SAIA INC — Director's Dealing 2013

May 20, 2013

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SAIA INC (SAIA)
CIK: 0001177702
Period of Report: 2013-05-16

Reporting Person: Robinson Mark H (Vice President of IT)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2013-05-16	Common Stock	M	7970	$46.0926	Acquired	17061	Direct
2013-05-16	Common Stock	S	7970	$46.0926	Disposed	9091	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2013-05-16	Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$14.71	M	7970	Disposed	2015-01-31	Common Stock (7970)	Direct

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$12.10	2017-02-01	Common Stock (6840)	6840	Direct
Phantom Stock	$		Common Stock (13486.056)	13486.056	Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$11.96	2016-02-02	Common Stock (6860)	6860	Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$16.39	2018-05-01	Common Stock (6040)	6040	Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$15.07	2018-07-28	Common Stock (11000)	11000	Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$16.50	2019-02-02	Common Stock (7420)	7420	Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$40.92	2020-04-29	Common Stock (6340)	6340	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Conversion rate of this derivative security on May 16, 2013 is 0.8171 resulting in 11,019.15 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, in accordance with the terms of the Plan.