HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC — Director's Dealing 2006

Dec 1, 2006

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC (HTLD)
CIK: 0000799233
Period of Report: 2006-11-29

Reporting Person: GERDIN RUSSELL A (Director, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, 10% Owner)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2006-11-29	COMMON STOCK	J	435435	—	Acquired	21857619	Direct
2006-11-29	COMMON STOCK	J	435435	—	Acquired	1936276	Indirect

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
COMMON STOCK	16015837	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: ITEM 3. Transaction Code. Reporting person and Gerdin Family Investments, LP each received 435,435 shares of common stock
in a redemption of an ownership interest in Belrose Capital Fund, LLC, a managed fund comprised of equity securities of
publicly-traded companies.

F2: ITEM 7. Nature of Direct Beneficial Ownership Shares owned by the revocable trust of the reporting person over which the
reporting person serves as trustee.

F3: ITEM 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership Shares held by a grantor retained annuity trust for the benefit of the
reporting person and his spouse. A third party serves as trustee. Beneficial ownership is disclaimed.

F4: ITEM 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership Gerdin Family Investments, LP (the "Limited Partnership") owns a voting
trust certificate representing 1,936,296 shares of Heartland Express, Inc. common stock. Mr. Gerdin is the general partner
of the Limited Partnership. Although the entire number of shares controlled by the Limited Partnership is disclosed herein
(as permitted by SEC rules), Mr. Gerdin disclaims beneficial ownership of shares in excess of the number attributable to his
ownership interest. Mr. Gerdin is not the voting trustee and has no power to vote the shares in which the Limited
Partnership has an interest.