UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

 

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Form 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 29, 2009

 

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MTS SYSTEMS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (952) 937-4000

 

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Item 5.02.  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

(d)	Election of Director.  Effective September 30, 2009, the Board of Directors of the Company elected Gail P. Steinel to serve as a director of the Company and also named her to the audit committee of the Board of Directors.

 

Ms. Steinel currently has her own business, Executive Advisors, providing companies with leadership development services and advice on entering new markets and improving operations. She serves on the Board of Trustees of Federal Realty Investment Trust and is the chairperson of the audit committee. Her career experience includes five years at BearingPoint, a global technology and management consulting company, as Executive Vice President, Consumer, Industrial & Technology business unit and twenty-three years of progressive management experience at Arthur Andersen, where her final position was Global Managing Partner of the Business Consulting Division with 10,000 employees operating in 85 countries. Ms. Steinel also serves on the board of the non-profit organization, Shelter our Sisters. She is a CPA.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

	MTS SYSTEMS CORPORATION
	(Registrant)
Date: October 5, 2009	By:	/s/ SUSAN E. KNIGHT
		Susan E. Knight
		Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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