BIO-key Regains Compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rules; Nasdaq Trading Resumes on Wednesday, July 8th

HOLMDEL, N.J., July 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BIO-key^® I te atio al, I c. (Nasdaq: BKYI), a global leade i Ide tity a d Access Ma ageme t a d biomet ic authe ticatio tech ologies, today a ou ced that The Nasdaq Stock Ma ket LLC has otified it that the t adi g of its commo stock will ecomme ce o the Nasdaq Capital Ma ket effective with ma kets’ ope i g o Wed esday, July 8, 2026.

T adi g of BIO-key’s sha es was esto ed followi g a Ju e 16^th hea i g with a Nasdaq Hea i gs Pa el, i which the Pa el dete mi ed the Compa y has egai ed complia ce with the co ti ued listi g sta da ds, i cludi g mi imum bid p ice a d SEC fili g equi eme ts. The Compa y will be subject to a Disc etio a y Pa el Mo ito pu sua t to Nasdaq Rule 5815(d)(4)(B) fo a pe iod of o e yea u til July 6, 2027.

BIO-key CEO Michael DePasquale comme ted, “We a e g ateful to Nasdaq a d the Hea i gs Pa el fo wo ki g with us th ough this p ocess to successfully esto e ou sha es to Nasdaq t adi g. We have built a g owi g base of ecu i g eve ue, expa di g i te est i ou biomet ic tech ology’s ability to solve pe vasive cybe secu ity vul e abilities, a solid fi a cial positio , a d a st eamli ed cost st uctu e. It is a exciti g mome t fo BIO-key as we expect ou busi ess to delive sig ifica tly imp oved esults this yea .

About BIO-key I te atio al, I c. (www.BIO-key.com)

BIO-key is evolutio izi g authe ticatio a d cybe secu ity with biomet ic-ce t ic, multi-facto ide tity a d access ma ageme t (IAM) softwa e that secu es access fo ove fo ty millio use s wo ldwide. BIO-key e ables custome s to choose the ight authe ticatio facto s fo dive se use cases, i cludi g pho eless, toke less, a d passwo dless biomet ic optio s. Its cloud-hosted o o -p emise Po talGua d IAM solutio p ovides cost-effective, easy-to-deploy, co ve ie t, a d secu e access to compute s, i fo matio , applicatio s, a d high-value data a d t a sactio s.

BIO-key Safe Ha bo Stateme t

All stateme ts co tai ed i this p ess elease othe tha stateme ts of histo ical facts a e “fo wa d-looki g stateme ts” as defi ed i the P ivate Secu ities Litigatio Refo m Act of 1995 (the “Act”). The wo ds “estimate,” “p oject,” “i te ds,” “expects,” “a ticipates,” “believes” a d simila exp essio s a e i te ded to ide tify fo wa d-looki g stateme ts. Such fo wa d-looki g stateme ts a e made based o ma ageme t’s beliefs, as well as assumptio s made by, a d i fo matio cu e tly available to, ma ageme t pu sua t to the “safe-ha bo ” p ovisio s of the Act. These stateme ts a e ot gua a tees of futu e pe fo ma ce o eve ts a d a e subject to isks a d u ce tai ties that may cause actual esults to diffe mate ially f om those i cluded withi o implied by such fo wa d-looki g stateme ts. These isks a d u ce tai ties i clude facto s set fo th u de the captio “Risk Facto s” i ou A ual Repo t o Fo m 10-K fo the yea e ded Decembe 31, 2025 a d othe fili gs with the SEC. Reade s a e cautio ed ot to place u due elia ce o these fo wa d-looki g stateme ts, which speak o ly as of the date made. Except as equi ed by law, we u de take o obligatio to disclose a y evisio to these fo wa d-looki g stateme ts, whethe as a esult of ew i fo matio , futu e eve ts, o othe wise.

I vesto Co tactsWilliam Jo es, David Colli sCatalyst IRBKYI@catalyst-i .com o 212-924-9800