The undersigned, being the Assistant Secretary of the above-mentioned Trusts, (collectively, the “Trusts”), hereby certifies that the following is a complete, true and correct copy of the vote
adopted by the Trustees of the Trusts on June 10, 2022, and that such vote has not been altered, amended or rescinded and is in full force and effect as of the date hereof.
FIDELITY BOND CLAIM AGREEMENT
THIS MASTER FIDELITY BOND CLAIM AGREEMENT dated November 1, 1993, as amended and restated June 12, 2002, as amended and restated March 1, 2008, by and among (i) each of the funds
listed from time to time in Exhibit A (collectively, the “Funds” or “Fund Parties”) and (ii) Massachusetts Financial Services Company (“MFS”), MFS Service Center, Inc. (“MFSC”), MFS Fund Distributors, Inc. (“MFD”), MFS Heritage Trust
Company, MFS Institutional Advisors, Inc., and MFS International Ltd., (collectively, the “MFS Parties”).
WHEREAS, MFS or certain other MFS Parties act as investment adviser to all of the Funds and certain other clients, MFD acts as distributor for certain of the Funds and MFSC acts
as the transfer and shareholder servicing agent for certain of the Funds; and from time to time hereafter each may act in the same capacities with respect to other clients including other investment companies;
WHEREAS, all the parties hereto are named insureds under broker’s blanket bonds issued by each of the insurance companies listed from time to time in Exhibit B, and/or
such other insurance companies as from time to time may insure parties hereto as such bonds may be amended and/or restated from time to time (collectively the “Bonds”);
WHEREAS, the parties desire to establish (i) the criteria by which the premium for the Bonds shall be allocated among the parties, (ii) the basis on which additional investment
companies for which MFS, or any subsidiary thereof, may hereafter act as investment adviser and/or for which MFD may act as distributor, and additional affiliates of MFS may from time to time be added as named insureds under the Bonds and (iii)
the criteria by which losses in excess of the face amounts of the Bonds shall be allocated among the parties.
NOW THEREFORE, it is agreed as follows:
1. Each of the Funds shall pay a
portion of each premium which shall be determined as of a specified date (the “Date”) which is the same date for all Fund Parties by calculating the proportion which the minimum amount of fidelity bond coverage required for such Fund
(calculated in accordance with Rule 17g-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (“Rule 17g-1”)) bears to the total amount of coverage provided for under the Bonds and applying said proportion to the total annual premium. The
amount remaining after calculating the portions of the premium to be paid by the Funds shall be paid by MFS or such MFS Parties as MFS shall determine.
2. If one or more of the
insurance companies listed in Exhibit B (or such other insurers as from time to time may insure the parties hereto) are willing without additional premium until the next renewal date to add, as an insured under any of the Bonds, (i) any
investment company permitted to be included on the Bonds pursuant to Rule 17g-1 for which MFS (or any subsidiary thereof) may act as investment adviser
and/or for which MFD may act as distributor, or (ii) any affiliate of MFS permitted to be included on the Bonds pursuant to Rule 17g-1, the parties hereto agree (a) that such addition may be made, (b) that such investment company shall become a
party to this Agreement and be included within the terms “Funds” and “Fund Parties” and (c) that such affiliate shall become a party to this Agreement and be included within the term “MFS Parties.”
3. In the event that the claims
of loss of two or more insureds under the Bonds are so related that the insurer is entitled to assert that the claims must be aggregated with the result that the claims exceed the face amount of the Bonds but the total amount payable on such
claims is limited to the face amount of the Bonds, the following rules for determining, as among such insureds, the priority of satisfaction of the claims under the Bonds shall apply:
A.
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All claims of Funds which have been duly proved and established under the Bonds shall be satisfied in full before satisfaction of any claims of MFS or other MFS
Parties, if any.
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B.
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If the claims of Funds which have been duly proved and established under the Bonds exceed the face amount of the Bonds, the insurance proceeds shall be applied to those
claims in the following manner:
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(i)
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first, the insurance proceeds shall be applied to the claim of each Fund up to its respective minimum fidelity bond requirement as determined pursuant to paragraph one
above with respect to the Funds; and:
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(ii)
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the remaining amount of insurance proceeds then shall be applied to the unsatisfied claims of the Funds in proportion to their respective minimum fidelity bond
requirements as determined pursuant to paragraph one above with respect to the Funds.
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C.
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If after giving effect to Paragraph A there remains a portion of the insurance under the Bonds available for the satisfaction of claims of MFS or other MFS Parties, if
any, which have been duly proved and established under the Bonds, such remainder shall be applied as MFS shall determine.
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4. This
Agreement hereby supercedes all prior or contemporaneous agreements among the parties hereto (or any two or more of them) (which other agreements may include other parties) relating to the subject matter hereof.
5. The
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
6. Exhibit
A hereto may be amended from time to time to reflect the changes in the funds insured under the Bonds.
7. Exhibit
B hereto may be amended from time to time to reflect the changes in the insurance companies issuing the Bonds.
8. A copy
of the Declaration of Trust of each Fund is on file with the Secretary of State of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Each party hereto acknowledges that the obligations of or arising out of this Agreement are not binding upon any of the
Fund’s Trustees, officers, employees, agents or shareholders individually, but are binding solely upon the assets and property of the Fund. If this Agreement is executed by the Fund on behalf of one or more series of the Fund, each party
hereto further acknowledges that the assets and liabilities of each series are separate and distinct and that the obligations of or arising out of this Agreement concerning a series are binding solely upon the assets or property of such series
and not upon the assets or property of any other series.
9. This
Agreement may be amended or modified only with the prior written consent of the parties hereto.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered in their names and on their behalf by the undersigned officers, thereunto duly
authorized, all as of the first day of March 2008.
MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPANY
MFS SERVICE CENTER, INC.
MFS FUND DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
MFS INSTITUTIONAL ADVISORS, INC.
MFS INTERNATIONAL LTD.
By: MARK N. POLEBAUM
Mark N. Polebaum
Secretary
MFS HERITAGE TRUST COMPANY
By: MARIA F. DIORIODWYER
Maria F. DiOrioDwyer
Chairman
On Behalf of the Funds Listed From Time to Time
On Exhibit A Hereto:
By: SUSAN S. NEWTON
Susan S. Newton
Assistant Secretary or Assistant Clerk
FIDELITY BOND CLAIM AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT A
As of November 1, 2021
MFS FUNDS BOARD PRODUCTS:
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MFS SERIES TRUST I
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MFS Core Equity Fund
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MFS Low Volatility Global Equity Fund
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MFS Low Volatility Equity Fund |
MFS New Discovery Fund
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MFS Research International Fund
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MFS Technology Fund
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MFS U.S. Government Cash Reserve Fund
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MFS Value Fund
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MFS SERIES TRUST II
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MFS Growth Fund
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MFS SERIES TRUST III
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MFS Global High Yield Fund
MFS High Income Fund
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MFS High Yield Pooled Portfolio
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MFS Municipal High Income Fund
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MFS SERIES TRUST IV
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MFS Blended Research Emerging Markets Equity Fund
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MFS Blended Research International Equity Fund
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MFS Global New Discovery Fund
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MFS Mid Cap Growth Fund
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MFS U.S. Government Money Market Fund
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MFS SERIES TRUST V
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MFS Research Fund
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MFS Total Return Fund
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MFS International New Discovery Fund
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MFS SERIES TRUST VI
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MFS Global Equity Fund
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MFS Global Total Return Fund
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MFS Utilities Fund
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MFS SERIES TRUST VII
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MFS Emerging Markets Equity Research Fund
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MFS Equity Income Fund
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MFS SERIES TRUST VIII
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MFS Global Growth Fund
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MFS Income Fund
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MFS SERIES TRUST IX
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MFS Corporate Bond Fund
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MFS Inflation-Adjusted Bond Fund
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MFS Limited Maturity Fund
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MFS Municipal Limited Maturity Fund
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MFS Total Return Bond Fund
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MFS SERIES TRUST X
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MFS Aggressive Growth Allocation Fund
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MFS Blended Research Growth Equity Fund
MFS Blended Research Mid Cap Equity Fund
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MFS Blended Research Small Cap Equity Fund
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MFS Blended Research Value Equity Fund
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MFS Conservative Allocation Fund
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MFS Emerging Markets Debt Fund
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MFS Emerging Markets Debt Local Currency Fund
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MFS Emerging Markets Equity Fund
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MFS Global Opportunistic Bond Fund
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MFS Growth Allocation Fund
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MFS International Diversification Fund
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MFS International Growth Fund
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MFS International Intrinsic Value Fund
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MFS International Large Cap Value Fund
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MFS Managed Wealth Fund
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MFS Moderate Allocation Fund
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MFS SERIES TRUST XI
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MFS Blended Research Core Equity Fund
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MFS Mid Cap Value Fund
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MFS SERIES TRUST XII
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MFS Lifetime Income Fund
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MFS Lifetime 2020 Fund
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MFS Lifetime 2025 Fund
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MFS Lifetime 2030 Fund
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MFS Lifetime 2035 Fund
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MFS Lifetime 2040 Fund
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MFS Lifetime 2045 Fund
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MFS Lifetime 2050 Fund
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MFS Lifetime 2055 Fund
MFS Lifetime 2060 Fund
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MFS Lifetime 2065 Fund
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MFS SERIES TRUST XIII
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MFS Diversified Income Fund
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MFS Global Real Estate Fund
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MFS Government Securities Fund
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MFS New Discovery Value Fund
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MFS SERIES TRUST XIV
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MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio
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MFS SERIES TRUST XV
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MFS Commodity Strategy Fund
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MFS Global Alternative Strategy Fund
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MFS SERIES TRUST XVI
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MFS Prudent Investor Fund
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STAND-ALONE FUNDS
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Massachusetts Investors Growth Stock Fund
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Massachusetts Investors Trust
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CLOSED-END FUNDS
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MFS Charter Income Trust
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MFS Government Markets Income Trust
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MFS High Income Municipal Trust
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MFS High Yield Municipal Trust
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MFS Intermediate High Income Fund
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MFS Intermediate Income Trust
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MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust
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MFS Multimarket Income Trust
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MFS Municipal Income Trust
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MFS Special Value Trust
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MFS MUNICIPAL SERIES TRUST
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MFS Alabama Municipal Bond Fund
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MFS Arkansas Municipal Bond Fund
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MFS California Municipal Bond Fund
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MFS Georgia Municipal Bond Fund
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MFS Maryland Municipal Bond Fund
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MFS Massachusetts Municipal Bond Fund
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MFS Mississippi Municipal Bond Fund
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MFS New York Municipal Bond Fund
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MFS North Carolina Municipal Bond Fund
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MFS Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund
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MFS South Carolina Municipal Bond Fund
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MFS Virginia Municipal Bond Fund
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MFS West Virginia Municipal Bond Fund
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MFS Municipal Income Fund
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MFS Municipal Intermediate Fund
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MFS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST
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MFS Growth Series
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MFS Global Equity Series
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MFS Investors Trust Series
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MFS Mid Cap Growth Series
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MFS New Discovery Series
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MFS Total Return Bond Series
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MFS Research Series
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MFS Total Return Series
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MFS Utilities Series
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MFS Value Series
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MFS INSTITUTIONAL TRUST
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MFS Institutional International Equity Fund
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MFS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST II
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MFS Blended Research Core Equity Portfolio
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MFS Corporate Bond Portfolio
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MFS Core Equity Portfolio
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MFS Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio
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MFS Global Governments Portfolio
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MFS Global Growth Portfolio
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MFS Global Research Portfolio
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MFS Global Tactical Allocation Portfolio
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MFS Government Securities Portfolio
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MFS High Yield Portfolio
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MFS International Growth Portfolio
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MFS International Intrinsic Value Portfolio
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MFS Massachusetts Investors Growth Stock Portfolio
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MFS U.S. Government Money Market Portfolio
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MFS Research International Portfolio
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MFS Income Portfolio
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MFS Technology Portfolio
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MFS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST III
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MFS Blended Research Small Cap Equity Portfolio
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MFS Conservative Allocation Portfolio
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MFS Global Real Estate Portfolio
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MFS Growth Allocation Portfolio
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MFS Inflation-Adjusted Bond Portfolio
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MFS Limited Maturity Portfolio
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MFS Mid Cap Value Portfolio
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MFS Moderate Allocation Portfolio
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MFS New Discovery Value Portfolio
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FIDELITY BOND CLAIM AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT B
As of November 1, 2021
ICI Mutual Insurance Company (ICI Mutual)
Federal Insurance Company (Chubb)