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

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

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its charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 40%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Minnesota</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 40%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>41-0957999</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(State or other jurisdiction of</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(I.R.S. Employer</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Identification No.)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">10900 Red Circle Drive Minnetonka, Minnesota
55343&nbsp;</P>

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and zip code)</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>1990 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</B>&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Mark D. Fandrich</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Thomas G. Lovett, IV</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Group Business President and Chief Financial Officer</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Ballard Spahr LLP</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>2000 IDS Center</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>10900 Red Circle Drive</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>80 South 8th Street</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Minnetonka, Minnesota 55343</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Minneapolis, Minnesota&nbsp;&nbsp;55402</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>952-996-1674</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>612-371-3211</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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address and telephone</FONT> number, including area code, of agent for service)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">**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;, &ldquo;smaller reporting company&rdquo;, and &ldquo;emerging growth company&rdquo;
in Rule 12b-2 of the exchange Act. (Check one):</P>

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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Large accelerated filer </FONT>&#9744;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Accelerated filer </FONT>&#9744;</TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Non-accelerated filer &#9744;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Smaller reporting company </FONT>&#9746;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 40%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Emerging growth company </FONT>&#9744;</TD></TR>
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OF REGISTRATION FEE</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 12%; border-top: Black 3px double; border-right: Black 1px solid; border-bottom: Black 1px solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Amount to be Registered</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 24%; border-top: Black 3px double; border-right: Black 1px solid; border-bottom: Black 1px solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share (1)</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1px solid; border-bottom: Black 3px double; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Common Stock, par value $.05 per share </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1px solid; border-bottom: Black 3px double; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>100,000</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1px solid; border-bottom: Black 3px double; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>$2.790</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1px solid; border-bottom: Black 3px double; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>$279,000</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 3px double; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>$33.81</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(1)&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 17, 2019.</P>

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

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; 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
100,000 shares of its common stock issuable under its 1990 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (&ldquo;ESPP&rdquo;).</P>

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

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

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; 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>

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

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

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

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">1.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>The Company&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">2.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>The Company&rsquo;s Definitive Proxy Statement dated April 10, 2019 for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on
May 22, 2019;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">3.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>The Company&rsquo;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2019;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">4.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>The Company&rsquo;s Current Reports on Form 8-K dated March 26, 2019, and April 5, 2019;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">5.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>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, 2018; and</P>

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

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; 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>

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

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; 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>

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

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

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

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; 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: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/22701/000089710119000332/csi190799_def14a.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">4.1</A></TD><TD><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/22701/000089710119000332/csi190799_def14a.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Communications Systems, Inc. 1990 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended February 19, 2019, incorporated by reference to
Appendix A to the definitive proxy statement dated April 10, 2019, and filed with the SEC on April 10, 2019 for the Annual Meeting
of Shareholders held on May 22, 2019</A></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: right"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><A HREF="csi191159_ex5-1.htm">5.1</A></TD><TD><A HREF="csi191159_ex5-1.htm">Opinion of Ballard Spahr LLP</A></TD>
</TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: right"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><A HREF="csi191159_ex5-1.htm">23.1</A></TD><TD><A HREF="csi191159_ex5-1.htm">Consent of Ballard Spahr LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)</A></TD>
</TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: right"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><A HREF="csi191159_ex23-2.htm">23.2</A></TD><TD><A HREF="csi191159_ex23-2.htm">Consent of Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP</A></TD>
</TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: right"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><A HREF="#a001">24.1</A></TD><TD><A HREF="#a001">Power of Attorney (included on signature page)</A></TD>
</TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Item 9. Undertakings.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">(1)&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>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-indent: 0.35in">(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;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">(2)&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>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(b)&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>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(c)&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>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

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

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 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 22, 2019.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

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

<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; border-collapse: collapse">
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 35%; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 15%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: Black 1px solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Roger H. D. Lacey</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Roger H. D. Lacey</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
</TABLE>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 2.5in; text-indent: 0.5in"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 3in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center">POWER OF
ATTORNEY</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The undersigned officers and directors of
Communications Systems, Inc. hereby constitute and appoint Roger H.D. Lacey and Mark Fandrich, 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, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 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 22, 2019.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

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

<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; border-collapse: collapse">
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1px solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Roger H. D. Lacey</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Chief Executive Officer</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">and Executive Chairman</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Roger H. D. Lacey</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">of the Board of Directors</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1px solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Mark D. Fandrich</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Group Business President and Chief Financial</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Mark D. Fandrich</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Officer (Principal Financial Officer)</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1px solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Kristin A. Hlavka</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Corporate</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Controller</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(Principal</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Accounting</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Kristin A. Hlavka</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Officer)</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1px solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Curtis A. Sampson</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors and</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Curtis A. Sampson</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1px solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Randall D. Sampson</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Randall D. Sampson</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1px solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Richard A. Primuth</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Richard A. Primuth</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1px solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Steven C. Webster</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Steven C. Webster</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 45%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May
22, 2019.
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.
1990 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the Plan)
Copy to:
Mark D. Fandrich
Thomas G. Lovett, IV
Group Business President and Chief Financial Officer
Ballard Spahr LLP
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.
2000 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", "smaller reporting company", and "emerging growth company"
in Rule 12b-2 of the exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
☐
Accelerated filer
☐
Non-accelerated filer ☐
Smaller reporting company
☒
Emerging growth company
☐
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to be Registered
Amount to be Registered
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share (1)
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price
Amount of Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value $.05 per share
100,000
$2.790
$279,000
$33.81
(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 17, 2019.
INTRODUCTION
This Registration Statement on Form S-8
is filed by Communications Systems, Inc. a Minnesota corporation, ("CSI" or the "Company") to register
100,000 shares of its common stock issuable under its 1990 Employee Stock Purchase Plan ("ESPP").
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, 2018;
2.
The Company's Definitive Proxy Statement dated April 10, 2019 for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on
May 22, 2019;
3.
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2019;
4.
The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K dated March 26, 2019, and April 5, 2019;
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, 2018; and
6.
The description of the Company's Common Stock to be offered pursuant to this Registration Statement on Form 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.
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. 1990 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended February 19, 2019, incorporated by reference to
Appendix A to the definitive proxy statement dated April 10, 2019, and filed with the SEC on April 10, 2019 for the Annual Meeting
of Shareholders held on May 22, 2019
5.1
Opinion of Ballard Spahr LLP
23.1
Consent of Ballard Spahr LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP
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.
(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.
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 22, 2019.
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 Mark Fandrich, 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 22, 2019.
/s/ Roger H. D. Lacey
Chief Executive Officer
and Executive Chairman
Roger H. D. Lacey
of the Board of Directors
/s/ Mark D. Fandrich
Group Business President and Chief Financial
Mark D. Fandrich
Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Kristin A. Hlavka
Corporate
Controller
(Principal
Accounting
Kristin A. Hlavka
Officer)
/s/ Curtis A. Sampson
Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors and
Curtis A. Sampson
Director
/s/ Randall D. Sampson
Director
Randall D. Sampson
/s/ Richard A. Primuth
Director
Richard A. Primuth
/s/ Steven C. Webster
Director
Steven C. Webster