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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 16, 2011

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

Market 2000+ HOLDRS (SM) Trust
[Issuer with respect to the receipts]
 
 
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
001-16087
Commission File Number
13-5674085
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
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One Bryant Park
New York, New York 10036
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

(212) 449-1000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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Item 8.01
Other Events

The Market 2000+ HOLDRS Trust hereby updates its Form 8-K dated November 10, 2011, which announced that (i) the Market 2000+ HOLDRS Trust would terminate, under its Depositary Trust Agreement, as amended, on or around December 20, 2011, (ii) following that termination, holders of Market 2000+ HOLding Company Depositary Receipts (“HOLDRS”) would have until the expiration of a period of four months after the termination date (the date on which that period ends being referred to as the “Last Withdrawal Date”) to decide if they would like to retain their ownership interest in the underlying securities of the Market 2000+ HOLDRS and (iii) if holders of Market 2000+ HOLDRS did not surrender their HOLDRS and request delivery of the underlying securities by the Last Withdrawal Date, The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee of the Market 2000+ HOLDRS Trust (the “Trustee”), had the right to sell those securities and holders of Market 2000+ HOLDRS would be entitled to receive the net proceeds of such sales upon any subsequent surrender of their HOLDRS.

The Market 2000+ HOLDRS Trust has been advised by the Trustee that it has decided to extend the period during which you may surrender your Market 2000+ HOLDRS and request delivery of the underlying securities from a period of four months following the termination date of the Market 2000+ HOLDRS Trust to a period of 12 months following the termination date of the Market 2000+ HOLDRS Trust.  In addition, the Market 2000+ HOLDRS Trust is now scheduled to terminate on December 23, 2011.  Accordingly, the Last Withdrawal Date is now 12 months following the termination date of the Market 2000+ HOLDRS Trust, or December 24, 2012.

On December 16, 2011, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as Initial Depositor, issued a press release regarding this change to the post-termination period for the Market 2000+ HOLDRS Trust.  A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.  Exhibit 99.1 is being furnished to, and not filed with, the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits

 
(d)
Exhibits
 
 
99.1
Press release, dated December 16, 2011.





 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
         
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 16, 2011
 
By:
/s/ Liam B. O’Neil
 
   
Name:
Liam B. O’Neil
 
   
Title:
Managing Director
 
         
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
         
EXHIBIT INDEX

Number and Description of Exhibit

(99.1)
Press release, dated December 16, 2011.