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MFS MANAGED SECTORS FUND
MFS CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS CASH RESERVE FUND
MFS FLORIDA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS WORLD ASSET ALLOCATION FUND
MFS GEORGIA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS EMERGING GROWTH FUND
MFS LOUISIANA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS CAPITAL GROWTH FUND
MFS MARYLAND MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS GOLD & NATURAL RESOURCES FUND
MFS MASSACHUSETTS MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS INTERMEDIATE INCOME FUND
MFS MISSISSIPPI MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS HIGH INCOME FUND
MFS NEW YORK MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS MUNICIPAL HIGH INCOME FUND
MFS NORTH CAROLINA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS MONEY MARKET FUND
MFS PENNSYLVANIA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS GOVERNMENT MONEY MARKET FUND
MFS SOUTH CAROLINA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS TENNESSEE MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS OTC FUND
MFS TEXAS MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS TOTAL RETURN FUND
MFS VIRGINIA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS RESEARCH FUND
MFS WASHINGTON MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS STRATEGIC INCOME FUND
MFS WEST VIRGINIA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS WORLD GROWTH FUND
MFS MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND
MFS BOND FUND
MFS GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES FUND
MFS LIMITED MATURITY FUND
MFS GOVERNMENT SECURITIES FUND
MFS MUNICIPAL LIMITED MATURITY FUND
MASSACHUSETTS INVESTORS GROWTH STOCK FUND
MFS GOVERNMENT MORTGAGE FUND
MFS GOVERNMENT LIMITED MATURITY FUND
MFS/FOREIGN & COLONIAL INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND
MASSACHUSETTS INVESTORS TRUST
MFS/FOREIGN & COLONIAL INTERNATIONAL GROWTH AND INCOME FUND
MFS WORLD TOTAL RETURN FUND
MFS/FOREIGN & COLONIAL EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY FUND
MFS UTILITIES FUND
MFS ALABAMA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS WORLD EQUITY FUND
MFS ARKANSAS MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS WORLD GOVERNMENTS FUND
MFS VALUE FUND
Supplement to the Current Prospectus
MFS Fund Distributors, Inc. ("MFD"), the distributor of each of the above-named
Funds, may pay Commonwealth Equity Services (on behalf of registered
representatives of Century Financial Services) additional compensation based on
gross commissionable sales by such representatives of shares of the above-named
Funds and of MFS Regatta Gold and MFS Regatta-New York annuity contracts made
during the period January 8, 1996 through March 22, 1996 (unless extended by
MFD), as follows: for sales levels between $500,000 and $999,999, a $500 charge
card gift check; and for sales of $1,000,000 or more, a $1,000 charge card gift
check.
The date of this Supplement is January 8, 1996
