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and for the year ended November 30, 2007, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), we considered the Fund's internal control over financial reporting, including controls over safeguarding securities, as a basis for designing our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the requirements of Form N-SAR, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. The management of the Fund is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimate and judgments by management are required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of controls. A companys internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company's internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of a companys assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent or detect misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the companys annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Our consideration of the Fund's internal control over financial reporting was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph and would not necessarily disclose all deficiencies in internal control that might be material weaknesses under standards established by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (country-regionplaceUnited States). However, we noted no deficiencies in the Fund's internal control over financial reporting and its operation, including controls over safeguarding securities, that we consider to be a material weakness as defined above as of dateYear2007Day30Month11lstransNovember 30, 2007. This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and the Board of Trustees of MFS Charter Income Trust and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties. Ernst & Young LLP Boston, Massachusetts datelstransMonth1Day16Year2008January 16, 2008 EX-99.77D POLICIES 3 d77.txt SUB ITEM 77D Effective October 23, 2007, the Trustees authorized the Trust to incu indebtedness up to 33-1/3% of its gross assets. Such authorization is consistent with the Trust's Investment Objectives and Policies contained in Amendment No. 10 to the Registration Statement of the Trust (File No. 811-5822), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission via EDGAR on March 30, 1998 on Form N-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Such document is incorporated herein by reference. EX-99.77Q1 OTHR EXHB 4 a77q1.txt SUB ITEM 77Q1(a) Appendix A, dated July 24, 2007, to the Master Amended and Restated By-Laws for MFS Charter Income Trust, dated January 1, 2002 as revised June 23, 2004, and the Master Amended and Restated By-Laws for MFS Charter Income Trust, dated January 1, 2002 as revised June 23, 2004 and August 22, 2007, are contained in Post-Effective Amendment No 28 to the Registration Statement of MFS Series Trust XV (File Nos. 2-96738 and 811-4253), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission via EDGAR on August 24, 2007, under Rule 485 under the Securities Act of 1933. Such documents are incorporated herein by reference. EX-99.77Q1 OTHR EXHB 5 q77.txt SUB-ITEM 77Q2 Based solely on a review of the copies of Forms 3, 4 and 5 and amendments thereto furnished to MFS Charter Income Trust (the Trust) with respect to its most recent fiscal year for Trustees, directors and certain officers of the Trust and MFS and greater than ten percent beneficial owners, the Trust believes all Section 16(a) filing requirements were made on a timely basis, except for the following filing: Thomas A. Bogart (MFS Director) made a Form 3 filing for the Trust on July 10, 2007. -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----