Let f and g be meromorphic functions sharing four small functions a(1), a(2
), a(3), a(4) ignoring multiplicities. If there is a small function a(5) di
stinct from a(j), j = 1, 2, 3, 4, such that (N) over bar (r, f = a(5) = g)
not equal S(r, f), then f = g, where (N) over bar (r, f = a(5) = g) is the
counting function of those common zeros of f(z) - a(5)(z) and g(z) - a(5)(z
) counted only once ignoring multiplicities.