U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP 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 [ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* S.A.C. Capital Associates, LLC - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) 72 Cummings Point Road - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) Stamford CT 06902 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Sonus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("SNUS") ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary) ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Statement for Month/Day/Year 11/18/2002 ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) ________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable) [ ] Director [X] 10% Owner [ ] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below) ------------------------ ________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line) [X] Form filed by one Reporting Person [ ] Form filed by more than one Reporting Person ________________________________________________________________________________ ================================================================================ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ================================================================================
5. Amount of 6. 4. Securities Owner- 2. 2A. 3. Securities Acquired (A) or Beneficially ship Trans- Deemed Trans- Disposed of (D) Owned Form: 7. action Execution action (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Following Direct Nature of Date Date, if any Code ----------------------------- Reported (D) or Indirect 1. (Month/ (Month/ (Instr. 8) (A) Transaction(s) Indirect Beneficial Title of Security Day/ Day/ ---------- Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership (Instr. 3) Year) Year) Code V (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock, par value 11/14/02 P 72,600 A $1.7917 988,676 D $0.001 per share - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==================================================================================================================================== (Over)
FORM 4 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ================================================================================
5. 7. Number of Title and Amount Derivative 6. of Underlying 4. Securities Date Securities 2. 3A. Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) Conver- Deemed action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- 1. sion or 3. Execution Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount Title of Exercise Trans- Date, (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Derivative Price of action Date if any 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number Security Derivative (Month/ (Month/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. 3) Security Day/Year) Day/Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==================================================================================================================================== [TABLE CONTINUED BELOW]
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9. Number of 10. Derivative Ownership Securities Form of 11. 8. Beneficially Derivative Nature Price of Owned Follow- Security of Indirect Derivative ing Reported Direct (D) or Beneficial Security Transaction(s) Indirect (I) Ownership (Instr. 5) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) - --------------------------------------------------------- - --------------------------------------------------------- ========================================================= Explanation of Responses:
/s/ Peter Nussbaum November 18, 2002 - --------------------------------------------- ----------------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date Peter Nussbaum Authorized Person Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(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). Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.