---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-001055"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BKYI"
cik: "0001019034"
company_name: "BIO KEY INTERNATIONAL INC"
filed_at: "2023-01-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T15:09:27.265194+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BIO-key International receives Nasdaq notice: bid price below $1 for 30 days, faces delisting risk

## Summary
- Nasdaq notified BIO-key on Jan 12, 2023, that bid price was under $1 for 30 consecutive days.
- Company has 180 days, until July 11, 2023, to regain compliance by closing at $1 for 10 days.
- If not compliant by July 11, BIO-key may qualify for an additional 180-day cure period.
- Options to cure include a reverse stock split; trading is unaffected for now.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-001055
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BKYI
- cik: 0001019034
- company_name: BIO KEY INTERNATIONAL INC
- filed_at: 2023-01-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1019034/000143774923001055/0001437749-23-001055-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1019034/000143774923001055/bkyi20230113_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Listing & Compliance Notices
  BIO KEY INTERNATIONAL INC received a nasdaq deficiency notice notice regarding minimum bid price (rules 5550(a)(2)).
  - Exchange: nasdaq
  - Notice: deficiency notice
  - Deficiency: minimum bid price
  - Rules: 5550(a)(2)
  source text: January 12, 2023, BIO-key International, Inc. (the “Company”), received a letter (the “Letter”) from the staff of The Nasdaq Capital Market LLC (the “Nasdaq Capital Market”) stating that the Company’s closing bid price for the last 30 consecutive business days was less than $1.00 per share. As a result, the Company does not satisfy the continued listing requirement to maintain a minimum bid price of $1.00 per share, as set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) (the “Bid Price Rule”). The notification had no immediate effect on the listing or trading of the common stock on the Nasdaq Capital
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1019034/000143774923001055/0001437749-23-001055-index.htm

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