Company: BKYI
Filing Date: 2025-06-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001437749-25-021438
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Company: BIO KEY INTERNATIONAL INC
Filing Date: 2025-06-27
Form: DEF 14A
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 record date, 6,848,775 shares of our common stock, par value $.0001 per share (“common stock”), were issued and outstanding. Holders of our common stock are entitled to one vote per share for each proposal presented at the Annual Meeting. The common stock does not have cumulative voting rights.

Beginning on or about June 27, 2025, we mailed to our stockholders our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, which includes our audited consolidated financial statements, together with these proxy materials.

Voting Your Shares

If you are a registered holder, meaning that you hold our stock directly (not through a bank, broker or other nominee), you may vote in person at the Annual Meeting or by completing, dating and signing the proxy and promptly returning it, by telephone, or electronically through the internet by following the instructions included on your proxy card. All signed, returned proxies that are not revoked will be voted in accordance with the instructions contained therein. Signed proxies that give no instructions as to how they should be voted on a particular proposal at the Annual Meeting will be counted as votes “FOR” such proposal or, in the case of the election of directors, as a vote “FOR” election of the five nominees presented by the board of directors.

If your shares are held through a bank, broker or other nominee, you are considered the beneficial owner of those shares. You may be able to vote by telephone or electronically through the internet in accordance with the voting instructions provided by that nominee. You must obtain a legal proxy from the nominee that holds your shares if you wish to vote in person at the Annual Meeting.

Applicable stock exchange rules restrict when brokers who are record holders of shares may exercise discretionary authority to vote those shares in the absence of instructions from beneficial owners. Brokers are not permitted to vote on non-discretionary items such as director elections, executive compensation, and other significant matters absent instructions from the beneficial owner. As a result, if you are a street name stockholder, and you do not give voting instructions, the holder of record will not be permitted to vote your shares with respect to Proposal No. 1—Election of Directors Proposal, Proposal No. 3—Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation, Proposal No. 4—Amendment to the BIO-key International, Inc. 2023 Stock Incentive Plan, or Proposal No. 5—Amendment to the BIO-key International, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock