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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES <BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt;"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SAIA, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>48-1229851</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>11465 Johns Creek Parkway, Suite&nbsp;400</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Johns Creek, GA </B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>30097</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Zip Code)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>2011 Omnibus Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>With a copy to:</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>James A. Darby</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Robert M. Barnes</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>11465 Johns Creek Parkway, Suite&nbsp;400</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Bryan Cave LLP</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Johns Creek, GA 30097</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>3500 One Kansas City Place</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>1200 Main Street</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Kansas City, Missouri 64105</B></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">(Name and address of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(770)&nbsp;232-5067</B><BR>
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><TABLE width="100%" style="FONT-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><TR><TD>Large accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD><TD align="center">Accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD><TD align="center">Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT><BR>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD>
<TD align="right">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="center">Title Of Each Class Of</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Proposed Maximum</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Securities To Be</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">Amount To Be</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Maximum Offering</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Aggregate Offering</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Amount of</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Registered</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff">Registered<SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)</SUP></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Price Per Unit<SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP></TD>
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                    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">Common Stock, par <BR>
value $0.001 per share
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">600,000 shares
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<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$15.27
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<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$9,162,000
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<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$1,064</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>In addition to the securities set forth in the table,
the amount being registered also includes an
indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock which
may be issuable under the Plan as a result of stock
splits, stock dividends and antidilution provisions and
other terms, in accordance with Rule&nbsp;416 under the
Securities Act.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the
registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h)(1)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and based
on the average high and low price of the Registrant&#146;s
Common Stock on the NASDAQ National Market on
April&nbsp;25, 2011.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Items 1 and 2. Plan Information and Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in this Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 (plan
information and registrant information and employee plan annual information) will be sent or given
to employees as specified by Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1).
Such documents need not be filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement
or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424. These documents and the
documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II of
this Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a)
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed with Commission are hereby incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement:
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by Saia, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) for the
fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2010 filed pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;);</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31,
2011 filed pursuant to the Exchange Act;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed pursuant to the Exchange Act on
February&nbsp;2, 2011; and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(d)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The description of the Registrant&#146;s common stock, par value $0.001 per share
(the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on
Form&nbsp;10 filed with the Commission on August&nbsp;17, 2002 including any amendment or report
filed for the purpose of updating such description.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than portions of those documents furnished or otherwise not deemed
to be filed), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing
of such documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified, superseded or replaced for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies, supersedes or
replaces such statement. Any statement so modified, superseded or replaced shall not be deemed,
except as so modified, superseded or replaced, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section&nbsp;12 of the Exchange Act, and therefore, a
description of the securities is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with the
rules and regulations of the Commission.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the &#147;Certificate&#148;)
provides that, as authorized by Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware (the &#147;DGCL&#148;), a director will not be personally liable to the Corporation or the
shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability
imposed by law, as in effect from time to time (a)&nbsp;for any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty
to the Registrant or the shareholders, (b)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith or which
involved intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (c)&nbsp;for unlawful payments of
dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions as provided in Section&nbsp;174 of the DGCL, or
(iv)&nbsp;for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any persons who
were, are or are threatened to be made, parties to any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, other than a
&#147;derivative&#148; action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that the person is
or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may
include expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement
actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the action, suit or proceeding,
provided the person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the corporation&#146;s best interests and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding,
had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. A similar standard of care is
applicable in the case of derivative actions, except that no indemnification shall be made where
the person is adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court
of Chancery of the State of Delaware or the court in which such action was brought determines that
the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity and expenses. The certificate provides
that the Registrant will indemnify its directors, officers, employees and agents to the fullest
extent permitted by the DGCL, and will advance expenses to its directors, officers, employees and
agents in connection with legal proceedings, subject to limited exceptions. The Registrant has
entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and officers indemnifying such persons
against liability they may incur in their capacity as such and maintains customary insurance
policies under which coverage is provided for payments made by the Registrant to such persons in
respect of the indemnification provisions in the Certificate.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See Exhibit&nbsp;Index attached hereto.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
</DIV>


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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
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    <TD>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered)
and any
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may
be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than
20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
&#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material
change to such information in the registration statement;
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(l)(ii) do not apply if the registration
statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange
Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable,
each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Saia, Inc. certifies
that it has reasonable grounds to believe it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8
and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Johns Creek, State of
Georgia, on May&nbsp;2, 2011.
</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>SAIA, INC.</B><BR>
(Registrant)<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

<TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/
James A. Darby&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">James A. Darby&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Vice President and Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints James A. Darby and Stephanie R. Maschmeier, or either one of them, his or her true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or
her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises,
as fully to all intents and purposes as they might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, or their substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="25%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
Richard D. O&#146;Dell&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive
Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;2, 2011</TD>
</TR>


<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Richard D. O&#146;Dell
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
and Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>


<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
James A. Darby&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President and Chief
Financial
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000">May&nbsp;2, 2011</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">James A. Darby
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>




<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal Financial Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
Stephanie R. Maschmeier&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Controller
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;2, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Stephanie R. Maschmeier
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
Herbert A. Trucksess, III&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;2, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Herbert A. Trucksess, III</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
Linda J. French&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;2, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Linda J. French</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="25%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
John J. Holland&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;2, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">John J. Holland</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
William F. Martin, Jr.&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;2, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">William F. Martin, Jr.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
James A. Olson&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;2, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">James A. Olson</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
Bj&#246;rn E. Olsson&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;2, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Bj&#246;rn E. Olsson</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
Douglas W. Rockel&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;2, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Douglas W. Rockel</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
Jeffrey C. Ward&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;2, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Jeffrey C. Ward</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>
</DIV>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="8%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="90%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left">Exhibit No.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Saia, Inc.
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 of Saia, Inc.&#146;s Form
8-K (File No.&nbsp;0-49983) filed on July&nbsp;26, 2006).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated By-laws of Saia, Inc., as amended (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 of Saia, Inc.&#146;s <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&nbsp;8-K</FONT> (File No.
0-49983) filed on July&nbsp;29, 2008).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Bryan Cave LLP regarding the legality of the shares of Common
Stock offered by this Registration Statement.*</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Bryan Cave LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG LLP.*</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney of the directors and certain officers of the
Registrant (included on the signature page hereto).</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="96%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">*&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed herewith</TD>
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SAIA, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
48-1229851
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or
(I.R.S. Employer
Organization)
Identification No.)
11465 Johns Creek Parkway, Suite 400
Johns Creek, GA
30097
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
2011 Omnibus Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
With a copy to:
James A. Darby
Robert M. Barnes
11465 Johns Creek Parkway, Suite 400
Bryan Cave LLP
Johns Creek, GA 30097
3500 One Kansas City Place
1200 Main Street
Kansas City, Missouri 64105
(Name and address of agent for service)
(770) 232-5067
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
þ
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title Of Each Class Of
Proposed
Proposed Maximum
Securities To Be
Amount To Be
Maximum Offering
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
Registered
Registered
(1)
Price Per Unit
(2)
Price
Registration Fee
Common Stock, par
value $0.001 per share
600,000 shares
$15.27
$9,162,000
$1,064
(1)
In addition to the securities set forth in the table,
the amount being registered also includes an
indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock which
may be issuable under the Plan as a result of stock
splits, stock dividends and antidilution provisions and
other terms, in accordance with Rule 416 under the
Securities Act.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the
registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h)(1)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and based
on the average high and low price of the Registrant's
Common Stock on the NASDAQ National Market on
April 25, 2011.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Items 1 and 2. Plan Information and Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
The documents containing the information specified in this Part I of Form S-8 (plan
information and registrant information and employee plan annual information) will be sent or given
to employees as specified by Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") Rule 428(b)(1).
Such documents need not be filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement
or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424. These documents and the
documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of
this Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a)
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with Commission are hereby incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement:
(a)
The Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by Saia, Inc. (the "Registrant") for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 filed pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act");
(b)
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31,
2011 filed pursuant to the Exchange Act;
(c)
The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed pursuant to the Exchange Act on
February 2, 2011; and
(d)
The description of the Registrant's common stock, par value $0.001 per share
(the "Common Stock"), contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form 10 filed with the Commission on August 17, 2002 including any amendment or report
filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than portions of those documents furnished or otherwise not deemed
to be filed), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing
of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified, superseded or replaced for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies, supersedes or
replaces such statement. Any statement so modified, superseded or replaced shall not be deemed,
except as so modified, superseded or replaced, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, and therefore, a
description of the securities is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with the
rules and regulations of the Commission.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the "Certificate")
provides that, as authorized by Section 102(b)(7) of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware (the "DGCL"), a director will not be personally liable to the Corporation or the
shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability
imposed by law, as in effect from time to time (a) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty
to the Registrant or the shareholders, (b) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which
involved intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (c) for unlawful payments of
dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions as provided in Section 174 of the DGCL, or
(iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
Section 145 of the DGCL provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any persons who
were, are or are threatened to be made, parties to any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, other than a
"derivative" action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that the person is
or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may
include expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement
actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the action, suit or proceeding,
provided the person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the corporation's best interests and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding,
had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. A similar standard of care is
applicable in the case of derivative actions, except that no indemnification shall be made where
the person is adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court
of Chancery of the State of Delaware or the court in which such action was brought determines that
the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity and expenses. The certificate provides
that the Registrant will indemnify its directors, officers, employees and agents to the fullest
extent permitted by the DGCL, and will advance expenses to its directors, officers, employees and
agents in connection with legal proceedings, subject to limited exceptions. The Registrant has
entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and officers indemnifying such persons
against liability they may incur in their capacity as such and maintains customary insurance
policies under which coverage is provided for payments made by the Registrant to such persons in
respect of the indemnification provisions in the Certificate.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
See Exhibit Index attached hereto.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered)
and any
deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may
be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than
20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
"Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material
change to such information in the registration statement;
Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(l)(ii) do not apply if the registration
statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange
Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable,
each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Saia, Inc. certifies
that it has reasonable grounds to believe it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8
and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Johns Creek, State of
Georgia, on May 2, 2011.
SAIA, INC.
(Registrant)
By:
/s/
James A. Darby
James A. Darby
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints James A. Darby and Stephanie R. Maschmeier, or either one of them, his or her true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or
her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises,
as fully to all intents and purposes as they might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, or their substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/
Richard D. O'Dell
President, Chief Executive
Officer
May 2, 2011
Richard D. O'Dell
and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/
James A. Darby
Vice President and Chief
Financial
May 2, 2011
James A. Darby
Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/
Stephanie R. Maschmeier
Controller
May 2, 2011
Stephanie R. Maschmeier
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/
Herbert A. Trucksess, III
Chairman of the Board
May 2, 2011
Herbert A. Trucksess, III
/s/
Linda J. French
Director
May 2, 2011
Linda J. French
Signature
Title
Date
/s/
John J. Holland
Director
May 2, 2011
John J. Holland
/s/
William F. Martin, Jr.
Director
May 2, 2011
William F. Martin, Jr.
/s/
James A. Olson
Director
May 2, 2011
James A. Olson
/s/
Björn E. Olsson
Director
May 2, 2011
Björn E. Olsson
/s/
Douglas W. Rockel
Director
May 2, 2011
Douglas W. Rockel
/s/
Jeffrey C. Ward
Director
May 2, 2011
Jeffrey C. Ward
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Saia, Inc.
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Saia, Inc.'s Form
8-K (File No. 0-49983) filed on July 26, 2006).
4.2
Amended and Restated By-laws of Saia, Inc., as amended (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Saia, Inc.'s
Form 8-K
(File No.
0-49983) filed on July 29, 2008).
5.1
Opinion of Bryan Cave LLP regarding the legality of the shares of Common
Stock offered by this Registration Statement.*
23.1
Consent of Bryan Cave LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of KPMG LLP.*
24.1
Powers of Attorney of the directors and certain officers of the
Registrant (included on the signature page hereto).
*
Filed herewith