HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC — Director's Dealing 2007

Jul 13, 2007

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC (HTLD)
CIK: 0000799233
Period of Report: 2007-07-11

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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2007-07-11	COMMON STOCK	J	13509359	—	Acquired	13509359	Direct
2007-07-11	COMMON STOCK	Z	13509359	—	Disposed	13509359	Indirect

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
COMMON STOCK	23297013	Direct
COMMON STOCK	1936276	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: ITEM 6. OWNERSHIP FORM:
Shares owned by the revocable trust of the reporting person and his spouse over which the reporting person and his spouse
serve as trustees.

F2: ITEM 6. OWNERSHIP FORM:
The reporting person and his spouse became trustees over shares held by grantor retained annuity trusts for their benefit.
These shares were previously reflected as being owned indirectly. By virtue of changing the trustee of these trusts to the
reporting person and his spouse, these shares were deemed to be owned directly. The reporting person disclaims beneficial
ownership of the shares held by the trusts except to the extent of his or his spouse's pecuniary interest there in. Mr.
Gerdin and his spouse are not the voting trustees and have no power to vote the shares.

F3: ITEM 3 and 6. Represents deposit into voting trust by reporting person and his spouse of shares reported on the prior line
as directly owned.

F4: ITEM 6. OWNERSHIP FORM.
Gerdin Family Investments, LP (the "Limited Partnership") owns a voting trust certificate representing 1,936,276 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.