THERMO ELECTRON CORP
SC 13D/A, 1999-05-14
MEASURING & CONTROLLING DEVICES, NEC
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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                  SCHEDULE 13D

                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                               (Amendment No. 15)

                             ThermoTrex Corporation

                                (Name of Issuer)

                     Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
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                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                   883666 10 9
                                 (CUSIP Number)

                             Seth H. Hoogasian, Esq.
                                 General Counsel
                                  (781)622-1000

                           Thermo Electron Corporation
                                 81 Wyman Street
                             Waltham, MA 02454-9046
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 (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices
                             and Communications)


                                April 16, 1999
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           (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

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If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to
report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is
filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e),  13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g),  check the
following box [ ].
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            1              NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
                           I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
                           Thermo Electron Corporation
                           IRS No. 04-2209186
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            2              CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A
                           GROUP*
                                                                       (a) [   ]
                                                                       (b) [   ]
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            3              SEC USE ONLY
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            4              SOURCE OF FUNDS*


                           WC
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            5              CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
                           IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)
                                                                           [   ]
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            6              CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION


                           State of Delaware
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 NUMBER OF SHARES     7    SOLE VOTING POWER
   BENEFICIALLY
  OWNED BY EACH
 REPORTING PERSON          14,022,678
       WITH
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                      8    SHARED VOTING POWER


                           0
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                      9    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER


                           14,022,678
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                     10    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER


                           0
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            11             AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH 
                           REPORTING PERSON

                           14,022,678
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            12             CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
                           EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*                        [   ]
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            13             PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11


                           73.7%
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            14             TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON *

                           CO
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      Thermo  Electron  Corporation  hereby amends its statement on Schedule 13D
relating to the shares (the "Shares") of common stock, par value $.01 per share,
of ThermoTrex Corporation (the "Issuer"), as set forth below.

Item 2.     Identity and Background

      The  first  paragraph  of Item 2 is hereby  amended  and  restated  in its
entirety as follows:

      This  Amendment  is  being  filed  by  Thermo  Electron  Corporation  (the
"Reporting  Person"),  pursuant  to Rule  13d-2,  to reflect an  increase in the
Reporting  Person's holdings of the Issuer's Shares since the Reporting Person's
last filing on Schedule 13D, in April, 1999, of more than one percent.

Item 3.     Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

      The first two sentences of Item 3 are hereby amended and restated in their
entirety as follows:

      The Reporting Person has expended  approximately  $1,872,000 in purchasing
Shares of the Issuer  since the date of its last filing on Schedule  13D.  These
funds were paid out of the Reporting Person's working capital.

Item 5.     Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

      Items 5 (a) - (c) are hereby  amended and  restated  in their  entirety as
follows:

      (a)  The  Reporting  Person   beneficially  owns  14,022,678   Shares,  or
approximately 73.7% of the outstanding Shares. To the knowledge of the Reporting
Person,   the  executive   officers  and  directors  of  the  Reporting   Person
beneficially  own an  aggregate  of 182,201  Shares or  approximately  1% of the
outstanding  Shares.  To the  knowledge  of the  Reporting  Person,  the  Shares
beneficially  owned by all  executive  officers and  directors of the  Reporting
Person include 112,100 Shares that such persons have the right to acquire within
60 days through the exercise of stock options.  Ownership  information  for each
executive officer and director of the Reporting Person is set forth below.

Name                                            Number of Shares(1)
- ----                                            -------------------
John M. Albertine                                         6,000
Peter O. Crisp                                           40,288
Elias P. Gyftopoulos                                      6,000

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George N. Hatsopoulos                                    44,889
John N. Hatsopoulos                                      23,844
Brian D. Holt                                                 0
Frank Jungers                                            12,500
Paul F. Kelleher                                          8,916
John T. Keiser                                                0
Theo Melas-Kyriazi                                        5,000
Earl R. Lewis                                                 0
Robert A. McCabe                                         11,500
Donald E. Noble                                           6,000
Robert W. O'Leary                                         1,500
Hutham S. Olayan                                          6,000
William A. Rainville                                      1,797
Arvin H. Smith                                            1,967
Richard F. Syron                                              0
Roger D. Wellington                                       6,000
All directors and current executive                     182,201
officers as a group (19 persons)

     (1) Shares reported as beneficially owned by Dr. Albertine,  Mr. Crisp, Dr.
Gyftopoulos,  Dr. G. Hatsopoulos, Mr. J. Hatsopoulos, Mr. Jungers, Mr. Kelleher,
Mr.  Melas-Kyriazi,  Mr.  McCabe,  Mr.  Noble,  Ms.  Olayan,  Mr.  O'Leary,  Mr.
Wellington,  and all directors and executive  officers as a group include 6,000,
7,600, 6,000, 30,000,  21,000,  6,000, 5,000, 5,000, 6,000, 6,000, 6,000, 1,500,
6,000 and 112,100 Shares, respectively, that such person or members of the group
have the right to acquire within 60 days.

While certain directors and executive  officers of the Reporting Person are also
directors  and  officers of the Issuer,  all such  persons  disclaim  beneficial
ownership of the Shares owned by the Reporting Person.
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      (b) The Reporting  Person and the executive  officers and directors of the
Reporting Person have the sole power to vote and dispose of the Shares each such
person owns, except as follows:  Shares  beneficially owned by Mr. Crisp and all
directors and executive  officers as a group include 3,564 full Shares allocated
to Mr. Crisp's account maintained pursuant to the Issuer's deferred compensation
plan for directors.  Shares beneficially owned by Dr. G. Hatsopoulos include 160
Shares  held by his  spouse.  Shares  beneficially  owned by Ms.  Olayan  do not
include 10,000 Shares owned by Crescent Growth Fund Ltd., a member of the Olayan
Group which is indirectly  controlled  by Mr.  Suliman S. Olayan,  Ms.  Olayan's
father.  Ms.  Olayan  disclaims  beneficial  ownership  of the  Shares  owned by
Crescent Growth Fund Ltd.

      (c) The  Reporting  Person has effected the  following  transactions  with
respect to the Shares during the past 60 days:

Date           Amount        Price Per Share                Transfer Type
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04/08/99      500              $5.50                   Open Market Purchase
04/08/99      29,900           $5.75                   Open Market Purchase
04/08/99      30,600           $5.875                  Open Market Purchase
04/09/99      300              $5.875                  Open Market Purchase
04/09/99      11,800           $6.125                  Open Market Purchase
04/09/99      1,500            $6.25                   Open Market Purchase
04/09/99      11,100           $6.375                  Open Market Purchase
04/09/99      10,600           $6.50                   Open Market Purchase
04/09/99      10,000           $6.625                  Open Market Purchase
04/12/99      1,000            $6.8125                 Open Market Purchase
04/12/99      200              $6.875                  Open Market Purchase
04/12/99      500              $6.9375                 Open Market Purchase
04/12/99      10,000           $7.00                   Open Market Purchase
04/12/99      5,500            $7.0625                 Open Market Purchase
04/12/99      7,700            $7.25                   Open Market Purchase
04/12/99      9,100            $7.375                  Open Market Purchase
04/13/99      2,000            $7.50                   Open Market Purchase
04/13/99      1,700            $7.5625                 Open Market Purchase
04/13/99      10,100           $7.625                  Open Market Purchase
04/13/99      7,800            $7.8125                 Open Market Purchase
04/13/99      14,400           $8.00                   Open Market Purchase
04/15/99      2,100            $7.75                   Open Market Purchase
04/15/99      100              $7.625                  Open Market Purchase

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04/16/99      8,900            $8.00                   Open Market Purchase
04/16/99      1,000            $8.0625                 Open Market Purchase
04/16/99      13,300           $8.125                  Open Market Purchase
04/16/99      7,000            $8.1875                 Open Market Purchase
04/16/99      6,200            $8.25                   Open Market Purchase
04/16/99      2,300            $8.4375                 Open Market Purchase
04/19/99      2,000            $8.3125                 Open Market Purchase
04/19/99      4,000            $8.375                  Open Market Purchase
04/20/99      6,000            $8.375                  Open Market Purchase
04/20/99      6,000            $8.4375                 Open Market Purchase
04/20/99      6,000            $8.50                   Open Market Purchase
04/21/99      1,700            $8.625                  Open Market Purchase
04/22/99      11,500           $8.625                  Open Market Purchase
04/23/99      2,400            $8.50                   Open Market Purchase


      To the  knowledge of the  Reporting  Person,  the  executive  officers and
directors of the Reporting Person have effected no transactions in the Shares in
the past 60 days.

     Item 6.  Contracts,  Arrangements,  Understandings  or  Relationships  with
respect to Securities of the Issuer.

      The second  paragraph  of Item 6 is hereby  amended  and  restated  in its
entirety as follows:

      Of the 14,022,678 Shares  beneficially  owned by the Reporting Person, (i)
370,370  Shares are issuable to the Reporting  Person if it elects to convert in
full its  convertible  subordinated  debentures  of the Issuer  and (ii)  83,800
Shares are subject to options to acquire  such Shares  granted by the  Reporting
Person  pursuant to its director and employee stock option plans.  The executive
officers and directors of the Reporting Person have the right,  pursuant to such
options, to acquire 43,500 Shares. In addition, the following executive officers
and directors of the Reporting  Person have the right to acquire shares from the
Issuer  pursuant to the Issuer's  director and employee stock option plans:  Dr.
George N. Hatsopoulos has the right to acquire 30,000 Shares within 60 days; Mr.
John N.  Hatsopoulos  has the right to acquire 21,000 Shares within 60 days; Mr.
Peter O. Crisp has the right to acquire 7,600 Shares within 60 days; Mr. Paul F.
Kelleher  has the right to acquire  5,000  Shares  within 60 days;  and Mr. Theo
Melas-Kyriazi has the right to acquire 5,000 shares within 60 days.



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Signature

      After reasonable  inquiry and to the best of its knowledge and belief, the
Reporting  Person  certifies that the information set forth in this statement is
true, complete and correct.

Date: May 14, 1999                      THERMO ELECTRON CORPORATION




                                        By:  /s/ Theo Melas-Kyriazi
                                             Theo Melas-Kyriazi
                                             Vice President and
                                             Chief Financial Officer




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      Appendix A is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

                                   APPENDIX A

      The following  individuals  are executive  officers or directors of Thermo
Electron  Corporation  ("Thermo  Electron").  Unless  otherwise  noted, all such
individuals  are citizens of the United  States.  Unless  otherwise  noted,  the
business address of each executive officer and director of Thermo Electron is 81
Wyman Street, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454-9046.

John M. Albertine:                           Director, Thermo Electron

      Dr.  Albertine  is  Chairman of the Board and Chief  Executive  Officer of
Albertine Enterprises,  Inc., an economic and public policy consulting firm. His
business  address is Albertine  Enterprises,  Inc., 1156 15th Street N.W., Suite
505, Washington, DC 20005.

Peter O. Crisp:                              Director, Thermo Electron

     Mr. Crisp was, until August 1997, a General Partner of Venrock  Associates,
a venture capital  investment firm. He has been the vice chairman of Rockefeller
Financial Services, Inc. since December 1997.

Elias P. Gyftopoulos:                        Director, Thermo Electron

     Dr.  Gyftopoulos is Professor  Emeritus of the  Massachusetts  Institute of
Technology. His business address is Massachusetts Institute of Technology,  Room
24-109, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139.

Frank Jungers:                               Director, Thermo Electron

     Mr.  Jungers is a consultant on business and energy  matters.  His business
address is 822 NW Murray, Suite 242, Portland, Oregon 97229.

Robert A. McCabe:                            Director, Thermo Electron

     Mr.  McCabe is  Chairman  of Pilot  Capital  Corporation,  a firm  which is
engaged  in  private   investments.   His  business  address  is  Pilot  Capital
Corporation, 444 Madison Avenue, Suite 2103, New York, New York 10022.

Donald E. Noble:                             Director, Thermo Electron

     For more than 20 years,  from 1959 to 1980,  Mr.  Noble served as the Chief
Executive Officer of Rubbermaid, Incorporated, first with the title of President
and  then  as  Chairman  of  the  Board.  His  business  address  is  Rubbermaid
Incorporated, 1147 Akron Road, Wooster, Ohio 44691.
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Robert W. O'Leary:                           Director, Thermo Electron

     Mr.  O'Leary is the  President  and Chairman of Premier,  Inc., a strategic
healthcare  alliance.  His business  address is Premier,  Inc.,  12225 El Camino
Real, San Diego, California 92130.

Hutham S. Olayan:                            Director, Thermo Electron

     Ms. Olayan is the President and a director of Olayan America Corporation, a
firm  engaged  in private  investments,  including  real  estate,  and  advisory
services.  Her business  address is Suite 1100,  505 Park Avenue,  New York, New
York 10022. Ms. Olayan is a citizen of Saudi Arabia.

Richard F. Syron:                            Director, Thermo Electron

     Dr.  Syron has served as the Chairman  and Chief  Executive  Officer of the
American  Stock  Exchange  since 1994.  In March 1999,  Dr. Syron was  appointed
President and Chief  Executive  Officer of Thermo  Electron,  effective  June 1,
1999. His business address is 86 Trinity Place, New York, New York 10006.

Roger D. Wellington:                         Director, Thermo Electron

     Mr.  Wellington is the President and Chief Executive  Officer of Wellington
Consultants,  Inc. and of Wellington  Associates,  Inc.,  international business
consulting firms.

George N. Hatsopoulos:                       Director, Chairman of the Board and
                                             Chief Executive Officer, Thermo
                                             Electron
John N. Hatsopoulos:                         Director and Vice Chairman of the
                                             Board, Thermo Electron
Theo Melas-Kyriazi:                          Vice President and Chief Financial
                                             Officer, Thermo Electron
Mr. Melas-Kyriazi is a citizen of Greece.
Arvin H. Smith:                              President, Thermo Electron
Earl R. Lewis:                               Chief Operating Officer,
                                             Measurement and Detection, Thermo
                                             Electron
William A. Rainville:                        Chief Operating Officer, Recycling
                                             and Resource Recovery, Thermo
                                             Electron

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Paul F. Kelleher:                            Senior Vice President, Finance &
                                             Administration and Chief Accounting
                                             Officer, Thermo Electron
Brian D. Holt:                               Chief Operating Officer, Energy and
                                             Environment, Thermo Electron
John T. Keiser:                              Chief Operating Officer, Biomedical
                                             and Emerging Technologies, Thermo
                                             Electron



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