U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 3
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(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
S.A.C. Healthco Fund, LLC
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
c/o 72 Cummings Point Road
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(Street)
Stamford, CT 06902
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
11/06/2002
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3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)
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4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Sonus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("SNUS")
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[_] Director [X] 10% Owner
[_] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below)
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6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line)
[X] Form Filed by One Reporting Person
[_] Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
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3. Ownership Form:
2. Amount of Securities Direct (D) or
1. Title of Security Beneficially Owned Indirect (I) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 5) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock, par value 552,376 D
$0.001 per share
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* If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
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FORM 3 (continued)
Table II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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5. Owner-
3. Title and Amount of Securities ship
Underlying Derivative Security Form of
2. Date Exercisable (Instr. 4) Derivative
and Expiration Date --------------------------------- 4. Conver- Security:
(Month/Day/Year) Amount sion or Direct 6. Nature of
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Date Expira- Number Price of Indirect Beneficial
1. Title of Derivative Exer- tion of Derivative (I) Ownership
Security (Instr. 4) cisable Date Title Shares Security (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5)
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Warrants(1) 1/18/2002 1/18/2007 Common Stock, Par 110,475 $9.40 D
value $0.001
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Pursuant to the terms of the securities to which this footnote relates, the Reporting Person does not have the right to exercise
the securities to the extent that, as result of such exercise, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned
by the Reporting Person and its affiliates would exceed 9.99% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Issuer
following such exercise, unless such provision restricting any such exercise has been waived by the Reporting Person upon not less
than 65 days prior written notice to the Issuer. No such waiver has been given.
/s/Peter Nussbaum November 12,2002
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed. If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for
procedure.
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