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PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT   REGISTRATION NO.  333-78575
(To Prospectus dated August 15, 2007)   Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
 
 

 
1,000,000,000 Depositary Receipts
Internet 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 the Internet HOLDRS (SM) Trust.
 
The share amounts specified in the table in the “Highlights of Internet HOLDRS” section of the base prospectus shall be replaced with the following:
 
Name of Company
 
Ticker
 
Share
Amounts
 
Primary
Trading
Market
Amazon.com, Inc.
 
AMZN
 
18
 
NASDAQ
CMGI Inc.
 
CMGI
 
1
 
NASDAQ
CNET Networks, Inc.1  
CNET
 
4
 
NASDAQ
EarthLink, Inc.
 
ELNK
 
6.23
 
NASDAQ
eBay Inc.
 
EBAY
 
48
 
NASDAQ
E*TRADE Financial Corporation
 
ETFC
 
12
 
NASDAQ
McAfee, Inc.
 
MFE
 
7
 
NYSE
Priceline.com Incorporated
 
PCLN
 
1.1667
 
NASDAQ
RealNetworks, Inc.
 
RNWK
 
8
 
NASDAQ
TD Ameritrade HLDG Corp.
 
AMTD
 
9
 
NASDAQ
Time Warner Inc.
 
TWX
 
42
 
NYSE
Yahoo! Inc.
 
YHOO
 
52
 
NASDAQ

 
The share amounts listed in the table above reflect all previous stock splits, dividends and business combination transactions.
 
1 Effective July 1, 2008, pursuant to the merger of CNET Networks, Inc. and CBS Corporation, CNET Networks, Inc. will no longer be an underlying constituent of the Internet HOLDRS Trust.  For the 4 shares of CNET Networks, Inc. per 100 share round lot of Internet HOLDRS, The Bank of New York Mellon will receive $46.00.  The Bank of New York Mellon will distribute cash at a rate of $0.46 per depositary share of Internet HOLDRS. The record date for the distribution is July 10, 2008 and the payable date is July 28, 2008.
 
The date of this prospectus supplement is June 30, 2008.