SAIA INC — Director's Dealing 2012

May 7, 2012

SEC Form 3 — Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SAIA INC (SAIA)
CIK: 0001177702
Period of Report: 2012-04-26

Reporting Person: Balius Brian A (VP-Linehaul & Ind Engineering)

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	11793	Direct

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Phantom Stock	$		Common Stock (8821.318)		Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$27.38	2013-01-27	Common Stock (1790)		Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$26.72	2014-02-01	Common Stock (2220)		Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$14.71	2015-01-31	Common Stock (4910)		Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$11.96	2016-02-02	Common Stock (4650)		Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$12.10	2017-02-01	Common Stock (4640)		Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$16.39	2018-05-01	Common Stock (4100)		Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$16.50	2019-02-02	Common Stock (6710)		Direct

Footnotes

F1: Conversion rate of this derivative security on May 2, 2012 is 0.8472 resulting in 7,473.71 shares of common stock (underlying security in column 7).

F2: Immediate

F3: The shares of phantom stock become payable, in stock, upon reporting person's termination of service as an employee