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    EXHIBIT
      10.1

    

    ADDENDUM
      TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

    BETWEEN
      WILLIAM GREENE AND SURGE GLOBAL ENERGY, INC.

    

    THIS
      AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is made as of December 31, 2007 by and between SURGE
      GLOBAL ENERGY, INC. a Delaware corporation ("Company"), and WILLIAM GREENE,
      an
      individual who resides in California ("Executive"), under the following
      circumstances:

     

    
      
        	
              	
                A.

              	
                The
                  Company entered into an
                  employment contract with the Executive as of December 14, 2006
                  and for the
                  employment period June 30, 2006 through December 31,
                  2007.

              

      

    

    

    3.
Term.
      The Company agrees to
      extend Executive’s employment contract term through June 30, 2008.

    

    7.4  Severance.  If
      Executive's employment is terminated prior to June 30, 2008 due to a voluntary
      or involuntary change in control, Executive is entitled a ninety day (90)
      severance payment based on current compensation pursuant to section
      4.

    

    Except
      for the above term and severance, all other employment contract terms are
      unchanged and remain in force.

    

    IN
      WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Agreement as of the date
      and year first above written.

     

    Company

     

    SURGE
      GLOBAL ENERGY, INC.

    By:
      /s/ David
      Perez                                                                  

    Name:
      David Perez

    Title:
      Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board

     

    By:
      /s/ Thomas
      Page                                                              

    Name:
      Thomas Page

    Title:
      Compensation Committee Chair

    

    Executive

    By:
/s/
      William
      Greene                                                           

    Dated:
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Exhibit 4.1    
    

[SPECIMEN
UNIT CERTIFICATE] 

[THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR
HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS TO THE SECURITIES UNDER SAID ACT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE CORPORATION THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED. 

THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS UNIT CERTIFICATE (INCLUDING THE UNDERLYING COMMON STOCK, WARRANT AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THE UNDERLYING WARRANT) ARE SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL
RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER AND OTHER AGREEMENTS SET FORTH IN A SECURITIES ESCROW AGREEMENT, A LETTER AGREEMENT AND IN THE WARRANT AGREEMENT](1) 

	NUMBER

U-	 	                         UNITS

SEE
REVERSE FOR

CERTAIN DEFINITIONS 

THIRD
WAVE ACQUISITION CORP. 

CUSIP:
             

UNITS
CONSISTING OF ONE SHARE OF COMMON STOCK AND

ONE WARRANT TO PURCHASE ONE SHARE OF COMMON STOCK 

        THIS
CERTIFIES THAT                        is the owner
of                        Units. 

        Each
Unit ("Unit") consists of one (1) share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Common Stock"), of Third Wave Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation"), and one (1) warrant (the "Warrant"). The Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one (1) share of Common Stock for $7.50 per share (subject to adjustment pursuant to the
Warrant Agreement, as described below). The Warrant will become exercisable on the later of (i) the completion of a Business Combination (as such term is defined in the Warrant Agreement), and
(ii) one year after the date of the consummation of the Public Offering (as defined in the Warrant Agreement), and will expire unless exercised before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, four
years after the date of the consummation of the Public Offering, or earlier upon redemption (the "Expiration Date"). The Common Stock and the Warrant comprising the Units represented by this
certificate are not transferable separately prior to five (5) business days (or as soon as practicable thereafter) following the earliest to occur of (x) the expiration or termination of
the underwriters' over-allotment option, (y) its exercise in full and (z) the underwriters' determination not to exercise all or any remaining portion of the
over-allotment option, subject in each case to the Corporation having filed a Current Report on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission, containing an
audited balance sheet reflecting the Corporation's receipt of the gross proceeds of the Public Offering and issuing a press release announcing when such separate trading will begin. The terms of the
Warrants are governed by an Amended and Restated Warrant Agreement (the "Warrant Agreement"), dated as of January 4, 2008, between the Corporation and American Stock Transfer & Trust
Company (the "Warrant Agent") and are subject to the terms and provisions contained therein, all of which terms and provisions the holder of this certificate consents to by acceptance hereof. The
terms of the Common Stock are governed by the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, as such certificate of incorporation may be amended from time to time. Copies of the Warrant Agreement
are on file at the office of the Warrant Agent at 59 Maiden Lane, New York, New York 10038 and are available to any Warrant holder on written request and without cost. 

	(1)
	To
be included only in Unit Certificates representing Units sold in Founder Units and Co-Investment Units (each as defined in the Warrant Agreement). 

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        This
certificate is not valid unless countersigned by the Transfer Agent and Registrar of the Corporation. 

        Witness
the facsimile seal of the Corporation and the facsimile signature of its duly authorized officers. 

THIRD
WAVE ACQUISITION CORP.

CORPORATE

DELAWARE

SEAL

2007 

   

	By:	    
 President	 	 	    
 Secretary

   

	Countersigned By:	    
 Transfer Agent and Registrar	 	 	 

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THIRD
WAVE ACQUISITION CORP. 

The
Corporation will furnish without charge to each unit holder who so requests, a statement of the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of
each class of stock or series thereof of the Corporation and the qualifications, limitations, or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. 

The
following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations: 

	TEN COM—	as tenants in common	 	UNIF GIFT MIN ACT—              Custodian             
	

TEN ENT—	

as tenants by the entireties	
 	

                             (Cust)
              (Minor)
	

JT TEN—	

as joint tenants with	
 	

                                         
       under Uniform Gifts to
	 	right of survivorship and	 	                                        
        Minors Act                   
	 	not as tenants in common	 	(State)

        Additional
abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list. 

        FOR
VALUE RECEIVED,                                HEREBY SELLS, ASSIGNS AND TRANSFERS UNTO

(PLEASE
INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE) 

	

	

	

	

(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE)
	

	

	

    
	
 	

UNITS REPRESENTED BY THE WITHIN
	CERTIFICATE, AND DOES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY CONSTITUTE AND APPOINT                    ATTORNEY TO TRANSFER THE SAID UNITS ON
THE BOOKS OF THE WITHIN NAMED CORPORATION WITH FULL POWER OF SUBSTITUTION IN THE PREMISES.

	    	 	 
	

DATED:	
 	

    

NOTICE:
The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the certificate 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 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

RULE 17Ad-15). 

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Exhibit 4.2    
    

[SPECIMEN
COMMON STOCK CERTIFICATE] 

	NUMBER

                  	 	            SHARES

THIRD
WAVE ACQUISITION CORP.

INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE

COMMON STOCK 

	 	 	SEE REVERSE FOR

CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
	

 	
 	

CUSIP:             

        THIS
CERTIFIES THAT
                                         
                                

        IS
THE OWNER OF
                                         
                                          
                       
 

FULLY
PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE PAR VALUE OF $0.001 EACH

OF THE COMMON STOCK OF 

THIRD
WAVE ACQUISITION CORP. 

TRANSFERABLE
ON THE BOOKS OF THE COMPANY IN PERSON OR BY DULY AUTHORIZED ATTORNEY UPON SURRENDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE PROPERLY ENDORSED. THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT VALID UNLESS COUNTERSIGNED BY THE
TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTERED BY THE REGISTRAR. WITNESS THE SEAL OF THE COMPANY AND THE FACSIMILE SIGNATURES OF ITS DULY AUTHORIZED OFFICERS. 

DATED: 

THIRD
WAVE ACQUISITION CORP.

CORPORATE

DELAWARE

SEAL

2007 

  

	 	    
 President	 	 	    
 Secretary
	

 	

    
 Transfer Agent	
 	

 	

 

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        The
following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or
regulations: 

	TEN COM—	as tenants in common	 	UNIF GIFT MIN ACT—              Custodian             
	

TEN ENT—	

as tenants by the entireties	
 	

                             (Cust)
              (Minor)
	

JT TEN—	

as joint tenants with	
 	

                                         
       under Uniform Gifts to
	 	right of survivorship and	 	                                        
        Minors Act                   
	 	not as tenants in common	 	(State)

        Additional
abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list. 

THIRD
WAVE ACQUISITION CORP. 

        Third
Wave Acquisition Corp. (the "Company") will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional
or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof of the Company and the qualifications, limitations, or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. This certificate and the shares
represented hereby are issued and shall be held subject to all the provisions of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company and all amendments thereto and resolutions of the
Board of Directors providing for the issue of shares of Preferred Stock (copies of which may be obtained from the secretary of the Company), to all of which the holder of this certificate by
acceptance hereof assents. 

        FOR
VALUE RECEIVED,
                                         
          HEREBY SELLS, ASSIGNS AND TRANSFERS UNTO 

(PLEASE
INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE) 

	

	

	

	(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE)
	

	

	

	
 	

SHARES OF THE CAPITAL STOCK
	REPRESENTED BY THE WITHIN CERTIFICATE, AND DOES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY CONSTITUTE AND
APPOINT                              ATTORNEY TO TRANSFER THE SAID STOCK ON THE BOOKS OF THE WITHIN
NAMED CORPORATION WITH FULL POWER OF SUBSTITUTION IN THE PREMISES.

	    	 	 
	

DATED:	
 	

    

NOTICE:
The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the certificate 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 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. RULE 17Ad-15). 

        The
holder of this certificate shall be entitled to receive funds from the Trust Account (as such term is defined in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company)
only in the event of the Company's liquidation upon failure to consummate a Business Combination (as such term is defined in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company) or if
the holder seeks to convert his respective shares into cash upon a Business Combination which he voted against and which is actually completed by the Company. In no other circumstances shall the
holder have any right or interest of any kind in or to the Trust Account. 

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