{"id":381769,"date":"2020-11-16T09:02:19","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T14:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=381769"},"modified":"2020-11-16T09:02:19","modified_gmt":"2020-11-16T14:02:19","slug":"imageware-poised-for-growth-with-closing-of-11-56-million-private-placement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/imageware-poised-for-growth-with-closing-of-11-56-million-private-placement\/","title":{"rendered":"ImageWare\u00ae Poised for Growth with Closing of $11.56 Million Private Placement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-newslines\">\n<h2 class=\"xn-hedline\">Restructures Outstanding Capital and Board of Directors<\/h2>\n<p class=\"xn-distributor\">PR Newswire<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p>\n        <span class=\"xn-location\">SAN DIEGO<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Nov. 16, 2020<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; ImageWare<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Systems, Inc. (OTCQB: IWSY), a leader in biometric identification and authentication, today announced that it has closed a <span class=\"xn-money\">$11.56 million<\/span> private placement of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock. The Company also announced the simultaneous restructuring of certain of its outstanding Preferred Stock and its Board of Directors, leaving <span class=\"xn-person\">Kristin A. Taylor<\/span>, President and CEO, on the Board and appointing <span class=\"xn-person\">James (Jim) M. Demitrieus<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-person\">Benjamin (Ben) Smeal<\/span> effective immediately. Taylor has also been appointed Chair of the Board.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder1\">\n<p>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1173179\/IMAGEWARE_Logo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1173179\/IMAGEWARE_Logo.jpg\" title=\"(PRNewsfoto\/Imageware Systems, Inc.)\" alt=\"(PRNewsfoto\/Imageware Systems, Inc.)\" \/><br \/>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n        <u><br \/>\n          <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2982397-1&amp;h=54587783&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwsinc.com%2Fcompany%2Fexecutives%2F&amp;a=Kristin+A.+Taylor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"xn-person\">Kristin A. Taylor<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/a><br \/>\n        <\/u><br \/>\n        <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2982397-1&amp;h=3012327351&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwsinc.com%2Fcompany%2Fexecutives%2F&amp;a=%2C\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">,<\/a> Chair, President and CEO, said, &#8220;With the closing of this financing, my enthusiasm and optimism have reached new heights. For the first time in its long history, ImageWare now has: <\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Updated, ready-to-market product offerings to address a large and growing market\u00a0 <\/li>\n<li>Upgraded its senior management team by recruiting impact players with demonstrated success \u00a0 <\/li>\n<li>Has the capital necessary to execute its business plan\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n        <b>Series D Preferred <br \/><\/b>This financing was anchored by funds and accounts managed by Nantahala Capital Management, LLC, based in <span class=\"xn-location\">New Canaan, Connecticut<\/span>. It also included participants comprised of institutional investors and existing accredited investors. In connection with the financing, the Company amended and restated certain of its issued and outstanding series of Preferred Stock intended to facilitate the financing and to simplify the Company&#8217;s capital structure. <\/p>\n<p>Proceeds from the financing will be used for general corporate and working capital purposes. <\/p>\n<p>Further details regarding the financing and restructuring of certain of the Company&#8217;s issued and outstanding Preferred Stock is described in the Form 8-K to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Company and the information herein is qualified in its entirety by the Current Report on Form 8-K to be filed. <\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>Organizational Restructuring <br \/><\/b>The closing of the Series D Preferred financing marks the beginning of many proposed pivotal changes intended to increase shareholder value, including: <\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>A restructuring of the Company&#8217;s Board of Directors, now comprised of <span class=\"xn-person\">Kristin Taylor<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Jim Demitrieus<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-person\">Ben Smeal<\/span>. Additional members are expected to be appointed in the near term <\/li>\n<li>The Company plans to apply to list its Common Stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market and expects to file the listing application in December <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n        <b>New Board Members <\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>\n          <span class=\"xn-person\">James M. Demitrieus<\/span> has served from 2018 to present as Managing Director of Jameson Associates, a specialty investment management and financial advisory firm. Prior to Jameson, he served in multiple positions at Eyelock Corporation beginning in 2009, including Chief Executive Officer from 2010 to 2018. Eyelock Corporation provides iris-based biometric solutions to various business verticals. Prior to Eyelock, Demitrieus served in various senior executive roles, including as President of Sherwood Valve, a division of Harsco Corporation, and as Chief Executive Officer at Aluma Systems.\u00a0Earlier in his career, Demitrieus served in numerous senior accounting and finance roles, including with the public accounting firm of Arthur Andersen &amp; Co. Demitrieus holds a Bachelor&#8217;s in Business Administration from <span class=\"xn-org\">Adelphi University<\/span> in <span class=\"xn-location\">New York<\/span>.<b>\u00a0 <\/b><\/li>\n<li>\n          <span class=\"xn-person\">Benjamin Smeal<\/span> most recently served as Associate Director, Public Equities at Willett Advisors, the family office of <span class=\"xn-person\">Michael R. Bloomberg<\/span>, managing substantially all of Bloomberg&#8217;s personal assets in addition to those of Bloomberg Philanthropies. From <span class=\"xn-chron\">November 2007<\/span> to <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 2017<\/span>, he held the role of Senior Analyst at Kenmare Management, a hedge fund focused on U.S. equities. Smeal holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Economy from <span class=\"xn-org\">Williams College<\/span> in <span class=\"xn-location\">Massachusetts<\/span>, and a Master of Business Administration, with a focus on Value Investing, from <span class=\"xn-org\">Columbia Business School<\/span> in New York.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Taylor continued, &#8220;Jim brings to ImageWare knowledge and experience in the field of biometrics, in addition to extensive Fortune 1000 plus start up leadership, go-to-market, finance and accounting skills. We look forward to his valuable insights, particularly as we accelerate the monetization our product offerings and intellectual property. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ben&#8217;s capital market expertise, coupled with his substantial experience working with undervalued companies and his ability to ask difficult questions, will help to guide our efforts and further position us for growth as we progress to deliver on our business plan and continue to build value for our shareholders.&#8221;\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>Business Outlook <br \/><\/b>Added Taylor, &#8220;With the world quickly evolving to remote work and contactless interactions, the time for biometrics is now. Whether its community banks onboarding new customers, enterprises hiring remote workers, or healthcare facilities checking in patients, only biometrics can provide complete identity assurance in a remote, contactless manner.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;ImageWare is at the nexus of this new world, providing an open platform that integrates multiple biometrics types across different vendors and hardware platforms &#8211; offering the most flexible and cost-efficient solution for organizations to manage biometric identity lifecycles at scale. With our new team and renewed strategy, ImageWare is positioned to execute and will drive these solutions across government, financial, transportation, education, and telecommunications sectors to deliver profit,&#8221; Taylor concluded. <\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>About ImageWare\u00ae Systems, Inc.\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\n        <br \/>Founded in 1987, ImageWare provides defense-grade biometric identification and authentication for access to your data, products, services or facilities. We are experts in biometric authentication and considered a preeminent patent holder of multimodal IP, having many of the most-cited patents in the industry. Our patented IWS Biometric Engine\u00ae (BE) is the most accurate and fastest biometrics matching engine in the industry, capable of our patented fusion of multiple biometrics. Part of our heritage is in law enforcement having built the first statewide digital booking platform for <span class=\"xn-location\">United States<\/span> local law enforcement &#8211; and more than three decades of experience in the challenging government sector creating biometric smart cards and logical access for millions of individuals. We are a &#8220;biometrics first&#8221; company, leveraging your unique human characteristics to provide unparalleled accuracy to identify you while protecting your identity. Please visit <u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2982397-1&amp;h=3627870844&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwsinc.com%2F&amp;a=www.iwsinc.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">www.iwsinc.com<\/a><\/u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2982397-1&amp;h=3716378025&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwsinc.com%2F&amp;a=.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>Forward-Looking Statements\u00a0\u00a0<br \/><\/b>Any statements contained in this document that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as &#8220;anticipate,&#8221; &#8220;believe,&#8221; &#8220;estimate,&#8221; &#8220;expect,&#8221; &#8220;forecast,&#8221; &#8220;intend,&#8221; &#8220;may,&#8221; &#8220;plan,&#8221; &#8220;project,&#8221; &#8220;predict,&#8221; &#8220;if,&#8221; &#8220;should&#8221; and &#8220;will&#8221; and similar expressions as they relate to ImageWare Systems, Inc. are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. ImageWare may from time to time update publicly announced projections, but it is not obligated to do so. Any projections of future results of operations should not be construed in any manner as a guarantee that such results will in fact occur. These projections are subject to change and could differ materially from final reported results. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, see &#8220;Risk Factors&#8221; in ImageWare&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended <span class=\"xn-chron\">December 31, 2019<\/span> and its other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the dates on which they are made. <\/p>\n<div>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" class=\"prntblns\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <b>Media Contact:\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <b>Investor Relations:<\/b><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">Jessica Belair\u00a0<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">Terri MacInnis, VP of IR <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">ImageWare Systems, Inc.\u00a0<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">Bibicoff + MacInnis, Inc. <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">(310) 717-0877\u00a0<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">(818) 379-8500 x2 <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <u><br \/>\n                    <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:jbelair@iwsinc.com\" class=\"prnews_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">jbelair@iwsinc.com<\/a><br \/>\n                  <\/u>\u00a0<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <u><br \/>\n                    <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:terri@bibimac.com\" class=\"prnews_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">terri@bibimac.com<\/a><br \/>\n                  <\/u>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder2\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"PURL\">\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Cision\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" alt=\"Cision\" src=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/img\/favicon.png?sn=LA92369&amp;sd=2020-11-16\" \/> View original content to download multimedia:<a id=\"PRNURL\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/imageware-poised-for-growth-with-closing-of-11-56-million-private-placement-301173424.html\">http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/imageware-poised-for-growth-with-closing-of-11-56-million-private-placement-301173424.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  ImageWare Systems, Inc.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/rt.prnewswire.com\/rt.gif?NewsItemId=LA92369&amp;Transmission_Id=202011160859PR_NEWS_USPR_____LA92369&amp;DateId=20201116\" style=\"border:0px;width:1px;height:1px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Restructures Outstanding Capital and Board of Directors PR Newswire SAN DIEGO, Nov. 16, 2020 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; ImageWare\u00ae Systems, Inc. (OTCQB: IWSY), a leader in biometric identification and authentication, today announced that it has closed a $11.56 million private placement of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock. The Company also announced the simultaneous restructuring of certain of its outstanding Preferred Stock and its Board of Directors, leaving Kristin A. Taylor, President and CEO, on the Board and appointing James (Jim) M. Demitrieus and Benjamin (Ben) Smeal effective immediately. Taylor has also been appointed Chair of the Board.\u00a0 Kristin A. Taylor , Chair, President and CEO, said, &#8220;With the closing of this financing, my enthusiasm and optimism have reached new heights. 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(OTCQB: IWSY), a leader in biometric identification and authentication, today announced that it has closed a $11.56 million private placement of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock. The Company also announced the simultaneous restructuring of certain of its outstanding Preferred Stock and its Board of Directors, leaving Kristin A. Taylor, President and CEO, on the Board and appointing James (Jim) M. Demitrieus and Benjamin (Ben) Smeal effective immediately. Taylor has also been appointed Chair of the Board.\u00a0 Kristin A. Taylor , Chair, President and CEO, said, &#8220;With the closing of this financing, my enthusiasm and optimism have reached new heights. 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