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Quarterly Report
May 31, 2022
MFS®  Research
International Fund
RIF-Q3

Portfolio of Investments
5/31/22 (unaudited)
The Portfolio of Investments is a complete list of all securities owned by your fund. It is categorized by broad-based asset classes.
Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Common Stocks – 98.8%
Aerospace & Defense – 0.7%  
MTU Aero Engines Holding AG   576,794 $113,843,080
Airlines – 0.5%  
Ryanair Holdings PLC, ADR (a)   840,012 $73,249,046
Alcoholic Beverages – 2.0%  
Diageo PLC   4,855,243 $224,839,817
Kirin Holdings Co. Ltd.   5,531,900 85,475,543
        $310,315,360
Apparel Manufacturers – 4.3%  
Adidas AG   775,862 $153,641,647
Burberry Group PLC   1,984,084 42,827,461
Compagnie Financiere Richemont S.A.   1,253,021 138,927,005
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE   514,219 329,678,168
        $665,074,281
Automotive – 1.6%  
Bridgestone Corp.   2,180,000 $85,805,218
Continental AG   858,076 65,662,244
Koito Manufacturing Co. Ltd.   2,740,400 99,899,441
        $251,366,903
Brokerage & Asset Managers – 3.6%  
Euronext N.V.   2,238,647 $193,705,936
Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd.   3,417,400 146,488,843
London Stock Exchange Group   2,292,913 213,865,911
        $554,060,690
Business Services – 1.2%  
Nomura Research Institute Ltd.   4,800,100 $131,803,410
Secom Co. Ltd.   663,800 43,813,326
        $175,616,736
Computer Software – 2.7%  
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)   771,835 $118,654,195
Naver Corp.   344,343 79,456,863
NetEase.com, Inc., ADR   2,020,153 209,550,471
        $407,661,529
Computer Software - Systems – 5.5%  
Amadeus IT Group S.A. (a)   2,181,119 $135,434,689
Constellation Software, Inc.   95,920 150,967,926
Fujitsu Ltd.   1,100,400 164,782,751
Hitachi Ltd.   4,998,400 261,111,896
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.   2,457,824 133,896,975
        $846,194,237
Construction – 1.0%  
Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd.   11,515,500 $149,365,365
Consumer Products – 1.6%  
Kao Corp.   2,062,800 $83,042,311
Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC   2,101,197 162,516,913
        $245,559,224
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Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) – continued
Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Common Stocks – continued
Consumer Services – 0.9%  
Carsales.com Ltd.   2,797,163 $40,968,658
Persol Holdings Co. Ltd.   2,715,900 52,589,966
SEEK Ltd.   2,472,230 42,831,154
        $136,389,778
Electrical Equipment – 3.5%  
Legrand S.A.   1,992,748 $172,343,182
Schneider Electric SE   2,653,002 367,522,728
        $539,865,910
Electronics – 2.6%  
ASML Holding N.V.   102,978 $59,255,888
Kyocera Corp.   1,687,100 94,910,662
NXP Semiconductors N.V.   554,128 105,151,329
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.   7,419,326 142,266,707
        $401,584,586
Energy - Independent – 0.9%  
Woodside Energy Group Ltd.   6,770,347 $144,001,501
Energy - Integrated – 3.1%  
Capricorn Energy PLC (a)   6,254,836 $15,645,208
Eni S.p.A.   12,467,267 190,029,358
Galp Energia SGPS S.A., “B”   13,190,767 173,613,219
Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd.   3,737,000 100,457,388
        $479,745,173
Energy - Renewables – 0.4%  
Orsted A/S   567,904 $64,265,506
Food & Beverages – 3.8%  
Danone S.A. (l)   1,747,317 $102,664,293
Nestle S.A.   3,956,966 482,657,446
        $585,321,739
Food & Drug Stores – 0.2%  
Sugi Holdings Co. Ltd.   785,200 $32,997,491
Gaming & Lodging – 0.7%  
Flutter Entertainment PLC (a)   469,148 $57,698,509
Whitbread PLC   1,619,391 55,565,378
        $113,263,887
Insurance – 5.4%  
AIA Group Ltd.   22,203,200 $227,109,126
Aon PLC   775,747 213,850,176
Beazley PLC   12,006,979 73,592,274
Hiscox Ltd.   5,635,955 65,649,642
Willis Towers Watson PLC   356,466 75,239,279
Zurich Insurance Group AG   379,511 173,296,307
        $828,736,804
Internet – 0.8%  
Tencent Holdings Ltd.   2,576,000 $118,965,032
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Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) – continued
Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Common Stocks – continued
Leisure & Toys – 0.7%  
Prosus N.V.   864,791 $44,822,976
Yamaha Corp.   1,452,700 59,785,606
        $104,608,582
Machinery & Tools – 7.0%  
Daikin Industries Ltd.   1,200,400 $191,980,731
GEA Group AG   3,313,359 132,144,649
Kubota Corp.   8,913,500 163,758,948
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, Inc.   1,240,931 74,690,340
Schindler Holding AG   579,160 118,736,253
SMC Corp.   384,000 197,647,562
Toyota Industries Corp.   1,896,100 121,637,021
Weir Group PLC   3,891,347 77,891,862
        $1,078,487,366
Major Banks – 5.7%  
Barclays PLC   64,374,246 $137,138,037
BNP Paribas (l)   3,914,744 223,203,982
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.   12,480,600 70,742,951
NatWest Group PLC   72,263,439 207,796,952
UBS Group AG   12,462,222 234,446,201
        $873,328,123
Medical Equipment – 3.1%  
ConvaTec Group PLC   29,507,512 $80,313,999
Koninklijke Philips N.V.   4,548,515 117,144,566
QIAGEN N.V. (a)   3,849,326 176,909,922
Terumo Corp.   2,905,300 93,778,796
        $468,147,283
Metals & Mining – 1.4%  
Glencore PLC   32,634,561 $214,702,141
Natural Gas - Distribution – 0.4%  
China Resources Gas Group Ltd.   15,116,000 $62,909,784
Natural Gas - Pipeline – 1.2%  
APA Group   7,982,571 $65,004,823
TC Energy Corp.   1,954,878 113,149,083
        $178,153,906
Other Banks & Diversified Financials – 3.4%  
HDFC Bank Ltd.   6,464,807 $114,469,202
Julius Baer Group Ltd.   2,194,377 112,670,004
Macquarie Group Ltd.   1,141,694 151,835,622
Visa, Inc., “A”   701,138 148,760,450
        $527,735,278
Pharmaceuticals – 9.7%  
Bayer AG   1,999,006 $142,882,868
Kyowa Kirin Co. Ltd.   7,171,500 154,301,732
Merck KGaA   415,044 77,974,834
Novo Nordisk A.S., “B”   4,552,160 504,295,653
Roche Holding AG   1,525,426 519,077,404
Santen Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.   11,492,300 92,773,209
        $1,491,305,700
Printing & Publishing – 0.7%  
Wolters Kluwer N.V.   1,064,416 $105,288,726
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Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) – continued
Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Common Stocks – continued
Real Estate – 2.3%  
ESR Cayman Ltd. (a)   28,102,600 $83,263,514
Grand City Properties S.A.   5,349,017 95,152,183
LEG Immobilien SE   1,662,874 171,127,197
        $349,542,894
Restaurants – 0.8%  
Yum China Holdings, Inc.   2,570,274 $116,844,656
Specialty Chemicals – 7.9%  
Akzo Nobel N.V.   1,553,804 $135,615,413
Croda International PLC   1,825,558 158,956,610
Kansai Paint Co. Ltd.   3,426,000 42,463,498
Linde PLC   1,332,852 431,268,209
Nitto Denko Corp.   1,932,900 139,818,600
Sika AG   572,400 158,436,405
Symrise AG   1,333,310 147,073,774
        $1,213,632,509
Specialty Stores – 0.5%  
Ocado Group PLC (a)   1,805,177 $21,172,935
ZOZO, Inc.   2,253,000 48,040,432
        $69,213,367
Telecommunications - Wireless – 2.8%  
Advanced Info Service Public Co. Ltd.   10,606,900 $67,261,756
Cellnex Telecom S.A.   2,083,192 93,996,343
KDDI Corp.   4,969,900 173,185,004
SoftBank Group Corp.   2,114,300 87,774,916
        $422,218,019
Telephone Services – 0.5%  
Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A.   3,833,169 $72,796,093
Tobacco – 1.5%  
British American Tobacco PLC   5,356,576 $236,378,690
Utilities - Electric Power – 2.2%  
CLP Holdings Ltd.   8,981,500 $89,560,910
E.ON SE   7,408,188 75,426,822
Iberdrola S.A.   14,774,800 175,031,501
        $340,019,233
Total Common Stocks   $15,162,756,208
  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 67.00 11/20/23 2,052,106 $1,219,454
    
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Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) – continued
Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Investment Companies (h) – 0.6%
Money Market Funds – 0.6%  
MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio, 0.64% (v)     95,032,220 $95,032,220
Collateral for Securities Loaned – 0.2%
State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio, 0.8% (j)     28,841,374 $28,841,374
 
Other Assets, Less Liabilities – 0.4%   54,730,550
Net Assets – 100.0% $15,342,579,806
(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 $95,032,220 and $15,192,817,036, respectively.      
(j) The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.      
(l) A portion of this security is on loan. See Note 2 for additional information.      
(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.      
The following abbreviations are used in this report and are defined:
ADR American Depositary Receipt
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
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
5/31/22 (unaudited)
The fund is an investment company and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 Financial Services - Investment Companies.
(1) Investment Valuations
Equity securities, including restricted equity securities, are generally valued at the last sale or official closing price on their primary market or exchange as provided by a third-party pricing service. Equity securities, for which there were no sales reported that day, are generally valued at the last quoted daily bid quotation on their primary market or exchange as provided by a third-party pricing service. Short-term instruments with a maturity at issuance of 60 days or less may be valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. Open-end investment companies are generally valued at net asset value per share. Securities and other assets generally valued on the basis of information from a third-party pricing service may also be valued at a broker/dealer bid quotation. In determining values, third-party pricing services can utilize both transaction data and market information such as yield, quality, coupon rate, maturity, type of issue, trading characteristics, and other market data. The values of foreign securities and other assets and liabilities expressed in foreign currencies are converted to U.S. dollars using the mean of bid and asked prices for rates provided by a third-party pricing service.
The Board of Trustees has delegated primary responsibility for determining or causing to be determined the value of the fund’s investments (including any fair valuation) to the adviser pursuant to valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board. If the adviser determines that reliable market quotations are not readily available, investments are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the adviser in accordance with such procedures under the oversight of the Board of Trustees. Under the fund’s valuation policies and procedures, market quotations are not considered to be readily available for most types of debt instruments and floating rate loans and many types of derivatives. These investments are generally valued at fair value based on information from third-party pricing services. In addition, investments may be valued at fair value if the adviser determines that an investment’s value has been materially affected by events occurring after the close of the exchange or market on which the investment is principally traded (such as foreign exchange or market) and prior to the determination of the fund’s net asset value, or after the halt of trading of a specific security where trading does not resume prior to the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded. Events that occur after foreign markets close (such as developments in foreign markets and significant movements in the U.S. markets) and prior to the determination of the fund’s net asset value may be deemed to have a material effect on the value of securities traded in foreign markets. Accordingly, the fund’s foreign equity securities may often be valued at fair value. The adviser generally relies on third-party pricing services or other information (such as the correlation with price movements of similar securities in the same or other markets; the type, cost and investment characteristics of the security; the business and financial condition of the issuer; and trading and other market data) to assist in determining whether to fair value and at what value to fair value an investment. The value of an investment for purposes of calculating the fund’s net asset value can differ depending on the source and method used to determine value. When fair valuation is used, the value of an investment used to determine the fund’s net asset value may differ from quoted or published prices for the same investment. There can be no assurance that the fund could obtain the fair value assigned to an investment if it were to sell the investment at the same time at which the fund determines its net asset value per share.
Various inputs are used in determining the value of the fund's assets or liabilities. These inputs are categorized into three broad levels. In certain cases, the inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, an investment's level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The fund's assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment, and considers factors specific to the investment. Level 1 includes unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Level 2 includes other significant observable market-based inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speed, and credit risk). Level 3 includes unobservable inputs, which may include the adviser's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments. The following is a summary of the levels used as of May 31, 2022 in valuing the fund's assets and liabilities:
Financial Instruments Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Equity Securities:        
Japan $629,891,100 $2,244,487,309 $— $2,874,378,409
United Kingdom 1,988,853,830 1,988,853,830
Switzerland 1,939,466,479 1,939,466,479
France 1,389,118,289 1,389,118,289
Germany 1,351,839,220 1,351,839,220
United States 1,092,923,638 1,092,923,638
Hong Kong 172,824,424 522,963,334 695,787,758
Denmark 568,561,159 568,561,159
China 445,360,159 62,909,784 508,269,943
Other Countries 1,973,942,407 780,834,530 2,754,776,937
Mutual Funds 123,873,594 123,873,594
Total $11,676,654,299 $3,611,194,957 $— $15,287,849,256
For further information regarding security characteristics, see the Portfolio of Investments.
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Supplemental Information (unaudited) – continued
(2) Securities Lending Collateral
At May 31, 2022, the value of securities loaned was $116,473,470. These loans were collateralized by cash of $28,841,374 and U.S. Treasury Obligations (held by the lending agent) of $97,422,092.
(3) Investments in 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 following were affiliated issuers:
Affiliated Issuers Beginning
Value
Purchases Sales
Proceeds
Realized
Gain
(Loss)
Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation or
Depreciation
Ending
Value
MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio $241,842,376 $1,298,764,571 $1,445,574,727 $— $— $95,032,220
Affiliated Issuers Dividend
Income
Capital Gain
Distributions
MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio $158,142 $—
(4) Issuer Country Weightings
Issuer country weighting percentages of portfolio holdings based on net assets, as of May 31, 2022, are as follows:
Japan 18.7%
United Kingdom 13.0%
Switzerland 12.6%
France 9.1%
Germany 8.8%
United States 8.3%
Hong Kong 4.5%
Denmark 3.7%
China 3.3%
Other Countries 18.0%
(5) Russia and Ukraine Conflict
The market disruptions, which began in late February 2022, associated with geopolitical events related to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine may adversely affect the value of the fund’s assets and thus the fund’s performance. Management continues to monitor these events and to evaluate the related impacts, if any, to the fund.
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