UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
12b-25
Commission
File Number: 000-08092
NOTIFICATION
OF LATE FILING
¨ Form
10-K ¨ Form
11-K ¨ Form
20-F T Form
10-Q
¨ Form
N-SAR ¨ Form N-CSR
For
Period Ended: March 31, 2009
¨ 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:
_______________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
PART
I
REGISTRANT
INFORMATION
Full name
of
registrant Oxis
International, Inc.
Former
name if applicable
Address
of principal executive
office 468
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, 20-F, 11-K or Form
10-Q, or portion thereof will be filed on or before the 15th calendar day following the
prescribed due date; or the subject quarterly report or transition report
on Form 10-Q, 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
compilation, dissemination and review of the information required to be
presented in the Form 10-Q for the relevant fiscal quarter has imposed time
constraints that have rendered timely filing of the Form 10-Q impracticable
without undue hardship and expense to the registrant. The registrant
undertakes the responsibility to file such quarterly report no later than five
days after its original date.
PART
IV
OTHER
INFORMATION
(1) Name
and telephone number of person to contact in regard to this
notification
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Anthony
J. Cataldo
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(310)
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860-5184
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(Name)
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(Area
Code)
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(Telephone
Number)
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(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).
¨ Yes T No The
registrant's annual report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2008
has not been filed.
(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.
Dated: May
15,
2009 /s/Anthony J.
Cataldo________________
By:
Anthony J. Cataldo
Chief
Executive Officer