Exhibit 10.3

UNIFORM TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO
NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT GRANTS UNDER
THE MTS SYSTEMS CORPORATION 2011 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

Pursuant to the authority set forth in Section 7.8 of the MTS Systems
Corporation 2011 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), as amended, the Compensation
Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) adopts the
following terms and conditions to apply to any and all awards of Restricted
Stock Units granted under the Plan to Non-employee Directors (the “Participant”)
in addition to the terms set forth in the Plan (Section references are to
Sections of the Plan):

 

 

 

 

1.

The terms and conditions set forth below govern the issuance to the Participant
of the number of units (“Units”), which represent the right to receive shares of
MTS Common Stock, $.25 par value per share (the “Shares”) set forth in a
separate Notice of Grant of Restricted Stock Units (the “Notice”), and, subject
to the election as provided in Paragraph 6, the issuance of Shares upon the
vesting of the Units. This document and the Notice constitute the Restricted
Stock Unit Agreement.

 

 

 

 

2.

The Units will vest on the date of the next regular annual shareholder meeting
following the date of grant, if the Participant continues to serve as a director
of MTS through such annual meeting (known as the “Restriction Period”). In the
event that the Participant ceases to be a director due to death or disability
during the Restriction Period, all restrictions will immediately lapse (Section
7.1(f)). In the event that the Participant ceases to be a director for reasons
other than death or disability during the Restriction Period, a pro-rata portion
of the Units shall vest, based on the number of calendar days since the date of
grant over 365 days, rounded to the nearest whole Unit; all Units that are not
vested as previously described shall be forfeited to MTS without payment
therefore.

 

 

 

 

3.

Notwithstanding Paragraph 2 above, all Units that have not vested in accordance
with the Notice shall immediately fully (100%) vest upon the occurrence of a
Change in Control (as defined in the Plan) provided that the terms of the
agreements effectuating the Change in Control do not provide for the assumption
or substitution of the Units (Section 11.2).

 

 

 

 

4.

Prior to the vesting of the Units described in Paragraphs 2 and 3 above, MTS
shall pay the Participant a cash amount (the “Dividend Equivalent”) equal to the
amount of any dividend or similar distribution in cash paid to holders of with
respect to one Share of MTS Common Stock, times the number of Units set forth in
the Notice. Such Dividend Equivalent shall be paid as soon as practicable after
the date of payment of the amount to the stockholders of MTS.

 

 

 

 

5.

Unless the Participant make an election as provided in Paragraph 6, no later
than 30 days from the date of vesting as to any Units, MTS shall make a book
entry of the issuance of such Shares to the Participant on MTS’s stock records
in settlement of the Participant’s rights to Units under this Agreement. Upon
the request of the Participant, MTS shall deliver to the Participant
certificated Shares representing the number of vested Shares in certificated
form as requested.

 

 

 

 

6.

The Participant may, in accordance with the provisions under the MTS Systems
Corporation Executive Deferred Compensation Plan (2005 Restatement), as amended
(the “Deferred Compensation Plan”), elect to defer part or all of the Units
granted under the Notice (rounded to the nearest whole Unit), and if such an
election is made, issuance of Shares for such Units shall be deferred as of the
date such Units otherwise vest as provided above. From and after the date of
deferral, the issuance of Shares shall be governed solely by the terms of the
Plan and the Deferred Compensation Plan, and the terms of this Agreement shall
cease and be of no further force and effect. Except as provided in this
Paragraph 6 or under the terms of the Deferred Compensation Plan, no payment or
issuance of Shares shall be subject to deferral.

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7.

Until Shares are issued in settlement of the vested Units in accordance with
Paragraph 5 or under the terms of the Deferred Compensation Plan, the
Participant will not be deemed for any purpose to be, or have rights as, a
shareholder of MTS, or to exercise, directly or by proxy, voting rights with
respect to the Shares issuable prior to or concurrent with the vesting of the
Units. From and after the date of settlement, the Participant shall have all
rights and privileges of any other shareholder with respect to the Shares issued
in settlement of the vested Units.

 

 

 

 

8.

MTS may make an equitable adjustment in the number of Units that have not vested
in the event of any change in the capital structure of MTS, including but not
limited to such changes as stock dividends or stock splits (Section 3.4). Any
additional Units issued to the Participant as a result of any of the foregoing
events shall continue to be subject to the terms set forth herein to the same
extent as the Units giving rise to the right to receive such additional Units.

 

 

 

 

9.

Nothing in this Agreement shall modify or reduce the rights or discretions of
the Committee set forth in the Plan, including but not limited to amending the
terms and conditions of any Award consistent with Section 12.3.

 

 

 

 

10.

Prior to the issuance or the deferral of Units as set forth above, the Units
shall represent an unfunded promise to issue Shares in the future and
Participant shall have no rights other than as a general creditor of MTS with
respect to the issuance of Shares. Except as otherwise provided in Section
7.1(h), a Participant shall not sell, transfer, pledge, assign or otherwise
encumber any of the Units, whether voluntarily, involuntarily or by operation of
law. Any purported transfer, pledge or encumbrance of such Units shall be void
and unenforceable against MTS, and no purported transferee shall acquire any
right or interest with respect to the Shares as a result.

 

 

 

 

11.

Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as constituting a commitment,
guaranty, agreement or understanding of any kind or nature that MTS or its
shareholders will retain the services of the Participant as a Non-employee
Director, and this Agreement shall not affect in any way the right of MTS or its
shareholders, or the Participant to end the services as a Non-employee Director
at any time or for any reason in accordance with the procedures governing such
termination, without any liability except as set forth in this Agreement.

 

 

 

 

12.

The Committee shall exercise any authority and discretion in the interpretation
of this Agreement in accordance with the terms of the Plan. Prior to the
deferral of any Units as provided in Paragraph 6, this Agreement is intended to
be exempt from the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and shall be
construed and interpreted in accordance with such intent. Any provision of this
Agreement that would fail to satisfy the exemption for a short-term deferral for
purposes of Section 409A of the Code shall be amended to so comply on a timely
basis.

Except to the extent specifically provided in this Agreement, this award shall
be subject to and governed by the terms and conditions of the Plan, which shall
be incorporated as though fully set forth herein. The foregoing terms and
conditions shall remain in effect until further modified by action of the
Committee, either in the form of a modification of these terms and conditions or
by a written term or condition set forth in any individual award approved by the
Committee subsequent to the date of adoption of these terms and conditions,
provided that no change shall adversely affect any accrued right of the
Participant without the Participant’s written consent.

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