MFS SERIES TRUST X
NSAR-B/A, EX-99, 2000-09-26
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                                SUB-ITEM 77Q1(a)

                               MFS SERIES TRUST X

                           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.

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.


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


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



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



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






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