424B3 1 ss107942_424b3-wireless.htm PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
 
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
REGISTRATION NO.  333-43142
(To Prospectus dated April 15, 2010)
Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)


 
1,000,000,000 Depositary Receipts
Wireless HOLDRS (SM) Trust
 

 
This prospectus supplement supplements information contained in the prospectus dated April 15, 2010 relating to the sale of up to 1,000,000,000 depositary receipts by the Wireless HOLDRS Trust.
 
The share amounts specified in the table in the “Highlights of Wireless HOLDRS” section of the base prospectus shall be replaced with the following:
 
Name of Company
 
Ticker
 
Share Amounts
 
Primary
Trading
Market
CenturyLink, Inc.
 
CTL
  2.1084  
NYSE
Crown Castle International Corp.
 
CCI
  4.0000  
NYSE
Frontier Communications Corporation
 
FTR
  4.0807  
NYSE
LM Ericsson Telephone Company *
 
ERIC
  14.8000  
NASDAQ GS
Motorola, Inc.(1)
 
MSI
  5.8571  
NYSE
Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc.(2)
 
MMI
  5.1250  
NYSE
Nokia Corp. *
 
NOK
  23.0000  
NYSE
QUALCOMM Incorporated
 
QCOM
  26.0000  
NASDAQ GS
Research In Motion Limited
 
RIMM
  12.0000  
NASDAQ GS
RF Micro Devices, Inc.
 
RFMD
  4.0000  
NASDAQ GS
SK Telecom Co., Ltd. *
 
SKM
  17.0000  
NYSE
Sprint Nextel Corporation
  S   30.7800  
NYSE
United States Cellular Corporation
 
USM
  1.0000  
NYSE
Verizon Communications Inc.
 
VZ
  17.0000  
NYSE
Vivo Participações S.A.
 
VIV
  0.7500  
NYSE
Vodafone Group Public Limited Company *
 
VOD
  18.3750  
NASDAQ GS
Windstream Corporation
 
WIN
  1.1063  
NASDAQ GS
 

*  The securities of these non-U.S. companies trade in the United States as American depositary receipts.
 
 
(1)
Effective January 7, 2011, due to the 1 for 7 reverse stock split of Motorola, Inc., the quantity of shares of Motorola, Inc. represented by each 100 share round-lot of Wireless HOLDRS will decrease from 41 shares to 5.8571 shares.  As a result, once the allocation has been completed by The Depository Trust Company, deposits of Motorola, Inc. for creations of Wireless HOLDRS will decrease to 5.8571 shares per round-lot of 100 Wireless HOLDRS.  Effective January 4, 2011, Motorola, Inc. will change its name to Motorola Solutions, Inc. and will trade under NYSE ticker “MSI.”
 
 
(2)
As a result of the spin-off of Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. from Motorola, Inc., a component of the Wireless HOLDRS Trust, Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. will be added as an underlying security of the Wireless HOLDRS Trust effective January 7, 2011 (pending verification that Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. has a GICS code that is the same as the GICS code represented in the Wireless HOLDRS Trust).  Shareholders of Motorola, Inc. will receive 0.125 shares of Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc.  The Bank of New York Mellon will receive 5.125 shares of Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. for the 41 shares of Motorola, Inc. per 100 share round-lot of Wireless HOLDRS.  Effective January 7, 2011, 5.125 shares of Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. will be required for creations/cancellations per 100 share round-lot of Wireless HOLDRS.
 
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 December 22, 2010.