FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   Kaye Mitchell D 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 05/08/2013 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol AEOLUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. [AOLS] (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O AEOLUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 26361 CROWN VALLEY PARKWAY, SUITE 150 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) MISSION VIEJO, CA 92691 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share 96,931,944 I See Footnotes (1) (2) (3)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Kaye Mitchell D C/O AEOLUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 26361 CROWN VALLEY PARKWAY, SUITE 150 MISSION VIEJO, CA 92691	  X	Â	Â	Â

Signatures

/s/ Mitchell D. Kaye		05/10/2013
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	The reporting person, Mitchell D. Kaye ("Mr. Kaye"), is a Co-Managing Member of Xmark Capital Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Capital Partners"), which is the Managing Member of Xmark Opportunity Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Opportunity Partners"). Opportunity Partners is the sole member of the investment manager of Xmark Opportunity Fund, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("Opportunity LP"), and Xmark Opportunity Fund, Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company ("Opportunity Ltd," and, together with Opportunity LP, the "Investors"), and, as such, possesses the sole power to vote and the sole power to direct the disposition of all securities of Aeolus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), held by the Investors.
(2)	Opportunity Partners is the investment manager of Xmark JV Investment Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("JV Partners"), and, as such, possesses the sole power to vote and the sole power to direct the disposition of all securities of the Company held by JV Partners. Collectively, Opportunity LP and Opportunity Ltd hold a majority of the membership interests in Goodnow Capital, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company ("Goodnow"), and, as such, possesses the sole power to vote and the sole power to direct the disposition of all securities of the Company held by Goodnow. David C. Cavalier, a Co-Managing Member of Capital Partners, and Mr. Kaye share voting and dispositive power with respect to all securities beneficially owned by Opportunity Partners.
(3)	Mr. Kaye's interest in the securities reported herein is limited to the extent of his pecuniary interest in Opportunity LP, Opportunity Ltd and JV Partners, if any, and neither the filing of this Form 4 nor any of its contents shall be deemed to constitute an admission by Mr. Kaye or any other person/entity that he or it was or is the beneficial owner of any of the securities referred to herein for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or for any other purpose.

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