424B3 1 f424b3_013105-b2binternet.txt PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT FILED PURSUANT TO RULE NO. 424(b)(3) (To Prospectus dated October 25, 2004) REGISTRATION NO. 333-96063 [B2B INTERNET HOLDRS (SM) TRUST LOGO OMITTED] 1,000,000,000 Depositary Receipts B2B Internet HOLDRS (SM) Trust This prospectus supplement supplements information contained in the prospectus dated October 25, 2004 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 in the "Highlights of B2B Internet HOLDRS" section of the base prospectus shall be replaced with the following:
Primary Share Trading Name of Company(1)(2) Ticker Amounts Market --------------------------------------------- ------------ ----------- ------------------ Agile Software Corporation AGIL 4 NASDAQ Ariba, Inc. ARBA 3.458 NASDAQ CheckFree Corporation CKFR 4 NASDAQ Internet Capital Group, Inc. ICGE 0.75 NASDAQ Pegasus Solutions, Inc. PEGS 2 NASDAQ Retek, Inc. RETK 3 NASDAQ VerticalNet, Inc. VERT 0.6 NASDAQ
------------------- (1) As a result of the merger of QRS Corp. (NASDAQ: QRSI) and Inovis Int'l, Inc., QRS Corp. is no longer an underlying constituent of the B2B Internet HOLDRS Trust. Holders of record as of November 22, 2004 were paid $5.00 ($7.00 per 1 share of QRS Corp. included in each round lot of B2B Internet HOLDRS minus a $2.00 custody fee) for every round lot of 100 B2B Internet HOLDRS. (2) As a result of the delisting of Commerce One, Inc. (NASDAQ: CMRCQ) from trading on NASDAQ, Commerce One, Inc. is no longer a constituent of the B2B Internet HOLDRS Trust. On November 2, 2004, holders of record as of October 29, 2004 were paid 1.2 shares of Commerce One, Inc. for every round lot of 100 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, 2004.