Issuer | Shares/Par | Value ($) | ||
Common Stocks – 99.2% | ||||
Aerospace & Defense – 3.2% | ||||
Honeywell International, Inc. | 281,494 | $54,646,430 | ||
MTU Aero Engines Holding AG | 54,811 | 12,794,195 | ||
Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (a) | 8,454,902 | 20,057,331 | ||
$87,497,956 | ||||
Airlines – 0.8% | ||||
Aena S.A. | 144,821 | $23,152,142 | ||
Alcoholic Beverages – 5.5% | ||||
Carlsberg Group | 97,170 | $14,573,923 | ||
Diageo PLC | 1,283,874 | 55,979,238 | ||
Heineken N.V. | 406,076 | 39,799,277 | ||
Pernod Ricard S.A. | 187,837 | 41,429,273 | ||
$151,781,711 | ||||
Apparel Manufacturers – 4.8% | ||||
Burberry Group PLC | 696,796 | $19,878,803 | ||
Compagnie Financiere Richemont S.A. | 286,755 | 46,134,656 | ||
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE | 71,384 | 66,564,577 | ||
$132,578,036 | ||||
Automotive – 0.4% | ||||
Aptiv PLC (a) | 97,071 | $10,628,304 | ||
Broadcasting – 1.9% | ||||
Omnicom Group, Inc. | 87,869 | $7,435,475 | ||
Walt Disney Co. (a) | 324,392 | 28,835,205 | ||
WPP Group PLC | 1,553,927 | 16,982,881 | ||
$53,253,561 | ||||
Brokerage & Asset Managers – 3.1% | ||||
Charles Schwab Corp. | 790,624 | $52,260,247 | ||
Deutsche Boerse AG | 76,533 | 14,667,002 | ||
London Stock Exchange Group PLC | 176,061 | 19,119,710 | ||
$86,046,959 | ||||
Business Services – 8.7% | ||||
Accenture PLC, “A” | 202,497 | $64,059,926 | ||
Adecco S.A. | 172,574 | 7,007,448 | ||
Brenntag AG | 159,035 | 12,324,061 | ||
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., “A” | 386,280 | 25,506,068 | ||
Compass Group PLC | 596,962 | 15,529,074 | ||
Equifax, Inc. | 93,748 | 19,132,092 | ||
Experian PLC | 425,061 | 16,414,156 | ||
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. | 361,127 | 21,804,848 | ||
Fiserv, Inc. (a) | 249,703 | 31,515,016 | ||
Intertek Group PLC | 279,304 | 15,635,362 | ||
PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a) | 127,395 | 9,659,089 | ||
$238,587,140 | ||||
Cable TV – 2.6% | ||||
Comcast Corp., “A” | 1,564,704 | $70,818,503 |
Issuer | Shares/Par | Value ($) | ||
Common Stocks – continued | ||||
Chemicals – 1.9% | ||||
3M Co. | 206,292 | $23,001,558 | ||
PPG Industries, Inc. | 202,695 | 29,167,811 | ||
$52,169,369 | ||||
Computer Software – 3.1% | ||||
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (a) | 234,023 | $30,940,181 | ||
Oracle Corp. | 461,449 | 54,095,666 | ||
$85,035,847 | ||||
Computer Software - Systems – 1.1% | ||||
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. | 542,486 | $29,706,604 | ||
Construction – 0.6% | ||||
Otis Worldwide Corp. | 182,091 | $16,562,997 | ||
Consumer Products – 4.1% | ||||
Colgate-Palmolive Co. | 138,734 | $10,579,855 | ||
Essity AB | 1,286,432 | 31,884,605 | ||
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. | 419,007 | 35,452,182 | ||
Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC | 476,112 | 35,671,251 | ||
$113,587,893 | ||||
Electrical Equipment – 4.9% | ||||
Amphenol Corp., “A” | 230,652 | $20,368,878 | ||
Legrand S.A. | 357,637 | 35,830,378 | ||
Schneider Electric SE | 437,382 | 77,925,280 | ||
$134,124,536 | ||||
Electronics – 1.1% | ||||
Hoya Corp. | 114,000 | $13,245,844 | ||
Microchip Technology, Inc. | 190,443 | 17,890,215 | ||
$31,136,059 | ||||
Food & Beverages – 3.5% | ||||
Danone S.A. | 614,984 | $37,547,992 | ||
Nestle S.A. | 476,982 | 58,459,763 | ||
$96,007,755 | ||||
Gaming & Lodging – 1.2% | ||||
Marriott International, Inc., “A” | 95,349 | $19,242,382 | ||
Whitbread PLC | 298,335 | 13,396,559 | ||
$32,638,941 | ||||
Insurance – 3.1% | ||||
Aon PLC | 113,822 | $36,252,307 | ||
Willis Towers Watson PLC | 228,745 | 48,340,681 | ||
$84,592,988 | ||||
Internet – 2.7% | ||||
Alphabet, Inc., “A” (a) | 416,960 | $55,338,931 | ||
eBay, Inc. | 411,282 | 18,306,162 | ||
$73,645,093 | ||||
Machinery & Tools – 1.3% | ||||
Carrier Global Corp. | 155,797 | $9,277,711 | ||
Kubota Corp. | 1,776,500 | 26,778,929 | ||
$36,056,640 |
Issuer | Shares/Par | Value ($) | ||
Common Stocks – continued | ||||
Major Banks – 3.9% | ||||
Erste Group Bank AG | 392,809 | $14,848,498 | ||
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 137,691 | 49,000,096 | ||
UBS AG | 1,900,446 | 42,005,730 | ||
$105,854,324 | ||||
Medical Equipment – 13.5% | ||||
Abbott Laboratories | 346,668 | $38,594,548 | ||
Boston Scientific Corp. (a) | 849,899 | 44,067,263 | ||
Cooper Cos., Inc. | 68,722 | 26,888,170 | ||
EssilorLuxottica | 59,136 | 11,894,765 | ||
Medtronic PLC | 794,823 | 69,753,666 | ||
Olympus Corp. | 1,958,300 | 31,886,985 | ||
Sonova Holding AG | 57,172 | 15,898,412 | ||
Stryker Corp. | 101,912 | 28,882,880 | ||
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | 127,371 | 69,883,373 | ||
Waters Corp. (a) | 118,376 | 32,696,635 | ||
$370,446,697 | ||||
Other Banks & Diversified Financials – 5.1% | ||||
American Express Co. | 205,341 | $34,677,988 | ||
Grupo Financiero Banorte S.A. de C.V. | 949,923 | 9,003,421 | ||
Julius Baer Group Ltd. | 183,355 | 12,951,858 | ||
Visa, Inc., “A” | 345,090 | 82,038,246 | ||
$138,671,513 | ||||
Pharmaceuticals – 4.9% | ||||
Bayer AG | 504,114 | $29,454,086 | ||
Merck KGaA | 223,508 | 39,270,378 | ||
Roche Holding AG | 212,211 | 65,849,775 | ||
$134,574,239 | ||||
Railroad & Shipping – 4.8% | ||||
Canadian National Railway Co. | 359,098 | $43,533,451 | ||
Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. | 667,918 | 54,962,972 | ||
Union Pacific Corp. | 146,546 | 34,001,603 | ||
$132,498,026 | ||||
Specialty Chemicals – 4.7% | ||||
Akzo Nobel N.V. | 312,960 | $26,757,179 | ||
L'Air Liquide S.A. | 153,712 | 27,608,876 | ||
Linde PLC | 192,272 | 75,114,902 | ||
$129,480,957 | ||||
Specialty Stores – 0.5% | ||||
Hermes International | 5,855 | $12,981,365 | ||
Telecommunications - Wireless – 1.2% | ||||
Liberty Broadband Corp. (a) | 359,816 | $32,070,400 | ||
Trucking – 1.0% | ||||
United Parcel Service, Inc., “B” | 144,770 | $27,090,810 | ||
Total Common Stocks | $2,723,277,365 |
Strike Price | First Exercise | |||
Warrants – 0.0% | ||||
Apparel Manufacturers – 0.0% | ||||
Compagnie Financiere Richemont S.A. (1 share for 2 warrants, Expiration 12/04/23) (a) | CHF 67 | 11/20/23 | 846,954 | $1,043,578 |
Issuer | Shares/Par | Value ($) | ||
Investment Companies (h) – 0.5% | ||||
Money Market Funds – 0.5% | ||||
MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio, 5.25% (v) | 14,164,716 | $14,164,716 | ||
Other Assets, Less Liabilities – 0.3% | 8,265,134 | |||
Net Assets – 100.0% | $2,746,750,793 |
(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 values of the fund's investments in affiliated issuers and in unaffiliated issuers were $14,164,716 and $2,724,320,943, respectively. | |||
(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. |
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: | |
CHF | Swiss Franc |
Financial Instruments | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total |
Equity Securities | $2,724,320,943 | $— | $— | $2,724,320,943 |
Mutual Funds | 14,164,716 | — | — | 14,164,716 |
Total | $2,738,485,659 | $— | $— | $2,738,485,659 |
Affiliated Issuers | Beginning Value | Purchases | Sales Proceeds | Realized Gain (Loss) | Change in Unrealized Appreciation or Depreciation | Ending Value |
MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio | $8,194,315 | $307,138,254 | $301,173,059 | $5,206 | $— | $14,164,716 |
Affiliated Issuers | Dividend Income | Capital Gain Distributions |
MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio | $358,907 | $— |
United States | 53.0% |
France | 11.4% |
Switzerland | 9.1% |
United Kingdom | 8.3% |
Germany | 4.0% |
Canada | 3.6% |
Japan | 2.6% |
Netherlands | 2.4% |
Sweden | 1.2% |
Other Countries | 4.4% |