-------- UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ----------------------------- FORM 4 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 OMB APPROVAL -------- ----------------------------- / / Check this box if no STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OMB Number: 3235-0287 longer subject to Expires: January 31, 2005 Section 16. Form 4 or Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Estimated average burden Form 5 obligations may Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or hours per response .... 0.5 continue. SEE Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ----------------------------- Instruction 1(b). (Print or Type Responses) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Issuer Name AND Ticker or Trading Symbol 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Weldon Kent R. Fisher Scientific International, Inc. (FSH) ---- ---- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Officer (give Other (Last) (First) (Middle) 3. I.R.S. Identification 4. Statement for ---- title ---- (specify Number of Reporting Month/Day/Year below) below) Person, if an entity c/o Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. (voluntary) 1/14/03 75 State Street -------------------------------------------- --------------------- ------------------ ------------------------------------- (Street) 5. If Amendment, 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing Date of Original (Check Applicable Line) (Month/Day/Year) _X_Form filed by One Reporting Person ___Form filed by More than One Boston MA 02109 Reporting Person ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (City) (State) (Zip) TABLE I - NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title of 2. Trans- 2A. Deemed 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature Security action Execution action or Disposed of (D) Securities ship of In- (Instr. 3) Date Date, Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form: direct if any (Instr. 8) Owned Follow- Direct Bene- (Month/ (Month/ ing Reported (D) or ficial Day/ Day/ ------------------------------------------ Transaction(s) Indirect Owner- Year) Year) (A) or (Instr. 3 (I) ship Code V Amount (D) Price and 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock, par value $.01 per share 1/14/03 J (1) 5,402,662 D 5,977,006 I (1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock, par value $.01 per share 1/14/03 J (1) 3,766 A (2) 12,206 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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(Print or Type Responses)

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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

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~~TABLE II - DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED (e~~1.~~g.,~~ ~~PUTS,~~Name ~~CALLS,~~and ~~WARRANTS,~~Address ~~OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Title~~ of ~~Derivative~~Reporting ~~Security~~Person 2.* ~~Conver-~~Weldon 3.Kent ~~Trans- 3A~~R. ~~Deemed 4. Transac- 5. Number of Deriv- 6. Date Exer-~~ (~~Instr. 3~~Last) ~~sion or action Execution tion Code ative Securities Ac- cisable and Ex- Exercise Date Date,~~ (~~Instr. 8~~First) ~~quired~~ (AMiddle) ~~or Dis- piration Date Price of (Month~~c/o ifThomas ~~any posed of (D) (Month/Day/ Deriv- Day/ (Month/ (Instr~~H. 3,Lee 4Partners, and 5) Year) ative Year) Day/ Security Year) -------------------------------------- ---------------- Date Expira- Exer- tion Code V (A) (D) cisable Date ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7L. ~~Title and Amount of 8~~P. ~~Price~~75 ofState 9.Street ~~Number of 10. Ownership 11. Nature of Underlying Securities Derivative Derivative Form of Indirect~~ (~~Instr. 3 and 4~~Street) ~~Security~~Boston ~~Securities~~MA ~~Derivative~~02109 ~~Beneficial~~ (~~Instr. 5~~City) ~~Beneficially Securities: Ownership Owned Direct~~ (DState) or (~~Instr. 4~~Zip) ~~Following Indirect (I) Reported (Instr~~2. 4)Issuer ~~Transaction(s)~~Name ~~-----------------------~~and ~~(Instr.~~Ticker ~~4) Title Amount~~ or ~~Number~~Trading ofSymbol ~~Shares~~Fisher ~~-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~~Scientific ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Explanation of Responses: (1) Represents shares of the Issuer held directly by Thomas H. Lee Equity Fund IIIInternational, LInc.P. (~~"Equity Fund III"~~FSH), ~~THL FSI Equity Investors, L~~3.P. ~~("FSI") and Thomas H~~I. ~~Lee Foreign Fund III, L~~R.PS. ~~("Foreign~~Identification ~~Fund~~Number ~~III"), which the reporting person may be deemed to beneficially own. On January 14, 2003 Equity Fund III, Foreign Fund III, and FSI issued a pro rata distribution~~ of ~~common~~Reporting ~~stock of the Issuer to their respective general and limited partners. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares~~Person, ~~and~~if ~~this report shall not be deemed~~ an ~~admission~~entity ~~that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of the securities for the purpose of Section 16 or for any other purpose, except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein.~~ (2voluntary) ~~Represents~~4. ~~shares~~Statement ~~distributed~~for ~~to the reporting person in connection with the distribution described in footnote (1) above.~~ Month/sDay/Year ~~Kent R. Weldon 1~~4/158/03 ~~----------------------------------- ----------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly~~5. * If ~~the form is filed by more than one reporting person~~Amendment, ~~SEE~~Date ~~Instruction~~of 4Original (bMonth/Day/Year)~~(v)~~ 6. **Relationship ~~Intentional misstatements or omissions~~ of ~~facts~~Reporting ~~constitute Federal Criminal Violations. SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff~~Person(as). ~~Note:~~to ~~File~~Issuer ~~three~~(Check ~~copies~~all ofapplicable) ~~this~~X ~~Form,~~Director ~~one~~Officer of(give ~~which~~title ~~must~~below) be10% ~~manually~~Owner ~~signed.~~Other If(specify ~~space~~below) ~~is insufficient, SEE Instruction 6 for procedure~~7. ~~Potential~~Individual ~~persons~~or ~~who~~Joint/Group ~~are~~Filing to(Check ~~respond~~Applicable toLine) ~~the~~X ~~collection~~Form offiled ~~information~~by ~~contained~~One inReporting ~~this~~Person ~~form~~Form ~~are~~filed ~~not~~by ~~required~~More tothan ~~respond~~One ~~unless~~Reporting ~~the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.~~Person

Table I — Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/ Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/ Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/ Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/ Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share	4/8/03		J (1)		5,977,006	D		- 0 -	I	See Note (1)
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share	4/8/03		J (1)		563	A (2)		12,769	D

Table II — Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date
(Month/Day/
Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/
Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Securities: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date
Exercisable

Expiration
Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

(1) Represents shares of the issuer held directly by Thomas H. Lee Equity Fund III, L.P. (“Equity Fund III”), THL FSI Equity Investors, L.P. (“FSI”) and Thomas H. Lee Foreign Fund III, L.P. (“Foreign Fund III”), which the reporting person may be deemed to beneficially own. On April 8, 2003 Equity Fund III, Foreign Fund III, FSI, and Equity Advisors III issued a pro rata distribution of common stock of the Issuer to their respective general and limited partners. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of the securities for the purpose of Section 16 or for any other purpose, except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein.

(2) Represents shares distributed to the reporting person in connection with the distribution described in footnote (1) above.

/s/ Kent R. Weldon

** Signature of Reporting Person

April 8, 2003

Date

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 is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.

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