MFS SERIES TRUST IV
497, 1999-08-03
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                           MFS(R) Emerging Growth Fund
                              MFS(R) Research Fund
                        MFS(R) Capital Opportunities Fund
                            MFS(R) Money Market Fund


                      Supplement to the Current Prospectus

Class A shares of the Fund may be  purchased  at net asset  value by one or more
Chilean retirement plans, known as Administradores de Fondos de Pensiones, which
are clients of the 1850 K Street  N.W.,  Washington  D.C.  office of Dean Witter
Reynolds, Inc. ("Dean Witter").

MFS Fund  Distributors,  Inc.  ("MFD")  will  waive  any  applicable  contingent
deferred sales charges upon redemption by such retirement  plans on purchases of
Class A shares over $1  million,  provided  that (i) in lieu of the  commissions
otherwise  payable as  specified in the  prospectus,  MFD will pay Dean Witter a
commission on such purchases equal to 1.00%  (including  amounts in excess of $5
million) and (ii) if one or more such  clients  redeem all or a portion of these
shares within three years after the purchase thereof, Dean Witter will reimburse
MFD for the  commission  paid with  respect  to such  shares on a pro rata basis
based on the remaining portion of such three-year period.

                    The date of this Supplement is August 1, 1999.



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