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MFS(R)/GLOBAL ASSET ALLOCATION FUND
Supplement to the Current Prospectus
Effective February 15, 1999, the description of portfolio managers under the
"Management of the Fund - Investment Adviser" section is hereby restated as
follows:
Joseph C. Flaherty, Jr., a Vice President of MFS, determines the allocation
of assets among the following five asset classes: (i) U.S. equity
securities; (ii) foreign equity securities; (iii) U.S. investment grade
fixed income securities; (iv) U.S. high yield fixed income securities; and
(v) foreign fixed income securities. Mr. Flaherty has been employed as a
portfolio manager by the adviser since 1993. A team of portfolio managers
selects specific portfolio securities within each of these asset classes.
The date of this Supplement is February 26, 1999.
