UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

July 1315, 2011

SAVVIS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

0-29375

43-1809960

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1 Savvis Parkway, Town & Country, Missouri 63017

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) ~~(Zip Code)~~

(Zip Code)

314-628-7000

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 5 1.0702. ~~Submission~~Termination of ~~Matters to~~ a ~~Vote~~Material ofDefinitive ~~Security~~Agreement. ~~Holders~~

OnIn connection with the consummation of the Merger described in Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, on July 1315, 2011, Savvis Communications Corporation, a Missouri corporation (“Borrower”) and a wholly owned subsidiary of SAVVIS, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Savvis,”) ~~held~~“we,” a“us” ~~special~~or ~~meeting~~“our”), ofrepaid ~~its~~all outstanding ~~stockholders~~obligations ~~pursuant~~under to the Credit Agreement, ~~and~~dated ~~Plan~~as of ~~Merger~~August 4, 2010 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “~~Merger~~ Credit Agreement”), ~~dated~~by asand ofamong ~~April 26~~Borrower, ~~2011~~Savvis, ~~among~~the ~~Savvis~~lenders party thereto (the “Lenders”), ~~CenturyLink~~and Bank of America, ~~Inc~~N.A., aas ~~Louisiana~~administrative ~~corporation~~agent (in such capacity, the “~~CenturyLink~~Agent”),. ~~and~~As ~~Mimi~~of ~~Acquisition~~July 15, ~~Company~~2011, athe ~~Delaware~~aggregate ~~corporation~~principal ~~and~~amount aoutstanding ~~wholly~~under ~~owned~~the ~~subsidiary~~Credit ofAgreement ~~CenturyLink~~was approximately ~~(“Merger~~$545.9 ~~Sub”)~~million. ~~Under~~At the ~~Merger~~time ~~Agreement~~of repayment, ~~Merger~~and ~~Sub~~at ~~will~~the request of Borrower, ~~subject~~all commitments to extend further credit under the ~~terms~~Credit Agreement were terminated and ~~conditions~~the ~~thereof,~~Agent ~~merge~~and ~~with~~the Lenders released and ~~into~~terminated ~~Savvis~~all liens, ~~with~~security ~~Savvis~~interests ~~thereby~~and pledges ~~becoming~~securing athe ~~wholly~~obligations ~~owned~~under ~~subsidiary~~the ofCredit ~~CenturyLink~~Agreement.

AtItem 2.01. ~~the~~Completion ~~special~~of ~~meeting,~~Acquisition ~~stockholders present in person~~ or byDisposition ~~proxy~~of ~~voted on the matters described below~~Assets.

1.At ~~Stockholders~~the ~~approved~~effective atime ~~proposal~~of the Merger on July 15, 2011 (the “Effective Time”), pursuant to ~~adopt~~the terms and conditions of the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), ~~based~~dated onas of April 26, 2011, among Savvis, CenturyLink, Inc., a Louisiana corporation (“CenturyLink”), and Mimi Acquisition Company, a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of CenturyLink (“Merger Sub”), Merger Sub merged with and into Savvis, with Savvis continuing as the ~~following~~surviving ~~votes:~~corporation and as a wholly owned subsidiary of CenturyLink (the “Merger”).

Votes For		Votes Against		Votes Abstained		Broker Non-Votes
49,302,130		18,138		103,628		0

At the Effective Time, each outstanding share of Savvis common stock, par value $0.01 (the “Common Stock”), was converted into the right to receive (a) $30.00 in cash and (b) 0.2479 of a share of CenturyLink common stock (which fraction was calculated using the formula set forth in the Merger Agreement, by dividing $10.00 by the volume-weighted average trading price of CenturyLink common stock over the thirty-day trading period ending on July 12, 2011), with cash paid in lieu of fractional shares. As a result of the Merger, CenturyLink will deliver approximately $1.7 billion of cash and approximately 14.6 million shares of CenturyLink common stock to Savvis stockholders in the aggregate. Following the completion of the Merger, the Common Stock, which previously traded under the symbol “SVVS”, ceased to be listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market (“NASDAQ”).

2.The ~~Stockholders~~foregoing ~~approved~~description adoes ~~proposal~~not purport to ~~adjourn~~be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the ~~special~~Merger ~~meeting~~Agreement, ifwhich ~~necessary~~was orincluded ~~appropriate,~~as Exhibit 2.1 to ~~solicit~~the ~~additional~~Current ~~proxies~~Report ifon ~~there~~Form ~~had~~8-K ~~been~~filed ~~insufficient~~by ~~votes~~Savvis aton ~~the~~April 28, ~~time~~2011 and is incorporated by reference herein. A copy of the ~~special~~press ~~meeting~~release announcing tothe ~~adopt~~completion of the Merger ~~Agreement,~~is ~~based~~attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on ~~the~~Form ~~following~~8-K ~~votes:~~and is incorporated by reference herein. The information set forth in Item 5.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference herein.

Votes For		Votes Against		Votes Abstained		Broker Non-Votes
47,667,542		1,650,573		105,781		0

The Merger Agreement contains representations and warranties made by and to the parties thereto as of specific dates. The statements embodied in those representations and warranties were made for purposes of that contract between the parties and are subject to qualifications and limitations agreed upon by the parties, which are not necessarily reflected in the Merger Agreement. In addition, certain representations and warranties that were made as of a specified date may be subject to a contractual standard of materiality different from those generally applicable to investors, or may have been used for the purpose of allocating risk between the parties rather than establishing matters as facts.

Item 3.01. ~~Stockholders~~Notice ~~approved~~of anDelisting ~~advisory~~or ~~(non-binding)~~Failure ~~resolution on compensation~~ to beSatisfy ~~paid~~a toContinued ~~named~~Listing ~~executive~~Rule ~~officers that is based on~~ or ~~otherwise~~Standard; ~~relates~~Transfer of toListing. ~~the merger, based on the following votes:~~

Votes For		Votes Against		Votes Abstained		Broker Non-Votes
33,931,138		14,566,442		926,316		0

As a result of the Merger described in Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, Savvis will no longer remain a company listed on NASDAQ. Accordingly, following the completion of the Merger, on July 15, 2011, NASDAQ filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a Form 25 removing the Common Stock from listing on the NASDAQ and registration under Section 12(b) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”). Additionally, Savvis intends to file with the SEC, ten days after the filing of the Form 25, a Form 15 terminating the registration of the Common Stock under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and suspending reporting obligations under Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act with respect to the Common Stock, whereupon Savvis will have no reporting obligations under the Exchange Act.

Item 8 3.0103. ~~Other~~Material ~~Events~~Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

OnAs ~~July 13,~~a ~~2011~~result of the Merger, ~~Savvis~~ ~~and~~each ~~CenturyLink~~share ~~issued~~of aCommon ~~joint~~Stock ~~press~~was ~~release~~converted ~~announcing~~into the ~~results~~right ofto ~~Savvis’~~receive ~~special~~$30.00 ~~meeting~~in cash and ~~their~~0.2479 ~~intention~~shares toof ~~close~~CenturyLink common stock, with cash paid in lieu of fractional shares. Following the ~~transaction~~completion onof ~~July 15,~~the ~~2011~~Merger, ~~subject~~the toCommon ~~satisfaction~~Stock, ofwhich traded under the ~~remaining~~symbol ~~conditions~~“SVVS”, ceased to ~~the~~be ~~merger~~listed on NASDAQ. AThe ~~copy of~~information ~~the~~set ~~press~~forth ~~release~~in isItem 2.01 ~~attached~~of ~~hereto~~this asCurrent Report ~~Exhibit~~on ~~99.1~~Form ~~and~~8-K is incorporated ~~herein~~ by reference herein.

5.01. Changes in Control of Registrant.

Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, Savvis became a wholly owned subsidiary of CenturyLink and, accordingly, a change in control of Savvis occurred. The information set forth in Items 2.01 and 5.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference herein.

5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On July 15, 2011, each of the eight directors of Savvis – Randy E. Dobbs, Clyde A. Heintzelman, Thomas E. McInerney, James E. Ousley, James P. Pellow, David C. Peterschmidt, Mercedes A. Walton and Patrick J. Welsh – were removed as members of the board of directors of Savvis. None of the directors were removed from the board of directors because of any disagreements relating to Savvis’ operations, policies or practices.

Following the removal described above, Stacey W. Goff and R. Stewart Ewing Jr. were elected as the directors of Savvis to hold such office until their successors are duly elected and qualified or as otherwise provided by the by-laws of Savvis.

Also on July 15, 2011, the following persons were appointed to hold the principal office or offices indicated opposite his or her name, each to hold such office or offices until his successor is duly elected and qualified or as otherwise provided by the by-laws of Savvis:


Chief Executive Officer		James E. Ousley
Vice Chairman		Glen F. Post, III
President		William D. Fathers
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary		R. Stewart Ewing, Jr.
Executive Vice President		Stacey W. Goff
Executive Vice President – Network Services		Dennis G. Huber


Senior Vice President, Global Operations and Client Services		Jeffrey H. Von Deylen
Senior Vice President – Controller and Operations Support		David D. Cole
Senior Vice President and Treasurer		G. Clay Bailey
Senior Vice President, Savvis Integration		Gregory W. Freiberg
Chief Technology Officer		Bryan S. Doerr
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary		Peter J. Bazil
Vice President, Human Resources		Paul S. Hott
Vice President, Savvis Global Finance		Siobhan E. de Leeuw
Vice President, SMB Hosting and Cloud Services		Andrew Higginbotham
Vice President		John D. Lindblad
Vice President, Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary		James L. Butler
Assistant Secretary		Carrick B. Inabnett

Glen F. Post, III has served CenturyLink as its Chief Executive Officer since 1992, as its President since July 1, 2009 (and from 1990 to 2002), and as one of its directors since 1985. He has also served CenturyLink in various other executive capacities in the past, including as Chairman of the Board between 2002 and 2009. Mr. Post is 58 years of age.

R. Stewart Ewing, Jr. has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of CenturyLink since 1999. Mr. Ewing is 59 years of age.

Stacey W. Goff has served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of CenturyLink since July 1, 2009. Mr. Goff served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of CenturyLink for several years prior to July 1, 2009. Mr. Goff is 45 years of age.

Dennis G. Huber has served as Executive Vice President — Network Services of CenturyLink since July 1, 2009 (excluding the four-month period between May 2010 and September 2010). Mr. Huber held various executive positions at Embarq Corporation and its predecessor companies from January 2003 through July 1, 2009, most notably Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President, Senior Vice President — Corporate Strategy and Development and Senior Vice President of Product Development. Mr. Huber is 51 years of age.

David D. Cole has served as Senior Vice President — Operations Support of CenturyLink since 1999. Effective April 1, 2011, Mr. Cole has also been named as Controller of CenturyLink. Mr. Cole is 53 years of age.

Each of James E. Ousley, William D. Fathers, Jeffrey H. Von Deylen, Bryan S. Doerr, Peter J. Bazil and Paul S. Hott served as executive officers of Savvis prior to the Merger in the same positions listed above. As a result of these appointments, R. Stewart Ewing, Jr. has replaced Gregory W. Freiberg as Savvis’ Chief Financial Officer.

Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Savvis was amended and restated in its entirety to be substantially identical to the certificate of incorporation of Merger Sub as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, except that the name was changed from Mimi Acquisition Company to SAVVIS, Inc. (the “Certificate of Incorporation of Savvis”). Additionally, on July 15, 2011, the by-laws of Merger Sub became the by-laws of Savvis, except that the by-laws were amended to replace all references to Mimi Acquisition

Company with references to SAVVIS, Inc. (the “By-Laws of Savvis”).

Copies of the Certificate of Incorporation of Savvis and the By-Laws of Savvis are filed as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, respectively, and are incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.		Description
ExhibitNo.		Description
99.1		Press Release, dated July 13, 2011
3.1		Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of SAVVIS, Inc.
3.2		Amended and Restated By-Laws of SAVVIS, Inc.
99.1		Press release dated July 15, 2011 announcing the completion of the Merger.

Additional Information and Where to Find It

In connection with the proposed transaction between CenturyLink and Savvis, CenturyLink has filed, and the SEC has declared effective, a registration statement on Form S-4. The registration statement includes a prospectus of CenturyLink that also constitutes a proxy statement of Savvis. The definitive proxy statement/prospectus, dated as of June 10, 2011, contains important information about CenturyLink, Savvis, the proposed merger and related matters. Investors and security holders are urged

to read carefully the definitive proxy statement/prospectus because it contains important information. Investors and security holders may obtain free copies of the definitive proxy statement/prospectus and all other documents filed with the SEC by CenturyLink and Savvis through the web site maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. Investors and security holders will be able to obtain free copies of the documents filed with the SEC by CenturyLink on CenturyLink’s website at www.CenturyLink.com or by contacting CenturyLink Investor Relations at (318) 340-5627. Investors and security holders will be able to obtain free copies of the documents filed with the SEC by Savvis on Savvis’ website at www.savvis.com or by contacting Savvis Investor Relations at (314) 628-7433.

This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. No offer of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information

Except for the historical and factual information contained herein, the matters set forth in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including statements regarding the expected timing and benefits of the acquisition, and other statements identified by words such as “estimates,” “expects,” “projects,” “plans,” and similar expressions are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions, many of which are beyond our control. Actual events and results may differ materially from those anticipated, estimated or projected if one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or if underlying assumptions prove incorrect. Factors that could affect actual results include but are not limited to: the possibility that the anticipated benefits from the acquisition cannot be fully realized or may take longer to realize than expected; the possibility that costs or difficulties related to the integration of Savvis’ operations into CenturyLink will be greater than expected; the ability of the combined company to retain and hire key personnel; the timing, success and overall effects of competition from a wide variety of competitive enterprises; the risks inherent in rapid technological change; the ability of the combined company to successfully introduce new product or service offerings on a timely and cost-effective basis; the effects on ongoing changes in the regulation of the communications industry; any adverse developments in customer relationships, commercial disputes or legal proceedings; and other risk factors and cautionary statements as detailed from time to time in each of CenturyLink’s and Savvis’ reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). There can be no assurance that the proposed acquisition will in fact be consummated. You should be aware that new factors may emerge from time to time and it is not possible for us to identify all such factors nor can we predict the impact of each such factor on the acquisition or the combined company. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K. Unless legally required, CenturyLink and Savvis undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned.

SAVVIS, INC. By: /s/ ~~Peter~~Stacey JW. ~~Bazil~~Goff ~~Peter~~Stacey JW. ~~Bazil~~Goff Executive Vice President~~, General Counsel and Secretary~~

Date: July 1315, 2011

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