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MFS(R) CASH RESERVE FUND
MASSACHUSETTS INVESTORS GROWTH STOCK FUND
MFS(R) TOTAL RETURN FUND
MFS/FOREIGN & COLONIAL INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND
MFS(R) GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES FUND
MFS/FOREIGN & COLONIAL INTERNATIONAL GROWTH AND INCOME FUND
MFS(R) EMERGING GROWTH FUND
MFS/FOREIGN & COLONIAL EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY FUND
MFS(R) CAPITAL GROWTH FUND
MFS(R) ALABAMA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS(R) INTERMEDIATE INCOME FUND
MFS(R) ARKANSAS MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS(R) GOLD & NATURAL RESOURCES FUND
MFS(R) CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS(R) MANAGED SECTORS FUND
MFS(R) FLORIDA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS(R) VALUE FUND
MFS(R) GEORGIA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS(R) UTILITIES FUND
MFS(R) MARYLAND MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS(R) WORLD EQUITY FUND
MFS(R) MASSACHUSETTS MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS(R) WORLD TOTAL RETURN FUND
MFS(R) MISSISSIPPI MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS(R) BOND FUND
MFS(R) NEW YORK MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS(R) LIMITED MATURITY FUND
MFS(R) NORTH CAROLINA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS(R) GOVERNMENT MORTGAGE FUND
MFS(R) PENNSYLVANIA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS(R) GOVERNMENT LIMITED MATURITY FUND
MFS(R) SOUTH CAROLINA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS(R) GOVERNMENT SECURITIES FUND
MFS(R) TENNESSEE MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS(R) HIGH INCOME FUND
MFS(R) VIRGINIA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS(R) STRATEGIC INCOME FUND
MFS(R) WEST VIRGINIA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS(R) WORLD GOVERNMENTS FUND
MFS(R) MUNICIPAL LIMITED MATURITY FUND
MFS(R) WORLD GROWTH FUND
MFS(R) MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS(R) OTC FUND
MFS(R) MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND
MFS(R) MUNICIPAL HIGH INCOME FUND
MFS(R) RESEARCH FUND
MFS(R) GOVERNMENT MONEY MARKET FUND
MFS(R) WORLD ASSET ALLOCATION FUND
MASSACHUSETTS INVESTORS TRUST
MFS(R) MONEY MARKET FUND
MFS(R) RESEARCH GROWTH AND INCOME FUND
Supplement to the Current Prospectus
The following information supplements the disclosure found under the
caption "Information Concerning Shares of the Fund - Purchases" in the
Prospectus:
MFS Fund Distributors, Inc. ("MFD"), the distributor of each of the
above-named funds (the "Funds"), has entered into a long-term exclusive
marketing agreement with IBAA Financial Services Corporation ("IBFS"),
pursuant to which MFD has agreed to pay IBFS, as additional
compensation for IBFS' marketing and distribution of the Funds, an
annual amount (subject to a minimum) based upon the value of shares of
the Funds for which IBFS acts as broker-dealer of record plus the value
of shares of the Funds sold by IBFS during such year.
The date of this Supplement is February 1, 1997.
