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MFS(R) ALABAMA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS(R) MISSISSIPPI MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS(R) NEW YORK MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS(R) NORTH CAROLINA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS(R) PENNSYLVANIA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
Supplement to the Current Prospectus
For each of the funds listed above, the description of portfolio manager under
the "Management of the Fund - Investment Adviser" section is hereby revised as
follows: Effective March 4, 1998, David B. Smith is the portfolio manager of the
Alabama Fund, the Mississippi Fund, the North Carolina Fund and the Pennsylvania
Fund and John P. Kihn is the portfolio manager of the New York Fund. Mr. Smith,
a Vice President of the Adviser, has been employed as a portfolio manager with
the Adviser since 1988. Mr. Kihn, a Vice President of the Adviser, has been
employed as a portfolio manager with the Adviser since October, 1997. From 1996
to 1997, he worked as a Senior Quantitative Analyst and Vice President of Putnam
Investment Management, Inc.; from 1992 to 1996, he attended the London School of
Economics where he was awarded a doctorate in Finance; and from 1994 to 1995, he
was an associate portfolio manager with Colonial Management Associates, Inc.
The date of this Supplement is March 4, 1998.
