The Company shall have the right to deduct from all payments under the Profit Improvement Bonus Plan any federal, state or local taxes required by law to be withheld with respect to such payments.

Tax Withholding. All payments and awards contemplated or made pursuant to this Agreement will be subject to withholdings of applicable taxes in compliance with all relevant laws and regulations of all appropriate government authorities. Employee acknowledges and agrees that the Company has neither made any assurances nor any guarantees concerning the tax treatment of any payments or awards contemplated by or made pursuant to this Agreement. Employee has had the opportunity to retain a tax and financial advisor and fully understands the tax and economic consequences of all payments and awards made pursuant to the Agreement.

Tax Withholding. The Company or any Affiliate may withhold and deduct from any payments made or to be made pursuant to this Agreement all federal, state, local and other taxes as the Company or any Affiliate deems to be required pursuant to any law, ordinance or governmental regulation or ruling.

Tax Withholding. All payments or distributions of an Award made pursuant to this Agreement shall be net of any amounts required to be withheld pursuant to applicable federal, state, and local tax withholding requirements. If the Company proposes or is required to distribute Common Stock pursuant to this Agreement, it may require the Participant receiving such Common Stock to remit to it or to the Affiliate that employs such Participant an amount sufficient to satisfy such tax withholding requirements prior to the delivery of any certificates for such Common Stock. In lieu thereof, the Company or the Affiliate employing the Participant shall have the right to withhold the amount of such taxes from any other sums due or to become due from the Company or the Affiliate, as the case may be, to the Participant receiving Common Stock, as the Committee shall prescribe. The Committee may, in its discretion, and subject to such rules as the Committee may adopt (including any as may be required to satisfy applicable tax and/or non-tax regulatory requirements), permit a Participant to pay all or a portion of the federal, state, and local withholding taxes arising in connection with this Award consisting of shares of Common Stock by electing to have the Company withhold shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value equal to the amount of tax to be withheld, such tax calculated at rates required by statute or regulation.

Tax Withholding. Recipient acknowledges that, on the date the Performance Shares are issued to Recipient (the “Payment Date”), the Value (as defined below) on that date of the Performance Shares will be treated as ordinary compensation income for federal and state income and FICA tax purposes, and that the Company will be required to withhold taxes on these income amounts. To satisfy the required minimum withholding amount, the Company shall withhold the number of Performance Shares having a Value equal to the minimum withholding amount. For purposes of this Section 7, the “Value” of a Performance Share shall be equal to the closing market price for Class A Common Stock on the last trading day preceding the Payment Date.

Tax Withholding. All payments made pursuant to this Agreement will be subject to withholding of applicable taxes. Executive acknowledges and agrees that Executive is solely responsible for all individual taxes imposed on the payments and benefits made and provided under this Agreement, including taxes imposed under Section 409A.

Tax Withholding. The Company and its Affiliates shall have the right to deduct from any amounts otherwise payable under the Plan any federal, state, local, or other applicable taxes required to be withheld.

Tax Withholding. All payments under this Agreement shall be subject to applicable withholding for federal, state and local income and employment taxes.

Tax Withholding. Optionee shall pay, or make arrangements acceptable to the Company for the payment of, any and all federal, state, and local tax withholding that in the opinion of the Company is required by law. For the avoidance of doubt, the Optionee shall be entitled to satisfy any tax withholding obligations hereunder through an election to have shares of common stock of Saia withheld from any payments under this Agreement. Unless Optionee satisfies any such tax withholding obligation by paying the amount in cash, by check, stock withholding, or by other arrangements acceptable to Saia, Saia shall withhold a portion of the stock payable upon an exercise equal to the tax withholding obligation. Any share withholding pursuant to this Section 22 is intended to be exempt from Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), pursuant to Rule 16b-3(e) under the Exchange Act.

The Company or any employer Subsidiary has the authority and the right to deduct or withhold, or require Grantee to remit to the employer, an amount sufficient to satisfy taxes required by law to be withheld by the Company or any employer Subsidiary with respect to any taxable event arising as a result of the vesting of the Shares. Subject to any contractual or legal limitations or restrictions imposed on the Company or any employer Subsidiary (including under any credit or similar agreement), the withholding requirement may be satisfied, in whole or in part, by withholding from the Shares having a Fair Market Value on the date of withholding equal to the minimum amount (and not any greater amount) required to be withheld for tax purposes, all in accordance with such procedures as the Company establishes.