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MFS(R) MUNICIPAL SERIES TRUST
MFS(R)ALABAMA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS(R)MISSISSIPPI MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS(R)ARKANSAS MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS(R)NEW YORK MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS(R)CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS(R)NORTH CAROLINA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS(R)FLORIDA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS(R)PENNSYLVANIA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS(R)GEORGIA MUNICPAL BOND FUND
MFS(R)SOUTH CAROLINA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS(R)MARYLAND MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS(R)TENNESSEE MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS(R)MASSACHUSETTS MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS(R)VIRGINIA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MFS(R) WEST VIRGINIA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
Supplement to the Current Prospectus
The description of portfolio managers under the "Management of the Funds"
section of the prospectus is hereby restated as follows:
Effective March 23, 2000, Michael L. Dawson and Geoffrey L. Schechter are the
portfolio managers for the funds referenced above. Mr. Dawson, a Vice President
of the Adviser, has been a portfolio manager of each fund since January 1, 1999.
Mr. Dawson has been employed in the investment management area of the Adviser
since September, 1998. Mr. Dawson was employed as a sales representative in the
Institutional Sales Group at Fidelity Capital Markets from March, 1997 to May,
1998. From January, 1993 to March, 1997, Mr. Dawson was employed by Goldman
Sachs & Co. in the Institutional Sales - Fixed Income Division. Mr. Schechter, a
Vice President of the Adviser, became a portfolio manager of the South Carolina,
North Carolina, Georgia, Virginia and W. Virginia Municipal Bond Funds on May 1,
1999, and the remainder of the funds referenced above on March 23, 2000. Mr.
Schechter has been employed in the investment management area of the Adviser
since June, 1993.
The date of this Supplement is March 30, 2000.
