SAIA INC — Director's Dealing 2013

May 2, 2013

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SAIA INC (SAIA)
CIK: 0001177702
Period of Report: 2013-04-30

Reporting Person: MASCHMEIER STEPHANIE (Controller)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2013-05-01	Common Stock	F	1486	$40.445	Disposed	5393	Direct
2013-05-01	Common Stock	M	2800	$40.445	Acquired	6879	Direct
2013-05-01	Common Stock	M	930	$40.55	Acquired	6323	Direct
2013-05-01	Common Stock	S	930	$40.55	Disposed	5393	Direct
2013-05-01	Common Stock	M	3720	$40.55	Acquired	9113	Direct
2013-05-01	Common Stock	S	3720	$40.55	Disposed	5393	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2013-04-30	Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$40.92	A	3950	Acquired	2020-04-29	Common Stock (3950)	Direct
2013-05-01	Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$11.96	M	2800	Disposed	2016-02-02	Common Stock (2800)	Direct
2013-05-01	Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$11.96	M	930	Disposed	2016-02-02	Common Stock (930)	Direct
2013-05-01	Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$12.10	M	3720	Disposed	2017-02-01	Common Stock (3720)	Direct

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Phantom Stock	$		Common Stock (5496.054)	5496.054	Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$16.39	2018-05-01	Common Stock (3290)	3290	Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$16.50	2019-02-02	Common Stock (4750)	4750	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Conversion rate of this derivative security on April 30, 2013 is 0.8234 resulting in 4,525.26 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.