U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 24F-2
Annual Notice of Securities Sold
Pursuant to Rule 24f-2
Read instructions at end of Form before preparing Form.
Please print or type.
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1. Name and address of issuer: MFS Series Trust III
500 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116
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2. The name of each series or class of securities for which this Form is filed
(If the Form is being filed for all series and classes of the issuer, check
the box but do not list series or classes): X
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3. Investment Company Act File Number: 811-2794
Securities Act File Number: 2-60491
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4(a). Last day of fiscal year for which this notice is filed:
January 31, 1998
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4(b). Check box if this Form is being filed late (i.e., more than 90
calendar days after the end of the issuer's fiscal year). (See Instruction
A.2)
NOTE: IF THE FORM IS BEING FILED LATE, INTEREST MUST BE PAID ON THE
REGISTRATION
FEE DUE.
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4(c). Check box if this is the last time the issuer will be filing this Form.
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5. Calculation of registration fee:
(i) Aggregate sale price of securities sold $ 1,026,538,524
during the fiscal year pursuant to ______________
section 24(f):
(ii) Aggregate price of securities redeemed $ 731,365,361
or repurchased during the fiscal year: ______________
(iii) Aggregate price of securities redeemed or $
repurchased during any prior fiscal year ______________
ending no earlier than October 11, 1995 that
were not previously used to reduce
registration fees payable to the commission:
(iv) Total available redemption credits [add Items $ 731,365,361
5(ii) and 5(iii)]: _____________
(v) Net sales-if Item 5(i) is greater than Item 5(iv) $ 295,173,163
[subtract Item 5(iv)from Item5(i)]: ______________
(vi) Redemption credits available for use in future $( )
years -if Item 5(i) is less than item 5(iv) ______________
[subtract Item5(iv) from Item 5(i)]:
(vii) Multiplier for determining registration fee x 0.000295
(See Instruction C.9): ______________
(viii) Registration fee due [multiply item 5(v) by Item = $ 87,076.08
5 (vii)] (enter "0" if no fee is due): ______________
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6. Prepaid Shares
If the response to Item 5(i) was determined by deducting an amount of
securities that were registered under the Securities Act of 1993 pursuant to
rule 24e-2 as in effect before October 11, 1997, then report the amount of
securities (number of shares or other units ) deducted here: 11,062,500. If
there is a number of shares or other units that were registered pursuant to
rule 24e-2 remaining unsold at the end of the fiscal year for which this form
is filed that are available for use by the issuer in future fiscal years, then
state that number here: _______.
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7. Interest due - if this Form is being filed more than 90 days after the
end of the issuer's fiscal year (see Instruction D):+$_____________
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8. Total of the amount of the registration fee due plus = $87,076.08
any interest due [line 5(viii) plus line 7]: ___________
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9. Date the registration fee and any interest payment was sent to the
Commission's lockbox depository: 4/7/98
Method of Delivery - Wire Transfer
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SIGNATURES
This report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
issuer and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By: (Signature and Title)* /s/ JAMES R. BORDEWICK, JR., ASSISTANT SECRETARY
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James R. Bordewick, Jr., Assistant Secretary
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Date: April 27, 1998
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*Please print the name and title of the signing officer below the signature.
April 24, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
Re: Rule 24f-2 Notice for MFS Series Trust III
(File Nos.: 811-2794; 2-60491)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Enclosed on behalf of the Trust for filing pursuant to Rule 24f-2(b)(1) under
the Investment Company Act of 1940 are the following:
1. One copy of the Trust's Rule 24f-2 Notice with respect to its fiscal year
ended January 31, 1998.
2. In accordance with subsection (a) of Rule 24f-2, the registration fee of
$87,076.08 has been remitted by wire transfer to the U.S. Treasury designated
lockbox depository at the Mellon Bank in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (wire
reference #0407004932).
Please contact me collect at 617-954-5827 should you have any questions
concerning this Notice.
Very truly yours,
MARK D. KAPLAN
Mark D. Kaplan
Assistant Counsel
Enclosures
