Satellite intensities in the ESCA spectra of Ti(IV) compounds are calculated by the multiple scattering and indo cluster methods using a formula based on the sudden approximation. Only the next-nearest-neighbours (O or F) were included. The multiple scattering results indicate that both eg → e*g and t*2g → t*2g shake-up excitations contribute to the intensity of the satellite, whereas the indo results suggest that only eg → e*g contribute. A new result, and the most important one, is that the intensity ratio for the 3s satellite is as much as 50–70% of the intensity ratio for the 2p satellite.