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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.1

                  COMMON STOCK AND WARRANTS PURCHASE AGREEMENT

                                     BETWEEN

                            VIISAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.

                                       AND

                         THE INVESTORS SIGNATORY HERETO

     COMMON STOCK AND WARRANTS PURCHASE AGREEMENT dated as of December 14, 2001
(the "Agreement"), between the Investors signatory hereto (each an "Investor"
and together the "Investors"), and Viisage Technology, Inc., a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Company").

     WHEREAS, the parties desire that, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions contained herein, the Company shall issue and sell to the Investors,
and the Investors shall purchase in the aggregate, up to (i) 2,380,952 shares of
Common Stock (as defined below) and (ii) Warrants (as defined below) to purchase
up to 357,143 shares of the Common Stock (as defined below) at $12.08 per share.

     WHEREAS, such investments will be made in reliance upon the provisions of
Section 4(2) ("Section 4(2)") and/or 4(6) of the United States Securities Act
and/or Regulation D ("Regulation D") and the other rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder (the "Securities Act"), and/or upon such other exemption
from the registration requirements of the Securities Act as may be available
with respect to any or all of the investments in securities to be made
hereunder.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:

                                   ARTICLE I

                               Certain Definitions

Section 1.1. "Capital Shares" shall mean the Common Stock and any shares of any
other class of common stock whether now or hereafter authorized, having the
right to participate in the distribution of earnings and assets of the Company.

Section 1.2. "Capital Shares Equivalents" shall mean any securities, rights, or
obligations that are convertible into or exchangeable for or give any right to
subscribe for any Capital Shares of the Company or any Warrants, options or
other rights to subscribe for or purchase Capital Shares or any such convertible
or exchangeable securities.

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Section 1.3. "Closing" shall mean the closing of the purchase and sale of the
Common Stock and Warrants pursuant to Section 2.1

Section 1.4. "Closing Date" shall mean the date on which all conditions to the
Closing have been satisfied (as defined in Section 2.1 (b) hereto) and the
Closing shall have occurred.

Section 1.5. "Common Stock" shall mean the Company's common stock, $.001 par
value per share.

Section 1.6. "Damages" shall mean any loss, claim, damage, judgment, penalty,
deficiency, liability, costs and expenses (including, without limitation,
reasonable attorney's fees and disbursements and reasonable costs and expenses
of expert witnesses and investigation; but excluding indirect or consequential
damages).

Section 1.7. "Effective Date" shall mean the date on which the SEC first
declares effective a Registration Statement registering the resale of the
Registrable Securities as set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

Section 1.8. "Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Section 1.9. "Legend" shall mean the legend set forth in Section 8.1.

Section 1.10. "Material Adverse Effect" shall mean any effect on the business,
operations, properties, prospects, or financial condition of the Company that is
material and adverse to the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates, taken
as a whole, and/or any condition, circumstance, or situation that would prohibit
or otherwise interfere with the ability of the Company to enter into and perform
any of its obligations under this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement,
or the Warrants in any material respect.

Section 1.11. "Outstanding" when used with reference to shares of Common Stock
or Capital Shares, shall mean, at any date as of which the number of such shares
is to be determined, all issued and outstanding shares, and shall include all
such shares issuable in respect of outstanding scrip or any certificates
representing fractional interests in such shares; provided, however, that
"Outstanding" shall not mean any such shares then directly or indirectly owned
or held by or for the account of the Company.

Section 1.12. "Person" shall mean an individual, a corporation, a partnership, a
limited liability company, an association, a trust or other entity or
organization, including a government or political subdivision or an agency or
instrumentality thereof.

Section 1.13. "Principal Market" shall mean the American Stock Exchange, the New
York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ National Market, or the NASDAQ Small-Cap Market,
whichever is at the time the principal trading exchange or market for the Common
Stock, based upon share volume.

Section 1.14. "Purchase Price" shall mean ten dollars and fifty cents ($10.50)
per unit consisting of one share of Common Stock and fifteen-one hundredths of a
Warrant.


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Section 1.15. "Registrable Securities" shall mean the Common Stock and the
Warrant Shares until (i) the Registration Statement has been declared effective
by the SEC, and all shares of Common Stock and Warrant Shares have been disposed
of pursuant to the Registration Statement, (ii) all shares of Common Stock and
Warrant Shares have been sold under circumstances under which all of the
applicable conditions of Rule 144 (or any similar provision then in force) under
the Securities Act ("Rule 144") are met, (iii) all shares of Common Stock and
Warrant Shares have been otherwise transferred to holders who may trade such
shares without restriction under the Securities Act, and the Company has
delivered a new certificate or other evidence of ownership for such securities
not bearing a restrictive legend or (iv) such time as, in the opinion of counsel
to the Company, all shares of Common Stock and Warrant Shares may be sold
without any time, volume or manner limitations pursuant to Rule 144(k) (or any
similar provision then in effect) under the Securities Act.

Section 1.16. "Registration Rights Agreement" shall mean the agreement regarding
the filing of the Registration Statement for the resale of the Registrable
Securities, entered into between the Company and the Investors as of the Closing
Date in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A.

Section 1.17. "Registration Statement" shall mean a registration statement on
Form S-3 (if use of such form is then available to the Company pursuant to the
rules of the SEC and, if not, on such other form promulgated by the SEC for
which the Company then qualifies and which counsel for the Company shall deem
appropriate, and which form shall be available for the resale by the Investors
of the Registrable Securities to be registered thereunder in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and in
accordance with the intended method of distribution of such securities), for the
registration of the resale by the Investors of the Registrable Securities under
the Securities Act.

Section 1.18. "Regulation D" shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals of
this Agreement.

Section 1.19. "SEC" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Section 1.20. "Section 4(2)" and "Section 4(6)" shall have the meanings set
forth in the recitals of this Agreement.

Section 1.21. "Securities Act" shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals
of this Agreement.

Section 1.22. "SEC Documents" shall mean the Company's Annual Report on Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000 and each report, proxy
statement or registration statement filed by the Company with the SEC pursuant
to the Exchange Act or the Securities Act since the filing of such Annual Report
through the date hereof.

Section 1.23. "Shares" shall mean the shares of Common Stock being purchased
pursuant to this Agreement.

Section 1.24. "Trading Day" shall mean any day during which the Principal Market
shall be open for business.


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Section 1.25. "Warrants" shall mean the Warrants substantially in the form of
Exhibit B to be issued to the Investors hereunder.

Section 1.26. "Warrant Shares" shall mean all shares of Common Stock or other
securities issued or issuable pursuant to exercise of the Warrants.

                                   ARTICLE II

                 PURCHASE AND SALE OF COMMON STOCK AND WARRANTS

Section 2.1. Investment.

     (a)  Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the
          Company agrees to sell, and the Investors, severally and not jointly,
          agree to purchase units consisting of separately transferable shares
          of Common Stock together with the Warrants, on the basis of one share
          of Common Stock plus 0.15 Warrant, at the Purchase Price on the
          Closing Date as follows:

          (i)  Upon execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
               Registration Rights Agreement by each Investor and the Company,
               the Investor shall deliver to the Company immediately available
               funds in their proportionate amount of the Purchase Price, net of
               five percent (5%) of such Purchase Price, which the Investor
               shall pay directly to Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. as Placement
               Agent for the Company, as set forth on the signature pages
               hereto, by wire transfer to the following Company account:

          SEE APPENDIX A ATTACHED

          (ii) Upon receipt of each wire transfer, the Company shall deliver the
               Common Stock certificates and the Warrants to the applicable
               Investor at the address indicated on the signature pages hereto.

     (b)  The Closing is subject to the satisfaction or waiver by the party to
          be benefited thereby of the following conditions:

          (i)   acceptance and execution by the Company and by each Investor,
                severally, of this Agreement and the Registration Rights
                Agreement;

          (ii)  payment by each Investor of immediately available funds in the
                amount of the Purchase Price of the Common Stock and the
                Warrants;

          (iii) all representations and warranties of the Investors contained
                herein shall remain true and correct in all material respects as
                of the Closing Date (as a condition to the Company's
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     (iv)   all representations and warranties of the Company contained herein
            shall remain true and correct in all material respects as of the
            Closing Date (as a condition to the Investors' obligations);

     (v)    the Company shall have obtained all permits and qualifications
            required by any state for the offer and sale of the Common Stock and
            Warrants, or shall have the availability of exemptions therefrom;

     (vi)   the sale and issuance of the Common Stock and the Warrants
            hereunder, and the proposed issuance by the Company to the
            Investors of the Common Stock underlying the Common Stock and the
            Warrants upon the exercise thereof shall be legally permitted by
            all laws and regulations to which the Investors and the Company are
            subject and there shall be no ruling, judgment or writ of any court
            prohibiting the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

     (vii)  delivery of the original fully executed Common Stock certificates
            and Warrants, and Registration Rights Agreement to the Investor;

     (viii) delivery to the Investor of an opinion of Hill & Barlow, counsel to
            the Company, in the form of Exhibit C hereto.

                                  ARTICLE III

                   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF INVESTOR

Each Investor, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to the Company
that:

Section 3.1. Intent. The Investor is entering into this Agreement for its own
account and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution
of the Shares. The Investor has no present arrangement (whether or not legally
binding) at any time to sell the Shares, the Warrants, or any Warrant Shares to
or through any person or entity; provided, however, that by making the
representations herein, the Investor does not agree to hold such securities for
any minimum or other specific term and reserves the right to dispose of the
Shares, the Warrants and Warrant Shares at any time in accordance with federal
and state securities laws and the terms of this Agreement applicable to such
disposition.

Section 3.2. Sophisticated Investor. The Investor is a sophisticated investor
(as described in Rule 506(b)(2)(ii) of Regulation D) and an accredited investor
(as defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D), and Investor has such experience in
business and financial matters that it has the capacity to protect its own
interests in connection with this transaction and is capable of evaluating the
merits and risks of an investment in the Common Stock and the Warrants. The
Investor acknowledges that an investment in the Common Stock and the Warrants is
speculative and involves a high degree of risk.

Section 3.3. Authority. This Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement has
been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the Investor and is a
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agreement of the Investor enforceable against it in accordance with its terms,
subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar laws relating to, or
affecting generally the enforcement of, creditors' rights and remedies or by
other equitable principles of general application.

Section 3.4. Not an Affiliate. The Investor is not an officer, director or
"affiliate" (as that term is defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act) of the
Company.

Section 3.5. Absence of Conflicts. The execution and delivery of this Agreement
and the Registration Rights Agreement, and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby, and compliance with the requirements hereof and
thereof by the Investor, will not violate any law, rule, regulation, order,
writ, judgment, injunction, decree or award binding on Investor or (a) violate
any provision of any indenture, instrument or agreement to which Investor is a
party or is subject, or by which Investor or any of its assets is bound; (b)
conflict with or constitute a material default thereunder; (c) result in the
creation or imposition of any lien pursuant to the terms of any such indenture,
instrument or agreement, or constitute a breach of any fiduciary duty owed by
Investor to any third party; or (d) require the approval of any third-party
(which has not been obtained) pursuant to any material contract, agreement,
instrument, relationship or legal obligation to which Investor is subject or to
which any of its assets, operations or management may be subject.

Section 3.6. Disclosure; Access to Information. The Investor has received all
documents, records, books and other publicly available information pertaining to
Investor's investment in the Company that have been requested by the Investor.
The Company is subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange
Act, and the Investor has reviewed copies of all SEC Documents deemed relevant
by Investor.

Section 3.7. Manner of Sale. At no time was Investor presented with or solicited
by or through any leaflet, public promotional meeting, or television
advertisement or, to the Investor's knowledge, with any other form of
communication which appeared to Investor to constitute general solicitation or
advertising.

                                   ARTICLE IV

                  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

The Company represents and warrants to the Investors that, except as set forth
on the Disclosure Schedule prepared by the Company and attached hereto:

Section 4.1. Organization of the Company. The Company is a corporation duly
incorporated and existing in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware and has all requisite corporate authority to own its properties and to
carry on its business as now being conducted. The Company does not have any
subsidiaries and does not own more than fifty percent (50%) of or control any
other business entity except as set forth in the SEC Documents. The Company is
duly qualified and is in good standing as a foreign corporation to do business
in every jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property
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qualification necessary, other than those in which the failure so to qualify
would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.2. Authority. (i) The Company has the requisite corporate power and
corporate authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this
Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Warrants and to issue the
Common Stock, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares pursuant to their respective
terms, (ii) the execution, issuance and delivery of this Agreement, the
Registration Rights Agreement, the Common Stock certificates and the Warrants by
the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby
have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and no further
consent or authorization of the Company or its Board of Directors or
stockholders is required, and (iii) this Agreement, the Registration Rights
Agreement, the Common Stock certificates and the Warrants have been duly
executed and delivered by the Company and at the Closing shall constitute valid
and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in
accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar laws relating to, or affecting
generally the enforcement of, creditors' rights and remedies or by other
equitable principles of general application. The Company has duly and validly
authorized and reserved for issuance shares of Common Stock sufficient in number
for the exercise of the Warrants.

Section 4.3. Capitalization. The authorized and issued capital stock of the
Company is as set forth in the SEC Documents, and except as set forth in the SEC
Documents, there are no outstanding Capital Shares Equivalents nor any
agreements or understandings pursuant to which any Capital Shares Equivalents
may become outstanding. The Company is not a party to any agreement granting
registration or anti-dilution rights to any person (other than the Investors
herein) with respect to any of its equity or debt securities. All of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company have been duly and validly
authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable.

Section 4.4. Common Stock; S-3 Eligible. The Company has registered its Common
Stock pursuant to Section 12(b) or (g) of the Exchange Act and is in full
compliance with all reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, and the Company
is in compliance with all requirements for the continued listing or quotation of
its Common Stock, and such Common Stock is currently listed or quoted on, the
Principal Market. As of the date hereof, the Principal Market is the Nasdaq
National Market, and the Company has not received any notice regarding, and to
its knowledge there is no threat, of the termination or discontinuance of the
eligibility of the Common Stock for such listing. The Company is eligible to
register the Shares and the Warrant Shares for resale by the Investors on Form
S-3.

Section 4.5. SEC Documents. The Company has not provided to the Investors any
information that, according to applicable law, rule or regulation, should have
been disclosed publicly prior to the date hereof by the Company, but which has
not been so disclosed. As of their respective dates, the SEC Documents complied
in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act or the
Securities Act, as applicable, and rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated
thereunder and the SEC Documents did 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 therein, in light of the circumstances
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were made, not misleading. The financial statements of the Company included in
the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with applicable accounting
requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC or other
applicable rules and regulations with respect thereto at the time of such
inclusion. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during
the periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in such financial
statements or the notes thereto or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim
statements, to the extent they exclude footnotes or may be condensed or summary
statements) and fairly present in all material respects the financial position
of the Company as of the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash
flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited interim
statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments). Neither the Company nor any
of its subsidiaries has any material indebtedness, obligations or liabilities of
any kind (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, and whether due or
to become due) that would have been required to be reflected in, reserved
against or otherwise described in the financial statements or in the notes
thereto in accordance with GAAP, which was not fully reflected in, reserved
against or otherwise described in the financial statements or the notes thereto
included in the SEC Documents or was not incurred in the ordinary course of
business consistent with the Company's past practices since the last date of
such financial statements.

Section 4.6. Exemption from Registration; Valid Issuances. Subject to the
accuracy of the Investors' representations in Article III, the sale of the
Common Stock, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares will not require registration
under the Securities Act and/or any applicable state securities law. When issued
and paid for in accordance with the Warrants, the Warrant Shares will be duly
and validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable. Neither the sales of the
Common Stock, the Warrants or the Warrant Shares pursuant to, nor the Company's
performance of its obligations under, this Agreement, the Registration Rights
Agreement or the Warrants will (i) result in the creation or imposition by the
Company of any liens, charges, claims or other encumbrances upon the Common
Stock, the Warrants or the Warrant Shares or, except as contemplated herein, any
of the assets of the Company, or (ii) entitle the holders of Outstanding Capital
Shares to preemptive or other rights to subscribe for or acquire the Capital
Shares or other securities of the Company. The Common Stock, the Warrants and
the Warrant Shares shall not subject the Investors to personal liability to the
Company or its creditors by reason of the possession thereof.

Section 4.7. No General Solicitation or Advertising in Regard to this
Transaction. Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates nor, to the knowledge
of the Company, any person acting on its or their behalf (i) has conducted or
will conduct any general solicitation (as that term is used in Rule 502(c) of
Regulation D) or general advertising with respect to the sale of the Common
Stock or the Warrants, or (ii) made any offers or sales of any security or
solicited any offers to buy any security under any circumstances that would
require registration of the Common Stock, the shares of Common Stock, the
Warrants or the Warrant Shares under the Securities Act.

Section 4.8. No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated hereby, including without limitation the issuance of the shares of
Common Stock, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares, do not and will not (i)
result in a violation of the Company's Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws
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with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to
others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of,
any material agreement, indenture or instrument, or any "lock-up" or similar
provision of any underwriting or similar agreement to which the Company is a
party, or (iii) result in a violation of any federal, state or local law, rule,
regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state securities
laws and regulations) applicable to the Company or by which any material
property or asset of the Company is bound or affected, nor is the Company
otherwise in violation of, conflict with or default under any of the foregoing
(except in each case for such conflicts, defaults, terminations, amendments,
accelerations, cancellations and violations as would not have, individually or
in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect). The business of the Company is not
being conducted in violation of any law, ordinance or regulation of any
governmental entity, except for possible violations that either singly or in the
aggregate would not have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company is not required
under any Federal, state or local law, rule or regulation to obtain any consent,
authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with, any court or
governmental agency in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its
obligations under this Agreement or issue and sell the Common Stock or the
Warrants in accordance with the terms hereof (other than any SEC, Principal
Market or state securities filings that may be required to be made by the
Company subsequent to Closing and any registration statement that may be filed
pursuant hereto); provided that, for purposes of the representation made in this
sentence, the Company is assuming and relying upon the accuracy of the relevant
representations and agreements of the Investors herein.

Section 4.9. No Material Adverse Change. Since September 30, 2001, no Material
Adverse Effect has occurred or exists with respect to the Company, except as
disclosed in the SEC Documents.

Section 4.10. No Undisclosed Events or Circumstances. Since September 30, 2001,
no event or circumstance has occurred or exists with respect to the Company or
its businesses, properties, prospects, operations or financial condition, that,
under applicable law, rule or regulation, requires public disclosure or
announcement prior to the date hereof by the Company but which has not been so
publicly announced or disclosed in the SEC Documents.

Section 4.11. No Integrated Offering. 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
Shares and the Warrants to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for
purposes of the Securities Act or any applicable shareholder approval
provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations of
any exchange or automated quotation system on which any of the securities of the
Company are listed or designated, nor will the Company take any action or steps
that would cause the offering of the Shares and Warrants to be integrated with
other offerings.

Section 4.12. Litigation and Other Proceedings. Except as disclosed in the SEC
Documents, there are no lawsuits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of
the Company, threatened, against the Company or any subsidiary, nor has the
Company received any written or oral notice of any such action, suit, proceeding
or investigation, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
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injunction or decree or award has been issued by or, to the knowledge of the
Company, requested of any court, arbitrator or governmental agency which could
result in a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.13. No Misleading or Untrue Communication. The Company and, to the
knowledge of the Company, any person representing the Company or any other
person selling or offering to sell the Common Stock or the Warrants in
connection with the transaction contemplated by this Agreement, have not made,
at any time, any oral communication in connection with the offer or sale of the
same which contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state
any material fact necessary in order to make the statements, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

Section 4.14. Material Non-Public Information. The Company has not disclosed to
the Investors any material non-public information that (i) if disclosed, would
reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the price of the Common
Stock or (ii) according to applicable law, rule or regulation, should have been
disclosed publicly by the Company prior to the date hereof but which has not
been so disclosed.

Section 4.15. Property. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries owns any
real property. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has good and marketable
title to all personal property owned by it, free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances and defects except such 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 to the Company's knowledge any real
property, mineral or water rights, and buildings held under lease by the Company
as tenant are held by it under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with
such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and
intended to be made of such property, mineral or water rights, and buildings by
the Company.

Section 4.16. Intellectual Property. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries
owns or possesses adequate and enforceable rights to use all material patents,
patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, trade names, service
marks, copyrights, copyright applications, licenses, know-how (including trade
secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential
information, systems or procedures) and other similar rights and proprietary
knowledge (collectively, "Intangibles") necessary for the conduct of its
business as now being conducted. To the Company's knowledge, except as disclosed
in the SEC Documents neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is
infringing upon or in conflict with any right of any other person with respect
to any Intangibles. Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, no adverse claims
have been asserted by any person to the ownership or use of any Intangibles and
the Company has no knowledge of any basis for such claim.

Section 4.17. Internal Controls and Procedures. The Company maintains books and
records and internal accounting controls which provide reasonable assurance that
(i) all transactions to which the Company or any subsidiary is a party or by
which its properties are bound are executed with management's authorization;
(ii) the recorded accounting of the Company's consolidated assets is compared
with existing assets at regular intervals; (iii) access to the Company's
consolidated assets is permitted only in accordance with management's
authorization; and (iv) all transactions to which the Company or any subsidiary
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recorded as necessary to permit preparation of the financial statements of the
Company in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Section 4.18. Payments and Contributions. Neither the Company, any subsidiary,
nor any of its directors, officers or, to its knowledge, other employees has (i)
used any Company funds for any unlawful contribution, endorsement, gift,
entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii)
made any direct or indirect unlawful payment of Company funds to any foreign or
domestic government official or employee; (iii) violated or is in violation of
any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; or (iv)
made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other similar
payment to any person with respect to Company matters.

Section 4.19. No Misrepresentation. The representations and warranties of the
Company contained in this Agreement, any schedule, annex or exhibit hereto and
any agreement, instrument or certificate furnished by the Company to the
Investors pursuant to this Agreement, do not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading.

                                   ARTICLE V

                            COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY

Section 5.1. Registration Rights. The Company shall cause the Registration
Rights Agreement to remain in full force and effect as provided therein and the
Company shall comply in all material respects with the terms thereof.

Section 5.2. Reservation of Common Stock. As of the date hereof, the Company has
reserved and the Company shall continue to reserve and keep available at all
times, free of preemptive rights, shares of Common Stock for the purpose of
enabling the Company to issue the Warrant Shares pursuant to any exercise of the
Warrants.

Section 5.3. Listing of Common Stock. The Company hereby agrees to use its best
efforts to maintain the listing of the Common Stock on a Principal Market, and
as soon as reasonably practicable following the Closing to list the shares of
Common Stock and the Warrant Shares on the Principal Market. The Company further
agrees, if the Company applies to have the Common Stock traded on any other
Principal Market, it will include in such application the shares of Common Stock
and the Warrant Shares, and will take such other action as is necessary or
desirable in the opinion of the Investors to cause the shares of Common Stock
and Warrant Shares to be listed on such other Principal Market as promptly as
possible. The Company will take all action reasonably necessary to continue the
listing and trading of its Common Stock on a Principal Market (including,
without limitation, maintaining sufficient net tangible assets) and will comply
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bylaws or rules of the Principal Market and shall provide Investors with copies
of any correspondence to or from such Principal Market which questions or
threatens delisting of the Common Stock, within three (3) Trading Days of the
Company's receipt thereof, until the Investors have disposed of all of their
Registrable Securities.

Section 5.4. Exchange Act Registration. The Company will cause its Common Stock
to continue to be registered under Section 12(b) or (g) of the Exchange Act,
will use its best efforts to comply in all respects with its reporting and
filing obligations under the Exchange Act, and will not take any action or file
any document (whether or not permitted by the Exchange Act or the rules
thereunder) to terminate or suspend such registration or to terminate or suspend
its reporting and filing obligations under said Act until the Investors have
disposed of all of their Registrable Securities.

Section 5.5. Legends. The certificates evidencing the Registrable Securities
shall be free of legends, except as set forth in Article VIII.

Section 5.6. Corporate Existence; Conflicting Agreements. The Company will take
all steps necessary to preserve and continue the corporate existence of the
Company, subject to the business judgment of its Board of Directors. The Company
shall not enter into any agreement, the terms of which agreement would restrict
or impair the right or ability of the Company to perform any of its obligations
under this Agreement or any of the other agreements attached as exhibits hereto.

Section 5.7. Securities Filings. The Company shall make any necessary SEC and
"blue sky" filings required to be made by the Company in connection with the
sale of the Securities to the Investors as required by all applicable laws, and
shall provide a copy thereof to the Investors promptly after such filing.


                                   ARTICLE VI

                            SURVIVAL; INDEMNIFICATION

Section 6.1. Survival. The representations, warranties and covenants made by
each of the Company and each Investor in this Agreement, the exhibits hereto and
in each instrument, agreement and certificate entered into and delivered by them
pursuant to this Agreement, shall survive the Closing and the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby. In the event of a breach or violation of
any of such representations, warranties or covenants, the party to whom such
representations, warranties or covenants have been made shall have all rights
and remedies for such breach or violation available to it under the provisions
of this Agreement, irrespective of any investigation made by or on behalf of
such party on or prior to the Closing Date.

Section 6.2. Indemnity. (a) The Company hereby agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless the Investors, their respective Affiliates and their respective
officers, directors, partners and members (collectively, the "Investor
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agrees to reimburse the Investor Indemnitees for all reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel), in each
case promptly as incurred by the Investor Indemnitees and to the extent arising
out of or in connection with:

          (i)   any misrepresentation, omission of fact or breach of any of the
                Company's representations or warranties contained in this
                Agreement, the annexes, schedules or exhibits hereto or any
                instrument, agreement or certificate entered into or delivered
                by the Company pursuant to this Agreement; or

          (ii)  any failure by the Company to perform in any material respect
                any of its covenants, agreements, undertakings or obligations
                set forth in this Agreement, the annexes, schedules or exhibits
                hereto or any instrument, agreement or certificate entered into
                or delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement; or

          (iii) any action instituted against the Investors, or any of them, by
                any stockholder of the Company who is not an Affiliate of an
                Investor, with respect to any of the transactions contemplated
                by this Agreement.

     (b) Each Investor, severally and not jointly, hereby agrees to indemnify
and hold harmless the Company, its Affiliates and their respective officers,
directors, partners and members (collectively, the "Company Indemnitees"), from
and against any and all Damages, and agrees to reimburse the Company Indemnitees
for reasonable all out-of-pocket expenses (including the reasonable fees and
expenses of legal counsel), in each case promptly as incurred by the Company
Indemnitees and to the extent arising out of or in connection with any
misrepresentation, omission of fact, or breach of any of the Investor's
representations or warranties contained in this Agreement, the annexes,
schedules or exhibits hereto or any instrument, agreement or certificate entered
into or delivered by the Investor pursuant to this Agreement. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, the Investor shall be liable under this Section
6.2(b) for only that amount as does not exceed the net proceeds to such Investor
as a result of the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration
Statement (including any amount that could be received by such Investor for
Registrable Securities not yet sold).

Section 6.3. Notice. Promptly after receipt by either party hereto seeking
indemnification pursuant to Section 6.2 (an "Indemnified Party") of written
notice of any investigation, claim, proceeding or other action in respect of
which indemnification is being sought (each, a "Claim"), the Indemnified Party
promptly shall notify the party from whom indemnification pursuant to Section
6.2 is being sought (the "Indemnifying Party") of the commencement thereof; but
the omission so to notify the Indemnifying Party shall not relieve it from any
liability that it otherwise may have to the Indemnified Party, except to the
extent that the Indemnifying Party is actually prejudiced by such omission or
delay. In connection with any Claim as to which both the Indemnifying Party and
the Indemnified Party are parties, the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to
assume the defense thereof. Notwithstanding the assumption of the defense of any
Claim by the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnified Party shall have the right to
employ separate legal counsel and to participate in the defense of such Claim,
and the Indemnifying Party shall bear the reasonable fees, out-of-pocket costs
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Indemnified Party if (and only if): (x) the Indemnifying Party shall have agreed
to pay such fees, out-of-pocket costs and expenses, (y) the Indemnified Party
reasonably shall have concluded that representation of the Indemnified Party and
the Indemnifying Party by the same legal counsel would not be appropriate due to
actual or, as reasonably determined by legal counsel to the Indemnified Party,
potentially differing interests between such parties in the conduct of the
defense of such Claim, or if there may be legal defenses available to the
Indemnified Party that are in addition to or disparate from those available to
the Indemnifying Party, or (z) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed to
employ legal counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party within a
reasonable period of time after notice of the commencement of such Claim. If the
Indemnified Party employs separate legal counsel in circumstances other than as
described in clauses (x), (y) or (z) above, the fees, costs and expenses of such
legal counsel shall be borne exclusively by the Indemnified Party. Except as
provided above, the Indemnifying Party shall not, in connection with any Claim
in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one
firm of legal counsel for the Indemnified Party (together with appropriate local
counsel). The Indemnifying Party shall not, without the prior written consent of
the Indemnified Party (which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld), settle
or compromise any Claim or consent to the entry of any judgment that does not
include an unconditional release of the Indemnified Party from all liabilities
with respect to such Claim or judgment.

     All fees and expenses of the Indemnified Party (including reasonable costs
of defense and investigation in a manner not inconsistent with this Section and,
except as otherwise provided above, all reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses)
shall be paid to the Indemnified Party, as incurred, within ten (10) Trading
Days of written notice thereof to the Indemnifying Party (regardless of whether
it is ultimately determined that an Indemnified Party is not entitled to
indemnification hereunder; provided, that the Indemnifying Party may require
such Indemnified Party to undertake to reimburse all such fees and expenses,
with interest at market rates, to the extent it is finally judicially determined
that such Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification hereunder).

Section 6.4. Direct Claims. In the event one party hereunder should have a claim
for indemnification that does not involve a claim or demand being asserted by a
third party, the Indemnified Party promptly shall deliver notice of such claim
to the Indemnifying Party. If the Indemnifying Party disputes the claim, such
dispute shall be resolved by mutual agreement of the Indemnified Party and the
Indemnifying Party or by binding arbitration conducted in accordance with the
procedures and rules of the American Arbitration Association as set forth in
Article IX. Judgment upon any award rendered by any arbitrators may be entered
in any court having competent jurisdiction thereof.

                                  ARTICLE VII

         DUE DILIGENCE REVIEW; NON-DISCLOSURE OF NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION.

Section 7.1. Due Diligence Review. Subject to Section 7.2, the Company shall
make available for inspection and review by the Investors, advisors to and
representatives of the Investors (who may or may not be affiliated with the
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Company), and any underwriter participating in any disposition of the
Registrable Securities on behalf of the Investors pursuant to the Registration
Statement, any such registration statement or amendment or supplement thereto or
any blue sky, Nasdaq or other filing, all SEC Documents and other filings with
the SEC, and all other publicly available corporate documents and properties of
the Company as may be reasonably necessary for the purpose of such review, and
cause the Company's officers, directors and employees to supply all such
publicly available information reasonably requested by the Investors or any such
representative, advisor or underwriter in connection with such Registration
Statement (including, without limitation, in response to all questions and other
inquiries reasonably made or submitted by any of them), prior to and from time
to time after the filing and effectiveness of the Registration Statement for the
sole purpose of enabling the Investors and such representatives, advisors and
underwriters and their respective accountants and attorneys to conduct initial
and ongoing due diligence with respect to the Company and the accuracy of the
Registration Statement.

Section 7.2. Non-Disclosure of Non-Public Information.

     (a) The Company shall not disclose material non-public information to the
Investors, advisors to or representatives of the Investors unless prior to
disclosure of such information the Company identifies such information as being
non-public information and provides the Investors, such advisors and
representatives with the opportunity to accept or refuse to accept such
non-public information for review. Other than disclosure of any comment letters
received from the SEC staff with respect to the Registration Statement, the
Company may, as a condition to disclosing any non-public information hereunder,
require the Investors' advisors and representatives to enter into a
confidentiality agreement in form and content reasonably satisfactory to the
Company and the Investors.

     (b) Nothing herein shall require the Company to disclose material
non-public information to the Investors or their advisors or representatives,
and the Company represents that it does not disseminate material non-public
information to any investors who purchase stock in the Company in a public
offering, to money managers or to securities analysts, provided, however, that
notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company will, as
hereinabove provided, promptly notify the advisors and representatives of the
Investors and, if any, underwriters, of any event or the existence of any
circumstance (without any obligation to disclose the specific event or
circumstance) of which it becomes aware, constituting material non-public
information (whether or not requested of the Company specifically or generally
during the course of due diligence by such persons or entities), which, if not
disclosed in the prospectus included in the Registration Statement would cause
such prospectus to include a material misstatement or to omit a material fact
required to be stated therein in order to make the statements, therein in light
of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading. Nothing contained
in this Section 7.2 shall be construed to mean that such persons or entities
other than the Investors (without the written consent of the Investors prior to
disclosure of such information as set forth in Section 7.2(a)) may not obtain
non-public information in the course of conducting due diligence in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement and nothing herein shall prevent any such
persons or entities from notifying the Company of their opinion that based on
such due diligence by such persons or entities, that the Registration Statement
contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits a material fact
required to be stated in the Registration Statement or necessary to make
the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances in which they
were made, not misleading.


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                                  ARTICLE VIII

                      LEGENDS; TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS

Section 8.1. Legends. Unless otherwise provided below, each certificate
representing Registrable Securities will bear the following legend or
equivalent (the "Legend");

U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY OTHER
APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS AND HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION
FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND SUCH OTHER
SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN
MAY BE SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED, OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED
OF, EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OR PURSUANT TO A TRANSACTION THAT IS EXEMPT FROM SUCH REGISTRATION.

Section 8.2. No Other Legend or Stock Transfer Restrictions. No legend other
than the one specified in Section 8.1 has been or shall be placed on the share
certificates representing the Registrable Securities and no instructions or
"stop transfer orders," "stock transfer restrictions," or other restrictions
have been or shall be given to the Company's transfer agent with respect thereto
other than as expressly set forth in this Article VIII. The Company will provide
its transfer agent with instructions and any necessary legal opinions to enable
the transfer agent to issue or re-issue all of the Shares without such
restrictive legend upon effectiveness of the Registration Statement.

Section 8.3. Investors' Compliance. Nothing in this Article shall affect in any
way each Investor's obligations to comply with all applicable securities laws
upon resale of the Common Stock.

                                   ARTICLE IX

                           CHOICE OF LAW; ARBITRATION

Section 9.1. Governing Law/Arbitration. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to
contracts made in New York by persons domiciled in New York City and without
regard to its principles of conflicts of laws. Any dispute under this Agreement
shall be submitted to arbitration under the American Arbitration Association
(the "AAA") in New York City, New York, and shall be finally and conclusively
determined by the decision of a board of arbitration consisting of three (3)
members (hereinafter

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referred to as the "Board of Arbitration") selected according to the rules
governing the AAA. The Board of Arbitration shall meet on consecutive business
days in New York City, New York, and shall reach and render a decision in
writing (concurred in by a majority of the members of the Board of Arbitration)
with respect to the amount, if any, which the losing party is required to pay to
the other party in respect of a claim filed. In connection with rendering its
decisions, the Board of Arbitration shall adopt and follow the laws of the State
of New York unless the matter at issue is the corporation law of the company's
state of incorporation, in which event the corporation law of such jurisdiction
shall govern such issue. To the extent practical, decisions of the Board of
Arbitration shall be rendered no more than thirty (30) calendar days following
commencement of proceedings with respect thereto. The Board of Arbitration shall
cause its written decision to be delivered to all parties involved in the
dispute. Any decision made by the Board of Arbitration (either prior to or after
the expiration of such thirty (30) calendar day period) shall be final, binding
and conclusive on the parties to the dispute, and entitled to be enforced to the
fullest extent permitted by law and entered in any court of competent
jurisdiction. The Board of Arbitration shall be authorized and is hereby
directed to enter a default judgment against any party failing to participate in
any proceeding hereunder within the time periods set forth in the AAA rules. The
non-prevailing party to any arbitration (as determined by the Board of
Arbitration) shall pay the expenses of the prevailing party, including
reasonable attorney's fees, in connection with such arbitration. Any party shall
be entitled to seek injunctive relief from a court in any case where such relief
is available, and the non-prevailing party to any such injunctive proceeding
shall pay the expenses of the prevailing party, including reasonable attorney's
fees, in connection with such proceeding.

                                   ARTICLE X

                                   ASSIGNMENT

Section 10.1. Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any rights of the Investors
or the Company hereunder may be assigned by either party to any other person.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) the provisions of this Agreement shall inure
to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, any permitted transferee of any of the
Common Stock or Warrants purchased or acquired by any Investor hereunder with
respect to the Common Stock or Warrants held by such person, and (b) upon the
prior written consent of the Company, which consent shall not unreasonably be
withheld or delayed, each Investor's interest in this Agreement may be assigned
at any time, in whole or in part, to any other person or entity (including any
Affiliate of the Investor) who agrees to make the representations and warranties
contained in Article III and who agrees to be bound by the terms of this
Agreement.

                                   ARTICLE XI

                                     NOTICES

Section 11.1. Notices. All notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals, and
other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and,
unless otherwise specified herein, shall be (i) hand delivered, (ii) deposited
in the mail, registered or certified, return receipt requested, postage prepaid,
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charges prepaid, or (iv) transmitted by facsimile, addressed as set forth below
or to such other address as such party shall have specified most recently by
written notice. Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be
given hereunder shall be deemed effective (a) upon hand delivery or delivery by
facsimile, with accurate confirmation generated by the transmitting facsimile
machine, at the address or number designated below (if delivered on a business
day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received), or the
first business day following such delivery (if delivered other than on a
business day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received)
or (b) on the first business day following the date of sending by reputable
courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or (c) upon actual
receipt of such mailing, if mailed. The addresses for such communications shall
be:

If to the Company:                        Viisage Technology, Inc.
                                          30 Porter Road
                                          Littleton, MA  01460
                                          Attention: Thomas J. Colatosti
                                          Telephone: 978-952-2061
                                          Facsimile: 978-952-2218

with a copy to (shall not constitute
notice):                                  Hill & Barlow
                                          One International Place
                                          Boston, MA  02110
                                          Attention:  Charles J. Johnson
                                          Telephone: 617-428-3000
                                          Facsimile: 617-428-3500

if to the Investors:                      As set forth on the signature pages
                                          hereto


Either party hereto may from time to time change its address or facsimile number
for notices under this Section 11.1 by giving written notice of such changed
address or facsimile number to the other party hereto as provided in this
Section 11.1.

                                  ARTICLE XII

                                  MISCELLANEOUS

Section 12.1. Counterparts/ Facsimile/ Amendments. This Agreement may be
executed in multiple counterparts, each of which may be executed by less than
all of the parties and shall be deemed to be an original instrument which shall
be enforceable against the parties actually executing such counterparts and all
of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Except as
otherwise stated herein, in lieu of the original documents, a facsimile
transmission or copy of the original documents shall be as effective and
enforceable as the original. This Agreement may be amended only by a writing
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Section 12.2. Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the agreements attached as
Exhibits hereto, which include the Warrants and the Registration Rights
Agreement, set forth the entire agreement and understanding of the parties
relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior and
contemporaneous agreements, negotiations and understandings between the parties,
both oral and written relating to the subject matter hereof. The terms and
conditions of all Exhibits to this Agreement are incorporated herein by this
reference and shall constitute part of this Agreement as if fully set forth
herein.

Section 12.3. Severability. In the event that any provision of this Agreement
becomes or is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal,
unenforceable or void, this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect
without said provision; provided that such severability shall be ineffective if
it materially changes the economic benefit of this Agreement to any party.

Section 12.4. Headings. The headings used in this Agreement are used for
convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this
Agreement.

Section 12.5. Number and Gender. There may be one or more Investor parties to
this Agreement, which Investors may be natural persons or entities. All
references to plural Investors shall apply equally to a single Investor if there
is only one Investor, and all references to an Investor as "it" shall apply
equally to a natural person.

Section 12.6. Replacement of Certificates. Upon (i) receipt of evidence
reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or
mutilation of a certificate representing the Common Stock or any shares of
Common Stock or Warrants or any Warrant Shares and (ii) in the case of any such
loss, theft or destruction of such certificate, upon delivery by the Investor of
an indemnity agreement or security reasonably satisfactory in form to the
Company (which shall not include the posting of any bond other than that
required by the Company's transfer agent) or (iii) in the case of any such
mutilation, on surrender and cancellation of such certificate, the Company at
its expense will execute and deliver, in lieu thereof, a new certificate of like
tenor.

Section 12.7. Fees and Expenses. Each of the Company and the Investors agrees to
pay its own expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder.

Section 12.8. Brokerage. Each of the parties hereto represents that it has had
no dealings in connection with this transaction with any finder or broker who
will demand payment of any fee or commission from the other party except for
Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc., whose fee shall be paid on the Company's behalf
as provided herein. The Company on the one hand, and the Investors, on the other
hand, agree to indemnify the other against and hold the other harmless from any
and all liabilities to any person claiming brokerage commissions or finder's
fees on account of services purported to have been rendered on behalf of the
indemnifying party in connection with this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby.


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Section 12.9. Publicity. The Company agrees that it will not issue any press
release or other public announcement of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement without the prior consent of the Investors, which shall not be
unreasonably withheld nor delayed by more than two (2) Trading Days from their
receipt of such proposed release. No release shall name the Investors without
their express consent. The Company will issue a press release describing the
transaction contemplated by this Agreement within one business day of Closing,
and shall file a Form 8-K with respect to the same within five business days of
Closing.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
executed by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first set
forth above.

                                            Viisage Technology, Inc.

                                            By:
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  Address:                                  Investor:


  Fax:                                      By:
                                               --------------------------
                                               Name:
                                               Authorized Signatory


  Number of Shares:


  Total Purchase Price:

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                                                                       EXHIBIT B

NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE HEREOF HAVE BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT")
OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM
THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT PURSUANT TO REGULATION D AND
SUCH OTHER SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES ISSUABLE UPON
EXERCISE HEREOF MAY BE SOLD, PLEDGED, TRANSFERRED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE
DISPOSED OF EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OR IN A TRANSACTION WHICH IS EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE
PROVISIONS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE LAWS. THIS WARRANT MAY
NOT BE EXERCISED BY OR ON BEHALF OF A UNITED STATES PERSON UNLESS REGISTERED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE, AS
REQUIRED BY REGULATION D.

                             STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

                To Purchase __________ Shares of Common Stock of

                            VIISAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.

     THIS CERTIFIES that, for value received, ______________ (the "Holder"), is
entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the
conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after the date hereof (the
"Initial Exercise Date") and on or prior to the close of business on December
15, 2005 (the "Termination Date") but not thereafter, to subscribe for and
purchase from Viisage Technology, Inc., a corporation incorporated in the State
of Delaware (the "Company"), up to _________ shares (the "Warrant Shares") of
Common Stock, $0.001 par value, of the Company (the "Common Stock"). The
purchase price of one share of Common Stock (the "Exercise Price") under this
Warrant shall be $12.08. The Exercise Price and the number of shares for which
the Warrant is exercisable shall be subject to adjustment as provided herein. In
the event of any conflict between the terms of this Warrant and the Common Stock
Purchase Agreement dated as of December 14, 2001 pursuant to which this Warrant
has been issued (the "Purchase Agreement"), the Purchase Agreement shall
control. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings set forth for such terms in the Purchase Agreement.


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     1. Title to Warrant. Prior to the Termination Date and subject to
compliance with applicable laws and the terms hereof, this Warrant and all
rights hereunder are transferable, in whole or in part, at the office or agency
of the Company by the holder hereof in person or by duly authorized attorney,
upon surrender of this Warrant together with the Assignment Form annexed hereto
properly endorsed.

     2. Authorization of Shares. The Company covenants that all shares of Common
Stock which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented
by this Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this
Warrant, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and
free from all taxes, liens and charges in respect of the issue thereof (other
than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such
issue).

     3. Exercise of Warrant.

          (a) Except as provided in Section 4 herein, exercise of the purchase
     rights represented by this Warrant may be made at any time or times on or
     after the Initial Exercise Date, and before the close of business on the
     Termination Date by the surrender of this Warrant and the Notice of
     Exercise Form annexed hereto duly executed, at the office of the Company
     (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by
     notice in writing to the registered holder hereof at the address of such
     holder appearing on the books of the Company) and upon payment of the
     Exercise Price of the shares thereby purchased by wire transfer or
     cashier's check drawn on a United States bank, the holder of this Warrant
     shall be entitled to receive a certificate for the number of shares of
     Common Stock so purchased. Certificates for shares purchased hereunder
     shall be delivered to the holder hereof within three (3) Trading Days after
     the date on which this Warrant shall have been exercised as aforesaid. This
     Warrant shall be deemed to have been exercised and such certificate or
     certificates shall be deemed to have been issued, and Holder or any other
     person so designated to be named therein shall be deemed to have become a
     holder of record of such shares for all purposes, as of the date the
     Warrant has been exercised by payment to the Company of the Exercise Price
     and all taxes required to be paid by Holder, if any, pursuant to Section 5
     prior to the issuance of such shares, have been paid.

          (b) If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company
     shall, at the time of delivery of the certificate or certificates
     representing Warrant Shares, deliver to Holder a new Warrant evidencing the
     rights of Holder to purchase the unpurchased shares of Common Stock called
     for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be
     identical with this Warrant.

          (c) If there is no registration statement in effect which would permit
     the free resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder, at any time which is
     ninety (90) days after the date of this Warrant, then this Warrant shall
     also be exercisable by means of a "cashless exercise" in which the holder
     shall be entitled to receive a certificate for the number of shares equal
     to the quotient obtained by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:


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(A) = the volume weighted average price per share of Common Stock on the Trading
Day preceding the date of such election on the Nasdaq Stock Market, or if the
Common Stock is not traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market, then the Principal Market
in terms of volume, and converted into US Dollars;

(B) =  the Exercise Price of the Warrants; and

(X) = the number of shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance
with the terms of this Warrant.

     4. No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares or scrip
representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this
Warrant. As to any fraction of a share which Holder would otherwise be entitled
to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall pay a cash adjustment in
respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by
the Exercise Price.

     5. Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of certificates for shares of
Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to
the holder hereof for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in
respect of the issuance of such certificate, all of which taxes and expenses
shall be paid by the Company, and such certificates shall be issued in the name
of the holder of this Warrant or in such name or names as may be directed by the
holder of this Warrant; provided, however, that in the event certificates for
shares of Common Stock are to be issued in a name other than the name of the
holder of this Warrant, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be
accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the holder
hereof; and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a
sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto.

     6. Closing of Books. The Company will not close its stockholder books or
records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant.

     7. Transfer, Division and Combination. (a) Subject to compliance with any
applicable securities laws, transfer of this Warrant and all rights hereunder,
in whole or in part, shall be registered on the books of the Company to be
maintained for such purpose, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal
office of the Company, together with a written assignment of this Warrant
substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by Holder or its agent
or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the
making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the
Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the
assignee or assignees and in the denomination or denominations specified in such
instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant
evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall
promptly be cancelled. A Warrant, if properly assigned, may be exercised by a
new holder for the purchase of shares of Common Stock without having a new
Warrant issued.

          (b) This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon
     presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a
     written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants
     are to be issued, signed by Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to
     compliance with Section 7(a), as to any transfer which


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may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and
deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be
divided or combined in accordance with such notice.

          (c) The Company shall prepare, issue and deliver at its own expense
     (other than transfer taxes) the new Warrant or Warrants under this
     Section 7.

          (d) The Company agrees to maintain, at its aforesaid office, books for
     the registration and the registration of transfer of the Warrants.

     8. No Rights as Shareholder until Exercise. This Warrant does not entitle
the holder hereof to any voting rights or other rights as a shareholder of the
Company prior to the exercise hereof. Upon the surrender of this Warrant and the
payment of the aggregate Exercise Price, the Warrant Shares so purchased shall
be and be deemed to be issued to such holder as the record owner of such shares
as of the close of business on the later of the date of such surrender or
payment.

     9. Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. The Company covenants
that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of
the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant certificate or any
stock certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or
destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (which shall
not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of
such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and
deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such
cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or stock certificate.

     10. Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the
taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein
shall be a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, then such action may be taken or
such right may be exercised on the next succeeding day not a Saturday, Sunday or
legal holiday.

     11. Adjustments of Exercise Price and Number of Warrant Shares. (a) Stock
Splits, etc. The number and kind of securities purchasable upon the exercise of
this Warrant and the Exercise Price shall be subject to adjustment from time to
time upon the happening of any of the following. In case the Company shall (i)
pay a dividend in shares of Common Stock or make a distribution in shares of
Common Stock to holders of its outstanding Common Stock, (ii) subdivide its
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares of Common
Stock, (iii) combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller
number of shares of Common Stock or (iv) issue any shares of its capital stock
in a reclassification of the Common Stock, then the number of Warrant Shares
purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant immediately prior thereto shall be
adjusted so that the holder of this Warrant shall be entitled to receive the
kind and number of Warrant Shares or other securities of the Company which he
would have owned or have been entitled to receive had such Warrant been
exercised in advance thereof. Upon each such adjustment of the kind and number
of Warrant Shares or other securities of the Company which are purchasable
hereunder, the holder of this Warrant shall thereafter be entitled to purchase
the number of Warrant Shares or other securities resulting from such adjustment
at an Exercise Price per Warrant Share or other security obtained by multiplying
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Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment by the number of
Warrant Shares purchasable pursuant hereto immediately prior to such adjustment
and dividing by the number of Warrant Shares or other securities of the Company
resulting from such adjustment. An adjustment made pursuant to this paragraph
shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such event
retroactive to the record date, if any, for such event.

     12. Reorganization, Reclassification, Merger, Consolidation or Disposition
of Assets. In case the Company shall reorganize its capital, reclassify its
capital stock, consolidate or merge with or into another corporation (where the
Company is not the surviving corporation or where there is a change in or
distribution with respect to the Common Stock of the Company), or sell, transfer
or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all its property, assets or
business to another corporation and, pursuant to the terms of such
reorganization, reclassification, merger, consolidation or disposition of
assets, shares of common stock of the successor or acquiring corporation, or any
cash, shares of stock or other securities or property of any nature whatsoever
(including warrants or other subscription or purchase rights) in addition to or
in lieu of common stock of the successor or acquiring corporation ("Other
Property"), are to be received by or distributed to the holders of Common Stock
of the Company, then Holder shall have the right thereafter to receive, upon
exercise of this Warrant, the number of shares of common stock of the successor
or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation,
and Other Property receivable upon or as a result of such reorganization,
reclassification, merger, consolidation or disposition of assets by a holder of
the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable
immediately prior to such event. In case of any such reorganization,
reclassification, merger, consolidation or disposition of assets, the successor
or acquiring corporation (if other than the Company) shall expressly assume the
due and punctual observance and performance of each and every covenant and
condition of this Warrant to be performed and observed by the Company and all
the obligations and liabilities hereunder, subject to such modifications as may
be deemed appropriate (as determined in good faith by resolution of the Board of
Directors of the Company) in order to provide for adjustments of shares of
Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable which shall be as nearly
equivalent as practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Section 12.
For purposes of this Section 12, "common stock of the successor or acquiring
corporation" shall include stock of such corporation of any class which is not
preferred as to dividends or assets over any other class of stock of such
corporation and which is not subject to redemption and shall also include any
evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock or other securities which are
convertible into or exchangeable for any such stock, either immediately or upon
the arrival of a specified date or the happening of a specified event and any
warrants or other rights to subscribe for or purchase any such stock. The
foregoing provisions of this Section 12 shall similarly apply to successive
reorganizations, reclassifications, mergers, consolidations or disposition of
assets.

     13. Voluntary Adjustment by the Company. The Company may at any time during
the term of this Warrant reduce the then current Exercise Price to any amount
and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors of the
Company.

     14. Notice of Adjustment. Whenever the number of Warrant Shares or number
or kind of securities or other property purchasable upon the exercise of this
Warrant or the Exercise Price is adjusted, as herein provided, the Company shall
promptly mail by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the
holder of this Warrant notice of such adjustment or


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adjustments setting forth the number of Warrant Shares (and other securities or
property) purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant and the Exercise Price
of such Warrant Shares (and other securities or property) after such adjustment,
setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment and
setting forth the computation by which such adjustment was made. Such notice, in
the absence of manifest error, shall be conclusive evidence of the correctness
of such adjustment.

     15. Notice of Corporate Action. If at any time:

          (a) the Company shall take a record of the holders of its Common Stock
     for the purpose of entitling them to receive a dividend or other
     distribution, or any right to subscribe for or purchase any evidences of
     its indebtedness, any shares of stock of any class or any other securities
     or property, or to receive any other right, or

          (b) there shall be any capital reorganization of the Company, any
     reclassification or recapitalization of the capital stock of the Company or
     any consolidation or merger of the Company with, or any sale, transfer or
     other disposition of all or substantially all the property, assets or
     business of the Company to, another corporation or,

          (c) there shall be a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation
     or winding up of the Company;

     then, in any one or more of such cases, the Company shall give to Holder
     (i) at least 20 days' (or as many days as is reasonably practicable) prior
     written notice of the date on which a record date shall be selected for
     such dividend, distribution or right or for determining rights to vote in
     respect of any such reorganization, reclassification, merger,
     consolidation, sale, transfer, disposition, liquidation or winding up, and
     (ii) in the case of any such reorganization, reclassification, merger,
     consolidation, sale, transfer, disposition, dissolution, liquidation or
     winding up, at least 20 days' prior written notice of the date when the
     same shall take place. Such notice in accordance with the foregoing clause
     also shall specify (i) the date on which any such record is to be taken for
     the purpose of such dividend, distribution or right, the date on which the
     holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to any such dividend,
     distribution or right, and the amount and character thereof, and (ii) the
     date on which any such reorganization, reclassification, merger,
     consolidation, sale, transfer, disposition, dissolution, liquidation or
     winding up is to take place and the time, if any such time is to be fixed,
     as of which the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to exchange their
     shares of Common Stock for securities or other property deliverable upon
     such disposition, dissolution, liquidation or winding up. Each such written
     notice shall be sufficiently given if addressed to Holder at the last
     address of Holder appearing on the books of the Company and delivered in
     accordance with Section 17(d).

     16. Authorized Shares. The Company covenants that during the period the
Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common
Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant
Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company
further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full
authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of executing stock
certificates to execute and issue the necessary certificates for the Warrant
Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company
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reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be
issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation,
or of any requirements of the Principal Market upon which the Common Stock may
be listed.

     The Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation,
amending its articles of incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer
of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or
any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance
of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist
in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such actions as
may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of Holder against
impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will
(a) not increase the par value of any shares of Common Stock receivable upon the
exercise of this Warrant above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise
immediately prior to such increase in par value, (b) take all such action as may
be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally
issue fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of
this Warrant, and (c) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such
authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having
jurisdiction thereof as may be necessary to enable the Company to perform its
obligations under this Warrant.

     Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number
of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the
Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions
thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from any public regulatory
body or bodies having jurisdiction thereof.

     17. Miscellaneous.

          (a) Jurisdiction. This Warrant shall be binding upon any successors or
     assigns of the Company. This Warrant shall constitute a contract under the
     laws of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of law, principles or
     rules, and be subject to arbitration pursuant to the terms set forth in the
     Purchase Agreement.

          (b) Restrictions. The holder hereof acknowledges that the Warrant
     Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, will
     have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.

          (c) Notices. Any notice, request or other document required or
     permitted to be given or delivered to the holder hereof by the Company
     shall be delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Purchase
     Agreement.

          (d) Remedies. Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all
     rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to
     specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees
     that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss
     incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and
     hereby agrees to waive the defense in any action for specific performance
     that a remedy at law would be adequate.


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          (e) Successors and Assigns. Subject to applicable securities laws,
     this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to
     the benefit of and be binding upon the successors of the Company and the
     successors and permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Warrant
     are intended to be for the benefit of all Holders from time to time of this
     Warrant and shall be enforceable by any such Holder or holder of Warrant
     Shares.

          (f) Amendment. This Warrant may be modified or amended or the
     provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company and the
     Holder.

          (g) Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant
     shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under
     applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by
     or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the
     extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the
     remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.

          (h) Headings. The headings used in this Warrant are for the
     convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a
     part of this Warrant.


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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by
its officer thereunto duly authorized.

Dated: ________ __, 2001
                                            VIISAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.



                                            By:
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                               NOTICE OF EXERCISE



To:      Viisage Technology, Inc.


     (1)______The undersigned hereby elects to purchase ________ shares of
Common Stock (the "Common Stock"), of Viisage Technology, Inc. pursuant to the
terms of the attached Warrant, and tenders herewith payment of the exercise
price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.

     (2)______Please issue a certificate or certificates representing said
shares of Common Stock in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as
is specified below:

                           -------------------------------
                           (Name)

                           -------------------------------
                           (Address)

                           -------------------------------




Dated:
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                                        Signature



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                                 ASSIGNMENT FORM

                    (To assign the foregoing warrant, execute
                   this form and supply required information.
                 Do not use this form to exercise the warrant.)

     FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby
are hereby assigned to


_______________________________________________ whose address is

________________________________________________________________.


________________________________________________________________

                                             Dated:  ______________, _______


                 Holder's Signature: _____________________________

                 Holder's Address:   _____________________________

                                     _____________________________



Signature Guaranteed:  ___________________________________________




NOTE: The signature to this Assignment Form must correspond with the name as it
appears on the face of the Warrant, without alteration or enlargement or any
change whatsoever, and must be guaranteed by a bank or trust company. Officers
of corporations and those acting in an fiduciary or other representative
capacity should file proper evidence of authority to assign the foregoing
Warrant.