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Massachusetts Investors Trust
MFS Growth Opportunities Fund
MFS Municipal Bond Fund
MFS Municipal High Income Fund
MFS Government Mortgage Fund
MFS Managed Sectors Fund
MFS Alabama Municipal Bond Fund
MFS Arkansas Municipal Bond Fund
MFS Florida Municipal Bond Fund
MFS Georgia Municipal Bond Fund
MFS Louisiana Municipal Bond Fund
MFS Maryland Municipal Bond Fund
MFS Massachusetts Municipal Bond Fund
MFS Mississippi Municipal Bond Fund
MFS New York Municipal Bond Fund
MFS Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund
MFS South Carolina Municipal Bond Fund
MFS Tennessee Municipal Bond Fund
MFS Texas Municipal Bond Fund
MFS Washington Municipal Bond Fund
MFS West Virginia Municipal Bond Fund
MFS/Foreign & Colonial International Growth Fund
MFS/Foreign & Colonial Emerging Markets Equity Fund
MFS/Foreign & Colonial International Growth and Income Fund
SUPPLEMENT TO CURRENT PROSPECTUS
Each of the above-referenced Funds (each a "Fund") currently offers
Class A shares at net asset value, without an initial sales charge but subject
to a 1% contingent deferred sales charge ("CDSC") upon redemption during the
first year after purchase, under certain limited circumstances as described in
each Fund's Prospectus. Effective April 1, 1996, the commissions paid by MFS
Fund Distributors, Inc. ("MFD"), the Funds' distributor, to dealers on such new
investments in Class A shares made through dealers will be as follows:
Commission Paid
by MFD
to Dealers Cumulative Purchase Amount
1.00%....................On the first $2,000,000, plus
0.80%....................Over $2,000,000 to $3,000,000, plus
0.50%....................Over $3,000,000 to $50,000,000, plus
0.25%....................Over $50,000,000
For purposes of determining the level of commissions to be paid to dealers with
respect to a shareholder's new investment in Class A shares made on or after
April 1, 1996, purchases for each shareholder account (and certain other
accounts for which the shareholder is a record or beneficial holder) will be
aggregated over a 12-month period (commencing from the date of the first such
purchase).
THE DATE OF THIS SUPPLEMENT IS APRIL 1, 1996
