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PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
REGISTRATION NO.  333-36480
(To Prospectus dated August 15, 2007)
Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
 

1,000,000,000 Depositary Receipts
Regional Bank HOLDRS (SM) Trust

This prospectus supplement supplements information contained in the prospectus dated August 15, 2007 relating to the sale of up to 1,000,000,000 depositary receipts by Regional Bank HOLDRS (SM) Trust.
 
The share amounts specified in the table in the “Highlights of Regional Bank HOLDRS” section of the base prospectus shall be replaced with the following:
 
Name of Company
Ticker
Share Amounts
Primary
Trading
Market
BB&T Corporation
BBT
10
NYSE
Comerica Incorporated
CMA
5
NYSE
Fifth Third Bancorp
FITB
13.5
NASDAQ
Bank of America
BAC
27.765
NYSE
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
JPM
43.56
NYSE
Key Corporation
KEY
13
NYSE
Marshall & Ilsley Corporation
MI
6
NYSE
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation
BK
14
NYSE
National City Corporation
NCC
18
NYSE
Northern Trust Corporation
NTRS
7
NASDAQ
Piper Jaffray Companies
PJC
0.5683
NYSE
Regions Financial Corporation
RF
9.5688
NYSE
State Street Corporation
STT
10
NYSE
SunTrust Banks, Inc.
STI
9
NYSE
Synovus Financial Corp.
SNV
8
NYSE
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
PNC
9
NYSE
US Bancorp
USB
56.83
NYSE
Wachovia Corp.
WB
41
NYSE
Wells Fargo & Co.
WFC
48
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, 2008.