Company: BKYI
Filing Date: 2025-06-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001437749-25-021438
Chunk: 5

Company: BIO KEY INTERNATIONAL INC
Filing Date: 2025-06-27
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 5
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 you are unable to attend. |
| ● | In Person. If you plan to attend the Annual Meeting and vote in person, we will provide you with a ballot at the Annual Meeting. You may vote in person at the Annual Meeting by completing a ballot; however, attending the Annual Meeting without completing a ballot will not count as a vote.                                                               |

If your shares are held in street name, you will receive instructions from the holder of record that you must follow in order for your shares to be voted. Internet and/or telephone voting will also be offered to stockholders owning shares through most banks and brokers.

Quorum

The presence at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy of holders of a majority of our common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting will constitute a quorum.

Required Vote, Abstentions and Broker Non-Votes

Only stockholders of record at the close of business on June 20, 2025 have the right to vote at the Annual Meeting. The proposals at the Annual Meeting will require the following votes:

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 ● | Directors will be elected by a plurality of all votes cast. You may vote “FOR ALL NOMINEES,” “WITHHOLD FOR ALL NOMINEES” or “FOR ALL EXCEPT” for the director nominees. Withheld votes and broker non-votes will have no effect on Proposal No. 1.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
 Ratification of the selection of Bush & Associates CPA LLC as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2025 will require the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote on this matter. You may vote “FOR,” “AGAINST” or “ABSTAIN” on the proposal to ratify the selection of Bush & Associates CPA LLC as our independent registered public accounting firm. Abstentions will have the same effect as a vote against Proposal No. 2. We do not expect any broker non-votes in connection with respect to Proposal No. 2. |
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| ● | Approval, on an advisory basis, of our executive compensation will require the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote on this matter. You may vote “FOR,” “AGAINST” or “ABSTAIN” on the proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, our executive compensation.