MFS SERIES TRUST X
485APOS, EX-99.B1(K), 2000-07-14
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                                                             EXHIBIT NO. 99.1(k)

                               MFS SERIES TRUST X

                                     FORM OF
                           CERTIFICATION OF AMENDMENT
                           TO THE DECLARATION OF TRUST

                          ESTABLISHMENT AND DESIGNATION
                                    OF SERIES

                                       AND

                          ESTABLISHMENT AND DESIGNATION
                                   OF CLASSES

         Pursuant to Section 6.9 of the Amended and Restated Declaration of
Trust dated January 18, 1995, as amended (the "Declaration"), of MFS Series
Trust X, a business Trust organized under the laws of The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts (the "Trust"), the undersigned Trustees of the Trust, being a
majority of the Trustees of the Trust, hereby establish and designate a new
series of Shares (as defined in the Declaration), such series to have the
following special and relative rights:

         1.  The new series shall be designated:

                    MFS New Endeavor Fund

         2.  The series shall be authorized to invest in cash, securities,
             instruments and other property as from time to time described in
             the Trust's then currently effective registration statement under
             the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to the extent pertaining to
             the offering of Shares of such series. Each Share of the series
             shall be redeemable, shall be entitled to one vote or fraction
             thereof in respect of a fractional share on matters on which Shares
             of the series shall be entitled to vote, shall represent a pro rata
             beneficial interest in the assets allocated or belonging to the
             series, and shall be entitled to receive its pro rata share of the
             net assets of the series upon liquidation of the series, all as
             provided in Section 6.9 of the Declaration.

         3.  Shareholders of the series shall vote separately as a class on any
             matter to the extent required by, and any matter shall be deemed to
             have been effectively acted upon with respect to the series as
             provided in Rule 18f-2, as from time to time in effect, under the
             Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or any successor rule,
             and by the Declaration.
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         4.  The assets and liabilities of the Trust shall be allocated among
             the previously established and existing series of the Trust and
             such new series as set forth in Section 6.9 of the Declaration.

         5.  Subject to the provisions of Section 6.9 and Article IX of the
             Declaration, the Trustees (including any successor Trustees) shall
             have the right at any time and from time to time to reallocate
             assets and expenses or to change the designation of any series now
             or hereafter created, or to otherwise change the special and
             relative rights of any such establishment and designation of series
             of Shares.

         Pursuant to Section 6.9(h) of the Declaration, this instrument shall be
effective upon the execution by a majority of the Trustees of the Trust.

         The undersigned, being a majority of the Trustees of the Trust, acting
pursuant to Section 6.10 of the Declaration, do hereby divide the Shares of MFS
Endeavor Fund to create four classes of Shares, within the meaning of Section
6.10, as follows:

         1.  The four classes of Shares are designated "Class A Shares," "Class
             B Shares," "Class C Shares" and "Class I Shares";

         2.  Class A Shares, Class B Shares, Class C Shares and Class I Shares
             shall be entitled to all the rights and preferences accorded to
             shares under the Declaration;

         3.  The purchase price of Class A Shares, Class B Shares, Class C
             Shares and Class I Shares, the method of determination of the net
             asset value of Class A Shares, Class B Shares, Class C Shares and
             Class I Shares, the price, terms and manner of redemption of Class
             A Shares, Class B Shares, Class C Shares and Class I Shares, any
             conversion feature of Class B Shares, and relative dividend rights
             of holders of Class A Shares, Class B Shares, Class C Shares and
             Class I Shares shall be established by the Trustees of the Trust in
             accordance with the Declaration and shall be set forth in the
             current prospectus and statement of additional information of the
             Trust or any series thereof, as amended from time to time,
             contained in the Trust's registration statement under the
             Securities Act of 1933, as amended;

         4.  Class A Shares, Class B Shares, Class C Shares and Class I Shares
             shall vote together as a single class except that shares of a class
             may vote separately on matters affecting only that class and shares
             of a class not affected by a matter will not vote on that matter;
             and

         5.  A class of shares of any series of the Trust may be terminated by
             the Trustees by written notice to the Shareholders of the class.
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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, a majority of the Trustees of the Trust have
executed this amendment, in one or more counterparts, all constituting a single
instrument, as an instrument under seal in The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as
of this _____ day of _______________, 2000 and further certify, as provided by
the provisions of Section 9.3(d) of the Declaration, that this amendment was
duly adopted by the undersigned in accordance with the second sentence of
Section 9.3(a) of the Declaration.

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J. Atwood Ives                                    Arnold D. Scott
17 West Cedar Street                              20 Rowes Wharf
Boston, MA  02108                                 Boston, MA  02110

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Lawrence T. Perera                                Jeffrey L. Shames
18 Marlborough Street                             38 Lake Avenue
Boston, MA  02116                                 Newton, MA 02159

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William J. Poorvu                                 Elaine R. Smith
975 Memorial Drive                                75 Scotch Pine Road
Cambridge, MA  02138                              Weston, MA  02193

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Charles W. Schmidt                                David B. Stone
63 Claypit Hill Road                              282 Beacon Street
Wayland, MA  01778                                Boston, MA  02116
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