Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

This AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (“Amendment”) is entered into as of December 12, 2008 by and among SAVVIS Communications Corporation, a Missouri corporation (“Borrower”), SAVVIS, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), Wells Fargo Foothill, LLC, as a Lender and as Agent for all Lenders (“Agent”) and the other Lenders party to the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined).

WHEREAS, Borrower, Holdings, Agent and Lenders are parties to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 8, 2005 (as amended, modified and supplemented from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”; capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have the definitions provided therefore in the Credit Agreement);

WHEREAS, Agent, Lenders Borrower and Holdings have agreed to amend the Credit Agreement as set forth herein;

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual conditions and agreements set forth in the Credit Agreement and this Amendment, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

1. Amendment. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2 below, the Credit Agreement is amended as follows:

(a) Section 7(d) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

(d) Capital Expenditures. Permit Capital Expenditures of Holdings, Borrower and their respective Subsidiaries (other than those Subsidiaries identified on Schedule Q-1) in any fiscal year in an amount less than or equal to, but not greater than,

(b) The definition of “Expansion Capital Expenditures” set forth in Schedule 1.1 to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

“Expansion Capital Expenditures” means Capital Expenditures of any Loan Party or any of their Subsidiaries (other than those Subsidiaries identified on Section Q-1) expended for the purpose of constructing or improving data center facilities (including tenant improvements, but excluding success-based Capital Expenditures including, without limitation, amounts expended to purchase customer equipment installed at such facilities), network infrastructure or developing new products.

2. Conditions to Effectiveness. The effectiveness of this Amendment is subject to the following conditions precedent (unless specifically waived in writing by Agent), each to be in form and substance satisfactory to Agent:

(a) Agent shall have received a fully executed copy of this Amendment, together with the Consent and Reaffirmation attached hereto;

(b) Borrower shall have delivered to Agent such other documents, agreements and instruments as may be requested or required by Agent in connection with this Amendment, each in form and content acceptable to Agent;

(c) All proceedings taken in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Amendment and all documents, instruments and other legal matters incident thereto shall be reasonably satisfactory to Agent and its legal counsel; and

(a) Warranties and Absence of Defaults. In order to induce Agent to enter into this Amendment, each of Borrower and Holdings hereby warrants to Agent, as of the date hereof, that the representations and warranties of Borrower and Holdings contained in the Credit Agreement are true and correct as of the date hereof as if made on the date hereof (other than those which, by their terms, specifically are made as of certain dates prior to the date hereof).

(b) Expenses. Each of Borrower and Holdings, jointly and severally, agree to pay on demand all costs and expenses of Agent in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Amendment and all other instruments or documents provided for herein or delivered or to be delivered hereunder or in connection herewith. All obligations provided herein shall survive any termination of the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.

(c) Governing Law. This Amendment shall be a contract made under and governed by the internal laws of the State of New York.

(d) Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by the parties hereto on the same or separate counterparts, and each such counterpart, when executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same Amendment.

(a) In consideration of the agreements of Agent and Lenders contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, each of Borrower and Holdings, on behalf of itself and its successors, assigns, and other legal representatives, hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably releases, remises and forever

discharges Agent and Lenders, and their successors and assigns, and their present and former shareholders, affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, predecessors, directors, officers, attorneys, employees, agents and other representatives (Agent, each Lender and all such other Persons being hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Releasees” and individually as a “Releasee”), of and from all demands, actions, causes of action, suits, covenants, contracts, controversies, agreements, promises, sums of money, accounts, bills, reckonings, damages and any and all other claims, counterclaims, defenses, rights of set-off, demands and liabilities whatsoever (individually, a “Claim” and collectively, “Claims”) of every name and nature, either known or suspected, both at law and in equity, which Borrower or Holdings or any of their successors, assigns, or other legal representatives may now or hereafter own, hold, have or claim to have against the Releasees or any of them for, upon, or by reason of any circumstance, action, cause or thing whatsoever which arises at any time on or prior to the day and date of this Amendment, including, without limitation, for or on account of, or in relation to, or in any way in connection with any of the Credit Agreement, or any of the other Loan Documents or transactions thereunder or related thereto.

(b) Each of Borrower and Holdings understands, acknowledges and agrees that the release set forth above may be pleaded as a full and complete defense and may be used as a basis for an injunction against any action, suit or other proceeding which may be instituted, prosecuted or attempted in breach of the provisions of such release.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed under seal and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers on the date first written above.


SAVVIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, a Missouri corporation, as Borrower

By:		/s/ Jeffrey H. Von Deylen
Title:		Chief Financial Officer

SAVVIS, INC., a Delaware corporation, as Holdings

By:		/s/ Jeffrey H. Von Deylen
Title:		Chief Financial Officer


WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as Agent and as a Lender

By:		/s/ Nichol S. Shuart
Title:		Vice President

Each of the undersigned hereby (i) acknowledges receipt of a copy of the foregoing Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Amendment”); (ii) consents to Borrower’s execution and delivery of the Amendment; (iii) agrees to be bound by the Amendment; and (iv) reaffirms that the Loan Documents to which it is a party (and its obligations thereunder) shall continue to remain in full force and effect. Although each of the undersigned has been informed of the matters set forth herein and have acknowledged and agreed to same, each of the undersigned understands that Agent and Lenders have no obligation to inform any of the undersigned of such matters in the future or to seek any of the undersigned’s acknowledgment or agreement to future amendments, waivers or consents, and nothing herein shall create such a duty.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Consent and Reaffirmation on and as of the date of the Amendment.


SAVVIS, INC., a Delaware corporation

By:		/s/ Jeffrey H. Von Deylen
Title:		Chief Financial Officer

SAVVIS COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Delaware corporation

By:		/s/ Jeffrey H. Von Deylen
Title:		Chief Financial Officer

SAVVIS FEDERAL SYSTEMS, INC., a Delaware corporation

By:		/s/ Jeffrey H. Von Deylen
Title:		Chief Financial Officer


Fiscal Year 2008		Fiscal Year 2009		Fiscal Year 2010		Fiscal Year 2011
$	190,785,000	$	101,775,000	$	121,210,000	$	127,995,000