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MFS/FOREIGN & COLONIAL INTERNATIONAL GROWTH SERIES A Series of
MFS/Sun Life Series Trust
Supplement to the May 1, 1996 Prospectus
The description with respect to the portfolio managers of the Fund under
"Management of the Series Fund - Sub-Investment Advisers - International Growth
Series" on page 52 of the Prospectus has been deleted and replaced in its
entirety by the following:
Ian K. Wright, a director of FCM, Atul Patel,
Assistant Director and Global Funds Manager of FCM,
and June Scott, a Global Funds Manager of FCM, are the
Fund's portfolio managers. Mr. Wright has been
employed as a portfolio manager by FCM since 1981 and
has been one of the Fund's portfolio managers since
March, 1996. Ms. Scott has been employed by FCM since
1995, before which she completed her MBA at the London
Business School. Prior to completing her MBA, Ms.
Scott worked as a Quantitative Portfolio Analyst in
the Equity Research Group at J.P. Morgan Investment
Management in London. Ms. Scott has been one of the
Fund's portfolio managers since March, 1996. Mr.
Patel has been employed by FCM as a portfolio manager
since 1994, before which he was employed by Bankers
Trust Investment Management as Investment Manager
since 1992 and by Gartmore Investment Management as
Global Fund Manager since 1990. Mr. Patel has been
one of the Fund's portfolio managers since March, 1996.
The date of this Supplement is August 21, 1996.
