**Exhibit 10.7.5**

**APPLERA CORPORATION/APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS GROUP****1999 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN**

**FORM OF EMPLOYEE STOCK AWARD****AGREEMENT**

**EMPLOYEESTOCK AWARD****AGREEMENT** datedas of [Grant Date] by and between Applera Corporation, a Delaware corporation(the “Company”), and [Name], a regular salaried employee of the Company or one of its subsidiaries (“you”). 

***1.***   ***Grantof Employee Stock Award.*** TheCompany hereby grants to you an Employee Stock  Award (the “Award”) for [Total Number of Shares] shares (the “Award  Shares”) of its Applied Biosystems Group Common Stock, par value $.01  per share (the “Applied Biosystems Stock”), under the terms of the  Applera Corporation/Applied Biosystems Group 1999 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). 

***2.   Vesting.***The      Award Shares will vest as to [25% of Total Number of Shares] Award Shares      on [First Anniversary of Grant Date], [25% of Total Number of Shares] Award      Shares on [Second Anniversary of Grant Date], [25% of Total Number of Shares]      Award Shares on [Third Anniversary of Grant Date], and [25% of Total Number      of Shares] Award Shares on [Fourth Anniversary of Grant Date] (each a “Vesting      Date”),      provided that you have been at all times from the date of grant to and      including the applicable Vesting Date a [regular]1 employee      of the Company or one of its subsidiaries.2

***3.   Terminationof Employment.*** Ifyour employment with the Company or a subsidiary is terminated by you or theCompany for any reason prior to the vesting of all or a portion of the AwardShares, the Award Shares which have not vested will be forfeited and will revertback to the Company without payment to you of any consideration. 

***4.   Delivery          of Award Shares.***Certificates          representing the Award Shares will be registered in your name but remain          in the physical custody of the Company until the Award Shares have          vested. In the event that all or a portion of the Award Shares are          forfeited for any reason, those shares will revert back to the Company          without payment to you of any consideration. 

***5.   Paymentof Dividends; Voting Rights.***Priorto the vesting of the Award Shares, you will have the right to vote and to receivedividends, if any, on all of the unvested shares of Applied Biosystems Stockcovered by the Award.

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| 1 Applicable    only to September 2, 2003, award grant.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |   |
| 2        An August 21, 2003, award grant to Tony        L. White vests in three equal installments on the last day of each of        the first three fiscal years ending after the award grant date. An award        granted to Catherine M. Burzik on September 2, 2003, is subject to the    vesting schedule set forth in this Section 2. |   |

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***6.   Non-Transferability.***  Prior 	to the time that shares of Applied Biosystems Stock issued pursuant to the 	Award are delivered to you, none of such shares may be sold, assigned, bequeathed,transferred, pledged, hypothecated, or otherwise disposed of in any way.                                               

***7.   Changeof Control.***Subjectto the terms of the Plan, all Award Shares will be deemed vested (without regardto the Vesting Dates) upon the occurrence of any of the events set forth in Section11 of the Plan.

***8.   NoRight to Continued Employment.***Neitherthe Award nor this Agreement confers upon you any right to continue to be anemployee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or interferes in any way withthe right of the Company or any of its subsidiaries to terminate your employmentat any time. The Award will terminate upon the termination of your employmentfor any reason. The Award will not be reinstated if you are subsequently reinstatedas an employee of the Company or any subsidiary. 

***9.   NoRight to Future Benefits.***ThePlan and the benefits offered under the Plan are provided by the Company on anentirely discretionary basis, and the Plan creates no vested rights in participants.Neither the Award nor this Agreement confers upon you any benefit other thanas specifically set forth in this Agreement and the Plan. You understand andagree that the benefits offered under the Award and the Plan are not part ofyour salary and that receipt of the Award does not entitle you to any futurebenefits under the Plan or any other plan or program of the Company. 

***10.   Compliancewith Law.*** Noshares of Applied Biosystems Stock will be delivered to you upon the vestingof the Award Shares unless counsel for the Company is satisfied that such deliverywill be in compliance with all applicable laws. 

***11.   Entire Agreement*.**  This Agreement and the Plan contain the entire agreement between you and the Company regarding the Award and supersede all prior arrangements or understandings with respect thereto. 

***12.   Terms of Plan Govern.***This Agreement and the terms of the Award will be governed by the terms of the Plan which is hereby incorporated by reference in this Agreement.  In the event of any ambiguity in this Agreement or any inconsistency between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of the Plan, the terms of the Plan will govern. By your signature below, you acknowledge receipt of the Plan Summary and agree to be bound by all of the terms of the Plan. 

***13.   Amendments.***The Award or the Plan may, subject to certain exceptions, be amended by the Committee at any time in any manner. However, no amendment of the Award or the Plan will adversely affect in any material manner any of your rights under the Award without your consent.

***14.   GoverningLaw.***ThisAgreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal lawsof the State of Delaware. 

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 **IN WITNESS WHEREOF,**this Agreement has been duly executed by the undersigned as of the day and year first written above.

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