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: BUCHHOLZ SALLY R (VP Marketing/Customer Service)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2013-05-01	Common Stock	M	2530	$40.55	Acquired	12513.5	Direct
2013-05-01	Common Stock	M	5600	$40.55	Acquired	18113.5	Direct
2013-05-01	Common Stock	S	2530	$40.55	Disposed	15583.5	Direct
2013-05-01	Common Stock	S	5600	$40.55	Disposed	9983.5	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	5830	Acquired	2020-04-29	Common Stock (5830)	Direct
2013-05-01	Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$26.72	M	2530	Disposed	2014-02-02	Common Stock (2530)	Direct
2013-05-01	Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$14.71	M	5600	Disposed	2015-01-31	Common Stock (5600)	Direct

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$12.10	2017-02-01	Common Stock (6420)	6420	Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$11.96	2016-02-02	Common Stock (6430)	6430	Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$16.39	2018-05-01	Common Stock (5660)	5660	Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$16.50	2019-02-02	Common Stock (6950)	6950	Direct
Phantom Stock	$		Common Stock (7442.118)	7442.118	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Conversion rate of this derivative security on April 30, 2013 is 0.8234 resulting in 6,127.58 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.