424B3 1 ss93832_424b3-utilities.htm PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT

PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
REGISTRATION NO.  333-36490
(To Prospectus dated April 15, 2010)     
Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)

 

 

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

This prospectus supplement supplements information contained in the prospectus dated April 15, 2010 relating to the sale of up to 1,000,000,000 depositary receipts by the Utilities HOLDRS (SM) Trust.
 
The share amounts specified in the table in the “Highlights of Utilities HOLDRS” section of the base prospectus shall be replaced with the following:
 
Name of Company
 
Ticker
 
Share
Amounts
 
Primary
Trading
Market
American Electric Power Company, Inc.
 
AEP
  14.0000    
NYSE
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
 
CNP
  13.0000    
NYSE
Consolidated Edison, Inc.
 
ED
  9.0000    
NYSE
Dominion Resources, Inc.
  D   22.0000    
NYSE
Duke Energy Corporation
 
DUK
  30.0000    
NYSE
Dynegy, Inc.1
 
DYN
  2.4000    
NYSE
Edison International
 
EIX
  15.0000    
NYSE
El Paso Corporation
 
EP
  10.0000    
NYSE
Entergy Corporation
 
ETR
  10.0000    
NYSE
Exelon Corporation
 
EXC
  30.0000    
NYSE
FirstEnergy Corporation
 
FE
  10.0000    
NYSE
NextEra Energy Inc.
 
FPL
  16.0000    
NYSE
PG&E Corporation
 
PCG
  17.0000    
NYSE
Progress Energy, Inc.
 
PGN
  7.0000    
NYSE
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.
 
PEG
  20.0000    
NYSE
RRI Energy, Inc.
 
RRI
  10.2518    
NYSE
The Southern Company
 
SO
  29.0000    
NYSE
The Williams Companies, Inc.
 
WMB
  20.0000    
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 June 15, 2010.
 
 

 

1 On May 25, 2010, the 1-for-5 reverse stock split of Dynegy Inc., an underlying constituent of the Utilities HOLDRS Trust, became effective.  As a result, the quantity of shares of Dynegy Inc. represented by each 100 share round-lot of Utilities HOLDRS will decrease from 12 shares to 2.4 shares.  Starting May 26, 2010, deposits of shares of Dynegy Inc. for creations of Utilities HOLDRS will decrease from 12 shares to 2.4 shares per round-lot of 100 Utilities HOLDRS.