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PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
EXHIBIT 99.1
(To Prospectus dated April 15, 2010)
REGISTRATION NO.  333-31226
 
 
1,000,000,000 Depositary Receipts
Broadband 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 Broadband HOLDRS Trust.
 
The share amounts specified in the table in the “Highlights of Broadband HOLDRS” section of the base prospectus shall be replaced with the following:
 
Name of Company
 
Ticker
 
Share
Amounts
   
Primary
Trading
Market
Alcatel-Lucent
 
ALU
  5.6608    
NYSE
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation
 
AMCC
  0.5000    
NASDAQ GS
Broadcom Corporation
 
BRCM
  3.0000    
NASDAQ GS
Ciena Corporation
 
CIEN
  0.2857    
NASDAQ GS
Conexant Systems, Inc.
 
CNXT
  0.2000    
NASDAQ GS
Corning Incorporated
 
GLW
  9.0000    
NYSE
JDS Uniphase Corporation
 
JDSU
  1.4750    
NASDAQ GS
LSI Corporation
 
LSI
  1.7247    
NYSE
Mindspeed Technologies, Inc.
 
MSPD
  0.1333    
NASDAQ GM
Motorola Solutions, Inc.(1)
 
MSI
  2.5714    
NYSE
Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc.(2)
 
MMI
  2.2500    
NYSE
PMC-Sierra, Inc.
 
PMCS
  1.0000    
NASDAQ GS
QUALCOMM Incorporated
 
QCOM
  16.0000    
NASDAQ GS
RF Micro Devices, Inc.
 
RFMD
  2.0000    
NASDAQ GS
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
 
SWKS
  0.7020    
NASDAQ GS
Sycamore Networks, Inc.
 
SCMR
  0.3000    
NASDAQ GS
Tellabs, Inc.
 
TLAB
  4.0000    
NASDAQ GS
 

 
(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 Broadband HOLDRS will decrease from 18 shares to 2.5714 shares.  As a result, once the allocation has been completed by The Depository Trust Company, deposits of Motorola, Inc. for creations of Broadband HOLDRS will decrease to 2.5714 shares per round-lot of 100 Broadband 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 Broadband HOLDRS Trust, Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. will be added as an underlying security of the Broadband 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 Broadband HOLDRS Trust).  Shareholders of Motorola, Inc. will receive 0.125 shares of Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc.  The Bank of New York Mellon will receive 2.25 shares of Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. for the 18 shares of Motorola, Inc. per 100 share round-lot of Broadband HOLDRS.  Effective January 7, 2011, 2.25 shares of Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. will be required for creations/cancellations per 100 share round-lot of Broadband 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.