FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

January 26, 2005

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Barbara J. Carpenter

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MTS Declares 93rd Consecutive Quarterly Dividend

Eden Prairie, Minn., Jan. 26, 2005 – MTS Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: MTSC) - At their regular quarterly meeting held yesterday, the MTS Board of Directors declared a cash dividend as follows:

Amount: $0.08

Record Date: March 11, 2005

Payable Date: April 4, 2005

This represents MTS Systems Corporation's 93rd consecutive quarterly dividend.

About MTS Systems Corporation

MTS Systems Corporation is a leading global supplier of test systems and industrial 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 1,615 employees and revenue of $367 million for the fiscal year ended October 2, 2004. Additional information on MTS can be found on the worldwide web at http://www.mts.com.