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EXHIBIT 4.4  

        THE REGISTERED HOLDER OF THIS PURCHASE OPTION BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT SELL, TRANSFER OR ASSIGN THIS PURCHASE OPTION EXCEPT AS HEREIN
PROVIDED AND THE REGISTERED HOLDER OF THIS PURCHASE OPTION AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT SELL, TRANSFER, ASSIGN, PLEDGE OR HYPOTHECATE THIS PURCHASE OPTION FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR FOLLOWING THE EFFECTIVE
DATE (DEFINED BELOW) TO ANYONE OTHER THAN (I) MORGAN JOSEPH & CO. INC. ("MORGAN JOSEPH") OR A SELECTED DEALER IN CONNECTION WITH
THE OFFERING, OR (II) A BONA FIDE OFFICER OR PARTNER OF MORGAN JOSEPH OR OF ANY SUCH SELECTED DEALER. 

        THIS
PURCHASE OPTION IS NOT EXERCISABLE PRIOR TO THE LATER OF THE CONSUMMATION BY TALIERA CORPORATION ("COMPANY") OF A MERGER, CAPITAL
STOCK EXCHANGE, ASSET OR STOCK ACQUISITION OR OTHER SIMILAR BUSINESS COMBINATION ("BUSINESS COMBINATION")(AS DESCRIBED MORE FULLY IN THE COMPANY'S
REGISTRATION STATEMENT (DEFINED HEREIN)) OR                        , 2007. VOID AFTER 5:00 P.M. NEW YORK CITY LOCAL TIME,
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UNIT PURCHASE OPTION    
    
    FOR THE PURCHASE OF    
    
    750,000 UNITS    
    
    OF    
    
    TALIERA CORPORATION    
    

1.    Purchase Option.    

        THIS
CERTIFIES THAT, in consideration of $100.00 duly paid to Taliera Corporation (the "Company") by or on behalf of Morgan
Joseph & Co., Inc. or registered assigns ("Holder"), is entitled to at any time or from time to time upon the later of the consummation of
a Business Combination or                            , 2007 ("Commencement
Date"), and at or before 5:00 p.m., New York City local time,
                , 2010 ("Expiration Date"), but not thereafter, to subscribe for, purchase and receive, in whole or in part,
 up to Seven
Hundred Fifty Thousand (750,000) units ("Units") of the Company, each Unit consisting of one share of common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per
share ("Common Stock"), and one warrant ("Warrant") expiring four years from the effective date
("Effective Date") of the registration statement ("Registration Statement") pursuant to which Units are
offered for sale to the public ("Offering"). Each Warrant is the same as the warrants included in the Units being registered for sale to the public by
way of the Registration Statement ("Public Warrants"). If the Expiration Date is a day on which banking institutions are authorized by law to close,
then this Purchase Option may be exercised on the next succeeding day which is not such a day in accordance with the terms herein. During the period ending on the Expiration Date, the Company agrees
not to take any action that would terminate the Purchase Option. This Purchase Option is initially 

 

exercisable
at $10.00 per Unit so purchased; provided, however, that upon the occurrence of any of the events specified in Section 6 hereof, the
rights granted by this Purchase Option, including the exercise price per Unit and the number of Units (and shares of Common Stock and Warrants) to be received upon such exercise, shall be adjusted as
therein specified. The term "Exercise Price" shall mean the initial exercise price or the adjusted exercise price, depending on the context. 

2.    Exercise.    

        2.1    Exercise Form.    In order to exercise this Purchase Option, the exercise form attached hereto must be duly
executed and completed and delivered to the Company, together with this Purchase Option and payment of the Exercise Price for the Units being purchased payable in cash or by certified check or
official bank check. If the subscription rights represented hereby shall not be exercised at or before 5:00 p.m., New York City local time, on the Expiration Date this Purchase Option shall
become and be void without further force or effect, and all rights represented hereby shall cease and expire. 

        2.2    Legend.    Each certificate for the securities purchased under this Purchase Option shall bear a legend as
follows unless such securities have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Act"): 

"THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED ("ACT") OR APPLICABLE STATE LAW. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD
OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT, OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE LAW." 

        2.3    Cashless Exercise.    

        2.3.1    Determination of Amount.    In lieu of the payment of the Exercise Price multiplied by the number of Units
for which this Purchase Option is exercisable (and in lieu of being entitled to receive Common Stock and Warrants) in the manner required by Section 2.1, the Holder shall have the right (but
not the obligation) to convert any exercisable but unexercised portion of this Purchase Option into Units ("Cashless Exercise Right") as follows: upon
exercise of the Cashless Exercise Right, the Company shall deliver to the Holder (without payment by the Holder of any of the Exercise Price in cash) that number of Units (or that number of shares of
Common Stock and Warrants comprising that number of Units) equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the "Value" (as defined below) of the portion of the Purchase Option being converted by
(y) the "Current Market Value" (as defined below). The "Value" of the portion of the Purchase Option being converted shall equal the remainder
derived from subtracting (a) (i) the Exercise Price multiplied by (ii) the number of Units underlying the portion of this Purchase Option being converted from (b) the Current
Market Value of a Unit multiplied by the number of Units underlying the portion of the Purchase Option being converted. As used herein, the term "Current Market
Value" per Unit at any date means: (A) in the event that neither the Units nor 

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Public
Warrants are still trading, the remainder derived from subtracting (x) the exercise price of the Warrants multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants underlying one Unit from (y) (i) the Current Market Price of the Common Stock multiplied by (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock underlying one Unit, which shall include
the shares of Common Stock underlying the Warrants included in such Unit; (B) in the event that the Units, Common Stock and Public Warrants are still trading, (i) if the Units are listed
on a national securities exchange or quoted on the Nasdaq National Market, Nasdaq SmallCap Market or NASD OTC Bulletin Board (or successor exchange), the last sale price of the Units in the principal
trading market for the Units as reported by the exchange, Nasdaq or the NASD, as the case may be, on the last trading day preceding the date in question; or (ii) if the Units are not listed on
a national securities exchange or quoted on the Nasdaq National Market, Nasdaq SmallCap Market or the NASD OTC Bulletin Board (or successor exchange), but is traded in the residual
over-the-counter market, the closing bid price for Units on the last trading day preceding the date in question for which such quotations are reported by the Pink Sheets, LLC
or similar publisher of such quotations; and (C) in the event that the Units are not still trading but the Common Stock and Public Warrants underlying the Units are still trading, the Current
Market Price of the Common Stock plus the product of (x) the Current Market Price of the Public Warrants and (y) the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the Warrants included in
one Unit. The "Current Market Price" shall mean (i) if the Common Stock (or Public Warrants, as the case may be) is listed on a national securities exchange or quoted on the Nasdaq National
Market, Nasdaq SmallCap Market or NASD OTC Bulletin Board (or successor exchange), the last sale price of the Common Stock (or Public Warrants) in the principal trading market for the Common Stock as
reported by the exchange, Nasdaq or the NASD, as the case may be, on the last trading day preceding the date in question; (ii) if the Common Stock (or Public Warrants, as the case may be) is
not listed on a national securities exchange or quoted on the Nasdaq National Market, Nasdaq SmallCap Market or the NASD OTC Bulletin Board (or successor exchange), but is traded in the residual
over-the-counter market, the closing bid price for the Common Stock (or Public Warrants) on the last trading day preceding the date in question for which such quotations are
reported by the Pink Sheets, LLC or similar publisher of such quotations; and (iii) if the fair market value of the Common Stock cannot be determined pursuant to clause (i) or
(ii) above, such price as the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine, in good faith. In the event the Public Warrants have expired and are no longer exercisable, no "Value" shall be
attributed to the Warrants underlying this Purchase Option. Additionally, in the event that this Purchase Option is exercised pursuant to this Section 2.3 and the Public Warrants are still
trading, the "Value" shall be reduced by the difference between the Warrant Exercise Price and the exercise price of the Public Warrants multiplied by the number of Warrants underlying the Units
included in the portion of this Purchase Option being converted. 

        2.3.1    Mechanics of Cashless Exercise.    The Cashless Exercise Right may be exercised by the Holder on any business
day on or after the Commencement Date and not later than the Expiration Date by delivering the Purchase Option with the duly executed exercise form attached hereto with the cashless exercise section
completed to the Company, exercising the Cashless Exercise Right and specifying the total number of Units the Holder will purchase pursuant to such Cashless Exercise Right. 

        2.4    No Obligation to Net Cash Settle.    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Purchase
Option, in no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the 

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exercise
of the Purchase Option or the Warrants underlying the Purchase Option. The holder of the Purchase Option and the Warrants underlying the Purchase Option will not be entitled to exercise the
Purchase Option or the Warrants underlying such Purchase Option unless a registration statement is effective, or an exemption from the registration requirements is available at such time and, if the
holder is not able to exercise the Purchase Option or underlying Warrants, the Purchase Option and/or the underlying Warrants, as applicable, will expire worthless. 

3.    Transfer.    

        3.1    General Restrictions.    The registered Holder of this Purchase Option, by its acceptance hereof, agrees that
it will not sell, transfer, assign, pledge or hypothecate this Purchase Option for a period of one year following the Effective Date to anyone other than (i) Morgan Joseph or a selected dealer
in connection with the Offering, or (ii) a bona fide officer or partner of Morgan Joseph or of any such selected dealer in accordance with the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. ("NASD") Conduct Rule 2710(g)(1). On and after the first anniversary of the Effective Date, transfers to others may be made
subject to compliance with or exemptions from applicable securities laws. In order to make any permitted assignment, the Holder must deliver to the Company the assignment form attached hereto duly
executed and completed, together with the Purchase Option and payment of all transfer taxes, if any, payable in connection therewith. The Company shall within five (5) business days transfer
this Purchase Option on the books of the Company and shall execute and deliver a new Purchase Option or Purchase Options of like tenor to the appropriate assignee(s) expressly evidencing the right to
purchase the aggregate number of Units purchasable hereunder or such portion of such number as shall be contemplated by any such assignment. 

        3.2    Restrictions Imposed by the Act.    The securities evidenced by this Purchase Option shall not be transferred
unless and until (i) the Company has received the opinion of counsel for the Holder that the securities may be transferred pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Act and
applicable state securities laws, the availability of which is established to the reasonable satisfaction of the Company (the Company hereby agreeing that the opinion of Ice Miller, LLP shall be
deemed satisfactory evidence of the availability of an exemption), or (ii) a registration statement or a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement relating to such
securities has been filed by the Company and declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") and compliance with
applicable state securities law has been established. 

4.    New Purchase Options to be Issued.    

        4.1    Partial Exercise or Transfer.    Subject to the restrictions in  Section 3 hereof, this Purchase Option may be exercised
or assigned in whole or in part. In the event of the exercise or assignment hereof in
part only, upon surrender of this Purchase Option for cancellation, together with the duly executed exercise or assignment form and funds sufficient to pay any Exercise Price and/or transfer tax, the
Company shall cause to be delivered to the Holder without charge a new Purchase Option of like tenor to this Purchase Option in the name of the Holder evidencing the right of the Holder to purchase
the number of Units purchasable hereunder as to which this Purchase Option has not been exercised or assigned. 

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        4.2    Lost Certificate.    Upon receipt by the Company of evidence satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction
or mutilation of this Purchase Option and of reasonably satisfactory indemnification and, if required by the Company, the posting of a bond, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Purchase Option
of like tenor and date. Any such new Purchase Option executed and delivered as a result of such loss, theft, mutilation or destruction shall constitute a substitute contractual obligation on the part
of the Company. 

5.    Registration Rights.    

        5.1    Definitions.    For purposes of this Purchase Option, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth
below 

        5.1.1    "Demand Registration" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.2. 

        5.1.2    "Demanding Holders" shall mean, in connection with any Demand Registration or Piggyback Registration, the Eligible
Holders whose Registrable Securities are included in such Registration. 

        5.1.3    "Eligible Holder" shall mean a Holder of one of more of the Purchase Options, Units, Common Stock or Warrants included
in the Units issued upon exercise of the Purchase Option, or Common Stock issued upon exercise of such Warrants, and "Eligible Holders" means the
Holders of all of the Purchase Options, Units, Common Stock or Warrants issued upon exercise of the Purchase Options, or Common Stock issued upon exercise of such Warrants;  provided, however, that "Eligible Holder" shall not
include any person or entity that holds Common Stock acquired upon exercise of the Purchase Option or upon exercise of Warrants acquired upon exercise of such Purchase Option that has been acquired
pursuant to a transfer pursuant to Rule 144 and that may be traded without restriction pursuant to Rule 144 or registered under the Securities Act (other than the registration statement
pursuant to which the Purchase Option was registered). 

        5.1.4    "Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 

        5.1.5    "Investor Securities" shall mean the securities eligible for registration pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement. 

        5.1.6    "Piggyback Registration" shall have the meaning set forth in  Section 5.3. 

        5.1.7    "Purchase Options" shall mean this Purchase Option and any other identical Purchase Options (other than the number of
Units that may be acquired and the identity of the Holder) derived from this Purchase Option as a result of transfer of a portion of this Purchase Option. 

        5.1.8    "Registrable Securities" shall mean the Common Stock included in the Units issuable upon exercise of the Purchase
Options and the Common Stock issued or issuable upon exercise of the Warrants included in the Purchase Options, and all shares of Common Stock issued with respect to such securities as a result of any
stock split or stock dividend; provided, however, that such shares of Common Stock shall cease to be Registrable Securities: (a) upon 

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sale
or transfer pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act; or (b) when all Registrable Shares held by an Eligible Holder can be sold or by the Eligible Holder
under Rule 144 under the Securities Act within any three-month period. 

        5.1.9    "Registration" shall mean a Demand Registration or a Piggyback Registration. 

        5.1.10    "Registration Rights Agreement" shall mean that certain Registration Rights Agreement dated as
of                        ,
2006 between the Company and the initial investors in the Company. 

        5.1.11    "Underwriting Agreement" shall mean that certain Underwriting Agreement
dated                        , 2006 by and among the
Company, on one hand, and Morgan Joseph and several other underwriters on the other hand. 

        5.2    Demand Registration.    

        5.2.1    Grant of Right.    The Company, upon written demand ("Initial Demand
Notice") of the Holder(s) of at least 51% of the Purchase Options and/or the underlying Units and/or the underlying securities/Registrable Securities (as defined below)
("Majority Holders") at any time within the four year period commencing one year after the Effective Date, agrees to use its best efforts to register
(the "Demand Registration") under the Act on one occasion, all or any portion of the Registrable Securities requested by the Majority Holders in the
Initial Demand Notice and all of the securities underlying such Purchase Options, including the Units, Common Stock, the Warrants and the Common Stock underlying the Warrants (collectively, the
"Registrable Securities"). On such
occasion, the Company will use its best efforts to file a registration statement or a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement covering the Registrable Securities
within sixty (60) days after receipt of the Initial Demand Notice and use its best efforts to have such registration statement or post-effective amendment declared effective as soon
as possible thereafter. The demand for registration may be made at any time during a period of four (4) years beginning on the Effective Date. The Initial Demand Notice shall specify the number
of shares of Registrable Securities proposed to be sold and the intended method(s) of distribution thereof. The Company will notify all holders of the Purchase Options and/or Registrable Securities of
the demand within ten (10) days from the date of the receipt of any such Initial Demand Notice. Each holder of Registrable Securities who wishes to include all or a portion of such holder's
Registrable Securities in the Demand Registration (each such holder including shares of Registrable Securities in such registration, a "Demanding
Holder") shall so notify the Company within fifteen (15) days after the receipt by the holder of the notice from the Company. Upon any such request, the Demanding
Holders shall be entitled to have their Registrable Securities included in the Demand Registration, subject to Section 5.2.4. 

        5.2.2    Effective Registration.    A registration will not count as a Demand Registration until the Registration
Statement filed with the Commission with respect to such Demand Registration has been declared effective and the Company has complied with all of its obligations under this Agreement with respect
thereto; provided, however, that if, after such registration statement has been declared effective, the offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Demand Registration is interfered with by any
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any
other governmental agency or court, the registration statement with respect to such Demand Registration will be deemed not to have been declared effective, unless and until, (i) such stop
order or injunction is removed, rescinded or otherwise terminated, and (ii) a majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders thereafter elect to continue the offering. 

        5.2.3    Underwritten Offering.    If the Majority Holders so elect and such holders so advise the Company as part of
the Initial Demand Notice, the offering of such Registrable Securities pursuant to such Demand Registration shall be in the form of an underwritten offering. In such event, the right of any holder to
include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holder's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such holder's Registrable Securities in the
underwriting to the extent provided herein. All Demanding Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with
the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Majority Holders. 

        5.2.4    Reduction of Offering.    If the managing underwriter or underwriters for a Demand Registration that is to be
an underwritten offering advises the Company and the Demanding Holders in writing that the dollar amount or number of shares of Registrable Securities which the Demanding Holders desire to sell, taken
together with all other shares of Common Stock or other securities which the Company desires to sell and the shares of Common Stock, if any, as to which registration has been requested pursuant to
written contractual piggy-back registration rights held by other stockholders of the Company who desire to sell, exceeds the maximum dollar amount or maximum number of shares that can be
sold in such offering without adversely affecting the proposed offering price, the timing, the distribution method, or the probability of success of such offering (such maximum dollar amount or
maximum number of shares, as applicable, the "Maximum Number of Shares"), then the Company shall include in such registration: (i) first, the
Registrable Securities as to which Demand Registration has been requested by the Demanding Holders (pro rata in accordance with the number of shares that each such Person has requested be included in
such registration, regardless of the number of shares held by each such Person (such proportion is referred to herein as "Pro Rata")) that can be sold
without exceeding the Maximum
Number of Shares; (ii) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clause (i), the shares of Common Stock or other securities that
the Company desires to sell that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; (iii) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the
foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), the shares of Common Stock or other securities registrable pursuant to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement between the Company and the initial
investors in the Company, dated as of                            , 2006 (the "Registration Rights Agreement" and such registrable securities, the
"Investor Securities") as to which "piggy-back" registration has been requested by the holders thereof, Pro Rata, that can be sold without
exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; and (iv) fourth, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares have not been reached under the foregoing clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), the shares of
Common Stock or other securities for the account of other persons that the Company is obligated to register pursuant to written contractual arrangements with such persons and that can be sold without
exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares. 

        5.2.5    Withdrawal.    If a majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders disapprove of the
terms of any underwriting or are not entitled to include all of their Registrable 

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Securities
in any offering, such majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders may elect to withdraw from such offering by giving written notice to the Company and the
underwriter or underwriters of their request to withdraw prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement filed with the Commission with respect to such Demand Registration. If the
majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders withdraws from a proposed offering relating to a Demand Registration, then the Company does not have to continue its obligations
under Section 5.2 with respect to such proposed offering. 

        5.2.6    Terms.    The Company shall bear all fees and expenses attendant to registering the Registrable Securities,
including the expenses of any legal counsel selected by the Holders to represent them in connection with the sale of the Registrable Securities, but the Holders shall pay any and all underwriting
commissions. The Company agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to qualify or register the Registrable Securities in such states as are reasonably requested by the Majority Holder(s); provided,
however, that in no event shall the Company be required to register the Registrable Securities in a state in which such registration would cause (i) the Company to be obligated to qualify to do
business in such state, or would subject the Company to taxation as a foreign corporation doing business in such jurisdiction or (ii) the principal stockholders of the Company to be obligated
to escrow their shares of capital stock of the Company. The Company shall use its best efforts to cause any registration statement or post-effective amendment filed pursuant to the demand
rights granted under Section 5.2.1 to remain effective for a period of nine consecutive months from the effective date of such registration
statement or post-effective amendment. 

        5.3    Piggy-Back Registration.    

        5.3.1    Piggy-Back Rights.    If at any time during the seven year period commencing on the Effective
Date the Company proposes to file a registration statement under the Act with respect to an offering of equity securities, or securities or other obligations exercisable or exchangeable for, or
convertible into, equity securities, by the Company for its own account or for stockholders of the Company for their account (or by the Company and by stockholders of the Company including, without
limitation, pursuant to Section 5.1), other than a registration statement (i) filed in connection with any employee stock option or other benefit plan, (ii) for an exchange offer
or offering of securities solely to the Company's existing stockholders, (iii) for an offering of debt
that is convertible into equity securities of the Company or (iv) for a dividend reinvestment plan, then the Company shall (x) give written notice of such proposed filing to the holders
of Registrable Securities as soon as practicable but in no event less than ten (10) days before the anticipated filing date, which notice shall describe the amount and type of securities to be
included in such offering, the intended method(s) of distribution, and the name of the proposed managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, of the offering, and (y) offer to the holders of
Registrable Securities in such notice the opportunity to register the sale of such number of shares of Registrable Securities as such holders may request in writing within five (5) days
following receipt of such notice (a "Piggy-Back Registration"). The Company shall cause such Registrable Securities to be included in such
registration and shall use its best efforts to cause the managing underwriter or underwriters of a proposed underwritten offering to permit the Registrable Securities requested to be included in a
Piggy-Back Registration on the same terms and conditions as any similar securities of the Company and to permit the sale or other disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance
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distribution
thereof. All holders of Registrable Securities proposing to distribute their securities through a Piggy-Back Registration that involves an underwriter or underwriters shall
enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such Piggy-Back Registration. 

        5.3.2    Reduction of Offering.    If the managing underwriter or underwriters for a Piggy-Back
Registration that is to be an underwritten offering advises the Company and the holders of Registrable Securities in writing that the dollar amount or number of shares of Common Stock which the
Company desires to sell, taken together with shares of Common Stock, if any, as to which registration has been demanded pursuant to written contractual arrangements with persons other than the holders
of Registrable Securities hereunder, the Registrable Securities as to which registration has been requested under this Section 5.3, and the
shares of Common Stock, if any, as to which registration has been requested pursuant to the written contractual piggy-back registration rights of other stockholders of the Company, exceeds
the Maximum Number of Shares, then the Company shall include in any such registration: 

        (a)   If
the registration is undertaken for the Company's account: (A) first, the shares of Common Stock or other securities that the Company desires to sell that can
be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the shares of
Common Stock or other securities, if any, comprised of Registrable Securities and Investor Securities, as to which registration has been requested pursuant to the applicable written contractual
piggy-back registration rights of such security holders, Pro Rata, that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; and (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum
Number of shares has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), the shares of Common Stock or other securities for the account of other persons that the Company is obligated to
register pursuant to written contractual piggy-back registration rights with such persons and that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; 

        (b)   If
the registration is a "demand" registration undertaken at the demand of holders of Investor Securities,
(A) first, the shares of Common Stock or other securities for the account of the demanding persons, Pro Rata, that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; (B) second,
to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the shares of Common Stock or other securities that the Company desires to sell that can be
sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clauses
(A) and (B), the shares of Registrable Securities, Pro Rata, as to which registration has been requested pursuant to the terms hereof, that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of
Shares; and (D) fourth, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A), (B) and (C), the shares of Common Stock or other securities
for the account of other persons that the Company is obligated to register pursuant to written contractual arrangements with such persons, that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of
Shares; and 

        (c)   If
the registration is a "demand" registration undertaken at the demand of persons other than either the holders of Registrable Securities or of Investor Securities,
(A) first, the shares of Common Stock or other securities for the account of the 

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demanding
persons that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing
clause (A), the shares of Common Stock or other securities that the Company desires to sell that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; (C) third, to the extent that
the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), collectively the shares of Common Stock or other securities comprised of Registrable Securities and
Investor Securities, Pro Rata, as to which registration has been requested pursuant to the terms hereof and of the Registration Rights Agreement, as applicable, that can be sold without exceeding the
Maximum Number of Shares; and (D) fourth, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A), (B) and (C), the shares of Common Stock or
other securities for the account of other persons that the Company is obligated to register pursuant to written contractual arrangements with such persons, that can be sold without exceeding the
Maximum Number of Shares. 

        5.3.3    Withdrawal.    Any holder of Registrable Securities may elect to withdraw such holder's request for inclusion
of Registrable Securities in any Piggy-Back Registration by giving written notice to the Company of such request to withdraw prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement. The
Company (whether on its own determination or as the result of a withdrawal by persons making a demand pursuant to written contractual obligations) may withdraw a registration statement at any time
prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement. Notwithstanding any such withdrawal, the Company shall pay all expenses incurred by the holders of Registrable Securities in connection with
such Piggy-Back Registration as provided in Section 5.3.4. 

        5.3.4    Terms.    The Company shall bear all fees and expenses attendant to registering the Registrable Securities,
including the expenses of any legal counsel selected by the Holders to represent them in connection with the sale of the Registrable Securities but the Holders shall pay any and all underwriting
commissions related to the Registrable Securities. In the event of such a proposed registration, the Company shall furnish the then Holders of outstanding Registrable Securities with not less than
fifteen days written notice prior to the proposed date of filing of such registration statement. Such notice to the Holders shall continue to be given for each applicable registration statement filed
(during the period in which the Purchase Option is exercisable) by the Company until such time as all of the Registrable Securities have been registered and sold. The Holders of the Registrable
Securities shall exercise the "piggy-back" rights provided for herein by giving written notice, within ten days of the receipt of the Company's notice of its intention to file a
registration statement. The Company shall use its best efforts to cause any registration statement filed pursuant to the above "piggyback" rights to remain effective for at least nine months from the
date that the Holders of the Registrable Securities are first given the opportunity to sell all of such securities. 

        5.4    [Intentionally Omitted]    

        5.5    General Terms.    

        5.5.1    Indemnification.    The Company shall indemnify the Holder(s) of the Registrable Securities to be sold
pursuant to any registration statement hereunder and each person, if any, who controls such Holders within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 

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20(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("Exchange Act"), against all loss, claim, damage, expense or liability (including all
reasonable attorneys' fees and other expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against litigation, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever whether arising out of
any action between the underwriter and the Company or between the underwriter and any third party or otherwise) to which any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise,
arising from such registration statement but only to the same extent and with the same effect as the provisions pursuant to which the Company has agreed to indemnify the underwriters contained in
Section 5 of the Underwriting Agreement between the Company, Morgan Joseph and the other underwriters named therein dated the Effective Date. The Holder(s) of the Registrable Securities to be
sold pursuant to such registration statement, and their successors and assigns, shall severally, and not jointly, indemnify the Company, its officers and directors and each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act, against all loss, claim, damage, expense or liability (including all reasonable
attorneys' fees and other expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any claim whatsoever) to which they may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or
otherwise, arising from information furnished by or on behalf of such Holders, or their successors or assigns, in writing, for specific inclusion in such registration statement to the same extent and
with the same effect as the provisions contained in Section 5 of the Underwriting Agreement pursuant to which the underwriters have agreed to indemnify the Company. 

        5.5.2    Exercise of Purchase Options.    Nothing contained in this Purchase Option shall be construed as requiring
the Holder(s) to exercise their Purchase Options or Warrants underlying such Purchase Options prior to or after the initial filing of any registration statement or the effectiveness thereof. 

        5.5.3    Documents Delivered to Holders.    The Company shall furnish Morgan Joseph, as representative of the Holders
participating in any of the foregoing offerings, a signed counterpart, addressed to the participating Holders, of (i) an opinion of counsel to the Company, dated the effective date of such
registration statement (and, if such registration includes an underwritten public offering, an opinion dated the date of the closing under any underwriting agreement related thereto), and
(ii) a "cold comfort" letter dated the effective date of such registration statement (and, if such registration includes an underwritten public offering, a letter dated the date of the closing
under the underwriting agreement) signed by the independent public accountants who have issued a report on the Company's financial statements included in such registration statement, in each case
covering substantially the same matters with respect to such registration statement (and the prospectus included therein) and, in the case of such accountants' letter, with respect to events
subsequent to the date of such financial statements, as are customarily covered in opinions of issuer's counsel and in accountants' letters delivered to underwriters in underwritten public offerings
of securities. The Company shall also deliver promptly to Morgan Joseph, as representative of the Holders participating in the offering, the correspondence and memoranda described below and copies of
all correspondence between the Commission and the Company, its counsel or auditors and all memoranda relating to discussions with the Commission or its staff with respect to the registration statement
and permit Morgan Joseph, as representative of the Holders, to do such investigation, upon reasonable advance notice, with respect to information contained in or omitted from the registration
statement as it deems reasonably necessary to comply with applicable securities laws or rules of the National 

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Association
of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD"). Such investigation shall include access to books, records and properties and opportunities to
discuss the business of the Company with its officers and independent auditors, all to such reasonable extent and at such reasonable times and as often as Morgan Joseph, as representative of the
Holders, shall reasonably request. The Company shall not be required to disclose any confidential information or other records to Morgan Joseph, as representative of the Holders, or to any other
person, until and unless such persons shall have entered into reasonable confidentiality agreements (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company), with the Company with respect
thereto. 

        5.5.4    Underwriting Agreement.    The Company shall enter into an underwriting agreement with the managing
underwriter(s), if any, selected by any Holders whose Registrable Securities are being registered pursuant to this Section 5, which managing underwriter shall be reasonably acceptable to the
Company. Such agreement shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Company, each Holder and such managing underwriters, and shall contain such representations, warranties and
covenants by the Company and such other terms as are customarily contained in agreements of that type used by the managing underwriter. The Holders shall be parties to any underwriting agreement
relating to an underwritten sale of their Registrable Securities and may, at their option, require that any or all the representations, warranties and covenants of the Company to or for the benefit of
such underwriters shall also be made to and for the benefit of such Holders. Such Holders shall not be required to make any representations or warranties to or agreements with the Company or the
underwriters except as they may relate to such Holders and their intended methods of distribution. Such Holders, however, shall agree to such covenants and indemnification and contribution obligations
for selling stockholders as are customarily contained in agreements of that type used by the managing underwriter. Further, such Holders shall execute appropriate custody agreements and otherwise
cooperate fully in the preparation of the registration statement and other documents relating to any offering in which they include securities pursuant to this Section 5. Each Holder shall also
furnish to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held by it, and the intended method of disposition of such securities as shall be reasonably required to effect the
registration of the Registrable Securities. 

        5.5.5    Rule 144 Sale.    Notwithstanding anything contained in this  Section 5 to the contrary, the Company shall have no
obligation pursuant to Sections 5.2 or  5.3 to use its best efforts to obtain the registration of Registrable Securities held by any Holder (i) where
such Holder would then be entitled
to sell under Rule 144 within any three-month period (or such other period prescribed under Rule 144 as may be provided by amendment thereof) all of the Registrable Securities then held
by such Holder, and (ii) where the number of Registrable Securities held by such Holder is within the volume limitations under paragraph (e) of Rule 144 (calculated as if such
Holder were an affiliate within the meaning of Rule 144). 

        5.5.6    Supplemental Prospectus.    Each Holder agrees, that upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the
happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus included in the registration statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing, such Holder will immediately discontinue disposition of
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supplemental
or amended prospectus, and, if so desired by the Company, such Holder shall deliver to the Company (at the expense of the Company) or destroy (and deliver to the Company a certificate of
such destruction) all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such Holder's possession, of the prospectus covering such Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice. 

6.    Adjustments.    

        6.1    Adjustments to Exercise Price and Number of Securities.    The Exercise Price and the number of Units
underlying the Purchase Option shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as hereinafter set forth: 

        6.1.1    Stock Dividends—Split-Ups.    If after the date hereof, and subject to the provisions
of Section 6.4 below, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is increased by a stock dividend payable in shares of Common Stock or by a
split-up of shares of Common Stock or other similar event, then, on the effective date thereof, the number of shares of Common Stock underlying each of the Units purchasable hereunder
shall be increased in proportion to such increase in outstanding shares. In such case, the number of shares of Common Stock, and the exercise price applicable thereto, underlying the Warrants
underlying each of the Units purchasable hereunder shall be adjusted in accordance with the terms of the Warrants. For example, if the Company declares a two-for-one stock
dividend and at the time of such dividend this Purchase Option is for the purchase of one Unit at $6.00 per whole Unit (each Warrant underlying the Units is exercisable for $5.00 per share), upon
effectiveness of the dividend, this Purchase Option will be adjusted to allow for the purchase of one Unit at $6.00 per Unit, each Unit entitling the holder to receive two shares of Common Stock and
four Warrants (each Warrant exercisable for $2.50 per share). 

        6.1.2    Aggregation of Shares.    If after the date hereof, and subject to the provisions of  Section 6.4, the number of
outstanding shares of Common Stock is decreased by a consolidation, combination or reclassification of shares of
Common Stock or other similar event, then, on the effective date thereof, the number of shares of Common Stock underlying each of the Units purchasable hereunder shall be decreased in proportion to
such decrease in outstanding shares. In such case, the number of shares of Common Stock, and the exercise price applicable thereto, underlying the Warrants underlying each of the Units purchasable
hereunder shall be adjusted in accordance with the terms of the Warrants. 

        6.1.3    Replacement of Securities upon Reorganization, etc.    In case of any reclassification or reorganization of
the outstanding shares of Common Stock other than a change covered by Section 6.1.1 or 6.1.2
hereof or that solely affects the par value of such shares of Common Stock, or in the case of any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation (other than a consolidation or
merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation and that does not result in any reclassification or reorganization of the outstanding shares of Common Stock), or in the case of any sale or
conveyance to another corporation or entity of the property of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety in connection with which the Company is dissolved, the Holder of this Purchase
Option shall have the right thereafter (until the expiration of the right of exercise of this Purchase Option) to receive upon the exercise hereof, for the same aggregate Exercise Price payable
hereunder 

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immediately
prior to such event, the kind and amount of shares of stock or other securities or property (including cash) receivable upon such reclassification, reorganization, merger or consolidation,
or upon a dissolution following any such sale or transfer, by a Holder of the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company obtainable upon exercise of this Purchase Option and the underlying
Warrants immediately prior to such event; and if any reclassification also results in a change in shares of Common Stock covered by Section 6.1.1
or 6.1.2, then such adjustment shall be made pursuant to Sections 6.1.1,  6.1.2 and this Section 6.1.3. The provisions of this Section 6.1.3 shall similarly apply
to successive reclassifications, reorganizations, mergers or consolidations, sales or other transfers. 

        6.1.4    Changes in Form of Purchase Option.    This form of Purchase Option need not be changed because of any change
pursuant to this Section, and Purchase Options issued after such change may state the same Exercise Price and the same number of Units as are stated in the Purchase Options initially issued pursuant
to this Agreement. The acceptance by any Holder of the issuance of new Purchase Options reflecting a required or permissive change shall not be deemed to waive any rights to an adjustment occurring
after the Commencement Date or the computation thereof. 

        6.2    [Intentionally Omitted]    

        6.3    Substitute Purchase Option.    In case of any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company with,
or merger of the Company into, another corporation (other than a consolidation or merger which does not result in any reclassification or change of the outstanding Common Stock), the corporation
formed by such consolidation or merger shall execute and deliver to the Holder a supplemental Purchase Option providing that the holder of each Purchase Option then outstanding or to be outstanding
shall have the right thereafter (until the stated expiration of such Purchase Option) to receive, upon exercise of such Purchase Option, the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities and
property receivable upon such consolidation or merger, by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company for which such Purchase Option might have been exercised immediately prior to
such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer. Such supplemental Purchase Option shall provide for adjustments which shall be identical to the adjustments provided in  Section 6. The above provision
of this Section shall similarly apply to successive consolidations or mergers. 

        6.4    Elimination of Fractional Interests.    The Company shall not be required to issue certificates representing
fractions of shares of Common Stock or Warrants upon the exercise of the Purchase Option, nor shall it be required to issue scrip or pay cash in lieu of any fractional interests, it being the intent
of the parties that all fractional interests shall be eliminated by rounding any fraction up to the nearest whole number of Warrants, shares of Common Stock or other securities, properties or rights. 

7.    Reservation and Listing.    The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its
authorized shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of issuance upon exercise of the Purchase Options or the Warrants underlying the Purchase Option, such number of shares of Common Stock or
other securities, properties or rights as shall be issuable upon the exercise thereof. The Company covenants and agrees that, upon exercise of the Purchase Options and payment of the Exercise Price
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upon
such exercise shall be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and not subject to preemptive rights of any stockholder. The Company further covenants and agrees that
upon exercise of the Warrants underlying the Purchase Options and payment of the respective Warrant exercise price therefor, all shares of Common Stock and other securities issuable upon such exercise
shall be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and not subject to preemptive rights of any stockholder. As long as the Purchase Options shall be outstanding, the Company
shall use its best efforts to cause all (i) Units and shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Purchase Options, (iii) Warrants issuable upon exercise of the Purchase Options
and (iv) shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants included in the Units issuable upon exercise of the Purchase Option to be listed (subject to official notice of issuance)
on all securities exchanges (or, if applicable on the Nasdaq National Market, SmallCap Market, OTC Bulletin Board or any successor trading market) on which the Units, the Common Stock or the Public
Warrants issued to the public in connection herewith may then be listed and/or quoted. 

8.    Certain Notice Requirements.    

        8.1    Holder's Right to Receive Notice.    Nothing herein shall be construed as conferring upon the Holders the right
to vote or consent as a stockholder for the election of directors or any other matter, or as having any rights whatsoever as a stockholder of the Company. If, however, at any time prior to the
expiration of the Purchase Options and their exercise, any of the events described in Section 8.2 shall occur, then, in one or more of said
events, the Company shall give written notice of such event at least fifteen days prior to the date fixed as a record date or the date of closing the transfer books for the determination of the
stockholders entitled to such dividend, distribution, conversion or exchange of securities or subscription rights, or entitled to vote on such proposed dissolution, liquidation, winding up or sale.
Such notice shall specify such record date or the date of the closing of the transfer books, as the case may be. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall deliver to each Holder a copy of each
notice given to the other stockholders of the Company at the same time and in the same manner that such notice is given to the stockholders. 

        8.2    Events Requiring Notice.    The Company shall be required to give the notice described in this  Section 8.2 upon one or
more of the following events: (i) if the Company shall take a record of the holders of its shares of Common Stock
for the purpose of entitling them to receive a dividend or distribution payable otherwise than in cash, or a cash dividend or distribution payable otherwise than out of retained earnings, as indicated
by the accounting treatment of such dividend or distribution on the books of the Company, or (ii) the Company shall offer to all the holders of its Common Stock any additional shares of capital
stock of the Company or securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company, or any option, right or warrant to subscribe therefor, or (iii) a dissolution,
liquidation or winding up of the Company (other than in connection with a consolidation or merger) or a sale of all or substantially all of its property, assets and business shall be proposed. 

        8.3    Notice of Change in Exercise Price.    The Company shall, promptly after an event requiring a change in the
Exercise Price pursuant to Section 6 hereof, send notice to the Holders of such event and change ("Price
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change
and the method of calculating same and shall be certified as being true and accurate by the Company's Chairman of the Board or Chief Financial Officer. 

        8.4    Transmittal of Notices.    All notices, requests, consents and other communications under this Purchase Option
shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly made when hand delivered, or mailed by express mail or private courier service: (i) if to the registered Holder of the Purchase Option,
to the address of such Holder as shown on the books of the Company, or (ii) if to the Company, to the following address or to such other address as the Company may designate by notice to the
Holders: 

Taliera
Corporation

250 East 96th Street, Suite 415

Indianapolis, Indiana 46240

Attn: President 

9.    Miscellaneous.    

        9.1    Amendments.    The Company and Morgan Joseph may from time to time supplement or amend this Purchase Option
without the approval of any of the Holders in order to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision contained herein that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions
herein, or to make any other provisions in regard to matters or questions arising hereunder that the Company and Morgan Joseph may deem necessary or desirable and that the Company and Morgan Joseph
deem shall not adversely affect the interest of the Holders. All other modifications or amendments shall require the written consent of and be signed by the party against whom enforcement of the
modification or amendment is sought. 

        9.2    Headings.    The headings contained herein are for the sole purpose of convenience of reference, and shall not
in any way limit or affect the meaning or interpretation of any of the terms or provisions of this Purchase Option. 

        9.3    Entire Agreement.    This Purchase Option (together with the other agreements and documents being delivered
pursuant to or in connection with this Purchase Option) constitutes the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior agreements and
understandings of the parties, oral and written, with respect to the subject matter hereof. 

        9.4    Binding Effect.    This Purchase Option shall inure solely to the benefit of and shall be binding upon, the
Holder and the Company and their permitted assignees, respective successors, legal representative and assigns, and no other person shall have or be construed to have any legal or equitable right,
remedy or claim under or in respect of or by virtue of this Purchase Option or any provisions herein contained. 

        9.5    Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction.    This Purchase Option shall be governed by and construed and
enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to conflict of laws. The Company hereby agrees that any action, proceeding or claim against it arising out of, or
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and
enforced in the courts of the State of New York or of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York, and irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be
exclusive. The Company hereby waives any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient forum. Any process or summons to be served upon the Company may be
served by transmitting a copy thereof by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to it at the address set forth in Section 8 hereof. Such mailing
shall be deemed personal service and shall be legal and binding upon the Company in any action, proceeding or claim. The Company and the Holder agree that the prevailing party(ies) in any such action
shall be entitled to recover from the other party(ies) all of its reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses relating to such action or proceeding and/or incurred in connection with the preparation
therefor. 

        9.6    Waiver, Etc.    The failure of the Company or the Holder to at any time enforce any of the provisions of this
Purchase Option shall not be deemed or construed to be a waiver of any such provision, nor to in any way affect the validity of this Purchase Option or any provision hereof or the right of the Company
or any Holder to thereafter enforce each and every provision of this Purchase Option. No waiver of any breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment of any of the provisions of
this Purchase Option shall be effective unless set forth in a written instrument executed by the party or parties against whom or which enforcement of such waiver is sought; and no waiver of any such
breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment shall be construed or deemed to be a waiver of any other or subsequent breach or non-compliance. 

        9.7    Execution in Counterparts.    This Purchase Option may be executed in one or more counterparts, and by the
different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement, and shall become
effective when one or more counterparts has been signed by each of the parties hereto and delivered to each of the other parties hereto. 

        9.8    Exchange Agreement.    As a condition of the Holder's receipt and acceptance of this Purchase Option, Holder
agrees that, at any time prior to the complete exercise of this Purchase Option by Holder, if the Company and Morgan Joseph enter into an agreement ("Exchange
Agreement") pursuant to which they agree that all outstanding Purchase Options will be exchanged for securities or cash or a combination of both, then Holder shall agree to
such exchange and become a party to the Exchange Agreement. 

        9.9    [Intentionally Omitted]    

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        IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Purchase Option to be signed by its duly authorized officer as of the            day
of                        , 2006. 

	 	 	TALIERA CORPORATION
	

 	
 	

By:	

 
	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	Name: J. Smoke Wallin

Title: President and CEO

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Form to be used to exercise Purchase Option: 

Taliera
Corporation

250 East 96th Street, Suite 415

Indianapolis, Indiana 46240 

Date:                        ,
200            

        The
undersigned hereby elects irrevocably to exercise all or a portion of the within Purchase Option and to purchase            Units of Taliera Corporation and hereby makes payment
of $                        (at the rate of
$                        per Unit) in payment of the Exercise Price pursuant thereto. Please issue the Common Stock and Warrants
as to which this Purchase Option is
exercised in accordance with the instructions given below. 

or

        The
undersigned hereby elects irrevocably to convert its right to purchase                        Units purchasable under the within
Purchase Option by surrender of the unexercised portion of
the attached Purchase Option (with a "Value" based of $            based on a "Market Price" of $            ). Please issue the
securities comprising the Units as to which this Purchase Option
is exercised in accordance with the instructions given below. 

	 	 	    
 NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the purchase option in every particular, without alteration or
enlargement or any change whatever.
	

Signature(s) Guaranteed:	
 	

 
	

    

        THE
SIGNATURE(S) MUST BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE
GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM, PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15). 

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR REGISTRATION OF SECURITIES  

	Name	 	    
 (Print in Block Letters)
	Address	 	    

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Form
to be used to assign Purchase Option: 

ASSIGNMENT  

        (To be executed by the registered Holder to effect a transfer of the within Purchase Option): 

        FOR
VALUE RECEIVED,                        does hereby sell, assign and transfer
unto                        the right to
purchase                        Units of Taliera Corporation
("Company") evidenced by the within Purchase Option and does hereby authorize the Company to transfer such right on the books of the Company. 

Dated:                        ,
200            

	 	 	    
 Signature
	

 	
 	

    
 NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the purchase option in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change
whatever.
	Signature(s) Guaranteed:	 	 
	

    

        THE
SIGNATURE(S) MUST BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH
MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM, PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15). 

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UNIT PURCHASE OPTION FOR THE PURCHASE OF 750,000 UNITS OF TALIERA CORPORATIONEXHIBIT 10.1  

July 26,
2006 

Taliera
Corporation

250 East 96th Street, Suite 415

Indianapolis, Indiana 46240 

Morgan
Joseph & Co. Inc.

600 Fifth Avenue, 19th Floor

New York, New York 10020 

	Re:
	Initial
Public Offering 

Ladies
and Gentlemen: 

        The
undersigned officer and director of Taliera Corporation (the "Company"), in consideration of Morgan Joseph & Co. Inc.
("Morgan Joseph") entering into a letter of intent to act as lead underwriter in connection with the initial public offering of the securities of the
Company ("IPO"), hereby agrees as follows: 

        1.     The
undersigned shall take all actions within his power to cause the Company to liquidate and dissolve under the circumstances contemplated by Article Six of the First
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (the "Certificate") provided that at the Distribution Date (as defined in the
Certificate) the undersigned is a director and/or officer. 

        2.     The
undersigned will escrow all of the shares of common stock of the Company owned by him immediately prior to the IPO until one year after the Company consummates a
Business Combination, subject to the terms of the stock escrow agreement that the Company will enter into with the undersigned and an escrow agent acceptable to the Company. 

        3.     In
order to minimize potential conflicts of interest which may arise from multiple affiliations, the undersigned agrees to present to the Company for its consideration,
prior to presentation to any other person or entity, any suitable opportunity to acquire an operating business, until the earlier of the consummation by the Company of a Business Combination (as
defined in the Certificate), the liquidation of the Company or until such time as the undersigned is neither an officer nor director of the Company, subject to any pre-existing fiduciary
and contractual obligations the undersigned might have. 

        4.     The
undersigned acknowledges that the Company has agreed not to consummate any Business Combination that involves a company that is affiliated with any director, officer
or stockholder of the Company immediately prior to the consummation of the IPO unless the Company obtains an opinion from an independent investment banking firm, reasonably acceptable to Morgan
Joseph, to the effect that the Business Combination is fair to the Company's stockholders from a financial perspective. 

        5.     Neither
the undersigned, any member of the family of the undersigned, nor any affiliate of the undersigned will be entitled to receive from the Company, and will not
accept from the Company, any compensation for services rendered to the Company prior to the consummation of the Business Combination except as described in the registration statement filed with and
declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the IPO (the "Registration Statement"). 

        6.     Neither
the undersigned, any member of the family of the undersigned, nor any affiliate of the undersigned will be entitled to receive or will accept a finder's fee or
any other compensation in the event the undersigned, any member of the family of the undersigned or any affiliate of the undersigned originates a Business Combination. 

        7.     The
undersigned agrees not to resign (or advise the Company's Board of Directors that the undersigned declines to seek re-election to the Board of Directors)
from his position as officer and/or director of the Company as set forth in the Registration Statement, except for health reasons, without the prior consent of Morgan Joseph until the earlier of the
consummation by the Company of a Business Combination, liquidation of the Trust Account (as defined in the Certificate), or the liquidation of the Company. The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing does not interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company to terminate the undersigned's employment at any time (subject to other contractual rights the undersigned may have) or
confer upon the undersigned any right to continue in the employ of Company or, if the undersigned is a director, limit the power of the Company's Board of Directors to remove the undersigned as a
director. 

        8.     In
the event of the liquidation of the Trust Account, the undersigned agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company against any and all loss, liability, claims,
damage and expense whatsoever (including, but 

 

not
limited to, any and all legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, whether pending or threatened, or any claim whatsoever) which
the Company may become subject as a result of any claim by any vendor or other person who is owed money by the Company for services rendered or products sold or contracted for, or by any target
business, but only to the extent necessary to ensure that such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense does not reduce the amount in the Trust Account. 

        9.     The
undersigned's biographical information set forth in the Registration Statement is true and accurate in all respects, does not omit any material information with
respect to the undersigned's background during the previous five years and contains all of the information required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 401 of Regulation S-K
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The undersigned's Director's and Officer's Questionnaire furnished to the Company in connection with the Registration Statement is true and
accurate in all respects. The undersigned represents and warrants that: 

        (a)   he
is not subject to or a respondent in any legal action for, any injunction, cease-and-desist order or order or stipulation to desist or refrain
from any act or practice relating to the offering of securities in any jurisdiction; 

        (b)   he
has never been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any crime (i) involving any fraud, (ii) relating to any financial transaction or handling of funds of
another person, or (iii) pertaining to any dealings in any securities, and he is not currently a defendant in any such criminal proceeding; and 

        (c)   he
has never been suspended or expelled from membership in any securities or commodities exchange or association or had a securities or commodities license or
registration denied, suspended or revoked. 

        10.   In
connection with the vote required to consummate a Business Combination, the undersigned shall vote any shares of common stock of the Company acquired in the IPO or
afterward in favor of the Business Combination. 

        11.   The
undersigned has full right and power, without violating any agreement by which he is bound, to enter into this letter agreement. 

        12.   This
letter agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to conflicts of law
principles that would result in the application of the substantive laws of another jurisdiction. The undersigned hereby (i) agrees that any action, proceeding or claim against him arising out
of or relating in any way to this letter agreement (a "Proceeding") shall be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of Delaware, and
irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be exclusive and (ii) waives any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient
forum. 

        13.   This
letter agreement shall terminate on the earlier of (i) the consummation of a Business Combination and (ii) the Distribution Date (as defined in the
Certificate). 

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        IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned officer and/or director has executed this agreement as of the date first written 

	 	 	Print Name:	 	S.K. Johnston III

	 	 	Signature:	 	/s/ S.K. JOHNSTON III

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