UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 10-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)1

(Mark One)

☒  ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 20152016

or

☐  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from ___________ to ___________

Commission file number: 000-54960

Nxt-ID, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

285 North Drive

Suite D

Melbourne, FL 32904

(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:(203) 266-2103

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None

(Title of class)

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Act. Yes ☐  No☒ 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes  ☐  No☒ 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter periods that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒  No☐  

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes  ☒  No☐ 

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III or this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. ☐ 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes ☐  No☒ 

The aggregate market value of the common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant, as of June 30, 2015,2016, the last business day of the second fiscal quarter, was approximately $18,957,457$11,453,722 based on a total number of shares of our common stock outstanding that day of 25,703,5453,244,680 and a closing price of $2.37.$3.53. Shares of common stock held by each director, each officer and each person who owns 10% or more of the outstanding common stock have been excluded from this calculation in that such persons may be deemed to be affiliates. The determination of affiliate status is not necessarily conclusive. 

The registrant had 57,484,6988,543,339 shares of its common stock outstanding as of April 11, 2016. 7, 2017.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE 

None.

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

Nxt-ID is filing thisThis Amendment No. 1 (theon Form 10-K/A (this “Amendment”) to itsthe Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015,2016, of Nxt-ID, Inc. (the “Company”) originally filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 14, 20162017 (the “Original Form 10-K”Filing”). This Amendment, is being filed solely to includefor the following exhibit:purpose of amending Exhibit 23.1 and 23.2.

Exhibit 23.1 was inadvertently omitted from the Original Form 10-K. The sole purposeFor purposes of this Amendment, is to correct this inadvertent omissionand in accordance with Rule 12b-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, Item 15 of the consent from the Original Form 10-K.

This Amendment consists solely of the preceding cover page, this explanatory note, the exhibit to the Original Form 10-K that is being correctedFiling has been amended and new certifications pursuant to Sections 302 and 1350 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Norestated in its entirety. Except as described above, no other changes have been made to the Original Form 10-K.Filing, and this Amendment does not modify, amend, or update in any way any of the financial or other information contained in the Original Filing. This Amendment speaks as of April 14, 2016, the initial filing date of the Original Form 10-K (the “Original Filing Date”), does not reflect events that may have occurred subsequent to the Original Filing Date, and does not modify or update in any way disclosures made infiling date of the Original Form 10-K. Accordingly, this Amendment should be read in conjunction with the Original Form 10-K and our other filings with the SEC.Filing.

ITEM 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES