New Apple keyboards and OS9

I notice that the current Apple keyboards sold by Apple stores say they require OSX 10.2.
Are there particular functions that won't work on OS9, or will the keyboards not function at all.
(I'm using an old 233 Bondi iMac running OS9.2.2 for the kids and the original keyboard is starting to creak.)
iBook G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Apparently it was only about the dedicated expose key which obviously won't do what it says in OS9. Information from Apple Store, Birmingham.

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