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Exhibit 4.8    
    


 
 

$200,000,000
  
    THE TITAN CORPORATION
  
    8% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2011
  
    REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT


May 15,
2003 


Credit
Suisse First Boston LLC

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Wachovia Securities, Inc.

c/o Credit Suisse First Boston LLC

     Eleven Madison Avenue

     New York, New York 10010-3629 


Dear
Sirs: 


        The
Titan Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Issuer"), proposes to issue and sell to Credit Suisse First Boston LLC, Goldman
Sachs & Co. and Wachovia Securities, Inc. (collectively, the "Initial Purchasers"), upon the terms set forth in a purchase agreement of
even date herewith (the "Purchase
Agreement"), $200,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Series A 8% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2011 (the "Initial
Securities") to be guaranteed (the "Guarantees") by each of the entities listed on the signature pages hereto (the
"Guarantors" and, collectively with the Issuer, the "Company"). The Initial Securities will be issued
pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of May 15, 2003 (the "Indenture"), among the Issuer, the Guarantors named therein and Deutsche Bank Trust
Company Americas, as trustee (the "Trustee"). As an inducement to the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Company agrees with
the Initial Purchasers, for the benefit of the Initial Purchasers and the holders of the Securities (as defined below) (collectively the "Holders"), as
follows: 


        1.     Registered Exchange Offer. Unless not permitted by applicable law, the Company shall prepare and, not later than
90 days (such 90th day being a "Filing Deadline") after the date on which the Initial Purchasers purchase the Initial Securities pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement (the "Closing Date"), file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") a registration statement (the "Exchange Offer Registration Statement") on an appropriate
form under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to a proposed offer (the "Registered
Exchange Offer") to the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities (as defined in Section 6 hereof), who are not prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from
participating in the Registered Exchange Offer, to issue and deliver to such Holders, in exchange for the Initial Securities, a like aggregate principal amount of debt securities of the Company issued
under the Indenture, identical in all material respects to the Initial Securities and registered under the Securities Act (the "Exchange Securities").
The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to (i) cause such Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become effective under the Securities Act within 210 days after the Closing
Date (such 210th day being an "Effectiveness Deadline") and (ii) keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective for not less than 20
business days (or longer, if required by applicable law) after the date notice of the Registered Exchange Offer is mailed to the Holders (such period being called the "Exchange
Offer Registration Period"). 


        If
the Company commences the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company (i) will be entitled to consummate the Registered Exchange Offer 20 business days after such commencement
(provided that the Company has accepted all the Initial Securities theretofore validly tendered in accordance with the 


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terms
of the Registered Exchange Offer) and (ii) will be required to consummate the Registered Exchange Offer no later than 40 days after the date on which the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement is declared effective (such 40th day being the "Consummation Deadline"). 



        Following
the declaration of the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Company shall promptly commence the Registered Exchange Offer, it being the objective of
such Registered Exchange Offer to enable each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities electing to exchange the Initial Securities for Exchange Securities (assuming that such Holder is not an
affiliate of the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act, acquires the Exchange Securities in the ordinary course of such Holder's business and has no arrangements with any person to
participate in the distribution of the Exchange Securities and is not prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in the Registered Exchange Offer) to trade such Exchange
Securities from and after
their receipt without any limitations or restrictions under the Securities Act and without material restrictions under the securities laws of the several states of the United States. 


        The
Company acknowledges that, pursuant to current interpretations by the Commission's staff of Section 5 of the Securities Act, in the absence of an applicable exemption
therefrom, (i) each Holder which is a broker-dealer electing to exchange Initial Securities, acquired for its own account as a result of market making activities or other trading activities,
for Exchange Securities (an "Exchanging Dealer"), is required to deliver a prospectus containing the information set forth (in substantially the same
form) in (a) Annex A hereto on the cover, (b) Annex B hereto in the "Exchange Offer Procedures" section and the "Purpose of the Exchange Offer" section, and (c) Annex C hereto in
the "Plan of Distribution" section of such prospectus in connection with a sale of any such Exchange Securities received by such Exchanging Dealer pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and
(ii) an Initial Purchaser that elects to sell Securities (as defined below) acquired in exchange for Initial Securities constituting any portion of an unsold allotment, is required to deliver a
prospectus containing the information required by Items 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, as applicable, in connection with such sale. 



        The
Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective and to amend and supplement the prospectus contained therein, in order to
permit such prospectus to be lawfully delivered by all persons subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act for such period of time as such persons must comply with such
requirements in order to resell the Exchange Securities; provided, however, that (i) in the case where such prospectus and any amendment or
supplement thereto must be delivered by an Exchanging Dealer or an Initial Purchaser, such period shall be the lesser of 180 days and the date on which all Exchanging Dealers and the Initial
Purchasers have sold all Exchange Securities held by them (unless such period is extended pursuant to Section 3(j) below) and (ii) the Company shall make such prospectus and any
amendment or supplement thereto available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any resale of any Exchange Securities for a period of not less than 180 days after the consummation of
the Registered Exchange Offer. 


        If,
upon consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, any Initial Purchaser holds Initial Securities acquired by it as part of its initial distribution, the Company, simultaneously
with the delivery of the Exchange Securities pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer, shall issue and deliver to such Initial Purchaser upon the written request of such Initial Purchaser, in
exchange (the "Private Exchange") for the Initial Securities held by such Initial Purchaser, a like principal amount of debt securities of the Company
issued under the Indenture and identical in all material respects to the Initial Securities (the "Private Exchange Securities"). The Initial Securities,
the Exchange Securities and the Private Exchange Securities are herein collectively called the "Securities". 


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        In
connection with the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company shall: 



        (a)   mail
to each record Holder a copy of the prospectus forming part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, together with an appropriate letter of transmittal and
related documents; 


        (b)   keep
the Registered Exchange Offer open for not less than 20 business days (or longer, if required by applicable law) after the date notice thereof is mailed to the
Holders; 


        (c)   utilize
the services of a depositary for the Registered Exchange Offer with an address in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, which may be the Trustee or an
affiliate of the Trustee; 


        (d)   permit
Holders to withdraw tendered Securities at any time prior to the close of business, New York time, on the last business day on which the Registered Exchange Offer
shall remain open; and 


        (e)   otherwise
comply with all applicable laws. 




        As
soon as practicable after the close of the Registered Exchange Offer or the Private Exchange, as the case may be, the Company shall: 



        (x)   accept
for exchange all the Securities validly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and the Private Exchange; 


        (y)   deliver
to the Trustee for cancellation all the Initial Securities so accepted for exchange; and 



        (z)   cause
the Trustee to authenticate and deliver promptly to each record Holder of the Initial Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities, as the case
may be, equal in principal amount to the Initial Securities of such Holder so accepted for exchange. 




        The
Indenture will provide that the Exchange Securities will not be subject to the transfer restrictions set forth in the Indenture and that all the Securities will vote and consent
together on all matters as one class and that none of the Securities will have the right to vote or consent as a class separate from one another on any matter. 



        Interest
on each Exchange Security and Private Exchange Security issued pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and in the Private Exchange will accrue from the last interest payment
date on which
interest was paid on the Initial Securities surrendered in exchange therefor or, if no interest has been paid on the Initial Securities, from the date of original issue of the Initial Securities. 


        Each
Holder participating in the Registered Exchange Offer shall be required to represent to the Company that at the time of the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer
(i) any Exchange Securities received by such Holder will be acquired in the ordinary course of business, (ii) such Holder will have no arrangements or understanding with any person to
participate in the distribution of the Securities within the meaning of the Securities Act, (iii) such Holder is not an "affiliate," as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act, of the
Company or if it is an affiliate, such Holder will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable, (iv) if such Holder is not a
broker-dealer, that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, the distribution of the Exchange Securities and (v) if such Holder is a broker-dealer, that it will receive Exchange
Securities for its own account in exchange for Initial Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and that it will be required to acknowledge
that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. 



        Notwithstanding
any other provisions hereof, but subject to the Company's right to suspend use of the prospectus relating to the Securities pursuant to Section 3(b), the Company
will ensure that (i) any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and any prospectus forming part 


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thereof
and any supplement thereto complies in all material respects with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, (ii) any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any
amendment thereto does not, when it becomes effective, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading and (iii) any prospectus forming part of any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, and any supplement to such prospectus, does not include an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. 


        2.     Shelf Registration. If, (i) because of any change in law or in applicable interpretations thereof by the staff of
the Commission, the Company is not permitted to effect a Registered Exchange Offer, as contemplated by Section 1 hereof, (ii) the Registered Exchange Offer is not consummated by the
250th day after the Closing Date, (iii) any Initial Purchaser so requests with respect to the Initial Securities (or the Private Exchange Securities) not eligible to be exchanged for Exchange
Securities in the Registered Exchange Offer and held by it following consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer or (iv) any Holder (other than an Exchanging Dealer) is not eligible to
participate in the Registered Exchange Offer or, in the case of any Holder (other than an Exchanging Dealer) that participates in the Registered Exchange Offer, such Holder does not receive freely
tradable Exchange Securities on the date of the exchange and any such Holder so requests, the Company shall take the following actions (the date on which any of the conditions described in the
foregoing clauses (i) through (iv) occur, including in the case of clauses (iii) or (iv) the receipt of the required notice, being a "Trigger
Date"): 



        (a)   The
Company shall promptly (but in no event more than 30 days after the Trigger Date (such 30th day being a "Filing
Deadline")) file with the Commission and thereafter use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be declared effective no later than 60 days after the Trigger Date (such
60th day being an "Effectiveness Deadline") a registration statement (the "Shelf Registration Statement"
and, together with the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, a "Registration Statement") on an appropriate form under the Securities Act relating to
the offer and sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities by the Holders thereof from time to time in accordance with the methods of distribution set forth in the Shelf Registration Statement and
Rule 415 under the Securities Act (hereinafter, the "Shelf Registration"); provided, however, that no Holder (other than an Initial Purchaser)
shall be entitled to have the Securities held by it covered by such Shelf Registration Statement unless such Holder agrees in writing to be bound by all the provisions of this Agreement applicable to
such Holder. 


        (b)   The
Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective in order to permit the prospectus included therein to
be lawfully delivered by the Holders of the relevant Securities, for a period of two years (or for such longer period if extended pursuant to Section 3(j) below) from the date of its
effectiveness or such shorter period that will terminate when all the Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement (i) have been sold pursuant thereto or pursuant to Rule 144
or (ii) are no longer restricted securities (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or any successor rule thereof) or are saleable pursuant to Rule 144(k). 



        (c)   Notwithstanding
any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, but subject to the Company's right to suspend use of the prospectus relating to the Securities
pursuant to Section 3(b), the Company shall cause the Shelf Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as of the effective date of the Shelf
Registration Statement, amendment or supplement, (i) to comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
and (ii) not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be 



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stated
therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. 




        3.     Registration Procedures. In connection with any Shelf Registration contemplated by Section 2 hereof and, to the
extent applicable, any Registered Exchange Offer contemplated by Section 1 hereof, the following provisions shall apply: 



        (a)   The
Company shall (i) furnish to each Initial Purchaser, prior to the filing thereof with the Commission, a copy of the Registration Statement and each amendment
thereof and each supplement, if any, to the prospectus included therein and, in the event that an Initial Purchaser (with respect to any portion of an unsold allotment from the original offering) is
participating in the Registered Exchange Offer or the Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to reflect in each such document, when so filed with the
Commission, such comments as such Initial
Purchaser reasonably may propose; (ii) include the information set forth in Annex A hereto on the cover, in Annex B hereto in the "Exchange Offer Procedures" section and the "Purpose of the
Exchange Offer" section and in Annex C hereto in the "Plan of Distribution" section of the prospectus forming a part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and include the information set forth
in Annex D hereto in the Letter of Transmittal delivered pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer (in each case in substantially the form set forth in Annex A, B, C or D, as applicable);
(iii) if requested by an Initial Purchaser, include the information required by Items 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, as applicable, in the prospectus
forming a part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement; (iv) include within the prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement a section entitled "Plan of Distribution,"
reasonably acceptable to the Initial Purchasers, which shall contain a summary statement of the positions taken or policies made by the staff of the Commission with respect to the potential
"underwriter" status of any broker-dealer that is the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")) of
Exchange Securities received by such broker-dealer in the Registered Exchange Offer (a "Participating Broker-Dealer"); and (v) in the case of a
Shelf Registration Statement, include the names of the Holders who propose to sell Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement as selling securityholders, subject to the receipt from such
Holders of such information that the Company may reasonably request. 


        (b)   The
Company shall give written notice to the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the Securities (but not in connection with clause (ii) with respect to a
Registration Statement that has not become effective) and any Participating Broker-Dealer from whom the Company has received prior written notice that it will be a Participating Broker-Dealer in the
Registered Exchange Offer (but not in connection with clause (ii) with respect to a Registration Statement that has not become effective) (which notice pursuant to clauses
(ii)-(v) hereof shall be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the prospectus until the requisite changes have been made): 



          (i)  when
the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto has been filed with the Commission and when the Registration Statement or any post-effective
amendment thereto has become effective; 


         (ii)  of
any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein or for additional information; 


        (iii)  of
the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose; 


        (iv)  of
the receipt by the Company or its legal counsel of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any
jurisdiction or the initiation or written threat of any proceeding for such purpose; and 




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         (v)  of
the happening of any event that requires the Company to make changes in the Registration Statement or the prospectus in order that the Registration Statement or the
prospectus do not contain an untrue statement of a material fact nor omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the
prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading. 




        (c)   The
Company shall make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal at the earliest possible time, of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement. 


        (d)   The
Company shall furnish to each Holder of Securities included within the coverage of the Shelf Registration, without charge, at least one copy of the Shelf
Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and, if the Holder so requests in writing, all exhibits thereto (including
those, if any, incorporated by reference). 


        (e)   The
Company shall deliver to each Exchanging Dealer who so requests and each Initial Purchaser, and to any other Holder who so requests, without charge, at least one
copy of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and, if any Initial Purchaser or any such Holder
requests, all exhibits thereto (including those incorporated by reference). 



        (f)    The
Company shall, during the Shelf Registration Period, deliver to each Holder of Securities included within the coverage of the Shelf Registration, without charge, as
many copies of the prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) included in the Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as such person may reasonably request. The
Company consents, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, to the use of the prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of the Securities in connection with
the offering and sale of the Securities covered by the prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in the Shelf Registration Statement. 



        (g)   The
Company shall deliver to each Initial Purchaser, any Exchanging Dealer, any Participating Broker-Dealer and such other persons required to deliver a prospectus
following the Registered Exchange Offer, without charge, as many copies of the final prospectus included in the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as such persons may reasonably request. The Company consents, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, to the use of the prospectus
or any amendment or supplement thereto by any Initial Purchaser, if necessary, any Participating Broker-Dealer and such other persons required to deliver a prospectus following the Registered Exchange
Offer in connection with the offering and sale of the Exchange Securities covered by the prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in such Exchange Offer Registration Statement. 



        (h)   Prior
to any public offering of the Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement the Company shall register or qualify or cooperate with the Holders of the
Securities included therein and their respective counsel in connection with the registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or "blue sky" laws of such
states of the United States as any Holder of the Securities reasonably requests in writing and do any and all other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the offer and sale in such states of
the Securities covered by such Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify generally to do
business in any state where it is not then so qualified or (ii) take any action which would subject it to general service of process or to taxation in any state where it is not then so subject. 


        (i)    The
Company shall cooperate with the Holders of the Securities to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates, if any, representing the Securities to
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any
Registration Statement free of any restrictive legends and in such denominations and registered in such names as the Holders may request a reasonable period of time prior to sales of the
Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement. 


        (j)    Upon
the occurrence of any event contemplated by paragraphs (ii) through (v) of Section 3(b) above during the period for which the Company is
required to maintain an effective Registration Statement, the Company shall promptly prepare and file a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or a supplement to the
related prospectus and any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to Holders of the Securities or purchasers of Securities, the prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. If
the Company notifies the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the Securities and any known Participating Broker-Dealer in accordance with paragraphs (ii) through (v) of Section 3(b)
above to suspend the use of the prospectus until the requisite changes to the prospectus have been made, then the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the Securities and any such Participating
Broker-Dealers shall suspend use of such prospectus, and the period of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement provided for in Section 2(b) above and of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement provided for in Section 1 above shall each be extended by the number of days from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date when the
Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the Securities and any known Participating Broker-Dealer shall have received such amended or supplemented prospectus pursuant to this Section 3(j) and written
instruction from the Company that they may resume use of such amended or supplemented prospectus. 


        (k)   Not
later than the effective date of the applicable Registration Statement, the Company will provide a CUSIP number for the Initial Securities, the Exchange Securities
or the Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be, and provide the applicable trustee with printed certificates for the Initial Securities, the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange
Securities, as the case may be, in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company. 



        (l)    The
Company will comply with all rules and regulations of the Commission to the extent and so long as they are applicable to the Registered Exchange Offer or the Shelf
Registration and will make generally available to its security holders (or otherwise provide in accordance with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act) an earnings statement satisfying the
provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act, no later than 45 days after the end of a 12-month period (or 90 days, if such period is a fiscal year) beginning
with the first month of the Company's first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of the Registration Statement, which statement shall cover such 12-month period. 



        (m)  The
Company shall cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, in a timely manner and containing such changes, if any, as shall
be necessary for such qualification. In the event that such qualification would require the appointment of a new trustee under the Indenture, the Company shall appoint a new trustee thereunder
pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Indenture. 


        (n)   The
Company may require each Holder of Securities to be sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement to furnish to the Company such information regarding the Holder
and the distribution of the Securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably require for inclusion in the Shelf Registration Statement, and the Company may exclude from such registration the
Securities of any Holder that fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time after receiving such request. 


        (o)   The
Company shall enter into such customary agreements (including, if requested, an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take all such other action, if any, as
any Holder of 



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the
Securities shall reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Securities pursuant to any Shelf Registration. 


        (p)   In
the case of any Shelf Registration, the Company shall, upon receipt of a confidentiality agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Company, (i) make reasonably
available for inspection by the Holders of the Securities, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement and any attorney, accountant or other agent
retained by the Holders of the Securities or any such underwriter all relevant financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company and (ii) cause the
Company's officers, directors, employees,
accountants and auditors to supply all relevant information reasonably requested by the Holders of the Securities or any such underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with the Shelf
Registration Statement, in each case, as shall be reasonably necessary to enable such persons, to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act;  provided, however,
that the foregoing inspection and information gathering shall be coordinated on behalf of the Holders and the other parties entitled
thereto, by one counsel designated by and on behalf of such Holders and such other parties. 



        (q)   In
the case of any Shelf Registration, the Company, if requested by any Holder of Securities covered thereby, shall cause (i) its counsel to deliver an opinion
and updates thereof relating to the Securities in customary form covering such matters and with such exceptions as are customarily covered or taken in opinions requested in underwritten offerings and
such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such Holders and underwriters (it being agreed that the matters to be covered by such opinion shall include, without limitation, as of the date of
the opinion and as of the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement or most recent post-effective amendment thereto, as the case may be, a statement by such counsel regarding the
absence from such Shelf Registration Statement and the prospectus included therein, as then amended or supplemented, including the documents incorporated by reference therein, of an untrue statement
of a material fact or the omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading); (ii) its officers to execute and
deliver all customary documents and certificates and updates thereof requested by any underwriters of the applicable Securities and (iii) its independent public accountants and the independent
public accountants with respect to any other entity for which financial information is provided in the Shelf Registration Statement to provide to the selling Holders of the applicable Securities and
any underwriter therefor a comfort letter in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in comfort letters in connection with primary underwritten offerings, subject to
receipt of appropriate documentation as contemplated, and only if permitted, by Statement of Auditing Standards No. 72. 


        (r)   In
the case of the Registered Exchange Offer, if reasonably requested by any Initial Purchaser or any known Participating Broker-Dealer, the Company shall cause
(i) its counsel to deliver to such Initial Purchaser or such Participating Broker-Dealer a signed opinion in the form set forth in Section 6(c) of the Purchase Agreement with such
changes as are customary in connection with the preparation of a Registration Statement and (ii) its independent public accountants and the independent public accountants with respect to any
other entity for which financial information is provided in the Registration Statement to deliver to such Initial Purchaser or such Participating Broker-Dealer a comfort letter, in customary form,
meeting the requirements as to the substance thereof as set forth in Section 6(a) of the Purchase Agreement, with appropriate date changes. 


        (s)   If
a Registered Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange is to be consummated, upon delivery of the Initial Securities by Holders to the Company (or to such other Person as
directed by the Company) in exchange for the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall mark, or caused to be marked, on the Initial Securities so 



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exchanged
that such Initial Securities are being canceled in exchange for the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be; in no event shall the Initial Securities be
marked as paid or otherwise satisfied. 


        (t)    In
the event that any broker-dealer registered under the Exchange Act shall underwrite any Securities or participate as a member of an underwriting syndicate or selling
group or "assist in the distribution" (within the meaning of the Conduct Rules (the "Rules") of the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. ("NASD")) thereof, whether as a Holder of such Securities or as an underwriter, a placement or sales agent or a broker or dealer in
respect thereof, or otherwise, the Company will assist such broker-dealer in complying with the requirements of such Rules, including, without limitation, by (i) if such Rules, including
Rule 2720, shall so require, engaging a "qualified independent underwriter" (as defined in Rule 2720) to participate in the preparation of the Registration Statement relating to such
Securities, to exercise usual standards of due diligence in respect thereto and, if any portion of the offering contemplated by such Registration Statement is an underwritten offering or is made
through a placement or sales agent, to recommend the yield of such Securities, (ii) indemnifying any such qualified independent underwriter to the extent of the indemnification of underwriters
provided in Section 5 hereof and (iii) providing such information to such broker-dealer as may be required in order for such broker-dealer to comply with the requirements of the Rules. 


        (u)   The
Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to take all other steps necessary to effect the registration of the Securities covered by a Registration Statement
contemplated hereby. 




        4.     Registration Expenses. (a) All expenses incident to the Company's performance of and compliance with this Agreement
will be borne by the Company, regardless of whether a Registration Statement is ever filed or becomes effective, including without limitation; 




          (i)  all
registration and filing fees and expenses; 


         (ii)  all
fees and expenses of compliance with federal securities and state "blue sky" or securities laws; 


        (iii)  all
expenses of printing (including printing certificates for the Securities to be issued in the Registered Exchange Offer and the Private Exchange and printing of
prospectuses), messenger and delivery services and telephone; 


        (iv)  all
fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company; 


         (v)  all
application and filing fees in connection with listing the Exchange Securities on a national securities exchange or automated quotation system pursuant to the
requirements hereof; and 



        (vi)  all
fees and disbursements of independent certified public accountants of the Company (including the expenses of any special audit and comfort letters required by or
incident to such performance). 





The
Company will bear its internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expenses of any annual
audit and the fees and expenses of any person, including special experts, retained by the Company. 



        (b)   In
connection with any Registration Statement required by this Agreement, the Company will reimburse the Initial Purchasers and the Holders of Transfer Restricted
Securities who are tendering Initial Securities in the Registered Exchange Offer and/or selling or reselling Securities pursuant to the "Plan of Distribution" contained in the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement, as applicable, for the reasonable fees and disbursements of not 



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more
than one counsel, who shall be chosen by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities for whose benefit such Registration Statement is being prepared. 




        5.     Indemnification. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of the Securities, any
Participating Broker-Dealer and each person, if any, who controls such Holder or such Participating Broker-Dealer within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (each Holder, any
Participating Broker-Dealer and such controlling persons are referred to collectively as the "Indemnified Parties") from and against any losses, claims,
damages or liabilities, joint or several, or any actions in respect thereof (including, but not limited to, any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions relating to purchases and sales of the
Securities) to which each Indemnified Party may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions arise out of or
are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement or prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary
prospectus relating to a Shelf Registration, or arise out of, or are based upon, the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading, and shall reimburse, as incurred, the Indemnified Parties for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or
defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action in respect thereof; provided, however, that (i) the Company shall not be liable in
any such case to the extent that such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in a
Registration Statement or prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus relating to a Shelf Registration in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information pertaining to such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer and furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer specifically for inclusion therein and
(ii) with respect to any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in any preliminary prospectus relating to a Shelf Registration Statement, the indemnity
agreement contained in this subsection (a) shall not inure to the benefit of any Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer from whom the person asserting any such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities purchased the Securities concerned, to the extent that a prospectus relating to such Securities was required to be delivered by such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer under the
Securities Act in connection with such purchase and any such loss, claim, damage or liability of such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer results from the fact that there was not sent or given to
such person, at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of such Securities to such person, a copy of the final prospectus if the Company had previously furnished copies thereof to such Holder
or Participating Broker-Dealer; provided further, however, that this indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may
otherwise have to such Indemnified Party. The Company shall also indemnify underwriters, their officers and directors and each person who controls such underwriters within the meaning of the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act to the same extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of the Holders of the Securities if requested by such Holders. 



        (b)   Each
Holder of the Securities, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of the directors of the Company, each of the officers of the
Company who signs a Shelf Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act from and against any losses, claims,
damages or liabilities or any actions in respect thereof, to which the Company, each of the directors of the Company, each of the officers of the Company who signs such Shelf Registration Statement or
any such controlling person may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions arise out of or are based upon
any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement or prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus
relating to a Shelf Registration, or arise out of or are based upon the 



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omission
or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but in each case only to the extent that the untrue statement or omission or
alleged untrue statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information pertaining to such Holder and furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder
specifically for inclusion therein; and, subject to the limitation set forth immediately preceding this clause, shall reimburse, as incurred, the Company, each of the directors of the Company, each of
the officers of the Company who signs such Shelf Registration Statement or any such controlling person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company, each of the directors of the
Company, each of the officers of the Company who signs such Shelf Registration Statement or any such controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any loss, claim, damage, liability
or action in respect thereof. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which such Holder may otherwise have to the Company, each of the directors of the Company, each of the
officers of the Company who signs such Shelf Registration Statement or any of its controlling persons. 


        (c)   Promptly
after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 5 of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding (including a governmental
investigation), such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 5, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement
thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification
obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof,
the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with
counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and after notice from the
indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 5 for any
legal or other expenses, other than reasonable costs of investigation, subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof. No indemnifying party shall, without the
prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened action in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could
have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on any claims that are the subject matter of
such action, and does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party. 


        (d)   If
the indemnification provided for in this Section 5 is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsections (a) or
(b) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) referred to in subsection (a) or (b) above (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the indemnifying party or parties on the
one hand and the indemnified party on the other from the exchange of the Securities, pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer, or (ii) if the allocation provided by the foregoing
clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault
of the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities
(or actions in respect thereof) as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the parties shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or 



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alleged
omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company on the one hand or such Holder or such other indemnified party, as the case may be, on the other, and the
parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims,
damages or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in
connection with investigating or defending any action or claim which is the subject of this subsection (d). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(d), the Holders of the
Securities shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the net proceeds received by such Holders from the sale of the Securities pursuant to a Registration
Statement exceeds the amount of damages which such Holders have otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. For purposes of this paragraph (d), each person, if any, who controls such indemnified party within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same
rights to contribution as such indemnified party and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to
contribution as the Company. 


        (e)   The
agreements contained in this Section 5 shall survive the sale of the Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement and shall remain in full force and
effect, regardless of any termination or cancellation of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of any indemnified party. 




        6.     Liquidated Damages Under Certain Circumstances. (a) Liquidated damages ("Liquidated
Damages") with respect to Transfer Restricted Securities shall be assessed as follows if any of the following events occur (each such event in clauses (i) through
(iv) below being herein called a "Registration Default"): 




          (i)  any
Registration Statement required by this Agreement is not filed with the Commission on or prior to the applicable Filing Deadline; 



         (ii)  any
Registration Statement required by this Agreement is not declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the applicable Effectiveness Deadline; 


        (iii)  the
Registered Exchange Offer has not been consummated on or prior to the Consummation Deadline; or 


        (iv)  any
Registration Statement required by this Agreement has been declared effective by the Commission but (A) such Registration Statement thereafter ceases to be
effective or (B) such Registration Statement or the related prospectus ceases to be usable in connection with resales of Transfer Restricted Securities during the periods specified herein
because either (1) any event occurs as a result of which the related prospectus forming part of such Registration Statement would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading, or (2) it shall be necessary to amend such
Registration Statement or supplement the related prospectus, to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder. 





Each
of the foregoing will constitute a Registration Default whatever the reason for any such event and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or is beyond the control of the Company or pursuant to
operation of law or as a result of any action or inaction by the Commission. 


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        Liquidated
Damages shall accrue on the Transfer Restricted Securities over and above the interest set forth in the title of the Securities from and including the date on which any such
Registration Default shall occur to but excluding the date on which all such Registration Defaults have been cured, at a rate of 0.25% per annum (the "Liquidated Damages
Rate") for the first 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of such Registration Default. The Liquidated Damages Rate shall increase by an additional
0.25% per annum with respect to each subsequent 90-day period until all Registration Defaults have been cured, up to a maximum aggregate Liquidated Damages Rate for all Registration
Defaults under this Agreement of 2.0% per annum. The Company will not be required to pay Liquidated Damages for more than one Registration Default at any given time. 



        (b)   A
Registration Default referred to in Section 6(a)(iv) hereof shall be deemed not to have occurred and be continuing in relation to a Shelf Registration
Statement or the related prospectus if (i) such Registration Default has occurred solely as a result of (x) the filing of a post-effective amendment to such Shelf
Registration Statement to incorporate annual audited financial information with respect to the Company where such post-effective amendment is not yet effective and needs to be declared
effective to permit Holders to use the related prospectus or (y) other material
events with respect to the Company that would need to be described in such Shelf Registration Statement or the related prospectus and (ii) in the case of clause (y), the Company is
proceeding promptly and in good faith to amend or supplement such Shelf Registration Statement and related prospectus to describe such events; provided,
however, that in any case if such Registration Default occurs for a continuous period in excess of 45 days, Liquidated Damages shall be payable in accordance with
paragraph (a) above from the day such Registration Default occurs until such Registration Default is cured. 



        (c)   Any
amounts of Liquidated Damages due pursuant to Section 6(a) will be payable in cash on the regular interest payment dates with respect to the applicable
Transfer Restricted Securities. The amount of Liquidated Damages will be determined by multiplying the applicable Liquidated Damages Rate by the principal amount of the applicable Transfer Restricted
Securities and further multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days such Liquidated Damages Rate was applicable during such period (determined on the basis of a
360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months), and the denominator of which is 360. 


        (d)   "Transfer Restricted Securities" means each Security until (i) the date on which such Security has been exchanged
by a person other than a broker-dealer for a freely transferable Exchange Security in the Registered Exchange Offer, (ii) following the exchange by a broker-dealer in the Registered Exchange
Offer of an Initial Security for an Exchange Security, the date on which such Exchange Security is sold to a purchaser who receives from such broker-dealer on or prior to the date of such sale a copy
of the prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, (iii) the date on which such Security has been effectively registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in
accordance with the Shelf Registration Statement or (iv) the date on which such Security is distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or is saleable
pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act. 




        7.     Rules 144 and 144A. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to file the reports required to be filed by
it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act in a timely manner and, if at any time the Company is not required to file such reports, it will, upon the request of any Holder of Securities, make
publicly available other information so long as necessary to permit sales of their securities pursuant to Rules 144 and 144A. The Company covenants that it will take such further action as any
Holder of Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation
of the exemptions provided by Rules 144 and 144A (including the requirements of Rule 144A(d)(4)). The Company will provide a copy of this Agreement to prospective purchasers of Initial
Securities identified to the Company by the Initial Purchasers upon request. Upon the request of any Holder of 


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Initial
Securities, the Company shall deliver to such Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 7
shall be deemed to require the Company to register any of its securities pursuant to the Exchange Act. 



        8.     Underwritten Registrations. If any of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by any Shelf Registration are to be sold
in an underwritten offering, the investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers that will administer the offering ("Managing
Underwriters") will be selected by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of such Transfer Restricted Securities to be included in such offering. 


        No
person may participate in any underwritten registration hereunder unless such person (i) agrees to sell such person's Transfer Restricted Securities on the basis reasonably
provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney,
indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements. 


        9.     Miscellaneous. 



        (a)   Remedies. The Company acknowledges and agrees that any failure by the Company to comply with its obligations under
Section 1 and 2 hereof may result in material irreparable injury to the Initial Purchasers or the Holders for which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it will not be possible to measure
damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the event of any such failure, the Initial Purchasers or any Holder may obtain such relief as may be required to specifically enforce the Company's
obligations under Sections 1 and 2 hereof. The Company further agrees to waive the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate. 


        (b)   No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company will not on or after the date of this Agreement enter into any agreement with
respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. The rights granted to the Holders hereunder
do not in any way conflict with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of the Company's securities under any agreement in effect on the date hereof. 


        (c)   Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or
consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, except by the Company and the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities affected by such
amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consents. 


        (d)   Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand
delivery, first-class mail, facsimile transmission, or air courier which guarantees overnight delivery: 



        (1)   if
to a Holder of the Securities, at the most current address given by such Holder to the Company. 


        (2)   if
to the Initial Purchasers; 




Credit
Suisse First Boston LLC

Eleven Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10010-3629

Fax No.: (212) 325-8278

Attention: Transactions Advisory Group 






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with
a copy to: 




Skadden,
Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

300 South Grand Avenue, Suite 3400

Los Angeles, CA 90071

Fax No.: (213) 687-5600

Attention: Gregg Noel, Esq. 





        (3)   if
to the Company, at its address as follows: 




The
Titan Corporation

3033 Science Park Road

San Diego, California 92121-1199

Fax No.: (858) 552-9759

Attention: Nicholas J. Costanza, Esq. 





with
a copy to: 




Cooley
Godward LLP

4401 Eastgate Mall

San Diego, CA 92121

Fax No.: (858) 550-6420

Attention: Barbara Borden, Esq. 







        All
such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; three business days after being deposited in the
mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt is acknowledged by recipient's facsimile machine operator, if sent by facsimile transmission; and on the day delivered, if sent by overnight air courier
guaranteeing next day delivery. 



        (e)   Third Party Beneficiaries. The Holders shall be third party beneficiaries to the agreements made hereunder between the
Company, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent they may deem such enforcement necessary or
advisable to protect their rights or the rights of Holders hereunder. 


        (f)    Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns. 


        (g)   Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. 



        (h)   Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect
the meaning hereof. 


        (i)    Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS. 


        (j)    Severability. If any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is
held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected or
impaired thereby. 


        (k)   Securities Held by the Company. Whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of principal amount
of Securities is required hereunder, Securities held by the Company or its affiliates (other than subsequent Holders of Securities if such subsequent Holders are deemed to be affiliates solely by
reason of their holdings of such Securities) shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage. 



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        If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the Issuer a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all
counterparts, will become a binding agreement among the several Initial Purchasers, the Issuer and the Guarantors in accordance with its terms. 








Very
truly yours, 








	 	 	ISSUER
	

 	
 	

THE TITAN CORPORATION
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  MARK W. SOPP      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Mark W. Sopp

Title: Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
	

 	
 	
GUARANTORS
	

 	
 	

ACS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Secretary
	

 	
 	

ATLANTIC AEROSPACE ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Secretary
	

 	
 	

AVERCOM CORPORATION
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Secretary
	

 	
 	

BTG, INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Secretary
	

 	
 	

BTG TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES, INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Secretary









	 	 	BTG TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS, INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Secretary
	

 	
 	

BTG SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Secretary
	

 	
 	

C&N ENTERPRISES, INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Secretary
	

 	
 	

CALIFORNIA TUBE LABORATORY, INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Secretary
	

 	
 	

CAYENTA EUTILITY SOLUTIONS—EMUNICIPAL SOLUTIONS, INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Secretary
	

 	
 	

CAYENTA OPERATING LLC
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Secretary
	

 	
 	

CONCEPT AUTOMATION, INC. OF AMERICA
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Secretary









	 	 	DATACENTRIC AUTOMATION CORPORATION
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Secretary
	

 	
 	

DBA SYSTEMS, INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Secretary
	

 	
 	

DELFIN SYSTEMS
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Secretary
	

 	
 	

DELTA CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Secretary
	

 	
 	

GLOBALNET, INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Secretary
	

 	
 	

GLOBALNET INTERNATIONAL, LLC
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Secretary
	

 	
 	

HORIZONS SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Secretary









	 	 	INTERMETRICS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Secretary
	

 	
 	

INTERMETRICS SECURITIES, INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Secretary
	

 	
 	

INTERNATIONAL SYSTEMS, LLC
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Secretary
	

 	
 	

JAYCOR, INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Secretary
	

 	
 	

LINCOM CORPORATION
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Secretary
	

 	
 	

LINCOM WIRELESS, LLC
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Secretary
	

 	
 	

LINKABIT WIRELESS LLC
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Secretary









	 	 	MICROLITHICS CORPORATION
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Secretary
	

 	
 	

MIDNIGHT OIL SERVICES, INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Secretary
	

 	
 	

MJR ASSOCIATES, INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Secretary
	

 	
 	

NATIONS, INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Secretary
	

 	
 	

PROCOM SERVICES, INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Assistant Secretary
	

 	
 	

PROGRAM SUPPORT ASSOCIATES, INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Secretary
	

 	
 	

PULSE ENGINEERING, INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Secretary









	 	 	PULSE SCIENCES, INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Secretary
	

 	
 	

RW CONSULTANTS, INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Secretary
	

 	
 	

RESEARCH PLANNING, INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Secretary
	

 	
 	

SENCOM CORPORATION
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Secretary
	

 	
 	

STAC, INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Secretary









	 	 	TITAN AFRICA, INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Secretary
	

 	
 	

TITAN SCAN TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Secretary
	

 	
 	

TITAN VIGIL, INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Secretary
	

 	
 	

TITAN WIRELESS AFRIPA HOLDINGS, INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Secretary
	

 	
 	

TITAN WIRELESS, INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Secretary
	

 	
 	

TOMOTHERAPEUTICS, INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Secretary
	

 	
 	

UNIDYNE, LLC
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Secretary
	

 	
 	

UNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Secretary
	

 	
 	

VISICOM LABORATORIES, INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Secretary
	

 	
 	

WAVESCIENCES, INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CHERYL L. BARR      
	 	 	 	
 Name: Cheryl L. Barr

Title: Secretary











	The foregoing Registration Rights Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written.	 	 	 	 
	

CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON LLC

GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.

WACHOVIA SECURITIES, INC.	
 	

 	
 	

 
	

By: CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON LLC	
 	

 	
 	

 
	

by	
 	

/s/  TED IANTUONO      
 Name: Ted Iantuono

Title: Director	
 	

 	
 	

 








  



 
 

ANNEX A    
    


        Each
broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale
of such Exchange Securities. The Letter of Transmittal states that by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an "underwriter" within
the meaning of the Securities Act. This Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange Securities received in
exchange for Initial Securities where such Initial Securities were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The Company has agreed that, for
a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date (as defined herein), it will make this Prospectus available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. See "Plan of
Distribution." 


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ANNEX B    
    


        Each
broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for Initial Securities, where such Initial Securities were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result
of market-making activities or other trading activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. See "Plan of Distribution." 


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ANNEX C    
    


 
 

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION    
    


        Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in
connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. This Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange
Securities received in exchange for Initial Securities where such Initial Securities were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The Company has agreed that, for
a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date, it will make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. In addition,
until                        , 200, all dealers effecting transactions in the Exchange Securities may be required to deliver a
prospectus.(1) 


	(1)
	In
addition, the legend required by Item 502(b) of Regulation S-K will appear on the back cover page of the Exchange Offer prospectus. 



        The
Company will not receive any proceeds from any sale of Exchange Securities by broker-dealers. Exchange Securities received by broker-dealers for their own account pursuant to the
Exchange Offer may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions in the over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing of options on the
Exchange Securities or a combination of such methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or negotiated prices. Any such
resale may be made directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from any such broker-dealer or the purchasers of
any such Exchange Securities. Any broker-dealer that resells Exchange Securities that were received by it for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer and any broker or dealer that participates
in a distribution of such Exchange Securities may be deemed to be an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act and any profit on any such resale of Exchange Securities and any
commission or concessions received by any such persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Securities Act. The Letter of Transmittal states that, by acknowledging that it will
deliver and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act. 


        For
a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date the Company will promptly send additional copies of this Prospectus and any amendment or supplement to this Prospectus to any
broker-dealer that requests such documents in the Letter of Transmittal. The Company has agreed to pay all expenses incident to the Exchange Offer (including the expenses of one counsel for the
Holders of the Securities) other than commissions or concessions of any brokers or dealers and will indemnify the Holders of the Securities (including any broker-dealers) against certain liabilities,
including liabilities under the Securities Act. 


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ANNEX D    
    


[    ]
CHECK HERE IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER AND WISH TO RECEIVE 10 ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS AND 10 COPIES OF ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO. 



Name:
                                         
                                    

Address:
                                         
                                    
 




If
the undersigned is not a broker-dealer, the undersigned represents that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of Exchange Securities. If the undersigned is a
broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for Initial Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, it
acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, the undersigned will not be
deemed to admit that it is an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act. 


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Exhibit 4.8


$200,000,000 THE TITAN CORPORATION 8% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2011 REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT




ANNEX A




ANNEX B




ANNEX C


PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION



ANNEX D