UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 Obligations may continue.
See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person:
SAMPSON, CURTIS A.
50 PARKVIEW LANE
HECTOR, MN 55342
USA
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.
JCS
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
FEBRUARY, 2003
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all Applicable):
(X) Director
(X) 10% Owner
(X) Officer (give title below)
( ) Other (specify below)
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
7. Individual of Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
(X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
( ) Form filed by more than One Reporting Person
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Table I - Non-derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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1. Title of Security 2. Transaction 3. Transaction 4. Securities 5. Amount of 6. Ownership 7. Nature of
Date Code Acquired (A) or Securities Form: Direct Indirect
Disposed of (D) Beneficialy Owned (D) or Beneficial
at End of Month Indirect (I) Ownership
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(A)
or
Code V Amount (D) Price
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Common Stock 1,149,317 D
2/11/2003 A 563.603 A 24,702.182 I ESOP*
16,323 I Spouse**
*Acquired pursuant to Communications Systems, Inc. Employee Stock
Ownership Plan and Trust
**Includes 2,225 shares in USBank Piper Jaffray IRA
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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1.Title of 2.Conver- 3.Trans- 4.Trans- 5.Number of 6.Date 7.Title and 8.Price 9.Number of 10.Ownership 11.Nature of
Derivative sion or action action Derivative Exercis- Amount of of Derivative Form of Indirect
Security Exercise Date Code Securities able and Underlying Deriva Securities Derivative Beneficial
Price of Acquired Expira- Securities tive Beneficially Securities Ownership
Deriv- (A) or tion Security Owned at Beneficially
ative Disposed Date End of Owned at
Security of (D) Month End of
Month
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Amount
Date or
Exer- Expir Number
cis- ation of
Code V (A) (D) able Date Title Shares
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Common N/A
Explanation of Responses:
Signature of Reporting Person
/s/ CURTIS A. SAMPSON
Date
FEBRUARY 13, 2003