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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000897101-22-000265
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20220318
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20220318

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000022701
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH APPARATUS [3661]
		IRS NUMBER:				410957999
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-31588
		FILM NUMBER:		22751845

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		10900 RED CIRCLE DRIVE
		CITY:			MINNETONKA
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55343
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9529961674

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		10900 RED CIRCLE DRIVE
		CITY:			MINNETONKA
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55343
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<DESCRIPTION>ADDITIONAL DEFINITIVE PROXY SOLICITING MATERIALS
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STATES</B></FONT></P>

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

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14A</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">Proxy
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Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. )</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding: 1.5pt 1pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Definitive
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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; border: Black 1pt solid; padding: 5.4pt"><P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Filed by Communications Systems, Inc. pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act of 1933 and deemed filed pursuant to Rule 14a-6(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</FONT></P>
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        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Subject
        Company: Communications Systems, Inc.</FONT></P>
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        No.: 333-260999</FONT></P>
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        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Date: March 18, 2022</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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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">March
17, 2022</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">Dear
Fellow CSI Shareholder:</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Communications
Systems, Inc. (CSI) adjourned its special meeting of shareholders to Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at 1:00 pm Central Time (CT) <B><U>solely
</U></B>with respect to Proposal #1, the proposal to approve the merger transaction with Pineapple Energy LLC, which is referred
to as the Pineapple Merger Proposal, since the approval of this proposal requires a FOR vote from 66 2/3% of CSI&rsquo;s total
outstanding shares.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">According
to our records, you have not voted your CSI shares on Proposal #1. Your vote is very important regardless of the number of CSI
shares you own. Please know that&nbsp;<U>not voting</U>&nbsp;is the same as voting <U>against</U> the merger proposal. <FONT STYLE="color: red">Please
take a moment to vote your shares now or contact your broker for assistance.</FONT></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
approval of Proposal #1 is critically important to the future of CSI and the value of your investment in your CSI common stock,
which is why the CSI board of directors unanimously recommends that CSI shareholders vote &ldquo;FOR&rdquo; Proposal #1, the Pineapple
Merger Proposal.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white"><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-align: justify; background-color: white; color: red"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Please
use the voting control number&nbsp;that accompanied your proxy materials&nbsp;and vote your shares today using one of the following
methods below:</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white; color: red"><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-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: red">&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Vote
by Internet</B>:&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">www.proxyvote.com</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; background-color: white; color: red"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Vote
by phone</B>: 1 (800) 690-6903</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; background-color: white; color: red"><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; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">For
additional questions or if you need assistance with voting, please call our solicitor Proxy Advisory Group, LLC at:&nbsp;<B>(833)
782-7141.</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white"><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"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">We
thank you for your support and again ask that you vote your shares as promptly as possible.</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">You
may also contact either of us personally, should you have any questions about this important matter.</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">Sincerely,</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Roger
    H. D. Lacey</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt">Mark Fandrich</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; width: 50%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Executive
    Chair and Interim Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; width: 50%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chief
    Financial Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(952)
    996-1674</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt">(612) 875-0162</TD></TR>
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Information and Where to Find It</B></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">In
connection with the proposed merger with Pineapple, Communications Systems, Inc. (&ldquo;CSI&rdquo;) filed a registration statement
on Form S-4 (File No. 333-260999) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on November 12, 2021 (as amended, the &ldquo;Registration
Statement&rdquo;). The Registration Statement includes a proxy statement/prospectus, and was declared effective by the SEC on
February 3, 2022. Beginning February 4, 2022, a copy of the proxy statement/prospectus dated February 3, 2022 was sent to CSI
shareholders as of the close of business on January 27, 2022, the record date established for the special meeting.</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">CSI
URGES INVESTORS, SHAREHOLDERS AND OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS TO READ THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS,
AND ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO, AND ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS TO BE FILED WITH THE SEC IN CONNECTION WITH THE MERGER BECAUSE
THEY CONTAIN OR WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION.</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">The
Registration Statement, preliminary and definitive proxy statement/prospectus, any other relevant documents, and all other documents
and reports CSI filed with or furnishes to the SEC are (or, when filed, will be) available free of charge under the &quot;Financial
Reports&quot; tab of the Investors Relations section of our website at www.commsystems.com or by directing a request to: Communications
Systems, Inc., 10900 Red Circle Drive, Minnetonka, MN 55343. The contents of the CSI website is not deemed to be incorporated
by reference into this document, the Registration Statement or the proxy statement/prospectus. The documents and reports that
CSI files with or furnishes to the SEC are (or, when filed, will be) available free of charge through the website maintained by
the SEC at http://www.sec.gov.</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"><B>Participants
in the Solicitation</B></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">CSI
and its directors and executive officers may be considered participants in the solicitation of proxies by CSI in connection with
approval of the proposed merger and other proposals to be presented at the special meeting. Information regarding the names of
these persons and their respective interests in the transaction, by securities holdings or otherwise, are set forth in the proxy
statement/prospectus dated February 3, 2022. To the extent the Company's directors and executive officers or their holdings of
the Company's securities have changed from the amounts disclosed in such filing, to the Company's knowledge, these changes have
been reflected on statements of change in ownership on Form 4 on file with the SEC. You may obtain these documents (when they
become available, as applicable) free of charge through the sources indicated above.</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"><B>Caution
Regarding Forward-Looking Statements</B></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">This
document includes certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
All statements, other than statements of present or historical fact, included in this document regarding the proposed merger transaction
involving Pineapple Energy LLC (&ldquo;Pineapple&rdquo;) are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are
based on management&rsquo;s current expectations and assumptions about future events and are based on currently available information
as to the outcome and timing of future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties,
including: (i) the conditions to the closing of CSI-Pineapple merger transaction may not be satisfied; (ii) the occurrence of
any other risks to consummation of the CSI-Pineapple merger transaction, including the risk that the CSI-Pineapple merger transaction
will not be consummated within the expected time period or any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the
termination of the CSI-Pineapple merger transaction; (iii) the CSI-Pineapple merger transaction has involved greater than expected
costs and delays and may in the future involve unexpected costs, liabilities or delays; (iv) the Company&rsquo;s ability to sell
its other legacy operating business assets and its real estate assets at attractive values; (v) there is no assurance that CSI
will receive any of the maximum $7.0 million earnout relating to the August 2, 2021 sale of CSI&rsquo;s Electronics &amp; Software
Segment; (vi) the combined company will be entitled to retain ten percent of the net proceeds of CSI legacy assets that are sold
pursuant to agreements entered into after the effective date of the merger; (vii) risks that the merger will disrupt current CSI
plans and operations or that the business or stock price of CSI may suffer as a result of uncertainty surrounding the CSI-Pineapple
merger transaction; (viii) the outcome of any legal proceedings related to the CSI-Pineapple merger transaction; (ix) the fact
that CSI cannot yet determine the exact amount and timing of any additional pre-CSI-Pineapple merger cash dividends, if any, or
the ultimate value of the Contingent Value Rights that CSI intends to distribute to its shareholders immediately prior to the
closing of the CSI-Pineapple merger transaction; and (x) the anticipated benefits of the proposed merger transaction with Pineapple
may not be realized in the expected timeframe, or at all.</FONT></P>

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