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EXHIBIT 4.1

                                    [SAVVIS]
              INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE

     COMMON STOCK                                            COMMON STOCK
         NUMBER                                                 SHARES

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     SEE REVERSE SIDE FOR                                  CUSIP 805423 10 0
     CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

THIS CERTIFIES that

is the owner of

     FULLY PAID AND  NON-ASSESSABLE  SHARES OF COMMON STOCK,  PAR VALUE $.01 PER
SHARE OF

          ============= SAVVIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION =============

transferable only on the books of the Corporation by the holder hereof in person
or by duly  authorized  Attorney  upon  surrender of this  Certificate  properly
endorsed.

     In Witness Whereof,  the said Corporation has caused this certificate to be
signed by its duly  authorized  officers  and to be sealed  with the Seal of the
Corporation.

Dated

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       SECRETARY                          CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
                                               AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

                        SAVVIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
                                 CORPORATE SEAL
                                      2000
                                    DELAWARE

COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED:
     ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C.
                           (New York, New York)                   TRANSFER AGENT
                                                                  AND REGISTRAR,

                                                            Authorized Signature

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     The following  abbreviations,  when used in the  inscription on the face of
this  certificate,  shall be  construed  as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations.  Additional  abbreviations may also
be used though not in the list.

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     TEN COM-     as tenants in common               UNIF GIFT MIN ACT-____________Custodian_____________
     TEN ENT-     as tenants by the entireties                         (Cust)                  (Minor)
     JT TEN-      as joint tenants with right                          under Uniform Gifts to Minors
                  of survivorship and not as                           Act ____________________________
                  tenants in common                                                (State)
                                                     UNIF TRF MIN ACT-____________Custodian(until age____)
                                                                        (Cust)
                                                      __________ under Uniform Transfers
                                                    ,                    (Minor)
                                                      to Minors Act ______________________
                                                                         (State)
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     For value  received,  the undersigned  hereby sells,  assigns and transfers
unto ____________________

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR
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Shares represented by the within Certificate, and hereby irrevocably constitutes
and  appoints  ___________________  Attorney to transfer  the said shares on the
books of the  within-named  Corporation  with full power of  substitution in the
premises.

Dated, ________________________       X ________________________________________

                                      X ________________________________________
                                        NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT
                                        MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN
                                        UPON  THE  FACE  OF THE  CERTIFICATE  IN
                                        EVERY PARTICULAR  WITHOUT  ALTERATION OR
                                        ENLARGEMENT, OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.

SIGNATURE(S) GUARANTEED:

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THE  SIGNATURES(S)  SHOULD BE  GUARANTEED BY AN
ELIGIBLE    GUARANTOR    INSTITUTION    (BANKS,
STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND
CREDIT  UNIONS WITH  MEMBERSHIP  IN AN APPROVED
SIGNATURE    GUARANTEE    MEDALLION   PROGRAM),
PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15.

KEEP THIS  CERTIFICATE  IN A SAFE PLACE,  IF IT IS LOST,  STOLEN,  MUTILATED  OR
DESTROYED,  THE  CORPORATION  WILL REQUIRE A BOND OF INDEMNITY AS A CONDITION TO
THE ISSUANCE OF A REPLACEMENT CERTIFICATE.

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                                               CFC NORTHERN BANK NOTE COMPANY, L.L.C.
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              Phone approval                Proof Prepared On Above Date        P.O. Box 608
              necessitates                  Proof Approved:                     LaGrange, Illinois 60525
              returning a signed                                                708/482-3900
              copy of the final approved    By__________________________        Fax 708/482-3332
              proof for our records.        Date________________________
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</TABLE>SAVVIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
                             1999 STOCK OPTION PLAN

SECTION 1.  PURPOSE.

        The  purpose  of the Plan is to  attract,  retain,  motivate  and reward
employees  of, and other  individuals  providing  services  to, the  Company and
Related Companies with stock-related compensation arrangements.

SECTION 2.  MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SHARES.

       (a) The maximum number of shares of Stock which may be issued pursuant to
Options under the Plan,  and the maximum  number of shares for which ISOs may be
granted  under the Plan,  shall be 12,000,000  shares,  subject to adjustment as
provided in Section 8. For this purpose:

             (i) The  number of shares  underlying  an Option  shall be  counted
      against the Plan maximum ("used") at the time of grant.

            (ii)  If  the  number  of  shares   underlying   an  Option  is  not
      determinable  at the time of grant,  the Committee  shall determine at the
      time of grant a number of shares which is deemed to underlie  such Option;
      that  number  may  be  adjusted   after  grant  as  the  Committee   deems
      appropriate.

           (iii) Shares which underlie  Options that (in whole or part)  expire,
      terminate, are  forfeited, or otherwise  become  non-payable, or which are
      recaptured by the Company in  connection with a forfeiture  event,  may be
      re-used in new grants  to  the  extent  of  such  expiration, termination,
      forfeiture, non-payability, or recapture.

           (iv)  Shares  of  Stock   delivered  under  the  Plan in  settlement,
      assumption  or substitution of outstanding awards (or obligations to grant
      future awards) under the plans or  arrangements  of another  entity  shall
      not reduce the maximum  number of shares of Stock  available  for delivery
      under  the  Plan,  to  the  extent  that  such  settlement,  assumption or
      substitution occurs as a result of the Company  acquiring  another  entity
      (or an interest in another entity).

      (b)  In  its  discretion,  the  Company   may  issue  treasury  shares  or
authorized but previously unissued shares.

SECTION 3. ELIGIBILITY.

        Grants may be made under the Plan to: (i) any employee of the Company or
of any  Related  Company,  including  any such  employee  who is an  officer  or
director of the Company or a Related  Company,  as the Board shall determine and
designate  from time to time (ii) any  non-employee  members of the Board or the
board of directors of any Related Company,  and (iii) any other individual whose
participation  in the  Plan is  determined  to be in the best  interests  of the
Company by the Board.

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SECTION 4.  GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO OPTIONS.

       (a) Subject to the  limitations  in the Plan, the Committee may cause the
Company to grant Options to such Eligible  Participants,  at such times, of such
types, in such amounts,  for such periods,  becoming  exercisable at such times,
with such features,  with such option  prices,  and subject to such other terms,
conditions,  and  restrictions as the Committee deems  appropriate.  Each Option
shall be evidenced  by a written  Option  Agreement  between the Company and the
Optionee.  In granting an Option, the Committee may take into account any factor
it deems appropriate and consistent with the purpose of the Plan.

       (b) All or any portion of any payment to an Optionee,  whether in cash or
shares of Stock,  may be  deferred  to a later  date if and as  provided  in the
Option  Agreement.  Deferrals  may be for such  periods  and upon such terms and
conditions (including the provision of interest,  dividend equivalents, or other
return on such  amounts) as the  Committee  may  determine.  The  Committee  may
structure Option  Agreements so that the imposition of income and other taxes on
Optionees is deferred in whole or part.

       (c) Option Agreements may contain any provision approved by the Committee
relating to the period for exercise or vesting after  termination of employment.
Except to the extent  otherwise  expressly  provided  in the  Option  Agreement,
termination  of  employment  includes  separation  from the Company or a Related
Company for any reason,  including death, Disability,  retirement,  resignation,
dismissal,  disposition  of an  operation  (whether  by stock  or asset  sale or
otherwise) or any other event.

       (d) Option Agreements may, in the discretion of the Committee,  contain a
provision  permitting  an Optionee to  designate  the person who may exercise or
receive an Option upon the  Optionee's  death,  either by will or by appropriate
notice to the Company.

       (e) An  Optionee  shall  have none of the  rights of a  shareholder  with
respect to shares of Stock  covered by his or her Option until shares are issued
in his or her name.

       (f) The Committee may provide in Option  Agreements that Options,  except
for ISO's are  transferable.  Transferability  may be subject to such conditions
and  limitations  as the  Committee  deems  appropriate.  Except  to the  extent
otherwise  expressly  set forth in the Option  Agreement,  Options  shall not be
transferable other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and (if
exercise is required) shall be exercisable  during the Optionee's  lifetime only
by the Optionee or his or her guardian or legal representative.

SECTION 5.  OPTIONS.

       (a) Except as provided  in Section  8(b),  the option  price per share of
ISOs  shall not be less than Fair  Market  Value per share of Stock on the ISO's
grant date,  nor less than the par value of a share of Stock.  The Option  price
per share of NQSO's shall not be less than the par value of a share of stock.

       (b) The grant of Options and their related Option  Agreement must clearly
identify the Options as either ISOs or as NQSOs.

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SECTION 6.  STOCK ISSUANCE, PAYMENT, AND WITHHOLDING.

       (a) An Optionee may pay the purchase price in cash, Stock but only if the
Stock is publicly traded, or other property, to the extent permitted or required
by the Option  Agreement or the Committee  from time to time.  The Stock will be
treated as publicly traded if the Stock is listed on an established  national or
regional stock exchange or is admitted to quotation on the National  Association
of Securities  Dealers  Automated  Quotation System, or is publicly traded in an
established  securities  market. The Committee may permit deemed or constructive
transfers  of  shares  in lieu of  actual  transfer  and  physical  delivery  of
certificates.  Except to the extent  prohibited by applicable law, the Committee
or its  delegate  may  take  any  necessary  or  appropriate  steps  in order to
facilitate the payment of any such option price. Without limiting the foregoing,
the Committee  may allow the Optionee to defer payment of such option price,  or
may cause the  Company to loan the option  price to the  Optionee or to guaranty
that any shares to be issued will be delivered to a broker or lender in order to
allow the Optionee to borrow the option price.  The  Committee  may provide,  by
inclusion of appropriate  language in an Option Agreement,  that payment in full
of the option price need not accompany the written  notice of exercise  provided
that the notice of exercise directs that the certificate or certificates for the
shares of Stock for which the Option is  exercised  be  delivered  to a licensed
broker acceptable to the Company as the agent for the individual  exercising the
Option and, at the time such  certificate or  certificates  are  delivered,  the
broker  tenders  to the  Company  cash (or cash  equivalents  acceptable  to the
Company) equal to the option price for the shares of Stock purchased pursuant to
the  exercise  of the Option  plus the amount (if any) of  Required  Withholding
Taxes.  The  Committee  may require  satisfaction  of any rules or conditions in
connection  with  paying  the  purchase  price at any  particular  time,  in any
particular form, or with the Company's assistance.

       (b) If shares used to pay any such option  price are subject to any prior
restrictions  imposed in connection with any plan of the Company  (including the
Plan), an equal number of the shares of Stock purchased shall be made subject to
such prior restrictions in addition to any further  restrictions imposed on such
purchased shares by the terms of the Option Agreement or Plan.

       (c) When the  obligation  arises to collect and pay Required  Withholding
Taxes,  the Optionee shall promptly  reimburse the Company or a Related  Company
for the amount of such  Required  Withholding  Taxes in cash,  unless the Option
Agreement or the Committee  permits or requires  payment in another form. In the
discretion of the Committee or its delegate and at the Optionee's  request,  the
Committee or its  delegate may cause the Company or a Related  Company to pay to
the  appropriate  taxing  authority  Withholding  Taxes in  excess  of  Required
Withholding  Taxes on behalf of an Optionee,  which shall be  reimbursed  by the
Optionee.  In the Option  Agreement or  otherwise,  the  Committee  may allow an
Optionee  to  reimburse  the  Company  or  a  Related  Company  for  payment  of
Withholding  Taxes with shares of Stock or other  property.  The  Committee  may
require the  satisfaction  of any rules or  conditions  in  connection  with any
non-cash payment of Withholding Taxes.

       (d) If provided in the Option Agreement relating to an ISO, the Committee
may prohibit the transfer by an Optionee of shares of Stock issued to him or her
upon  exercise  of an ISO into  the name of a  nominee,  and the  Committee  may
require the  placement of a legend on  certificates  for such shares  reflecting
such prohibition.
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SECTION 7.  FORFEITURES.

       (a) The  Committee  may include in any Option  Agreement  any  provisions
relating to forfeitures of Options that it deems  appropriate.  Such  forfeiture
provisions may include, among others, prohibitions on competing with the Company
or any Related Company and other detrimental conduct.  Forfeiture provisions for
one Option may differ  from those for  another  Option.  As used in the Plan,  a
"forfeiture"  of an Option includes the recapture of economic  benefits  derived
from an Option,  as well as the  forfeiture of an Option  itself;  however,  the
Committee  may define the term more  narrowly in specific  Option  Agreements or
contexts.

       (b)  Option  Agreements  may  provide  for any  forfeiture  provision  to
terminate or be waived upon an acceleration  date pursuant to Section 8 or 9. In
its  discretion,  the  Committee  may  provide in any Option  Agreement  for the
termination  of any  forfeiture  provision  upon the  happening of any specified
event, and may terminate or waive any forfeiture provision by action taken after
grant.

SECTION 8.  ADJUSTMENTS AND ACQUISITIONS.

       (a) In the event of (i) any change in the outstanding  shares of Stock by
reason of any stock split (excluding the July 22, 1999 stock split), combination
of shares,  stock  dividend,  reorganization,  merger,  consolidation,  or other
corporate  change having a similar  effect,  (ii) any  separation of the Company
including a spin-off or other  distribution of stock or property by the Company,
or  (iii)  any  distribution  to  shareholders  generally  other  than a  normal
dividend, the Committee shall make such equitable adjustments to the Plan and to
outstanding  Options  as it shall  deem  appropriate  in order  to  prevent  the
dilution or enlargement  of (A) the Options which may be granted,  the shares of
Stock which may be issued, or the shares for which ISOs may be granted under the
Plan, or (B) the economic value of outstanding Options, provided,  however, that
the Committee shall not make any adjustment  which would constitute or result in
an increase in the aggregate number of Shares available under the Plan requiring
shareholder  approval under Section 422 of the Code. Any such  determination  by
the Committee shall be conclusive and binding on all concerned.

        (b) In the event the Company  enters  into a  transaction  described  in
Section 424(a) of the Code with any other  corporation,  the Committee may grant
Options to employees or former  employees of such corporation in substitution of
stock awards,  stock appreciation  rights or limited stock  appreciation  rights
(respectively)  previously  granted to them by such  corporation upon such terms
and  conditions  as shall be necessary  to qualify such grant as a  substitution
described in Section 424(a) of the Code.

        (c)  Upon the  dissolution  or  liquidation  of the  Company,  or upon a
merger,  consolidation or  reorganization  of the Company with one or more other
entities in which the  Company is not the  surviving  entity,  or upon a sale of
substantially  all of the assets of the Company to another person or entity,  or
upon any transaction (including,  without limitation, a merger or reorganization
in which the Company is the surviving entity) approved by the Board that results
in any person or entity  (other  than  persons  who are  holders of stock of the
Company at the time the Plan is approved by the  stockholders  and other than an
affiliate) owning 80 percent or more of the combined voting power of all classes
of stock of the Company,  the Plan and all Options  outstanding  hereunder shall
terminate,  except  to the  extent  provision  is made in  connection  with such

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transaction  for the  continuation  of the Plan  and/or  the  assumption  of the
Options  theretofore  granted,  or for the  substitution for such Options of new
options  covering  the stock of a successor  entity,  or a parent or  subsidiary
thereof,  with appropriate  adjustments as to the number and kinds of shares and
exercise prices, in which event the Plan and Options  theretofore  granted shall
continue in the manner and under the terms so provided. In the event of any such
termination  of the Plan,  each  Optionee  shall have the right  (subject to the
general  limitations  on  exercise  set forth  herein  and  except as  otherwise
specifically  provided  in  the  Option  Agreement  relating  to  such  Option),
immediately  prior to the occurrence of such  termination and during such period
occurring  prior to such  termination  as the  Committee in its sole  discretion
shall  designate,  to exercise  such Option in whole or in part,  whether or not
such Option was otherwise  exercisable at the time such termination  occurs, but
subject  to any  additional  provisions  that  the  Committee  may,  in its sole
discretion,  include in any Option  Agreement.  The Committee shall send written
notice of an event that will result in such a  termination  to all Optionees not
later  than  the  time  at  which  the  Company  gives  notice  thereof  to  its
stockholders.  Nothwithstanding the foregoing (but only if expressly provided in
any option agreement),  in the event of a transaction  described in this Section
8(c), the Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, cancel any outstanding
Options  (provided,  however,  that the  limitations  of Section 424 of the Code
shall apply with respect to  adjustments  made to ISO's) and pay or deliver,  or
cause to be paid or  delivered,  to the  holder  thereof  an  amount  in cash or
securities  having a value (as  determined  by the Board of Directors  acting in
good  faith)  equal to the  product of (A) the number of shares of Common  Stock
(the "Option Shares") that, as of the date of consummation of such  transaction,
the  holder  of such  Option  had  become  entitled  to  purchase  (and  had not
purchased)  multiplied  by (B) the  amount,  if any, by which (1) the formula or
fixed price per share paid to holders of shares of Common Stock pursuant to such
transaction  exceeds (2) the options  price  applicable  to such Option  Shares.

SECTION 9. ACCELERATION.

      (a) The  Committee  may  accelerate  the date on which any Option or stock
issued pursuant to an Option shall vest and may remove any  restrictions on such
Option  at any  time  after  grant  and  for  any  reason  the  Committee  deems
appropriate.

      (b) All Options,  and all shares of  Stock  issued  pursuant to an Option,
shall  automatically  vest upon a termination of employment caused by the death,
Disability,  or  retirement  of the  Optionee.  The  Committee may determine the
circumstances  under which an Optionee  is deemed to have  retired.

SECTION 10. ADMINISTRATION.

      (a) Prior to the time that the securities of the Company  become  publicly
traded,  the Plan shall be administered by the Board (unless and until the Board
appoints the Committee and the members thereof to administer the Plan), in which
case the term "Committee" when used herein with respect to the administration of
the Plan shall be deemed to mean the Board.  After the securities of the Company
become publicly  traded,  the Plan shall be  administered by the Committee.  The
Committee  shall have the full power and  authority  to take all  actions and to
make all  determinations  required or provided  for under the Plan or any Option
granted or Option  Agreement  entered into  hereunder and all such other actions
and  determinations  not inconsistent  with the specific terms and provisions of
the  Plan  deemed  by  the  Committee  to be  necessary  or  appropriate  to the

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administration  of the Plan or any Option  granted or Option  Agreement  entered
into  hereunder.  The  interpretation  and  construction by the Committee of any
provision of the Plan or of any Option granted or Option Agreement  entered into
hereunder shall be final and conclusive.

      (b) In the event that the Plan, any Option or any Option Agreement entered
into  hereunder  provides for any action to be taken by or  determination  to be
made by the  Committee,  such action may be taken or such  determination  may be
made by the Board. As permitted by law, the Committee may delegate its authority
under the Plan to a member of the Board of Directors or an executive  officer of
the Company.

      (c) No member of the  Committee  or of the Board  shall be liable  for any
action or  determination  made in good  faith  with  respect  to the Plan or any
Option or Option Agreement.

SECTION 11. AMENDMENT, TERMINATION, SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL.

       (a) The Board may amend or  terminate  the Plan at any time,  except that
without the  approval of the  Company's  shareholders,  no  amendment  shall (i)
increase the maximum number of shares issuable,  or the maximum number of shares
for which ISOs may be granted,  under the Plan, (ii) change the class of persons
eligible to be Optionees, or (iii) change the provisions of this Section 11(a).

       (b) No Options may be granted under the Plan after July 22, 2009.

       (c) The  approval  of the  Plan by  shareholders  shall  be  obtained  in
accordance with the requirements of the Company's charter or by-laws, the Board,
the Company's principal stock exchange, and applicable law.

SECTION 12. ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS.

        The  Committee  may grant an  Optionee  the right to receive  additional
compensation in cash or other property (in addition to any cash or stock payable
under the terms of the Option  itself)  upon the  exercise of Options,  provided
that in the  case of ISOs  such  compensation  is  includible  in  income  under
Sections 61 and 83 of the Code at the time of such exercise or vesting.

SECTION 13. DEFINITIONS.

       (a) "Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time
to time.

       (b) "Option Agreement" means the written agreement referred to in Section
4(a) between the Company and the Optionee evidencing an Option.

       (c) "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

       (d)  Options  "cease  to  qualify  as ISOs"  when  they  fail or cease to
qualify for the exclusion from income  provided in Section 421 (or any successor
provision) of the Code.

       (e) "Code" means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code as in effect from time to
       time.

       (f) "Committee" means the Committee described in Section 10 hereof.

       (g) "Company" means Savvis Communications Corporation and its successors.

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       (h)  "Disability" means the condition of being "disabled" within the
meaning of  Section 422(c)(6)  of the Code or any successor provision.

       (i) "Eligible  Participant"  means a person who is eligible to receive an
       Option under  Section 3 of the Plan.

       (j) "Fair Market Value" means the value of a share  of Stock,  determined
as follows: if on the grant date or otherdetermination  date the Stock is listed
on an established national or regional stock exchange,  is admitted to quotation
on  the  NASDAQ  National  Market,  or is  publicly  traded  on  an  established
securities  market,  the Fair  Market  Value  of a share  of Stock  shall be the
closing  price of the Stock on such exchange or in such market (the highest such
closing  price if there is more than one such  exchange  or market) on the grant
date or such other  determination  date (or if there is no such reported closing
price,  the Fair  Market  Value  shall be the mean  between  the highest bid and
lowest asked prices or between the high and low sale prices on such trading day)
or, if no sale of Stock is reported for such trading day, on the next  preceding
day on which any sale  shall have been  reported.  If the Stock is not listed on
such an exchange,  quoted on such system or traded on such a market, Fair Market
Value shall be the value of the Stock as  determined  by the  Committee  in good
faith.

       (k)  "Forfeiture" has the meaning given in Section 7(a).

       (l) "ISO" or  "Incentive  Stock  Option"  means an option to purchase one
share of Stock for a specified option price which is designated by the Committee
as an  "Incentive  Stock  Option" and which  qualifies  as an  "incentive  stock
option" under Section 422 (or any successor provision) of the Code.

       (m) "NQSO" or  "Non-Qualified  Stock  Option" means an option to purchase
one share of Stock for a  specified  option  price  which is  designated  by the
Committee  as a  "Non-Qualified  Stock  Option," or which is  designated  by the
Committee as an ISO but which ceases to qualify as an ISO.

       (n) "Option" means an ISO or an NQSO.

       (o) "Optionee" means a person to whom Options are granted pursuant to the
Plan.

       (p) "Plan" means The SAVVIS Communications  Corporation 1999 Stock Option
      Plan, as amended from time to time.

       (q)  "Related  Company"  means  any parent or  subsidiary  of the Company
within the meaning of Section 424 of the Code, any business venture in which the
Company has a  significant  interest,  as  determined  in the  discretion of the
Committee and any subsidiary of any parent of the Company.

       (r) "Stock"  means shares of the common stock  of the Company,  par value
$.01 per share, or such other class or kind of shares or other securities as may
be applicable under Section 6.

       (s) "Vest" means that Options become  exercisable in accordance with the
Plan and the terms of the governing Option Agreements.

       (t)  "Withholding  Taxes" means, in  connection  with an Option,  (i) the
total amount of Federal and state income taxes, social security taxes, and other
taxes  which the  Employer of the  Optionee  is required to withhold  ("Required
Withholding  Taxes") plus (ii) any other such taxes which the  Employer,  in its
sole discretion, withholds at the request of the Optionee.

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SECTION 14. MISCELLANEOUS.

       (a) Each  provision  of the Plan and Option  Agreement  relating  to ISOs
shall be  construed  so that all ISOs  shall be  "incentive  stock  options"  as
defined in Section 422 of the Code or any statutory  provision  that may replace
Section 422, and any  provisions  thereof which cannot be so construed  shall be
disregarded.  Except as provided in Section 7, no discretion  granted or allowed
to the Committee  under the Plan shall apply to ISOs after their grant except to
the extent the related Option  Agreement shall so provide.  Notwithstanding  the
foregoing,   nothing  shall  prohibit  an  amendment  to  or  action   regarding
outstanding  ISOs which would cause them to cease to qualify as ISOs, so long as
the Company and the Optionee shall consent to such amendment or action.

       (b)  Nothing  in the Plan or any  Option  Agreement  shall  confer on any
person or  expectation  to  continue  in the employ of the  Company or a Related
Company, or shall interfere in any manner with the absolute right of the Company
or a Related Company to change or terminate such person's employment at any time
for any reason or for no reason.

                                       8

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