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: ODELL RICHARD D (President & CEO of Saia)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2013-05-01	Common Stock	M	11750	$40.0364	Acquired	95015	Direct
2013-05-01	Common Stock	S	11750	$40.0364	Disposed	83265	Direct
2013-05-01	Common Stock	S	25000	$40.0364	Disposed	58265	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	30590	Acquired	2020-04-29	Common Stock (30590)	Direct
2013-05-01	Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$26.72	M	11750	Disposed	2014-02-01	Common Stock (11750)	Direct

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$12.10	2017-02-01	Common Stock (22360)	22360	Direct
Phantom Stock	$0		Common Stock (43070.538)	43070.538	Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$26.72	2017-02-01	Common Stock (19990)	19990	Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$14.71	2015-01-31	Common Stock (26040)	26040	Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$11.96	2016-02-02	Common Stock (22400)	22400	Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$16.39	2018-05-01	Common Stock (19740)	19740	Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$16.50	2019-02-02	Common Stock (35300)	35300	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Conversion rate of this derivative security on April 30, 2013 is 0.8234 resulting in 35,462.80 shares of common stock (underlying security in column 7).

F2: Immediate

F3: The shares of phantom stock become payable, stock, upon reporting person's termination of service as an employee, in accordance with the terms of the Plan.

F4: The options vest one-third in year three, one-third in year four and one-third in year five.