424B3 1 f424b3_012704b2binternet.txt PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT - B2B INTERNET PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT Filed Pursuant to Rule No. 424(b)(3) (To Prospectus dated July 7, 2003) REGISTRATION NO. 333-96063 [B2B INTERNET HOLDRS LOGO] 1,000,000,000 Depositary Receipts B2B Internet HOLDRS (SM) Trust This prospectus supplement supplements information contained in the prospectus dated July 7, 2003 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 13 of the base prospectus shall be replaced with the following:
Share Primary Name of Company(1) Ticker Amounts Trading Market ---------------------------------------------------- ---------- --------- --------------- Agile Software Corporation AGIL 4 NASDAQ Ariba, Inc. ARBA 14 NASDAQ CheckFree Corporation CKFR 4 NASDAQ Commerce One, Inc. CMRC 1.2 NASDAQ FreeMarkets, Inc. FMKT 3 NASDAQ Internet Capital Group, Inc. ICGE 15 NASDAQ Pegasus Solutions, Inc. PEGS 2 NASDAQ QRS Corporation QRSI 1 NASDAQ Retek, Inc. RETK 3 NASDAQ SciQuest, Inc. SQST 0.4 NASDAQ VerticalNet, Inc. VERT 0.6 NASDAQ
____________________ (1) On December 5, 2003, Nexprise Inc. was delisted from trading on the Nasdaq NMS. As set forth in the prospectus, because Nexprise Inc. was not listed for trading on another U.S. national securities exchange within five business days from the date of delisting, the shares of Nexprise Inc. included in B2B Internet HOLDRS were distributed from B2B Internet HOLDRS at a rate of .0013333 shares of Nexprise Inc. per share of B2B Internet HOLDRS. As a result, Nexprise Inc. is no longer represented in B2B Internet HOLDRS. The share amounts listed in the table above reflect all previous stock splits, dividends and business combination transaction. The date of this prospectus supplement is December 31, 2003.