UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  December 23, 2008

 

BIO-key International, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

1-13463

(Commission File Number)

 

41-1741861

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

3349 Highway 138, Building D, Suite B

Wall, NJ 07719

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(732) 359-1100

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2 below):

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

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Item 7.01       Regulation FD Disclosure

 

On December 23, 2008, BIO-key International, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release containing a letter to its shareholders.  A copy of such press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

 

The information, including the exhibit attached hereto, in this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as otherwise expressly stated in such filing.

 

Item 9.01       Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d)           Exhibits:

 

99.1                           Press Release, dated December 23, 2008, issued by the Company

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

BIO-KEY INTERNATIONAL, INC.

Date: December 31, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

  /s/ Michael W. Depasquale

 

 

Michael W. DePasquale

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

 



 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release, dated December 23, 2008, issued by the Company