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Exhibit 4.1

                          SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

         THIS SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of the date of acceptance
set forth below, is entered into by and between STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC.
(formerly known as Pacific Animated Imaging Corp.), a Delaware corporation, with
headquarters located at 1598 Whitehall Road Suite E, Annapolis, MD 21401 (the
"Company"), and the undersigned (the "Buyer").

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

         WHEREAS, the Company and the Buyer are executing and delivering this
Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded
under Regulation D ("Regulation D") as promulgated by the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the "1933 Act"), and/or Section 4(2) of the 1933 Act; and

         WHEREAS, the Buyer wishes to purchase, upon the terms and subject to
the conditions of this Agreement, 10% Convertible Debentures (the "Debentures"),
of the Company which will be convertible into shares of Common Stock, $0.0001
par value per share of the Company (the "Common Stock"), upon the terms and
subject to the conditions of such Debentures, together with the Warrants (as
defined below) exercisable for the purchase of shares of Common Stock (the
"Warrant Shares"), and subject to acceptance of this Agreement by the Company;

         NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as
follows:

          1.       AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE; PURCHASE PRICE.

          a.   Purchase; Certain Definitions. (i) The undersigned hereby agrees
to purchase from the Company, the Debentures of the Company, in the principal
amount set forth on the signature page of this Agreement (the "Debentures"), out
of a total offering of $500,000 in Debentures, and having the terms and
conditions and being in the form attached hereto as Annex I. The purchase price
for the Debentures shall be set forth on the signature page hereto and shall be
payable in United States Dollars.

          (ii)  As used herein, the term "Securities" means the Debentures, the
Warrants and the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Debentures or as
interest on the Debentures or the exercise of the Warrants.

          b. Form of Payment. The Buyer shall pay the purchase price for the
relevant Debentures by delivering immediately available good funds in United
States

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Dollars to the escrow agent (the "Escrow Agent")  identified in the Joint Escrow
Agent Instructions attached hereto as Annex II (the "Joint Escrow Instructions")
as set forth below.  Promptly following payment by the Buyer to the Escrow Agent
of the purchase price of the relevant Debentures,  the Company shall deliver the
relevant  Debentures duly executed on behalf of the Company to the Escrow Agent.
By signing this Agreement,  the Buyer and the Company, and subject to acceptance
by the Escrow  Agent,  each  agrees to all of the terms and  conditions  of, and
becomes party to, the Joint Escrow  Instructions,  all of th provisions of which
are incorporated herein by this reference as if set forth in full.

          c.   Method of Payment. Payment into escrow of the purchase price of
the Debentures shall be made by wire transfer of funds to:

               [BANK]    N/A

               ABA#
               For credit to the account of
               Account No:

Not later than 3:00 p.m.,  New York time, on the Closing  Date,  the Buyer shall
deposit with the Escrow Agent the aggregate  purchase price for the  Debentures,
in  immediately  available  funds.  Time is of the essence  with respect to such
payment, and failure to the Buyer to make such payment, shall allow this Company
to cancel this  Agreement  and to seek any other remedy  available to Company at
law or equity.

          d.   Escrow Property. The purchase price of the Debentures delivered
to the Escrow Agent as contemplated by Sections 1(b) and (c) hereof are referred
to as the "Escrow Property."

          2.   BUYER REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, ETC.; ACCESS TO INFORMATION;
INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION.

          THE BUYER REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS TO, AND COVENANTS AND AGREES WITH,
THE COMPANY AS FOLLOWS:

          A.   PURCHASE FOR INVESTMENT ONLY. WITHOUT LIMITING BUYER'S RIGHT TO
SELL THE COMMON STOCK PURSUANT TO THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT (AS THAT TERM IS
DEFINED IN THE REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT DEFINED BELOW), THE BUYER IS
PURCHASING THE DEBENTURES AND WILL BE ACQUIRING THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
ISSUABLE UPON THE CONVERSION OF THE DEBENTURES OR S INTEREST THEREON (THE
"CONVERTED SHARES") AND THE WARRANT SHARES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT FOR INVESTMENT
ONLY AND NOT WITH A VIEW TOWARDS THE PUBLIC SALE OR DISTRIBUTION THEROF AND NOT
WITH A VIEW TO OR FOR SALE IN CONNECTION WITH ANY DISTRIBUTION THEREOF.

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                  B.     ACCREDITED INVESTOR STATUS. THE BUYER IS (I) AN
"ACCREDITED INVESTOR" AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN RULE 501 OF THE GENERAL RULES
AND REGULATIONS UNDER THE 1933 ACT BY REASON OF RULE 501(A)(3), AND (II)
EXPERIENCED IN MAKING INVESTMENTS OF THE KIND DESCRIBED IN THIS AGREEMENT AND
THE RELATED DOCUMENTS, (III) ABLE, BY REASON OF THE BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL
EXPERIENCE OF ITS OFFICERS (IF AN ENTITY) AND PROFESSIONAL ADVISORS (WHO ARE NOT
AFFILIATED WITH OR COMPENSATED IN ANY WAY BY THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS
AFFILIATES OR SELLING AGENTS), TO PROTECT ITS OWN INTERESTS IN CONNECTION WITH
THE TRANSACTIONS DESCRIBED IN THIS AGREEMENT, AND THE RELATED DOCUMENTS, AND
(IV) ABLE TO AFFORD THE ENTIRE LOSS OF ITS INVESTMENT IN THE SECURITIES.

                  C.     SUBSEQUENT OFFER REQUIREMENTS. ALL SUBSEQUENT OFFERS
AND SALES OF THE DEBENTURES AND COMMON STOCK REPRESENTING THE CONVERTED SHARES
OR WARRANT SHARES (SUCH COMMON STOCK SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS THE "SHARES") BY
THE BUYER SHALL BE MADE PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION OF THE SHARES UNDER THE 1933
ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION.

                  D.     ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF BUYER. THE BUYER UNDERSTANDS THAT
THE DEBENTURES ARE BEING OFFERED AND SOLD, AND THE SHARES ARE BEING OFFERED, TO
IT IN RELIANCE ON SPECIFIC EXEMPTIONS FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF
UNITED STATES FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND THAT THE COMPANY IS RELYING
UPON THE TRUTH AND ACCURACY OF, AND THE BUYER'S COMPLIANCE WITH, THE
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, AGREEMENTS, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND UNDERSTANDINGS OF
THE BUYER SET FORTH HEREIN IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE AVAILABILITY OF SUCH
EXEMPTIONS AND THE ELIGIBILITY OF THE BUYER TO ACQUIRE THE DEBENTURES AND TO
RECEIVE AN OFFER OF THE SHARES.

                  E.     FULL DISCLOSURE. THE BUYER AND ITS ADVISORS, IF ANY,
HAVE BEEN FURNISHED WITH ALL MATERIALS RELATING TO THE BUSINESS, FINANCES AND
OPERATIONS OF THE COMPANY AND MATERIALS RELATING TO THE OFFER AND SALE OF THE
DEBENTURES AND THE OFFER OF THE SHARES WHICH HAVE BEEN REQUESTED BY THE BUYER.
THE BUYER AND ITS ADVISORS, IF ANY, HAVE BEEN AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK
QUESTIONS OF THE COMPANY AND HAVE RECEIVED COMPLETE AND SATISFACTORY ANSWERS TO
ANY SUCH INQUIRIES. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, THE BUYER
HAS ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO OBTAIN AND TO REVIEW THE COMPANY'S (1) ANNUAL
REPORT ON FORM 10-K FOR THE

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FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1998, (2) QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q FOR THE
FISCAL QUARTERS ENDED MARCH 31, 1999, JUNE 30, 1999, AND SEPTEMBER 30, 1999 AND
(3) PROXY MATERIALS REGARDING THE 1999 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS.

                  F.     RISK FACTORS. THE BUYER UNDERSTANDS THAT THE SECURITIES
INVOLVE A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK AND SHOULD BE PURCHASED ONLY BY PERSONS WHO CAN
AFFORD TO LOSE THEIR ENTIRE INVESTMENT. BUYER HAS CAREFULLY CONSIDERED THE RISKS
AND SPECULATIVE FACTORS AFFECTING THE BUSINESS OF THE COMPANY PRIOR TO MAKING
ANY INVESTMENT.

                  G.     NO ENDORSEMENTS. THE BUYER UNDERSTANDS THAT NO UNITED
STATES FEDERAL OR STATE AGENCY OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT OR GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY
HAS PASSED ON OR MADE ANY RECOMMENDATION OR ENDORSEMENT OF THE SECURITIES.

                  H.     BINDING EFFECT. THIS AGREEMENT HAS BEEN DULY AND
VALIDLY AUTHORIZED, EXECUTED AND DELIVERED ON BEHALF OF THE BUYER AND IS A VALID
AND BINDING AGREEMENT OF THE BUYER ENFORCEABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS TERMS,
SUBJECT AS TO ENFORCEABILITY TO GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF EQUITY AND TO BANKRUPTCY,
INSOLVENCY, MORATORIUM AND OTHER SIMILAR LAWS AFFECTING THE ENFORCEMENT OF
CREDITORS' RIGHTS GENERALLY.

                  I.     SHORT SALES PROHIBITED. FOR AS LONG AS THE INITIAL
DEBENTURE IS OUTSTANDING OR THERE REMAIN ANY ADDITIONAL DEBENTURES OUTSTANDING
NEITHER THE BUYER NOR ANY AFFILIATE, AGENT, ASSIGNEE OR SUCCESSOR OF THE BUYER
WILL, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, EFFECT ANY SHORT SALE OF THE COMMON STOCK OF
COMPANY OR MANIPULATE IN ANY MANNER THE PRICE OF COMPANY'S COMMON STOCK, OR TAKE
ANY OTHER ACTION THE EFFECT OF WHICH IS TO LOWER THE PRICE OF THE COMMON STOCK,
OTHER THAN ACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT AND THE REGISTRATION RIGHTS
AGREEMENT. IN FURTHERANCE OF THE PROHIBITION SET FORTH HEREIN, BUYER AGREES THAT
UPON THE WRITTEN REQUEST OF COMPANY FROM TIME TO TIME, THAT BUYER WILL
ACKNOWLEDGE IN WRITING TO COMPANY ITS COMPLIANCE WITH THIS SECTION.

                  J.     BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP LIMITATION. NOTWITHSTANDING THE
PROVISIONS HEREOF OR OF THE DEBENTURES, IN NO EVENT (EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO AN
EVENT OF MANDATORY CONVERSION UPON THE MATURITY OF THE DEBENTURES) SHALL THE

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HOLDER BE ENTITLED TO CONVERT ANY DEBENTURES TO THE EXTENT AFTER SUCH
CONVERSION, THE SUM OF (1) THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY THE BUYER AND ITS AFFILIATES (OTHER THAN SHARES OF COMMON STOCK WHICH
MAY BE DEEMED BENEFICIALLY OWNED THROUGH THE OWNERSHIP OF THE UNCONVERTED
PORTION OF THE DEBENTURES), AND (2) THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
ISSUABLE UPON THE CONVERSION OF THE DEBENTURES WITH RESPECT TO WHICH THE
DETERMINATION OF THIS PROVISO IS BEING MADE, WOULD RESULT IN BENEFICIAL
OWNERSHIP BY THE BUYER AND ITS AFFILIATES OF MORE THAN 4.99% OF THE OUTSTANDING
SHARES OF COMMON STOCK. FOR PURPOSES OF THE PROVISO TO THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING
SENTENCE, BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
13(D) OF THE 1934 ACT, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN CLAUSE (1) OF SUCH
PROVISO.

                  K.     REPORTING COMPANY STATUS. IF THE BUYER IS AN ENTITY,
THE BUYER IS A DULY ORGANIZED, VALIDLY EXISTING AND IN GOOD STANDING UNDER THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF, AND HAS THE REQUISITE POWER TO OWN ITS PROPERTIES AND TO
CARRY ON ITS BUSINESS AS NOW BEING CONDUCTED.

                  L.     RESIDENCE. IF THE BUYER IS AN INDIVIDUAL, THE BUYER IS
A BONA FIDE RESIDENT OF THE STATE OF N.C., AND MAINTAINS HIS PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE
THERE OR HAS A DRIVER'S LICENSE IN THAT STATE AND IS AT LEAST EIGHTEEN (18)
YEARS OF AGE.

                  M.     SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT; REGISTRATION RIGHTS
AGREEMENT. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, THE FORM OF
WHICH IS ATTACHED HERETO AS ANNEX III (THE "REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT"), AND
THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND THEREBY, HAVE BEEN DULY AND VALIDLY
AUTHORIZED BY THE BUYER; THIS AGREEMENT HAS BEEN DULY EXECUTED AND DELIVERED BY
THE BUYER AND THIS AGREEMENT IS, AND THE REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, WHEN
EXECUTED AND DELIVERED BY THE BUYER, WILL BE, VALID AND BINDING AGREEMENTS OF
THE BUYER ENFORCEABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE TERMS, SUBJECT AS TO
ENFORCEABILITY TO GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF EQUITY AND TO BANKRUPTCY, INSOLVENCY,
MORATORIUM, AND OTHER SIMILAR LAWS AFFECTING THE ENFORCEMENT OF CREDITORS'
RIGHTS GENERALLY.

                  N.     NON-CONTRAVENTION. THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS
AGREEMENT AND THE REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT BY THE BUYER, AND THE
CONSUMMATION BY THE BUYER

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OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT AND, THE REGISTRATION RIGHTS
AGREEMENT DO NOT AND WILL NOT CONFLICT WITH OR RESULT IN A BREACH BY THE BUYER
OF ANY OF THE TERMS OR PROVISIONS OFTHE BUYER, OR CONSTITUTE A DEFAULT UNDER (I)
THE ARTICLES OF AUTHORITY OR BY-LAWS OF THE BUYER, EACH AS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT,
(II) ANY INDENTURE, MORTGAGE, DEED OF TRUST, OR OTHER MATERIAL AGREEMENT OR
INSTRUMENT TO WHICH THE BUYER IS A PARTY OR BY WHICH IT OR ANY OF ITS PROPERTIES
OR ASSETS ARE BOUND, INCLUDING ANY LISTING AGREEMENT FOR THE COMMON STOCK EXCEPT
AS HEREIN SET FORTH, (III) ANY EXISTING APPLICABLE LAW, RULE, OR REGULATION OR
ANY APPLICABLE DECREE, JUDGMENT, OR ORDER OF ANY COURT, UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR
STATE REGULATORY BODY, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY, OR OTHER GOVERNMENTAL BODY HAVING
JURISDICTION OVER THE BUYER OR ANY OF ITS PROPERTIES OR ASSETS, EXCEPT SUCH
CONFLICT, BREACH OR DEFAULT WHICH WOULD NOT HAVE A MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT ON
THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN.

                  O.     APPROVALS. NO AUTHORIZATION, APPROVAL OR CONSENT OF ANY
COURT, GOVERNMENTAL BODY, REGULATORY AGENCY, SELF-REGULATORY ORGANIZATION, OR
STOCK EXCHANGE OR MARKET OR THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE BUYER IS REQUIRED TO BE
OBTAINED BY THE BUYER FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE SECURITIES FROM THE COMPANY AS
CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT, EXCEPT SUCH AUTHORIZATIONS, APPROVALS AND
CONSENTS THAT HAVE BEEN OBTAINED.

                  3.     COMPANY REPRESENTATIONS, ETC.

                  The Company represents and warrants to the Buyer that:

                  a.     Concerning the Shares. There are no preemptive rights
of any stockholder of the Company, as such, to acquire the Debentures or the
Shares.
                  b.     Reporting Company Status. The Company is a corporation
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
State of Delaware, and has the requisite corporate power to own its properties
and to carry on its business as now being conducted. The Company is duly
qualified as a foreign corporation to do business and is in good standing in
each jurisdiction where the nature of the business conducted or property owned
by it makes such qualification necessary other than those jurisdictions in which
the failure to so qualify would not have a material and adverse effect on the
business, operations, properties, prospects or condition (financial or
otherwise) of the Company. The Company's Common Stock is listed and traded on
the Over the Counter market.

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                  c.     Authorized Shares. The Company has authorized
25,000,000 shares and issued and outstanding 5,356,690 shares and has reserved
for various stock plans and earn-outs 3,538,861 shares. As of the Closing Date,
the Company has sufficient remaining authorized, unissued and unreserved shares
as may be reasonably necessary as of the Closing Date to effect the conversion
of the Debentures or to issue the Warrant Shares. The Shares have been duly
authorized and, when issued upon conversion of, or as interest on, the
Debentures or upon the exercise of the Warrants, will in the absence of fraud be
duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will not subject the
holder thereof to personal liability by reason of being such holder.

                  d.     Securities Purchase Agreement; Registration Rights
Agreement. This Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, the form of
which is attached hereto as Annex III (the "Registration Rights Agreement"), and
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, have been duly and validly
authorized by the Company; this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered
by the Company and this Agreement is, and the Registration Rights Agreement,
when executed and delivered by the Company, will be, valid and binding
agreements of the Company enforceable in accordance with their respective terms,
subject as to enforceability to general principles of equity and to bankruptcy,
insolvency, moratorium, and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights generally.

                  e.     Non-contravention. The execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement by the Company, the issuance of
the Securities, and the consummation by the Company of the other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement do not and
will not conflict with or result in a breach by the Company of any of the terms
or provisions of, or constitute a default under (i) the articles of
incorporation or by-laws of the Company, each as currently in effect, (ii) any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, or other material agreement or instrument to
which the Company is a party or by which it or any of its properties or assets
are bound, including any listing agreement for the Common Stock except as herein
set forth, (iii) any existing applicable law, rule, or regulation or any
applicable decree, judgment, or order of any court, United States federal or
state regulatory body, administrative agency, or other governmental body having
jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties or assets, or (iv) the
Company's listing agreement for its Common Stock, except such conflict, breach
or default which would not have a material adverse effect on the transactions
contemplated herein.

                  f.     Approvals. No authorization, approval or consent of any
court, governmental body, regulatory agency, self-regulatory organization, or
stock exchange or market or the stockholders of the Company is required to be
obtained by the Company for the issuance and sale of the Securities to the Buyer
as contemplated by this Agreement, except such authorizations, approvals and
consents that have been obtained or that may be needed to increase the
authorized shares of Company.

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                  g.     SEC Filings. None of the Company's SEC Documents
contained, at the time they were filed, any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements made therein in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading.

                  h.     Absence of Certain Changes. Since September 30, 1999,
there has been no material adverse change and no material adverse development in
the business, properties, operations, financial condition, or results of
operations of the Company, except as disclosed in the documents referred to the
Company's SEC Documents.

                  i.     Full Disclosure. There is no fact known to the Company
(other than general economic conditions known to the public generally, and other
than facts disclosed in the Company's SEC Documents) that has not been disclosed
in writing to the Buyer that (i) would reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business
affairs, properties or assets of the Company or (ii) would reasonably be
expected to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company to
perform its obligations pursuant to this Agreement or the other agreements and
instruments contemplated hereby (collectively, including this Agreement, the
"Transaction Agreements").

                  j.     Absence of Litigation. Except as set forth in the
Company's SEC Documents, which the Buyer has reviewed, there is no action, suit,
proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court, public board or
body pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any of its subsidiaries,
threatened against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries, wherein
an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding would have a material adverse effect
on the properties, business, condition (financial or otherwise), results of
operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or
the transactions contemplated by any of the Transaction Agreements or which
would adversely affect the validity or enforceability of, or the authority or
ability of the Company to perform its obligations under, any of the Transaction
Agreements

                  k.     Absence of Events of Default. No Event of Default (or
its equivalent term), as defined in the respective agreement to which the
Company is a party, and no event which, with the giving of notice or the passage
of time or both, would become an Event of Default (or its equivalent term) (as
so defined in such agreement), has occurred and is continuing, which would have
a material adverse effect on the Company's financial condition or results of
operations.

                  l.     No Default. The Company is not in default in the
performance or observance of any material obligation, agreement, covenant or
condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other material
instrument or agreement to which it is a party or by which it or its property is
bound.

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                  m.     Prior Issues. During the twelve (12) months preceding
the date hereof, the Company has not issued any convertible securities.

                  n.     Dilution. The number of Shares issuable upon conversion
of the Debentures may increase substantially in certain circumstances,
including, but not necessarily limited to, the circumstance wherein the trading
price of the Common Stock declines prior to the conversion. The Company's
executive officers and directors have studied and fully understand the nature of
other securities being sold hereby and recognize that they have a potential
dilutive effect. The board of directors of the Company has concluded, in its
good faith business judgment, that such issuance is in the best interests of the
Company. Absent a breach of Buyer's representations, warranties and/or covenants
herein contained, the Company specifically acknowledges that its obligation to
issue the Shares upon conversion of the Debentures to the extent of the
authorized, unissued and unreserved shares of Company Common Stock as of the
Closing Date is binding upon the Company and enforceable regardless of the
dilution such issuance may have on the ownership interests of other shareholders
of the Company.

                  4.     CERTAIN COVENANTS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

                  a.     Transfer Restrictions. The Buyer acknowledges that (1)
the Debentures have not been and are not being registered under the provisions
of the 1933 Act and, except as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement,
the Shares have not been and are not being registered under the 1933 Act, and
may not be transferred unless (A) subsequently registered thereunder or (B) the
Buyer shall have delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel, reasonably
satisfactory in form, scope and substance to the Company, to the effect that the
Securities to be sold or transferred may be sold or transferred pursuant to an
exemption from such registration; (2) any sale of the Securities made in
reliance on Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act may be made only in
accordance with the terms of said Rule and further, if said Rule is not
applicable, any resale of such Securities under circumstances in which the
seller, or the person through whom the sale is made, may be deemed to be an
underwriter, as that term is used in the 1933 Act, may require compliance with
some other exemption under the 1933 Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC
thereunder; and (3) neither the Company nor any other person is under any
obligation to register the Securities (other than pursuant to the Registration
Rights Agreement) under the 1933 Act or to comply with the terms and conditions
of any exemption thereunder.

                  b.     For as long as the Initial Debenture is outstanding or
there remain any Additional Debentures outstanding neither the Buyer nor any
affiliate, agent, assignee or successor of the Buyer will, directly or
indirectly, effect any short sale of the Common Stock of Company or manipulate
in any manner the price of Company's Common Stock, or take any other action the
effect of which is to lower the

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price of the Common Stock, other than actions contemplated by this Agreement and
the Registration Rights Agreement. In furtherance of the prohibition set forth
herein, Buyer agrees that upon the written request of Company from time to time,
that Buyer will acknowledge in writing to Company its compliance with this
Section.

                  c.     Restrictive Legend. The Buyer acknowledges and agrees
that the Debentures, and, until such time as the Common Stock has been
registered under the 1933 Act as contemplated by the Registration Rights
Agreement and sold in accordance with an effective registration statement
("Registration Statement"), the Debentures and the Shares issued to the Buyer
upon conversion of the Debentures shall bear a restrictive legend in
substantially the following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed
against transfer of the Debentures and such Shares):

                  THESE SECURITIES (THE "SECURITIES") HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED
                  UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES
                  ACT"), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE SOLD
                  OR OFFERED FOR SALE IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE
                  REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES OR AN OPINION OF
                  COUNSEL OR OTHER EVIDENCE ACCEPTABLE TO THE CORPORATION THAT
                  SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

                  d.     Registration Rights Agreement. The parties hereto agree
to enter into the Registration Rights Agreement, in substantially the form
attached hereto as Annex III (the "Registration Rights Agreement"), on or before
the Closing Date (as defined below).

                  e.     Filings. The Company undertakes and agrees to make all
necessary filings in connection with the sale of the Debentures to the Buyer
under any United States federal, state and local laws and regulations, or by any
domestic securities exchange or trading market, and to provide a copy thereof to
the Buyer promptly after such filing.

                  f.     Reporting Status. So long as the Buyer beneficially
owns any of the Debentures, the Company shall file all reports required to be
filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act, and the
Company shall not terminate its status as an issuer required to file reports
under the 1934 Act even if the 1934 Act or the rules and regulations thereunder
would permit such termination.

                  g.     Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the proceeds from
the sale of the Debentures (excluding amounts paid by the Company for legal
fees) for repayment of debts and internal working capital purposes.

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                  h.     Available Shares. Subject to the number of shares
currently authorized, issued and reserved as set forth below, the Company shall
have at all times authorized and reserved for issuance, free from preemptive
rights, shares of Common Stock reasonably necessary to yield the number of
shares of Common Stock issuable (i) at conversion as may be required to satisfy
the conversion rights of the Buyer pursuant to the terms and conditions of the
Debentures and (ii) upon exercises as may be required to satisfy the exercise
rights of the Buyer pursuant to and the terms and conditions of the Warrants.
Buyer acknowledges that Company has 25,000,000 shares of Common Stock
authorized, 5,356,690 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding and
3,538,861 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under various stock plans
and earn out arrangements. Buyer further acknowledges that Company cannot
provide for additional authorized shares without the approval of the
shareholders by majority vote in each instance.

                  i.     Initial Shares. For each Debenture purchased by the
Buyer, the Company agrees to issue to the Buyer on the Closing Date one (1)
share of Common Stock with registration rights as provided in the Registration
Rights Agreement.

                  J.     Warrants. The Company agrees to issue to the Buyer on
the Closing Date divisible warrants exercisable at $0.75 per warrant (the
"Warrants") for the purchase of up to 250,000 shares of Common Stock. Each
Warrant shall be exercisable into one share of Common Stock and shall be in the
form annexed hereto as Annex IV, together with registration rights as provided
in the Registration Rights Agreement.

                  5.     TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS.

                  a.     Promptly following the delivery by the Buyer of the
aggregate purchase price for the Debentures in accordance with Section 1(b)
hereof, the Company will irrevocably instruct its transfer agent to issue Common
Stock from time to time upon conversion of the Debentures or upon exercise of
the Warrant in such amounts as specified from time to time by the Company to the
transfer agent, bearing the restrictive legend specified in Section 4(c) of this
Agreement prior to registration of the Shares under the 1933 Act, registered in
the name of the Buyer or its nominee and in such denominations to be specified
by the Buyer in connection with each conversion of the Debentures. The Company
covenants and agrees that no instruction other than such instructions referred
to in this Section 5 and stop transfer instructions to give effect to Section
4(a) hereof prior to registration and sale of the Shares under the 1933 Act will
be given by the Company to the transfer agent and that the Shares shall
otherwise be freely transferable on the books and records of the Company as and
to the extent provided in this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, and
applicable law. Nothing in this Section shall affect in any way the Buyer's
obligations and agreement to comply with this Agreement and all agreements
attached hereto and with all applicable

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securities laws upon resale of the Securities. If the Buyer provides the Company
with an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company that
registration of a resale by the Buyer of any of the Securities in accordance
with clause (1)(B) of Section 4(a) of this Agreement is not required under the
1933 Act, the Company shall (except as provided in clause (2) of Section 4(a) of
this Agreement) permit the transfer of the Securities and, in the case of the
Shares, promptly instruct the Company's transfer agent to issue one or more
certificates for Common Stock without legend in such name and in such
denominations as specified by the Buyer.

                  b.     (i) The Company will permit the Buyer to exercise its
right to convert the Debentures by telecopying an executed and completed Notice
of Conversion to the Company ("Notice of Conversion") and delivering within
three (3) business days thereafter, the original Notice of Conversion and the
Debentures representing the Shares to the Company by express courier, with a
copy to the transfer agent.

                         (ii) The term "Conversion Date" means, with respect to
any conversion elected by the holder of the Debentures, the date specified in
the Form of Debenture.

                         (iii) The Company will transmit the certificates
representing the Shares issuable upon conversion of any Debentures (together
with the Debentures not being so converted) to the Buyer via express courier, by
electronic transfer or otherwise, within five (5) business days after receipt
and acknowledgment by chief financial officer of the Company of the original
Notice of Conversion and the Debentures being converted (the "Delivery Date").

                  c.     In lieu of delivering physical certificates
representing the Common Stock issuable upon conversion, provided the Company's
transfer agent is participating in the Depository Trust Company ("DTC") Fast
Automated Securities Transfer program, upon request of the Buyer and its
compliance with the provisions contained in this paragraph, so long as the
certificates therefor do not bear a legend and the Buyer thereof is not
obligated to return such certificate for the placement of a legend thereon, the
Company shall use its best efforts to cause its transfer agent to electronically
transmit the Common Stock issuable upon conversion to the Buyer by crediting the
account of Buyer's Prime Broker with DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent
Commission system.

                  6.     DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS.

                  The Debentures shall be delivered by the Company to the Escrow
Agent pursuant to Section 1(b) hereof, on a delivery against payment basis, on
the Closing Date.

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                  7. CLOSING DATE.

                  The date and time of the issuance and sale of the Debentures
(the "Closing Date") shall occur no later than 12:00 Noon, New York time on
March 1, 2000. The closing shall occur on such date at the offices of the Escrow
Agent. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Escrow
Agent will be authorized to release the Escrow Property only upon satisfaction
of the conditions set forth in Sections 8 and 9 hereof.

                  8. CONDITIONS TO THE COMPANY'S OBLIGATION TO SELL AND CONVERT.

                  The Buyer understands that the Company's obligation to sell
the Debentures to the Buyer and convert the Debentures pursuant to this
Agreement on the Closing Date and Conversion Date(s) is conditioned upon:

                  a. The receipt and acceptance by the Company of this Agreement
(such acceptance to be evidenced by the Company's execution and delivery of this
Agreement) for the sale of Fifty Thousand ($50,000) Dollars in Debentures;

                  b. Delivery by the Buyer to the Escrow Agent of good funds as
payment in full of an amount equal to the purchase price for the relevant
Debentures in accordance with Section 1(c) hereof;

                  c. The accuracy on the relevant Closing Date of the
representations and warranties of the Buyer contained in this Agreement, each as
if made on such Closing Date or Conversion Date(s), and the performance by the
Buyer on or before such Closing Date or Conversion Date(s) of all covenants and
agreements of the Buyer required to be performed on or before such Closing Date
or Conversion Date(s); and

                  d. There shall not be in effect any law, rule or regulation
prohibiting or restricting the transactions contemplated hereby, or requiring
any consent or approval which shall not have been obtained.

                  9. CONDITIONS TO THE BUYER'S OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE.

                  The Company understands that the Buyer's obligation to
purchase the Debentures on the Closing Date is conditioned upon:

                  a. The receipt and acceptance by the Buyer of this Agreement
(to be evidenced by the Buyer's execution and delivery of this Agreement) for
the purchase of the Debentures;

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                  b. Delivery by the Company to the Escrow Agent of the relevant
Debentures in accordance with this Agreement;

                  c. The accuracy in all material respects on the relevant
Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Company contained in
this Agreement, each as if made on such Closing Date, and the performance by the
Company on or before such Closing Date of all covenants and agreements of the
Company required to be performed on or before such Closing Date; and

                  10.    GOVERNING LAW: MISCELLANEOUS.

                  a. This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware for contracts to be wholly
performed in such state and without giving effect to the principles thereof
regarding the conflict of laws. Each of the parties consents to the jurisdiction
of the federal courts whose districts encompass any part of the City of
Wilmington or the state courts of the State of Delaware sitting in the City of
Wilmington in connection with any dispute arising under this Agreement and
hereby waives, to the maximum extent permitted by law, any objection, including
any objection based on forum non conveniens, to the bringing of any such
proceeding in such jurisdictions.

                  b. A facsimile transmission of this signed Agreement shall be
legal and binding on all parties hereto.

                  c. This Agreement may be signed in one or more counterparts,
each of which shall be deemed an original.

                  d. The headings of this Agreement are for convenience of
reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this
Agreement.

                  e. If any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not
affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement or the
validity or enforceability of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction.

                  f. This Agreement may be amended only by an instrument in
writing signed by the party to be charged with enforcement thereof.

                  g. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and
understandings among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter
hereof.

                  h. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the successors and assigns of the parties hereto.

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                  11.    NOTICES. Any notice required or permitted hereunder
shall be given in writing (unless otherwise specified herein) and shall be
deemed effectively given on the earliest of

                  (i) the date delivered, if delivered by personal delivery as
                  against written receipt therefor or by confirmed facsimile
                  transmission,

                  (ii) the seventh business day after deposit,  postage prepaid,
                  in the United States Postal Service by registered or certified
                  mail, or

                  (iii) the third business day after mailing by international
                  express courier, with delivery costs and fees prepaid,

in each case,  addressed to each of the other parties thereunto  entitled at the
following  addresses (or at such other  addresses as such party may designate by
ten (10)  days'  advance  written  notice  similarly  given to each of the other
parties hereto):

COMPANY:                   STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC.
                           1598 Whitehall Road
                           Suite E
                           Annapolis, MD 21401
                           ATTN: John J. Cadigan, CEO
                           Telecopier No.: (410)- 757-5094
                           Telephone No.: (410)- 757-2728

                           with a copy to:

                           Palmarella & Sweeney, P.C.
                           993 Old Eagle School Road
                           Suite 415
                           Wayne, PA 19087
                           Attention: Ernest D. Palmarella, Esquire

BUYER:                     At the address set forth on the signature page of
                           this Agreement.

                           ESCROW AGENT:

                           Palmarella & Sweeney, P.C.
                           993 Old Eagle School Road
                           Suite 415
                           Wayne, PA 19087
                           Attention: Ernest D. Palmarella, Esquire

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                  12. SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
The Company's representations and warranties herein shall survive the execution
and delivery of this Agreement and the delivery of the Debentures and the
Purchase Price, and shall inure to the benefit of the Buyer and its successors
and assigns.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed by the Buyer or one of
    its officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date set forth below.

AGGREGATE PURCHASE PRICE OF SUCH DEBENTURES:         $250,000
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                            SIGNATURES FOR ENTITIES

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned represents that the
foregoing statements are true and correct and that it has caused this Securities
Purchase Agreement to be duly executed on its behalf this 24th day of February,
2000.

         Risk Factors. The Buyer understands that the Securities involve a high
degree of risk and should be purchased only by persons who can afford to lose
their entire investment. Buyer has carefully considered the risks and
speculative factors affecting the business of the Company prior to making any
investment.

P.O. Box 2028
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Blowing Rock, NC                             Thomas Stone
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Address                                      Printed Name of Subscriber

 Telecopier No. _____________                By: /s/ Thomas Stone
                                                 -------------------------------
                                             (Signature of Authorized Person)

                                             Thomas Stone, Private Investor
_____________________________                -----------------------------------
Jurisdiction of Incorporation                Printed Name and Title
or Organization

 As of the date set forth below,  the undersigned  hereby accepts this Agreement
and  represents  that the foregoing  statements are true and correct and that it
has caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed on its behalf.

STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC.

By:      /s/ John J. Cadigan
       -------------------------------
Title:   CEO
       -------------------------------
Date:    February 24, 2000
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Exhibit 4.3                                                      Annex III
                                                                     to
                                                                Stock Purchase
                                                                  Agreement

                         REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

                  THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of February 24,
                                                                  -----------
2000 (this "Agreement"), is made by and between STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC.,
----
a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and the entity named on the signature
page hereto (the "Initial Investor").

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

                  WHEREAS, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the
Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 24, 2000, between the
                                           -----------------
Initial Investor and the Company (the "Securities Purchase Agreement"), the
Company has agreed to issue to the Initial Investor 250,000 shares of Common
Stock ("Initial Shares") and to issue and sell to the Initial Investor one or
more 10% Convertible Debentures of the Company, in an aggregate principal amount
not exceeding $250,000, and warrants to purchase up to 250,000 shares of Common
                                                       -------
Stock (the "Warrants") ; and

                  WHEREAS, the Debentures are convertible into shares (the
"Conversion Shares") of the Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the
Company (the "Common Stock") upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the
Debentures (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) and the Warrants
may be exercised for the purchase of shares of Common Stock (the "Warrant
Shares") upon the terms and conditions of the Warrants; and

                  WHEREAS, to induce the Initial Investor to execute and deliver
the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed to provide certain
registration rights under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules
and regulations thereunder, or any similar successor statute (collectively, the
"Securities Act"), with respect to the Initial Shares and Conversion Shares; and

                  NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the
mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the
Initial Investor hereby agrees as follows:

                  1. Definitions.

                  (a) As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have
the following meanings:

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                 (i)   "Investor" means the Initial Investor and any permitted
transferee or assignee who agrees to become bound by the provisions of this
Agreement in accordance with Section 9 hereof.

                 (ii)  "Potential Material Event" means any of the following:
(a) the possession by the Company of material information not ripe for
disclosure in a registration statement, which shall be evidenced by
determinations in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company that
disclosure of such information in the registration statement would be
detrimental to the business and affairs of the Company; or (b) any material
engagement or activity by the Company which would, in the good faith
determination of the Board of Directors of the Company, be adversely affected by
disclosure in a registration statement at such time, which determination shall
be accompanied by a good faith determination by the Board of Directors of the
Company that the registration statement would be materially misleading absent
the inclusion of such information.

                 (iii) "Register," "Registered," and "Registration" refer to a
registration effected by preparing and filing a Registration Statement or
Statements in compliance with the Securities Act and pursuant to Rule 415 under
the Securities Act or any successor rule providing for offering securities on a
continuous basis ("Rule 415"), and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness
of such Registration Statement by the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC").

                 (iv)  "Registrable Securities" means the Initial Shares,
Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares.

                 (v)   "Registration Statement" means a registration statement
of the Company under the Securities Act.

                 (b)   Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Securities Purchase
Agreement.

                 2.    Registration.

                 (a)   Mandatory Registration. The Company shall prepare and
file with the SEC, no later than one hundred (120) days following the initial
Closing Date under the Securities Purchase Agreement, either a Registration
Statement on Form S-3 registering for resale by the Investor a sufficient number
of shares of Common Stock for the Initial Investor (or such lesser number as may
be required by the SEC, but in no event less than the number of shares into
which the Debentures would be convertible and the Warrants exercisable at the
time of filing of the Form S-3, or an amendment to any pending Company
Registration Statement on Form S-3, and such Registration Statement or amended
Registration Statement shall state that, in accordance with Rule 416 and 457
under the Securities Act, it also covers such indeterminate number of additional
shares of Common Stock as may become issuable upon conversion of the Debentures
and the exercise of the Warrants resulting from adjustment in the Conversion
Price, or to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, or stock dividends).
The Company shall use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to be
declared effective no later than three hundred sixty-five (365)

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days after the Closing Date. If at any time the number of shares of Common Stock
into which the Debentures may be converted and which would be issued upon
exercise of the Warrants exceeds the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock
then registered, the Company shall, within ten (10) business days after receipt
of a written notice from any Investor, either (i) amend the Registration
Statement filed by the Company pursuant to the preceding sentence, if such
Registration Statement has not been declared effective by the SEC at that time,
to register all shares of Common Stock into which the Debentures may be
converted and which would be issued upon exercise of the Warrants, or (ii) if
such Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC at that time,
file with the SEC an additional Registration Statement on Form S-3 to register
the shares of Common Stock into which the Debentures may be converted and which
would be issued upon exercise of the Warrants that exceed the aggregate number
of shares of Common Stock already registered.

        (b) Payments by the Company.

            (i)   If the Registration Statement covering the Registrable
Securities is not filed in proper form with the SEC within one hundred twenty
(120) days after the Closing Date (the "Required Filing Date"), the Holders of
fifty (50%) percent or more of the Debentures shall be entitled to appoint one
(1) Director to the Company's Board of Directors to serve until the Company
files the Registration Statement and for six (6) months thereafter; and the
Company will make payment to the Initial Investor in such amounts and at such
times as shall be determined pursuant to this Section 2(b).

            (ii)  If the Registration Statement covering the Registrable
Securities is not effective within the earlier of (a) five (5) days after notice
by the SEC that it may be declared effective or (b) three hundred sixty-five
(365) days following the Closing Date (the "Required Effective Date"), or after
a Suspension Period (as defined below), then the Company will make payments to
the Initial Investor in such amounts and at such times as shall be determined
pursuant to this Section 2(b).

            (iii) The amount (the "Periodic Amount") to be paid by the Company
to the Initial Investor shall be determined as of each Computation Date (as
defined below) and such amount shall be equal to (A) one percent (1%) of the
purchase price paid by the Initial Investor (the "Purchase Price") for all
Debentures then purchased and outstanding pursuant to the Securities Purchase
Agreement for the period from the date following the Required Filing Date or the
Required Effective Date, as the case may be, to the first relevant Computation
Date, and (B) three percent (3%) to each Computation Date thereafter. By way of
illustration and not in limitation of the foregoing, if the Registration
Statement is timely filed but is not declared effective until one hundred
seventy (170) days after the Closing Date, the Periodic Amount will aggregate
seven percent (7%) of the purchase price of the Debentures (1% for days 91-120,
plus 3% for days 121-150, plus 3% for days 151-170).

            (iv)  Each Periodic Amount will be payable by the Company in cash or
other immediately available funds to the Investor upon demand of the Investor.

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              (v)    The parties acknowledge that the damages which may be
incurred by the Investor if the Registration Statement has not been declared
effective by the Required Registration Date may be difficult to ascertain.
Therefore, the parties agree that the Periodic Amount represents a reasonable
estimate on the part of the parties, as of the date of this Agreement, of the
amount of such damages and that the payment by Company of the Periodic Amount
shall be deemed in complete and total satisfaction of all claims of Investor
against Company for failure of Company to comply with subsection (b)(ii) above.

              (vi)   Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amounts payable by the
Company pursuant to this provision shall not be payable to the extent any delay
in the filing or effectiveness of the Registration Statement occurs because of
an act of, or a failure to act or to act timely by the Initial Investor or its
counsel, or in the event all of the Registrable Securities may be sold pursuant
to Rule 144 or another available exemption under the Act.

              (vii)  "Computation Date" means (i) the date which is
the earlier of (A) thirty (30) days after the Required Filing Date and the
Required Effective Date, as the case may be, or (B) the date after the Required
Filing Date or the Required Registration Date on which the Registration
Statement is filed (with respect to payments due as contemplated by Section
2(b)(i) hereof) or declared effective (with respect to payments due as
contemplated by Section 2(b)(ii) hereof), as the case may be, and (ii) each date
which is the earlier of (A) thirty (30) days after the previous Computation Date
or (B) the date after the previous Computation Date on which the Registration
Statement is filed (with respect to payments due as contemplated by Section
2(b)(i) hereof)or declared effective (with respect to payments due as
contemplated by Section 2(b)(ii) hereof), as the case may be.

              (viii) Anything in the preceding provisions of this
Section 2(b) to the contrary notwithstanding, if, but only if, the Registration
Statement is declared effective within three hundred sixty-five (365) days
following the Closing Date, the provisions of Section 2(b)(ii) shall not apply
and the Company will not have any obligation to pay any Periodic Amount to the
Initial Investor with respect thereto.

          3.  Obligations of the Company. In connection with the
registration of the Registrable Securities, the Company shall do each of the
following.

          (a) Prepare promptly, and file with the SEC by forty-five (45)
days after the initial Closing Date, a Registration Statement with respect to
not less than the number of Registrable Securities provided in Section 2(a),
above, and thereafter use its reasonable best efforts to cause each Registration
Statement relating to Registrable Securities to become effective the earlier of
(a) five (5) days after notice by the SEC that it may be declared effective or
(b) three hundred sixty-five (365) days following the initial Closing Date, and
keep the Registration Statement effective at all times until the earliest (the
"Registration Period") of (i) the date that is two years after the Closing Date,
(ii) the date when the Investors may sell all Registrable Securities under Rule
144 or (iii) the date the Investors no longer own any of the Registrable
Securities, which Registration Statement (including any amendments or
supplements thereto and prospectuses contained therein) shall not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to

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state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not
misleading;

                  (b) Prepare and file with the SEC such amendments (including
post-effective amendments) and supplements to the Registration Statement and the
prospectus used in connection with the Registration Statement as may be
necessary to keep the Registration effective at all times during the
Registration Period, and, during the Registration Period, comply with the
provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all
Registrable Securities of the Company covered by the Registration Statement
until such time as all of such Registrable Securities have been disposed of in
accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the seller or sellers
thereof as set forth in the Registration Statement;

                  (c) The Company shall permit a single firm of counsel
designated by the Initial Investor to review the Registration Statement and all
amendments and supplements thereto a reasonable period of time prior to their
filing with the SEC, and not file any document in a form to which such counsel
reasonably objects;

                  (d) Furnish to each Investor whose Registrable Securities are
included in the Registration Statement and its legal counsel identified to the
Company, (i) promptly after the same is prepared and publicly distributed, filed
with the SEC, or received by the Company, one (1) copy of the Registration
Statement, each preliminary prospectus and prospectus, and each amendment or
supplement thereto, and (ii) such number of copies of a prospectus, and all
amendments and supplements thereto and such other documents, as such Investor
may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable
Securities owned by such Investor;

                  (e) As promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such
event, notify each Investor of the happening of any event of which the Company
has knowledge, as a result of which the prospectus included in the Registration
Statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or
omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading, and use its best efforts promptly to prepare a supplement
or amendment to the Registration Statement or other appropriate filing with the
SEC to correct such untrue statement or omission, and deliver a number of copies
of such supplement or amendment to each Investor as such Investor may reasonably
request;

                  (f) As promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such
event, notify each Investor who holds Registrable Securities being sold (or, in
the event of an underwritten offering, the managing underwriters) of the
issuance by the SEC of a Notice of Effectiveness or any notice of effectiveness
or any stop order or other suspension of the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement at the earliest possible time;

                  (g) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time or from time
to time after the date of effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the
Company notifies the Investors in writing of the existence of a Potential
Material Event, the Investors shall not offer or sell any Registrable Shares, or
engage in any other transaction involving or relating to the Registrable Shares,
from the

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time of the giving of notice with respect to a Potential Material Event until
such Investor receives written notice from the Company that such Potential
Material Event either has been disclosed to the public or no longer constitutes
a Potential Material Event.

                  (h) Use its reasonable efforts to secure designation of all
the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement as a National
Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations System ("NASDAQ") "Small
Capitalization" within the meaning of Rule 11Aa2-1 of the SEC under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the
quotation of the Registrable Securities on The NASDAQ SmallCap Market; or if,
despite the Company's reasonable efforts to satisfy the preceding clause, the
Company is unsuccessful in doing so, to secure NASDAQ/OTC Bulletin Board
authorization and quotation for such Registrable Securities and, without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, to arrange for at least two market
makers to register with the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
("NASD") as such with respect to such Registrable Securities;

                  (i) Provide a transfer agent and registrar, which may be a
single entity, for the Registrable Securities not later than the effective date
of the Registration Statement;

                  (j) Cooperate with the Investors who hold Registrable
Securities being offered to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of
certificates for the Registrable Securities to be offered pursuant to the
Registration Statement and enable such certificates for the Registrable
Securities to be in such denominations or amounts as the case may be, as the
Investors may reasonably request, and, within three (3) business days after a
Registration Statement which includes Registrable Securities is ordered
effective by the SEC, the Company shall deliver, and shall cause legal counsel
selected by the Company to deliver, to the transfer agent for the Registrable
Securities (with copies to the Investors whose Registrable Securities are
included in such Registration Statement) an appropriate instruction and opinion
of such counsel; and

                  (k) Take all other reasonable actions necessary to expedite
and facilitate disposition by the Investor of the Registrable Securities
pursuant to the Registration Statement.

                  4. Obligations of the Investors. In connection with the
registration of the Registrable Securities, the Investors shall have the
following obligations:

                  (a) It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of
the Company to complete the registration pursuant to this Agreement with respect
to the Registrable Securities of a particular Investor that such Investor shall
furnish to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable
Securities held by it, and the intended method of disposition of the Registrable
Securities held by it, as shall be reasonably required to effect the
registration of such Registrable Securities and shall execute such documents in
connection with such registration as the Company may reasonably request. At
least five (5) days prior to the first anticipated filing date of the
Registration Statement, the Company shall notify each Investor of the
information the Company requires from each such Investor (the "Requested
Information") if such Investor elects to have any of such Investor's Registrable
Securities included in the Registration Statement. If at least two (2) business
days prior to the filing date the Company has not received the Requested

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Information from an Investor (a "Non-Responsive Investor"), then the Company may
file the Registration Statement without including Registrable Securities of such
Non-Responsive Investor;

                  (b) Each Investor by such Investor's acceptance of the
Registrable Securities agrees to cooperate with the Company as reasonably
requested by the Company in connection with the preparation and filing of the
Registration Statement hereunder, unless such Investor has notified the Company
in writing of such Investor's election to exclude all of such Investor's
Registrable Securities from the Registration Statement; and

                  (c) Each Investor agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from
the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(e)
or 3(f), above, such Investor will immediately discontinue disposition of
Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement covering such
Registrable Securities until such Investor's receipt of the copies of the
supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 3(e) or 3(f) and, if
so directed by the Company, such Investor shall deliver to the Company (at the
expense of the Company) or destroy (and deliver to the Company a certificate of
destruction) all copies in such Investor's possession, of the prospectus
covering such Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such
notice.

                  5.  Expenses of Registration. All reasonable expenses, other
than underwriting discounts and commissions and selling expenses including stock
transfer taxes incurred in connection with registrations, filings or
qualifications pursuant to Section 3, but including, without limitation, all
registration, listing, and qualifications fees, printers and accounting fees,
the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company.

                  6.  Indemnification. In the event any Registrable Securities
are included in a Registration Statement under this Agreement:

                  (a) To the extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify
and hold harmless each Investor who holds such Registrable Securities, the
directors, if any, of such Investor, the officers, if any, of such Investor,
each person, if any, who controls any Investor within the meaning of the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act (each, an "Indemnified Person" or
"Indemnified Party"), against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
expenses (joint or several) incurred (collectively, "Claims") to which any of
them may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise,
insofar as such Claims (or actions or proceedings, whether commenced or
threatened, in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any of the
following statements, omissions or violations in the Registration Statement, or
any post-effective amendment thereof, or any prospectus included therein: (i)
any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in
the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereof or 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, (ii)
any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in
the final prospectus (as amended or supplemented, if the Company files any
amendment thereof or supplement thereto with the SEC) or the omission or alleged
omission to state therein any material fact necessary to

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make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which the
statements therein were made, not misleading or (iii) any violation or alleged
violation by the Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any state
securities law or any rule or regulation under the Securities Act, the Exchange
Act or any state securities law (the matters in the foregoing clauses (i)
through (iii) being, collectively, "Violations"). Subject to clause (b) of this
Section 6, the Company shall reimburse the Investors, promptly as such expenses
are incurred and are due and payable, for reasonable legal fees or other
reasonable expenses incurred by them in connection with investigating or
defending any such Claim. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, the indemnification agreement contained in this Section 6(a) shall not
(I) apply to a Claim arising out of or based upon a Violation which occurs in
reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the
Company by or on behalf of such Indemnified Person expressly for use in
connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement or any such
amendment thereof or supplement thereto, (II) be available to the extent such
Claim is based on a failure of the Investor to deliver or cause to be delivered
the prospectus made available by the Company; or (III) apply to amounts paid in
settlement of any Claim if such settlement is effected without the prior written
consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. Each
Investor will indemnify the Company and its officers, directors and agents
against any claims arising out of or based upon a Violation which occurs in
reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the
Company, by or on behalf of such Investor, expressly for use in connection with
the preparation of the Registration Statement, subject to such limitations and
conditions as are applicable to the Indemnification provided by the Company to
this Section 6. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless
of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Indemnified Person and shall
survive the transfer of the Registrable Securities by the Investors pursuant to
Section 9.

                  (b) Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Person or
Indemnified Party under this Section 6 of notice of the commencement of any
action (including any governmental action), such Indemnified Person or
Indemnified Party shall, if a Claim in respect thereof is to be made against any
indemnifying party under this Section 6, deliver to the indemnifying party a
written notice of the commencement thereof and the indemnifying party shall have
the right to participate in, and, to the extent the indemnifying party so
desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly noticed, to assume
control of the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the
indemnifying party and the Indemnified Person or the Indemnified Party, as the
case may be; provided, however, that an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party
shall have the right to retain its own counsel, with the reasonable fees and
expenses to be paid by the indemnifying party, if, in the reasonable opinion of
counsel retained by the indemnifying party, the representation by such counsel
of the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party and the indemnifying party would
be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between such
Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party and any other person represented by such
counsel in such proceeding. In such event, the indemnifying party shall pay for
only one separate legal counsel for the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person;
such legal counsel to be selected by the Indemnified Person or Indemnified
Party, (I) subject to the consent of the indemnifying party (which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), and (II) if the Indemnified Parties or
Indemnified Persons are Investors, by the Investors holding a majority in
interests of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement
to which the Claim relates. Except as provided in the immediately

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preceding sentences, in case any such action is brought against any Indemnified
Person or Indemnified Party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of the
commencement thereof, after notice from the indemnifying party to such
Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party of the indemnifying person's election
so to assume (alone or with other indemnifying persons) the defense thereof, the
indemnifying party will not be liable to such Indemnified Person or Indemnified
Party under this Section 6 for reasonable legal or other out-of-pocket expenses
subsequently incurred by such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party in
connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of
investigation, unless the indemnifying party shall not defend such action to its
final conclusion. The Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party shall have the
right to employ separate counsel in any such action and to participate in the
defense thereof, but the fees and out-of-pocket expenses of such counsel shall
not be at the expense of the indemnifying party if the indemnifying party has
assumed the defense of the action with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party. The failure to deliver written notice
to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any
such action shall not relieve such indemnifying party of any liability to the
Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party under this Section 6, except to the
extent that the indemnifying party is prejudiced in its ability to defend such
action. The indemnification required by this Section 6 shall be made by periodic
payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or
defense, as such expense, loss, damage or liability is incurred and is due and
payable.

                  7. Contribution. To the extent any indemnification by an
indemnifying party is prohibited or limited by law, the indemnifying party
agrees to make the maximum contribution with respect to any amounts for which it
would otherwise be liable under Section 6 to the fullest extent permitted by
law; provided, however, that (a) no contribution shall be made under
circumstances where the maker would not have been liable for indemnification
under the fault standards set forth in Section 6; (b) no seller of Registrable
Securities guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section
11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any seller
of Registrable Securities who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation; and (c) contribution by any seller of Registrable Securities
shall be limited in amount to the net amount of proceeds received by such seller
from the sale of such Registrable Securities.

                  8.  Reports under Exchange Act. With a view to making
available to the Investors the benefits of Rule 144 promulgated under the
Securities Act or any other similar rule or regulation of the SEC that may at
any time permit the Investors to sell securities of the Company to the public
without registration ("Rule 144"), the Company agrees to:

                  (a) make and keep public information available, as those terms
are understood and defined in Rule 144;

                  (b) file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other
documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act;
and

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                  (c) furnish to each Investor so long as such Investor owns
Registrable Securities, promptly upon request, (i) a written statement by the
Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of Rule 144, the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act, (ii) a copy of the most recent annual or
quarterly report of the Company and such other reports and documents so filed by
the Company and (iii) such other information as may be reasonably requested to
permit the Investors to sell such securities pursuant to Rule 144 without
registration.

                  9.  Assignment of the Registration Rights. The rights to have
the Company register Registrable Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be
automatically assigned by the Investors to any transferee of the Registrable
Securities (or all or any portion of any Debenture of the Company which is
convertible into such securities) only if: (a) the Investor agrees in writing
with the transferee or assignee to assign such rights, and a copy of such
agreement is furnished to the Company within a reasonable time after such
assignment, (b) the Company is, within a reasonable time after such transfer or
assignment, furnished with written notice of (i) the name and address of such
transferee or assignee and (ii) the securities with respect to which such
registration rights are being transferred or assigned, (c) immediately following
such transfer or assignment the further disposition of such securities by the
transferee or assignee is restricted under the Securities Act and applicable
state securities laws, and (d) at or before the time the Company received the
written notice contemplated by clause (b) of this sentence the transferee or
assignee agrees in writing with the Company to be bound by all of the provisions
contained herein and the Securities Purchase Agreement of even date herewith. In
the event of any delay in filing or effectiveness of the Registration Statement
as a result of such assignment, the Company shall not be liable for any damages
arising from such delay, or the payments set forth in Section 2(c) hereof.

                  10. Amendment of Registration Rights. Any provision of this
Agreement may be amended and the observance thereof may be waived (either
generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or
prospectively), only with the written consent of the Company and Investors who
hold an eighty (80%) percent interest of the Registrable Securities. Any
amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this Section 10 shall be binding
upon each Investor and the Company.

                  11. Miscellaneous.

                  (a) A person or entity is deemed to be a holder of Registrable
Securities whenever such person or entity owns of record such Registrable
Securities. If the Company receives conflicting instructions, notices or
elections from two or more persons or entities with respect to the same
Registrable Securities, the Company shall act upon the basis of instructions,
notice or election received from the registered owner of such Registrable
Securities.

                  (b) Notices required or permitted to be given hereunder shall
be in writing and shall be deemed to be sufficiently given when personally
delivered (by hand, by courier, by telephone line facsimile transmission,
receipt confirmed, or other means) or sent by certified mail, return receipt
requested, properly addressed and with proper postage pre-paid (i) if to the
Company, STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC., 1598 Whitehall Road Suite E.,
Annapolis, MD 21401, ATTN: John J. Cadigan, CEO, Telecopier No.: (410) 757-5094;
with a copy to

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PALMARELLA & SWEENEY, P.C., ATTN: Ernest D. Palmarella, Esquire, Telecopier No.:
( 610 )687 - 8830; (ii) if to the Initial Investor, at the address set forth
under its name in the Securities Purchase Agreement, with a copy to Thomas
Stone, Telecopier No.: (823)963-9746; and (iii) if to any other Investor, at
such address as such Investor shall have provided in writing to the Company, or
at such other address as each such party furnishes by notice given in accordance
with this Section 11(b), and shall be effective, when personally delivered, upon
receipt and, when so sent by registered or certified mail, four (4) calendar
days after deposit with the United States Postal Service.

                  (c) Failure of any party to exercise any right or remedy under
this Agreement or otherwise, or delay by a party in exercising such right or
remedy, shall not operate as a waiver thereof.

                  (d) This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware for contracts to be wholly
performed in such state and without giving effect to the principles thereof
regarding the conflict of laws. Each of the parties consents to the jurisdiction
of the federal courts whose districts encompass any part of the City of
Wilmington or the state courts of the State of Delaware sitting in the City of
Wilmington in connection with any dispute arising under this Agreement and
hereby waives, to the maximum extent permitted by law, any objection, including
any objection based on forum non coveniens, to the bringing of any such
proceeding in such jurisdictions.

                  (e) If any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not
affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement or the
validity or enforceability of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction.

                  (f) Subject to the requirements of Section 9 hereof, this
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and
assigns of each of the parties hereto.

                  (g) All pronouns and any variations thereof refer to the
masculine, feminine or neuter, singular or plural, as the context may require.

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

                  (i) This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which shall
constitute one and the same agreement. This Agreement, once executed by a party,
may be delivered to the other party hereto by telephone line facsimile
transmission of a copy of this Agreement bearing the signature of the party so
delivering this Agreement.

                  (j) This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the
parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof. There are no
restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth
or referred to herein. This Agreement supersedes all prior

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agreements and understandings among the parties hereto with respect to the
subject matter hereof. This Agreement may be amended only by an instrument in
writing signed by the party to be charged with enforcement thereof.

                  (k) Neither party shall be liable for consequential damages.

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                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to
be duly executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of
the day and year first above written.

                                            STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC.

                                            By:      /s/ John J. Cadigan
                                               _________________________________

                                            Name:  John J. Cadigan
                                                 _______________________________

                                            Title:   CEO
                                                  ______________________________

                                            By:      /s/ Thomas Stone
                                               _________________________________

                                            Name:  Thomas Stone
                                                 _______________________________

                                            Title:   Initial Investor
                                                  ______________________________

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