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SANumberdttMFS1133LastAccesseddtt7:36:33 PMINDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
To the Trustees of MFS Series Trust VIII and Shareholders of MFS Global Growth
Fund:
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of MFS Global
Growth Fund (a series of MFS Series Trust VIII) (the "Fund") for the year ended
October 31, 1999 (on which we have issued our report dated December 9, 1999), we
considered its internal control, including control activities for safeguarding
securities, in order to determine our auditing procedures for the purpose of
expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the
requirements of Form N-SAR and not to provide assurance on the Fund's internal
control.
The management of the Fund is responsible for establishing and maintaining
internal control. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by
management are required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of
controls. Generally, controls that are relevant to an audit pertain to the
entity's objective of preparing financial statements for external purposes that
are fairly presented in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles. Those controls include the safeguarding of assets against
unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition.
Because of inherent limitations in any internal control, misstatements due to
error or fraud may occur and not be detected. Also, projections of any
evaluation of internal control to future periods are subject to the risk that
the internal control may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or
that the degree of compliance with policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Our consideration of the Fund's internal control would not necessarily disclose
all matters in internal control that might be material weaknesses under
standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
A material weakness is a condition in which the design or operation of one or
more of the internal control components does not reduce to a relatively low
level the risk that misstatements caused by error or fraud in amounts that would
be material in relation to the financial statements being audited may occur and
not be detected within a timely period by employees in the normal course of
performing their assigned functions. However, we noted no matters involving the
Fund's internal control and its operation, including controls for safeguarding
securities, that we consider to be material weaknesses as defined above as of
October 31, 1999.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of management, the
Board of Trustees, and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not
intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified
parties.
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
December 9, 1999
Memorandum to Robert Jenkins
July 7, 1999
Page 2
EXHIBIT 77Q1(e)
July 7, 1999
BY FACSIMILE
Robert Jenkins
Chief Executive Officer
Foreign & Colonial Management Limited
Exchange House, Primrose Street
London EC2A 2NY
Re: Termination of Sub-Investment Advisory Agreements
Dear Bob:
As you know, Massachusetts Financial Service Company ("MFS") has
contracted with Foreign & Colonial Management Limited ("FCM"), and FCM has
contracted with Foreign & Colonial Emerging Markets Limited ("FCEM"), to provide
sub-investment advisory services to the MFS Global Growth Fund (the "Retail
Fund"), a series of MFS Series Trust VIII, the Global Growth Series (the
"MFS/Sun Life Fund"), a series of MFS/Sun Life Series Trust and the Meridian
Global Growth Fund (the "Meridian Fund"). These contractual arrangements are set
forth in separate Sub-Investment Advisory Agreements between MFS and FCM (the
"FCM Agreements"), and in separate Sub-Investment Advisory Agreements between
FCM and FCEM (the "FCEM Agreements" and, together with the FCM Agreements, the
"Agreements") dated April 1, 1996 for the Retail and Meridian Funds' Agreements,
and May 1, 1996 for the MFS/Sun Life Fund Agreements.
I understand that David Antonelli has informed Jeff Chowdhry of
MFS' intention to terminate these Agreements and for MFS to assume management
responsibility for any assets being managed by FCM and FCEM. Pursuant to Article
13 of each FCM Agreement for the Retail Fund and the MFS/Sun Life Fund, and
Article 12 of the FCM Agreement for the Meridian Fund, this letter will serve as
formal notice that MFS hereby elects to terminate each Agreement effective as of
the close of business on August 31, 1999, unless extended by MFS. Pursuant to
Article 11 of each FCEM Agreement for the Retail Fund and the MFS/Sun Life Fund,
and Article 10 of the FCEM Agreement for the Meridian Fund, the FCEM Agreements
automatically terminate in the event that the FCM Agreements are terminated for
any reason.
We appreciate your assistance in conducting an orderly transfer of
these assets by August 31, 1999. If you would like to discuss this further, or
if I can be of any assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me at (617)
954-5701.
Very truly yours,
JEFFREY L. SHAMES
Jeffrey L. Shames
cc: David A. Antonelli
James R. Bordewick, Jr.
Robert T. Burns
Stephen E. Cavan
James F. DesMarais
Peter D. Laird
Mark Rogers
