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MFS International Growth Fund
Supplement to October 1, 1998 Prospectus
As disclosed in the Fund's Prospectus, Foreign & Colonial Management
Ltd. ("FCM") and its subsidiary, Foreign & Colonial Emerging Markets Limited
("FCEM"), have been retained by MFS to serve as sub-advisers to the Fund, to
manage the assets of the Fund invested in foreign emerging market securities.
Effective December 1, 1998, MFS will assume all portfolio management
responsibilities for emerging market securities from FCM and FCEM for the Fund,
and the sub-investment advisory agreements pursuant to which FCM and FCEM
provide their services will be terminated.
The section of the Prospectus captioned "Right to Reject Purchase
Orders/Market Timing" which appears on pages 32 and 33 is hereby revised by
deleting the last two paragraphs in their entirety.
The date of this Supplement is November 1, 1998.
