As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 25, 2018
Registration No. 333-203613
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO
FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
BIO-KEY INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware |
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3349 Highway 138, Building A, Suite E |
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Wall, NJ 07719 |
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(732) 359-1100 |
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Michael W. DePasquale |
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Chief Executive Officer |
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BIO-key International, Inc. |
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3349 Highway 138, Building A, Suite E |
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Wall, NJ 07719 |
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(732) 359-1100 |
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(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Vincent A. Vietti
Fox Rothschild LLP
997 Lenox Drive, Building 3
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
(609) 896-3600
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable following the effectiveness of this Registration Statement.
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box. ☒
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an 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. (Check one):
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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. ☐
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Form S-1 Registration Statement (Registration No. 333-203613) shall become effective in accordance with the provisions of Section 8(c) of the Securities Act of 1933.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Deregistration of Unsold Securities
BIO-key International, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-203613) (as amended, the “Registration Statement”), which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 1, 2015. The Registration Statement registered the resale by the selling stockholders named therein of 498,444 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of common stock purchase warrants. The Company is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement to deregister all securities that have not been sold pursuant to the Registration Statement as of the date hereof. Accordingly, as of the effective date hereof, the Company hereby terminates the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and deregisters all securities that remain unsold by the selling stockholders thereunder as of such termination date.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant 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 September 25, 2018.
BIO-KEY INTERNATIONAL, INC. |
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/s/ Michael W. DePasquale |
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Michael W. DePasquale |
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Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
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/s/ Michael W. DePasquale |
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer |
September 25, 2018 |
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Michael W. DePasquale |
(Principal Executive Officer) |
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Chief Financial Officer |
September 25, 2018 |
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Cecilia Welch |
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Director |
September 25, 2018 |
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Thomas E. Bush, III |
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Director |
September 25, 2018 |
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Thomas Gilley |
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Director |
September 25, 2018 |
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Wong Kwok Fong |
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Director |
September 25, 2018 |
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Yao Jianhui |
* By: /s/ Michael W. DePasquale
Attorney-in-fact