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                                                                   Exhibit 10.24

THIS COMMON STOCK PURCHASE  WARRANT AND THE SECURITIES  REPRESENTED  HEREBY HAVE
NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE
TRANSFERRED  IN VIOLATION OF SUCH ACT, THE RULES AND  REGULATIONS  THEREUNDER OR
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT.

                    Number of Shares of Common Stock: 50,000

                          COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

                           To Purchase Common Stock of

                            Viisage Technology, Inc.

     THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT The Shaar Fund Ltd., or its registered assigns, is
entitled, at any time from the Funding Date (as hereinafter defined) to the
Expiration Date (as hereinafter defined), to purchase from VIISAGE TECHNOLOGY,
INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), 50,000 shares of Common Stock (as
hereinafter defined and subject to adjustment as provided herein), in whole or
in part, including fractional parts, at a purchase price equal to $8.94 per
share, all on the terms and conditions and pursuant to the provisions
hereinafter set forth.

1.   DEFINITIONS

     As used in this Common Stock Purchase Warrant (this "Warrant"), the
following terms have the respective meanings set forth below:

     "Additional Shares of Common Stock" shall mean all shares of Common Stock
issued by the Company after the Funding Date, other than Warrant Shares.

     "Business Day" shall mean any day that is not a Saturday or Sunday or a day
on which banks are required or permitted to be closed in the State of New York.

     "Certificate of Designation" shall mean that certificate indicating the
designations, rights and preferences of the Company's Series B 7% Convertible
Preferred Stock, as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware,
as of December 28, 1999.

     "Commission" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other
federal agency then administering the Securities Act and other federal
securities laws.

     "Common Stock" shall mean (except where the context otherwise indicates)
the Common Stock, par value $0.001, of the Company as constituted on the Funding
Date, and any capital stock into which such Common Stock may thereafter be
changed, and shall also include (i) capital stock of the Company of any other
class (regardless of how denominated) issued to the

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holders of shares of Common Stock upon any reclassification thereof which is
also not preferred as to dividends or assets over any other class of stock of
the Company and which is not subject to redemption and (ii) shares of common
stock of any successor or acquiring corporation received by or distributed to
the holders of Common Stock of the Company in the circumstances contemplated by
Section 4.4.

     "Convertible Securities" shall mean evidences of indebtedness, shares of
stock or other securities which are convertible into or exchangeable, with or
without payment of additional consideration in cash or property, for shares of
Common Stock, either immediately or upon the occurrence of a specified date or a
specified event.

     "Current Warrant Price" shall mean, in respect of a share of Common Stock
at any date herein specified, the price at which a share of Common Stock may be
purchased pursuant to this Warrant on such date.

     "Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
or any successor federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect from time to time.

     "Exercise Period" shall mean the period during which this Warrant is
exercisable pursuant to Section 2.1.

     "Expiration Date" shall mean December 31, 2002.

     "Funding Date" means the date and time of the issuance and sale of the
Preferred Shares and the Warrants (each as defined in the Securities Purchase
Agreement).

     "Holder" shall mean the Person in whose name the Warrant or Warrant Shares
set forth herein is registered on the books of the Company maintained for such
purpose.

     "Market Price" shall have the meaning set forth in the Certificate of
Designation.

     "Other Property" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.4.

     "Outstanding" shall mean, when used with reference to Common Stock, at any
date as of which the number of shares thereof is to be determined, all issued
shares of Common Stock, except shares then owned or held by or for the account
of the Company or any subsidiary thereof, and shall include all shares issuable
in respect of outstanding scrip or any certificates representing fractional
interests in shares of Common Stock.

     "Person" shall mean any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint
venture, trust, incorporated organization, association, corporation,
institution, public benefit corporation, entity or government (whether federal,
state, county, city, municipal or otherwise, including, without limitation, any
instrumentality, division, agency, body or department thereof).

     "Registration Rights Agreement" shall mean the Registration Rights
Agreement dated a date even herewith by and between the Company and The Shaar
Fund Ltd., as it may be amended from time to time.

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     "Restricted Common Stock" shall mean shares of Common Stock which are, or
which upon their issuance on the exercise of this Warrant would be, evidenced by
a certificate bearing the restrictive legend set forth in Section 9.1(a).

     "Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any
successor federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.

     "Securities Purchase Agreement" shall mean the Securities Purchase
Agreement dated as of a date even herewith by and between the Company and The
Shaar Fund, Ltd. as it may be amended from time to time.

     "Transfer" shall mean any disposition of any Warrant or Warrant Shares or
of any interest in either thereof, which would constitute a sale thereof within
the meaning of the Securities Act.

     "Transfer Notice" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.2.

     "Warrants" shall mean this Warrant and all warrants issued upon transfer,
division or combination of, or in substitution for, any thereof. All Warrants
shall at all times be identical as to terms and conditions and date, except as
to the number of shares of Common Stock for which they may be exercised.

     "Warrant Price" shall mean an amount equal to (i) the number of shares of
Common Stock being purchased upon exercise of this Warrant pursuant to Section
2.1, multiplied by (ii) the Current Warrant Price as of the date of such
exercise.

     "Warrant Shares" shall mean the shares of Common Stock purchased by the
holders of the Warrants upon the exercise thereof.

2.   EXERCISE OF WARRANT

     2.1 Manner of Exercise. From and after the Funding Date and until 5:00
P.M., New York City time, on the Expiration Date, Holder may exercise this
Warrant, on any Business Day, in increments of 10,000 shares of Common Stock
purchasable hereunder.

     In order to exercise this Warrant, in whole or in part, Holder shall
deliver to the Company at its principal office at 30 Porter Road, Littleton,
Massachusetts 01460, or at the office or agency designated by the Company
pursuant to Section 12, (i) a written notice of Holder's election to exercise
this Warrant, which notice shall specify the number of shares of Common Stock to
be purchased, (ii) payment of the Warrant Price in cash or by wire transfer or
cashier's check drawn on a United States bank and (iii) this Warrant. Such
notice shall be substantially in the form of the subscription form appearing at
the end of this Warrant as Exhibit A, duly executed by Holder or its agent or
attorney. Upon receipt of the items referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii)
above, the Company shall, as promptly as practicable, and in any event within
ten (10) Business Days thereafter, execute or cause to be executed and deliver
or cause to be delivered to Holder a certificate or certificates representing
the aggregate number of full shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise,
together with cash in lieu of any fraction of a share, as hereinafter provided.
The stock certificate or certificates so delivered shall be, to

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the extent possible, in such denomination or denominations as Holder shall
request in the notice and shall be registered in the name of Holder or, subject
to Section 9, such other name as shall be designated in the notice. 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 notice, together with the
cash or check or checks and this Warrant, is received by the Company as
described above and all taxes required to be paid by Holder, if any, pursuant to
Section 2.2 prior to the issuance of such shares have been paid. 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, or, at the request of Holder,
appropriate notation may be made on this Warrant and the same returned to
Holder. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the Company shall
not be required to register shares in the name of any Person who acquired this
Warrant (or part hereof) or any Warrant Shares otherwise than in accordance with
this Warrant.

     2.2 Payment of Taxes and Charges. All shares of Common Stock issuable upon
the exercise of this Warrant pursuant to the terms hereof shall be validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and without any preemptive rights. The
Company shall pay all expenses in connection with, and all taxes and other
governmental charges (excluding income and related taxes) that may be imposed
with respect to, the issue or delivery thereof, unless such tax or charge is
imposed by law upon Holder, in which case such taxes or charges shall be paid by
Holder. The Company shall not be required, however, to pay any tax or other
charge imposed in connection with any transfer involved in the issue of any
certificate for shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in
any name other than that of Holder, and in such case the Company shall not be
required to issue or deliver any stock certificate until such tax or other
charge has been paid or it has been established to the satisfaction of the
Company that no such tax or other charge is due.

     2.3 Fractional Shares. The Company shall not be required to issue a
fractional share of Common Stock upon exercise of any 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 the same fraction of the Market Price per share
of Common Stock as of the Initial Funding Date.

     2.4 Continued Validity. A holder of shares of Common Stock issued upon the
exercise of this Warrant, in whole or in part (other than a holder who acquires
such shares after the same have been publicly sold pursuant to a Registration
Statement under the Securities Act or sold pursuant to Rule 144 thereunder),
shall continue to be entitled with respect to such shares to all rights to which
it would have been entitled as Holder under Sections 9, 10 and 14 of this
Warrant. The Company will, at the time of exercise of this Warrant, in whole or
in part, upon the request of Holder, acknowledge in writing, in form reasonably
satisfactory to Holder, its continuing obligation to afford Holder all such
rights; provided, however, that if Holder shall fail to make any such request,
such failure shall not affect the continuing obligation of the Company to afford
to Holder all such rights.

3.   TRANSFER, DIVISION AND COMBINATION

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     3.1 Transfer. Subject to compliance with the Securities Purchase Agreement
and Section 3.1 and Section 9 herein, 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 referred to in Section 2.1 or the office or
agency designated by the Company pursuant to Section 12, together with a written
assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form of Exhibit B 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, subject to Section 9, execute
and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees
and in the denomination 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 in compliance with Section 9, may be exercised by a new Holder
for the purchase of shares of Common Stock without having a new warrant issued.

     3.2 Division and Combination. Subject to Section 3.1 and 9, this Warrant
may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the
aforesaid office or agency 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
3.1 and with Section 9, as to any transfer which 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.

     3.3 Expenses. The Company shall prepare, issue and deliver at its own
expense (other than transfer taxes) the new Warrant or Warrants under this
Section 3.

     3.4 Maintenance of Books. The Company agrees to maintain, at its aforesaid
office or agency, books for the registration and the registration of transfer of
the Warrants.

4.   ADJUSTMENTS

     The number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable,
or the price at which such shares may be purchased upon exercise of this
Warrant, shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as set forth in this
Section 4. The Company shall give Holder notice of any event described below
which requires an adjustment pursuant to this Section 4 at the time of such
event.

     4.1 Stock Dividends, Subdivisions and Combinations. If at any time the
Company shall:

          (a) take a record of the holders of its Common Stock for the purpose
     of entitling them to receive a dividend payable in, or other distribution
     of, Additional Shares of Common Stock,

          (b) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger
     number of shares of Common Stock, or

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          (c) combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller
     number of shares of Common Stock,

then (i) the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is
exercisable immediately after the occurrence of any such event shall be adjusted
to equal the number of shares of Common Stock which a record holder of the same
number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable
immediately prior to the occurrence of such event would own or be entitled to
receive after the happening of such event, and (ii) the Current Warrant Price
shall be adjusted to equal (A) the Current Warrant Price multiplied by the
number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable
immediately prior to the adjustment divided by (B) the number of shares for
which this Warrant is exercisable immediately after such adjustment.

     4.2 Certain Other Distributions. If at any time the Company shall take a
record of the holders of its Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them to
receive any dividend or other distribution of:

          (a) cash,

          (b) any evidences of its indebtedness, any shares of its stock or any
     other securities or property of any nature whatsoever (other than cash,
     Convertible Securities or Additional Shares of Common Stock), or

          (c) any warrants or other rights to subscribe for or purchase any
     evidences of its indebtedness, any shares of its stock or any other
     securities or property of any nature whatsoever (other than cash,
     Convertible Securities or Additional Shares of Common Stock),

then Holder shall be entitled to receive such dividend or distribution as if
Holder had exercised this Warrant. A reclassification of the Common Stock (other
than a change in par value, or from par value to no par value or from no par
value to par value) into shares of Common Stock and shares of any other class of
stock shall be deemed a distribution by the Company to the holders of its Common
Stock of such shares of such other class of stock within the meaning of this
Section 4.2 and, if the outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be changed into
a larger or smaller number of shares of Common Stock as a part of such
reclassification, such change shall be deemed a subdivision or combination, as
the case may be, of the outstanding shares of Common Stock within the meaning of
Section 4.1.

     4.3 Other Provisions Applicable to Adjustments under this Section. The
following provisions shall be applicable to the making of adjustments of the
number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable and the
Current Warrant Price provided for in this Section 4:

          (a) When Adjustments to Be Made. The adjustments required by this
     Section 4 shall be made whenever and as often as any specified event
     requiring an adjustment shall occur. For the purpose of any adjustment, any
     specified event shall be deemed to have occurred at the close of business
     on the date of its occurrence.

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          (b) Fractional Interests. In computing adjustments under this Section
     4, fractional interests in Common Stock shall be taken into account to the
     nearest 1/10th of a share.

          (c) When Adjustment Not Required. If the Company shall take a record
     of the holders of its Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them to
     receive a dividend or distribution or subscription or purchase rights and
     shall, thereafter and before the distribution to stockholders thereof,
     legally abandon its plan to pay or deliver such dividend, distribution,
     subscription or purchase rights, then thereafter no adjustment shall be
     required by reason of the taking of such record and any such adjustment
     previously made in respect thereof shall be rescinded and annulled.

          (d) Challenge to Good Faith Determination. Whenever the Board of
     Directors of the Company shall be required to make a determination in good
     faith of the fair value of any item under this Section 4, such
     determination may be challenged in good faith by the Holder, and any
     dispute shall be resolved by an investment banking firm of recognized
     national standing selected by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the
     Holder.

     4.4 Reorganization, Reclassification, Merger, Consolidation or Disposition
of Assets. If 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 of 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 the
Warrant within ten (10) business days following the Company's notice of such
event, 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 the 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 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 4. For purposes of
this Section 4.4, "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

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warrants or other rights to subscribe for or purchase any such stock. The
foregoing provisions of this Section 4.4 shall similarly apply to successive
reorganizations, reclassifications, mergers, consolidations or disposition of
assets.

     4.5 Other Action Affecting Common Stock. If at any time or from time to
time the Company shall take any action in respect of its Common Stock, other
than any action described in this Section 4, which would have a materially
adverse effect upon the rights of the Holder, the number of shares of Common
Stock and/or the purchase price thereof shall be adjusted in such manner as may
be equitable in the circumstances, as determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors of the Company.

     4.6 Certain Limitations. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
the Company agrees not to enter into any transaction which, by reason of any
adjustment hereunder, would cause the Current Warrant Price to be less than the
par value per share of Common Stock.

5.   NOTICES TO HOLDER

     5.1 Notice of Adjustments. Whenever the number of shares of Common Stock
for which this Warrant is exercisable, or whenever the price at which a share of
such Common Stock may be purchased upon exercise of the Warrants, shall be
adjusted pursuant to Section 4, the Company shall forthwith prepare a
certificate to be executed by the chief financial officer of the Company setting
forth, in reasonable detail, the event requiring the adjustment and the method
by which such adjustment was calculated (including a description of the basis on
which the Board of Directors of the Company determined the fair value of any
evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock, other securities or property or
warrants or other subscription or purchase rights referred to in Section 4.2),
specifying the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is
exercisable and (if such adjustment was made pursuant to Section 4.4 or 4.5)
describing the number and kind of any other shares of stock or Other Property
for which this warrant is exercisable, and any change in the purchase price or
prices thereof, after giving effect to such adjustment or change. The Company
shall promptly cause a signed copy of such certificate to be delivered to the
Holder in accordance with Section 14.2. The Company shall keep at its office or
agency designated pursuant to Section 12 copies of all such certificates and
cause the same to be available for inspection at said office during normal
business hours by the Holder or any prospective purchaser of a Warrant
designated by the Holder.

     5.2 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

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          (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 ten 10 business days' 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,
dissolution, 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 ten (10) business
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 reorganization, reclassification, merger,
consolidation, sale, transfer, 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 14.2.

6.   NO IMPAIRMENT

     (a) The Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation,
amending its certificate 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 (i) 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, (ii) 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 (iii) use its best 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.

     (b) Upon the request of Holder, the Company will at any time during the
period this Warrant is outstanding acknowledge in writing, in form satisfactory
to Holder, the continuing validity of this Warrant and the obligations of the
Company hereunder.

7.   RESERVATION AND AUTHORIZATION OF COMMON STOCK

     (a) From and after the Funding Date, the Company shall at all times reserve
and keep available for issue upon the exercise of Warrants such number of its
authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock as will be sufficient to permit
the exercise in full of all outstanding Warrants. All shares of Common Stock
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any Warrant and payment therefor in accordance with the terms of such Warrant,
shall be duly and validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable, and not
subject to preemptive rights.

     (b) Before taking any action which would cause an adjustment reducing the
Current Warrant Price below the then par value, if any, of the shares of Common
Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, the Company shall take any
corporate action which may be necessary in order that the Company may validly
and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable shares of such Common Stock at
such adjusted Current Warrant Price.

     (c) 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
Current Warrant 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.

8.   TAKING OF RECORD; STOCK AND WARRANT TRANSFER BOOKS

     In the case of all dividends or other distributions by the Company to the
holders of its Common Stock with respect to which any provision of Section 4
refers to the taking of a record of such holders, the Company will in each such
case take such a record and will take such record as of the close of business on
a Business Day. The Company will not at any time, except upon dissolution,
liquidation or winding up of the Company, close its stock transfer books or
Warrant transfer books so as to result in preventing or delaying the exercise or
transfer of any Warrant.

9.   RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY

     The Warrants and the Warrant Shares shall not be transferred, hypothecated
or assigned before satisfaction of the conditions specified in this Section 9,
which conditions are intended to ensure compliance with the provisions of the
Securities Act with respect to the Transfer of any Warrant or any Warrant
Shares. Holder, by acceptance of this Warrant, agrees to be bound by the
provisions of this Section 9.

     (a) Restrictive Legend. The Holder by accepting this Warrant and any
Warrant Shares agrees that unless registered under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the "Securities Act"), subsequent to the Funding Date and prior to
the exercise hereof, this Warrant and the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise
hereof may not be assigned or otherwise transferred unless and until (i) the
Company has received an opinion of counsel for the Holder reasonably
satisfactory to the Company and its counsel that such securities may be sold
pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act or (ii) a
registration statement relating to such securities has been filed by the Company
and declared effective by the Commission.

     (b) Each certificate for Warrant Shares issuable hereunder shall bear a
legend as follows unless such securities have been sold pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act:

               "These securities have not been registered under the Securities
          Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or the securities laws
          of any state, and are being offered and sold pursuant to an exemption
          from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and such
          laws. These securities may not be sold or transferred except pursuant
          to an effective registration statement

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          under the Securities Act or pursuant to an available exemption from
          the registration requirements of the Securities Act or such other
          laws."

     (c) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 9, the Warrant shall be
stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend in substantially the following
form:

          "THIS WARRANT AND THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN
          REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT
          BE TRANSFERRED IN VIOLATION OF SUCH ACT, THE RULES AND REGULATIONS
          THEREUNDER OR THE PROVISIONS OF THIS WARRANT."

     9.2 Notice of Proposed Transfers. Prior to any Transfer or attempted
Transfer of any Warrants or any shares of Restricted Common Stock, the Holder
shall give ten days, prior written notice (a "Transfer Notice") to the Company
and its counsel of Holder's intention to effect such Transfer, describing the
manner and circumstances of the proposed Transfer, and obtain from counsel to
Holder who shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, an opinion that the
proposed Transfer of such Warrants or such Restricted Common Stock may be
effected without registration under the Securities Act. After receipt of the
Transfer Notice and opinion, the Company shall, within five (5) business days
thereof, notify the Holder as to whether such opinion is reasonably satisfactory
and, if so, such holder shall thereupon be entitled to Transfer such Warrants or
such Restricted Common Stock, in accordance with the terms of the Transfer
Notice. Each certificate, if any, evidencing such shares of Restricted Common
Stock issued upon such Transfer shall bear the restrictive legend set forth in
Section 9.1(b), and the Warrant issued upon such Transfer shall bear the
restrictive legend set forth in Section 9.1(c), unless in the opinion of such
counsel such legend is not required in order to ensure compliance with the
Securities Act. The Holder shall not be entitled to Transfer such Warrants or
such Restricted Common Stock until receipt of notice from the Company under this
Section 9.2 that such opinion is reasonably satisfactory.

     9.3 Required Registration. Pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth
in the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company shall prepare and file with
the Commission not later than the ninetieth (90th) day after the Funding Date, a
Registration Statement relating to the offer and sale of the Common Stock
issuable upon exercise of the Warrants and shall use its best efforts to cause
the Commission to declare such Registration Statement effective under the
Securities Act as promptly as practicable but no later than one hundred and
eighty (180) days after the Funding Date.

     9.4 Termination of Restrictions. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions
of Section 9, the restrictions imposed by this Section upon the transferability
of the Warrants, the Warrant Shares and the Restricted Common Stock (or Common
Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants) and the legend requirements of
Section 9.1 shall terminate as to any particular Warrant or share of Warrant
Shares or Restricted Common Stock (or Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of
the warrants) (i) when and so long as such security shall have been effectively
registered under the Securities Act and disposed of pursuant thereto or (ii)
when the Company shall have received an opinion of counsel reasonably
satisfactory to it and its counsel that such shares may be transferred without
registration thereof under the Securities Act. Whenever the

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restrictions imposed by Section 9 shall terminate as to this Warrant, as
hereinabove provided, the Holder hereof shall be entitled to receive from the
Company upon written request of the Holder, at the expense of the Company, a new
Warrant bearing the following legend in place of the restrictive legend set
forth hereon:

               "THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY OF THE WITHIN WARRANT
               CONTAINED IN SECTION 9 HEREOF TERMINATED ON __________, AND ARE
               OF NO FURTHER FORCE AND EFFECT."

All Warrants issued upon registration of transfer, division or combination of,
or in substitution for, any Warrant or Warrants entitled to bear such legend
shall have a similar legend endorsed thereon. Whenever the restrictions imposed
by this Section shall terminate as to any share of Restricted Common Stock, as
hereinabove provided, the holder thereof shall be entitled to receive from the
Company, at the Company's expense, a new certificate representing such Common
Stock not bearing the restrictive legend set forth in Section 9.1(b).

     9.5 Listing on Securities Exchange. If the Company shall list any shares of
Common Stock on any securities exchange, it will, at its expense, list thereon,
maintain and, when necessary, increase such listing of, all shares of Common
Stock issued or, to the extent permissible under the applicable securities
exchange rules, issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant so long as any shares
of Common Stock shall be so listed during any such Exercise Period.

10.  SUPPLYING INFORMATION

     The Company shall cooperate with Holder in supplying such information as
may be reasonably necessary for Holder to complete and file any information
reporting forms presently or hereafter required by the Commission as a condition
to the availability of an exemption from the Securities Act for the sale of any
Warrant or Restricted Common Stock.

11.  LOSS OR MUTILATION

     Upon receipt by the Company from Holder of evidence reasonably satisfactory
to it of the ownership of and the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this
Warrant and indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it (it being understood that
the written agreement of the Holder shall be sufficient indemnity), and in case
of mutilation upon surrender and cancellation hereof, the Company will execute
and deliver in lieu hereof a new Warrant of like tenor to Holder; provided, in
the case of mutilation, no indemnity shall be required if this Warrant in
identifiable form is surrendered to the Company for cancellation.

12.  OFFICE OF THE COMPANY

     As long as any of the Warrants remain outstanding, the Company shall
maintain an office or agency (which may be the principal executive offices of
the Company) where the Warrants may be presented for exercise, registration of
transfer, division or combination as provided in this Warrant.

13.  LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

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     No provision hereof, in the absence of affirmative action by Holder to
purchase shares of Common Stock, and no enumeration herein of the rights or
privileges of Holder hereof, shall give rise to any liability of Holder for the
purchase price of any Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether
such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.

14.  MISCELLANEOUS

     14.1 Nonwaiver and Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or failure
to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as a waiver
of such right or otherwise prejudice Holder's rights, powers or remedies. If the
Company fails to make, when due, any payments provided for hereunder, or fails
to comply with any other provision of this Warrant, the Company shall pay to
Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any reasonable costs and
expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys' fees, including
those of appellate proceedings, incurred by Holder in collecting any amounts due
pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies
hereunder.

     14.2 Notice Generally. Except as may be otherwise provided herein, any
notice or other communication or delivery required or permitted hereunder shall
be in writing and shall be sent by facsimile with a copy delivered personally or
sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, and shall be deemed
given when so delivered personally or by overnight courier service, as follows:

                           (1) if to the Company, to:

                           VIISAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
                           30 Porter Road
                           Littleton Massachusetts 01460
                           Attention:  Thomas J. Colatosti,
                                       Chief Executive Officer
                           Telephone:  (978) 952-2200
                           Facsimile:  (978) 952-2218
                           With a copy to:

                           Finnegan, Hickey, Dinsmoor & Johnson, PC
                           175 Federal Street
                           Boston, Massachusetts  01460
                                               Attention:  Charles Johnson, Esq.
                                               Telephone:  (617) 523-2500
                                               Facsimile:  (617) 422-6080
                                               (2)  if to the Holder, to

                           THE SHAAR FUND LTD.,
                           c/o SHAAR ADVISORY SERVICES LTD.
                           62 King George Street, Apartment 4F
                           Jerusalem, Israel
                           Attention: Sam Levinson

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                           with a copy to:

                           HERRICK, FEINSTEIN LLP
                           2 Park Avenue
                           New York, New York 10016
                           Attention: Irwin A. Kishner, Esq.
                           Telephone: (212) 592-1400
                           Facsimile: (212) 889-7577

The Company or the Holder may change the foregoing address by notice given
pursuant to this Section 14.2.

     14.3 Indemnification. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
Holder from and against any liabilities, obligations, losses, damages,
penalties, actions, judgments, suits, claims, costs, attorneys' fees, expenses
and disbursements of any kind which may be imposed upon, incurred by or asserted
against Holder in any manner relating to or arising out of any failure by the
Company to perform or observe in any material respect any of its covenants,
agreements, undertakings or obligations set forth in this Warrant; provided,
however, that the Company will not be liable hereunder to the extent that any
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits,
claims, costs, attorneys' fees, expenses or disbursements are found in a final
non-appealable judgment by a court to have resulted from Holder's gross
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in its capacity as a stockholder or
warrantholder of the Company.

     14.4 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 Section 9 of 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 Section 9 of this Warrant and
hereby agrees to waive the defense in any action for specific performance that a
remedy at law would be adequate.

     14.5 Successors and Assigns. Subject to the provisions of Sections 3.1 and
9, this Warrant and the rights evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of
and be binding upon the successors of the Company and the successors and 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, with respect to Section 9
hereof, holders of Warrant Shares, and shall be enforceable by any such Holder
or holder of Warrant Shares. 14.6 Amendment. This Warrant and all other Warrants
may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written
consent of the Company and the Holder.

     14.7 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 provision
or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.

     14.8 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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     14.9 Governing Law. This Warrant shall be governed by the laws of the State
of Delaware, without regard to the provisions thereof relating to conflict of
laws.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be duly executed
and its corporate seal to be impressed hereon and attested by its Secretary or
an Assistant Secretary.

Dated:   December 30, 1999

                                        THE COMPANY:

                                        VIISAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.

                                        By: /s/ Thomas J. Colatosti
                                            -----------------------
                                        Thomas J. Colatosti
                                        President and Chief Executive Officer

[SEAL]

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                                    EXHIBIT A

                                SUBSCRIPTION FORM

                 [To be executed only upon exercise of Warrant]

     The undersigned registered owner of this Warrant irrevocably exercises this
warrant for the purchase of Shares of Common Stock of Viisage Technology, Inc.
and herewith makes payment therefor, all at the price and on the terms and
conditions specified in this Warrant and requests that certificates for the
shares of Common Stock hereby purchased (and any securities or other property
issuable upon such exercise) be issued in the name of and delivered to
________________________ whose address is ________________________ and, if such
shares of Common Stock shall not include all of the shares of Common Stock
issuable as provided in this Warrant, that a new Warrant of like tenor and date
for the balance of the shares of Common Stock issuable hereunder be delivered to
the undersigned.

                                        ___________________________________
                                        (Name of Registered owner)

                                        ___________________________________
                                        (Signature of Registered Owner)

                                        ___________________________________
                                        (Street Address)

                                        ___________________________________
                                        (city)       (State)      (Zip Code)

               NOTICE: The signature on this subscription must correspond with
                    the name as written upon the face of the within Warrant in
                    every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any
                    change whatsoever.

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                                    EXHIBIT B

                                 ASSIGNMENT FORM

     FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned registered owner of this Warrant hereby
sells, assigns and transfers unto the Assignee named below all of the rights of
the undersigned under this Warrant, with respect to the number of shares of
Common Stock set forth below:

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Name and Address of Assignee                                   No. of Shares of
----------------------------                                   ----------------
                                  Common Stock
                                  ------------
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and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint _______________
attorney-in-fact to register such transfer on the books of _______________
maintained for the purpose, with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated:_____________________             Print Name:____________________________

                                        Signature: ____________________________

                                        Witness: ______________________________

               NOTICE: The signature on this assignment must correspond with the
                    name as written upon the face of the within Warrant in every
                    particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change
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                                                                   Exhibit 10.25

                          Securities Purchase Agreement

     SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), dated as of March 10,
2000, among Viisage Technology, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
and the investors signatory hereto (each such investor is a "Purchaser" and all
such investors are, collectively, the "Purchasers").

     WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement,
the Company desires to issue and sell to the Purchasers and the Purchasers,
severally and not jointly, desire to purchase from the Company, shares of the
Company's common stock, $.001 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), and
certain other 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 are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Purchasers agree as
follows:

                                    ARTICLE I
                                PURCHASE AND SALE

     1.1 The Closing.

     (a) The Closing. (i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement, the Company shall issue and sell to the Purchasers and the Purchasers
shall, severally and not jointly, purchase an aggregate of 391,917 shares of
Common Stock (the "Shares") for an aggregate purchase price of $4,000,000. The
closing of the purchase and sale of the Shares (the "Closing") shall take place
at the offices of Robinson Silverman Pearce Aronsohn & Berman LLP ("Robinson
Silverman"), 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10104, immediately
following the execution hereof or such later date as the parties shall agree.
The date of the Closing is hereinafter referred to as the "Closing Date."

     (ii) At the Closing, the parties shall deliver or shall cause to be
delivered the following: (A) the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser (1) a
stock certificate representing 62.50% of the number of Shares indicated below
such Purchaser's name on the signature page of this Agreement, registered in the
name of such Purchaser, (2) a Common Stock purchase warrant, in the form of
Exhibit A, registered in the name of such Purchaser, pursuant to which such
Purchaser shall have the right to acquire shares of Common Stock upon the terms
and in such number as set forth therein (each an "Adjustable Warrant"), (3) a
Common Stock purchase warrant, in the form of Exhibit B, registered in the name
of such Purchaser, pursuant to which such Purchaser shall have the right to
acquire the number of shares of Common Stock indicated below such Purchaser's
name on the signature page of this Agreement, upon the terms and at the exercise
price set forth therein (each, a "Closing Warrant" and together with the
Adjustable Warrants, the "Warrants"), (4) the legal opinion of Finnegan, Hickey,
Dinsmoor & Johnson, P.C., outside counsel to the Company, substantially in the
form of Exhibit C, (5) an executed Registration Rights Agreement, dated the date
hereof, among the Company and the Purchasers, in the form of Exhibit D (the
"Registration Rights Agreement"), (6) the Transfer Agent Instructions, in the
form of Exhibit E, executed by the Company and delivered to and acknowledged by
the Company's transfer agent (the "Transfer Agent Instructions"), (7) an
executed Escrow Agreement in the form of Exhibit F (the "Escrow
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Agreement") of even date hereof, among the Company, Cardinal Securities, LLC and
The Bank of New York (the "Escrow Agent") and (8) an executed Letter Agreement,
dated the date hereof, among the Company and the Purchasers, in the form of
Exhibit G (the "Letter Agreement"); and (B) each Purchaser shall deliver to the
Escrow Agent for delivery in accordance with the Escrow Agreement): (1) 62.50%
of the purchase price indicated below such Purchaser's name on the signature
page to this Agreement in United States dollars in immediately available funds
by wire transfer as designated in the Escrow Agreement for such purpose, and (2)
an executed Registration Rights Agreement and Letter Agreement.

     (iii) On the second (2nd) Trading Day following the date that the
Underlying Shares Registration Statement (as defined herein) is declared
effective by the Commission (as defined herein), (A) the Company will, against
delivery of the amounts set forth in clause (B) in this paragraph, deliver to
each Purchaser, a stock certificate representing 37.50% of the number of Shares
indicated below such Purchaser's name on the signature page of this Agreement
(subject to equitable adjustment for stock splits, recombinations and similar
events), registered in the name of such Purchaser, and (B) each Purchaser will
deliver to the Escrow Agent, for delivery in accordance with the Escrow
Agreement, 37.50% of the purchase price indicated below such Purchaser's name on
the signature page to this Agreement in United States dollars in immediately
available funds by wire transfer to an account designated for such purpose,
pursuant to the Escrow Agreement.

     1.2 Certain Defined Terms. For purposes of this Agreement,"Trading Day" and
"Per Share Market Value" shall have the meanings set forth in Exhibit A and
"Business Day" shall mean any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day which
shall be a federal legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions in the
State of New York or the Commonwealth of Massachusetts generally are authorized
or required by law or other governmental action to close. A "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.

                                   ARTICLE II
                         REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     2.1 Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby makes
the following representations and warranties to the Purchasers:

     (a) Organization and Qualification. The Company is a corporation duly
incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State
of Delaware, with the requisite corporate power and authority to own and use its
properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. The
Company has no subsidiaries. The Company is duly qualified to do 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, individually or in the aggregate, (x)
adversely affect the legality, validity or enforceability of the Securities (as
defined below) or any of this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the
Transfer Agent Instructions, the Letter Agreement, the Escrow Agreement or the
Warrants

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(collectively, the "Transaction Documents"), (y) have or result in a material
adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, prospects, or condition
(financial or otherwise) of the Company, taken as a whole, or (z) adversely
impair the Company's ability to perform fully on a timely basis its obligations
under any of the Transaction Documents (any of (x), (y) or (z), a "Material
Adverse Effect").

     (b) 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 thereunder. The execution and delivery of each of the Transaction
Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions
contemplated thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the
part of the Company and no further action is required by the Company. Each of
the Transaction Documents has been duly executed by the Company and, when
delivered in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and
binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance
with its terms. The Company is not in violation of any of the provisions of its
respective articles or certificate of incorporation, by-laws or other charter or
organizational documents.

     (c) Capitalization. The number of authorized, issued and outstanding
capital stock of the Company is set forth in Schedule 2.1(c). No shares of
Common Stock are entitled to preemptive or similar rights, nor is any holder of
the Common Stock entitled to preemptive or similar rights arising out of any
agreement or understanding with the Company by virtue of any of the Transaction
Documents. Except as a result of the purchase and sale of the Shares and the
Warrants and except as disclosed in Schedule 2.1(c), 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 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 is or may become bound to
issue additional shares of Common Stock, or securities or rights convertible or
exchangeable into shares of Common Stock.

     (d) Issuance of the Securities. The Securities are duly authorized and,
when issued and paid for in accordance with the terms hereof and the Warrants,
shall have been duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and
clear of all liens, encumbrances and rights of first refusal of any kind
(collectively, "Liens"). The Company has reserved a number of duly authorized
number of shares of Common Stock for issuance hereunder upon exercise of the
Warrants that is not less than the sum of (i) the Shares to be issued hereunder;
(ii) the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the
Adjustable Warrants on the First Vesting Date (as defined in the Adjustable
Warrant), assuming for such purposes that, on the First Vesting Date, (A) the
Applicable Share Number (as defined in the Adjustable Warrant) equals the entire
number of Shares purchased hereunder and (B) the Adjustment Price (as defined in
the Adjustable Warrant) equals 50% of the Per Share Market Value on the Trading
Day immediately preceding the Closing Date, and (iii) the number of shares of
Common Stock as are issuable upon exercise in full of the Closing Warrants (the
number of shares of Common Stock contemplated in (i), (ii) and (iii), the
"Initial Minimum"). The shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants are referred to herein as the "Underlying Shares." The Shares, the
Warrants and the Underlying Shares are collectively referred to herein as, the
"Securities."

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     (e) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of the
Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated thereby do not and will not (i) conflict with or
violate any provision of the Company's certificate of incorporation, bylaws or
other charter documents (each as amended through the date hereof), or (ii)
subject to obtaining the Required Approvals (as defined below), conflict with,
or constitute a default (or an event which 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 (with or without notice, lapse of time
or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument
(evidencing a Company debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which the
Company is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company is bound or
affected, or (iii) 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 is subject (including federal and state
securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the
Company is bound or affected; except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and
(iii), as could not, individually or in the aggregate, have or result in a
Material Adverse Effect. The business of the Company is not being conducted in
violation of any law, ordinance or regulation of any governmental authority,
except for violations which, individually or in the aggregate, could not have or
result in a Material Adverse Effect.

     (f) 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) the filings required pursuant to Section 3.10, (ii) the filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") of a registration
statement meeting the requirements set forth in the Registration Rights
Agreement and covering the resale of the Shares and the Underlying Shares by the
Purchasers (the "Underlying Shares Registration Statement"), (iii) the
application(s) to the NASDAQ National Market ("NASDAQ") for the listing of the
Shares and the Underlying Shares with NASDAQ (and with any other national
securities exchange of market in which the Common Stock is then listed) in the
time and manner required thereby, (iv) applicable Blue Sky filings, and (v) in
all other cases where the failure to obtain such consent, waiver, authorization
or order, or to give such notice or make such filing or registration could not
have or result in, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect
(the items described in clauses (i)-(v) are collectively, the "Required
Approvals").

     (g) Litigation; Proceedings. 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 or any of its 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, individually or in the aggregate, have or result in a Material Adverse
Effect.

     (h) No Default or Violation. The Company is not in default under or in
violation of (and no event has occurred which has not been waived which, with
notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default by the Company
under), nor has the Company 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

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other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of
its properties is bound, (ii) is in violation of any order of any court,
arbitrator or governmental body, or (iii) is in violation of any statute, rule
or regulation of any governmental authority, in each case of clauses (i), (ii)
or (iii) above, except as could not individually or in the aggregate, have or
result in a Material Adverse Effect.

     (i) Private Offering. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and
warranties of the Purchasers set forth in Sections 2.2(b)-(g), the offer,
issuance and sale of the Securities to the Purchasers as contemplated hereby are
exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"). Neither the Company nor any Person acting on its
behalf has taken or is, to the knowledge of the Company, contemplating taking
any action which could subject the offering, issuance or sale of the Securities
to the registration requirements of the Securities Act including soliciting any
offer to buy or sell the Securities by means of any form of general solicitation
or advertising.

     (j) SEC Documents; Financial Statements. Except as disclosed in Schedule
2.1(j), the Company has filed all reports required to be filed by it under the
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (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 to file such material)
(the foregoing materials being collectively referred to herein as the "SEC
Documents" and, together with the Schedules to this Agreement, the "Disclosure
Materials") on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of
filing and has filed any such SEC Documents prior to the expiration of any such
extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Documents complied in all
material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange
Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, and
none of the SEC Documents, 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 light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. All material
agreements to which the Company is a party or to which the property or assets of
the Company are subject have been filed as exhibits to the SEC Documents as
required. The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents
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
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 fairly present in all material
respects the financial position of the Company 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. Since September 30, 1999, except as specifically disclosed in
the SEC Documents, (a) there has been no event, occurrence or development that
has or that could result in a Material Adverse Effect, (b) the Company has not
incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (x) liabilities
incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and
(y) liabilities not required to be reflected in the Company's financial
statements pursuant to GAAP or required to be disclosed in filings made with the
Commission, (c) the Company has not altered its method of accounting or the
identity of its auditors and (d) the Company has not declared or made any
payment or distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or
officers or directors (other than in compliance with existing Company stock
option

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plans) with respect to its capital stock, or purchased, redeemed (or made any
agreements to purchase or redeem) any shares of its capital stock.

     (k) Investment Company. The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate (as
defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of, an "investment company" within
the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

     (l) Certain Fees. Except for certain fees payable to Cardinal Securities,
LLC by the Company, no fees or commissions 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
this Agreement. The Purchasers shall have no obligation with respect to any fees
or with respect to any claims made 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 this Agreement. The Company shall indemnify and
hold harmless the Purchasers, their employees, officers, directors, agents, and
partners, and their respective Affiliates, from and against all claims, losses,
damages, costs (including the costs of preparation and attorney's fees) and
expenses suffered in respect of any such claimed or existing fees, as such fees
and expenses are incurred.

     (m) Solicitation Materials. Neither the Company nor any Person acting on
the Company's behalf has solicited any offer to buy or sell the Securities by
means of any form of general solicitation or advertising.

     (n) Form S-3 Eligibility. Commencing on May 1, 2000, the Company will be
eligible to register its Common Stock for resale under Form S-3 promulgated on
the Securities Act.

     (o) Listing and Maintenance Requirements. Except as disclosed in Schedule
2.1(o), the Company has not, in the two years preceding the date hereof received
notice (written or oral) from NASDAQ or any other stock exchange, market or
trading facility on which the Common Stock is or has been listed (or on which it
has been quoted) to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the
listing or maintenance requirements of such exchange, market or trading
facility. 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.

     (p) Patents and Trademarks. The Company has adequate rights to use, all
patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks,
trade names, copyrights, licenses and rights which are necessary or material for
use in connection with their respective business as described in the SEC
Documents and which the failure to so have would have a Material Adverse Effect
(collectively, the "Intellectual Property Rights"). The Company has not received
any written notice of on outstanding claim that the Intellectual Property Rights
used by the Company violates or infringes upon the rights of any Person, to the
best knowledge of the Company. All such Intellectual Property Rights are
enforceable and to the best knowledge of the Company, there is no existing
infringement by another Person of any of the Intellectual Property Rights.

     (q) Regulatory Permits. The Company possess all certificates,
authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign
regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses as
described in the SEC Documents, except where the failure to possess

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such permits could not, individually or in the aggregate, have or result in a
Material Adverse Effect ("Material Permits"), and the Company has not received
any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any
Material Permit.

     (r) Title. The Company has good and marketable title in fee simple to all
real property owned by them which is material to the business of the Company and
good and marketable title in all personal property owned by them which is
material to the business of the Company, 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 interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property
by the Company. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company
and is held by it under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases of which the
Company is in compliance and does not interfere with the use made and proposed
to be made of such property and buildings by the Company.

     (s) Registration Rights; Rights of Participation. Except as set forth on
Schedule 6(b) to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company has not granted
or agreed to grant to any Person any rights (including "piggy-back" registration
rights) to have any securities of the Company registered with the Commission or
any other governmental authority which has not been satisfied. Except as set
forth on Schedule 6(b) to the Registration Rights Agreement, 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.

     (t) Absence of Certain Proceedings. Except as described in the SEC
Documents, (i) there is no Action pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened against the Company, in any such case wherein an unfavorable
decision, ruling or finding could have or result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ii) neither the Company, nor any director or officer thereof, is or has been
the subject of any Action involving (A) a claim of violation of or liability
under federal or state securities laws or (B) a claim of breach of fiduciary
duty; (iii) the Company does not have pending before the Commission any request
for confidential treatment of information and the Company has no knowledge of
any expected such request that would be made prior to the Effectiveness Date (as
defined in the Registration Rights Agreement); and (iv) there has not been, and
to the best of the Company's knowledge 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.

     (u) Labor Relations. No material labor problem exists or, to the knowledge
of the Company, is imminent with respect to any of the employees of the Company.

     (v) Disclosure. The Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person
acting on its behalf has provided any of the Purchasers or its agents or counsel
with any information that constitutes or might constitute material non-public
information. The Company understands and confirms that the Purchasers shall be
relying on the foregoing representations in effecting transactions in securities
of the Company. All disclosure provided to the Purchasers regarding the Company,
its business and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Schedules
to this Agreement, furnished by or on behalf of the Company are true and correct
and do 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.

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     2.2 Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers. Each Purchaser hereby
for itself and for no other Purchaser, represents and warrants 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, (which is set forth below such Purchaser name on the signature to
this Agreement) with the requisite 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 thereunder. The purchase by
such Purchaser of the Securities hereunder has been duly authorized by all
necessary action on the part of such Purchaser. Each of this Agreement, the
Escrow Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement has been duly executed by
such Purchaser at its address (which is set forth below such Purchaser name on
the signature to this Agreement), 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.

     (b) Investment Intent. Such Purchaser is acquiring the Securities as
principal for its own account for investment purposes only and not with a view
to or for distributing or reselling such Securities or any part thereof, without
prejudice, however, to such Purchaser's right, subject to the provisions of this
Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, at all times to sell or
otherwise dispose of all or any part of such Securities pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act and in compliance with
applicable federal and state securities laws or under an exemption from such
registration. While it is the intention of such Purchaser to hold the
Securities, nothing contained herein shall be deemed a representation or
warranty by such Purchaser to hold Securities for any amount of time.

     (c) Purchaser Status. At the time such Purchaser was offered the
Securities, it was, and at the date hereof it is, and at each exercise date
under its respective Warrants, it will be, an "accredited investor" as defined
in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act. Such Purchaser has not been formed
solely for the purpose of acquiring the Securities.

     (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.

     (e) Ability of such Purchaser to Bear Risk of 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.

     (f) Access to Information. Such Purchaser acknowledges that it has reviewed
the Disclosure Materials and has been afforded (i) the opportunity to ask such
questions as it has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from,
representatives of the Company concerning the terms and conditions of the
offering of the Securities and the merits and risks of investing in the
Securities; (ii) access to information about the Company and the Company's
financial condition, results of operations, business, properties, management and
prospects sufficient to enable it to evaluate its investment; and (iii) the
opportunity to obtain such additional information which the Company possesses or
can acquire without unreasonable effort or expense that is necessary to make an

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informed investment decision with respect to the investment and to verify the
accuracy and completeness of the information contained in the Disclosure
Materials. Neither such inquiries nor any other investigation conducted by or on
behalf of such Purchaser or its representatives or counsel shall modify, amend
or affect such Purchaser's right to rely on the truth, accuracy and completeness
of the Disclosure Materials and the Company's representations and warranties
contained in the Transaction Documents.

     (g) General Solicitation. Such Purchaser is not purchasing the Securities
as a result of or subsequent to 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.

     (h) Reliance. Such Purchaser understands and acknowledges that (i) the
Securities are being offered and sold to it without registration under the
Securities Act in a private placement that is exempt from the registration
provisions of the Securities Act and (ii) the availability of such exemption,
depends in part on, and the Company will rely upon the accuracy and truthfulness
of, the foregoing representations and such Purchaser hereby consents to such
reliance. 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 this Section 2.2.

                                   ARTICLE III
                         OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES

     3.1 Transfer Restrictions. (a) Securities may only be disposed of pursuant
to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, to the Company
or pursuant to an available exemption from or in a transaction not subject to
the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and in compliance with any
applicable federal and state securities laws. In connection with any transfer of
Securities other than pursuant to an effective registration statement or to the
Company, except as otherwise set forth herein, the Company may require the
transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by
the transferor, 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.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company, without requiring a legal opinion as
described in the immediately preceding sentence, hereby consents to and agrees
to register on the books of the Company and with any transfer agent for the
securities of the Company any transfer of Securities by a Purchaser to an
Affiliate of such Purchaser or to one or more funds or managed accounts under
common management with such Purchaser, and any transfer among any such
Affiliates or one or more funds or managed accounts, provided that the
transferee certifies to the Company that it is an "accredited investor" as
defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act and that it is acquiring the
Securities solely for investment purposes (subject to the qualifications
hereof). 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 and
the Registration Rights Agreement.

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     (b) The Purchasers agree to the imprinting, so long as is required by this
Section 3.1(b), of the following legend on the Securities:

               [NEITHER] THESE SECURITIES [NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE
          SECURITIES ARE EXERCISABLE] HAVE 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.

     Neither the Shares nor Underlying Shares shall contain the legend set forth
above nor any other legend at any time while an Underlying Shares Registration
Statement is effective under the Securities Act or, in the event there is not an
effective Underlying Shares Registration Statement at such time 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 the legal opinion
included in the Transfer Agent Instructions to the Company's transfer agent on
the date that such Underlying Shares Registration Statement is declared
effective by the Commission (the "Effective Date"). The Company agrees that
following the Effective Date, it will, no later than three (3) Trading Days
following the delivery by a Purchaser to the Company of a certificate or
certificates representing Shares, deliver to such Purchaser an identical
certificate or certificates representing such Shares which shall be free from
such legend. The Company further agrees that if any Shares or Underlying Shares
are issued with a legend in accordance with this Section 3.1(b), it will, within
three (3) Trading Days after request therefor by a Purchaser, provide such
Purchaser with a certificate or certificates representing such Shares or
Underlying Shares, free from such legend at such time as such legend would not
have been required under this Section 3.1(b) had such issuance occurred on the
date of such request. The Company may not make any notation on its records or
give instructions to any transfer agent of the Company which enlarge the
restrictions of transfer set forth in this Section.

     3.2 Acknowledgment of Dilution. The Company acknowledges that the issuance
of Underlying Shares upon exercise of the Warrants will 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 obligation
to issue Underlying Shares upon exercise of the Warrants pursuant to the terms
thereof is unconditional and absolute (subject to the limitations set forth in
the Warrants) regardless of the effect of any such dilution.

     3.3 Furnishing of Information. As long as the Purchasers own 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 Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act. As long as the Purchasers own Securities, if the Company is not
required to file reports pursuant to such sections, it will prepare and furnish
to the Purchasers and make publicly available in accordance with Rule 144(c)
promulgated under the Securities Act such information as is required for the
Purchasers to sell the Securities under Rule 144 promulgated under

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the Securities Act. The Company further covenants that it will take such further
action as any holder of Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent
required from time to time to enable such Person to sell Underlying Shares
without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the
exemptions provided by Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, including
causing its attorneys to render and deliver any legal opinion required in order
to permit a Purchaser to sell Underlying Shares under Rule 144 upon notice of an
intention to sell or other form of notice having a similar effect. Upon the
request of any such Person, the Company shall deliver to such Person a written
certification of a duly authorized officer as to whether it has complied with
such requirements.

     3.4 Integration. The Company shall not, and shall use its best efforts to
ensure that, no Affiliate of the Company shall, 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 the NASDAQ.

     3.5 Increase in Authorized Shares. If on any date the Company would be, if
a notice of exercise were to be delivered on such date, precluded from issuing
the sum of (i) 200% of the number of Underlying Shares then issuable upon
exercise in full of the Adjustable Warrants and (ii) the number of Underlying
Shares issuable upon exercise in full of the Closing Warrants (the "Current
Required Minimum") due to the unavailability of a sufficient number of
authorized but unissued or reserved shares of Common Stock, then the Board of
Directors of the Company shall promptly (and in any case, within 30 Business
Days from such date) prepare and mail to the stockholders of the Company proxy
materials requesting authorization to amend the Company's certificate or
articles of incorporation to increase the number of shares of Common Stock which
the Company is authorized to issue to at least such number of shares as
reasonably requested by the Purchasers in order to provide for such number of
authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock to enable the Company to comply
with its issuance, exercise and reservation of shares obligations as set forth
in this Agreement and the Warrants (the sum of (x) the number of shares of
Common Stock then outstanding plus all shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of all outstanding options, warrants and convertible instruments other
than the Warrants, and (y) the Current Required Minimum, shall be a reasonable
number). In connection therewith, the Board of Directors shall (a) adopt proper
resolutions authorizing such increase, (b) recommend to and otherwise use its
best efforts to promptly and duly obtain stockholder approval to carry out such
resolutions (and hold a special meeting of the stockholders no later than the
earlier to occur of the 60th day after delivery of the proxy materials relating
to such meeting and the 90th day after request by a holder of Warrants to issue
the number of Underlying Shares in accordance with the terms hereof) and (c)
within five (5) Business Days of obtaining such stockholder authorization, file
an appropriate amendment to the Company's certificate or articles of
incorporation to evidence such increase.

     3.6 Reservation and Listing of Underlying Shares. (a) To the extent
required by NASDAQ and such other national securities exchange of market or
trading or quotation facility on which the Common Stock is then listed for
trading, the Company shall (i) in the time and manner required by the NASDAQ and
such other national securities exchange or market or trading or quotation
facility on which the Common Stock is then listed for trading, prepare and file
with the NASDAQ (and such other national securities exchange or market or
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which the Common Stock is then listed for trading) an additional shares listing
application covering a number of shares of Common Stock which is not less than
the Initial Minimum, (ii) take all steps necessary to cause such shares of
Common Stock to be approved for listing on the NASDAQ (as well as on any such
other national securities exchange or market or trading or quotation facility on
which the Common Stock is then listed) as soon as possible thereafter, and (iii)
provide to the Purchasers evidence of such listing, and the Company shall
maintain the listing of its Common Stock thereon. If the number of Underlying
Shares issuable upon exercise of the then unexercised portion of the Warrants
exceeds 85% of the number of Underlying Shares previously listed on account
thereof with the NASDAQ (and any such other required exchanges), then the
Company shall take the necessary actions to immediately list a number of
Underlying Shares as equals no less than the then Current Required Minimum with
respect thereto.

     (b) The Company shall maintain a reserve of shares of Common Stock for
issuance upon exercise in full of the Warrants in accordance with the Warrants,
in such amount as may be required to fulfill its obligations in full under the
Transaction Documents, which reserve shall equal no less than the then Current
Required Minimum.

     3.7 Exercise Procedures. The Transfer Agent Instructions and Form of
Election to Purchase under the Warrants set forth the totality of the procedures
with respect to the exercise of the Warrants, including the form of legal
opinion, if necessary, that shall be rendered to the Company's transfer agent
and such other information and instructions as may be reasonably necessary to
enable the Purchasers to exercise the Warrants.

     3.8 Right of First Refusal; Subsequent Registrations. (a) The Company shall
not, directly or indirectly, without the prior written consent of the
Purchasers, offer, sell, grant any option to purchase, or otherwise dispose of
(or announce any offer, sale, grant or any option to purchase or other
disposition) any of its or its Affiliates' equity or equity-equivalent
securities including the issuance of any debt or other instrument at any time
over the life thereof convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock, or any
other transaction intended to be exempt or not subject to registration under the
Securities Act (a "Subsequent Placement") until the 120th Trading Day following
the Effective Date provided, that such 120 Trading Day period shall be extended
for the number of Trading Days during such period (A) in which trading in the
Common Stock is suspended by the NASDAQ or such market or quotation system on
which the Common Stock is then listed, or (B) during which the Underlying Shares
Registration Statement is not effective, or (C) during which the prospectus
included in the Underlying Shares Registration Statement may not be used by the
holders thereof for the resale of Underlying Shares, except (i) the granting of
options or warrants to employees, officers, directors, or information technology
consultants of the Company, (ii) shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise
of currently outstanding options and warrants and upon conversion of any
currently outstanding convertible securities or debt of the Company, in each
case to the extent disclosed in Schedule 2.1(c) but not with respect to any
amendment or modification thereof, (iii) shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of the Warrants in accordance with the terms thereof and (iv) the
granting of warrants to acquire up to an aggregate of 50,000 shares of Common
Stock at a price per share of Common Stock equal to or greater than the market
price of the Common Stock on the date of the issuance thereof, in connection
with bona fide debt, credit or equipment financing transactions but shall not
include transactions in which the Company is issuing warrants to an entity whose
primary business is investing in securities,

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unless (A) the Company delivers to each Purchaser a written notice (the
"Subsequent Placement Notice") of its intention to effect such Subsequent
Placement, which Subsequent Placement Notice shall describe in reasonable detail
the proposed terms of such Subsequent Placement, the amount of proceeds intended
to be raised thereunder, the Person with whom such Subsequent Placement shall be
effected, and attached to which shall be a term sheet or similar document
relating thereto and (B) such Purchaser shall not have notified the Company by
6:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth (5th)Trading Day after its receipt
of the Subsequent Placement Notice of its willingness to cause such Purchaser to
provide (or to cause its sole designee to provide), subject to completion of
mutually acceptable documentation, financing to the Company on the same terms
set forth in the Subsequent Placement Notice. If the Purchasers shall fail to
notify the Company of their intention to enter into such negotiations within
such time period, the Company may effect the Subsequent Placement substantially
upon the terms and to the Persons (or Affiliates of such Persons) set forth in
the Subsequent Placement Notice; provided, that the Company shall provide the
Purchasers with a second Subsequent Placement Notice, and the Purchasers shall
again have the right of first refusal set forth above in this Section (a), if
the Subsequent Placement subject to the initial Subsequent Placement Notice
shall not have been consummated for any reason on the terms set forth in such
Subsequent Placement Notice within thirty (30) Trading Days after the date of
the initial Subsequent Placement Notice with the Person (or an Affiliate of such
Person) identified in the Subsequent Placement Notice. If the Purchasers shall
indicate a willingness to provide financing in excess of the amount set forth in
the Subsequent Placement Notice, then each Purchaser shall be entitled to
provide financing pursuant to such Subsequent Placement Notice up to an amount
equal to such Purchaser's pro-rata portion of the aggregate number of Shares
purchased by such Purchaser under this Agreement, but the Company shall not be
required to accept financing from the Purchasers in an amount in excess of the
amount set forth in the Subsequent Placement Notice. The rights of the
Purchasers under this Section shall apply to each Subsequent Placement
contemplated by the Company or such Subsidiary, regardless of any prior waivers
or non-participation.

     (b) Except for Shares, Underlying Shares and other "Registrable Securities"
(as such term is defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) to be registered,
and securities of the Company as set forth in Schedule 6(b) of the
Registration's Rights Agreement to be registered, in the Underlying Shares
Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, and
Common Stock permitted to be issued pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) - (iv) of
Section 3.8 (a), the Company shall not for a period of 90 Trading Days after the
Effective Date, without the prior written consent of the Purchasers (i) issue or
sell any of its or any of its Affiliates' equity or equity-equivalent securities
pursuant to Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act, or (ii) file a
registration statement for the issuance or resale of any securities of the
Company. Any days after the Effective Date that a Purchaser is not permitted or
unable to utilize the prospectus or otherwise to resell Shares or Underlying
Shares under the Underlying Shares Registration Statement shall be added to such
90 Trading Day period for the purposes of this Section.

     3.9 Certain Securities Laws Disclosures; Publicity. The Company shall, on
the Closing Date, issue a press release acceptable to the Purchasers disclosing
the transactions contemplated hereby and provide a copy thereof to the
Purchasers promptly after the filing thereof. No filing or disclosure may be
made that mentions the Purchasers by name without the prior consent of the
Purchasers. The Company and the Purchasers shall consult with each other in
issuing any press releases or otherwise making public statements or filings and
other communications with the Commission or any regulatory agency or stock
market or trading facility with respect to the

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transactions contemplated hereby and neither party shall issue any such press
release or otherwise make any such public statement, filings or other
communications without the prior written consent of the other, which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, except that no prior consent
shall be required if such disclosure is required by law, in which such case the
disclosing party shall provide the other party with prior notice of such public
statement, filing or other communication. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Company shall not publicly disclose the names of the Purchasers, or include the
names of the Purchasers in any filing with the Commission, or any regulatory
agency, trading facility or stock market without the prior written consent of
the Purchasers, except to the extent such disclosure (but not any disclosure as
to the controlling Persons thereof) is required by law, in which case the
Company shall provide the Purchasers with prior notice of such disclosure.

     3.10 Use of Proceeds. The Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale
of the Securities hereunder for working capital and general corporate purposes
and not for the redemption of any shares of the Company's Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock and Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, each as described in
Schedule 2.1(c) hereof, provided, that no such restriction shall exist with
respect to the net proceeds from the sale of either the First Additional
Securities (as defined in the Letter Agreement) or the Second Additional
Securities (as defined in the Letter Agreement), pursuant to the terms of the
Letter Agreement.

     3.11 Reimbursement. If any Purchaser, other than by reason of its gross
negligence or willful misconduct, becomes involved in any capacity in any
action, proceeding or investigation brought by or against any Person, including
stockholders of the Company, in connection with or as a result of the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by Transaction Documents, the
Company will reimburse such Purchaser for its reasonable legal and other
expenses (including the cost of any investigation and preparation) incurred in
connection therewith, as such expenses are incurred. In addition, other than
with respect to any matter in which a Purchaser is a named party, the Company
will pay such Purchaser the charges, as reasonably determined by such Purchaser,
for the time of any officers or employees of such Purchaser devoted to appearing
and preparing to appear as witnesses, assisting in preparation for hearings,
trials or pretrial matters, or otherwise with respect to inquiries, hearings,
trials, and other proceedings relating to the subject matter of this Agreement.
The reimbursement obligations of the Company under this paragraph shall be in
addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have, shall extend
upon the same terms and conditions to any Affiliates of the Purchasers who are
actually named in such action, proceeding or investigation, and partners,
directors, agents, employees and controlling persons (if any), as the case may
be, of the Purchasers and any such Affiliate, and shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of any successors, assigns, heirs and personal
representatives of the Company, the Purchasers and any such Affiliate and any
such Person. The Company also agrees that neither the Purchasers nor any such
Affiliates, partners, directors, agents, employees or controlling persons shall
have any liability to the Company or any Person asserting claims on behalf of or
in right of the Company in connection with or as a result of the consummation of
the Transaction Documents except to the extent that any losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or expenses incurred by the Company result from the gross negligence
or willful misconduct of the applicable Purchaser or entity in connection with
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

     3.12 Certain Trading Restrictions. Each Purchaser agrees that from the
period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the Expiration Date (as
defined in the Adjustable

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Warrants) it will not, during the 25 Trading Days preceding each Vesting Date
(as defined in the Adjustable Warrants), enter into any net short sales.

                                   ARTICLE IV
                                  MISCELLANEOUS

     4.1 Fees and Expenses. At the Closing the Company shall reimburse the
Purchasers for their legal fees and expenses incurred in connection with the
preparation and negotiation of the Transaction Documents by paying to Robinson
Silverman up to $25,000 for the preparation and negotiation of the Transaction
Documents. The amount contemplated by the immediately preceding sentence shall
be retained by the Purchasers and shall not be delivered to the Company at the
Closing. Other than the amount contemplated herein and except as otherwise set
forth in the Registration Rights Agreement, 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 stamp and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the
issuance of the Securities.

     4.2 Entire Agreement; Amendments. The Transaction Documents, together with
the Exhibits and Schedules thereto and the Transfer Agent Instructions, 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 schedules.

     4.3 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 (i) the date of transmission, if
such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile
telephone number specified in this Section prior to 6:30 p.m. (New York City
time) on a Business Day, (ii) the Business Day after the date of transmission,
if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile
telephone number specified in this Agreement later than 6:30 p.m. (New York City
time) on any date and earlier than 11:59 p.m. (New York City time) on such date,
(iii) the Business Day following the date of mailing, if sent by nationally
recognized overnight courier service and marked for next Business Day delivery,
or (iv) 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 follows:

     If to the Company:      Viisage Technology, Inc.
                             30 Porter Road
                             Littleton, MA 01460
                             Fax: (978) 952-2225
                             Attn: Chief Executive Officer

     With a copy to:         Finnegan, Hickey, Dinsmoor & Johnson, P.C.
                             175 Federal Street
                             Boston, MA  02110
                             Facsimile No.:  (617) 422-6080

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                             Attn:  Charles J. Johnson, Esq.

     If to a Purchaser:      To the address set forth under such
                             Purchaser's name on the signature
                             pages hereto

or such other address as may be designated in writing hereafter, in the same
manner, by such Person.

     4.4 Amendments; Waivers. No provision of this Agreement may be waived or
amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by
both the Company and the Purchasers or, in the case of a waiver, by the party
against whom enforcement of any such waiver 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 other
provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of
either party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise
of any such right accruing to it thereafter.

     4.5 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.

     4.6 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 the Purchasers. Except as set forth in
Section 3.1(a), the Purchasers may not assign this Agreement or any of the
rights or obligations hereunder without the consent of the Company. This
provision shall not limit any Purchaser's right to transfer securities or
transfer or assign rights under the Registration Rights Agreement.

     4.7 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.

     4.8 Governing Law. The corporate laws of the State of Delaware shall govern
all issues concerning the relative rights of the Company and its stockholders.
All other questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and
interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced
in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to
the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party hereby irrevocably
submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in
the City of New York, borough of Manhattan, 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 the 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. 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 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 manner permitted
by law.

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     4.9 Survival. The representations, warranties, agreements and covenants
contained herein shall survive the Closing and the delivery and exercise of the
Warrants.

     4.10 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, such signature shall create a valid and binding
obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is
executed) the same with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature
page were an original thereof.

     4.11 Severability. In case any one or more of the provisions of this
Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, the validity and
enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement shall not
in any way be affecting or impaired thereby and the parties will attempt to
agree upon a valid and enforceable provision which shall be a reasonable
substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing, shall incorporate such substitute
provision in this Agreement.

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

     4.13 Independent Nature of Purchasers' Obligations and Rights. The
obligations of each Purchaser under any Transaction Document is several and not
joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be
responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other
Purchaser under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any
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 with respect to such obligations or
the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Document. 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 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.

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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.

                             VIISAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.

                             By: /s/  Thomas J. Colatosti
                               --------------------------
                               Name:  Thomas J. Colatosti
                               Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

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                        STRONG RIVER INVESTMENTS, INC.

                        By:   /s/ Kenneth L. Henderson
                              ------------------------
                              Name:  Kenneth L. Henderson, Esq.
                              Title: Attorney In Fact

                        Purchase Price for Shares:             $4,000,000

                        Number of Shares to be acquired:          391,917

                        Warrant Shares subject to Closing
                        Warrant:                                   97,979

                        Jurisdiction of Organization: British Virgin Islands

                        Address for Notice:

                        Strong River Investments, Inc.
                        c/o Gonzalez-Ruiz & Aleman (BVI) Limited
                        Wickhams Cay I, Vanterpool Plaza
                        P.O. Box 873
                        Road Town, Tortolla. B.V.I.

                        With a copy to:
                        Robinson Silverman Pearce Aronsohn &
                         Berman LLP
                        1290 Avenue of the Americas
                        New York, NY  10104
                        Facsimile No.:  (212) 541-4630 and (212) 541-1432
                        Attn: Kenneth L. Henderson, Esq. and Eric L. Cohen, Esq.

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