MFS SERIES TRUST VI
NSAR-A, 1999-06-28
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31115

                                                             Sub-Item 77 I

                                                          MFS Series Trust VI



MFS  Global  Equity  Fund  (the  "Fund"),  a series of MFS  Series  Trust VI, is
establishing  a new class of shares as  described in the  prospectus  supplement
contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 14 to the Registration Statement (File
Nos.  33-34502  and  811-6102),  as  filed  with  the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission via EDGAR on March 31, 1999. Such description is incorporated  herein
by reference.



31116
                                  SUB-ITEM 77Q1

                               MFS SERIES TRUST VI

                           CERTIFICATION OF AMENDMENT
                           TO THE DECLARATION OF TRUST

                          ESTABLISHMENT AND DESIGNATION
                                   OF CLASSES


         Pursuant to Section  6.10 of the Amended and  Restated  Declaration  of
Trust dated February 3, 1995 as amended (the "Declaration"), of MFS Series Trust
VI,  a  business  trust  organized  under  the  laws  of  The   Commonwealth  of
Massachusetts  (the "Trust"),  the  undersigned  Trustees of the Trust,  being a
majority of the Trustees of the Trust, do hereby divide the shares of MFS Global
Equity Fund, a series of MFS Series Trust VI, to create an  additional  class of
shares, within the meaning of Section 6.10 as follows

         1.    The additional class of shares is designated "Class J Shares";

         2.   Class J Shares shall be entitled to all the rights and preferences
              accorded to shares under the Declaration;

         3.   The  purchase  price  of  Class  J  Shares,   the  method  of
              determination  of the net  asset  value  of Class J  Shares,  the
              price,  terms and manner of redemption of Class J Shares, and the
              relative  dividend  rights of holders of Class J Shares  shall be
              established  by the Trustees of the Trust in accordance  with the
              Declaration and shall be set forth in the current  prospectus and
              statement of  additional  information  of the Trust or any series
              thereof,  as amended from time to time,  contained in the Trust's
              registration  statement  under  the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as
              amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;

         4.   Class J Shares  shall vote  together as a single class except that
              shares of a class may vote  separately on matters  affecting  only
              that class and shares of a class not affected by a matter will not
              vote on that matter; and

         5.   A class of shares of any series of the Trust may be  terminated by
              the Trustees by written notice to the Shareholders of the class.




<PAGE>


         IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  a  majority  of the  Trustees  of the Trust have
executed this amendment, in one or more counterparts,  all constituting a single
instrument, as an instrument under seal in The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as
of this  29th day of  April,  1999  and  further  certify,  as  provided  by the
provisions of Section  9.3(d) of the  Declaration,  that this amendment was duly
adopted by the  undersigned  in accordance  with the second  sentence of Section
9.3(a) of the Declaration.




<PAGE>



RICHARD B. BAILEY
Richard B. Bailey
63 Atlantic Avenue
Boston,  MA  02110




MARSHALL N. COHAN
Marshall N. Cohan
2524 Bedford Mews Drive
Wellington, FL  33414




LAWRENCE H. COHN
Lawrence H. Cohn
45 Singletree Road
Chestnut Hill,  MA  02167




SIR J. DAVID GIBBONS
Sir J. David Gibbons
"Leeward"
5 Leeside Drive
"Point Shares"
Pembroke,  Bermuda  HM  05



ABBY M. O'NEILL
Abby M. O'Neill
200 Sunset Road
Oyster Bay,  NY  11771







WALTER E. ROBB, III
Walter E. Robb, III
35 Farm Road
Sherborn,  MA  01770




ARNOLD D. SCOTT
Arnold D. Scott
20 Rowes Wharf
Boston, MA  02110




JEFFREY L. SHAMES
Jeffrey L. Shames
38 Lake Avenue
Newton, MA  02159




J. DALE SHERRATT
J. Dale Sherratt
86 Farm Road
Sherborn, MA  01770





WARD SMITH
Ward Smith
36080 Shaker Blvd
Hunting Valley, OH 44022




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