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RULE NO. 424(b)(3)
REGISTRATION NO. 333-96063
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
(To Prospectus dated February 23, 2000)
[LOGO] B2B INTERNET HOLDRS(SM)
1,000,000,000 Depositary Receipts
B2B Internet HOLDRS(SM) Trust
This prospectus supplement amends and supplements information contained in
the prospectus dated February 23, 2000 relating to the sale of up to
1,000,000,000 depositary receipts by B2B Internet HOLDRS(SM) Trust.
The share amounts specified in the table on page 10 of the base prospectus
shall be replaced with the following:
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Primary
Share Trading
Name of Company Ticker Amounts Market
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Internet Capital Group, Inc. ICGE 15 NASDAQ
Ariba, Inc. ARBA 14* NASDAQ
Commerce One, Inc. CMRC 12* NASDAQ
VerticalNet, Inc. VERT 6* NASDAQ
FreeMarkets, Inc. FMKT 3 NASDAQ
CareInsite, Inc.(/1/) CARI 6 NASDAQ
Scient Corporation SCNT 5 NASDAQ
CheckFree Holdings Corporation CKFR 4 NASDAQ
Ventro Corporation (/2/) VNTR 2 NASDAQ
Agile Software Corporation AGIL 4* NASDAQ
PurchasePro.com, Inc. PPRO 2 NASDAQ
SciQuest.com, Inc. SQST 3 NASDAQ
Proxicom, Inc. PXCM 4* NASDAQ
Retek, Inc. RETK 3 NASDAQ
QRS Corporation QRSI 1 NASDAQ
Pegasus Solutions, Inc. (/3/) PEGS 2 NASDAQ
ImageX.com, Inc. IMGX 1 NASDAQ
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* Reflects previous stock split or business combination transaction.
(1) On February 14, 2000, Healtheon/Web MD announced the acquisition of
CareInsite, Inc. This transaction is subject to regulatory approval and
customary closing conditions.
(2) On March 1, 2000, Chemdex Corporation changed its name to Ventro
Corporation.
(3) On May 11, 2000, Pegasus Systems, Inc. changed its name to Pegasus
Solutions, Inc.
In March 2000, SBC Communications, Inc. completed its acquisition of
Sterling Commerce, Inc. As a result, shares of common stock of Sterling are no
longer represented in the B2B Internet HOLDRS.
In April 2000, Kana Communications, Inc. completed its acquisition of
Silknet Software, Inc. As a result, shares of common stock of Silknet are no
longer represented in the B2B Internet HOLDRS.
In June 2000, Peregrine Systems Inc. completed its acquisition of Harbinger
Corporation. As a result, shares of common stock of Harbinger are no longer
represented in the B2B Internet HOLDRS.
The share amounts listed in the table above reflect all previous stock
splits. The stock prices in the tables set forth in Annex A of the base
prospectus will not be adjusted to account for the stock splits.
The date of this prospectus supplement is June 30, 2000.