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RULE NO. 424(b)(3)
REGISTRATION NO. 333-96061
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
(To Prospectus dated February 24, 2000)
[LOGO] INTERNET ARCHITECTURE HOLDRS(SM)
1,000,000,000 Depositary Receipts
Internet Architecture HOLDRS(SM) Trust
This prospectus supplement amends and supplements information contained in
the prospectus dated February 24, 2000 relating to the sale of up to
1,000,000,000 depositary receipts by Internet Architecture HOLDRS(SM) Trust.
The share amounts specified in the table on page 11 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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Cisco Systems, Inc. CSCO 26* NASDAQ
International Business Machines Corporation IBM 13 NYSE
Sun Microsystems, Inc. SUNW 12 NASDAQ
EMC Corporation EMC 16* NYSE
Hewlett-Packard Company HWP 7 NYSE
Dell Computer Corporation DELL 19 NASDAQ
Compaq Computer Corporation CPQ 13 NYSE
Juniper Networks, Inc. JNPR 2* NASDAQ
3Com Corporation (/1/) COMS 3 NASDAQ
Sycamore Networks, Inc. SCMR 2 NASDAQ
Network Appliance, Inc. NTAP 2* NASDAQ
Gateway, Inc. GTW 2 NYSE
Cobalt Networks, Inc. COBT 1 NASDAQ
Foundry Networks, Inc. FDRY 1 NASDAQ
Apple Computer, Inc. AAPL 2* NASDAQ
Ciena Corporation CIEN 1 NASDAQ
Seagate Technology, Inc. (/2/) SEG 2 NYSE
Extreme Networks, Inc. EXTR 1 NASDAQ
UNISYS Corporation UIS 2 NYSE
Adaptec, Inc. ADPT 1 NASDAQ
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* Reflects previous stock split.
(1) On May 8, 2000, 3Com Corporation declared a stock distribution of
approximately 1.5 shares of common stock of Palm, Inc. to stockholders of
record as of July 11, 2000. It is expected that shares of common stock of
Palm, Inc. will be distributed from the Internet Architecture HOLDRS on or
about July 27, 2000.
(2) On March 29, 2000, Veritas Software Corporation and an investor group
announced the planned acquisition of Seagate Technology, Inc. This
transaction is subject to regulatory approval and customary closing
conditions.
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.
