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MFS(R) Managed Sectors Fund
MFS(R) Municipal Limited Maturity Fund
MFS(R) Cash Reserve Fund
MFS(R) Government Mortgage Fund
MFS(R) World Asset Allocation Fund
MFS(R) Alabama Municipal Bond Fund
MFS(R) New Discovery Fund
MFS(R) Arkansas Municipal Bond Fund
MFS(R) Research Growth and Income Fund
MFS(R) California Municipal Bond Fund
MFS(R) Equity Income Fund
MFS(R) Florida Municipal Bond Fund
MFS(R) Strategic Growth Fund
MFS(R) Georgia Municipal Bond Fund
MFS(R) Emerging Growth Fund
MFS(R) Maryland Municipal Bond Fund
MFS(R) Large Cap Growth Fund
MFS(R) Massachusetts Municipal Bond Fund
MFS(R) Intermediate Income Fund
MFS(R) Mississippi Municipal Bond Fund
MFS(R) High Income Fund
MFS(R) New York Municipal Bond Fund
MFS(R) Municipal High Income Fund
MFS(R) North Carolina Municipal Bond Fund
MFS(R) Municipal Bond Fund
MFS(R) Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund
MFS(R) Mid Cap Growth Fund
MFS(R) South Carolina Municipal Bond Fund
MFS(R) Total Return Fund
MFS(R) Tennessee Municipal Bond Fund
MFS(R) Research Fund
MFS(R) Virginia Municipal Bond Fund
MFS(R) World Total Return Fund
MFS(R) West Virginia Municipal Bond Fund
MFS(R) Utilities Fund
MFS(R) Municipal Income Fund
MFS(R) World Equity Fund
MFS(R) Union Standard Equity Fund
MFS(R) World Governments Fund
MFS(R) Growth Opportunities Fund
MFS(R) Value Fund
MFS(R) Government Securities Fund
MFS(R) Strategic Income Fund
Massachusetts Investors Growth Stock Fund
MFS(R) World Growth Fund
MFS(R) Government Limited Maturity Fund
MFS(R) Bond Fund
Massachusetts Investors Trust
MFS(R) Limited Maturity Fund
MFS(R) International Growth Fund
MFS(R) Money Market Fund
MFS(R) International Growth and Income Fund
MFS(R) Government Money Market Fund
MFS/F&C Emerging Markets Equity Fund
Supplement to the Current Prospectus
MFS Fund Distributors, Inc. ("MFD"), the distributor of each
of the above-named Funds, will pay Prudential Investment Management
Services, LLC ("Prudential") the following additional compensation:
(i) a recordkeeping and administrative service fee equal to 0.15% per
annum of the average monthly assets of Class A shares and Class C
shares of each of the above-captioned Funds which are sold
pursuant to Prudential's PruArray Program and with respect to
which Prudential is broker-dealer of record; and
(ii) an additional commission of up to 0.05% per annum of each such
Funds' average daily net assets which are attributable to Class A
shares of such Funds with respect to which Prudential is
broker-dealer of record (excluding shares sold pursuant to
Prudential's PruArray Program) and which have remained
outstanding for at least five years.
The date of this Supplement is November 10, 1997.
