424B3 1 0001.txt PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT FILED PURSUANT TO RULE NO. 424(b)(3) REGISTRATION NO. 333-96063 PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT (To Prospectus dated January 26, 2001) [LOGO] B2B INTERNET HOLDRs 1,000,000,000 Depositary Receipts B2B Internet HOLDRS SM Trust This prospectus supplement supplements information contained in the prospectus dated January 26, 2001, which updated the original prospectus dated February 23, 2000 relating to the sale of up to 1,000,000,000 depositary receipts by the B2B Internet HOLDRS SM Trust. The share amounts specified in the table on page 12 of the base prospectus shall be replaced with the following:
Primary Share Trading Name of Company Ticker Amounts Market ---------------------------- ------ ------- ---------- Agile Software Corporation AGIL 4 Nasdaq NMS Ariba, Inc. ARBA 14 Nasdaq NMS CheckFree Corporation CKFR 4 Nasdaq NMS Commerce One, Inc. CMRC 12 Nasdaq NMS FreeMarkets, Inc. FMKT 3 Nasdaq NMS ImageX.com, Inc. IMGX 1 Nasdaq NMS Internet Capital Group, Inc. ICGE 15 Nasdaq NMS Pegasus Solutions, Inc. PEGS 2 Nasdaq NMS Proxicom, Inc. PXCM 4 Nasdaq NMS PurchasePro.com, Inc. PPRO 4 Nasdaq NMS QRS Corporation QRSI 1 Nasdaq NMS Retek, Inc. RETK 3 Nasdaq NMS Scient Corporation SCNT 5 Nasdaq NMS SciQuest.com, Inc. SQST 3 Nasdaq NMS Ventro Corporation VNTR 2 Nasdaq NMS VerticalNet, Inc. VERT 6 Nasdaq NMS
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 30, 2001.