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MFS Institutional Large Cap Value Fund
MFS® Institutional Large Cap Value Fund-Summary of Key Information
Investment Objective

The fund’s investment objective is to seek capital appreciation.

Fees and Expenses

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay when you buy and hold shares of the fund.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment):
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
MFS Institutional Large Cap Value Fund
Management Fee 0.55%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees none
Other Expenses 0.10%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 0.65%
Example

This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.


The example assumes that: you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods indicated and you redeem your shares at the end of the time periods; your investment has a 5% return each year; and the fund’s operating expenses remain the same.

Although your actual costs will likely be higher or lower, under these assumptions your costs would be:
Expense Example (USD $)
1 YEAR
3 YEARS
5 YEARS
10 YEARS
MFS Institutional Large Cap Value Fund
66 208 362 810
Portfolio Turnover

The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when shares are held in a taxable account. These transaction costs, which are not reflected in “Annual Fund Operating Expenses” or in the “Example,” affect the fund’s performance.  During the most recent fiscal year, the fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 19% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

MFS (Massachusetts Financial Services Company, the fund’s investment adviser) normally invests at least 80% of the fund’s net assets in issuers with large market capitalizations. MFS generally defines large market capitalization issuers as issuers with market capitalizations of at least $5 billion at the time of purchase.


MFS normally invests the fund’s assets primarily in U.S. equity securities. Equity securities include common stocks, preferred stocks, securities convertible into stocks, equity interests in real estate investment trusts (REITs), and depositary receipts for such securities.


MFS focuses on investing the fund’s assets in the stocks of companies it believes are undervalued compared to their perceived worth (value companies).


MFS uses a bottom-up investment approach to buying and selling investments for the fund. Investments are selected primarily based on fundamental analysis of individual issuers. Quantitative models that systematically evaluate issuers may also be considered.

Principal Risks

As with any mutual fund, the fund may not achieve its objective and/or you could lose money on your investment in the fund. An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency.


The principal risks of investing in the fund are:


Stock Market/Company Risk:  Stock markets are volatile and can decline significantly in response to issuer, market, economic, industry, political, regulatory, geopolitical, and other conditions, as well as to investor perceptions of these conditions. The price of an equity security can decrease significantly in response to these conditions, and these conditions can affect a single issuer or type of security, issuers within a broad market sector, industry or geographic region, or the market in general.


Value Company Risk:  The stocks of value companies can continue to be undervalued for long periods of time and not realize their expected value and can be more volatile than the market in general.


Investment Selection Risk:  MFS’ investment analysis and its selection of investments may not produce the intended results and/or can lead to an investment focus that results in the fund underperforming other funds with similar investment strategies and/or underperforming the markets in which the fund invests.


Liquidity Risk:  It may not be possible to sell certain investments, types of investments, and/or segments of the market at any particular time or at an acceptable price.

Performance Information

The bar chart and performance table below are intended to provide some indication of the risks of investing in the fund by showing changes in the fund’s performance over time and how the fund’s performance over time compares with that of a broad measure of market performance.


The fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the fund will perform in the future. Updated performance is available online at mfs.com or by calling 1-877-960-6077.

Bar Chart.
Bar Chart

The total return for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013, was 22.94%. During the period(s) shown in the bar chart, the highest quarterly return was 16.86% (for the calendar quarter ended June 30, 2009) and the lowest quarterly return was (19.05)% (for the calendar quarter ended December 31, 2008).

Performance Table.
Average Annual Total Returns (for the Periods Ended December 31, 2012)
Average Annual Returns
Label
Average Annual Returns, 1 Year
Average Annual Returns, 5 Years
Average Annual Returns, 10 Years
MFS Institutional Large Cap Value Fund
Fund Shares Returns Before Taxes 16.42% 1.17% 8.05%
MFS Institutional Large Cap Value Fund After Taxes on Distributions
Fund Shares Returns Before Taxes 15.72% 0.56% 6.77%
MFS Institutional Large Cap Value Fund After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
Fund's Shares Returns After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares 11.61% 0.77% 6.63%
MFS Institutional Large Cap Value Fund Russell 1000 Value Index
Index Comparison (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) Russell 1000 Value Index 17.51% 0.59% 7.38%

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your own tax situation, and may differ from those shown. The after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.