SAIA INC — Director's Dealing 2016

Feb 11, 2016

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SAIA INC (SAIA)
CIK: 0001177702
Period of Report: 2016-02-09

Reporting Person: Balius Brian A (VP-Transportation and Engineer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2016-02-09	Common Stock	A	3780	—	Acquired	35658	Direct
2016-02-09	Common Stock	F	1327	$27.45	Disposed	34331	Direct
2016-02-09	Common Stock	F	1130	$27.45	Disposed	33201	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2016-02-09	Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$27.45	A	12210	Acquired	2023-02-08	Common Stock (12210)	Direct

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$11.00	2019-02-02	Common Stock (10065)	10065	Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$27.28	2020-04-29	Common Stock (9510)	9510	Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$31.50	2021-02-03	Common Stock (6570)	6570	Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$43.01	2022-02-03	Common Stock (6750)	6750	Direct
Phantom Stock	$		Common Stock (9389.345)	9389.345	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Issuance of Performance Unit Awards under the 2011 Omnibus Incentive Plan for the 1/31/13-2/1/16 performance period.

F2: Shares withheld at officer's election to cover tax liabilities incurred upon the issuance of Performance Unit Awards under the 2011 Omnibus Incentive Plan for the 1/31/13-2/1/16 performance period.

F3: Shares withheld at officer's election to cover tax liabilities incurred in connection with the vesting of restricted shares awarded in February 2012.

F4: Conversion rate of this derivative security on February 9, 2016 is 1.2372 resulting in 11,616.42 shares of common stock (underlying security in column 7).

F5: Immediate

F6: The shares of phantom stock become payable in the Company's common stock upon reporting person's termination of service as an employee, in accordance with the terms of the Plan.