EXHIBIT NO. 99.(a) 11

MFS SERIES TRUST IX

CERTIFICATION OF AMENDMENT

TO THE DECLARATION OF TRUST

ESTABLISHMENT AND DESIGNATION

OF CLASSES

Pursuant to Sections 6.10 and 9.3 of the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust dated December 16, 2004 (the “Declaration”) of MFS Series Trust IX, 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 Municipal Limited Maturity Fund, a series of the Trust, to create one additional class of shares, within the meaning of Section 6.10, as follows:

1. The additional classes of Shares is designated “Class I Shares”,

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

3. The purchase price of Class I Shares, the method of determination of the net asset value of Class I Shares, the price, terms and manner of redemption of Class I Shares, and relative dividend rights of holders of Class I 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;

4. All 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.

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 June 24, 2010 and further certify, as provided by the provisions of Section 9.3(c) of the Declaration, that this amendment was duly adopted by the undersigned in accordance with Section 9.3(a) of the Declaration.

ROBERT E. BUTLER	JOHN P. KAVANAUGH
Robert E. Butler	John P. Kavanaugh
c/o MFS Investment Management	c/o MFS Investment Management
500 Boylston Street	500 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116	Boston, MA 02116
LAWRENCE H. COHN	ROBERT J. MANNING
Lawrence H. Cohn	Robert J. Manning
c/o MFS Investment Management	MFS Investment Management
500 Boylston Street	500 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116	Boston, MA 02116
MAUREEN F. GOLDFARB	ROBERT C. POZEN
Maureen F. Goldfarb	Robert C. Pozen
c/o MFS Investment Management	MFS Investment Management
500 Boylston Street	500 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116	Boston, MA 02116
DAVID H. GUNNING	J. DALE SHERRATT
David H. Gunning	J. Dale Sherratt
c/o MFS Investment Management	c/o MFS Investment Management
500 Boylston Street	500 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116	Boston, MA 02116
WILLIAM R. GUTOW	LAURIE J. THOMSEN
William R. Gutow	Laurie J. Thomsen
c/o MFS Investment Management	c/o MFS Investment Management
500 Boylston Street	500 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116	Boston, MA 02116
MICHAEL HEGARTY	ROBERT W. UEK
Michael Hegarty	Robert W. Uek
c/o MFS Investment Management	c/o MFS Investment Management
500 Boylston Street	500 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116	Boston, MA 02116