5 0000022701 COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. 1 U.S. DOLLARS 12-MOS 12-MOS 9-MOS 6-MOS 3-MOS DEC-31-1995 DEC-31-1996 DEC-31-1996 DEC-31-1996 DEC-31-199 6 JAN-01-1995 JAN-01-1996 JAN-01-1996 JAN-01-1996 JAN-01-1996 DEC-31-1995 DEC-31-1996 SEP-30-1996 JUN-30-1996 MAR-31-1996 1 1 1 1 1 11,703,536 17,799,398 14,892,182 11,787,963 10,125,255 899,469 889,782 859,890 868,335 864,966 8,789,117 10,682,546 11,408,364 9,972,946 9,446,666 288,000 306,000 287,000 288,000 288,000 14,828,534 13,861,914 13,211,397 14,701,094 16,027,425 36,907,660 44,486,332 41,571,996 38,862,313 37,769,322 22,295,204 24,299,704 23,744,102 23,547,888 23,004,724 13,637,184 15,335,114 15,044,851 14,599,381 14,058,353 61,944,608 67,596,114 67,100,204 65,980,912 65,158,501 7,869,032 8,580,636 8,774,278 7,796,813 8,180,153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 459,170 455,365 462,674 467,323 465,561 53,616,406 58,560,113 57,863,252 57,716,776 56,512,787 61,944,608 67,596,114 67,100,204 65,980,912 65,158,501 66,004,316 68,704,940 50,618,464 32,227,685 15,793,821 66,004,316 68,704,940 50,618,464 32,227,685 15,793,821 47,297,078 47,718,676 35,504,434 22,975,386 11,162,664 47,297,078 47,718,676 35,504,434 22,975,386 11,162,664 8,518,644 10,581,557 7,884,875 5,014,938 2,318,496 0 0 0 0 0 17,806 9,139 16,499 12,007 6,398 11,087,825 11,203,855 7,703,375 4,540,567 2,448,317 2,164,000 2,250,000 1,600,000 870,000 445,000 8,923,825 8,953,855 6,103,375 3,670,567 2,003,317 160,328 (721,324) (748,124) (327,278) 41,358 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9,084,153 8,232,531 5,355,251 3,343,289 2,044,675 1.00 0.89 0.58 0.36 0.22 0.99 0.88 0.57 0.36 0.22