---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-013049"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BKYI"
cik: "0001019034"
company_name: "BIO KEY INTERNATIONAL INC"
filed_at: "2026-04-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T04:47:09.010052+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 delayed 10-K filing

## Summary
- Notice received April 16, 2026 for failure to timely file 2025 Form 10-K.
- Rule violated: Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) for periodic financial reports.
- No immediate impact on listing or trading of BKYI common stock on Nasdaq.
- Company working with auditors; expects to file the 10-K next week.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-013049
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BKYI
- cik: 0001019034
- company_name: BIO KEY INTERNATIONAL INC
- filed_at: 2026-04-22T23:59:59+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/1019034/000143774926013049/0001437749-26-013049-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1019034/000143774926013049/bkyi20260421_8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: a9be7b8688c45e891b8377a958509a4e9963bb46
  claim: BIO KEY INTERNATIONAL INC received a nasdaq deficiency notice notice regarding late filing (rules 5250(c)(1)).
  evidence_excerpt: April 16, 2026, BIO-key International, Inc. (the “ Company ”) received notice from The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC 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, due to the Company’s failure to timely file its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025. The notification letter has no immediate effect on the listing or trading of the Company’s common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1019034/000143774926013049/0001437749-26-013049-index.htm

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