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MFS(R) Managed Sectors Fund
MFS(R) World Growth Fund
MFS(R) Cash Reserve Fund
MFS(R) Bond Fund
MFS(R) World Asset Allocation Fund
MFS(R) Limited Maturity Fund
MFS(R) Core Growth Fund
MFS(R) Municipal Limited Maturity Fund
MFS(R) Special Opportunities Fund
MFS(R) Government Mortgage Fund
MFS(R) Convertible Securities Fund
MFS(R) International Growth Fund
MFS(R) Blue Chip Fund
MFS(R) International Growth and Income Fund
MFS(R) Science and Technology Fund
MFS/Foreign & Colonial Emerging Markets Equity Fund
MFS(R) New Discovery Fund
MFS(R) Alabama Municipal Bond Fund
MFS(R) Research Growth and Income Fund
MFS(R) Arkansas Municipal Bond Fund
MFS(R) Equity Income Fund
MFS(R) California Municipal Bond Fund
MFS(R) Research International 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) Money Market Fund
MFS(R) Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund
MFS(R) Government Money Market Fund
MFS(R) South Carolina Municipal Bond Fund
MFS(R) Municipal Bond Fund
MFS(R) Tennessee Municipal Bond Fund
MFS(R) Mid Cap Growth Fund
MFS(R) Virginia Municipal Bond Fund
MFS(R) Total Return Fund
MFS(R) West Virginia Municipal Bond Fund
MFS(R) Research Fund
MFS(R) Municipal Income Fund
MFS(R) World Total Return Fund
MFS(R) Union Standard Equity Fund
MFS(R) Utilities Fund
MFS(R) Growth Opportunities Fund
MFS(R) World Equity Fund
MFS(R) Government Securities Fund
MFS(R) World Governments Fund
Massachusetts Investors Growth Stock Fund
MFS(R) Value Fund
MFS(R) Government Limited Maturity Fund
MFS(R) Strategic Income Fund
Massachusetts Investors Trust
Supplement to the Current Prospectus
Until terminated by MFS Fund Distributors, Inc. ("MFD"), the Funds' distributor,
MFD will incur, on behalf of Royal Alliance Associates, Inc., up to $15 toward
the ticket charge with respect to purchases of shares of any MFS Fund made
through the GOLD Select Program. MFD will not incur such charge with respect to
redemptions or repurchases of Fund shares, exchanges of Fund shares, or shares
purchased or redeemed through systematic investment or withdrawal plans.
The date of this Supplement is October 1, 1997.
