Company: BKYI
Filing Date: 2025-06-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001437749-25-021438
Chunk: 119

Company: BIO KEY INTERNATIONAL INC
Filing Date: 2025-06-27
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 119
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 his or her account from a prior Offering Period, if any, shall be paid to such Participant as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt of notice of withdrawal, and such Participant’s Option for the Offering Period shall be automatically terminated, and no further payroll deductions for the purchase of Shares shall be made for such Offering Period. If a Participant withdraws from an Offering Period, payroll deductions shall not resume at the beginning of any subsequent Offering Period unless the Participant delivers to the Company (or its designated third-party stock plan administrator) a new subscription agreement in accordance with the terms of Section 5(a) of the Plan.

(b) A Participant’s withdrawal from an Offering Period shall not have any effect upon such Participant’s eligibility to participate in any similar plan which may hereafter be adopted by the Company or in Offering Periods which commence after the termination of the Offering Period from which the Participant withdraws.

11. Termination of Employment. Upon a Participant’s ceasing to be an Eligible Employee, for any reason, such Participant shall be deemed to have elected to withdraw from the Plan, and the payroll deductions credited to such Participant’s account during the Offering Period, plus any balance retained in his or her account from a prior Offering Period, if any, shall be paid to the Participant, or in the case of his or her death, to the person or persons entitled thereto under Section 15 of the Plan, as soon as reasonably practicable, and such Participant’s Option for the Offering Period shall be automatically terminated.

12. Interest. No interest shall accrue on the payroll deductions or lump sum contributions of a Participant in the Plan.

13. Shares Subject to Plan.

(a) Subject to adjustment upon changes in capitalization of the Company as provided in Section 19 of the Plan, a maximum of 789,000 Shares shall be made available for sale under the Plan and no more than maximum of 789,000 Shares may be issued on each Exercise Date. If any Option granted under the Plan shall for any reason terminate without having been exercised, the Shares not purchased under such Option shall again become available for issuance under the Plan. The Shares subject to the Plan may be unissued shares or reacquired shares bought on the market or otherwise.

(b) Except as otherwise provided herein, with respect to Shares subject to an Option granted under the Plan, a Participant shall not be deemed to be a stockholder of the Company, and the Participant shall not have any of the rights or privileges of a stockholder, until such Shares have been issued to the