UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
DC 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934
Date of
Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 26, 2009
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in charter)
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0-8092
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468 N.
Camden Dr., 2nd Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
(Address
of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's
telephone number, including area code: 310-860-5184
With a
copy to:
Stephen
M. Fleming, Esq.
Law
Offices of Stephen M. Fleming PLLC
110 Wall
Street, 11th
Floor
New York,
New York 10005
T:
516.833.5034
F:
516.977.1209
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Item
5.02. Departure of Directors or
Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal
Officers.
On
March 26, 2009, Anthony J. Cataldo was appointed as Chairman and CEO of Oxis
International, Inc. (the “Company”). Concurrent with Mr. Cataldo’s
appointment, Maurice Spitz resigned as Chairman and CEO of the
Company. Mr. Spitz will continue to serve as a director and Vice
President of the Company.
There are
no understandings or arrangements between Mr. Cataldo and any other person
pursuant to which he was appointed as a director. Mr. Cataldo presently
does not serve on any Company committee. Mr. Cataldo may be appointed to
serve as a member of a committee although there are no current plans to appoint
him to a committee as of the date hereof. Mr. Cataldo does not have any
family relationship with any director, executive officer or person nominated or
chosen by the Company to become a director or executive officer.
Mr. Cataldo has never entered into a transaction, nor is there any proposed
transaction, between Mr. Cataldo and the Company.
Mr.
Cataldo served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of VoIP, Inc (OTC
BB:VOII) from September 2006 through April 2008. During the past five (5) years,
Mr. Cataldo has served as non-executive chairman of the board of directors of
BrandPartners Group, Inc. (OTC BB:BPTR), a provider of integrated products and
services dedicated to providing financial services and traditional retail
clients with turn-key environmental solutions from October 2003 through August
2006. Mr. Cataldo also served as non-executive co-chairman of the board of
MultiCell Technologies, Inc. (OTC BB: MUCL), a supplier of functional,
non-tumorigenic immortalized human hepatocytes from February 2005 through July
2006. Mr. Cataldo has also served as executive chairman of Calypte Biomedical
Corporation (AMEX: HIV), a publicly traded biotechnology company, involved in
the development and sale of urine based HIV-1 screening tests from May 2002
through November 2004. Prior to that, Mr. Cataldo served as the Chief Executive
Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Miracle Entertainment, Inc., a
Canadian film production company, from May 1999 through May 2002 where he was
the executive producer or producer of several motion pictures. From August 1995
to December 1998, Mr. Cataldo served as President and Chairman of the Board of
Senetek, PLC (OTC BB:SNTKY), a publicly traded biotechnology company involved in
age-related therapies.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act 1934, the registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized.
OXIS
INTERNATIONAL INC.
By: /s/
Anthony J. Cataldo
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Name: Anthony
J. Cataldo
Title: CEO
Date: April
1, 2009
