424B3 1 f424b3_050602.txt PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT FILED PURSUANT TO RULE NO. 424(b)(3) (To Prospectus dated March 12, 2002) REGISTRATION NO. 333-52022 [OIL SERVICE HOLDRS LOGO] 1,000,000,000 Depositary Receipts Oil Service HOLDRS (SM) Trust This prospectus supplement amends and supplements information contained in the prospectus dated March 12, 2002 relating to the sale of up to 1,000,000,000 depositary receipts by the Oil Service HOLDRS (SM) Trust. The share amounts specified in the table on page 12 of the base prospectus shall be replaced with the following:
Share Primary Name of Company Ticker Amounts Trading Market --------------- ------ ------- -------------- Baker Hughes Incorporated BHI 21 NYSE BJ Services Company BJS 14 NYSE Cooper Cameron Corporation CAM 4 NYSE Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. DO 11 NYSE ENSCO International Incorporated ESV 11 NYSE GlobalSanteFe Corporation GSF 19.975 NYSE Grant Prideco, Inc. GRP 9 NYSE Halliburton Company HAL 22 NYSE Hanover Compressor Company HC 5 NYSE Nabors Industries, Inc. NBR 12 AMEX National-Oilwell, Inc. NOI 7 NYSE Noble Drilling Corporation NE 11 NYSE Rowan Companies, Inc. RDC 8 NYSE Schlumberger N.V. SLB 11 NYSE Smith International, Inc. SII 4 NYSE Tidewater Inc. TDW 5 NYSE Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. RIG 18 NYSE Weatherford International, Inc. WFT 9 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 March 31, 2002.