SAIA INC — Director's Dealing 2013

Mar 18, 2013

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SAIA INC (SAIA)
CIK: 0001177702
Period of Report: 2013-03-14

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

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2013-03-14	Phantom Stock	$	I	568.027	Acquired		Common Stock (568.027)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	15542	Direct

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$27.38	2013-01-27	Common Stock (1790)	1790	Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$26.72	2014-02-01	Common Stock (2220)	2220	Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$14.71	2015-01-31	Common Stock (4910)	4910	Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$11.96	2016-02-02	Common Stock (4650)	4650	Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$12.10	2017-02-01	Common Stock (4640)	4640	Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$16.39	2018-05-01	Common Stock (4100)	4100	Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$16.50	2019-02-02	Common Stock (6710)	6710	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Conversion rate of this derivative security on March 14, 2013 is 0.8264 resulting in 7,759.49 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