ImageWare Systems, Inc. (OTCMKTS:IWSY) Files An 8-K Other Events

ImageWare Systems, Inc. (OTCMKTS:IWSY) Files An 8-K Other Events
Item 8.01 accordingly.

The information provided herein shall supersede the information previously reported in Item 8.01. There are no changes to Items 1.01, 2.03 or 9.01 of the Form8-K.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On March 4, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the \”Commission\”) issued an order under Section 36 (Release No. 34-88318) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (\”Exchange Act\”), granting exemptions from specified provisions of the Exchange Act and certain rules thereunder (the \”Order\”). The Order provides that a registrant subject to the reporting requirements of Exchange Act Section 13(a) or 15(d), and any person required to make any filings with respect to such a registrant, is exempt from any requirement to file or furnish materials with the Commission under Exchange Act Sections 13(a), 13(f), 13(g), 14(a), 14(c), 14(f), 15(d) and Regulations 13A, Regulation 13D-G (except for those provisions mandating the filing of Schedule 13D or amendments to Schedule 13D), 14A, 14C and 15D, and Exchange Act Rules 13f-1, and 14f-1, as applicable, where certain conditions are satisfied.
The Company is furnishing this Current Report on Form 8-K to indicate its reliance on the Order in connection with the filing of the Company\’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2020 as a result of the circumstances set forth below.
After the diagnosis of the coronavirus (\”COVID-19\”) in close proximity of the Company\’s employees in March 2020, the Company closed its corporate offices and requested that all employees work remotely until further notice. Employees affected include certain of its key personnel responsible for assisting the Company in the preparation of its financial statements. In view of these ongoing circumstances, the Company has been unable to timely provide its auditors and accountants with financial records to provide consent, and therefore allow the Company to file a timely and accurate Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ending March 31, 2020 by the prescribed date without undue hardship and expense to the Company.
Accordingly, in reliance upon the Order, the Company expects to file its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ending March 31, 2020, no later than June 29, 2020 (which is 45 days from the original filing deadline of May 15, 2020).
As previously disclosed on its Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 16, 2020, the Company is supplementing the risk factors previously disclosed in the Company\’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 and its subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q with the following risk factor:
Our business may suffer from the severity or longevity of the Coronavirus/COVID-19 global outbreak.
The Coronavirus (\”COVID-19\”) is currently impacting countries, communities, supply chains and markets, as well as the global financial markets. To date, COVID-19 has not had a material impact on the Company, other than as set forth above. However, the Company cannot predict whether COVID-19 will have a material impact on our financial condition and results of operations due to understaffing, disruptions in government spending, among other factors. In addition, at this time we cannot predict the impact of COVID-19 on our ability to obtain financing necessary for the Company to fund its working capital requirements. In most respects, it is too early in the COVID-19 pandemic to be able to quantify or qualify the longer-term ramifications on our business, our customers and/or our potential investors.

About ImageWare Systems, Inc. (OTCMKTS:IWSY)

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ImageWare Systems Incorporated (ImageWare) provides biometrically enabled software-based identity management solutions. The Company’s product, IWS Biometric Engine, is a multi-biometric software platform that is hardware and algorithm independent, enabling the enrollment and management of unlimited population sizes. It allows a user to utilize one or more biometrics on an integrated platform. Its products are used to manage and issue secure credentials, including national identifications (IDs), passports, driver licenses and access control credentials. It also provides authentication security software using biometrics to secure physical and logical access to facilities or computer networks or Internet sites. ImageWare categorizes its identity management products and services into three markets, including Biometrics, Secure Credential, and Law Enforcement and Public Safety markets.

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