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filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 8, 2019.</B></FONT></P>

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                                         No. 333-_______</B></FONT></P>

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STATES</B></FONT></P>

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D.C. 20549</B></FONT></P>

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

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

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

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

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Minnesota</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="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"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">10900
Red Circle Drive Minnetonka, Minnesota 55343</FONT></P>

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of principal executive offices and zip code)</FONT></P>

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

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>2011
Executive Incentive Compensation Plan</B></FONT></P>

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title of the Plan)</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 37%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Copy
    to:</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Mark
    D. Fandrich</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><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 STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Chief
    Financial Officer</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><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 STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>COMMUNICATIONS
    SYSTEMS, INC.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><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 STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>10900
    Red Circle Drive</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><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 STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Minnetonka,
    Minnesota 55343</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><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 STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>952-996-1674</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><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 number, including area code, of agent for service)</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">**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):</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 54%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Accelerated filer&nbsp;&#9744;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Non-accelerated filer &#9744;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;&#9746;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Emerging growth company&nbsp;&#9744;</FONT></TD></TR>
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OF REGISTRATION FEE</FONT></P>

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    of Securities to be Registered</B></FONT></TD>
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    to be <BR>
    Registered</B></FONT></TD>
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    Maximum Offering <BR>
    Price Per Share (1)</B></FONT></TD>
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    <BR>
    Maximum <BR>
    Aggregate <BR>
    Offering Price </B></FONT></TD>
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    of <BR>
    Registration Fee</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    Stock, par value $.05 per share </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 3px double; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 9pt"><B>500,000</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 3px double; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 9pt"><B>$1,332,500</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 3px double; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 9pt"><B>$161.50</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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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 March 5, 2019</FONT></P>

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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 500,000 shares of its common stock issuable under its 2011 Executive Incentive Compensation
Plan.</FONT></P>

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OF CONTENTS OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT BY REFERENCE</FONT></P>

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I</FONT></P>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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</FONT></P>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/22701/000089710118000366/csi180895_def14a.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">4.1</A></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/22701/000089710118000366/csi180895_def14a.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Communications
                                         Systems, Inc. 2011 Executive Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended, incorporated by
                                         reference to Appendix A to the definitive proxy statement dated April 11, 2018, and filed
                                         with the SEC on April 11, 2018 for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 23,
                                         2018</A></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="csi190541_ex5-1.htm">5.1</A></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="csi190541_ex5-1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Opinion of Ballard Spahr LLP</FONT></A></TD>
</TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="csi190541_ex5-1.htm">23.1</A></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="csi190541_ex5-1.htm">Consent of Ballard Spahr LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)</A></FONT></TD>
</TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left"><A HREF="csi190541_ex23-2.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">23.2</FONT></A></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="csi190541_ex23-2.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Consent of Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP</FONT></A></TD>
</TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="#Signatures">24.1</A></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="#Signatures">Power of Attorney (included on signature page)</A></FONT></TD>
</TR></TABLE>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">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 March 8, 2019.</FONT></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: 40%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 10%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <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><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Roger H. D. Lacey</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">POWER
OF ATTORNEY</FONT></P>

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

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">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 March 8, 2019.</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 68%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <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 ROWSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer and Executive
    Chairman of the Board of Directors</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></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <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 ROWSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Group Business President and Chief
    Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)</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></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></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 ROWSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Corporate Controller (Principal
    Accounting Officer)</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></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <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 ROWSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chairman Emeritus of the Board of
    Directors and Director</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></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <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-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">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><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <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-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Richard A. Primuth</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <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-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Steven&nbsp;&nbsp;C. Webster</FONT></TD>
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As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 8, 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.
2011
Executive Incentive Compensation Plan
(Full
title of the Plan)
Copy
    to:
Mark
    D. Fandrich
Thomas
    G. Lovett, IV
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
500,000
$2.665
$1,332,500
$161.50
(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 March 5, 2019
INTRODUCTION
This
Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by Communications Systems, Inc. a Minnesota corporation, ("CSI" or the
"Company") to register 500,000 shares of its common stock issuable under its 2011 Executive Incentive Compensation
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, 2018;
2.         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
3.         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. 2011 Executive Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended, incorporated by
                                         reference to Appendix A to the definitive proxy statement dated April 11, 2018, and filed
                                         with the SEC on April 11, 2018 for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 23,
                                         2018
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 March 8, 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 March 8, 2019.
/s/ Roger H. D. Lacey
Chief Executive Officer and Executive
    Chairman of the Board of Directors
Roger H. D. Lacey
/s/ Mark D. Fandrich
Group Business President and Chief
    Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
Mark D. Fandrich
/s/ Kristin A. Hlavka
Corporate Controller (Principal
    Accounting Officer)
Kristin A. Hlavka
/s/ Curtis A. Sampson
Chairman Emeritus of the Board of
    Directors and Director
Curtis A. Sampson
/s/ Randall D. Sampson
Director
Randall D. Sampson
/s/ Richard A. Primuth
Director
Richard A. Primuth
/s/ Steven C. Webster
Director
Steven  C. Webster