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MFS High Yield Municipal Trust as of 09/08/2010

NYSE / CMU

Asset Class: Hi Yld Muni Debt Funds

1 YR Lipper Avg: 20.65%

Growth of $10K
Graph reflects most recent month-end data.
Avg Annual Total Return %
	10 YR	5 YR	1 YR	YTD
Market Return	4.68%	3.45%	9.30%	11.71%
Lipper Pct. Rank	67	80	94	75

NAV Return	3.80%	1.69%	19.50%	11.44%
Lipper Pct. Rank	84	87	50	57

Premium/Discount History
Graph reflects most recent month-end data.
Premium/Discount
10 YR Avg	5 YR Avg	YTD Avg
-1.765%	-0.378%	1.550%

NAV	$4.51	Market Price	$4.68
Net Change	$0.00	Market Change	-$0.04
Premium/Discount			3.77%
1 YR NAV Return			19.496%
1 YR NAV Rank			50
12-Mo Yield as of 7/31/2010			Yield Def
Income Only Yield			10.17%
Distribution Yield (Market)			7.35%

Most Recent Income Dividend	$0.030
Ex-Div Date	8/10/2010
Most Recent Cap Gain Dividend	--
Ex-Div Date	--
Dividend Frequency	Monthly
YTD Dividends	$0.203
YTD Capital Gains	--

Inception Date	3/19/1987
Fund Advisor	MFS Investment Management
Manager & Tenure	Lasman since 2007 Schechter since 2007
Phone	800-637-2304
Website	www.mfs.com
Annual Report	Free Download
Total Net Assets (mil) as of 8/31/2010		$126.1
% Leveraged Assets as of 11/30/2009		41.96%
Portfolio Turnover		17.00%
Mgmt Fees		1.050%
Expense Ratio		1.500%
Alternative Minimum Tax		14.71%

Fund Objective

The Fund seeks to provide high current income, generally exempt from federal income taxes, by investing primarily in medium and lower quality bonds and notes issued by or on behalf of state and local governmental units whose interest is exempt from Federal income tax.

Total Net Assets by Category (as of 3/31/2010)
Cash	0.78%
Hospital Revenue	41.18%
Industry Revenue	8.99%
Limited Tax	8.80%
Utility Revenue	8.80%
Revenue Other	7.97%
Education Revenue	6.67%
Housing Revenue	6.59%
Transportation Revenue	5.43%
State General Obligation	2.77%

Quality (as of 3/31/2010)
Short-Term	0.78%
AAA	35.80%
BBB	28.38%
AA	14.86%
A	10.31%
BB	5.61%
B	2.49%
CCC	1.77%

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