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Exhibit 4.1
CAPITAL EXCHANGE, LLC

ESCROW AGREEMENT
Capital Exchange, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”) is an issuer and registrant for an offering of shares of limited liability company interest (the “Shares”) under a Registration Statement on Form SB-2, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 2, 2007.  The Shares will be offered and sold by the Company’s officers.
The terms of the offering require that the payments of the purchase price of the first 60,000 shares sold in the offering ($600,000) be placed in an escrow account. This Escrow Agreement (“Agreement”) sets forth the terms and conditions under which, Chicago Title Company (referred herein as “Escrow Agent” or “you” or “your”)  will hold such funds (the “Required Proceeds”) as the Escrow Agent who is hereby appointed by the Company  for the offering to hold and distribute the Required Proceeds.
1.                         Each person subscribing to purchase the Shares must obtain acceptance by the Company.  Capital Exchange Management Group, LLC (“Manager”), the manager of the Company, has complete discretion to reject any Subscription Agreement within thirty days of its submission.  Checks, drafts, or money orders (herein referred to as “Instruments of Payment”) from rejected subscription agreements will be returned within 15 days after rejection to the rejected subscriber.  Instruments of Payment from accepted Subscription Agreements will be remitted in favor of the Escrow Agent until such time as the 60,000 shares have been sold and the $600,000 received.  By noon of the next business day after receipt of instruments of payment from the offering, the Manager will send to the Escrow Agent: (a) each accepted subscriber’s name, address, number of shares purchased and purchase price remitted (“Evidence of Subscriptions”), and (b) the instruments of payment from such subscribers for deposit into the deposit account entitled “Chicago Title Company as Escrow Agent for Capital Exchange, LLC”, which deposit will occur within one business day after you receive such materials.  The credit to the account will be handled according to the Escrow Agent’s normal deposit procedures and policies.
2.                         The aforesaid instruments of payment are to be promptly processed for collection by the Escrow Agent following deposit by the Manager for the Company into the Escrow Account.  The proceeds thereof are to be held in the Escrow Account until such funds are either returned to the subscribers in accordance with paragraph 3 hereof or otherwise disbursed in accordance with paragraph 6 hereof.  In the event any of the instruments of payment are returned to Escrow Agent for non-payment prior to receipt of the Required Proceeds, the Escrow Agent shall promptly notify the Manager in writing of such non-payment, and is authorized to debit the Escrow Account in the amount of such return payment as well as interest earned on the investment represented by such payment, less applicable fees assessed by the Escrow Agent for a returned deposited item.
3.                         In the event that at the close of your business day on the [one-year] anniversary of the date the registration statement is declared effective (the “Expiration Date”) you are not in receipt of Evidence of Subscriptions, and instruments of payment dated not later than that date (or actual wired funds), for the purchase of Shares providing for total purchase proceeds that equal or exceed the Required Proceeds or in the event that instruments of payment are returned to the Escrow Agent for non-payment and the subtraction, to the account pursuant to paragraph 2 above reduces the amount in the account to less than the capital required, you shall promptly notify the Manager that such instruments of payment have not been received by you.
Promptly following the Expiration Date, and in any event no later than ten business days after the Expiration Date, Escrow Agent shall promptly return by check the funds deposited in the Escrow Account, or shall return the instruments of payment delivered to you if such instruments have not been processed

for collection prior to such time, directly to each subscriber at the address given by the Company.
Included in the remittance shall be a proportionate share of the income earned in the account allocable to each subscriber’s investment, except that in the case of subscribers who have not provided to the Escrow Agent an executed form W-9, you shall withhold thirty-one percent (31%) of the earnings attributable to those subscribers in accordance with IRS Regulations. In the event the Escrow Agent receives an executed Form W-9 from a subscriber after you have returned such subscriber’s proceeds, net of the thirty-one percent (31%) withholding, you shall promptly refund by your check the amount withheld to such subscriber.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, you shall not be required to remit any payments until funds represented by such payments have been collected by you.
4.                         Following receipt by you of cash or instruments of payment (or wired funds) of the Required Proceeds prior to the Expiration Date, you shall notify the Company in writing within five business day when such funds have been collected through normal banking channels and deposited in the Escrow Account.
5.                         Prior to the disbursement of funds deposited in the Escrow Account in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 3 or 6 hereof, the Escrow Agent shall invest all of the funds deposited in the Escrow Account only in investments permissible under SEC Rule 15c2-4(as defined below), and you are further authorized and you agree to reinvest all earnings and interest derived therefrom in any of the investments specified below.  In the event that instruments of payment are returned to you for nonpayment, you are authorized to debit the Escrow Account in accordance with paragraph 2 hereof. Escrow Agent will have no liability for any loss of interest or penalties assessed if an investment is liquidated before maturity.
“Authorized Investments” represents any bank account, including savings accounts, money market accounts or certificates of deposit of national or state banks that have deposits insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation including money market accounts and certificates of deposits of any bank acting as a depository or custodian for any such funds, including, without limitation, such money market accounts or certificates, which mature on or before the Expiration Date, unless such instruments cannot be readily sold or otherwise disposed of for cash by the Expiration Date without any dissipation of the offering proceeds invested.
The following securities are not permissible investments: money-market mutual funds; corporate equity or debt securities; repurchase agreements; banker’s acceptances; commercial paper; and municipal securities.
6.                         All disbursements from the Escrow Account, except for disbursements under the provisions of paragraph 3 hereof, shall be made by the Escrow Agent only pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph 6.  Except for disbursements authorized upon court order, you shall hold all funds in the Escrow Account until receipt of letter instructions from the Company directing disbursements of such funds to the Company.
In disbursing such funds, you are authorized to rely solely upon such letter instructions which you receive from the Company whether or not such instructions are correct, true or authentic; provided that, if in your opinion such letter instructions from the Company are unclear, you are authorized to rely upon the legal counsel to the Company in distributing such funds to the effect that distribution of the funds is authorized by the letter instructions of the Company and that distribution of the funds in that manner is authorized by and in compliance with such letter.

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However, you shall not be required to disburse any funds attributable to instruments of payment which have not been collected by you, provided that you shall use your best efforts to promptly collect such funds after your receipt of disbursement instructions from the Company in accordance with this paragraph, and shall disburse such funds in compliance with the disbursement instructions from the Company.
7.                         As compensation for serving as the Escrow Agent hereunder, you shall receive a flat fee of $500.00 dollars.
8.                         You, in performing any of its duties hereunder, shall not incur any liability to anyone for any damages, losses or expenses, except for willful default, breach of trust, or gross negligence, and accordingly you shall not incur any such liability with respect to any action taken or omitted (1) in good faith upon advice of your counsel given with respect to any question relating to your duties and responsibilities under this Agreement, or (2) in reliance upon any instrument, including any written instrument or instruction provided for in this Agreement, not only as to its due execution and validity and effectiveness of its provisions but also as to the truth and accuracy of information contained therein, which you shall in good faith believe to be genuine, and (3) to have been signed or presented by a proper person or persons and to conform to the provisions of this Agreement. You have no duty under this Agreement to ascertain or assure that the Company shall be in compliance with the terms and conditions of the offering of the Shares.
9.                         Company covenants to defend and indemnify you as the Escrow Agent, your directors, officers, employees and agents harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, claims, damages, costs or expenses (including without limitation reasonable attorney’s fees and disbursements) suffered or incurred by it arising out of or in connection with your status as a party to and in the administration of this Agreement (including but not limited to the costs and expenses of defending against any claim of liability in connection therewith), or in connection with your performance (excluding breach of trust, gross negligence or willful misconduct) of any of the obligations hereunder, or your action pursuant to any instruction received by you from any party hereto reasonably believed by you to have been properly given hereunder, without the necessity of making any investigation with respect thereto.
You shall not be required to defend legal proceedings, which may be instituted against you with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement or any written instructions, unless requested to do so by the Company and indemnified to your satisfaction against the cost and expense of such defense. You shall not be requested to institute legal proceedings of any kind.
10.                   In the event of a dispute between the parties hereto or between any person or persons who have subscribed for Shares and delivered an instrument of payment therefor and the Company, the Manager or any participating broker-dealer sufficient in your discretion to justify doing so, you shall be entitled to tender into the registry or custody of any court of competent jurisdiction of the State of California all money or property in your hands under this Agreement, together with such legal pleadings as you deem appropriate, and thereupon be discharged from all further duties and liabilities under this agreement.
In the event of any uncertainty as to your duties hereunder, you may refuse to act under the provisions of this Agreement pending order of such court of competent jurisdiction and you shall have no liability to the Company or to any other person as a result of such action.  Any such legal action may be brought in such court as you shall determine to have jurisdiction thereof.  The filing of any such legal proceedings shall not deprive you of your compensation earned prior to such filing.

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11.                   All written notices and letters required
hereunder to you shall only be effective if delivered personally or by
certified mail, return receipt requested to Chicago Title Company 17330 Bear
Valley Road, Suite 101 Victorville, CA  92395, Attn: Debbie Tarango.   All written notices and letters required
hereunder to the Company or Manager shall only be effective if delivered
personally or by certified mail, return receipt requested to Capital Exchange,
LLC, 12600 Hesperia Road, Suite C Victorville, CA 92395, Attn: George A. Lasko,
Jr.

12.                   This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of California as to both interpretation and performance.
13.                   The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon the legal representatives, heirs, successors and assigns of the parties hereto.
14.                   The Company hereby acknowledges that Chicago Title Company is serving as Escrow Agent only for the limited purposes herein set forth, and hereby agrees that it will not represent or imply that you, by serving as Escrow Agent hereunder or otherwise, have investigated the desirability or advisability of investment in the Company, or have approved, endorsed or passed upon the merits of the Shares or the Company.
The Company further agrees to instruct the Manager, and each of its representatives, and any other representatives who may offer Shares to persons from time to time, that they shall not represent or imply that you have investigated the desirability or advisability of investment in the Company, or have approved, endorsed or passed upon the merits of the Shares or the Company, nor shall they use your name in any manner whatsoever in connection with the offer or sale of the Shares other than by acknowledgment that you have agreed to serve as Escrow Agent for the limited purposes herein set forth.
15.                   This Agreement and any amendment hereto may be executed by the parties hereto in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original.
16.                   The Escrow Agent shall be bound only by the terms of this Escrow Agreement and shall not be bound or incur any liability with respect to any other agreements or understanding between any other parties, whether or not the Escrow Agent has knowledge of any such agreements or understandings.
17.                   Indemnification provisions set forth herein shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
18.                   Upon acceptance and distribution of the Required Proceeds, this Escrow Agreement shall terminate and the Escrow Agent shall have no further responsibility or liability with regard to the terms of this Agreement.
19.                   The Escrow Agent has no responsibility for accepting, rejecting or approving subscriptions.
20.                   This Agreement shall not be modified, revoked, released or terminated unless reduced to writing and signed by all parties hereto, subject to the following paragraph.
Should at any time, any attempt be made to modify this Agreement in a manner that would increase the duties and responsibilities of the Escrow Agent or to modify this Agreement in any manner which the Escrow Agent shall deem undesirable, or at any other time, the Escrow Agent may resign by notifying the Company in writing, by certified mail, and until (i) the acceptance by a successor escrow agent as shall be appointed by the Company; or (ii) thirty (30) days following the date upon which notice was

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mailed, whichever occurs sooner, the Escrow Agent’s only remaining obligation shall be to perform its duties hereunder in accordance with the terms of the Agreement.
21.                   The Escrow Agent may resign at any time from its obligations under this Escrow Agreement by providing written notice to the Company.  Such resignation shall be effective on the date specified in such notice, which shall be not less than thirty (30) days after such written notice has been given. The Escrow Agent shall have no responsibility for the appointment of a successor escrow agent.  The Company shall within 20 days designate a successor agent, the Escrow Agent shall promptly deliver all funds to the successor agent.  Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement, final termination of this Escrow Agreement shall occur on the date all funds held in the Escrow Account are distributed either (a) to the Company pursuant to paragraph 6 hereof, (b) to subscribers pursuant to paragraph 3 hereof, or (c) upon delivery of all funds to a successor agent as described herein. The Company shall give notice of the name and address of the successor agent to each subscriber.
22.                   The Escrow Agent may be removed for cause by the Company by written notice to the Escrow Agent effective on the date specified in such notice.  The removal of the Escrow Agent shall not deprive the Escrow Agent of its compensation earned prior to such removal.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Escrow Agreement as of the __th day of March 2007
CAPITAL EXCHANGE, LLC,
By: Capital Exchange Management Group LLC,

Sole manager of Capital Exchange, LLC

	
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  Name: George A Lasko, Jr.

  	
   

  
	
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

  	
   

  

 

CHICAGO TITLE COMPANY

	
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 6Exhibit
10.15

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Frederick M. Strader

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

March 2, 2004

 

Mr.
John Michitsch

2604
Golf Island Road

Ellicott City, MD  21042

Dear John:

This letter is to confirm
the details of your employment offer for your appointment to Executive Vice
President, reporting directly to me. 
Your base salary will be $6,732.00 bi-weekly or annualized at
$175,032.00.

In addition to your salary,
I would like to offer you the following benefits:

1.          You will become a participant in the
UIC Management Incentive Plan with a target set at 45% for fiscal year 2004;
actual incentive could be up to 90%.

2.          You will receive a Long-term Incentive
Compensation Award of 20,000 stock options, 1/3 of which vest on the 1st three anniversaries of your
start date.

3.          You will accrue vacation at a rate of
13.4 hours per month for an annual total of four weeks.

4.          The Company shall pay to you an
automobile allowance of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per annum, commencing
with your start date, payable in accordance with our normal payroll practices.

This offer is contingent
upon your successful completion of our post-offer physical examination and
meeting our security requirements.

If the terms and conditions
meet with your understanding, please sign and date this letter and return it to
me at your earliest convenience.

John, we look forward to
your reply and your immediate contributions to a mutually successful 2004.

	
  Sincerely,

  	
   

  	
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  /s/ Frederick M. Strader

  	
   

  	
  /s/ John Michitsch

  	
   

  	
  8 Mar 04

  
	
  Frederick M. Strader

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
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  P.O. Box 126

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Hunt Valley, Maryland 21030-0126

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  (410) 628-6600

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Fax: (410) 628-3644

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  mailto:Strader@aaicorp.com

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