Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

FORM 8-K Current report filing

Filing Date: 1999-12-23 | Period of Report: 1999-11-19 SEC Accession No. 0000947871-99-000578

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FILER MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH INC Mailing Address Business Address WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER NORTH TOWER WORLD CIK:728612| State of Incorp.:DE | Fiscal Year End: 1231 NORTH TOWER 23RD FL FINANCIAL CENTER Type: 8-K | Act: 34 | File No.: 001-15299 | Film No.: 99779944 NEW YORK NY 10281-1323 NORTH TOWER WORLD SIC: 6189 Asset-backed securities FINANCIAL CENTER 5TH F NEW YORK NY 10281-1323 2124496202

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 19, 1999

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED Initial Depositor (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Internet HOLDRsSM Trust [Issuer with respect to the receipts]

DELAWARE (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

Commission File Number

13-5674085 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

250 Vesey Street New York, New York 10281 (Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

(212) 449-1000 (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Page 1 of 5 pages. The Exhibit Index appears at Page 4.

Item 5. Other Events

On November 19, 1999 Exodus Communications, Inc., effected a two-for-one stock split on its common stock by means of a stock dividend. On December 14, 1999 shareholders received one additional share for every share they owned of record on November 30, 1999.

On December 3, 1999 Inktomi Corporation declared a two-for-one stock split on its common stock to be effected by means of a stock dividend to

Copyright © 2012 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document shareholders of record on December 14, 1999. At such date, the shares of common stock will begin trading on a split-adjusted basis on December 30, 1999.

On December 15, 1999 CMGI, Inc. declared a two-for-one stock split on its common stock to be effected by means of a stock dividend to shareholders of record on December 28, 1999. The shares of common stock will begin trading on a split-adjusted basis on January 11, 2000.

On December 20, 1999, DoubleClick Inc. declared a two-for-one stock split on its common stock, to be effected by means of a stock dividend to shareholders of record on December 31, 1999. The shares of common stock will begin trading on a split-adjusted basis on January 10, 2000.

Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits

(99) Internet HOLDRsSM Trust Prospectus Supplement No. 2 dated December 23, 1999 to Prospectus dated September 22, 1999.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

Date: December 23, 1999 By: /s/ Stephen G. Bodurtha ------Name: Stephen G. Bodurtha Title: Attorney-in-Fact

EXHIBIT INDEX

Number and Description of Exhibit Sequential ------Page Number

(99) Internet HOLDRsSM Trust Prospectus Pg. 5 Supplement No. 2 dated December 23, 1999 to Prospectus dated September 22, 1999.

[LOGO] INTERNET HOLDRs

1,000,000,000 Depositary Receipts Internet HOLDRsSM Trust

This prospectus supplement amends and supplements certain information contained in the prospectus dated September 22, 1999 relating to the sale of up to 1,000,000,000 depositary receipts by Internet HOLDRsSM Trust.

The share amounts specified in the table on page 8 of the base prospectus shall be replaced with the following:

(1) On December 15, 1999, CMGI, Inc. declared a two-for-one stock split on its common stock, to be effected by means of a stock dividend to shareholders of record on December 28, 1999. The shares of common stock will begin trading on a split-adjusted basis on January 11, 2000. At such date, the share amount of CMGI, Inc. represented by a round-lot of 100 Internet HOLDRs SM will be 10.

(2) On December 3, 1999, Inktomi Corporation declared a two-for-one stock split on its common stock, to be effected by means of a stock dividend to shareholders of record on December 14, 1999. The shares of common stock will begin trading on a split-adjusted basis on December 30, 1999. At such date, the share amount of Inktomi Corporation represented by a round-lot of 100 Internet HOLDRs SM will be 6.

(3) On November 19, 1999, Exodus Communications, Inc., effected a two-for-one stock split on its common stock by means of a stock dividend. On December 14, 1999, shareholders received one additional share for every share they owned of record on November 20, 1999. The share amount of Exodus Communications, Inc. represented by a round-lot of 100 Internet HOLDRs SM is 8.

(4) On December 20, 1999, DoubleClick Inc. declared a two-for-one stock split on its common stock to be effected by means of a stock dividend to shareholders of record on December 31, 1999. The shares of common stock will begin trading on a split-adjusted basis on January 10, 2000. At such date, the share amount of DoubleClick Inc. represented by a round-lot of 100 Internet HOLDRs SM will be 4.

The stock prices in the tables set forth in Annex A of the accompanying prospectus have not been and will not be, adjusted to account for any stock splits.

The date of this prospectus supplement is December 23, 1999.