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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 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
