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MFS World Growth Fund
(a series of MFS Series Trust VIII)
Supplement to be affixed to the current
Prospectus for distribution in Ohio
Prospective Ohio investors should note the following:
a) This Prospectus must be delivered to the investor prior to consummation of
the sale;
b) The Fund may purchase the securities of any issuer such that, as to 50% of
the value of the Fund's assets, such purchase, at the time thereof, would cause
more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer to be held by
the Fund.
The date of this Supplement is February 1, 1996
