UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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SCHEDULE TO/A
Tender Offer Statement Under Section 14(d)(1) or 13(e)(1)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 4)
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SONOSITE, INC.
(Name of Subject Company)
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SALMON ACQUISITION CORPORATION
FUJIFILM HOLDINGS CORPORATION
(Names of Filing Persons (Purchasers)
 
Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share
 
(Title of Class of Securities)
 
83568G104
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
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Kenji Sukeno
General Manager, Subsidiary Management & M&A Group
Corporate Planning Division
FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation
7-3 Akasaka 9-chome, Minato-ku
Tokyo 107-0052, Japan
Tel: +81-3-6271-1111
Fax: +81-3-6271-1135
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Persons Authorized to Receive Notices
 
and Communications on Behalf of filing persons)
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Copy to:
Clare O’Brien
Shearman & Sterling LLP
599 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
+1-212-848-4000
Kenneth Lebrun
Shearman & Sterling LLP
2-2-2 Uchisaiwaicho, 5F
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-0011
+81-3-5251-1601

CALCULATION OF FILING FEE
Transaction Valuation*
Amount of Filing Fee**
$838,818,820.38
$ 96,128.64
*
Estimated for purposes of calculating the amount of the filing fee only.  The filing fee was determined based on the sum of (i) 14,100,874 currently outstanding shares of SonoSite common stock multiplied by $54.00 per share, (ii) 1,040,087 shares of SonoSite common stock underlying outstanding stock options, multiplied by $27.875 per share (which is the difference between $54.00 per share and the weighted average exercise price per share of the outstanding stock options as of January 12, 2012), (iii) 789,622 shares of SonoSite common stock underlying outstanding restricted stock units, multiplied by $54.00, and (iv) 1,121,750 shares of SonoSite common stock underlying outstanding warrants, multiplied by $7.035 per share (which is the difference between $54.00 per share and the weighted average exercise price per share of the outstanding warrants as of January 12, 2012).
**
Calculated by multiplying the transaction valuation by 0.0001146.
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Check the box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was previously paid.  Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.
 
Amount Previously Paid:  $96,128.64
Filing Party:  FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation
 
Form or Registration No.: Schedule TO
Date Filed:     January 17, 2012
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Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.
 
Check the appropriate boxes to designate any transactions to which the statement relates:
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third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.
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issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.
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going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3.
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amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2.
 
Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results of the tender offer:  £
 
 
 
 
 
 
This Amendment No. 4 (this “Amendment”) amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (the “Schedule TO”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on January 17, 2012 by FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of Japan (“Parent”), and by Salmon Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Purchaser”) and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. This Schedule TO relates to the offer by Purchaser to purchase all outstanding shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Shares”), of SonoSite, Inc., a Washington corporation (the “Company”), at a purchase price of $54.00 per Share, net to the seller in cash, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated January 17, 2012 (the “Offer to Purchase”) and in the related Letter of Transmittal (which, together with the Offer to Purchase and any amendments or supplements thereto, collectively constitute the “Offer”).
 
The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase, including all schedules thereto, and the related Letter of Transmittal is incorporated herein by reference with respect to all of the applicable items in the Schedule TO, except that such information is hereby amended and supplemented to the extent provided herein.  Capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Offer to Purchase.
 
Documentation relating to the Offer has been mailed to the Company’s stockholders and may be obtained free of charge at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, and may also be obtained at no charge by directing a request by mail to the information agent for the Offer, Innisfree M&A Incorporated, at 501 Madison Avenue, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10022, or by calling toll-free at (877) 717-3930 or collect at (212) 750-5833 for banks and brokers.
 
Item 11.
 
In Section 15 “Certain Legal Matters and Regulatory Approvals”, the text appearing under the heading “Legal Proceedings” is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following text at the end of the third paragraph:
 
“The complaint names the Company and each of its eight directors as defendants, but does not name Parent or Purchaser as a defendant.”
 
In Section 15 “Certain Legal Matters and Regulatory Approvals”, the text appearing under the heading “Legal Proceedings” is hereby amended and supplemented by deleting the fifth and sixth paragraphs in their entirety and adding the following text as new fifth and sixth paragraphs of that section:
 
“On January 5, 2012, the Snohomish County court approved the transfer of the Raul action to King County.  On February 6, 2012, the parties filed with the King County Superior Court a stipulation and proposed order to consolidate the three lawsuits.  Also on February 6, 2012, the King County Superior Court entered an order formally consolidating the three lawsuits under the caption In re SonoSite, Inc. Shareholder Litigation, Case No. 11-2-44110-5 SEA, and appointing lead counsel for the plaintiffs.   The plaintiffs filed a consolidated complaint in the consolidated action on February 7, 2012.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
While the Company, the Company’s directors, Parent and Purchaser all believe that each of the aforementioned lawsuits is entirely without merit and that they have valid defenses to all claims, in an effort to minimize the cost and expense of any litigation relating to such lawsuits, on February 8, 2012, they entered into a memorandum of understanding (the “MOU”) with the plaintiffs in the three purported class action lawsuits pending in King County Superior Court, pursuant to which the parties agreed to settle the lawsuits. Subject to court approval and further definitive documentation, the MOU resolves the claims brought by the plaintiffs in all of the aforementioned lawsuits against the defendants in relation to the planned acquisition of the Company by Parent and provides a release and settlement by the purported class of the Company’s shareholders of all claims against the defendants and their affiliates and agents in connection with the planned acquisition of the Company by Parent. In exchange for such release and settlement, pursuant to the terms of the MOU, the parties agreed, after arm’s-length discussions between and among the parties and their counsel, that the Company would provide additional supplemental disclosures to its Schedule 14D-9 as set forth in the Amendment No. 2 to its Schedule 14D-9.  In addition, the Company also agreed in the MOU to pay $475,000 in fees and expenses to plaintiffs’ lead counsel after the settlement contemplated by the MOU becomes final.  The settlement, including the payment by the Company of attorney’s fees and expenses to plaintiffs’ lead counsel, is also contingent upon, among other things, completion of the Offer and the approval of the King County Superior Court.  In the event that the settlement contemplated by the MOU is not approved and all other conditions are not satisfied, Parent and Purchaser will continue to vigorously defend against the second complaint described above and any other actions in which they are named as defendants.”
 

Item 12.                      Exhibits
 
Item 12 of the Schedule TO is amended and supplemented by adding the following:
 
(a)(12)          Consolidated complaint captioned In re SonoSite, Inc. Shareholder Litigation, Case No. 11-2-44110-5 SEA filed on February 7, 2012 in the Superior Court of Washington – King County.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
 
Dated:  February 9, 2012
 
  SALMON ACQUISITION CORPORATION  
     
     
 
 
By:
 /s/ Toru Takahashi  
      Name:   Toru Takahashi  
      Title: Vice President  
           
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
 
Dated:  February 9, 2012
 
   
FUJIFILM HOLDINGS CORPORATION
  
     
     
 
 
By:
 /s/ Shigehiro Nakajima  
      Name:   Shigehiro Nakajima  
      Title: Representative Director  
        Executive Vice President  
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit
Number
  
Description
     
(a)(1)*
  
Offer to Purchase dated January 17, 2012.
     
(a)(2)*
  
Letter of Transmittal.
     
(a)(3)*
  
Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.
     
(a)(4)*
  
Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees.
     
(a)(5)*
  
Form of Letter from Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Nominees to Clients.
     
(a)(6)*
  
Summary Advertisement as published in The Wall Street Journal on January 17, 2012.
     
(a)(7)*
  
Press Release issued by FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation on January 17, 2012.
     
(a)(8)*
  
Complaint captioned Rohit Sangal v. SonoSite, Inc. et al., Case Number 11-2-44110-5 SEA filed on December 21, 2011 in the Superior Court of Washington – King County.
     
(a)(9)*
  
Complaint captioned David Raul as custodian for Pinchus E. Raul UTMA NY v. Kevin Goodwin, et al., filed on December 21, 2011 in the Superior Court of Washington – Snohomish County.
     
(a)(10)*
  
Amended complaint captioned Rohit Sangal v. SonoSite, Inc. et al., Case Number 11-2-44110-5 SEA filed on January 23, 2012 in the Superior Court of Washington – King County.
     
(a)(11)*
  
Complaint captioned Raymond Montminy, Sr. and Brian Snow v. SonoSite, Inc. et al., Case Number 12-2-04412-1 SEA filed on February 2, 2012 in the Superior Court of Washington – King County.
     
(a)(12)
  
Consolidated complaint captioned In re SonoSite, Inc. Shareholder Litigation, Case No. 11-2-44110-5 SEA filed on February 7, 2012 in the Superior Court of Washington – King County.
     
(d)(1)*
  
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 15, 2011, among FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation, Salmon Acquisition Corporation and SonoSite, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by SonoSite, Inc. with the SEC on December 15, 2011).
     
(d)(2)*
  
Confidentiality Agreement, dated August 26, 2011, between FUJIFILM Corporation and SonoSite, Inc.
     
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*  Previously filed.