Item 8.01 Other Events.

On December 9, 2020, MTS Systems Corporation, a Minnesota corporation (the "Company"), and Amphenol Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Parent"), issued a joint press release announcing the execution of an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), dated as of December 8, 2020, by and among the Company, Parent and Moon Merger Sub Corporation, a Minnesota corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent ("Merger Sub"), pursuant to which Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company, with the Company surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent. Attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1, and incorporated by reference herein, is a copy of the joint press release.

The information required to be reported on a Current Report on Form 8-K with respect to the Merger Agreement will be filed in a separate Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.





  (d) Exhibits



The following exhibits are being furnished herewith:





Exhibit No.   Description

99.1            Joint Press Release dated December 9, 2020 announcing the Merger
              Agreement

104           Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL
              document)




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