SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* GERDIN MICHAEL J (Last) (First) (Middle) 901 HEARTLAND WAY (Street) NORTH LIBERTY IOWA 52317 (City) (State) (Zip) UNITED STATES (Country)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC [ HTLD ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director X 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) Chief Executive Officer Co-Trustee of 10% Owner
	2a. Foreign Trading Symbol
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 05/19/2026	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	05/19/2026		G(1)		4,474,456	D	$0	10,000,000	I	Trustee of GRATs(2)
Common Stock	05/19/2026		G(1)		4,474,456	A	$0	8,939,532	I	Co-Trustee of Trust(3)
Common Stock								1,491,868	I	Trustee of Trust(4)
Common Stock								4,283,975	I	Co-Trustee of Trust(5)
Common Stock								38,424	I	Trustee of Trusts(6)
Common Stock								5,003,805	I	Co-Trustee of Trust(7)
Common Stock								1,936,276	I	Co-General Partner of Partnership(8)
Common Stock								438,282	I	Spouse is Trustee of Shares Held by Trust(9)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Annuity distributions made from grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATs) created for the benefit of Ann Gerdin.

2. Mr. Gerdin is the trustee of GRATs established by Ann S. Gerdin for her benefit.

3. Mr. Gerdin is a co-trustee of the Ann S. Gerdin Revocable Trust. As a co-trustee, Mr. Gerdin disclaims beneficial ownership with respect to this trust.

4. Mr. Gerdin is the trustee of the Michael J. Gerdin Revocable Trust.

5. Mr. Gerdin is a co-trustee of the 2009 Gerdin Heartland Trust. As a co-trustee, Mr. Gerdin disclaims beneficial ownership with respect to this trust.

6. Mr. Gerdin is the trustee of trusts created for the benefit of his children.

7. Mr. Gerdin is a co-trustee of the 2007 Gerdin Heartland Trust. As a co-trustee, Mr. Gerdin disclaims beneficial ownership with respect to this trust.

8. Mr. Gerdin is a co-general partner of Gerdin Family Investments LP. Beneficial ownership is disclaimed except to the extent of Mr. Gerdin's percentage ownership of general and limited partner shares in the partnership.

9. Mr. Gerdin's spouse is the trustee of the Michael J. Gerdin Family Trust.

Remarks:

	/S/Michael J. Gerdin	05/21/2026
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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* Form 4: SEC 1474 (03-26)