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MFS Managed Sectors Fund
MFS World Governments Fund
MFS World Asset Allocation Fund
MFS Capital Opportunities Fund
MFS New Discovery Fund
MFS Strategic Income Fund
MFS Research Growth and Income Fund
MFS World Growth Fund
MFS Equity Income Fund
MFS Bond Fund
MFS Research International Fund
MFS Limited Maturity Fund
MFS Strategic Growth Fund
MFS Government Mortgage Fund
MFS Emerging Growth Fund
MFS International Growth Fund
MFS Large Cap Growth Fund
MFS International Growth and Income Fund
MFS Intermediate Income Fund
MFS/Foreign & Colonial Emerging Markets Equity Fund
MFS High Income Fund
MFS Growth Opportunities Fund
MFS Mid Cap Growth Fund
MFS Government Securities Fund
MFS Total Return Fund
Massachusetts Investors Growth Stock Fund
MFS Research Fund
MFS Government Limited Maturity Fund
MFS World Total Return Fund
Massachusetts Investors Trust
MFS Utilities Fund
MFS Union Standard Equity Fund
MFS World Equity Fund
SUPPLEMENT TO THE CURRENT PROSPECTUS
This Supplement describes certain changes, effective immediately, to each Fund's
Prospectus.
CHANGES TO SALES CHARGE WAIVER CATEGORIES. In Appendix A to the Prospectus, the
following new subsection is added under Article II (Waivers of Class A Sales
Charges), which sets forth the various circumstances in which the initial sales
charge imposed on purchases of Class A shares is waived:
6. Investment of Proceeds From Certain Redemptions of Class I Shares
The initial sales charge imposed on purchases of Class A shares,
and the contingent deferred sales charge imposed on certain
redemptions of Class A shares, are waived with respect to Class A
shares acquired of any of the MFS Funds through the immediate
reinvestment of the proceeds of a redemption of Class I shares of
any of the MFS Funds.
The date of this Supplement is June 5, 1998.
