SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K/A
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
Date
of report (Date of earliest event reported): March 8, 2007
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in Charter)
Delaware
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0-8092
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94-1620407
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
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(Commission
File No.)
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(IRS
Employee Identification
No.)
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323
Vintage Park Drive, Suite B, Foster City, California 94404
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
650-212-2568
(Issuer
Telephone number)
Check
the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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This
Form
8-K is filed as an amendment to the registrant’s Form 8-K filed on April 16,
2007.
Item
1.01 Entry
into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On
March
8, 2007, OXIS International, Inc. (the “Company”) and Mr. Guillen entered into a
Confidential Separation Agreement (dated February 12, 2007), under which the
Company agreed to pay Mr. Guillen the sum of $250,000 in monthly installments
of
$10,000 each, subject to standard payroll deductions and withholdings.
The
Agreement also provides that in event that the Company obtains additional
financing in the amount of $1 million or more after February 12, 2007, whether
in one transaction or multiple transactions and whether in the form of debt
or
equity, or in the event of a change in control as defined in the employment
agreement between the Company and Mr. Guillen, then no later than 10 days
thereafter, the Company shall pay Mr. Guillen an amount equal to $10,833.33
multiplied by the number of months that he has been paid $10,000 toward the
separation benefit (the “First Catch-Up Payment”), and thereafter will be paid
$20,833.33 per month, provided that the total separation benefit, including
any
Catch-Up Payment shall not exceed $250,000. In the event that the total
additional financing received after February 12, 2007 reaches $2 million or
more, then no later than 10 days thereafter, the Company shall pay Mr. Guillen
up to an additional $104,166.65 (the “Second Catch-Up Payment” representing
amounts which might have been paid on the separation benefit prior to the
execution of the Separation Agreement), provided that in no event shall the
total amount of monthly payments toward the separation benefit and the First
and
Second Catch-Up Payments exceed the $250,000 total amount due as separation
benefit.
The
Company also agreed that Mr. Guillen’s stock options would immediately vest, and
that to the extent the shares underlying such options are not registered, Mr.
Guillen would be granted piggyback registration rights to cover these shares.
Mr. Guillen would have the right to exercise his options until the later of
the
fifth anniversary of the date that the compensation committee of the Company
approved Mr. Guillen’s stock options, or February 15, 2010. A
copy of
a registration rights agreement between the Company and Mr. Guillen regarding
these securities is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.
We
also
agreed to pay Mr. Guillen’s health insurance premiums for the twelve-month
separation period in accordance with the Consolidated Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1985.
In
exchange for these payments and
benefits, Mr. Guillen and the Company agreed to mutually release all claims,
dismiss all complaints as applicable, and neither party shall pursue any future
claims regarding Mr. Guillen’s prior employment and compensation arrangements
with the Company.
A
copy of
the separation agreement was included as Exhibit 10.43 to the Company’s annual
report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2006.
Item
5.02 Departure
of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Principal Officers.
Effective
April 12, 2007, Mr. Steve Guillen resigned from the board of directors of OXIS
International, Inc. (the “Company”). His resignation was pursuant to a
separation agreement, described in Item 1.01 of this current report and
incorporated by reference.
Other
than as discussed in this current report, there were no disagreements between
Mr. Guillen and any officer or director of the Company. The Company provided
a
copy of the disclosures it is making in response to this Item 5.02 to Mr.
Guillen and informed him that he may furnish the Company as promptly as possible
with a letter stating whether he agrees or disagrees with the disclosures made
in response to this Item 5.02, and that if he disagrees, then the Company
requests that he provide the respects in which he does not agree with the
disclosures. The Company will undertake to file any letter received from Mr.
Guillen, if any, as an exhibit to an amendment to this current report on Form
8-K within two business days after receipt.
On
April
17, 2007, the Company received written comments in a letter from Mr. Guillen
regarding the disclosures made by the Company in its current report on Form
8-K
filed on April 16, 2007. A copy of the letter is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to
this amended current report on Form 8-K.
Item
9.01 Financial Statement and Exhibits.
Exhibit
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Description
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99.1
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Registration
Rights Agreement between OXIS International, Inc. and Steve Guillen
dated
March 30, 2007
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99.2
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Letter
from Mr. Guillen dated April 17,
2007
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant
has
duly caused this Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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OXIS
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
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By: |
/s/ Marvin
S.
Hausman
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Marvin
S. Hausman
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Chief
Executive Officer
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Dated:
May 3, 2007