longer be an underlying constituent of the Wireless HOLDRS (SM) Trust.  In connection with the merger, shareholders will receive 1.37 of a share of CenturyTel, Inc. for each share of Embarq Corporation.  The Bank of New York Mellon will receive 2.1084 shares of CenturyTel, Inc. for the 1.5390 shares of Embarq Corporation per 100 share round lot of Wireless HOLDRS.