SAIA INC — Director's Dealing 2013

Nov 13, 2013

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SAIA INC (SAIA)
CIK: 0001177702
Period of Report: 2013-11-12

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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2013-11-12	Common Stock	M	6975	$32.00	Acquired	37248	Direct
2013-11-12	Common Stock	M	6960	$32.00	Acquired	37248	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2013-11-12	Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$7.9733	M	6975	Disposed	2016-02-02	Common Stock (6975)	Direct
2013-11-12	Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$8.0667	M	6960	Disposed	2017-02-01	Common Stock (6960)	Direct

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Phantom Stock	$		Common Stock (9389.345)	9389.345	Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$10.9267	2018-05-01	Common Stock (6150)	6150	Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$11.00	2019-02-02	Common Stock (10065)	10065	Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$27.28	2020-04-29	Common Stock (9510)	9510	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Conversion rate of this derivative security on November 12, 2013 is 1.2209 resulting in 11,463.75 shares of common stock (underlying security in column 7).

F2: Immediate

F3: The shares of phantom stock become payable in the Company's stock upon reporting person's termination of service as a Director.