---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-010926"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BKYI"
cik: "0001019034"
company_name: "BIO KEY INTERNATIONAL INC"
filed_at: "2023-04-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T18:12:53.294484+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BIO-key receives Nasdaq non-compliance notice for late 10-K filing

## Summary
- Nasdaq notified BIO-key on April 18, 2023, of non-compliance with Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) due to failure to file annual 10-K for FY2022.
- Company has 60 days to submit a compliance plan; Nasdaq may grant up to 180 days extension until October 16, 2023.
- Late filing attributed to compilation and review delays deemed undue hardship; no immediate effect on stock listing.
- BIO-key intends to file the 10-K as soon as practicable to regain compliance.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-010926
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BKYI
- cik: 0001019034
- company_name: BIO KEY INTERNATIONAL INC
- filed_at: 2023-04-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1019034/000143774923010926/0001437749-23-010926-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1019034/000143774923010926/bkyi20230421_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Listing & Compliance Notices
  BIO KEY INTERNATIONAL INC received a nasdaq deficiency notice notice regarding late filing (rules 5250(c)(1)).
  - Exchange: nasdaq
  - Notice: deficiency notice
  - Deficiency: late filing
  - Rules: 5250(c)(1)
  source text: April 18, 2023, BIO-key International, Inc. (the “Company”) received notice from The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC (“Nasdaq”) indicating that the Company was not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1), which requires listed companies to timely file all required periodic financial reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), due to the Company’s failure to timely file its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 (the “Form 10-K”). The notification letter has no immediate effect on the listing or trading of the Company’s common stock on the Nas
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1019034/000143774923010926/0001437749-23-010926-index.htm

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