secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     SAIA INC (SAIA)
CIK:        0001177702
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-01-04T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001564590-22-000307
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.35
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Saia appoints Kelly Benton as VP and Controller, principal accounting officer
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- Kelly Benton appointed VP and Controller, effective Jan 3, 2022; will serve as principal accounting officer.
- Benton previously VP of Accounting at RaceTrac (2011-2021) and Ernst & Young (2002-2011); CPA in Georgia.
- Compensation includes $350K salary, $100K sign-on bonus, and $100K retention bonus vested Jan 3, 2023.
- Target annual incentive at 50% of salary; long-term equity target at 60% of salary (PSUs, RSUs, options).
- No family relationships or conflicts reported; no arrangement with any person for her appointment.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1177702/000156459022000307/0001564590-22-000307-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1177702/000156459022000307/saia-8k_20220103.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-22-000307

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