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MFS CASH RESERVE FUND
MFS/FOREIGN & COLONIAL INTERNATIONAL
GROWTH AND INCOME FUND
MFS TOTAL RETURN FUND
MASSACHUSETTS INVESTORS GROWTH STOCK FUND
MFS/FOREIGN & COLONIAL INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND
MFS GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES FUND
MFS EMERGING GROWTH FUND
MASSACHUSETTS INVESTORS TRUST
MFS CAPITAL GROWTH FUND
MFS ALABAMA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS INTERMEDIATE INCOME FUND
MFS ARKANSAS MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS GOLD & NATURAL RESOURCES FUND
MFS CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS MANAGED SECTORS FUND
MFS FLORIDA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS VALUE FUND
MFS GEORGIA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS UTILITIES FUND
MFS MARYLAND MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS WORLD EQUITY FUND
MFS MASSACHUSETTS MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS WORLD TOTAL RETURN FUND
MFS MISSISSIPPI MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS BOND FUND
MFS NEW YORK MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS LIMITED MATURITY FUND
MFS NORTH CAROLINA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS GOVERNMENT MORTGAGE FUND
MFS PENNSYLVANIA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS GOVERNMENT LIMITED MATURITY FUND
MFS SOUTH CAROLINA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS GOVERNMENT SECURITIES FUND
MFS TENNESSEE MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS HIGH INCOME FUND
MFS VIRGINIA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS STRATEGIC INCOME FUND
MFS WEST VIRGINIA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS WORLD GOVERNMENTS FUND
MFS MUNICIPAL LIMITED MATURITY FUND
MFS WORLD GROWTH FUND
MFS MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS OTC FUND
MFS MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND
MFS/FOREIGN & COLONIAL EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY FUND
MFS RESEARCH FUND
MFS WORLD ASSET ALLOCATION FUND
Supplement to the Current Prospectus
In the case of Class A shares of each of the above-named funds (the
"Funds) purchased at net asset value on or after May 13, 1996 by certain
retirement plans qualified under Sections 401(a) or 403(b) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and subject to the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended, where:
(i) the retirement plan and/or the sponsoring
organization does not subscribe to the MFS
FUNDamental 401(K) Program or any other similar
recordkeeping system made available by MFS Service
Center, Inc.;
(ii) the retirement plan has, at the time of purchase,
$500,000 or more invested in shares of the Funds;
and
(iii) the retirement plan and/or the sponsoring
organization demonstrates to the satisfaction of
MFS Fund Distributors, Inc. that the retirement
plan has, at the time of purchase, aggregate assets
of at least $10 million;
the contingent deferred sales charge, as described in each Prospectus of each of
the Funds, will be waived in the case of (a) participant-directed redemptions or
(b) redemptions by the retirement plan or the sponsoring organization, other
than a redemption of all of the plan's shares in the Funds.
The date of this Supplement is May 13, 1996.
