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MFS(R) Emerging Growth Fund
MFS(R) Gold & Natural Resources Fund
MFS(R) Intermediate Income Fund
MFS(R) World Governments Fund
MFS(R) Growth Opportunities Fund
Massachusetts Investors Growth Stock Fund
Massachusetts Investors Trust
MFS(R) Bond Fund
MFS(R) Limited Maturity Fund
MFS(R) Government Mortgage Fund
MFS(R) Government Securities Fund
MFS(R) Government Limited Maturity Fund
Supplement to the Current Prospectus
Each Fund adopted a new market timing policy on January 1, 1997 which replaced
its policy as disclosed under the heading "Information Concerning Shares of the
Fund - Purchases - General - Right to Reject Purchase Orders/Market Timing" in
the Prospectus. The new policy is as follows:
Right to Reject Purchase Orders/Market Timing: Purchases and exchanges
should be made for investment purposes only. The Fund and MFD each
reserve the right to reject or restrict any specific purchase or exchange
request. In the event that the Fund or MFD rejects an exchange request,
neither the redemption nor the purchase side of the exchange will be
processed.
The Fund is not designed for professional market timing organizations or
other entities using programmed or frequent exchanges. The Fund defines a
"market timer" as an individual, or organization acting on behalf of one
or more individuals, if (i) the individual or organization makes three or
more exchange requests out of the Fund per calendar year and (ii) any one
of such exchange requests represents shares equal in value to 1/2 of 1%
or more of the Fund's net assets at the time of the request. Accounts
under common ownership or control, including accounts administered by
market timers, will be aggregated for purposes of this definition.
As noted above, the Fund and MFD each reserve the right to reject or
restrict any specific purchase and exchange request, and, in addition,
may impose specific limitations with respect to market timers, including
delaying for up to seven days the purchase side of an exchange request by
market timers or specifically rejecting or otherwise restricting purchase
or exchange requests by market timers. Other funds in the MFS Family of
Funds may have different and/or more restrictive policies with respect to
market timers than the Fund. These policies are disclosed in the
prospectuses of these other MFS Funds.
The date of this Supplement is March 1, 1997.
