0000909450-11-000032.txt : 20110531 0000909450-11-000032.hdr.sgml : 20110530 20110531201710 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000909450-11-000032 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110527 FILED AS OF DATE: 20110531 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110531 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: IMAGEWARE SYSTEMS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000941685 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372] IRS NUMBER: 330224167 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 10815 RANCHO BERNARDO RD., STREET 2: SUITE 310 CITY: SAN DIEGO STATE: CA ZIP: 92127 BUSINESS PHONE: 8586738600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 10815 RANCHO BERNARDO RD., STREET 2: SUITE 310 CITY: SAN DIEGO STATE: CA ZIP: 92127 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: IMAGEWARE SOFTWARE INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19991123 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GRUBER & MCBAINE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000909450 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-15757 FILM NUMBER: 11883198 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 50 OSGOOD PLACE PENTHOUSE CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94133 BUSINESS PHONE: 4159811039 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 50 OSGOOD PLACE CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94133 FORMER NAME: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GRUBER & MCBAINE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT/GRUBER JON D ET AL DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19951108 4 1 primary_doc.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0303 4 2011-05-27 0 0000941685 IMAGEWARE SYSTEMS INC IWSY 0000909450 GRUBER & MCBAINE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 50 OSGOOD PLACE SAN FRANCISCO CA 94133 0 0 1 0 Common Stock 2011-05-27 4 S 0 900 1.36 D 283352 D Common Stock 2011-05-27 4 S 0 1200 1.36 D 626610 D Common Stock 2011-05-27 4 S 0 7700 1.36 D 3502720 I By Limited Partnership and Investment Advisory Accounts Common Stock 2011-05-31 4 S 0 200 1.36 D 283152 D Common Stock 2011-05-31 4 S 0 240 1.36 D 626370 D Common Stock 2011-05-31 4 S 0 1590 1.36 D 3501130 I By Limited Partnership and Investment Advisory Accounts This form is filed by Gruber & McBaine Capital Management, LLC (GMCM), a limited liability company that is an investment adviser for client accounts and a general partner of investment limited partnerships; Jon D. Gruber (Gruber) and J. Patterson McBaine (McBaine), who are managers,members and portfolio managers of GMCM; Eric B Swergold (Swergold) who is a member and portfolio manager of GMCM who is a member and portfolio advisor of GMCM. By Gruber. By McBaine. This total is the number of shares beneficially owned after the transactions reported in accounts and investment partnerships in which the reporting persons have some pecuniary interest; the total excludes shares held in other client accounts managed by GMCM in which the reporting persons have no pecuniary interest. By GMCM, as an investment adviser for client accounts and a general partner of investment partnerships,and by Gruber and McBaine as managers, members and portfolio managers of GMCM, and by Swergold as a member and portfolio manager of GMCM. GMCM, Gruber, McBaine, and Swergold have pecuniary interest in those client accounts and partnerships that in the aggregate represent less than the total number of shares shown in Items 4 and 5. Each such reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities with respect to which indirect beneficial ownership is reported, except to the extent of that reporting persons pro rata pecuniary interest therein. GRUBER & MCBAINE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT,LLC By: /s/ J. Patterson McBaine, J.Patterson McBaine, Manager 2011-05-31