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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-12-031346
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20120521
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120522
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120522

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			STAFFORD JOHN S III
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001218981

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-21129
		FILM NUMBER:		12862527

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		230 SOUTH LASALLE STREET 400
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60604

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AWARE INC /MA/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001015739
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES [3674]
		IRS NUMBER:				042911026
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		40 MIDDLESEX TURNPIKE
		CITY:			BEDFORD
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01730
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6172764000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		40 MIDDLESEX TURNPIKE
		CITY:			BEDFORD
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01730

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Ronin Capital, LLC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001512282
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-21129
		FILM NUMBER:		12862526

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		350 N. ORLEANS, SUITE 2N
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60654
		BUSINESS PHONE:		312-244-5284

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		350 N. ORLEANS, SUITE 2N
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60654
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        <issuerName>AWARE INC /MA/</issuerName>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The reported shares of common stock of Aware Inc. are held in a Class C Capital Account of John S. Stafford, III at Ronin Capital, LLC (&quot;Ronin&quot;), a limited liability company owned and managed by Mr. Stafford. Mr. Stafford is the indirect beneficial owner of all of the shares of common stock of Aware Inc. held of record by Ronin.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Exhibits: 24.1 Power of Attorney</remarks>

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        <signatureName>/s/ Agnes Burda as Attorney-in-Fact for: John S. Stafford III</signatureName>
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        <signatureName>/s/ Agnes Burda as Attorney-in-Fact for: John S. Stafford III, authorized signatory for Ronin Capital, LLC</signatureName>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right">Exhibit 24.1</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">POWER OF ATTORNEY</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 45.8pt">KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
hereby constitutes and appoints <U>James C. Griffin </U>and <U>Agnes Burda</U>, each as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact
to:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 45.8pt">(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned,
in the undersigned's capacity as an officer, director and/or direct or indirect holder of 10% or more of a registered class of
securities of a company subject to reporting under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;Exchange Act&rdquo;),
Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder, and/or authenticating documents
pursuant to the rules governing the EDGAR Filer Management System of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;SEC&rdquo;)
and application thereto;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 45.8pt">(2) do and perform any and all acts for
and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete
and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority;
and</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 45.8pt">(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever
in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of,
or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of
the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact
may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 45.8pt">The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in
the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact,
or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney
and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such
capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16
of the Exchange Act.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 45.8pt">This Power of Attorney shall remain in
full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings
of and transactions in securities subject to reporting under Section 16 of the Exchange Act, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned
in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">to be executed as of this <U>16<SUP>th</SUP></U> day of <U>May
2012</U>.</P>

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