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    EXHIBIT
10.40

    
      


       

      SECURITIES
PURCHASE AGREEMENT

       

      This
Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated
as of August  29, 2008, among ImageWare Systems, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”), and each
purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (each, including its
successors and assigns, a “Purchaser” and
collectively the “Purchasers”).

       

      WHEREAS,
subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant to
Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and
Rule 506 promulgated thereunder, the Company desires to issue and sell to each
Purchaser, and each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, desires to purchase
from the Company, securities of the Company as more fully described in this
Agreement.

       

      NOW,
THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement,
and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and adequacy of which
are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each Purchaser agree as
follows:

       

      ARTICLE
I

       

      DEFINITIONS

       

      1.1                      Definitions.  In
addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement: (a) capitalized terms
that are not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in
the Certificate of Designation (as defined herein), and (b) the following terms
have the meanings set forth in this Section 1.1:

       

      “Action” shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(j).

       

      “Affiliate” means any
Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls
or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are
used in and construed under Rule 144 under the Securities Act.  With
respect to a Purchaser, any investment fund or managed account that is managed
on a discretionary basis by the same investment manager as such Purchaser will
be deemed to be an Affiliate of such Purchaser.

       

      “Business Day” means
any day except Saturday, Sunday, any day which shall be a federal legal holiday
in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State of
New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to
close.

       

      “Certificate of
Designation” means the Certificate of Designation to be filed prior to
the Closing by the Company with the Secretary of State of Delaware, in the form
of Exhibit A
attached hereto.

       

      “Closing” means the
closing of the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to Section
2.1.

       

      
        
          
          

        

        
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      “Closing Date” means
the Trading Day when all of the Transaction Documents have been executed and
delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all conditions precedent to (i)
the Purchasers’ obligations to pay the Subscription Amount and (ii) the
Company’s obligations to deliver the Securities have been satisfied or
waived.

       

      “Closing Price” means
on any particular date (a) the last reported closing bid price per share of
Common Stock on such date on the Trading Market (as reported by Bloomberg L.P.
at 4:15 p.m. (New York City time)), or (b) if there is no such price on such
date, then the closing bid price on the Trading Market on the date nearest
preceding such date (as reported by Bloomberg L.P. at 4:15 p.m. (New York City
time)), or (c)  if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted on the
Trading Market and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the “pink
sheets” published by Pink Sheets LLC (or a similar organization or agency
succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per
share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) if the shares of Common Stock
are not then publicly traded the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as
determined by an appraiser selected in good faith by the Purchasers of a
majority in interest of the Shares then outstanding.

       

      “Commission” means the
Securities and Exchange Commission.

       

      “Common Stock” means
the common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share, and any other class
of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or
changed into.

       

      “Common Stock
Equivalents” means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries
which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock,
including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options,
warrants or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable
or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common
Stock.

       

      “Company Counsel”
means Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker, LLP with offices located at 3579
Valley Centre Drive, San Diego, California 92130.

       

      “Conversion Price”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Certificate of
Designation.

       

      “Disclosure Schedules”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1.

       

      “Effective Date” means
the date that any Registration Statement filed by the Company covering the
Underlying Shares is first declared effective by the Commission.

       

      “Evaluation Date”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(r).

       

      “Exchange Act” means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.

       

      
        
          
          

        

        
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      “Exempt Issuance”
means the issuance of (a) shares of Common Stock or options to employees,
officers or directors of the Company pursuant to any stock or option plan duly
adopted for such purpose by a majority of the non-employee members of the Board
of Directors of the Company or a majority of the members of a committee of
non-employee directors established, (b) securities upon the exercise or exchange
of or conversion of any Securities issued hereunder and/or other securities
exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock
issued and outstanding on the date of this Agreement, provided that such
securities have not been amended since the date of this Agreement to increase
the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise, exchange or
conversion price of such securities, and (c) securities issued pursuant to
acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the
disinterested directors of the Company, provided any such issuance shall only be
to a Person which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company
in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and in which the
Company receives benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not
include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for
the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is
investing in securities.

       

      “GAAP” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).

       

      “Indebtedness” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(bb).

       

      “Intellectual Property
Rights” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.1(o).

       

      “Legend Removal Date”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(c).

       

      “Liens” means a lien,
charge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right
or other restriction.

       

      “Material Adverse
Effect” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
3.1(b).

       

      “Material Permits”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(m).

       

      “Maximum Rate” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.17.

       

      “Participation
Maximum” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
4.13.

       

      “Person” means an
individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated
association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company,
government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any
kind.

       

      “Preferred Stock”
means up to 1,500 shares of the Company’s Series D 8% Convertible Preferred
Stock issued hereunder, having the rights, preferences and privileges set forth
in the Certificate of Designation as amended, in the form of Exhibit A
hereto.

       

       

      
        
          
          

        

        
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      “Pre-Notice” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.13.

       

      “Proceeding” means an
action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation,
an investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced
or threatened.

       

      “Purchaser Party”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.11.

       

      “Registration
Statement” means a registration statement covering the resale of the
Underlying Shares by each Purchaser.

       

      “Required Approvals”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(e).

       

      “Required Minimum”
means, as of any date, the maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock
then issued or potentially issuable in the future pursuant to the Transaction
Documents, including any Underlying Shares issuable upon exercise or conversion
in full of all Warrants and all shares of Preferred Stock, ignoring any
conversion or exercise limits set forth therein, and assuming that any
previously unconverted shares of Preferred Stock are held until the third
anniversary of the Closing Date and all dividends are paid in shares of Common
Stock until such third anniversary.

       

      “Rule 144” means Rule
144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule
may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter
adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such
Rule.

       

      “SEC Reports” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).

       

      “Securities” means the
Preferred Stock, the Warrants, the Warrant Shares and the Underlying
Shares.

       

      “Securities Act” means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.

       

      “Shareholder Approval”
means such approval as may be required by the applicable rules and regulations
of the American Stock Exchange (or any successor entity) from the shareholders
of the Company with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents, including the issuance of all of the Underlying Shares in excess of
19.99% of the issued and outstanding Common Stock on the Closing
Date.

       

      “Short Sales” means
all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange
Act (but shall not be deemed to include the location and/or reservation of
borrowable shares of Common Stock).

       

      
        
          
          

        

        
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      “Stated Value” means
$1,000 per share of Preferred Stock.

       

      “Subscription Amount”
means, as to each Purchaser, the aggregate amount to be paid for the Preferred
Stock purchased hereunder as specified below such Purchaser’s name on the
signature page of this Agreement and next to the heading “Subscription Amount”,
in United States dollars and in immediately available funds.

       

      “Subsequent Financing”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.13.

       

      “Subsequent Financing
Notice” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
4.13.

       

      “Subsidiary” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(a).

       

      “Trading Day” means a
day on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market.

       

      “Trading Market” means
the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted
for trading on the date in question: the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq
Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the
New York Stock Exchange or the OTC Bulletin Board.

       

      “Transaction
Documents” means this Agreement, the Certificate of Designation, the
Warrants and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereunder.

       

      “Transfer Agent” means
ComputerShare Trust Company, N.A., with a mailing address of 250 Royall Street,
Canton, Massachusetts 02021 and a facsimile number of (617) 575-2549, and any
successor transfer agent of the Company.

       

      “Underlying Shares”
means the shares of Common Stock issued and issuable upon conversion of the
Preferred Stock, upon exercise of the Warrants and issued and issuable in lieu
of the cash payment of dividends on the Preferred Stock in accordance with the
terms of the Certificate of Designation.

       

      “VWAP” means, for any
date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies:
(a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily
volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest
preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed
or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m.
(New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time); (b)  if the OTC
Bulletin Board is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the
Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the OTC Bulletin
Board; (c) if the Common Stock is not then quoted for trading on the OTC
Bulletin Board and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the “Pink
Sheets” published by Pink Sheets, LLC (or a similar organization or agency
succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per
share of the Common Stock so reported; or (d) in all other cases, the fair
market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent
appraiser selected in good faith by the Holder and reasonably acceptable to the
Company.

       

      
        
          
          

        

        
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       “Warrants” means
collectively the Common Stock purchase warrants delivered to the Purchasers at
the Closing in accordance with Section 2.2(a) hereof, which Warrants shall be
exercisable immediately and have a term of exercise equal to 5 years, in the
form of Exhibit
C attached hereto.

       

      “Warrant Shares” means
the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.

       

      ARTICLE
II

       

      PURCHASE
AND SALE

       

      2.1                      Closing.  On
the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein,
substantially concurrent with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by
the parties hereto, the Company agrees to sell, and each Purchaser, severally
and not jointly, agrees to purchase an aggregate of, up to $1,500,000 of shares
of Preferred Stock with an aggregate Stated Value equal to such Purchaser’s
Subscription Amount and Warrants as determined pursuant to Section
2.2(a).  The aggregate number of shares of Preferred Stock sold
hereunder shall be up to 1,500.  Each Purchaser shall deliver to the
Company via wire transfer or a certified check immediately available funds equal
to its Subscription Amount and the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser its
respective shares of Preferred Stock and Warrants as determined pursuant to
Section 2.2(a) and the other items set forth in Section 2.2 issuable at the
Closing.  Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections
2.2 and 2.3, the Closing shall occur at the offices of Company Counsel or such
other location as the parties shall mutually agree.

       

      2.2                      Deliveries.

       

      (a)                      On
the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each
Purchaser the following:

       

      (i)           this
Agreement duly executed by the Company;

       

      (ii)          certified
resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company authorizing the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents;

       

      (iii)         a
certificate evidencing a number of shares of Preferred Stock equal to such
Purchaser’s Subscription Amount divided by the Stated Value, registered in the
name of such Purchaser;

       

      (iv)         a
Warrant registered in the name of each Purchaser to purchase the Purchaser’s
pro-rata share of up to 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock, with an exercise price
equal to $0.50, subject to adjustment therein.

       

      
        
          
          

        

        
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      (b)                      On
the Closing Date, each Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Company the following:

       

      (i)            this
Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser;

       

      (ii)           such
Purchaser’s Subscription Amount by wire transfer to the account as specified in
writing by the Company.

      


       

      2.3                      Subsequent
Closings.  At any time on or before the 15th day following the
Closing, the Company may sell up to the balance of the authorized shares of
Preferred Stock and Warrants not sold at the Closing to such persons as may be
approved by the Company (the “Additional
Purchasers”).  All such sales made at any additional closings
(each an “Additional
Closing”), (i) shall be made on the terms and conditions set forth in
this Agreement, (ii) the representations and warranties of the Company set forth
in Section 3.1, and the Disclosure Schedules, shall speak as of the Closing and
the Company shall have no obligation to update any such disclosure, and (iii)
the representations and warranties of the Additional Purchasers in Section 3.2
shall speak as of such Additional Closing.  This Agreement, including
without limitation, the Disclosure Schedules, may be amended without the consent
of the Purchasers to include any Additional Purchasers.  Any shares of
Preferred Stock or Warrants sold pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall be deemed to
be “Securities” for all purposes under this Agreement and any Additional
Purchasers shall be deemed to be “Purchasers” for all purposes under this
Agreement.

       

      2.4                      Closing
Conditions.

       

      (a)                      The
obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject
to the following conditions being met:

       

      (i)          the
accuracy in all material respects when made and on the Closing Date of the
representations and warranties of the Purchasers contained herein;

       

      (ii)         all
obligations, covenants and agreements of the Purchasers required to be performed
at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed; and

       

      (iii)        the
delivery by the Purchasers of the items set forth in Section 2.2(b) of this
Agreement.

       

      (b)                      The
respective obligations of the Purchasers hereunder in connection with the
Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:

       

      (i)          the
accuracy in all material respects when made and on the Closing Date of the
representations and warranties of the Company contained herein;

       

      (ii)         all
obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed at
or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed;

       

      (iii)        the
delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this
Agreement;

       

      (iv)        there
shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company since the
date hereof; and

       

      (v)         from
the date hereof to the Closing Date, trading in the Common Stock shall not have
been suspended by the Commission or the Company’s principal Trading Market
(except for any suspension of trading of limited duration agreed to by the
Company, which suspension shall be terminated prior to the Closing), and, at any
time prior to the Closing Date, trading in securities generally as reported by
Bloomberg L.P. shall not have been suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall
not have been established on securities whose trades are reported by such
service, or on any Trading Market, nor shall a banking moratorium have been
declared either by the United States or New York State authorities nor shall
there have occurred any material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other
national or international calamity of such magnitude in its effect on, or any
material adverse change in, any financial market which, in each case, in the
reasonable judgment of each Purchaser, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to
purchase the Preferred Stock at the Closing.

       

      
        
          
          

        

        
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      ARTICLE
III

       

      REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES

       

      3.1                      Representations and
Warranties of the Company.  Except as set forth under the
corresponding section of the disclosure schedules delivered to the Purchasers
concurrently herewith (the “Disclosure
Schedules”), which Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof and
to qualify any representation or warranty otherwise made herein to the extent of
such disclosure, and except as disclosed in the Company’s SEC Reports, the
Company hereby makes the following representations and warranties to each
Purchaser:

       

      (a)                      Subsidiaries.  The
Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity
interests of each subsidiary listed in the Company’s SEC Reports (each, a “Subsidiary”) free and
clear of any Liens, and all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital
stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable
and free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or purchase
securities.  If the Company has no subsidiaries, all other references
to the Subsidiaries or any of them in the Transaction Documents shall be
disregarded.

       

      (b)                      Organization and
Qualification.  The Company and each of the Subsidiaries is an
entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization
(as applicable), with the requisite power and authority to own and use its
properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently
conducted.  Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation or
default of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of
incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter
documents.  Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified
to conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other
entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or
property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the
failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, could not
have or reasonably be expected to result in (i) a material adverse effect on the
legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a
material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business,
prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) a material adverse effect on the
Company’s ability to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its
obligations under any Transaction Document (any of (i), (ii) or (iii), a “Material Adverse
Effect”) and no Proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction
revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such
power and authority or qualification.

       

      (c)                      Authorization;
Enforcement.  The Company has the requisite corporate power and
authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by each
of the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations
hereunder and thereunder.  The execution and delivery of each of the
Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all
necessary action on the part of the Company and no further action is required by
the Company, its board of directors or its stockholders in connection therewith
other than in connection with the Required Approvals.  Each
Transaction Document has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by
the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof,
will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable
against the Company in accordance with its terms except (i) as limited by
general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to
the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable
remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be
limited by applicable law.

       

      (d)                      No
Conflicts.  The execution, delivery and performance of the
Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the
other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not: (i)
conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s
certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or
charter documents, or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event
that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result
in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company
or any Subsidiary, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment,
acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of,
any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company
or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which the Company or
any Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company or
any Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (iii) subject to the Required Approvals,
conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order,
judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental
authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and
state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the
Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the case of each of
clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not have or reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.

       

      
        
          
          

        

        
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      (e)                      Filings, Consents and
Approvals.  The Company is not required to obtain any consent,
waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or
registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other
governmental authority or other Person in connection with the execution,
delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, other than
(i) filings required pursuant to Section 4.6, (ii) the notice and/or
application(s) to each applicable Trading Market for the issuance and sale of
the Securities and the listing of the Underlying Shares for trading thereon in
the time and manner required thereby, (iii) the filing of Form D with the
Commission and such filings as are required to be made under applicable state
securities laws and (iv) Shareholder Approval (collectively, the “Required
Approvals”).

       

      (f)                      Issuance of the
Securities.  The Securities are duly authorized and, when
issued and paid for in accordance with the applicable Transaction Documents,
will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of
all Liens imposed by the Company other than restrictions on transfer provided
for in the Transaction Documents.  The Underlying Shares, when issued
in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents, will be validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the
Company.  The Company has reserved from its duly authorized capital
stock a number of shares of Common Stock for issuance of the Underlying Shares
at least equal to the Required Minimum on the date hereof.

       

      (g)                      Capitalization.  As
of the date hereof (and prior to the Closing), the Company has authorized for
issuance 50,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $ 0.01 per share (the
“Common Stock”), and 4,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01
per share.  As of the date hereof (and prior to the Closing), there are
18,143,259 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding, 239,400 shares of
Series B Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Series B Preferred
Stock”), issued and outstanding, and 2,200 shares of Series C 8% Convertible
Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Series C Preferred Stock”),
issued and outstanding and 1,388 shares of Series D 8% Convertible Preferred
Stock, par value $0.01 per share issued and outstanding.  As of the date
hereof (and prior to the Closing), there are issued and outstanding warrants to
purchase 6,721,389 shares of Common Stock, stock options to purchase 2,121,517
shares of Common Stock and restricted stock grants totaling 13,524 shares of
Common Stock.  The Company has not issued any capital stock since its
most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act, other than pursuant
to the exercise of employee stock options under the Company’s stock option
plans, the issuance of shares of Common Stock to employees pursuant to the
Company’s employee stock purchase plan and pursuant to the conversion or
exercise of Common Stock Equivalents outstanding as of the date of the most
recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act.  No Person has
any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any
similar right to participate in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents.  Except as a result of the purchase and sale of the
Securities, there are no outstanding options, warrants, script rights to
subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or
securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire,
any shares of Common Stock, or contracts, commitments, understandings or
arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to
issue additional shares of Common Stock or Common Stock
Equivalents.  The issuance and sale of the Securities will not
obligate the Company to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any
Person (other than the Purchasers) and will not result in a right of any holder
of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset
price under any of such securities. All of the outstanding shares of capital
stock of the Company are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been
issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws, and none of
such outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights or
similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities.  No further
approval or authorization of any stockholder, the Board of Directors of the
Company or others is required for the issuance and sale of the
Securities.  There are no stockholders agreements, voting agreements
or other similar agreements with respect to the Company’s capital stock to which
the Company is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company, between or among any
of the Company’s stockholders.

       

      (h)                      SEC Reports; Financial
Statements.  The Company has filed all reports, schedules,
forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Company under
the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or
15(d) thereof, for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter
period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such material)
(the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents
incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the
“SEC Reports”)
on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and
has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such
extension.  As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in
all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained
any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.  The financial statements of the Company included in the
SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting
requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect
thereto as in effect at the time of filing.  Such financial statements
have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted
accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved
(“GAAP”),
except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes
thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all
footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the
financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of and
for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the
periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal,
immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.

       

      
        
          
          

        

        
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      (i)                      Material Changes;
Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments.  Since the
date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports,
except as specifically disclosed in a subsequent SEC Report filed prior to the
date hereof, (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development that has had
or that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect,
(ii) the Company has not incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise)
other than (A) trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities not
required to be reflected in the Company’s financial statements pursuant to GAAP
or disclosed in filings made with the Commission, (iii) the Company has not
altered its method of accounting, (iv) the Company has not declared or made any
dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or
purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of
its capital stock and (v) the Company has not issued any equity securities to
any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company stock
option plans.  The Company does not have pending before the Commission
any request for confidential treatment of information.  Except for the
issuance of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement or as set forth on
Schedule
3.1(i), no event, liability or development has occurred or exists with
respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective business,
properties, operations or financial condition, that would be required to be
disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws at the time this
representation is made that has not been publicly disclosed at least 1 Trading
Day prior to the date that this representation is made.

       

      (j)                      Litigation.  There
is no action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding or investigation
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the
Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties before or by any
court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency or regulatory authority
(federal, state, county, local or foreign) (collectively, an “Action”) which (i)
adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of any
of the Transaction Documents or the Securities or (ii) could, if there were an
unfavorable decision, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.  Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor any
director or officer thereof, is or has been the subject of any Action involving
a claim of violation of or liability under federal or state securities laws or a
claim of breach of fiduciary duty.  There has not been, and to the
knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or contemplated, any
investigation by the Commission involving the Company or any current or former
director or officer of the Company.  The Commission has not issued any
stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of any registration
statement filed by the Company or any Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or the
Securities Act.

       

      (k)                      Labor
Relations.  No material labor dispute exists or, to the
knowledge of the Company, is imminent with respect to any of the employees of
the Company which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.  None of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ employees is a
member of a union that relates to such employee’s relationship with the Company,
and neither the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party to a collective
bargaining agreement, and the Company and its Subsidiaries believe that their
relationships with their employees are good.  No executive officer, to
the knowledge of the Company, is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any
material term of any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or
proprietary information agreement or non-competition agreement, or any other
contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant, and to the knowledge of the
Company, the continued employment of each such executive officer does not
subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any liability with respect to
any of the foregoing matters.  The Company and its Subsidiaries are in
compliance with all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations
relating to employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of
employment and wages and hours, except where the failure to be in compliance
could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.

       

      (l)                      Compliance.  Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary (i) is in default under or in violation of (and
no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of
time or both, would result in a default by the Company or any Subsidiary under),
nor has the Company or any Subsidiary received notice of a claim that it is in
default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit
agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by
which it or any of its properties is bound (whether or not such default or
violation has been waived), (ii) is in violation of any order of any court,
arbitrator or governmental body, or (iii) is or has been in violation of any
statute, rule or regulation of any governmental authority, including without
limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws applicable to its business
and all such laws that affect the environment, except in each case as could not
have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.

       

      (m)                      Regulatory
Permits.  The Company and the Subsidiaries possess all
certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal,
state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their
respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports, except where the failure
to possess such permits could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect (“Material Permits”),
and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of
proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Material
Permit.

       

      
        
          
          

        

        
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      (n)                      Title to
Assets.  The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and
marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by them that is
material to the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries and good and
marketable title in all personal property owned by them that is material to the
business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all
Liens, except for Liens as do not materially affect the value of such property
and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of
such property by the Company and the Subsidiaries and Liens for the payment of
federal, state or other taxes, the payment of which is neither delinquent nor
subject to penalties.  Any real property and facilities held under
lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries are held by them under valid,
subsisting and enforceable leases with which the Company and the Subsidiaries
are in compliance.

       

      (o)                      Patents and
Trademarks.  The Company and the Subsidiaries have, or have
rights to use, all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark
applications, service marks, trade names, trade secrets, inventions, copyrights,
licenses and other intellectual property rights and similar rights necessary or
material for use in connection with their respective businesses as described in
the SEC Reports and which the failure to so have could have a Material Adverse
Effect (collectively, the “Intellectual Property
Rights”).  Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received
a notice (written or otherwise) that the Intellectual Property Rights used by
the Company or any Subsidiary violates or infringes upon the rights of any
Person. To the knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual Property Rights
are enforceable and there is no existing infringement by another Person of any
of the Intellectual Property Rights.  The Company and its Subsidiaries
have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality
and value of all of their intellectual properties, except where failure to do so
could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.

       

      (p)                      Insurance.  The
Company and the Subsidiaries have in place the insurance coverage set forth on
Schedule
3.1(p).  Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any reason
to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as
and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar
insurers as may be necessary to continue its business without a significant
increase in cost.

       

      (q)                      Transactions With Affiliates
and Employees.  None of the officers or directors of the
Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the
Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any
Subsidiary (other than for services as employees, officers and directors),
including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the
furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal
property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer,
director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in
which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or
is an officer, director, trustee or partner, in each case in excess of $60,000
other than (i) for payment of salary or consulting fees for services rendered,
(ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company and (iii) for
other employee benefits, including stock option agreements under any stock
option plan of the Company.

       

      (r)                      Sarbanes-Oxley; Internal
Accounting Controls.  The Company is in material compliance
with all provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 which are applicable to it
as of the Closing Date.  The Company and the Subsidiaries maintain a
system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable
assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s
general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary
to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to
maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in
accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the
recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at
reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences. The Company has established disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and
designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that information
required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or submits under
the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the
time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms.  The
Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s
disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by the
Company’s most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act (such date,
the “Evaluation
Date”).  The Company presented in its most recently filed
periodic report under the Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying
officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based
on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date.  Since the Evaluation
Date, there have been no changes in the Company’s internal control over
financial reporting (as such term is defined in the Exchange Act) that has
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting.

       

      (s)                      Certain
Fees.  No brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will
be payable by the Company to any broker, financial advisor or consultant,
finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to
the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.  The
Purchasers shall have no obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to
any claims made against the Company by or on behalf of other Persons for fees of
a type contemplated in this Section that may be due in connection with the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

       

      
        
          
          

        

        
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      (t)                      Private Placement.
Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers representations and warranties set forth
in Section 3.2, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the
offer and sale of the Securities by the Company to the Purchasers as
contemplated hereby. The issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder does not
contravene the rules and regulations of the Trading Market.

       

      (u)                      Investment Company.
The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately after receipt of
payment for the Securities, will not be or be an Affiliate of, an “investment
company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.  The Company shall conduct its business in a manner so that
it will not become subject to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.

       

      (v)                      Listing and Maintenance
Requirements.  The Company’s Common Stock is registered
pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has
taken no action designed to, or which to its knowledge is likely to have the
effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange
Act nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission is
contemplating terminating such registration.  The Company has not, in
the 12 months preceding the date hereof, received notice from any Trading Market
on which the Common Stock is or has been listed or quoted to the effect that the
Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of
such Trading Market. The Company is, and has no reason to believe that it will
not in the foreseeable future continue to be, in compliance with all such
listing and maintenance requirements.

       

      (w)                      Application of Takeover
Protections.  The Company and its Board of Directors have taken
all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control share
acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under
a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Company’s
Certificate of Incorporation (or similar charter documents) or the laws of its
state of incorporation that is or could become applicable to the Purchasers as a
result of the Purchasers and the Company fulfilling their obligations or
exercising their rights under the Transaction Documents, including without
limitation as a result of the Company’s issuance of the Securities and the
Purchasers’ ownership of the Securities.

       

      (x)                      Disclosure.  Except
with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company confirms that neither it
nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the Purchasers or
their agents or counsel with any information that it believes constitutes or
might constitute material, nonpublic information.  The Company
understands and confirms that the Purchasers will rely on the foregoing
representation in effecting transactions in securities of the
Company.  All disclosure furnished by or on behalf of the Company to
the Purchasers regarding the Company, its business and the transactions
contemplated hereby, including the Disclosure Schedules to this Agreement, is
true and correct and does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.   The press releases disseminated by the Company
during the twelve months preceding the date of this Agreement taken as a whole
do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements, in light of the circumstances under which they were made and when
made, not misleading.  The Company acknowledges and agrees that no
Purchaser makes or has made any representations or warranties with respect to
the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in
Section 3.2 hereof.

       

      (y)                      No Integrated
Offering. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and
warranties set forth in Section 3.2, neither the Company, nor any of its
Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or
indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to
buy any security, under circumstances that would cause this offering of the
Securities to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of
the Securities Act or any applicable shareholder approval provision of any
Trading Market on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or
designated.

       

      (z)                      Tax
Status.  Except for matters that would not, individually or in
the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect, the Company and each Subsidiary has filed all necessary federal, state
and foreign income and franchise tax returns and has paid or accrued all taxes
shown as due thereon, and the Company has no knowledge of a tax deficiency which
has been asserted or threatened against the Company or any
Subsidiary.

       

      
        
          
          

        

        
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      (aa)                      No General
Solicitation.  Neither the Company nor any person acting on
behalf of the Company has offered or sold any of the Securities by any form of
general solicitation or general advertising.  The Company has offered
the Securities for sale only to the Purchasers and certain other “accredited
investors” within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Securities Act.

       

      (bb)                      Foreign Corrupt
Practices.  Neither the Company, nor to the knowledge of the
Company, any agent or other person acting on behalf of the Company, has (i)
directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts,
entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic
political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic
government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political
parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) failed to disclose fully any
contribution made by the Company (or made by any person acting on its behalf of
which the Company is aware) which is  in violation of law, or (iv)
violated in any material respect any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices
Act of 1977, as amended.

       

      (cc)                      Accountants.  The
Company’s accounting firm is Stonefield Josephson, LLP.  To the
knowledge of the Company, such accounting firm (i) is a registered public
accounting firm as required by the Exchange Act and (ii) shall express its
opinion with respect to the financial statements to be included in the Company’s
Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ending December 31, 2008.

       

      (dd)                      Seniority.  As
of the Closing Date, no Indebtedness or other claim against the Company is
senior to the Preferred Stock in right of payment, whether with respect to
interest or upon liquidation or dissolution, or otherwise, other than
indebtedness secured by purchase money security interests (which is senior only
as to underlying assets covered thereby), capital lease obligations (which is
senior only as to the property covered thereby), the Series B Preferred Stock
and the Series C Preferred Stock (which are senior only as to dividend and
liquidation preferences).

       

      (ee)                      No Disagreements with
Accountants and Lawyers.  There are no disagreements of any
kind presently existing, or reasonably anticipated by the Company to arise,
between the Company and the accountants and lawyers formerly or presently
employed by the Company and the Company is current with respect to any fees owed
to its accountants and lawyers.

       

      (ff)                      Acknowledgment Regarding
Purchasers’ Purchase of Securities.  The Company acknowledges
and agrees that each of the Purchasers is acting solely in the capacity of an
arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the
transactions contemplated thereby.  The Company further acknowledges
that no Purchaser is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company
(or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the
transactions contemplated thereby and any advice given by any Purchaser or any
of their respective representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction
Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby is merely incidental to the
Purchasers’ purchase of the Securities.  The Company further
represents to each Purchaser that the Company’s decision to enter into this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents has been based solely on the
independent evaluation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company
and its representatives.

       

      (gg)                      Acknowledgement Regarding
Purchasers’ Trading Activity.  Anything in this Agreement or
elsewhere herein to the contrary notwithstanding (except for Sections 3.2(f) and
4.16 hereof), it is understood and acknowledged by the Company (i) that past or
future open market or other transactions by any Purchaser, including Short
Sales, and specifically including, without limitation, Short Sales or
“derivative” transactions, before or after the closing of this or future private
placement transactions, may negatively impact the market price of the Company’s
publicly-traded securities; and (iii) that any Purchaser, and counter-parties in
“derivative” transactions to which any such Purchaser is a party, directly or
indirectly, presently may have a “short” position in the Common
Stock.  The Company further understands and acknowledges that (a) one
or more Purchasers may engage in hedging activities at various times during the
period that the Securities are outstanding, including, without limitation,
during the periods that the value of the Underlying Shares deliverable with
respect to Securities are being determined and (b) such hedging activities (if
any) could reduce the value of the existing stockholders' equity interests in
the Company at and after the time that the hedging activities are being
conducted.

       

      
        
          
          

        

        
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      (hh)                      Regulation M
Compliance.  The Company has not, and to its knowledge no one acting
on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to
cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any
security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the
Securities, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or paid any compensation for
soliciting purchases of, any of the securities of the Company, or (iii) paid or
agreed to pay to any Person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase
any other securities of the Company, other than, in the case of clauses (ii) and
(iii), compensation paid to the Company’s placement agent in connection with the
placement of the Securities.

       

      (ii)                      Form S-3
Eligibility.  The Company is not eligible to register the
resale of the Underlying Shares for resale by the Purchaser on Form S-3
promulgated under the Securities Act.

       

      3.2                      Representations and
Warranties of the Purchasers.  Each Purchaser hereby, for
itself and for no other Purchaser, represents and warrants as of the date hereof
and as of the Closing Date to the Company as follows:

       

      (a)                      Organization;
Authority.  Such Purchaser is an entity duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
organization with full right, corporate or partnership power and authority to
enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder.
The execution, delivery and performance by such Purchaser of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate or similar action on the part of such Purchaser.  Each
Transaction Document to which it is a party has been duly executed by such
Purchaser, and when delivered by such Purchaser in accordance with the terms
hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such
Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except (i) as
limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to
the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable
remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be
limited by applicable law.

       

      (b)                      Own
Account.  Such Purchaser understands that the Securities are
“restricted securities” and have not been registered under the Securities Act or
any applicable state securities law and is acquiring the Securities as principal
for its own account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such
Securities or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any
applicable state securities law, has no present intention of distributing any of
such Securities in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state
securities law and has no direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with
any other persons to distribute or regarding the distribution of such Securities
(this representation and warranty not limiting such Purchaser’s right to sell
the Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise in compliance
with applicable federal and state securities laws) in violation of the
Securities Act or any applicable state securities law.  Such Purchaser
is acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its
business.

       

      (c)                      Purchaser
Status.  At the time such Purchaser was offered the Securities,
it was, and at the date hereof it is, and on each date on which it converts any
shares of Preferred Stock or exercises any Warrants, it will be either: (i) an
“accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7) or
(a)(8) under the Securities Act or (ii) a “qualified institutional buyer” as
defined in Rule 144A(a) under the Securities Act.  Such Purchaser is
not required to be registered as a broker-dealer under Section 15 of the
Exchange Act.

       

      (d)                      Experience of Such
Purchaser.  Such Purchaser, either alone or together with its
representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business
and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of
the prospective investment in the Securities, and has so evaluated the merits
and risks of such investment.  Such Purchaser is able to bear the
economic risk of an investment in the Securities and, at the present time, is
able to afford a complete loss of such investment.

       

      (e)                      General
Solicitation.  Such Purchaser is not purchasing the Securities
as a result of any advertisement, article, notice or other communication
regarding the Securities published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media
or broadcast over television or radio or presented at any seminar or any other
general solicitation or general advertisement.

       

      
        
          
          

        

        
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      (f)                      Short Sales and
Confidentiality Prior To The Date Hereof.  Other than the
transaction contemplated hereunder, such Purchaser has not, nor has any Person
acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such Purchaser,
directly or indirectly executed any transaction, including Short Sales, in
the securities of the Company during the period commencing from the time that
such Purchaser first received a term sheet (written or oral) from the Company or
any other Person setting forth the material terms of the transactions
contemplated hereunder until the date hereof (“Discussion
Time”).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a
Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio
managers manage separate portions of such Purchaser's assets and the portfolio
managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the
portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchaser's assets, the
representation set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of
assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to
purchase the Securities covered by this Agreement.  Other than to
other Persons party to this Agreement, such Purchaser has maintained the
confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this
transaction (including the existence and terms of this
transaction).

       

      ARTICLE
IV

       

      OTHER
AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES

       

      4.1                      Transfer
Restrictions.

       

      (a)                      The
Securities may only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal
securities laws.  In connection with any transfer of Securities other
than pursuant to an effective registration statement or Rule 144, to the Company
or to an Affiliate of a Purchaser or in connection with a pledge as contemplated
in Section 4.1(b), the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide to
the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and reasonably
acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be
reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does
not require registration of such transferred Securities under the Securities
Act.  As a condition of transfer, any such transferee shall agree in
writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and shall have the rights of
a Purchaser under this Agreement.

       

      (b)                      The
Purchasers agree to the imprinting, so long as is required by this Section 4.1,
of a legend on any of the Securities (as applicable) in the following
form:

       

      [NEITHER]
THIS SECURITY [NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS [EXERCISABLE]
[CONVERTIBLE]] HAS BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES
ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN
AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO
SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE
COMPANY. THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON [EXERCISE] [CONVERSION]
OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR
OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.

       

      The
Company acknowledges and agrees that a Purchaser may from time to time pledge
pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement with a registered broker-dealer or
grant a security interest in some or all of the Securities to a financial
institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the
Securities Act and who agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement
and, if required under the terms of such arrangement, such Purchaser may
transfer pledged or secured Securities to the pledgees or secured
parties.  Such a pledge or transfer would not be subject to approval
of the Company and no legal opinion of legal counsel of the pledgee, secured
party or pledgor shall be required in connection therewith.  Further,
no notice shall be required of such pledge.  At the appropriate
Purchaser’s expense, the Company will execute and deliver such reasonable
documentation as a pledgee or secured party of Securities may reasonably request
in connection with a pledge or transfer of the Securities.

       

      
        
          
          

        

        
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      (c)                      Certificates
evidencing the Underlying Shares shall not contain any legend (including the
legend set forth in Section 4.1(b) hereof): (i) while a registration statement
(including the Registration Statement) covering the resale of such security is
effective under the Securities Act, or (ii) following any sale of such
Underlying Shares pursuant to Rule 144, or (iii) if such Underlying Shares are
eligible for sale under Rule 144(k), or (iv) if such legend is not required
under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial
interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission). The
Company shall cause its counsel to issue a legal opinion to the Transfer Agent
promptly after the Effective Date if required by the Transfer Agent to effect
the removal of the legend hereunder. If all or any shares of Preferred Stock or
any portion of a Warrant is converted or exercised (as applicable) at a time
when there is an effective registration statement to cover the resale of the
Underlying Shares, or if such Underlying Shares may be sold under Rule 144(k) or
if such legend is not otherwise required under applicable requirements of the
Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by
the staff of the Commission) then such Underlying Shares shall be issued free of
all legends.  The Company agrees that following the Effective Date or
at such time as such legend is no longer required under this Section 4.1(c), it
will, no later than three Trading Days following the delivery by a Purchaser to
the Company or the Transfer Agent of a certificate representing Underlying
Shares, as applicable, issued with a restrictive legend (such third Trading Day,
the “Legend Removal
Date”), deliver or cause to be delivered to such Purchaser a certificate
representing such shares that is free from all restrictive and other
legends.  The Company may not make any notation on its records or give
instructions to any transfer agent of the Company that enlarge the restrictions
on transfer set forth in this Section.  Certificates for Underlying
Shares subject to legend removal hereunder shall be transmitted by the Transfer
Agent to the Purchasers by crediting the account of the Purchaser’s prime broker
with the Depository Trust Company System.

       

      (d)                      [RESERVED]

       

      (e)                      Each
Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, agrees that the
removal of the restrictive legend from certificates representing Securities as
set forth in this Section 4.1 is predicated upon the Company’s reliance that the
Purchaser will sell any Securities pursuant to either the registration
requirements of the Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery
requirements, or an exemption therefrom, and that if Securities are sold
pursuant to a Registration Statement, they will be sold in compliance with the
plan of distribution set forth therein.

       

      4.2                      Acknowledgment of
Dilution.  The Company acknowledges that the issuance of the
Securities may result in dilution of the outstanding shares of Common Stock,
which dilution may be substantial under certain market
conditions.  The Company further acknowledges that its obligations
under the Transaction Documents, including without limitation its obligation to
issue the Underlying Shares pursuant to the Transaction Documents, are
unconditional and absolute and not subject to any right of set off,
counterclaim, delay or reduction, regardless of the effect of any such dilution
or any claim the Company may have against any Purchaser and regardless of the
dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the ownership of the other
stockholders of the Company.

       

      4.3                      Furnishing of
Information.  As long as any Purchaser owns Securities, the
Company covenants to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and
file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the
Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act.  As long
as any Purchaser owns Securities, if the Company is not required to file reports
pursuant to the Exchange Act, it will prepare and furnish to the Purchasers and
make publicly available in accordance with Rule 144(c) such information as is
required for the Purchasers to sell the Securities under Rule
144.  The Company further covenants that it will take such further
action as any holder of Securities may reasonably request, to the extent
required from time to time to enable such Person to sell such Securities without
registration under the Securities Act within the requirements of the exemption
provided by Rule 144.

       

      4.4                      Integration.  The
Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise
negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities
Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities in a
manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale
of the Securities to the Purchasers or that would be integrated with the offer
or sale of the Securities for purposes of the rules and regulations of any
Trading Market.

       

      
        
          
          

        

        
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      4.5                      Conversion and Exercise
Procedures.  The form of Notice of Exercise included in the
Warrants and the form of Notice of Conversion included in the Certificate of
Designation set forth the totality of the procedures required of the Purchasers
in order to exercise the Warrants or convert the Preferred Stock.  No
additional legal opinion or other information or instructions shall be required
of the Purchasers to exercise their Warrants or convert their Preferred
Stock.  The Company shall honor exercises of the Warrants and
conversions of the Preferred Stock and shall deliver Underlying Shares in
accordance with the terms, conditions and time periods set forth in the
Transaction Documents.

       

      4.6                      Securities Laws
Disclosure; Publicity.  The
Company shall within the time period required by the Exchange Act, issue a
Current Report on Form 8-K, disclosing the material terms of the transactions
contemplated hereby and filing the Transaction Documents as exhibits
thereto.  The Company and each Purchaser shall consult with each other
in issuing any other press releases with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby, and neither the Company nor any Purchaser shall issue any
such press release or otherwise make any such public statement without the prior
consent of the Company, with respect to any press release of any Purchaser, or
without the prior consent of each Purchaser, with respect to any press release
of the Company, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed,
except if such disclosure is required by law, in which case the disclosing party
shall promptly provide the other party with prior notice of such public
statement or communication.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Company shall not publicly disclose the name of any Purchaser, or include the
name of any Purchaser in any filing with the Commission or any regulatory agency
or Trading Market, without the prior written consent of such Purchaser, except
(i) as required by federal securities law in connection with (A) any
registration statement contemplated by the Company and (B) the filing of final
Transaction Documents (including signature pages thereto) with the Commission
and (ii) to the extent such disclosure is required by law or Trading Market
regulations, in which case the Company shall provide the Purchasers with prior
notice of such disclosure permitted under this subclause (ii).

       

      4.7                      Shareholder Rights
Plan.  No claim will be made or enforced by the Company or,
with the consent of the Company, any other Person, that any Purchaser is an
“Acquiring Person” under any control share acquisition, business combination,
poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or similar
anti-takeover plan or arrangement in effect or hereafter adopted by the Company,
or that any Purchaser could be deemed to trigger the provisions of any such plan
or arrangement, solely by virtue of receiving Securities under the Transaction
Documents.

       

      4.8                      Non-Public
Information.  Except with respect to the material terms and
conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the
Company covenants and agrees that neither it nor any other Person acting on its
behalf will provide any Purchaser or its agents or counsel with any information
that the Company believes constitutes material non-public information, unless
prior thereto such Purchaser shall have executed a written agreement regarding
the confidentiality and use of such information.  The Company
understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing
representations in effecting transactions in securities of the
Company.

       

      4.9                      Use of
Proceeds.  Except as set forth on Schedule 4.9 attached
hereto, the Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities
hereunder for working capital purposes, and shall not use such proceeds to
redeem any Common Stock, or Common Stock Equivalents or to settle any
outstanding litigation.

       

      4.10                      [RESERVED]

       

      
        
          
          

        

        
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      4.11                      Indemnification of
Purchasers.   Subject to the provisions of this Section
4.11, the Company will indemnify and hold each Purchaser and its directors,
officers, shareholders, members, partners, employees and agents (and any other
Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles
notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title), each Person who
controls such Purchaser (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act
and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, shareholders,
agents, members, partners or employees (and any other Persons with a
functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a
lack of such title or any other title) of such controlling persons (each, a
“Purchaser
Party”) harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations,
claims, contingencies, damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments,
amounts paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and
costs of investigation that any such Purchaser Party may suffer or incur as a
result of or relating to (a) any breach of any of the representations,
warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement or in
the other Transaction Documents or (b) any action instituted against a
Purchaser, or any of them or their respective Affiliates, by any stockholder of
the Company who is not an Affiliate of such Purchaser, with respect to any of
the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (unless such action
is based upon a breach of such Purchaser’s representations, warranties or
covenants under the Transaction Documents or any agreements or understandings
such Purchaser may have with any such stockholder or any violations by the
Purchaser of state or federal securities laws or any conduct by such Purchaser
which constitutes fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct or
malfeasance).  If any action shall be brought against any Purchaser
Party in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Agreement,
such Purchaser Party shall promptly notify the Company in writing, and the
Company shall have the right to assume the defense thereof with counsel of its
own choosing reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser Party.  Any
Purchaser Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such
action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such
counsel shall be at the expense of such Purchaser Party except to the extent
that (i) the employment thereof has been specifically authorized by the Company
in writing, (ii) the Company has failed after a reasonable period of time to
assume such defense and to employ counsel or (iii) in such action there is, in
the reasonable opinion of such separate counsel, a material conflict on any
material issue between the position of the Company and the position of such
Purchaser Party, in which case the Company shall be responsible for the
reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one such separate
counsel.  The Company will not be liable to any Purchaser Party under
this Agreement (i) for any settlement by a Purchaser Party effected without the
Company’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed; or (ii) to the extent, but only to the extent that a loss, claim,
damage or liability is attributable to any Purchaser Party’s breach of any of
the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by such Purchaser
Party in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents.

       

      4.12                      Reservation
and Listing of Securities.

       

      (a)                      The
Company shall maintain a reserve from its duly authorized shares of Common Stock
for issuance pursuant to the Transaction Documents in such amount as may be
required to fulfill its obligations in full under the Transaction
Documents.

       

      (b)                      The
Company shall, if applicable: (i) in the time and manner required by the
principal Trading Market, prepare and file with such Trading Market an
additional shares listing application covering a number of shares of Common
Stock at least equal to the Required Minimum on the date of such application,
(ii) take all steps necessary to cause such shares of Common Stock to be
approved for listing on such Trading Market as soon as possible thereafter,
(iii) provide to the Purchasers evidence of such listing, and (iv) maintain the
listing of such Common Stock on any date at least equal to the Required Minimum
on such date on such Trading Market or another Trading Market.

       

      4.13                      [RESERVED]

       

      4.14                      [RESERVED]

       

      4.15                      Equal Treatment of
Purchasers.  No consideration shall be offered or paid to any
Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any
of the Transaction Documents unless the same consideration is also offered to
all of the parties to the Transaction Documents.  For clarification
purposes, this provision constitutes a separate right granted to each Purchaser
by the Company and negotiated separately by each Purchaser, and is intended for
the Company to treat the Purchasers as a class and shall not in any way be
construed as the Purchasers acting in concert or as a group with respect to the
purchase, disposition or voting of Securities or otherwise.

       

      
        
          
          

        

        
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      4.16                      Short Sales and
Confidentiality After The Date Hereof. Each Purchaser severally and not
jointly with the other Purchasers covenants that neither it nor any Affiliate
acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with it will execute any
Short Sales during the period commencing at the Discussion Time and ending at
the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly
announced as described in Section 4.6. Each Purchaser, severally and not
jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that until such time as the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed by the
Company as described in Section 4.6, such Purchaser will maintain the
confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this
transaction (including the existence and terms of this
transaction).  Each Purchaser understands and acknowledges, severally
and not jointly with any other Purchaser, that the Commission currently takes
the position that coverage of short sales of shares of the Common Stock “against
the box” prior to the Effective Date of the Registration Statement with the
Securities is a violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act, as set forth in
Item 65, Section A, of the Manual of Publicly Available Telephone
Interpretations, dated July 1997, compiled by the Office of Chief Counsel,
Division of Corporation Finance.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no
Purchaser makes any representation, warranty or covenant hereby that it will not
engage in Short Sales in the securities of the Company after the time that the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced as
described in Section 4.6.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case
of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate
portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Purchaser's assets and the
portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by
the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchaser's assets, the
covenant set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets
managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase
the Securities covered by this Agreement.

       

      4.17                      Form D; Blue Sky
Filings.  The Company agrees to timely file a Form D with
respect to the Securities as required under Regulation D and to provide a copy
thereof, promptly upon request of any Purchaser. The Company shall take such
action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain
an exemption for, or to qualify the Securities for, sale to the Purchasers at
the Closing under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the
United States, and shall provide evidence of such actions promptly upon request
of any Purchaser.

       

      ARTICLE
V

       

      MISCELLANEOUS

       

      5.1                      Termination. 
This Agreement may be terminated by any Purchaser, as to such Purchaser’s
obligations hereunder only and without any effect whatsoever on the obligations
between the Company and the other Purchasers, by written notice to the other
parties, if the Closing has not been consummated on or before September 15,
2008; provided,
however, that
no such termination will affect the right of any party to sue for any breach by
the other party (or parties).  The Agreement may be terminated by the
Company at any time and with respect to one or more Purchasers at any time and
without any obligation to any Purchaser at any time prior to the Closing
Date.

       

      5.2                      Fees and
Expenses.  The Company shall deliver to each Purchaser, prior
to the Closing, a completed and executed copy of the Closing Statement, attached
hereto as Annex
A.  Except as expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents
to the contrary, each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers,
counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred
by such party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement.  The Company shall pay all Transfer
Agent fees, stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the
delivery of any Securities to the Purchasers.

       

      5.3                      Entire
Agreement.  The Transaction Documents, together with the
exhibits and schedules thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties
with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and
understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties
acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and
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      5.4                      Notices.  Any
and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to
be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and
effective on the earliest of (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or
communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on
the signature pages attached hereto prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a
Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such
notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set
forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day
or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the 2nd Trading Day following the
date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier
service, or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required
to be given.  The address for such notices and communications shall be
as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto.

       

      5.5                      Amendments;
Waivers.  No provision of this Agreement may be waived,
modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the
case of an amendment, by the Company and each Purchaser or, in the case of a
waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waived provision is
sought.  No waiver of any default with respect to any provision,
condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing
waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any
other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or
omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the
exercise of any such right.

       

      5.6                      Headings.  The
headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this
Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions
hereof.

       

      5.7                      Successors and
Assigns.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted
assigns.  The Company may not assign this Agreement or any rights or
obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Purchaser (other
than by merger).  Any Purchaser may assign any or all of its rights
under this Agreement to any Person to whom such Purchaser assigns or transfers
any Securities, provided such transferee agrees in writing to be bound, with
respect to the transferred Securities, by the provisions of the Transaction
Documents that apply to the “Purchasers”.

       

      5.8                      No Third-Party
Beneficiaries.  This Agreement is intended for the benefit of
the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is
not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other
Person, except as otherwise set forth in Section 4.11.

       

      5.9                      Governing
Law.  All questions concerning the construction, validity,
enforcement and interpretation of the Transaction Documents shall be governed by
and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of
California, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law
thereof.  Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the
interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents (whether brought against a
party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders,
employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal
courts sitting in the City of San Diego.  Each party hereby
irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal
courts sitting in the City of San Diego for the adjudication of any dispute
hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby
or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the
Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert
in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject
to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is
improper or is an  inconvenient venue for such
proceeding.  Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of
process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or
proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or
overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in
effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall
constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice
thereof.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way
any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.  The
parties hereby waive all rights to a trial by jury.  If either party
shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of the
Transaction Documents, then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding
shall be reimbursed by the other party for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and
other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and
prosecution of such action or proceeding.

       

      
        
          
          

        

        
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      5.10                      Survival.  The
representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the Closing and
the delivery of Securities for the applicable statue of
limitations.

       

      5.11                      Execution.  This
Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken
together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become
effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the
other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same
counterpart.  In the event that any signature is delivered by
facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such
signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or
on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if
such facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.

       

      5.12                      Severability.  If
any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a
court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable,
the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth
herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected,
impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially
reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same
or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision,
covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the
intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms,
provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be
hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.

       

      5.13                      Rescission and Withdrawal
Right.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
(and without limiting any similar provisions of) any of the other Transaction
Documents, whenever any Purchaser exercises a right, election, demand or option
under a Transaction Document and the Company does not timely perform its related
obligations within the periods therein provided, then such Purchaser may rescind
or withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon written notice to the
Company, any relevant notice, demand or election in whole or in part without
prejudice to its future actions and rights; provided, however, in the case
of a rescission of a conversion of the Preferred Stock or exercise of a Warrant,
the Purchaser shall be required to return any shares of Common Stock subject to
any such rescinded conversion or exercise notice.

       

      5.14                      Replacement of
Securities.  If any certificate or instrument evidencing any
Securities is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or
cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation
thereof (in the case of mutilation), or in lieu of and substitution therefor, a
new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably
satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction.  The
applicant for a new certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall
also pay any reasonable third-party costs (including customary indemnity)
associated with the issuance of such replacement Securities.

       

      5.15                      Remedies.  In
addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by
law, including recovery of damages, each of the Purchasers and the Company will
be entitled to specific performance under the Transaction
Documents.  The parties agree that monetary damages may not be
adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of any breach of
obligations contained in the Transaction Documents and hereby agrees to waive
and not to assert in any action for specific performance of any such obligation
the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

       

      5.16                      Usury.  To
the extent it may lawfully do so, the Company hereby agrees not to insist upon
or plead or in any manner whatsoever claim, and will resist any and all efforts
to be compelled to take the benefit or advantage of, usury laws wherever
enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, in connection with any claim,
action or proceeding that may be brought by any Purchaser in order to enforce
any right or remedy under any Transaction Document.  Notwithstanding
any provision to the contrary contained in any Transaction Document, it is
expressly agreed and provided that the total liability of the Company under the
Transaction Documents for payments in the nature of interest shall not exceed
the maximum lawful rate authorized under applicable law (the “Maximum Rate”), and,
without limiting the foregoing, in no event shall any rate of interest or
default interest, or both of them, when aggregated with any other sums in the
nature of interest that the Company may be obligated to pay under the
Transaction Documents exceed such Maximum Rate.  It is agreed that if
the maximum contract rate of interest allowed by law and applicable to the
Transaction Documents is increased or decreased by statute or any official
governmental action subsequent to the date hereof, the new maximum contract rate
of interest allowed by law will be the Maximum Rate applicable to the
Transaction Documents from the effective date forward, unless such application
is precluded by applicable law.

       

      
        
          
          

        

        
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      5.17                      Independent Nature of
Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights.  The obligations of each
Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the
obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any
way for the performance or non-performance of the obligations of any other
Purchaser under any Transaction Document.  Nothing contained herein or
in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant
thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an
association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a
presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group
with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents.  Each Purchaser shall be entitled to
independently protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation, the
rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents,
and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an
additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.  Each Purchaser
has been represented by, or had the opportunity to consult with, its own
separate legal counsel in their review and negotiation of the Transaction
Documents.  The Company has elected to provide all Purchasers with the
same terms and Transaction Documents for the convenience of the Company and not
because it was required or requested to do so by the Purchasers.

       

      5.18                      Liquidated
Damages.  The Company’s obligations to pay any partial
liquidated damages or other amounts owing under the Transaction Documents is a
continuing obligation of the Company and shall not terminate until all unpaid
partial liquidated damages and other amounts have been paid notwithstanding the
fact that the instrument or security pursuant to which such partial liquidated
damages or other amounts are due and payable shall have been
canceled.

       

      5.19                      Construction. The
parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel has reviewed and
had an opportunity to revise the Transaction Documents and, therefore, the
normal rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be
resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation
of the Transaction Documents or any amendments hereto.

       

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      IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase
Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of
the date first indicated above.

       

      


       

      
        	
                IMAGEWARE
      SYSTEMS, INC.

                 

              	
                Address for Notice:

              
	
                By:__________________________________________

                     Name:

                     Title:

                 

              	
                10883
      Thornmint Road

                San
      Diego, CA 92127

                Facsimile:
      858 673 0291

                Attention:
      Wayne Wetherell

              


      

      


       

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      [PURCHASER
SIGNATURE PAGES TO IW SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]

       

      IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement
to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date
first indicated above.

       

      Name of
Purchaser: ____________________________________________________

      Signature of Authorized Signatory of
Purchaser: __________________________

      Name of
Authorized Signatory: ____________________________________

      Title of
Authorized Signatory: _____________________________________

      Email
Address of Authorized Signatory:
___________________________________________

      Fax
Number of Authorized Signatory:
_________________________________________

       

      Address
for Notice of Purchaser:

       

       

       

      Address
for Delivery of Securities for Purchaser (if not same as above):

       

       

       

      Subscription
Amount: $____________

      Shares of
Preferred Stock: ____________

      Warrant
Shares: ________________

      EIN
Number:

       

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      Annex
A

       

      CLOSING
STATEMENT

       

      Pursuant
to the attached Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereto, the
purchasers shall purchase up to $1,500,000 of Preferred Stock and Warrants from
ImageWare Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).  All
funds will be wired directly to the Company.  All funds will be
disbursed in accordance with this Closing Statement.

       

      Disbursement
Date:  August _____ , 2008

      


       

      
        	
                I.   PURCHASE PRICE

              	 
      
	 
      	
                Gross
      Proceeds to be Received in Trust

              	
                $

              
	 
      	 
      
	
                II. 
       DISBURSEMENTS

              	 
      
	 
      	
                $

              
	 
      	
                $

              
	 
      	
                $

              
	 
      	
                $

              
	 
      	
                $

              
	 
      	 
      
	
                Total
      Amount Disbursed:

              	
                $

              
	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      
	
                WIRE INSTRUCTIONS:

              	 
      
	
                 

                To:
      _____________________________________

                 

                 

                 

              	 
      
	
                To:
      _____________________________________

                 

                 

                 

              	 
      


      

      


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