SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
12b-25
Commission
File Number 000-08092
NOTIFICATION
OF LATE FILING
T Form
10-K ¨ Form
11-K ¨ Form
20-F
¨Form
10-Q
¨ Form N-SAR
For Period Ended: December 31,
2008
¨ Transition Report on
Form
10-K ¨ Transition Report on
Form 10-Q
¨ Transition Report on
Form
20-F ¨ Transition Report on
Form N-SAR
For the
Transition Period Ended: _______________________________________
Nothing in this form shall be construed
to imply that the Commission has verified any information contained
herein.
If the notification relates to a
portion of the filing checked above, identify the item(s) to which the
notification relates:
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PART
I
REGISTRANT
INFORMATION
Full name
of
registrant Oxis
International, Inc.
Former
name if applicable
Address
of principal executive
office 468 N. Camden Dr., 2nd
Floor
City,
state and zip
code Beverly Hills, CA
90210
PART
II
RULE
12b-25 (b) AND (c)
If the subject report could not be
filed without unreasonable effort or expense and the registrant seeks relief
pursuant to Rule 12b-25 (b), the following should be completed. (Check box if
appropriate.)
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(a) The
reasons described in reasonable detail in Part III of this form could not
be eliminated without unreasonable effort or expense;
(b) The
subject annual report, semi-annual report, transition report on Form 10-K,
Form 20-F, Form 11-K, Form N-SAR or Form N-CSR, or portion thereof, will
be filed on or before the fifteenth calendar day following the prescribed
due date; or the subject quarterly report or transition report on Form
10-Qor subject distribution report on Form 10-D, or portion thereof, will
be filed on or before the fifth calendar day following the prescribed due
date; and
(c) The
accountant’s statement or other exhibit required by Rule 12b-25(c) has
been attached if applicable.
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PART
III
NARRATIVE
State below in reasonable detail the
reasons why Form 10-K, 11-K, 20-F, 10-Q, N-SAR or the transition report portion
thereof could not be filed within the prescribed time period.
The
Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008
cannot be filed within the prescribed time period because the Company requires
additional time for compilation and review to insure adequate disclosure of
certain information required to be included in the Form 10-K. The
Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K will be filed on or before the 15th
calendar day following the prescribed due date.
PART
IV
OTHER
INFORMATION
(1) Name
and telephone number of person to contact in regard to this
notification
Anthony
Cataldo,
CEO 310 860-5184
(Name)
(Area
Code) (Telephone
Number)
(2) Have
all other periodic reports required under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 during
the preceding 12 months or for such shorter period that the registrant was
required to file such report(s) been filed? If the answer is no,
identify report(s).
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Yes ¨ No
(3) Is it
anticipated that any significant change in results of operations from the
corresponding period for the last fiscal year will be reflected by the earnings
statements to be included in the subject report or portion thereof?
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Yes T No
If so:
attach an explanation of the anticipated change, both narratively and
quantitatively, and, if appropriate, state the reasons why a reasonable estimate
of the results cannot be made.
Oxis
International, Inc.
Name
of Registrant as Specified in Charter.
Has
caused this notification to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto
duly authorized.
Date:
April 1,
2009 By:
/s/ Anthony
Cataldo
Anthony
Cataldo
Chief
Executive Officer