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MFS GLOBAL GROWTH FUND
Supplement to Current Prospectus
As disclosed in the fund's Prospectus, Foreign & Colonial Management Ltd.
("FCM") and its subsidiary, Foreign & Colonial Emerging Markets Limited
("FCEM"), have been retained by MFS to serve as sub-advisers to the fund to
manage the assets of the fund invested in foreign emerging market securities.
Effective September 1, 1999, MFS will assume all portfolio management
responsibilities for emerging market securities from FCM and FCEM for the fund,
and the sub-investment advisory agreements pursuant to which FCM and FCEM
provide their services will terminate. Effective September 1, 1999, the
description of the manner in which foreign emerging markets securities are
managed is revised as follows:
Foreign Emerging Markets Managed by a committee of investment research
analysts. This committee includes investment
analysts employed by MFS and by MFS' foreign
branches and affiliates. This portion of the
fund's assets is allocated among countries and
industries by the analysts acting together as
a group. Individual analysts are then
responsible for selecting what they view as the
securities best suited to meet the fund's
investment objective within their assigned
geographic and industry responsibility.
The date of this Supplement is July 16, 1999.
