---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-049112"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SAIA"
cik: "0001177702"
company_name: "SAIA INC"
filed_at: "2024-04-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T06:17:26.159570+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Saia CFO Douglas Col to retire after 10 years; remains until successor named

## Summary
- Douglas Col, EVP and CFO, plans to retire after 10 years at Saia, including 4 years as CFO.
- Col will continue in current role until successor is named, then serve as advisor through year-end.
- CEO Frederick Holzgrefe and Chairman Richard O'Dell praised Col's contributions to Saia's growth.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-049112
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SAIA
- cik: 0001177702
- company_name: SAIA INC
- filed_at: 2024-04-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1177702/000095017024049112/0000950170-24-049112-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1177702/000095017024049112/saia-20240423.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-049112
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-049112.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-049112.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Douglas L. Col departed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at SAIA INC.
  - Action: plans to retire
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On April 23, 2024, Mr. Douglas L. Col, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, informed Saia, Inc. of his plans to retire after 10 years of service, including the last four years as Chief Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1177702/000095017024049112/0000950170-24-049112-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.