Exhibit 10.29

 

Amendment No. 9 to Network Services Agreement

 

That certain NETWORK SERVICES AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), dated September 28,
2001, by and between SAVVIS Communications Corporation, a Delaware corporation
(“SAVVIS”), and Reuters Limited, a company incorporated in England under
registered number 145516 (“Reuters”), is hereby amended effective October 24th,
2003 (the “Effective Date”) by this Amendment No. 9 (the “Amendment”), as
follows. Capitalized terms used, but not defined herein shall have the meaning
set forth in the Agreement.

 

  1. New Services. In accordance with the Agreement and this Amendment, SAVVIS
shall provide Reuters with “Global ISP Project Management” as a New Service.

 

  2. “Global ISP Project Management” is hereby added as a new subsection
2.1.1(J) of the Agreement.

 

  3. The following is hereby added as Section 14 of Schedule 2:

 

  14. SERVICE DEFINITION – “GLOBAL ISP PROJECT MANAGEMENT”

 

  14.1 Overview. SAVVIS shall provide Reuters with Global ISP Project
Management.

 

  14.2 Service Elements. Global ISP Project Management will include the
following service elements to be performed by SAVVIS:

 

  (A) Develop a work plan setting forth in order of priority the various steps
required to implement ISP services for Reuters in various locations around the
world.

 

  (B) Project manage the implementation of the new ISP topology to be used in
six data centers, to be identified by the Parties (the “Main Data Centers” and
each of them a “Data Center”), including preparation of equipment lists required
to order new equipment. Implementation should align with Red LAN strategies in
each of the Main Data Centers as notified to Savvis by Reuters.

 

  (C) Assist Reuters in terminating other ISP providers contracts, in accordance
with the terms and conditions of such contracts, that are to be replaced by the
new selected ISP.

 

  (D) Implement change process controls which includes IP addressing.

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  (E) Implement the routing policy to be used in the Main Data Centers.

 

  (F) Work with internal Reuters resources to determine which circuits are to be
cancelled in data centers outside of the Main Data Centers and, as necessary,
determine how to redirect users to the appropriate Data Center.

 

  (G) Assist Reuters in developing appropriate sales & marketing materials for
the ISP services that will be presented by Reuters sales people to their end
clients, the costs of which such materials shall be borne by Reuters.

 

  (H) Assist Reuters in developing an ordering process to manage the provision
of ISP services. This would include the drafting and implementation of a future
state model that allows Reuters to effectively manage requests for internal
Reuters ISP requirements and ISP requirements tied to the delivery of content to
Reuters customers.

 

  14.3 Additional Obligations. SAVVIS shall appoint a project manager who shall
serve as the single point of contact on all Global ISP Project Management tasks
and provide on-going communication and updates to Reuters. Prior to initiation
of this Project Management service, SAVVIS shall inform Reuters of the Project
Manager, which shall be subject to Reuters’ consent, such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed.

 

  14.3 Term. This Global ISP Project Management shall have an initial term of
six (6) months from November 1, 2003. Thirty (30) days prior to the end of the
initial term, Reuters and Savvis will mutually determine if this initial term
shall be extended, for what duration, and on what terms and conditions.

 

  4. Pricing. Schedule 3 of the Agreement shall be amended by adding the
following as a new Section 1.11.

 

  1.11 Reuters shall pay SAVVIS for Global ISP Project Management a fee of
$17,300 per month, with a minimum term of six (6) months, which such fees shall
count towards satisfying the Domestic MMC, provided, however, that none of the
circumstances set forth in Section 3.6.3 under which the MMC may be reduced
shall apply to circumstances arising with respect to Global ISP Project
Management. In addition, Reuters shall reimburse SAVVIS for all mutually agreed
(by designees from each party) travel related expenses associated with providing
Global ISP Project

 

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Management (which such expense reimbursement shall not count towards satisfying
the MMC).

 

  5. This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which
shall be deemed an original but all of which together will constitute one and
the same instrument.

 

  6. Except as provided herein, all of the terms and conditions of the Agreement
shall remain in full force and effect as set forth therein.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment No. 9 to the
Network Services Agreement to be executed as of the Effective Date.

 

SAVVIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION     By   /s/    Matt Fanning                

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    Name:   Matt Fanning     Title:   EVP

 

REUTERS LIMITED     By   /s/    Phillip J. Sayer                

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    Name:   Phillip J. Sayer     Title:   Head of Vendor Relations and
Communications

 

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