Exhibit 10.q


    CTS
      Corporation

    Form
      10-K 2005     

    
      

      

    

    EXHIBIT
      (10)(q)

    
 

    AMENDMENTS
      TO THE CTS CORPORATION PENSION PLAN

    
 

    
      	1.  	
              Effective
                May 1, 2004, Section 1.2 of the CTS Corporation Pension Plan is amended
                in
                its entirety to read as follows:

            


    

    


    
      	1.2  	
              Plan
                Fiduciaries. The Fiduciary responsibilities under the Plan are assigned
                and allocated as follows:

            


    

    


    
      	A.  	
              Administrator.
                The CTS Corporation Benefit Plan Administration Committee, 905 N.
                West
                Boulevard, Elkhart, Indiana, 46514, is the Plan Administrator of
                the Plan.
                The Plan Administrator has responsibility for the general administration
                of the Plan.

            


    

    
      	B.  	
              Investment
                Committee.
                The CTS Corporation Benefit Plan Investment Committee, 905 N. West
                Boulevard, Elkhart, Indiana, 46514, has responsibility for the investment
                of Plan assets.

            


    

    
      	C.  	
              Trustee.
                Northern Trust, 50 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60675
                is the
                Trustee of the Plan.

            


    

    
      	D.  	
              Investment
                Managers.
                Certain investment managers may be designated Trustee to invest and
                manage
                assets of the Plan from time to time by the Investment Committee
                or

            


    

    


    
      	2.  	
              Effective
                March 1, 2005, Section 6.9, 6.10 and 12.5(c)(ii) of the CTS Corporation
                Pension Plan is amended to delete reference to “$5,000” and substitute
                “$1,000” therefore in each
                instance.

            


    

    


    
      	3.  	
              Effective
                July 1, 2002, Subsection 7.5(b)(2) of the CTS Corporation Pension
                Plan
                (“Maximum Permissible benefit”) is amended by adding the following
                paragraph (iv) to the end thereof::

            


    

     

    (iv)
      If
      the benefit of the Employee is payable in a form that is not subject to Code
      Section 417(e)(3), the equivalent annual benefit is the greater of the
      equivalent annual benefit computed using the interest rate and mortality rate
      or
      tabular factor specified in the Plan for actuarial equivalence for the
      particular form of benefit payable, and the equivalent benefit computed using
      a
      five percent interest rate assumption and the Applicable Mortality Table as
      defined in Section 6.12 of the Plan. If the benefit of the Employee is payable
      in a form that is subject to Code Section 417(e)(3), the equivalent annual
      benefit is the greater of the equivalent annual benefit computed using the
      interest rate and mortality rate or tabular factor specified in the Plan for
      actuarial equivalence for the particular form of benefit payable, and the
      equivalent benefit computed using the Applicable Interest Rate and the
      Applicable Mortality Table, both as defined in Section 6.12 of the
      Plan.

    


    
      	4.  	
              Effective
                July 1, 2002, Subsection 7.5(b)(2) of the CTS Corporation Pension
                Plan is
                further amended by replacing the phrase “in (ii) or (iii) below” contained
                in the parenthetical in the first paragraph thereof with the phrase
“in
                (ii), (iii), or (iv) below”.

            


    

     

    
      	5.  	
              Effective
                July 1, 2002, Subsection 7.5(b)(3) of the CTS Corporation Pension
                Plan is
                amended in its entirety to read as
                follows:

            


    

    


    (3) “Compensation”
      means the sum of (a) and (b) as follows:

    


    
      	(a)  	
              the
                amount reported by the Employer in the “Wages, Tips, Other Compensation”
                box of the Employee’s Form W-2 (Wage and Tax Statement) or any successor
                thereto. Such amount is described in more detail as follows: the
                sum of
                (i) an Employee’s wages within the meaning of Code Section 3401(a), plus
                (ii) all other payments to the Employee by the Employer (in the course
                of
                the Employer’s trade or business), in both cases for which the Employer is
                required to furnish the Employee a written statement under Code Sections
                6041(d), 6051(a)(3), or 6052. An Employee’s compensation for purposes of
                this limitation shall be determined without regard to any rules under
                Code
                Section 3401 that limit the remuneration included in wages based
                on the
                nature or location of the employment or the services performed;
                and

            


    

    


    
      	(b)  	
              elective
                amounts deferred by thc Employee and excluded from the Employee’s gross
                income under a salary reduction agreement that meets the requirements
                of
                Code Section 401(k) or Code Section 125, and elective amounts that
                are not
                includible in the gross income of the Employee by reason of Code
                Section
                132(f)(4).

            


    

     

    
      	6.  	
              Effective
                May 1, 2004, the first sentence of Section 11.1 of the CTS Corporation
                Pension Plan is amended to read as follows:


            


    

    


    “The
      Plan
      Administrator shall be responsible for the general administration of the Plan
      and shall exercise such powers as may be necessary to carry out the provisions
      thereof. “