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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman TUR,serif; margin: 0"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21, 2015.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman TUR,serif; margin: 0; text-align: right; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><B>Registration
No. 333-_______</B><BR>
&nbsp;</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman TUR,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman TUR,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman TUR,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman TUR,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM S-8</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman TUR,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman TUR,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman TUR,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman TUR,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>41-0957999</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman TUR,serif">(State or other jurisdiction of</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman TUR,serif">(I.R.S. Employer</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman TUR,serif">incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman TUR,serif">Identification No.)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">10900 Red Circle Drive Minnetonka, Minnesota 55343</P>

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code)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman TUR,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman TUR,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>2011 Executive Incentive Compensation Plan<BR>
1990 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman TUR,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(Full title of the Plan)</P>

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    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="width: 37%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman TUR,serif">Copy to:</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman TUR,serif"><B>Edwin C. Freeman</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman TUR,serif"><B>Thomas G. Lovett, IV</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman TUR,serif"><B>Chief Financial Officer</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman TUR,serif"><B>Lindquist &amp; Vennum, LLP</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman TUR,serif"><B>COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman TUR,serif"><B>4200 IDS Center</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman TUR,serif"><B>10900 Red Circle Drive</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman TUR,serif"><B>80 South 8th Street</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman TUR,serif"><B>Minnetonka, Minnesota 55343</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman TUR,serif"><B>Minneapolis, Minnesota&nbsp;&nbsp;55402</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman TUR,serif"><B>952-996-1674</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman TUR,serif"><B>612-371-3211</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 0 0.1in; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman TUR,serif">(Name,
address and telephone</FONT> number, including area code, of agent for service)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 0 0.1in">**Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &ldquo;large accelerated
filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer&rdquo; and &ldquo;smaller reporting company&rdquo; in Rule 12b-2 of the exchange Act. (Check
one):</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 54%; font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Accelerated filer&nbsp;&nbsp; <FONT STYLE="font-family: MS Mincho">&#9746;</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;&nbsp; <FONT STYLE="font-family: MS Mincho">&#9744;</FONT></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;&nbsp; <FONT STYLE="font-family: MS Mincho">&#9744;</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center">CALCULATION OF
REGISTRATION FEE</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 34%; border-top: Black 2.5pt double; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 8pt Times New Roman,serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Title of Securities to be Registered</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 12%; border-top: Black 2.5pt double; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 8pt Times New Roman,serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Amount to be<BR>
 Registered (1)</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 24%; border-top: Black 2.5pt double; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 8pt Times New Roman,serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Proposed Maximum<BR>
 Offering Price Per Share</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 15%; border-top: Black 2.5pt double; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 8pt Times New Roman,serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Proposed<BR>
 Maximum<BR>
 Aggregate<BR>
 Offering Price </B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 15%; border-top: Black 2.5pt double; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 8pt Times New Roman,serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Amount of<BR>
 Registration Fee</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; font: 9pt Times New Roman,serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">Common Stock, par value $.05 per share </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; font: 9pt Times New Roman,serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt"><B>1,100,000</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; font: 9pt Times New Roman,serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt"><B>$10.95</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; font: 9pt Times New Roman,serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt"><B>$12,045,000</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; font: 9pt Times New Roman,serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt"><B>$1400.00</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 6pt 0 0">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Estimated
solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) and based upon the closing price of
the Company&rsquo;s Common Stock on the Nasdaq Global Market on May 18, 2015.</P>


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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center">INTRODUCTION</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by
Communications Systems, Inc. a Minnesota corporation, (&ldquo;CSI&rdquo; or the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) to register 1,000,000 shares
of its common stock issuable under its 2011 Executive Incentive Compensation Plan and 100,000 shares of its common stock issuable
under its 1990 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center">INCORPORATION
OF CONTENTS OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT BY REFERENCE</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center">PART I</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the note to Part I of Form S-8, the information
required by Items 1 and 2 of Form S-8 is not filed as a part of this Registration Statement.</P>


<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center">PART II</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 0 12pt">Item 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">The following documents filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission are hereby incorporated by reference:</P>


<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">1.</FONT><FONT STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Company&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">2.</FONT><FONT STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Company&rsquo;s definitive Proxy Statement dated April 10, 2015, and filed with the SEC
on April 7, 2015 for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 21, 2015;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">3.</FONT><FONT STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Company&rsquo;s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2015;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.</FONT><FONT STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Company&rsquo;s Current Reports on Form 8-K dated February 6, 2015 and March 4, 2015;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">5.</FONT><FONT STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
since the end of the year ended December 31, 2014; and</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">6.</FONT><FONT STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The description of the Company&rsquo;s Common Stock to be offered pursuant to this Registration
Statement on From S-1 dated June 17, 1983 (Registration Statement No. 2-84100) including any amendment or report filed for the
purpose of updating this description.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant
to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 prior to the completion or termination of this offering
of shares of Common Stock will be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof
from the date of filing of such documents.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 0 12pt">Item 4.&nbsp;&nbsp;Description of Securities.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">The description of the Company&rsquo;s Common Stock
to be offered pursuant to this Registration Statement has been incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement as described
in Item 3 of this Part II.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 0 12pt">Item 5.&nbsp;&nbsp;Interests of Named Experts
and Counsel.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Not applicable.</P>


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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 0 12pt">Item 6.&nbsp;&nbsp;Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 302A.521 of the Minnesota Statutes and Article
10 of the Company&rsquo;s Restated Bylaws as Amended require, among other things, the indemnification of any person made or threatened
to be made a party to a proceeding by reason of acts or omissions performed in the person&rsquo;s official capacity as an officer,
director, employee or agent of the Company against judgments, penalties and fines (including attorneys&rsquo; fees) if the person
is not otherwise indemnified, acted in good faith, received no improper benefit, reasonably believed that such conduct was in the
best interests of the Company, and, in the case of criminal proceedings, had no reason to believe the conduct was unlawful. In
addition, Section 302A.521, subd. 3, of the Minnesota Statutes requires payment by the Company, upon written request, of reasonable
expenses in advance of final disposition in certain instances if a decision as to required indemnification is made by a disinterested
majority of the Board of Directors present at a meeting at which a disinterested quorum is present, or by a designated committee
of the Board, by special legal counsel, by the shareholders or by a court. The Company also maintains insurance to assist in funding
indemnification of directors and officers for certain liabilities.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 0 12pt">Item 7.&nbsp;&nbsp;Exemption from Registration
Claimed.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Not applicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 0 12pt">Item 8.&nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibits.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Exhibit</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">4.1</TD><TD>Communications Systems, Inc. 2011 Executive Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended, incorporated by reference to Appendix
A to the definitive proxy statement dated April 10, 2015, and filed with the SEC on April 10, 2015 for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders
held on May&nbsp;21, 2015.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">4.2</TD><TD>Communications Systems, Inc. 1990 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended, incorporated by reference to Appendix B to the
definitive proxy statement dated April 10, 2015, and filed with the SEC on April 10, 2015 for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders
held on May 21, 2015.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left">5.1</TD><TD>Opinion of Lindquist &amp; Vennum LLP.</TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left">23.1</TD><TD>Consent of Lindquist &amp; Vennum LLP (included in Exhibit
5.1)</TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">23.2</TD><TD>Consent of Deloitte &amp; Touche, LLP, the Company&rsquo;s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left">24.1</TD><TD>Power of Attorney (included on signature page)</TD>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 0 12pt">Item 9.&nbsp;&nbsp;Undertakings.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
Company hereby undertakes to:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 0 0 1in; text-indent: 0.5in">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To include any material
information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change
to such information in the registration statement;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</P>

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remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered that remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that
is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling
persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion
of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant
of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit, or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer, or controlling person connected with the securities being registered,
the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court
of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form
S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in
the City of Minnetonka, State of Minnesota, on May 21, 2015.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 45%; font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-family: Times New Roman,serif">/s/ Roger H. D. Lacey</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Roger H. D. Lacey</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center">POWER OF ATTORNEY</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">The undersigned officers and directors of Communications
Systems, Inc. hereby constitute and appoint Roger H.D. Lacey and Edwin C. Freeman, each acting alone, with power to act as our
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for us and in our stead, in any
and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and all
documents relating thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing necessary or advisable to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes
as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on May
21, 2015.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Roger H. D. Lacey</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 7%; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="width: 60%; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer(principal executive officer), Director </FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Roger H. D. Lacey</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Edwin C. Freeman</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Edwin C. Freeman</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Curtis A. Sampson</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director, Chairman of the Board</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Curtis A. Sampson</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Randall D. Sampson</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Randall D. Sampson</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Luella G. Goldberg</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Luella G. Goldberg</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Gerald D. Pint</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Richard A. Primuth</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Richard A. Primuth</FONT></TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21, 2015.
Registration
No. 333-_______
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
____________________________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933
____________________________
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Minnesota
41-0957999
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
10900 Red Circle Drive Minnetonka, Minnesota 55343
(Address of principal executive offices and zip
code)
____________________________
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.
2011 Executive Incentive Compensation Plan
1990 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the Plan)
____________________________
Copy to:
Edwin C. Freeman
Thomas G. Lovett, IV
Chief Financial Officer
Lindquist & Vennum, LLP
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.
4200 IDS Center
10900 Red Circle Drive
80 South 8th Street
Minnetonka, Minnesota 55343
Minneapolis, Minnesota  55402
952-996-1674
612-371-3211
(Name,
address and telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)
**Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the exchange Act. (Check
one):
Large accelerated filer
☐
Accelerated filer
☒
Non-accelerated filer
☐
Smaller reporting company
☐
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF
REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to be Registered
Amount to be
Registered (1)
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price Per Share
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value $.05 per share
1,100,000
$10.95
$12,045,000
$1400.00
(1)             Estimated
solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) and based upon the closing price of
the Company's Common Stock on the Nasdaq Global Market on May 18, 2015.
INTRODUCTION
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by
Communications Systems, Inc. a Minnesota corporation, ("CSI" or the "Company") to register 1,000,000 shares
of its common stock issuable under its 2011 Executive Incentive Compensation Plan and 100,000 shares of its common stock issuable
under its 1990 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
INCORPORATION
OF CONTENTS OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT BY REFERENCE
PART I
Pursuant to the note to Part I of Form S-8, the information
required by Items 1 and 2 of Form S-8 is not filed as a part of this Registration Statement.
PART II
Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission are hereby incorporated by reference:
1.
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014;
2.
The Company's definitive Proxy Statement dated April 10, 2015, and filed with the SEC
on April 7, 2015 for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 21, 2015;
3.
The Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2015;
4.
The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K dated February 6, 2015 and March 4, 2015;
5.
All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
since the end of the year ended December 31, 2014; and
6.
The description of the Company's Common Stock to be offered pursuant to this Registration
Statement on From S-1 dated June 17, 1983 (Registration Statement No. 2-84100) including any amendment or report filed for the
purpose of updating this description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant
to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 prior to the completion or termination of this offering
of shares of Common Stock will be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof
from the date of filing of such documents.
Item 4.  Description of Securities.
The description of the Company's Common Stock
to be offered pursuant to this Registration Statement has been incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement as described
in Item 3 of this Part II.
Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts
and Counsel.
Not applicable.
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Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 302A.521 of the Minnesota Statutes and Article
10 of the Company's Restated Bylaws as Amended require, among other things, the indemnification of any person made or threatened
to be made a party to a proceeding by reason of acts or omissions performed in the person's official capacity as an officer,
director, employee or agent of the Company against judgments, penalties and fines (including attorneys' fees) if the person
is not otherwise indemnified, acted in good faith, received no improper benefit, reasonably believed that such conduct was in the
best interests of the Company, and, in the case of criminal proceedings, had no reason to believe the conduct was unlawful. In
addition, Section 302A.521, subd. 3, of the Minnesota Statutes requires payment by the Company, upon written request, of reasonable
expenses in advance of final disposition in certain instances if a decision as to required indemnification is made by a disinterested
majority of the Board of Directors present at a meeting at which a disinterested quorum is present, or by a designated committee
of the Board, by special legal counsel, by the shareholders or by a court. The Company also maintains insurance to assist in funding
indemnification of directors and officers for certain liabilities.
Item 7.  Exemption from Registration
Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.  Exhibits.
Exhibit
4.1
Communications Systems, Inc. 2011 Executive Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended, incorporated by reference to Appendix
A to the definitive proxy statement dated April 10, 2015, and filed with the SEC on April 10, 2015 for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders
held on May 21, 2015.
4.2
Communications Systems, Inc. 1990 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended, incorporated by reference to Appendix B to the
definitive proxy statement dated April 10, 2015, and filed with the SEC on April 10, 2015 for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders
held on May 21, 2015.
5.1
Opinion of Lindquist & Vennum LLP.
23.1
Consent of Lindquist & Vennum LLP (included in Exhibit
5.1)
23.2
Consent of Deloitte & Touche, LLP, the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
Item 9.  Undertakings.
(a)          The
Company hereby undertakes to:
(1)         To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i)    To include any material
information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change
to such information in the registration statement;
(2)         That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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(3)         To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered that remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
(b)          The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that
is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)          Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling
persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion
of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant
of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit, or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer, or controlling person connected with the securities being registered,
the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court
of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form
S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in
the City of Minnetonka, State of Minnesota, on May 21, 2015.
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.
/s/ Roger H. D. Lacey
Roger H. D. Lacey
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned officers and directors of Communications
Systems, Inc. hereby constitute and appoint Roger H.D. Lacey and Edwin C. Freeman, each acting alone, with power to act as our
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for us and in our stead, in any
and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and all
documents relating thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing necessary or advisable to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes
as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on May
21, 2015.
/s/ Roger H. D. Lacey
Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer(principal executive officer), Director
Roger H. D. Lacey
/s/ Edwin C. Freeman
Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer)
Edwin C. Freeman
/s/ Curtis A. Sampson
Director, Chairman of the Board
Curtis A. Sampson
/s/ Randall D. Sampson
Director
Randall D. Sampson
/s/ Luella G. Goldberg
Director
Luella G. Goldberg
Director
Gerald D. Pint
/s/ Richard A. Primuth
Director
Richard A. Primuth
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