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<p style="text-align: center; margin: 0pt;"><b>UNITED STATES</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>Washington, D.C. 20549</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b><i>UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</i></b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:18pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>BIO-KEY INTERNATIONAL, INC.</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</p>

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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;"><b>41-1741861</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>3349 Highway 138, Building A, Suite E</b><br>
<b>Wall, NJ 07719</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:18pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>BIO-key International, Inc. Amended and Restated</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:18pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>2015 Equity Incentive Plan</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">(Full title of the plan)</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>Michael W. DePasquale</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>Chief Executive Officer</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>BIO-key International, Inc.</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>3349 Highway 138, Building A, Suite E</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>Wall, NJ 07719</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>(732) 359-1100</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">(Name and address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>Vincent A. Vietti</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>Fox Rothschild LLP</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>997 Lenox Drive, Building 3</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>Lawrenceville, NJ 08648</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>(609) 896-3600</b></p>

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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt;">Common Stock, par value $.0001 per share</p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;">$3.985<sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:pt">(2)</sup></p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;">$2,396,977.50</p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;">$261.51</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;">Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;), to the extent additional shares of Common Stock may be issued or issuable as a result of a stock split, stock dividend or other similar transaction while this Registration Statement is in effect, this Registration Statement is hereby deemed to cover all such additional shares of Common Stock.</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee and calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act on the basis of the average of the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock, as reported on the Nasdaq Stock Market on June 25, 2021.</p>
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<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: justify; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">BIO-key International, Inc. (the &#8220;Registrant&#8221; or the &#8220;Company&#8221;) has filed this registration statement on Form S-8 (this &#8220;Registration Statement&#8221;) with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;), to register an additional 601,500 shares of the Company&#8217;s Common Stock, $.0001 par value per share (&#8220;Common Stock&#8221;), issuable pursuant to awards under the BIO-key International, Inc. Amended and Restated 2015 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#8220;Amended Plan&#8221;). On June 16, 2016, the Company filed a registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-212066) (the &#8220;Existing Form S-8&#8221;) to register 83,333 shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to awards under the BIO-key International, Inc. 2015 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#8220;2015 Plan&#8221; and together with the &#8220;Amended Plan,&#8221; the &#8220;Plan&#8221;), and on September 12, 2019, the Company filed a registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-233737) (the &#8220;Amended S-8&#8221;) to register an additional 104,167 shares of the Company&#8217;s Common Stock under the Plan, and such indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock as may become available under the Plan as a result of the adjustment provisions thereof.</p>

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<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: justify; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">Effective November 20, 2020, the Company amended its Certificate of Incorporation to effectuate a 1-for-8 reverse stock split of its outstanding shares of Common Stock. Accordingly, all share and per share amounts included herein have been adjusted to reflect this reverse stock split.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;text-indent:36pt;">Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Existing Form S-8 and the Amended S-8 are incorporated herein by reference except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth herein. Only those items of Form S-8 containing new information not contained in the Existing Form S-8 are presented herein.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><b>Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;text-indent:36pt;">The following documents previously filed with the Commission are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:</p>

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			<p style="font-family: Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1019034/000143774921007486/bkyi20201231_10k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">The Registrant&#8217;s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020;</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family: Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1019034/000143774921010774/bkyi20210430_def14a.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">The Registrant&#8217;s definitive proxy statement for the Registrant&#8217;s annual meeting of stockholders&#8217;&nbsp;held on June 18, 2021;</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family: Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1019034/000143774921012546/bkyi20210331_10q.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">The Registrant&#8217;s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2021 (File No. 1-13463);</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family: Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;">The Registrant&#8217;s current reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1019034/000143774921005431/bkyi20210309_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">March 9, 2021</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1019034/000143774921007099/bkyi20210324_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">March 25, 2021</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1019034/000143774921012199/bkyi20210513_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">May 14, 2021</a>, and <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1019034/000143774921015303/bkyi20210621_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">June 21, 2021</a>.</p>
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			<p style="font-family: Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1019034/000143774917012929/bkyi20170720_8a12b.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">The description of our common stock contained in our registration statement on Form&nbsp;8-A (File No. 001-13463) filed with the Commission on July 21, 2017 under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating that description.</a></p>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;text-indent:36pt;">In addition, all documents filed with the Commission by the Registrant (other than portions of such documents which are furnished and not filed) pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all of the securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the time of filing of such documents with the Commission.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;text-indent:36pt;">Any statement contained in the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;text-indent:36pt;">The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:</p>

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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: justify; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 9pt;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1019034/000110465905000401/a05-1096_1ex3d1.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Certificate of Incorporation of BIO-key International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the current report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on January 5, 2005)</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: justify; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 9pt;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1019034/000110465905000401/a05-1096_1ex3d3.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the current report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on January 5, 2005)</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: justify; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 9pt;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1019034/000110465906002702/a05-22371_1def14a.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the definitive proxy statement, filed with the SEC on January 18, 2006)</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: justify; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 9pt;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1019034/000143774915006383/ex3-4.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of Bio-key International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the annual report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on March 31, 2015)</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: justify; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 9pt;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1019034/000143774915022736/ex3-5.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Certificate of Elimination of BIO-key International, Inc. filed October 6, 2015 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to the registration statement on Form S-1 File No. 333-208747 filed with the SEC on December 23, 2015)</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: justify; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 9pt;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1019034/000143774915019339/ex3-1.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the current report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on November 2, 2015)</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: justify; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 9pt;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1019034/000143774915020979/ex3-1.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series B-1 Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the quarterly report on Form 10-Q, filed with the SEC on November 16, 2015)</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;">3.8</p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: justify; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 9pt;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1019034/000143774916043858/ex3-1.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of Bio-key International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the current report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on December 28, 2016)</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;">3.9</p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: justify; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 10pt;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001019034/000143774920024192/ex_214807.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of Bio-Key International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the current report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on November 19, 2020)</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: justify; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 9pt;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1019034/0000897101-97-000009.txt" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Specimen Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the registration statement on Form SB-2, File No. 333-16451) &nbsp;</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;">5.1</p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: justify; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 9pt;"><a href="ex_260147.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Opinion of Counsel Regarding Legality (filed herewith)</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;">23.1</p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: justify; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 9pt;"><a href="ex_260491.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Consent of Rotenberg Meril Solomon Bertiger &amp; Guttilla, P.C. (filed herewith)</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;">23.2</p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: justify; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 9pt;"><a href="ex_260147.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Consent of Counsel (included as part of Exhibit 5.1)</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;">24.1</p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: justify; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 9pt;"><a href="#POA" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Power of Attorney (included on signature page to this Registration Statement)</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;">99.1</p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: justify; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 9pt;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1019034/000143774921010774/bkyi20210430_def14a.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">BIO-key International, Inc. Amended and Restated 2015 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix B to the definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on May 4, 2021)</a></p>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>SIGNATURES</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;text-indent:36pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Wall, State of New Jersey, on June 29, 2021.</p>

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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt;"><b>BIO-KEY INTERNATIONAL, INC.</b></p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt;">/s/ Michael W. DePasquale</p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt;">Michael W. DePasquale</p>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b><a id="POA" name="POA" title="POA"></a>POWER OF ATTORNEY</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;text-indent:36pt;">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Michael W. DePasquale, with full authority to act without the others, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;text-indent:36pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:</p>

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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;">/s/ Michael W. DePasquale</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;">Chairman and Chief Executive Officer</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 35%;">(Principal Executive Officer)</td>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">/s/ Cecilia Welch</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;">Chief Financial Officer</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;">/s/ Robert J. Michel</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Director</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">June 29, 2021</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;">Robert J. Michel</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;">/s/ Thomas E. Bush, III</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Director</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">June 29, 2021</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;">Thomas E. Bush, III</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Director</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">June 29, 2021</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 35%;">Thomas Gilley</td>
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bkyi20210628_s8.htm
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 29, 2021
Registration No. 333-_______
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
BIO-KEY INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
41-1741861
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
3349 Highway 138, Building A, Suite E
Wall, NJ 07719
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
BIO-key International, Inc. Amended and Restated
2015 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Michael W. DePasquale
Chief Executive Officer
BIO-key International, Inc.
3349 Highway 138, Building A, Suite E
Wall, NJ 07719
(732) 359-1100
(Name and address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies requested to:
Copies requested to:
Vincent A. Vietti
Fox Rothschild LLP
997 Lenox Drive, Building 3
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
(609) 896-3600
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer ☐
Accelerated filer ☐
Non-accelerated filer ☒
Smaller reporting company ☒
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
to be Registered
Amount to be
Registered
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price Per
Share
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price
Amount of
Registration
Fee
Common Stock, par value $.0001 per share
601,500
(1)
$3.985
(2)
$2,396,977.50
$261.51
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), to the extent additional shares of Common Stock may be issued or issuable as a result of a stock split, stock dividend or other similar transaction while this Registration Statement is in effect, this Registration Statement is hereby deemed to cover all such additional shares of Common Stock.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee and calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act on the basis of the average of the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock, as reported on the Nasdaq Stock Market on June 25, 2021.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
BIO-key International, Inc. (the "Registrant" or the "Company") has filed this registration statement on Form S-8 (this "Registration Statement") with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), to register an additional 601,500 shares of the Company's Common Stock, $.0001 par value per share ("Common Stock"), issuable pursuant to awards under the BIO-key International, Inc. Amended and Restated 2015 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Amended Plan"). On June 16, 2016, the Company filed a registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-212066) (the "Existing Form S-8") to register 83,333 shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to awards under the BIO-key International, Inc. 2015 Equity Incentive Plan (the "2015 Plan" and together with the "Amended Plan," the "Plan"), and on September 12, 2019, the Company filed a registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-233737) (the "Amended S-8") to register an additional 104,167 shares of the Company's Common Stock under the Plan, and such indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock as may become available under the Plan as a result of the adjustment provisions thereof.
Effective November 20, 2020, the Company amended its Certificate of Incorporation to effectuate a 1-for-8 reverse stock split of its outstanding shares of Common Stock. Accordingly, all share and per share amounts included herein have been adjusted to reflect this reverse stock split.
Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Existing Form S-8 and the Amended S-8 are incorporated herein by reference except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth herein. Only those items of Form S-8 containing new information not contained in the Existing Form S-8 are presented herein.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents previously filed with the Commission are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
(a)
The Registrant's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020;
(b)
The Registrant's definitive proxy statement for the Registrant's annual meeting of stockholders' held on June 18, 2021;
(c)
The Registrant's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2021 (File No. 1-13463);
(d)
The Registrant's current reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on
March 9, 2021
,
March 25, 2021
,
May 14, 2021
, and
June 21, 2021
.
(e)
The description of our common stock contained in our registration statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-13463) filed with the Commission on July 21, 2017 under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating that description.
In addition, all documents filed with the Commission by the Registrant (other than portions of such documents which are furnished and not filed) pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all of the securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the time of filing of such documents with the Commission.
Any statement contained in the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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Item 8. Exhibits
The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
Exhibit No.
Description
3.1
Certificate of Incorporation of BIO-key International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the current report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on January 5, 2005)
3.2
Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the current report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on January 5, 2005)
3.3
Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the definitive proxy statement, filed with the SEC on January 18, 2006)
3.4
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of Bio-key International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the annual report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on March 31, 2015)
3.5
Certificate of Elimination of BIO-key International, Inc. filed October 6, 2015 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to the registration statement on Form S-1 File No. 333-208747 filed with the SEC on December 23, 2015)
3.6
Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the current report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on November 2, 2015)
3.7
Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series B-1 Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the quarterly report on Form 10-Q, filed with the SEC on November 16, 2015)
3.8
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of Bio-key International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the current report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on December 28, 2016)
3.9
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of Bio-Key International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the current report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on November 19, 2020)
4.1
Specimen Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the registration statement on Form SB-2, File No. 333-16451)
5.1
Opinion of Counsel Regarding Legality (filed herewith)
23.1
Consent of Rotenberg Meril Solomon Bertiger & Guttilla, P.C. (filed herewith)
23.2
Consent of Counsel (included as part of Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page to this Registration Statement)
99.1
BIO-key International, Inc. Amended and Restated 2015 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix B to the definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on May 4, 2021)
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Wall, State of New Jersey, on June 29, 2021.
BIO-KEY INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Registrant)
By:
/s/ Michael W. DePasquale
Michael W. DePasquale
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Michael W. DePasquale, with full authority to act without the others, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Michael W. DePasquale
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
June 29, 2021
Michael W. DePasquale
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Cecilia Welch
Chief Financial Officer
June 29, 2021
Cecilia Welch
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ Robert J. Michel
Director
June 29, 2021
Robert J. Michel
/s/ Thomas E. Bush, III
Director
June 29, 2021
Thomas E. Bush, III
/s/ Thomas Gilley
Director
June 29, 2021
Thomas Gilley
/s/Wong Kwok Fong
Director
June 29, 2021
Wong Kwok Fong
/s/ Pieter Knook
Director
June 29, 2021
Pieter Knook
/s/ Emmanuel Alia
Director
June 29, 2021
Emmanuel Alia
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