Exhibit 10.76

                           THERMO ELECTRON CORPORATION

                              EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

                           RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT


                                  Guy Broadbent
                                Name of Recipient

                                      6,000
                         Number of Restricted Shares of
                              Common Stock Awarded

                 Vesting Schedule for Restricted Shares Awarded:

              # of Shares                             Vesting Date
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                [2,000]                                [10/13/01]
                [2,000]                                [10/13/02]
                [2,000]                                [10/13/03]

                                October 13, 2000
                                   Award Date

         Thermo Electron Corporation (the "Company") has selected you to receive
the restricted stock award identified above, subject to the provisions of the
Plan and the terms, conditions and restrictions contained in this agreement (the
"Agreement"). Please confirm your acceptance of this Award, your agreement to
the terms of the Plan and this Agreement, your receipt of a copy of the Plan,
and your receipt of a memorandum regarding the tax treatment of awards of
restricted stock, by signing both copies of this Agreement. You should keep one
copy for your records and return the other copy promptly to the Stock Option
Manager of the Company, c/o Thermo Electron Corporation, 81 Wyman Street, Post
Office Box 9046, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454-9046.

                                      THERMO ELECTRON CORPORATION


                                      By: /s/ Anne Pol
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                                          Anne Pol
                                          Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Accepted and Agreed:


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Recipient


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                           THERMO ELECTRON CORPORATION

                              EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

                           Restricted Stock Agreement
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1.   Preamble. This Restricted Stock Agreement contains the terms and conditions
     of an award of shares of restricted stock of the Company (the "Restricted
     Shares") made to the Recipient identified on the first page of this
     Agreement pursuant to the Plan. The Restricted Shares shall be issued from
     treasury shares held by the Company.

2.   Restrictions on Transfer. The Restricted Shares shall not be sold,
     transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise encumbered or disposed of
     except as provided below and in the Plan, until and unless the Restricted
     Shares shall have vested as provided in Paragraph 3 below.

3.   Vesting. The term "vest" as used in this Agreement means the lapsing of the
     restrictions that are described in this Agreement with respect to the
     Restricted Shares. The Restricted Shares shall vest in accordance with the
     schedule set forth on the first page of this Agreement, provided in each
     case that the Recipient is then, and since the Award Date has continuously
     been, employed by the Company or its subsidiaries. Notwithstanding the
     foregoing, the Recipient shall become fully vested in the Restricted Shares
     prior to the vesting dates set forth on the first page of this Agreement in
     the following circumstances:

     (a)  In the event of a Change of Control, as defined in Section 9.2 of the
          Plan, as the same may be amended from time to time and as in effect on
          the date of determination, all Restricted Shares that have not
          previously been forfeited shall immediately vest, provided that the
          Recipient is then employed by the Company or its subsidiaries.

     (b)  In the event of the Recipient's death or disability, all Restricted
          Shares that have not previously been forfeited shall immediately vest,
          provided that the Recipient was employed by the Company or its
          subsidiaries immediately prior to the date of death or disability. For
          purposes of this Agreement, "disability" shall mean a disability as
          determined (subject to such additional rules as the Human Resources
          Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Committee")
          may prescribe) in accordance with the long term disability plan of the
          Company and its subsidiaries covering the Recipient or, if there is no
          such plan, in accordance with a determination of disability by the
          U.S. Social Security Administration if the Recipient is a U.S. citizen
          or resident in the United States, or such comparable body, as
          determined by the Committee, with respect to Recipients who are not
          U.S. citizens and are not resident in the United States.

     (c)  In the event the Recipient's employment is terminated by the Company
          other than for cause, all Restricted Shares that have not previously
          been forfeited shall immediately vest. Cause means the Recipient's
          willful engagement in illegal conduct or gross misconduct which is
          materially and demonstrably injurious to the Company. For purposes of
          this Paragraph 3(c), no act or failure to act by the Recipient shall
          be considered "willful" unless it is done, or omitted to be done, in
          bad faith and without reasonable belief that the Recipient's action or
          omission was in the best interests of the Company.

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4.   Forfeiture. In the event the undersigned ceases to be employed by the
     Company or its subsidiaries for any reason other than the reasons set forth
     in Paragraph 3, the Restricted Shares, less any Restricted Shares that have
     previously vested, shall be immediately forfeited to the Company.

5.   Dividends and Voting Rights. The Recipient shall be entitled to any and
     all dividends or other distributions paid with respect to the Restricted
     Shares which have not been forfeited or otherwise disposed of and shall be
     entitled to vote any such Restricted Shares; provided however, that any
     property (other than cash) distributed with respect to Restricted Shares,
     including without limitation a distribution of shares of the Company's
     stock by reason of a stock dividend, stock split or otherwise, or a
     distribution of other securities based on the ownership of Restricted
     Shares, shall be subject to the restrictions of this Restricted Stock
     Agreement in the same manner and for so long as the Restricted Shares
     remain subject to such restrictions, and shall be promptly forfeited to the
     Company if and when the Restricted Shares are so forfeited.

6.   Certificates. (a) Legended Certificates. The Recipient is executing and
     delivering to the Company blank stock powers to be used in the event of
     forfeiture. Any certificates representing unvested Restricted Shares shall
     be held by the Company, and any such certificate (and, to the extent
     determined by the Company, any other evidence of ownership of unvested
     Restricted Shares) shall contain the following legend:

         THE TRANSFERABILITY OF THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE SHARES OF STOCK
         REPRESENTED HEREBY ARE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
         (INCLUDING FORFEITURE) OF THE ISSUER'S EMPLOYEES EQUITY INCENTIVE
         PLAN AND A RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO BETWEEN THE
         REGISTERED OWNER AND THE ISSUER. COPIES OF SUCH PLAN AND AGREEMENT
         ARE ON FILE IN THE OFFICES OF THE ISSUER.

     (b) Book Entry. If unvested Restricted Shares are held in book entry form,
         the Recipient agrees that the Company may give stop transfer
         instructions to the depository to ensure compliance with the provisions
         of this Agreement. The Recipient hereby (i) acknowledges that the
         Restricted Shares may be held in book entry form on the books of the
         Company's depository (or another institution specified by the Company),
         and irrevocably authorizes the Company to take such actions as may be
         necessary or appropriate to effectuate a transfer of the record
         ownership of any such shares that are unvested and forfeited hereunder,
         (ii) agrees to deliver to the Company, as a precondition to the
         issuance of any certificate or certificates with respect to unvested
         Restricted Shares, one or more stock powers, endorsed in blank, with
         respect to such shares, and (iii) agrees to sign such other powers and
         take such other actions as the Company may reasonably request to
         accomplish the transfer or forfeiture of any unvested Restricted Shares
         that are forfeited hereunder.

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7.   Unrestricted Shares. As soon as practicable following the vesting of any
     Restricted Shares the Company shall cause a certificate or certificates
     covering such shares, without the legend contained in Paragraph 6(a), to be
     issued and delivered to the Recipient, subject to the payment by the
     Recipient by cash or other means acceptable to the Company of any federal,
     state, local and other applicable taxes required to be withheld in
     connection with such vesting. The Recipient understands that once a
     certificate has been delivered to the Recipient in respect of Restricted
     Shares which have vested, the Recipient will be free to sell the shares of
     common stock evidenced by such certificate, subject to applicable
     requirements of federal and state securities laws.

8.   Tax Withholding. The Recipient expressly acknowledges that the award or
     vesting of the Restricted Shares will give rise to "wages" subject to
     withholding. The Recipient expressly acknowledges and agrees that the
     Recipient's rights hereunder are subject to the Recipient's paying to the
     Company in cash (or by such other means as may be acceptable to the Company
     in its discretion, including, if the Committee so determines, by the
     delivery of previously acquired shares of common stock of the Company or by
     having the Company hold back from the shares to be delivered, shares of the
     Company's common stock having a value calculated to satisfy the withholding
     requirement) all federal, state, local and any other applicable taxes
     required to be withheld in connection with such award or vesting. If the
     withholding obligation is not satisfied by the Recipient promptly, the
     Company may, without further consent from the Recipient, have the right to
     deduct such taxes from any payment of any kind otherwise due to the
     Recipient, including but not limited to, the hold back from the shares to
     be delivered pursuant to Section 7 of this Agreement of that number of
     shares calculated to satisfy all federal, state, local or other applicable
     taxes required to be withheld in connection with such award or vesting.

9.   Administration. The Board of Directors of the Company, or the Human
     Resources Committee of the Board of Directors or other committee designated
     in the Plan, shall have the authority to manage and control the operation
     and administration of this Agreement. Any interpretation of the Agreement
     by the Committee and any decision made by it with respect to the Agreement
     is final and binding.

10.  Plan Definitions. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the
     contrary, the terms of this Agreement shall be subject to the terms of the
     Plan, a copy of which has already been provided to the Recipient.

11.  Amendment. This Agreement may be amended only by written agreement between
     the Recipient and the Company, without the consent of any other person.

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