HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC — Director's Dealing 2010

Aug 27, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC (HTLD)
CIK: 0000799233
Period of Report: 2010-07-02

Reporting Person: GERDIN RUSSELL A (Director, Chief Executive Officer, 10% Owner)
Reporting Person: Gerdin Ann S (Joint Filer/Spouse)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-07-02	Common Stock	G	18000	—	Disposed	6633083	Indirect
2010-08-24	Common Stock	G	6500000	—	Disposed	133083	Indirect

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	29295341	Indirect
Common Stock	1936276	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Shares held by grantor retained annuity trusts for the benefit of the spouse of the reporting person. Mr. Gerdin serves as trustee with respect to each trust.

F2: Shares owned by the revocable trusts of the reporting person and his spouse over which the reporting person and his spouse serve as trustees for their respective trusts.

F3: Gerdin Family Investments, LP (the "GFI") owns a voting trust certificate representing 1,936,276 shares of Heartland Express, Inc. common stock. Mr. and Mrs. Gerdin are general partners of GFI. Although the entire number of shares controlled by GFI is disclosed herein (as permited by SEC rules), Mr. and Mrs. Gerdin disclaim beneficial ownership of shares in excess of the number attributable to their ownership interest. Mr. and Mrs. Gerdin are not voting trustees and have no power to vote the shares in which GFI has an interest.