MTS Announces Declaration of Quarterly Cash Dividend

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Aug. 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MTS Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: MTSC), a leading global supplier of high-performance test systems and position sensors, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.30 per share.  The dividend is payable on October 1, 2013 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on September 16, 2013.  This is MTS Systems Corporation's 127th consecutive quarterly dividend.

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About MTS Systems Corporation

MTS Systems Corporation is a leading global supplier of high-performance test systems and position sensors. The Company's testing hardware and software solutions help customers accelerate and improve their design, development, and manufacturing processes and are used for determining the mechanical behavior of materials, products, and structures. MTS' high-performance position sensors provide controls for a variety of industrial and vehicular applications. MTS had 2,147 employees and revenue of $542 million for the fiscal year ended September 29, 2012. Additional information on MTS can be found on the worldwide web at http://www.mts.com.

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