Private company

L-1 Identity Solutions

American biometric technology corporation

L-1 Identity Solutions, Inc. was an American biometric technology company headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, specializing in identity management products and services including facial recognition systems, fingerprint readers, and secure credentialing solutions for governments and commercial enterprises. The company's shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "ID."3 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

2006Founded1
  • IndustryServices-Computer Integrated Systems Design1
  • HeadquartersStamford1
  • Listed onNew York Stock Exchange1
  • Incorporated inDE4
  • Business address177 Broad Street, Stamford, Ct 069014
  • Filer categoryLarge Accelerated, Well Known Seasoned Issuer4

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L-1 Identity Solutions, Inc. was an American biometric technology company headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, specializing in identity management products and services including facial recognition systems, fingerprint readers, and secure credentialing solutions for governments and commercial enterprises. The company's shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "ID."3

What it owns

What L-1 Identity Solutions reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Property and equipment

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Property and equipment, net$126.2M6 Dec 31, 2010$115.5M6 Dec 31, 2009+9.3%

Investments

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Cash and cash equivalents$3.1M6 Dec 31, 2010$6.6M6 Dec 31, 2009−53.4%

Intangibles and goodwill

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Goodwill$700.3M6 Dec 31, 2010$889.8M6 Dec 31, 2009−21.3%
Finite-lived intangibles, net$61.3M6 Dec 31, 2010$102.4M6 Dec 31, 2009−40.2%

Inventory

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Inventory, total$32.7M6 Dec 31, 2010$29.4M6 Dec 31, 2009+11.2%

The story

L-1 Identity Solutions was formed on August 29, 2006, from a merger of Viisage Technology, Inc. and Identix Incorporated. Prior to the Safran acquisition, L-1 divested its Intelligence Services Group (ISG) comprising SpecTal LLC, Advanced Concepts Inc., and McClendon LLC to BAE Systems, Inc. for approximately $297 million. The transaction, initially announced in September 2010, closed on February 15, 2011, with more than 1,000 ISG employees joining BAE Systems' Intelligence & Security sector. It specializes in selling face recognition systems, electronic passports, such as Fly Clear, and other biometric technology to governments such as the United States and Saudi Arabia. It also licenses technology to other companies internationally, including China.

On July 26, 2011, Safran (NYSE Euronext Paris: SAF) acquired L-1 Identity Solutions, Inc. for a total cash amount of USD 1.09 billion. L-1 was part of Morpho's MorphoTrust department which rebranded to Idemia in 2017.

Bioscrypt is a biometrics research, development and manufacturing company purchased by L-1 Identity Solutions. It provides fingerprint IP readers for physical access control systems, Facial recognition system readers for contactless access control authentication and OEM fingerprint modules for embedded applications. According to IMS Research, Bioscrypt has been the world market leader in biometric access control for enterprises (since 2006) with a worldwide market share of over 13%. In 2011, Bioscrypt was sold to Safran Morpho.

From Wikipedia’s article on L-1 Identity Solutions, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Leadership

Who has led L-1 Identity Solutions, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

  1. Bernard C. Bailey2006

President

  1. Bernard C. Bailey2006

Chief financial officer

  1. James Depalma2006–2011
2010201520202025
Board members and other officers (24)

Former names

  • VIISAGE TECHNOLOGY INCOct 15, 1996 to Aug 29, 20064

Timeline

  1. Feb 10, 2006New chief executive Bernard C. Bailey becomes CEO7
  2. 2006Founded Founded1

SEC filer profile

How L-1 Identity Solutions is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, from its EDGAR record and the cover page of its latest annual report.

  • Name on EDGARL-1 IDENTITY SOLUTIONS, INC.2
  • CIK0001018332
  • Employer ID (EIN)04-33205152
  • Filer statusLarge accelerated<br>well known seasoned issuer2
  • Incorporated inDelaware2
  • Fiscal year endsDecember 312
  • Industry code (SIC)7373 Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design2
  • Business address177 Broad Street, Stamford, CT 069012
  • Phone203-504-11002
  • Shares outstanding90,431,643 as of May 5, 201132
  • Public float$630.3M as of Jun 30, 201032
  • On EDGAR sinceAug 22, 19962
  • Filings862 in all: 4 (280), 8-K (131), 10-Q (44), S-8 POS (30), 425 (24), 3 (23), POS AM (21), S-8 (19)2
    All 60 form types

    EFFECT (18), UPLOAD (18), 5 (16), DEFA14A (16), CORRESP (14), DEF 14A (14), SC 13G/A (14), 10-K (13), 8-K/A (13), S-3 (13), SC 13D/A (12), SC 13G (10), S-3/A (9), 11-K (7), 10-K/A (6), 4/A (6), SC 13D (6), 10-Q/A (5), PRE 14A (5), REGDEX (5), S-1/A (5), S-4/A (5), SC TO-T/A (5), 15-12B (4), 424B3 (4), ARS (4), S-3ASR (4), 424B4 (3), PRER14A (3), 10-K405 (2), 424B7 (2), DEFM14A (2), DFAN14A (2), NT 10-K (2), NT 10-Q (2), POSASR (2), PREM14A (2), RW (2), S-1 (2), 15-12G (1), 25 (1), 25-NSE (1), 5/A (1), 8-A12B (1), 8-A12G (1), CERTNYS (1), DEF 14C (1), DEFS14A (1), PRE 14C (1), S-4 (1), SC TO-C (1), SC TO-T (1)

  • Latest filingsAnnual report (10-K) Mar 1, 2011
    Quarterly report (10-Q) May 10, 2011
    Proxy statement (DEF 14A) Mar 16, 2010
    Latest 8-K (8-K) Jul 26, 2011

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