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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-Q

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF

REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

Investment Company Act file number 811-6102

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MFS SERIES TRUST VI

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

500 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

 

Susan S. Newton

Massachusetts Financial Services Company

500 Boylston Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02116

(Name and address of agents for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 954-5000

 

Date of fiscal year end: October 31

 

Date of reporting period: July 31, 2008

 

ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.

LOGO

MFS Global Equity Fund

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) 7/31/08

 

Issuer

    Shares/Par    Value ($)

Common Stocks – 99.1%

      

Alcoholic Beverages – 5.7%

      

Diageo PLC

    626,547    $ 10,901,116

Grupo Modelo S.A. de C.V., “C”

    451,600      2,365,635

Heineken N.V.

    314,800      14,636,164

Pernod Ricard S.A.

    57,962      5,039,120
         
      $ 32,942,035
         

Apparel Manufacturers – 5.7%

      

Burberry Group PLC

    393,600    $ 3,495,978

Compagnie Financiere Richemont S.A.

    37,100      2,225,195

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton S.A.

    148,250      16,353,418

NIKE, Inc., “B”

    180,540      10,594,087
         
      $ 32,668,678
         

Automotive – 2.5%

      

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (l)

    129,620    $ 5,816,618

Bridgestone Corp.

    171,000      2,780,038

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

    149,780      5,667,675
         
      $ 14,264,331
         

Biotechnology – 0.3%

      

Actelion Ltd. (a)

    29,553    $ 1,604,721
         

Broadcasting – 5.4%

      

Omnicom Group, Inc.

    195,630    $ 8,351,445

Viacom, Inc., “B” (a)

    76,725      2,142,929

Vivendi S.A.

    123,620      5,164,995

Walt Disney Co.

    311,220      9,445,527

WPP Group PLC

    654,280      6,229,398
         
      $ 31,334,294
         

Brokerage & Asset Managers – 1.9%

      

Deutsche Boerse AG

    22,520    $ 2,566,790

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (l)

    22,790      4,194,272

Julius Baer Holding Ltd.

    66,509      4,241,356
         
      $ 11,002,418
         

Business Services – 1.5%

      

Accenture Ltd., “A”

    140,030    $ 5,847,653

DST Systems, Inc. (a)(l)

    45,760      2,765,277
         
      $ 8,612,930
         

Chemicals – 3.2%

      

3M Co.

    161,210    $ 11,347,572

Givaudan S.A.

    9,000      7,328,879
         
      $ 18,676,451
         

Computer Software – 1.4%

      

Oracle Corp.

    372,700    $ 8,024,231
         

Conglomerates – 0.9%

      

Smiths Group PLC

    262,972    $ 5,421,062
         

Consumer Goods & Services – 6.1%

      

Alberto-Culver Co.

    75,400    $ 2,022,982

Henkel KGaA, IPS

    118,800      4,727,630

Kao Corp.

    346,000      8,968,519

Procter & Gamble Co.

    114,894      7,523,259

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

    223,970      12,245,401
         
      $ 35,487,791
         

Electrical Equipment – 3.9%

      

Legrand S.A.

    234,160    $ 5,965,815

OMRON Corp.

    114,400      1,995,868

 

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MFS Global Equity Fund

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) 7/31/08 - continued

 

Issuer

    Shares/Par    Value ($)

Common Stocks – continued

      

Electrical Equipment – continued

      

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

    105,750    $ 4,706,933

Schneider Electric S.A.

    91,706      10,124,079
         
      $ 22,792,695
         

Electronics – 6.2%

      

ASML Holding N.V.

    98,387    $ 2,258,773

Canon, Inc.

    250,800      11,460,048

Hirose Electric Co. Ltd.

    23,200      2,197,404

Hoya Corp.

    202,800      4,137,138

Intel Corp.

    267,060      5,926,061

Ricoh Co. Ltd.

    201,000      3,235,245

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

    11,794      6,572,616
         
      $ 35,787,285
         

Energy - Independent – 0.9%

      

INPEX Holdings, Inc.

    539    $ 5,416,232
         

Energy - Integrated – 5.6%

      

Chevron Corp.

    68,210    $ 5,767,838

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    100,390      8,074,368

Royal Dutch Shell PLC

    219,780      7,844,219

TOTAL S.A.

    140,910      10,799,316
         
      $ 32,485,741
         

Food & Beverages – 6.5%

      

General Mills, Inc.

    143,730    $ 9,254,775

J.M. Smucker Co.

    8,900      433,786

Nestle S.A.

    458,680      20,092,347

PepsiCo, Inc.

    118,200      7,867,392
         
      $ 37,648,300
         

Food & Drug Stores – 1.9%

      

Tesco PLC

    424,396    $ 3,016,353

Walgreen Co.

    232,610      7,987,827
         
      $ 11,004,180
         

Gaming & Lodging – 1.3%

      

Ladbrokes PLC

    856,540    $ 4,249,642

William Hill PLC

    556,240      3,446,274
         
      $ 7,695,916
         

Insurance – 2.7%

      

AXA

    276,780    $ 8,171,850

Genworth Financial, Inc., “A”

    98,390      1,571,288

QBE Insurance Group Ltd.

    47,270      1,006,055

Swiss Reinsurance Co.

    81,728      5,073,095
         
      $ 15,822,288
         

Machinery & Tools – 0.4%

      

Fanuc Ltd.

    28,400    $ 2,231,293
         

Major Banks – 4.9%

      

Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

    238,173    $ 8,455,142

Erste Bank der oesterreichischen Sparkassen AG (l)

    110,790      7,107,018

Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A

    506,051      2,850,917

State Street Corp.

    136,230      9,759,517
         
      $ 28,172,594
         

Medical Equipment – 5.3%

      

Medtronic, Inc.

    156,870    $ 8,287,442

Synthes, Inc.

    56,690      7,833,378

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. (a)

    105,980      6,413,910

 

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MFS Global Equity Fund

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) 7/31/08 - continued

 

Issuer

    Shares/Par    Value ($)  

Common Stocks – continued

      

Medical Equipment – continued

      

Zimmer Holdings, Inc.

      113,830    $ 7,844,025  
           
      $ 30,378,755  
           

Natural Gas - Distribution – 1.9%

      

GDF Suez (l)

      171,112    $ 10,689,189  
           

Other Banks & Diversified Financials – 3.3%

      

Aeon Credit Service Co. Ltd. (l)

      130,500    $ 1,662,785  

American Express Co.

      204,540      7,592,525  

Bangkok Bank Public Co. Ltd.

      455,200      1,501,329  

Komercni Banka A.S.

      10,132      2,593,146  

UBS AG

      308,169      5,894,126  
           
      $ 19,243,911  
           

Pharmaceuticals – 8.9%

      

Bayer AG

      98,310    $ 8,495,325  

GlaxoSmithKline PLC

      187,710      4,371,376  

Johnson & Johnson

      180,430      12,354,042  

Merck KGaA

      77,590      9,376,478  

Roche Holding AG

      90,200      16,649,149  
           
      $ 51,246,370  
           

Printing & Publishing – 0.9%

      

Wolters Kluwer N.V.

      211,660    $ 4,911,726  
           

Railroad & Shipping – 0.6%

      

Canadian National Railway Co.

      65,106    $ 3,434,342  
           

Specialty Chemicals – 4.3%

      

L’Air Liquide S.A.

      62,627    $ 8,213,419  

Linde AG

      82,220      11,349,339  

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd.

      88,100      5,394,796  
           
      $ 24,957,554  
           

Specialty Stores – 0.2%

      

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (a)(l)

      136,810    $ 1,012,394  
           

Telephone Services – 0.9%

      

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.

      1,905,975    $ 4,974,318  
           

Trucking – 2.9%

      

TNT N.V. (l)

      255,640    $ 8,929,467  

United Parcel Service, Inc., “B”

      119,460      7,535,537  
           
      $ 16,465,004  
           

Utilities - Electric Power – 1.0%

      

E.ON AG

      30,510    $ 5,819,372  

SUEZ S.A.

      6      358  
           
      $ 5,819,730  
           

Total Common Stocks

       $ 572,228,759  
           

Collateral for Securities Loaned – 4.9%

      

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. Repurchase Agreement, 2.17%, dated 7/31/08, due 8/01/08, total to be received $ 28,491,825 (secured by U.S. Treasury and Federal Agency obligations and Mortgage Backed securities in an individually traded account)

    $ 28,490,108    $ 28,490,108  
           

Money Market Funds (v) – 0.9%

      

MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio, 2.57%, at Net Asset Value

      4,940,989    $ 4,940,989  
           

Total Investments (k)

       $ 605,659,856  
           

Other Assets, Less Liabilities – (4.9)%

         (28,362,164 )
           

Net Assets – 100.0%

       $ 577,297,692  
           

 

(a) Non-income producing security.

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) 7/31/08 - continued

 

(k) As of July 31, 2008, the fund had 41 securities that were fair valued, aggregating $288,526,557 and 47.64% of market value, in accordance with the policies adopted by the Board of Trustees.

 

(l) All or a portion of this security is on loan.

 

(v) Underlying fund that is available only to investment companies managed by MFS. The rate quoted is the annualized sevenday yield of the fund at period end.

The following abbreviations are used in this report and are defined:

 

IPS    International Preference Stock

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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MFS Global Equity Fund

Supplemental Information (Unaudited) 7/31/08

(1) Portfolio Securities

The cost and unrealized appreciation and depreciation in the value of the investments owned by the fund, as computed on a federal income tax basis, are as follows:

 

Aggregate Cost

    $  534,051,195  
        

Gross unrealized appreciation

    $ 111,671,392  

Gross unrealized depreciation

      (40,062,731 )
        

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    $ 71,608,661  
        

The aggregate cost above includes prior fiscal year end tax adjustments.

(2) Transactions in Underlying Funds-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 transactions in securities which the fund assumes to be affiliated issuers during the nine months ended July 31, 2008, is set forth below:

 

Underlying Funds

    Beginning
Shares/Par
Amount		    Acquisitions
Shares/Par
Amount		    Dispositions
Shares/Par
Amount		     Ending
Shares/Par
Amount

MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio

    11,536,277    90,334,851      (96,930,139 )     4,940,989

Underlying Funds

    Realized
Gain (Loss)		    Capital Gain
Distributions		    Dividend
Income		     Ending
Value

MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio

    —      —      $ 130,778     $ 4,940,989

(3) Country Weightings

Country weighting percentages of portfolio holdings based on total net assets as of July 31, 2008, are as follows:

 

United States

    34.4 %

France

    13.9 %

Switzerland

    12.3 %

United Kingdom

    9.2 %

Japan

    8.6 %

Germany

    8.3 %

Netherlands

    6.7 %

Austria

    1.2 %

South Korea

    1.1 %

Other Countries

    4.3 %

 

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LOGO

MFS Global Total Return Fund

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) 7/31/08

 

Issuer

    Shares/Par    Value ($)

Common Stocks – 59.7%

      

Aerospace – 2.6%

      

Lockheed Martin Corp.

    90,940    $ 9,487,770

Northrop Grumman Corp.

    55,880      3,765,753

United Technologies Corp.

    66,560      4,258,509
         
      $ 17,512,032
         

Alcoholic Beverages – 0.7%

      

Heineken N.V.

    108,400    $ 5,039,899
         

Apparel Manufacturers – 0.4%

      

NIKE, Inc., “B”

    49,580    $ 2,909,354
         

Automotive – 0.7%

      

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

    78,960    $ 3,543,282

Johnson Controls, Inc.

    35,770      1,078,823
         
      $ 4,622,105
         

Broadcasting – 2.2%

      

Fuji Television Network, Inc.

    1,356    $ 1,870,564

Nippon Television Network Corp.

    10,990      1,190,268

Omnicom Group, Inc. (l)

    48,600      2,074,734

Vivendi S.A.

    112,390      4,695,792

Walt Disney Co.

    88,680      2,691,438

WPP Group PLC

    238,860      2,274,185
         
      $ 14,796,981
         

Brokerage & Asset Managers – 1.1%

      

Franklin Resources, Inc.

    22,550    $ 2,268,756

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (l)

    23,380      4,302,855

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

    44,900      1,196,585
         
      $ 7,768,196
         

Business Services – 1.1%

      

Accenture Ltd., “A”

    98,790    $ 4,125,470

Bunzl PLC

    138,990      1,734,951

USS Co. Ltd.

    31,040      2,068,232
         
      $ 7,928,653
         

Chemicals – 0.7%

      

PPG Industries, Inc.

    78,480    $ 4,759,027
         

Computer Software – 1.0%

      

Oracle Corp.

    321,090    $ 6,913,068
         

Computer Software - Systems – 1.1%

      

Fujitsu Ltd.

    409,000    $ 2,975,740

International Business Machines Corp.

    34,640      4,433,227
         
      $ 7,408,967
         

Construction – 1.6%

      

CRH PLC

    93,330    $ 2,401,159

Geberit AG

    18,799      2,395,496

Masco Corp. (l)

    95,120      1,568,529

Sekisui Chemical Co. Ltd.

    312,000      1,982,209

Sherwin-Williams Co.

    26,420      1,406,865

Toll Brothers, Inc. (a)

    48,760      979,588
         
      $ 10,733,846
         

Consumer Goods & Services – 2.0%

      

Henkel KGaA, IPS

    94,610    $ 3,764,993

Kao Corp.

    174,000      4,510,180

Kose Corp. (l)

    85,900      2,088,609

Procter & Gamble Co.

    47,860      3,133,873
         
      $ 13,497,655
         

 

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MFS Global Total Return Fund

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) 7/31/08 - continued

 

Issuer

    Shares/Par    Value ($)

Common Stocks – continued

      

Containers – 0.3%

      

Brambles Ltd.

    235,290    $ 1,809,893
         

Electrical Equipment – 1.6%

      

Legrand S.A.

    147,040    $ 3,746,214

OMRON Corp.

    109,800      1,915,615

Spectris PLC

    215,150      3,034,001

W.W. Grainger, Inc.

    25,910      2,319,204
         
      $ 11,015,034
         

Electronics – 2.5%

      

Intel Corp.

    187,390    $ 4,158,184

Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.

    215,000      3,520,566

Ricoh Co. Ltd.

    143,000      2,301,691

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

    7,429      4,140,068

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., ADR

    351,422      3,338,509
         
      $ 17,459,018
         

Energy - Independent – 1.3%

      

Apache Corp.

    28,620    $ 3,210,305

Devon Energy Corp.

    36,390      3,453,047

EOG Resources, Inc.

    23,240      2,336,317
         
      $ 8,999,669
         

Energy - Integrated – 5.8%

      

Chevron Corp.

    67,690    $ 5,723,866

ConocoPhillips

    26,820      2,189,048

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    64,880      5,218,298

Hess Corp.

    33,570      3,403,998

Royal Dutch Shell PLC, “A”

    183,630      6,550,022

StatoilHydro ASA

    127,000      4,123,315

TOTAL S.A., ADR

    160,220      12,256,830
         
      $ 39,465,377
         

Food & Beverages – 2.8%

      

General Mills, Inc.

    21,970    $ 1,414,648

Kellogg Co.

    56,350      2,989,931

Nestle S.A.

    242,590      10,626,586

Nong Shim Co. Ltd.

    6,425      1,431,965

PepsiCo, Inc.

    39,500      2,629,120
         
      $ 19,092,250
         

Food & Drug Stores – 0.7%

      

CVS Caremark Corp.

    65,670    $ 2,396,955

Lawson, Inc.

    52,100      2,694,578
         
      $ 5,091,533
         

Forest & Paper Products – 0.5%

      

UPM-Kymmene Corp.

    216,660    $ 3,423,849
         

Gaming & Lodging – 0.3%

      

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

    70,330    $ 1,792,008
         

General Merchandise – 0.1%

      

Macy’s, Inc. (l)

    55,910    $ 1,051,667
         

Health Maintenance Organizations – 0.2%

      

WellPoint, Inc. (a)

    21,440    $ 1,124,528
         

Insurance – 3.5%

      

Allstate Corp.

    134,880    $ 6,234,154

Aviva PLC

    225,580      2,238,913

Benfield Group PLC

    279,510      1,348,088

Genworth Financial, Inc., “A”

    74,020      1,182,099

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) 7/31/08 - continued

 

Issuer

    Shares/Par    Value ($)

Common Stocks – continued

      

Insurance – continued

      

Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group PLC

    388,810    $ 3,169,794

MetLife, Inc.

    121,360      6,161,447

Muenchener Ruckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG

    14,920      2,484,596

Prudential Financial, Inc.

    19,280      1,329,742
         
      $ 24,148,833
         

Leisure & Toys – 0.2%

      

NAMCO BANDAI Holdings, Inc.

    94,600    $ 1,144,248
         

Machinery & Tools – 0.5%

      

Assa Abloy AB, “B” (l)

    234,980    $ 3,206,300
         

Major Banks – 4.6%

      

Bank of America Corp.

    113,366    $ 3,729,741

Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

    136,858      4,858,459

Credit Agricole S.A.

    253,565      5,444,262

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    25,260      1,026,314

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

    39,500      2,815,955

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC

    656,471      2,756,176

State Street Corp.

    48,660      3,486,002

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

    416      3,204,925

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

    33,190      1,362,781

UniCredito Italiano S.p.A.

    419,806      2,499,062
         
      $ 31,183,677
         

Natural Gas - Distribution – 0.4%

      

Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd.

    710,000    $ 2,852,683
         

Network & Telecom – 0.5%

      

Nokia Oyj

    123,550    $ 3,375,770
         

Oil Services – 0.3%

      

Fugro N.V.

    25,110    $ 1,780,128
         

Other Banks & Diversified Financials – 2.6%

      

Bangkok Bank Public Co. Ltd.

    387,300    $ 1,277,383

DNB Holding A.S.A.

    200,000      2,552,698

Hachijuni Bank Ltd.

    204,000      1,303,858

ING Groep N.V. (l)

    190,280      6,217,888

Joyo Bank Ltd.

    204,000      955,827

Sapporo Hokuyo Holdings, Inc.

    187      1,165,423

Shinhan Financial Group Co. Ltd.

    57,330      2,679,620

Unione di Banche Italiane Scpa

    77,982      1,849,277
         
      $ 18,001,974
         

Pharmaceuticals – 6.6%

      

Astellas Pharma, Inc.

    87,300    $ 3,774,900

GlaxoSmithKline PLC

    430,080      10,015,670

Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc.

    64,200      2,681,740

Johnson & Johnson

    51,970      3,558,386

Merck & Co., Inc.

    84,310      2,773,799

Merck KGaA

    18,110      2,188,530

Novartis AG

    106,710      6,322,227

Pfizer, Inc.

    75,280      1,405,478

Roche Holding AG

    45,340      8,368,874

Wyeth

    95,050      3,851,426
         
      $ 44,941,030
         

Printing & Publishing – 0.3%

      

Reed Elsevier PLC, ADR

    191,733    $ 2,179,931
         

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) 7/31/08 - continued

 

Issuer

         Shares/Par    Value ($)

Common Stocks – continued

         

Railroad & Shipping – 0.3%

         

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.

       17,920    $ 1,866,010
            

Specialty Stores – 0.1%

         

Praktiker Bau-und Heimwerkermaerkte Holding AG

       39,050    $ 627,335
            

Telecommunications - Wireless – 1.9%

         

KDDI Corp.

       721    $ 4,131,787

Rogers Communications, Inc., “B”

       22,270      752,706

Vodafone Group PLC

       3,117,375      8,372,625
            
         $ 13,257,118
            

Telephone Services – 2.2%

         

AT&T, Inc.

       164,940    $ 5,081,801

Royal KPN N.V. (l)

       174,210      3,034,000

Telefonica S.A.

       255,730      6,659,570

TELUS Corp.

       19,233      676,557
            
         $ 15,451,928
            

Tobacco – 1.5%

         

Lorillard, Inc. (a)

       40,440    $ 2,713,928

Philip Morris International, Inc.

       144,620      7,469,623
            
         $ 10,183,551
            

Trucking – 1.3%

         

TNT N.V.

       148,270    $ 5,179,048

Yamato Holdings Co. Ltd.

       286,000      3,570,693
            
         $ 8,749,741
            

Utilities - Electric Power – 1.6%

         

Dominion Resources, Inc.

       65,554    $ 2,896,176

E.ON AG

       30,530      5,823,187

FPL Group, Inc.

       32,760      2,114,003
            
         $ 10,833,366
            

Total Common Stocks

          $ 407,998,232
            

Bonds – 33.7%

         

Asset Backed & Securitized – 0.6%

         

Bayview Commercial Asset Trust, FRN, 3.64%, 2023 (n)

    CAD    560,000    $ 407,021

Commercial Mortgage Asset Trust, 0.878%, 2032 (i)(n)

       15,800,635      417,277

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, FRN, 2.648%, 2017 (n)

       1,400,000      1,343,629

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, FRN, 2.657%, 2017 (n)

       1,819,581      1,706,602

First Union National Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, FRN, 0.896%, 2043 (i)(n)

       23,415,893      447,904
            
         $ 4,322,433
            

Emerging Market Sovereign – 0.1%

         

Banco Central del Peru, 0%, 2008

    PEN    2,600,000    $ 911,054
            

International Market Quasi-Sovereign – 0.3%

         

Canada Housing Trust, 4.6%, 2011

    CAD    1,785,000    $ 1,799,285
            

International Market Sovereign – 24.8%

         

Dutch Government, 3.75%, 2014

    EUR    7,852,000    $ 11,842,510

Federal Republic of Germany, 5.25%, 2010

    EUR    5,068,000      8,037,092

Federal Republic of Germany, 3.75%, 2013

    EUR    2,022,000      3,084,514

Federal Republic of Germany, 3.75%, 2015

    EUR    6,862,000      10,379,121

Federal Republic of Germany, 4%, 2018

    EUR    3,440,000      5,231,602

Federal Republic of Germany, 6.25%, 2030

    EUR    4,366,000      8,155,539

Government of Australia, 6.25%, 2015

    AUD    4,010,000      3,784,746

Government of Canada, 4.5%, 2015

    CAD    2,701,000      2,804,405

Government of Canada, 5.75%, 2033

    CAD    543,000      662,641

Government of Japan, 0.8%, 2010

    JPY    228,000,000      2,117,543

Government of Japan, 1.5%, 2012

    JPY    1,319,000,000      12,445,448

 

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MFS Global Total Return Fund

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) 7/31/08 - continued

 

Issuer

         Shares/Par    Value ($)

Bonds – continued

         

International Market Sovereign – continued

         

Government of Japan, 1.3%, 2014

    JPY    $ 334,000,000    $ 3,111,738

Government of Japan, 1.7%, 2017

    JPY      283,000,000      2,682,638

Government of Japan, 2.1%, 2024

    JPY      818,000,000      7,650,131

Government of Japan, 2.2%, 2027

    JPY      580,700,000      5,401,393

Government of Japan, 2.4%, 2037

    JPY      157,350,000      1,452,388

Kingdom of Belgium, 5.5%, 2017

    EUR      7,452,000      12,373,058

Kingdom of Denmark, 4%, 2015

    DKK      7,787,000      1,563,423

Kingdom of Spain, 5%, 2012

    EUR      7,982,000      12,679,917

Kingdom of Sweden, 4.5%, 2015

    SEK      10,840,000      1,815,970

Republic of France, 6%, 2025

    EUR      6,910,000      12,322,594

Republic of France, 4.75%, 2035

    EUR      2,267,000      3,522,059

Republic of Italy, 4.75%, 2013

    EUR      6,288,000      9,845,449

United Kingdom Treasury, 9%, 2011

    GBP      3,786,000      8,353,747

United Kingdom Treasury, 8%, 2015

    GBP      3,275,000      7,737,013

United Kingdom Treasury, 8%, 2021

    GBP      2,113,000      5,392,832

United Kingdom Treasury, 4.25%, 2036

    GBP      2,650,000      4,992,887
            
         $ 169,442,398
            

Mortgage Backed – 1.2%

         

Fannie Mae, 4.518%, 2013

       $ 81,975    $ 80,690

Fannie Mae, 5.37%, 2013

         269,910      275,626

Fannie Mae, 4.78%, 2015

         359,036      350,430

Fannie Mae, 4.79%, 2015

         374,729      366,115

Fannie Mae, 4.856%, 2015

         283,638      275,593

Fannie Mae, 5.09%, 2016

         362,000      356,607

Fannie Mae, 5.423%, 2016

         341,718      345,126

Fannie Mae, 4.996%, 2017

         261,267      259,009

Fannie Mae, 5.05%, 2017

         330,000      324,145

Fannie Mae, 5.32%, 2017

         279,928      279,100

Fannie Mae, 5.5%, 2024

         419,900      424,067

Fannie Mae, 5%, 2025

         788,345      795,274

Freddie Mac, 4.5%, 2021

         120,254      120,276

Freddie Mac, 5%, 2022 - 2027

         3,370,518      3,397,591

Freddie Mac, 4%, 2024

         431,999      432,029

Freddie Mac, 5.5%, 2026

         390,223      396,907
            
         $ 8,478,585
            

Municipals – 0.4%

         

Minnesota Public Facilities Authority, Water Pollution Control Rev., “B”, 5%, 2018

       $ 1,440,000    $ 1,571,501

New York, Dormitory Authority Rev. (New York University), 5.5%, 2031

         1,050,000      1,156,061
            
         $ 2,727,562
            

U.S. Government Agencies – 0.7%

         

Aid-Egypt, 4.45%, 2015

       $ 1,113,000    $ 1,128,537

Small Business Administration, 5.09%, 2025

         200,039      195,081

Small Business Administration, 5.21%, 2026

         2,281,964      2,232,113

Small Business Administration, 5.31%, 2027

         1,228,939      1,210,246
            
         $ 4,765,977
            

U.S. Treasury Obligations – 5.6%

         

U.S. Treasury Bonds, 4.75%, 2017 (l)

       $ 2,794,000    $ 2,964,915

U.S. Treasury Bonds, 8%, 2021 (l)

         3,975,000      5,377,428

U.S. Treasury Bonds, 4.75%, 2037 (l)

         804,000      820,834

U.S. Treasury Notes, 2.625%, 2010

         13,908,000      13,949,293

U.S. Treasury Notes, 4.75%, 2012 (l)

         9,245,000      9,791,759

U.S. Treasury Notes, 4%, 2015 (f)(l)

         5,295,000      5,465,848
            
         $ 38,370,077
            

Total Bonds

          $ 230,817,371
            

 

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MFS Global Total Return Fund

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) 7/31/08 - continued

 

Issuer/Expiration Date/Strike Price

    Amount or
Number of
Contracts		    Value ($)  

Call Options Purchased – 0.0%

      

USD Currency – September 2008 @ EUR 1.53 (a)

    $ 2,634,660    $ 19,170  

U.S. Treasury Note 10 year Futures - August 2008 @ $114.5 (a)

      64      67,000  
           

Total Call Options Purchased

       $ 86,170  
           

Issuer

    Shares/Par       

Collateral for Securities Loaned – 5.4%

      

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. Repurchase Agreement, 2.17%, dated 7/31/08, due 8/01/08, total to be received $36,383,673 (secured by various U.S. Treasury and Federal Agency obligations and Mortgage Backed securities in an individually traded account), at Net Asset Value

      36,681,462    $ 36,681,462  
           

Money Market Funds (v) – 6.2%

      

MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio, 2.56%, at Net Asset Value

      42,666,390    $ 42,666,390  
           

Total Investments (k)

       $ 718,249,625  
           

Other Assets, Less Liabilities – (5.0)%

         (34,448,125 )
           

Net Assets – 100.0%

       $ 683,801,500  
           

 

(a) Non-income producing security.

 

(f) All or a portion of the security has been segregated as collateral for open futures contracts.

 

(i) Interest only security for which the fund receives interest on notional principal (Par amount). Par amount shown is the notional principal and does not reflect the cost of the security.

 

(k) As of July 31, 2008, the fund held securities fair valued in accordance with the policies adopted by the Board of Trustees, aggregating $423,414,913 and 58.95% of market value. An independent pricing service provided an evaluated bid for 32.10% of the market value.

 

(l) All or a portion of this security is on loan.

 

(n) Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be sold in the ordinary course of business in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At period end, the aggregate value of these securities was $4,322,433, representing 0.6% of net assets.

 

(v) Underlying fund that is available only to investment companies managed by MFS. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.

The following abbreviations are used in this report and are defined:

 

ADR

    American Depository Receipt

FRN

    Floating Rate Note. Interest rate resets periodically and may not be the rate reported at period end.

IPS

    International Preference Stock

Abbreviations indicate amounts shown in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. All amounts are stated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated. A list of abbreviations is shown below:

 

AUD

    Australian Dollar

CAD

    Canadian Dollar

CHF

    Swiss Franc

CLP

    Chilean Peso

CNY

    Chinese Yuan Renminbi

DKK

    Danish Krone

EUR

    Euro

GBP

    British Pound

JPY

    Japanese Yen

NOK

    Norwegian Krone

NZD

    New Zealand Dollar

PEN

    Peruvian Nuevo Sol

SEK

    Swedish Krona

See attached supplemental information. For more information see notes to financial statements as disclosed in the most recent semiannual or annual report.

 

6

MFS Global Total Return Fund

Supplemental Information (Unaudited) 7/31/08

(1) Portfolio Securities

The cost and unrealized appreciation and depreciation in the value of the investments owned by the fund, as computed on a federal income tax basis, are as follows:

 

Aggregate Cost

    $ 715,325,665  
        

Gross unrealized appreciation

    $ 40,987,724  

Gross unrealized depreciation

      (38,063,764 )
        

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    $ 2,923,960  
        

The aggregate cost above includes prior fiscal year end tax adjustments.

(2) Securities Lending Collateral

At July 31, 2008, the value of securities loaned was $41,494,630. These loans were collateralized by cash of $36,861,462 and U.S. Treasury obligations of $6,194,343.

(3) Derivative Contracts at 7/31/08

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts at 7/31/08

 

Type

    Currency    Contracts to
Deliver/Receive		    Settlement
Date Range		    In Exchange
For		    Contracts
at Value		    Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

Appreciation

                  

SELL

    AUD    2,273,534    8/11/08    $ 2,173,338    $ 2,139,994    $ 33,344

SELL

    CAD    882,351    8/25/08      871,643      861,941      9,702

SELL

    CHF    692,558    9/18/08      670,000      661,153      8,847

BUY

    CLP    149,046,539    8/07/08      287,596      295,487      7,891

SELL

    CLP    321,595,615    8/07/08 - 8/18/08      656,318      637,172      19,146

BUY

    CNY    9,778,358    8/21/08      1,415,000      1,433,145      18,145

SELL

    CNY    9,778,358    8/21/08      1,440,006      1,433,145      6,861

BUY

    DKK    1,537,045    8/12/08      317,893      321,073      3,180

SELL

    DKK    667,094    8/12/08      141,771      139,349      2,422

BUY

    EUR    25,279,025    8/25/08      39,266,261      39,372,081      105,820

SELL

    EUR    13,851,913    8/25/08      21,857,612      21,574,353      283,259

BUY

    GBP    190,000    8/26/08      376,045      376,096      51

SELL

    GBP    800,910    8/26/08      1,595,764      1,585,362      10,402

BUY

    JPY    29,161,539    8/26/08      270,000      270,638      638

SELL

    JPY    722,062,691    8/26/08      6,846,776      6,701,204      145,572

SELL

    NOK    718,282    9/17/08      141,771      139,487      2,284

SELL

    NZD    2,752,315    8/20/08      2,059,473      2,015,741      43,732

SELL

    SEK    1,305,506    9/30/08      216,502      215,077      1,425
                     
                  $ 702,721
                     

 

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MFS Global Total Return Fund

Supplemental Information (Unaudited) 7/31/08 - continued

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts at 7/31/08 - continued

 

Type

    Currency    Contracts to
Deliver/Receive		    Settlement
Date Range		    In Exchange For    Contracts
at Value		    Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)		  

Depreciation

                  

SELL

    AUD    1,701,292    8/11/08    $ 1,577,933    $ 1,601,363    $ (23,430 )

BUY

    CAD    338,443    8/25/08      332,182      330,614      (1,568 )

BUY

    CHF    1,385,925    9/18/08      1,362,433      1,323,078      (39,355 )

BUY

    CLP    172,549,077    8/18/08      343,313      341,684      (1,629 )

BUY

    DKK    1,111,674    8/12/08      234,849      232,217      (2,632 )

BUY

    EUR    6,357,185    8/05/08 - 8/25/08      10,022,367      9,904,200      (118,167 )

SELL

    EUR    18,029,266    8/20/08 - 8/25/08      27,993,263      28,080,624      (87,361 )

BUY

    GBP    2,620,836    8/26/08      5,217,466      5,187,813      (29,653 )

SELL

    GBP    7,515,108    8/20/08 - 8/26/08      14,722,373      14,875,865      (153,492 )

BUY

    JPY    5,740,401,076    8/26/08      53,505,433      53,274,596      (230,837 )

BUY

    NOK    14,447,433    9/17/08      2,852,687      2,805,616      (47,071 )

BUY

    NZD    1,485,274    8/20/08      1,100,000      1,087,785      (12,215 )

SELL

    PEN    2,534,400    8/11/08      900,000      901,563      (1,563 )
                       
                  $ (748,973 )
                       

Futures contracts outstanding at 7/31/08

 

Description

    Contracts    Value    Expiration
Date		    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

Japan Government Bond 10 yr (Long)

    20    $ 25,286,866    Sep-08    $ 371,591

At July 31, 2008, the fund had sufficient cash and/or other liquid securities to cover any commitments under these derivative contracts.

(4) Transactions in Underlying Funds-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 transactions in securities which the fund assumes to be affiliated issuers during the nine months ended July 31, 2008, is set forth below:

 

Underlying Funds

    Beginning
Shares/Par
Amount		    Acquisitions
Shares/Par
Amount		    Dispositions
Shares/Par
Amount		     Ending
Shares/Par
Amount

MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio

    —        250,438,345      (207,771,955 )     42,666,390

Underlying Funds

    Realized
Gain (Loss)		    Capital Gain
Distributions		    Dividend
Income		     Ending
Value

MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio

    —      $ —      $ 1,416,754     $ 42,666,390

 

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MFS Global Total Return Fund

Supplemental Information (Unaudited) 7/31/08 - continued

(5) Country Weightings

Country weighting percentages of portfolio holdings based on total net assets as of July 31, 2008, are as follows:

 

United States

    33.8 %

Japan

    12.7 %

United Kingdom

    10.3 %

Germany

    7.8 %

France

    6.1 %

Netherlands

    4.8 %

Switzerland

    4.1 %

Spain

    2.8 %

Italy

    2.1 %

Other Countries

    15.5 %

The country weighting percentages include both accrued interest amounts and the equivalent exposure from any derivative holdings, if applicable.

 

9

LOGO

MFS Utilities Fund

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) 7/31/08

 

Issuer

    Shares/Par    Value ($)

Common Stocks – 95.8%

      

Broadcasting – 0.9%

      

Grupo Televisa S.A., ADR

    1,315,920    $ 29,595,041
         

Cable TV – 4.1%

      

Comcast Corp., “Special A”

    1,054,070    $ 21,650,598

DIRECTV Group, Inc.

    979,400      26,463,388

Megacable Holdings S.A.B. de C.V.

    6,455,480      14,157,037

Net Servicos de Comunicacao S.A., IPS

    812,795      10,103,360

Time Warner Cable, Inc., “A” (a)

    2,505,810      71,240,178
         
      $ 143,614,561
         

Energy - Independent – 1.0%

      

Chesapeake Energy Corp. (l)

    106,700    $ 5,351,005

EOG Resources, Inc.

    34,300      3,448,179

Peabody Energy Corp.

    106,500      7,204,725

XTO Energy, Inc.

    433,565      20,477,275
         
      $ 36,481,184
         

Energy - Integrated – 1.4%

      

Chevron Corp.

    209,400    $ 17,706,864

OAO Gazprom, ADR

    628,130      30,094,635
         
      $ 47,801,499
         

Natural Gas - Distribution – 10.9%

      

Energen Corp.

    515,000    $ 31,003,000

Equitable Resources, Inc.

    1,990,030      103,979,068

GDF Suez

    89,943      5,618,646

MDU Resources Group, Inc.

    1,172,110      37,402,030

Questar Corp.

    1,008,066      53,306,530

Sempra Energy

    1,738,990      97,661,678

Spectra Energy Corp.

    1,810,800      49,199,436
         
      $ 378,170,388
         

Natural Gas - Pipeline – 5.5%

      

El Paso Corp.

    4,867,850    $ 87,280,551

Enagas S.A.

    955,075      24,607,433

Williams Cos., Inc.

    2,463,960      78,969,918
         
      $ 190,857,902
         

Oil Services – 3.5%

      

Baker Hughes, Inc.

    112,100    $ 9,294,211

Halliburton Co.

    1,285,970      57,637,175

National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (a)

    242,000      19,028,460

Noble Corp.

    229,210      11,889,123

Schlumberger Ltd.

    218,900      22,240,240
         
      $ 120,089,209
         

Telecommunications - Wireless – 12.9%

      

America Movil S.A.B. de C.V., “L”, ADR

    1,326,170    $ 66,958,323

Cellcom Israel Ltd.

    1,463,352      48,495,485

Hutchison Telecommunications International Ltd.

    16,569,000      21,747,662

Mobile TeleSystems OJSC, ADR

    475,910      33,979,974

MTN Group Ltd.

    1,307,990      22,557,972

NII Holdings, Inc. “B”

    1,177,140      64,342,472

Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co.

    250,790      14,221,267

Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co., ADR (l)

    296,880      16,877,628

Rogers Communications, Inc., “B”

    2,266,910      76,619,520

Tim Participacoes S.A., ADR (l)

    802,300      21,662,100

Vodafone Group PLC

    23,041,340      61,884,281
         
      $ 449,346,684
         

 

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MFS Utilities Fund

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) 7/31/08 - continued

 

Issuer

    Shares/Par    Value ($)

Common Stocks – continued

      

Telephone Services – 12.6%

      

AT&T, Inc.

    2,513,280    $ 77,434,157

Embarq Corp.

    1,143,110      52,320,145

Qwest Communications International, Inc. (l)

    6,292,760      24,101,271

Royal KPN N.V. (l)

    2,729,970      47,544,504

Telecom Argentina S.A., ADR

    1,230,121      16,495,923

Telefonica S.A.

    3,086,990      80,389,573

Telenor A.S.A.

    1,932,900      29,188,232

Telkom S.A. Ltd.

    726,860      13,714,242

TELUS Corp.

    856,160      30,117,022

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    1,545,210      52,598,948

Windstream Corp.

    1,331,595      15,872,612
         
      $ 439,776,629
         

Utilities - Electric Power – 43.0%

      

Acciona S.A.

    67,850    $ 14,254,782

AES Corp.

    3,644,760      58,826,426

AES Tiete S.A., IPS

    2,682,018      31,673,323

Allegheny Energy, Inc.

    1,299,700      62,905,480

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

    1,757,280      69,412,560

CEZ AS

    566,830      47,115,309

CMS Energy Corp.

    4,673,690      63,094,815

Constellation Energy Group, Inc.

    736,993      61,288,338

Dominion Resources, Inc.

    657,380      29,043,048

DPL, Inc.

    1,606,133      40,763,656

Dynegy, Inc., “A” (a)

    5,214,120      35,091,028

E.ON AG

    510,787      97,425,756

Edison International

    1,490,350      72,043,519

EDP Renovaveis S.A.

    804,235      8,063,242

Electricite de France

    218,980      18,979,840

Eletropaulo Metropolitana S.A., IPS

    2,250,560      53,876,300

Enersis S.A., ADR (l)

    482,360      8,595,655

Entergy Corp.

    64,100      6,853,572

Exelon Corp.

    109,400      8,601,028

FirstEnergy Corp.

    588,200      43,262,110

Fortum Oyj (l)

    248,000      10,954,841

FPL Group, Inc.

    160,280      10,342,868

Iberdrola Renovables S.A.

    1,912,500      12,664,230

International Power PLC

    6,363,391      51,771,190

Northeast Utilities

    2,161,760      54,389,882

NRG Energy, Inc. (a)

    3,601,020      130,681,016

Oesterreichische Elektrizitaetswirtschafts AG (Verbund), “A”

    263,793      21,026,639

PG&E Corp.

    1,240,760      47,806,483

Portland General Electric Co.

    206,261      4,845,071

PPL Corp.

    1,230,800      57,798,368

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

    1,587,452      66,355,493

Red Electrica de Espana

    616,072      37,059,604

Reliant Energy, Inc. (a)

    2,558,230      46,329,545

RWE AG

    205,600      24,671,976

Scottish & Southern Energy PLC

    728,780      20,178,373

SUEZ S.A.

    7      418

Veolia Environnement S.A.

    325,133      17,353,982

Wisconsin Energy Corp.

    155,970      7,037,365

Xcel Energy, Inc.

    2,045,560      41,033,934
         
      $ 1,493,471,065
         

Total Common Stocks

       $ 3,329,204,162
         

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) 7/31/08 - continued

 

Issuer

    Shares/Par    Value ($)  

Bonds – 0.0%

      

Asset Backed & Securitized – 0.0%

      

Falcon Franchise Loan LLC, FRN, 3.011%, 2023 (i)(n)

    $ 3,154,333    $ 243,229  
           

Utilities - Electric Power – 0.0%

      

TXU Eastern Funding Co., 6.75%, 2009 (d)

    $ 793,000    $ 55,510  
           

Total Bonds

       $ 298,739  
           

Convertible Bonds – 0.6%

      

Energy - Independent – 0.6%

      

Peabody Energy Corp., 4.75%, 2041

    $ 14,920,000    $ 20,048,750  
           

Convertible Preferred Stocks – 2.0%

      

Natural Gas - Pipeline – 0.8%

      

El Paso Corp., 4.99%

      20,200    $ 29,214,250  
           

Utilities - Electric Power – 1.2%

      

NRG Energy, Inc., 5.75%

      130,700    $ 40,802,906  
           

Total Convertible Preferred Stocks

       $ 70,017,156  
           

Money Market Funds (v) – 1.5%

      

MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio, 2.56%, at Net Asset Value

      52,331,395    $ 52,331,395  
           

Collateral for Securities Loaned – 2.6%

      

Citigroup Global Markets Repurchase Agreement, 2.17%, dated 7/31/08, due 8/01/08, total to be received $90,466,868 (secured by U.S. Treasury and Federal Agency obligations and Mortgage Backed securities in an individually traded account)

    $ 90,461,415    $ 90,461,415  
           

Total Investments (k)

       $ 3,562,361,617  
           

Other Assets, Less Liabilities – (2.5)%

         (85,841,673 )
           

Net Assets – 100.0%

       $ 3,476,519,944  
           

 

(a) Non-income producing security.

 

(d) Non-income producing security - in default.

 

(i) Interest only security for which the fund receives interest on notional principal (Par amount). Par amount shown is the notional principal and does not reflect the cost of the security.

 

(k) As of July 31, 2008, the fund had 22 securities that were fair valued, aggregating $671,736,147 and 18.86% of market value, in accordance with the policies adopted by the Board of Trustees.

 

(l) All or a portion of this security is on loan.

 

(n) Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be sold in the ordinary course of business in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At period end, the aggregate value of these securities was $243,229, representing 0.0% of net assets.

 

(v) Underlying fund that is available only to investment companies managed by MFS. The rate quoted is the annualized sevenday yield of the fund at period end.

The following abbreviations are used in this report and are defined:

 

ADR    American Depository Receipt
FRN    Floating Rate Note. Interest rate resets periodically and may not be the rate reported at period end.
IPS    International Preference Stock

Abbreviations indicate amounts shown in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. All amounts are stated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated. A list of abbreviations is shown below:

 

EUR    Euro
GBP    British Pound

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 (Unaudited) 7/31/08

(1) Portfolio Securities

The cost and unrealized appreciation and depreciation in the value of the investments owned by the fund, as computed on a federal income tax basis, are as follows:

 

Aggregate Cost

    $ 3,484,499,030  
        

Gross unrealized appreciation

    $ 304,588,420  

Gross unrealized depreciation

      (226,725,833 )
        

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    $ 77,862,587  
        

The aggregate cost above includes prior fiscal year end tax adjustments.

(2) Derivative Contracts at 7/31/08

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts at 7/31/08

 

Type

    Currency    Contracts to
Deliver/Receive		    Settlement
Date Range		    In Exchange For    Contracts
at Value		    Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)		  

Appreciation

                  

BUY

    EUR    3,642,699    8/20/2008 - 8/25/2008    $ 5,635,749    $ 5,673,712    $ 37,963  

SELL

    EUR    10,753,847    8/25/2008      16,936,076      16,749,117      186,959  

BUY

    GBP    1,917,081    8/26/2008      3,759,645      3,794,766      35,121  

SELL

    GBP    1,435,595    8/26/2008      2,849,445      2,841,688      7,757  
                       
                  $ 267,800  
                       

Depreciation

                  

BUY

    EUR    19,333,538    8/25/2008    $ 30,509,524    $ 30,111,986    $ (397,538 )

SELL

    EUR    185,427,213    8/25/2008      286,918,117      288,802,885      (1,884,768 )

SELL

    GBP    45,487,272    8/26/2008      89,155,534      90,039,782      (884,248 )
                       
                  $ (3,166,554 )
                       

At July 31, 2008, the fund had sufficient cash and/or other liquid securities to cover any commitments under these derivative contracts.

(3) Transactions in Underlying Funds-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 transactions in securities which the fund assumes to be affiliated issuers during the nine months ended July 31, 2008, is set forth below:

 

Underlying Funds

    Beginning
Shares/Par
Amount		    Acquisitions
Shares/Par
Amount		    Dispositions
Shares/Par
Amount		     Ending
Shares/Par
Amount

MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio

      79,824,380      730,254,547      (757,747,532 )     52,331,395

Underlying Funds

    Realized
Gain (Loss)		    Capital Gain
Distributions		    Dividend
Income		     Ending
Value

MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio

    $ —      $ —      $ 2,187,960     $ 52,331,395

 

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Supplemental Information (Unaudited) 7/31/08 - continued

(4) Country Weightings

Country weighting percentages of portfolio holdings based on total net assets as of July 31,2008, are as follows:

 

United States

    64.1 %

Spain

    5.1 %

United Kingdom

    3.8 %

Germany

    3.5 %

Brazil

    3.4 %

Mexico

    3.2 %

Canada

    3.1 %

Russia

    1.8 %

Israel

    1.4 %

Other Countries

    10.6 %

The country weighting percentages include both accrued interest amounts and the equivalent exposure from any derivative holdings, if applicable.

 

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ITEM 2. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

 

(a) Based upon their evaluation of the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”)) as conducted within 90 days of the filing date of this Form N-Q, the registrant’s principal financial officer and principal executive officer have concluded that those disclosure controls and procedures provide reasonable assurance that the material information required to be disclosed by the registrant on this report is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms.

 

(b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act) that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 3. EXHIBITS.

File as exhibits as part of this Form a separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2): Attached hereto.

Notice

A copy of the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, as amended, of the Registrant is on file with the Secretary of State of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts and notice is hereby given that this instrument is executed on behalf of the Registrant by an officer of the Registrant as an officer and not individually and the obligations of or arising out of this instrument are not binding upon any of the Trustees or shareholders individually, but are binding only upon the assets and property of the respective constituent series of the Registrant.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Registrant: MFS SERIES TRUST VI

 

By (Signature and Title)*    ROBERT J. MANNING
  Robert J. Manning, President

Date: September 12, 2008

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By (Signature and Title)*    ROBERT J. MANNING
 

Robert J. Manning, President

(Principal Executive Officer)

Date: September 12, 2008

 

By (Signature and Title)*    MARIA F. DWYER
 

Maria F. Dwyer, Treasurer

(Principal Financial Officer

and Accounting Officer)

Date: September 12, 2008

 

* Print name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.