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Quarterly Report
February 29, 2024
MFS®  Growth Allocation Fund
GRO-Q3

Portfolio of Investments
2/29/24 (unaudited)
The Portfolio of Investments is a complete list of all securities owned by your fund. It is categorized by broad-based asset classes.
Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Investment Companies (h) – 100.0%
Bond Funds – 18.9%
MFS Emerging Markets Debt Fund - Class R6     16,375,098 $194,208,663
MFS Emerging Markets Debt Local Currency Fund - Class R6     22,799,772 127,222,728
MFS Global Opportunistic Bond Fund - Class R6     23,862,168 191,135,964
MFS High Income Fund - Class R6     84,012,279 255,397,329
MFS Inflation-Adjusted Bond Fund - Class R6     34,336,471 310,058,327
MFS Total Return Bond Fund - Class R6     16,241,052 152,341,070
        $1,230,364,081
International Stock Funds – 19.9%
MFS Emerging Markets Equity Fund - Class R6     4,092,589 $130,103,424
MFS International Growth Fund - Class R6     4,727,252 195,471,886
MFS International Intrinsic Value Fund - Class R6     5,083,279 194,791,252
MFS International Large Cap Value Fund - Class R6     14,656,034 191,407,806
MFS International New Discovery Fund - Class R6     4,129,206 129,120,264
MFS Research International Fund - Class R6     20,346,749 453,732,494
        $1,294,627,126
Non-Traditional Funds – 7.8%
MFS Commodity Strategy Fund - Class R6     72,810,451 $250,467,951
MFS Global Real Estate Fund - Class R6     15,631,049 255,567,649
        $506,035,600
U.S. Stock Funds – 51.3%
MFS Growth Fund - Class R6     3,133,049 $615,550,048
MFS Mid Cap Growth Fund - Class R6 (a)     18,900,109 600,834,461
MFS Mid Cap Value Fund - Class R6     18,609,087 594,002,075
MFS New Discovery Fund - Class R6 (a)     4,309,188 131,731,890
MFS New Discovery Value Fund - Class R6     7,276,765 127,561,683
MFS Research Fund - Class R6     10,697,320 608,035,672
MFS Value Fund - Class R6     13,286,541 653,432,071
        $3,331,147,900
Money Market Funds – 2.1%  
MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio, 5.37% (v)     136,022,820 $136,022,821
Total Investment Companies $6,498,197,528
 
Other Assets, Less Liabilities – 0.0%   2,445,592
Net Assets – 100.0% $6,500,643,120
(a) Non-income producing security.      
(h) An affiliated issuer, which may be considered one in which the fund owns 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities, or a company which is under common control. At period end, the aggregate value of the fund’s investments in affiliated issuers was $6,498,197,528.      
(v) Affiliated issuer that is available only to investment companies managed by MFS. The rate quoted for the MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.      
See attached supplemental information. For more information see notes to financial statements as disclosed in the most recent semiannual or annual report.
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Supplemental Information
2/29/24 (unaudited)
The fund is an investment company and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 Financial Services - Investment Companies.
(1) Investment Valuations
Open-end investment companies (underlying funds) are generally valued at their net asset value per share. The investments of underlying funds managed by the adviser are valued as described below. For purposes of this policy disclosure, “fund” also refers to the underlying funds in which the fund-of-funds invests.
Subject to its oversight, the fund's Board of Trustees has delegated primary responsibility for determining or causing to be determined the value of the fund’s investments to MFS as the fund's adviser, pursuant to the fund’s valuation policy and procedures which have been adopted by the adviser and approved by the Board. In accordance with Rule 2a-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Board of Trustees designated the adviser as the “valuation designee” of the fund. If the adviser, as valuation designee, determines that reliable market quotations are not readily available for an investment, the investment is valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the adviser in accordance with the adviser’s fair valuation policy and procedures.
Under the fund's valuation policy and procedures, equity securities, including restricted equity securities and equity securities sold short, are generally valued at the last sale or official closing price on their primary market or exchange as provided by a third-party pricing service. Equity securities, for which there were no sales reported that day, are generally valued at the last quoted daily bid quotation on their primary market or exchange as provided by a third-party pricing service. Equity securities sold short, for which there were no sales reported that day, are generally valued at the last quoted daily ask quotation on their primary market or exchange as provided by a third-party pricing service.
Debt instruments and floating rate loans, including restricted debt instruments, are generally valued at an evaluated or composite bid as provided by a third-party pricing service. Debt instruments sold short are generally valued at an evaluated or composite mean as provided by a third-party pricing service. Short-term instruments with a maturity at issuance of 60 days or less may be valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. Exchange-traded options are generally valued at the last sale or official closing price on their primary exchange as provided by a third-party pricing service. Exchange-traded options for which there were no sales reported that day are generally valued at the last daily bid quotation on their primary exchange as provided by a third-party pricing service. For put options, the position may be valued at the last daily ask quotation if there are no trades reported during the day. Options not traded on an exchange are generally valued at a broker/dealer bid quotation. Foreign currency options are generally valued at valuations provided by a third-party pricing service. Futures contracts are generally valued at last posted settlement price on their primary exchange as provided by a third-party pricing service. Futures contracts for which there were no trades that day for a particular position are generally valued at the closing bid quotation on their primary exchange as provided by a third-party pricing service. Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are generally valued at the mean of bid and asked prices for the time period interpolated from rates provided by a third-party pricing service for proximate time periods. Swap agreements are generally valued using valuations provided by a third-party pricing service, which for cleared swaps includes an evaluation of any trading activity at the clearinghouses. Open-end investment companies are generally valued at net asset value per share. The values of foreign securities and other assets and liabilities expressed in foreign currencies are converted to U.S. dollars using the mean of bid and asked prices for rates provided by a third-party pricing service.
Under the fund’s valuation policy and procedures, market quotations are not considered to be readily available for debt instruments, floating rate loans, and many types of derivatives. These investments are generally valued at fair value based on information from third-party pricing services or otherwise determined by the adviser in accordance with the adviser’s fair valuation policy and procedures. Securities and other assets generally valued on the basis of information from a third-party pricing service may also be valued at a broker/dealer bid quotation. In determining values, third-party pricing services can utilize both transaction data and market information such as yield, quality, coupon rate, maturity, type of issue, trading characteristics, spreads and other market data. An investment may also be valued at fair value if the adviser determines that the investment’s value has been materially affected by events occurring after the close of the exchange or market on which the investment is principally traded (such as foreign exchange or market) and prior to the determination of the fund’s net asset value, or after the halt of trading of a specific security where trading does not resume prior to the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded. Events that occur after foreign markets close (such as developments in foreign markets and significant movements in the U.S. markets) and prior to the determination of the fund’s net asset value may be deemed to have a material effect on the value of securities traded in foreign markets. Accordingly, the fund’s foreign equity securities may often be valued at fair value. The adviser generally relies on third-party pricing services or other information (such as the correlation with price movements of similar securities in the same or other markets; the type, cost and investment characteristics of the security; the business and financial condition of the issuer; and trading and other market data) to assist in determining whether to fair value and at what value to fair value an investment. The value of an investment for purposes of calculating the fund’s net asset value can differ depending on the source and method used to determine value. When fair valuation is used, the value of an investment used to determine the fund’s net asset value may differ from quoted or published prices for the same investment. There can be no assurance that the fund could obtain the fair value assigned to an investment if it were to sell the investment at the same time at which the fund determines its net asset value per share.
Various inputs are used in determining the value of the fund's assets or liabilities. These inputs are categorized into three broad levels. In certain cases, the inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, an investment's level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The fund's assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment, and considers factors specific to the investment. Level 1 includes unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Level 2 includes other
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significant observable market-based inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speed, and credit risk). Level 3 includes significant unobservable inputs, which may include the adviser's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments. The following is a summary of the levels used as of February 29, 2024 in valuing the fund's assets and liabilities:
Financial Instruments Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Mutual Funds $6,498,197,528 $— $— $6,498,197,528
For further information regarding security characteristics, see the Portfolio of Investments. Please refer to the underlying funds’ shareholder reports for further information regarding the levels used in valuing the underlying funds’ assets and liabilities.
(2) Investments in Affiliated Issuers
An affiliated issuer may be considered one in which the fund owns 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities, or a company which is under common control. For the purposes of this report, the following were affiliated issuers:
Affiliated Issuers Beginning
Value
Purchases Sales
Proceeds
Realized
Gain
(Loss)
Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation or
Depreciation
Ending
Value
MFS Commodity Strategy Fund $211,054,840 $61,214,964 $26,979,780 $(13,822,690) $19,000,617 $250,467,951
MFS Emerging Markets Debt Fund 179,174,808 16,426,495 8,876,030 (3,043,694) 10,527,084 194,208,663
MFS Emerging Markets Debt Local Currency Fund 120,912,054 9,119,086 4,262,597 (2,005,010) 3,459,195 127,222,728
MFS Emerging Markets Equity Fund 118,373,563 11,728,992 4,248,937 (1,299,581) 5,549,387 130,103,424
MFS Global Opportunistic Bond Fund 179,462,474 18,470,190 9,576,055 (3,143,417) 5,922,772 191,135,964
MFS Global Real Estate Fund 224,095,810 32,958,435 17,138,796 (696,565) 16,348,765 255,567,649
MFS Growth Fund 633,222,274 28,780,841 185,365,662 80,224,352 58,688,243 615,550,048
MFS High Income Fund 241,148,978 23,943,567 17,495,320 (3,467,617) 11,267,721 255,397,329
MFS Inflation-Adjusted Bond Fund 295,095,902 42,478,079 14,945,001 (4,268,004) (8,302,649) 310,058,327
MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio 10,042,546 262,632,510 136,640,839 (269) (11,127) 136,022,821
MFS International Growth Fund 180,566,624 10,056,440 6,374,120 266,605 10,956,337 195,471,886
MFS International Intrinsic Value Fund 180,305,609 21,322,381 5,611,822 (832,356) (392,560) 194,791,252
MFS International Large Cap Value Fund 177,949,139 9,494,683 5,279,316 (347,016) 9,590,316 191,407,806
MFS International New Discovery Fund 118,837,289 10,388,198 3,672,915 (826,315) 4,394,007 129,120,264
MFS Mid Cap Growth Fund 540,646,144 5,950,065 71,913,839 (2,067,910) 128,220,001 600,834,461
MFS Mid Cap Value Fund 512,440,451 30,057,455 33,827,721 1,496,503 83,835,387 594,002,075
MFS New Discovery Fund 114,245,588 6,920,271 9,526,233 (3,655,469) 23,747,733 131,731,890
MFS New Discovery Value Fund 110,266,464 16,191,664 8,654,400 54,592 9,703,363 127,561,683
MFS Research Fund 611,311,117 40,384,688 127,888,682 (10,722,954) 94,951,503 608,035,672
MFS Research International Fund 416,998,795 16,039,281 7,724,754 (19,925) 28,439,097 453,732,494
MFS Total Return Bond Fund 179,349,405 14,980,741 40,234,350 (9,866,898) 8,112,172 152,341,070
MFS Value Fund 577,158,788 56,435,685 28,595,412 (161,639) 48,594,649 653,432,071
  $5,932,658,662 $745,974,711 $774,832,581 $21,794,723 $572,602,013 $6,498,197,528
Affiliated Issuers Dividend
Income
Capital Gain
Distributions
MFS Commodity Strategy Fund $5,121,267 $—
MFS Emerging Markets Debt Fund 9,078,308
MFS Emerging Markets Debt Local Currency Fund 4,880,525
MFS Emerging Markets Equity Fund 3,315,045
MFS Global Opportunistic Bond Fund 4,778,637
MFS Global Real Estate Fund 5,152,099
MFS Growth Fund 28,006,657
MFS High Income Fund 11,590,049
MFS Inflation-Adjusted Bond Fund 11,707,247
MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio 1,889,409
MFS International Growth Fund 3,265,417 2,171,736
MFS International Intrinsic Value Fund 3,834,665 17,045,935
MFS International Large Cap Value Fund 6,643,351 1,161,445
MFS International New Discovery Fund 2,474,955 2,774,258
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Affiliated Issuers − continued Dividend
Income
Capital Gain
Distributions
MFS Mid Cap Growth Fund $— $—
MFS Mid Cap Value Fund 9,131,233 8,066,653
MFS New Discovery Fund
MFS New Discovery Value Fund 3,549,566 4,457,701
MFS Research Fund 5,007,656 35,053,147
MFS Research International Fund 8,191,181
MFS Total Return Bond Fund 5,803,015
MFS Value Fund 8,956,459 39,587,257
  $114,370,084 $138,324,789
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