# 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 THESECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934

DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF
EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED):  January 25, 2006

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MTS SYSTEMS CORPORATION
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

|MINNESOTA                                     |  |  | 0-2382                   |  |  | 41-0908057                          |  | 
|--------------------------------------------- |  |  | ------------------------ |  |  | ----------------------------------- |  | 
|(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTIONOF INCORPORATION) |  |  | (COMMISSION FILE NUMBER) |  |  | (I.R.S. EMPLOYERIDENTIFICATION NO.) |  | 

14000 TECHNOLOGY
DRIVE, EDEN PRAIRIE, MN 55344 (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL
EXECUTIVE OFFICES) (ZIP CODE)

(952) 937-4000
(REGISTRANTS
TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)

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# Item 2.02. Results of
Operations and Financial Condition

| | On
January 25, 2006, the registrant issued a press release regarding the registrants
results of operations for the first quarter of fiscal 2006. The full text of the press
release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.
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# Item 9.01. Financial
Statements and Exhibits

| | (c)  Exhibits
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| | Exhibit
99.1  Press Release issued on January 25, 2006 regarding the registrants
results of operations for the first quarter of fiscal 2006 furnished pursuant to Item 2.02
of this Form 8-K.
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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)
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|Date:   January 25, 2006 | By:                                
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# MTS SYSTEMS CORPORATION
FORM 8-K REPORT

# INDEX TO EXHIBITS

|Exhibit No. |  | Description                                                                                                                                                                     
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|99.1        |  | Press Release issued on January 25, 2006
regarding the registrants results of operations for the
first quarter of fiscal 2006 furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 of this Form 8-K.

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