X0306 5 2013-12-31 0 0 0 0000022701 COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS INC JCS 0001523124 Hlavka Kristin 10900 RED CIRCLE DRIVE MINNETONKA MN 55343 0 1 0 0 Controller Common Stock 1439 D Common Stock 1412.824 D Reporting person previously reported ESPP transactions on Form 4 through the second quarter of calendar year 2013. Reporting person now elects to report yearly on a Form 5. Shares held pursuant to the Communications Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust. Getey M. Ritchott, Attorney-in-Fact for Kristin Hlavka 2014-02-14