---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-020725"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BKYI"
cik: "0001019034"
company_name: "BIO KEY INTERNATIONAL INC"
filed_at: "2023-07-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T02:06:46.362231+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BIO-key stockholders elect six directors, ratify auditor, approve say-on-pay at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- All six director nominees elected; Michael DePasquale received 2,257,370 For, 511,573 Withheld.
- Ratification of Marcum LLP as auditor for FY 2023 approved with 4,139,367 For, 1,294,602 Against.
- Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation passed with 2,117,139 For, 588,218 Against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-020725
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BKYI
- cik: 0001019034
- company_name: BIO KEY INTERNATIONAL INC
- filed_at: 2023-07-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1019034/000143774923020725/0001437749-23-020725-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1019034/000143774923020725/bkyi20230726_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-020725.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  BIO KEY INTERNATIONAL INC shareholders approved Election of directors for a one-year term at the 2023-07-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-07-24
  source text: 1. Proposal to elect the following nominees to serve as members of the Company’s board of directors for a one-year term: Michael W. DePasquale, Wong Kwok Fong (Kelvin), Thomas E. Bush, III, Robert J. Michel, Emmanuel Alia, and Cameron E. Williams. Each of the nominees were elected and the final voting results were as follows: Name Votes For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Michael DePasquale 2,257,370 511,573 2,740,194 Wong Kwok Fong (Kelvin) 2,261,052 507,891 2,740,194 Thomas E. Bush, III 2,275,350 495,593 2,740,194 Robert J. Michel 1,783,395 985,548 2,740,194 Emmanuel Alia 2,056,284 712,659 2,740,194 Cameron E. Williams 1,776,537 992,406 2,740,194
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1019034/000143774923020725/0001437749-23-020725-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BIO KEY INTERNATIONAL INC shareholders approved Advisory vote on compensation of named executive officers at the 2023-07-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-07-24
  source text: 3. Proposal to approve, on a non-binding and advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers. The proposal was approved and the final voting results were as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 2,117,139 588,218 63,586 2,740,194
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1019034/000143774923020725/0001437749-23-020725-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BIO KEY INTERNATIONAL INC shareholders approved Ratification of the selection of Marcum LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-07-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-07-24
  source text: 2. Proposal to ratify the selection of Marcum LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023. The proposal was approved and the final voting results were as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 4,139,367 1,294,602 75,168 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1019034/000143774923020725/0001437749-23-020725-index.htm

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