-----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, BU0GkbrH5dshotd10QZpxHYeYCEuAkxSDThYIkVofueDPbTaOgYe9Ayig6AHJUXA 8U/7Aghes+YfJ9qbRg7TcA== 0000950130-01-001803.txt : 20010420 0000950130-01-001803.hdr.sgml : 20010420 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950130-01-001803 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 424B3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20010418 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000728612 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES [6189] STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 424B3 SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-36490 FILM NUMBER: 1605293 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: NORTH TOWER WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER STREET 2: NORTH TOWER WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER 5TH F CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10281-1323 BUSINESS PHONE: 2124496202 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER STREET 2: NORTH TOWER 23RD FL CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10281-1323 424B3 1 0001.txt PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT RULE NO. 424(b)(3) REGISTRATION NO. 333-36490 PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT (To Prospectus dated June 22, 2000) [LOGO] UTILITIES HOLDRs 1,000,000,000 Depositary Receipts Utilities HOLDRS SM Trust This prospectus supplement supplements information contained in the prospectus dated June 22, 2000 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 on page 9 of the base prospectus shall be replaced with the following:
Primary Share Trading Name of Company Ticker Amounts Market -------------------------------------------- ------ --------- ------- American Electric Power Company, Inc. AEP 14 NYSE Consolidated Edison, Inc. ED 9 NYSE Dominion Resources, Inc. D 11 NYSE Duke Energy Corporation DUK 30 NYSE Dynegy, Inc. DYN 12 NYSE Edison International EIX 15 NYSE El Paso Corporation (/1/) EPG 10 NYSE Enron Corporation ENE 12 NYSE Entergy Corporation ETR 10 NYSE Exelon Corporation (/2/) EXC 15 NYSE FirstEnergy Corporation FE 10 NYSE FPL Group, Inc. FPL 8 NYSE Mirant Corporation (/3/) MIR 11.530806 NYSE PG&E Corporation PCG 17 NYSE Progress Energy, Inc. (/4/) PGN 7 NYSE Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated PEG 10 NYSE Reliant Energy Resources Corp. REI 13 NYSE The Southern Company SO 29 NYSE TXU Corporation TXU 12 NYSE The Williams Companies, Inc. (/5/) WMB 20 NYSE
------- (1) On February 7, 2001, El Paso Energy Corporation changed its name to El Paso Corporation. (2) On October 20, 2000, PECO Energy Corporation and Unicom Corporation, both of which were formerly included in the Utilities HOLDRS, merged to form the combined company Exelon Corporation. As a result of the merger, each share of PECO Energy was exchanged for 1.00 share of Exelon common stock and each share of Unicom was exchanged for 0.875 shares of Exelon common stock. In addition, Unicom shareholders received a cash dividend of $3.00 per share. The share amount of Exelon represented by a round-lot of 100 Utilities HOLDRS is now 15. (3) On April 6, 2001, The Southern Company completed its spin-off of Mirant Corporation. As a result, The Southern Company distributed .397614 shares of Mirant common stock for each share of The Southern Company. The share amount of Mirant represented by a round-lot of 100 Utilities HOLDRS is 11.530806. For more information, please see the description of Mirant in Annex A of this prospectus supplement. (4) On November 30, 2000, Carolina Power & Light Company completed its acquisition of Florida Progress Corporation. Following the acquisition, Carolina Power & Light Company changed the name of the combined company to Progress Energy, Inc. and changed the symbol under which it trades on the New York Stock Exchange to "PGN." (5) The Williams Companies, Inc. has announced a spin-off of its Williams Communications Group. On April 30, 2001, The Williams Companies shareholders of record as of April 26, 2001 will receive, outside of Utilities HOLDRS, 0.822399 shares of Williams Communications Group common stock for each share of The Williams Companies. The share amount of Williams Communications Group distributed per round-lot of 100 Utilities HOLDRS will be 16.44798 shares. The share amounts listed in the table above reflect all previous stock splits, dividends and business combination transactions. (continued on following page) ANNEX A MIRANT CORPORATION (MIR) Mirant Corporation, formerly known as Southern Energy, Inc., is a power provider with regionally based businesses in the Americas, Europe and the Asia- Pacific region. Mirant acquires, develops, builds, owns and operates power production and delivery facilities and provides a broad range of energy related services to utilities and industrial companies.
Closing Closing Closing Closing Closing Closing 1996 Price 1997 Price 1998 Price 1999 Price 2000 Price 2001 Price - --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------- -------- ------- January * January * January * January * January * January 24.30 February * February * February * February * February * February 25.00 March * March * March * March * March * March 35.50 April * April * April * April * April * May * May * May * May * May * June * June * June * June * June * July * July * July * July * July * August * August * August * August * August * September * September * September * September * September 31.38 October * October * October * October * October 27.25 November * November * November * November * November 24.38 December * December * December * December * December 28.31
The closing price on April 6, 2001 was 29.60. The date of this prospectus supplement is April 6, 2001. 2 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----