MFS® INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
111 Huntington Avenue, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02199-7618
(617) 954-5000
May 1, 2013
VIA EDGAR
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20549
| | Re: | Registration Statement on Form N-14 by MFS® Variable Insurance Trust |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Enclosed for filing pursuant to (1) the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (ii) General Instruction B to Form N-14 and (iii) Item 101 of Regulation S-T, is a Registration Statement on Form N-14 (the “Registration Statement”) including the proxy statement/prospectus, statement of additional information, other information and exhibits. No filing fee is required pursuant to General Instruction B of Form N-14.
The purpose of the Registration Statement is to effect a reorganization of MFS Total Return Portfolio (“Total Return Portfolio”), a series of MFS Variable Insurance Trust II, with MFS Total Return Series (“Total Return Series”), a series of MFS Variable Insurance Trust, pursuant to which Total Return Series will acquire all of the assets and liabilities of the Total Return Portfolio (the “Reorganization”). The Registration Statement includes a shareholder letter, notice of meeting, combined Prospectus/Proxy Statement, and forms of voting instructions card and proxy card which are proposed to be used by the Total Return Portfolio in connection with the Total Return Portfolio’s Special Meeting of Shareholders expected to be held on August 8, 2013. It is intended that definitive proxy materials be mailed to shareholders of the Total Return Portfolio in mid-June, 2013.
If you have any questions or comments concerning the foregoing or the enclosed, please call the undersigned at (617) 954-4340 or James Goundrey at (617) 954-7284.
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| Very truly yours, |
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| | SUSAN A. PEREIRA |
| | Susan A. Pereira |
| | Vice President & Senior Counsel |
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