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MFS CASH RESERVE FUND
MFS/FOREIGN & COLONIAL INTERNATIONAL GROWTH AND INCOME FUND
MFS TOTAL RETURN FUND
MASSACHUSETTS INVESTORS GROWTH STOCK FUND
MFS/FOREIGN & COLONIAL INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND
MFS GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES FUND
MFS EMERGING GROWTH FUND
MFS ALABAMA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS CAPITAL GROWTH FUND
MFS ARKANSAS MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS INTERMEDIATE INCOME FUND
MFS CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MASSACHUSETTS INVESTORS TRUST
MFS FLORIDA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS MANAGED SECTORS FUND
MFS GEORGIA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS VALUE FUND
MFS MARYLAND MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS UTILITIES FUND
MFS MASSACHUSETTS MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS WORLD EQUITY FUND
MFS MISSISSIPPI MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS WORLD TOTAL RETURN FUND
MFS NEW YORK MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS BOND FUND
MFS NORTH CAROLINA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS LIMITED MATURITY FUND
MFS PENNSYLVANIA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS GOVERNMENT MORTGAGE FUND
MFS SOUTH CAROLINA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS GOVERNMENT LIMITED MATURITY FUND
MFS TENNESSEE MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS GOVERNMENT SECURITIES FUND
MFS VIRGINIA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS HIGH INCOME FUND
MFS WEST VIRGINIA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS STRATEGIC INCOME FUND
MFS MUNICIPAL LIMITED MATURITY FUND
MFS WORLD GOVERNMENTS FUND
MFS MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS WORLD GROWTH FUND
MFS MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND
MFS OTC FUND
MFS RESEARCH FUND
MFS/FOREIGN & COLONIAL EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY FUND
MFS WORLD ASSET ALLOCATION FUND
MFS MONEY MARKET FUND
MFS MUNICIPAL HIGH INCOME FUND
MFS GOVERNMENT MONEY MARKET FUND
MFS RESEARCH GROWTH AND INCOME FUND
MFS STRATEGIC GROWTH FUND
SUPPLEMENT TO THE CURRENT PROSPECTUS
This supplement describes certain changes, effective immediately, to each Fund's
Prospectus.
1. DEFINITION OF "DEALER". As used in the Prospectus and any appendices thereto,
the term "dealer" includes any broker, dealer, bank (including bank trust
departments), registered investment adviser, financial planner and any other
financial institutions having a selling agreement or other similar agreement
with MFS Fund Distributors, Inc. ("MFD"). The use of the defined term "dealer"
does not mean or imply that any such financial intermediary necessarily is a
"dealer" for purposes of any federal or state laws, rules or regulations or any
self-regulatory organization's rules.
2. CHANGES TO SALES CHARGE WAIVER CATEGORIES. Appendix A to the
Prospectus, which describes waivers of sales charges, is amended as follows:
Wrap Account and Fund "Supermarket" Investments. The waiver
category entitled "2. Wrap Account Investments" under "II. Waivers
of Class A Sales Charges" is amended to read in its entirety as
follows:
2. Wrap Account and Fund "Supermarket" Investments Shares
acquired by investments through certain dealers (including
registered investment advisers and financial planners)
which have established certain operational arrangements
with MFD which include a requirement that such shares be
sold for the sole benefit of clients participating in a
"wrap" account, mutual fund "supermarket" account or a
similar program under which such clients pay a fee to such
dealer.
The date of this Supplement is August 8, 1997.
