424B3 1 f424b3_050707.htm PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT PURSUANT TO RULE 424(B)(3)

PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT

REGISTRATION NO. 333-36490

(To Prospectus dated February 17, 2006)

Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)

 

 

 

 

 

1,000,000,000 Depositary Receipts

Utilities HOLDRS (SM) Trust

 

This prospectus supplement supplements information contained in the prospectus dated February 17, 2006 relating to the sale of up to 1,000,000,000 depositary receipts by the Utilities HOLDRS (SM) Trust.

The share amounts specified in the table in the “Highlights of Utilities HOLDERS” section of the base prospectus shall be replaced with the following:

Name of Company

Ticker

Share Amounts

Primary Trading Market

American Electric Power Company, Inc.

AEP

14

NYSE

Centerpoint Energy, Inc.

CNP

13

NYSE

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

ED

9

NYSE

Dominion Resources, Inc.

D

11

NYSE

Duke Energy Corporation(1)

DUK

30

NYSE

Dynegy, Inc.(2)

DYN

12

NYSE

Edison International

EIX

15

NYSE

El Paso Corporation

EP

10

NYSE

Entergy Corporation

ETR

10

NYSE

Exelon Corporation

EXC

30

NYSE

FirstEnergy Corporation

FE

10

NYSE

FPL Group, Inc.

FPL

16

NYSE

PG&E Corporation

PCG

17

NYSE

Progress Energy, Inc.

PGN

7

NYSE

Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated

PEG

10

NYSE

Reliant Energy, Inc.

RRI

10.251839

NYSE

The Southern Company

SO

29

NYSE

Texas Utilities Company

TXU

24

NYSE

The Williams Companies, Inc.

WMB

20

NYSE

 

 

 

 

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(1)            As a result of the spin-off of Spectra Energy Corp. (NYSE ticker “SE”) from Duke Energy Corporation Holding Company (NYSE ticker “DUK”), a component of the Utilities HOLDRS Trust, Spectra Energy Corp. will not be added as an underlying security of the Trust. A distribution will be made by The Bank of New York, if Spectra Energy Corp. has a different Standard & Poor’s GICS sector classification than any of the underlying securities represented in the Utilities HOLDRS Trust. For the 30 shares of Duke Energy Corporation Holding Company per 100 share round lot of Utilities HOLDRS, The Bank of New York will receive 15 shares of Spectra Energy Corp. and will distribute 0.15 shares of Spectra Energy Corp. per depositary share of Utilities HOLDRS. Creations and cancellations from January 5, 2007 through January 16, 2007 required 15 shares of Spectra Energy Corp. per 100 share round-lot of Utilities HOLDRS.

(2)           Effective April 2, 2007, Dynegy, Inc. (NYSE ticker “DYN”), an underlying constituent of Utilities HOLDRS Trust, changed its CUSIP to 26817G102.

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, 2007.