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PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
(To Prospectus dated March 15, 2011)
EXHIBIT 99.1
REGISTRATION NO. 333-36480
 
 

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

This prospectus supplement supplements information contained in the prospectus dated March 15, 2011 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
Bank of America Corporation
 
BAC
 
27.7650
   
NYSE
Bank of Montreal1   BMO   0.7542     NYSE
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation
 
BK
 
14.0000
   
NYSE
BB&T Corporation
 
BBT
 
10.0000
   
NYSE
Comerica Incorporated
 
CMA
 
5.0000
   
NYSE
Fifth Third Bancorp
 
FITB
 
13.5000
   
NASDAQ GS
JPMorgan Chase & Co
 
JPM
 
43.5600
   
NYSE
KeyCorp
 
KEY
 
13.0000
   
NYSE
Northern Trust Corporation
 
NTRS
 
7.0000
   
NASDAQ GS
Piper Jaffray Companies
 
PJC
 
0.5683
   
NYSE
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
 
PNC
 
9.7056
   
NYSE
Regions Financial Corporation
 
RF
 
9.5688
   
NYSE
State Street Corporation
 
STT
 
10.0000
   
NYSE
SunTrust Banks, Inc.
 
STI
 
9.0000
   
NYSE
Synovus Financial Corp.
 
SNV
 
8.0000
   
NYSE
U.S. Bancorp
 
USB
 
56.8300
   
NYSE
Wells Fargo & Company
 
WFC
 
56.1631
   
NYSE

 

1 On July 5, 2011, the merger of Marshall & Ilsley Corporation with Bank of Montreal became effective. As a result, Bank of Montreal will replace Marshall & Ilsley Corporation as an underlying constituent of the Regional Bank HOLDRS Trust. In connection with the merger, Marshall & Ilsley Corporation shareholders will receive 0.1257 shares of Bank of Montreal for each share of Marshall & Ilsley Corporation. The Bank of New York Mellon will receive 0.7542 shares of Bank of Montreal for the six shares of Marshall & Ilsley Corporation per 100 share round-lot of Regional Bank HOLDRS that it had held prior to the merger. Effective July 6, 2011, 0.7542 shares of Bank of Montreal will be required for creations/cancellations per 100 share round-lot of Regional Bank HOLDRS instead of six shares of Marshall & Ilsley Corporation.
 
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 July 12, 2011.