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Exhibit 10.15  

 
 

AMENDED AND RESTATED
  RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT    
    

        This Amended and Restated Restricted Stock Agreement is entered into by and between Taliera Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and Michael V.
Cheek, a member of the Company's Board of Directors (the "Director"), effective as of July 18, 2006 (the "Agreement"). 

 
 

Background    
    

        The Company desires to provide incentives to recognize and reward the Director, whose performance, contributions, and skills will be critical to the Company's
success, by aligning his interests with those of the Company's shareholders. As a result, the Company has agreed to grant the Director restricted shares of unregistered common stock of Company,
subject to the terms and conditions provided in this Agreement. The Company and the Director entered into a Restricted Stock Agreement, dated July 18, 2006 (the "Restricted Stock Agreement"),
which contained an incorrect per share fair market value. This Agreement hereby amends and restates the fair market value of the restricted shares in the Restricted Stock Agreement. 

        In
consideration of the premises, the Company and the Director agree as follows: 

 
 

Agreement    
    

        1.    Grant.    The Company grants the Director certain shares of unregistered common stock of the Company, which
shares ("Restricted Shares") shall be subject to the restrictions specified in this Agreement. Except as otherwise
provided herein, the Company hereby grants to the Director 18,750 whole Restricted Shares with a fair market value ("Value") equal to $0.013745 per Restricted Share of the Company's unregistered
common stock. 

        2.    Closing.    The transfer of the Restricted Shares (the "Closing") shall occur simultaneously with the execution
of this Agreement. Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, (i) the Company shall deliver to the Director a certificate, registered in the Director's name, representing the Restricted
Shares, and (ii) the Director shall deliver to the Company a duly executed (A) stock power, endorsed in blank, relating to the Restricted Shares, and (B) a duly signed election
under Internal Revenue Code Section 83(b), with respect to the grant of the Restricted Shares, provided that the Director intends to make such an election at the Closing. 

        3.    Custody.    The Director understands that, although the certificates representing the Restricted Shares shall be
registered in the Director's name, all such certificates (other than for Restricted Shares that have vested) shall be deposited, together with the stock power executed by the Director, in proper form
for transfer, with the Company. The Company is hereby authorized to effectuate the transfer into its name of all certificates representing the Restricted Shares that are forfeited to the Company
pursuant to paragraph 5 of this Agreement. As of the vesting date of any Restricted Shares, the Company shall, subject to any applicable securities law restrictions, deliver to the Director or
his personal representative, the certificates representing such vested shares. 

        4.    Nontransferability of Restricted Shares.    Until such time as the Restricted Shares become vested, the Director
shall not have any right to sell, transfer, pledge, hypothecate, or otherwise dispose of the Restricted Shares. The Director represents and warrants to the Company that he shall not sell, transfer,
pledge, hypothecate, or otherwise dispose of the Restricted Shares in violation of applicable securities laws or the provisions of this Restricted Stock Agreement. Except as expressly provided in this
Restricted Stock Agreement, all non-vested Restricted Shares shall be forfeited upon the Director's termination of service as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company. 

        5.    Vesting.    The Restricted Shares granted under this Agreement shall vest and become nonforfeitable as follows:
Except as otherwise provided herein, the grant of Restricted Shares shall vest at the rate of 33% per year as of the anniversary of the Grant Date; provided that the Director is a member of the Board
of Directors of the Company on such anniversary. In other words, Restricted Shares granted on the Grant Date shall become 1/3 vested on July 18, 2007, 2/3 vested
on July 18, 2008, and 100% vested on July 18, 2009 (assuming that the Director is a member of the Board of Directors of the Company on such vesting date). 

        6.    Forfeiture.    In the event that the Director should cease being a member of the Board of Directors of the
Company for any reason prior to becoming 100% vested in the Restricted Shares, all Restricted Shares granted to the Director shall not further vest and the unvested portion of the Restricted Shares
shall be immediately forfeited (effective as of the date of such termination of service with the Board of Directors) and the Director shall cease to have any rights with respect to the unvested
portion of the Restricted Shares. 

 

        7.    Voting and Other Rights.    The Director shall have all of the rights and status as a stockholder of the Company
with respect to the Restricted Shares, including the right to vote any and all Restricted Shares granted to him under this Agreement and to receive dividends or other distributions thereon, regardless
of whether such Restricted Shares are vested, until the earlier of the date on which such Restricted Shares shall be forfeited as provided herein or the date on which the Director ceases to own such
shares. The Director understands that the grant of Restricted Shares to him under this Agreement does not confer upon him any right to continue as a director of the Company. 

        8.    Investment Representations.    The Director represents and warrants to the Company that he is acquiring the
Restricted Shares for his own account for investment and not with a view to or for resale in connection with any distribution of the Restricted Shares and that he has no present intention of
distributing or reselling the Restricted Shares. The Director acknowledges that the certificate or certificates representing the Restricted Shares shall bear an appropriate legend relating to
restrictions on transfer. 

        9.    Adjustments for Changes in Capitalization of the Company.    In the event of any change in the outstanding
shares of common stock of the Company prior to the lapsing of the restrictions associated with the Restricted Shares by reason of any reorganization, recapitalization, stock split, stock dividend,
combination or exchange of shares, merger, consolidation, or any change in the corporate structure of the Company or in the shares of common stock, the number and class of the Restricted Shares shall
be appropriately adjusted by the Company, in its sole discretion, whose determination shall be conclusive. 

        10.    Securities Laws.    The Director understands that applicable securities laws may restrict the right of the
Director to dispose of any Restricted Shares which the Director may acquire hereunder and govern the manner in which such Restricted Shares may be sold. The Director shall not offer, sell or otherwise
dispose of any of the Restricted Shares in any manner which would (a) require the Company to file any registration statement with the Securities Exchange Commission (the "SEC"),
(b) require the Company to amend or supplement any registration statement which the Company may at any time have on file with the SEC, or (c) violate the 1933 Act or any other state or
federal law. 

        11.    Withholding Taxes.    If the grant or other transfer of the Restricted Shares, or the vesting of the Restricted
Shares, results in taxable compensation income to the Director, the Director hereby authorizes the Company to collect any withholding taxes from the Director by lump sum payroll deduction or, if that
is not possible, the Director agrees to make direct payment of the applicable taxes to the Company. 

        12.    Integration.    This Agreement supersedes any and all prior and/or contemporaneous agreements, either oral or
in writing, between the parties hereto, with respect to the subject matter hereof. Each party to this Agreement acknowledges that no representations, inducements, promises, or other agreements, orally
or otherwise, have been made by any party, or anyone acting on behalf of any party, pertaining to the subject matter hereof, which are not embodied herein, and that no prior and/or contemporaneous
agreement, statement or promise pertaining to the subject matter hereof that is not contained in this Agreement shall be valid or binding on either party. 

        13.    Successors.    This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successor of the Company
and any successors, assigns or estate of the Director, including his executors, administrators and trustees. 

        14.    Amendment.    No provision of this Agreement may be modified, waived or discharged unless such waiver,
modification or discharge is in writing and signed by the party against whom such modification, waiver or discharge is sought to be enforced. 

        15.    Governing Law.    The validity, interpretation, construction and performance of this Agreement will be governed
by and construed in accordance with the substantive laws of the State of Indiana, without giving effect to the principles of conflict of laws of such State. To the extent that this Agreement is
considered deferred compensation and subject to Internal Revenue Code Section 409A and the guidance thereunder, it shall be construed accordingly. In such event, any provision of this Agreement
that does not comply with Section 409A and the guidance thereunder shall be null and void. 

        16.    Binding Agreement.    By signing below, the Company and the Director agree to be bound by the terms and
conditions of this Agreement. 

        [SIGNATURE
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        IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Director have executed this Amended and Restated Agreement, effective as of the date specified in the first paragraph hereof. 

	 	 	TALIERA CORPORATION
	

/s/  MICHAEL V. CHEEK      
 Michael V. Cheek	
 	

By:	

/s/  J. SMOKE WALLIN      
 J. Smoke Wallin, President and CEO

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AMENDED AND RESTATED RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT

Background

AgreementExhibit 10.17  

                        ,
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 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 under the circumstances contemplated by Article Seventh 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 a 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 power of the Company's Board of Directors to remove the undersigned as a director. 

 

        8.     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. 

        9.     If
the Company solicits approval of its stockholders of a Business Combination, the undersigned will vote all Insider Shares owned by him in accordance with the majority
of the votes cast by the holders of the IPO Shares 

        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.   No
term or provision of this letter agreement may be amended, changed, waived, altered or modified except by written instrument executed by the party against whom such
amendment, waiver, alteration or modification is to be enforced. 

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

	 	 	Signature:	 	

	

 	
 	

Print Name:	
 	

Eric D. Todd

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