SEC Form 5

FORM 5		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ANNUAL 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: 3235-0362 Estimated average burden hours per response: 1.0
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	Form 3 Holdings Reported.
	Form 4 Transactions Reported.

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Ann S. Gerdin Revocable Trust (Last) (First) (Middle) 901 HEARTLAND WAY (Street) NORTH LIBERTY IA 52317 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC [ HTLD ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) Co-Trustee of 10% Owner
	3. Statement for Issuer's Fiscal Year Ended (Month/Day/Year) 12/31/2020
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

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 at end of Issuer's Fiscal Year (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	12/01/2020		G(1)	4,500,000	D	$0	13,658,354	D(2)
Common Stock	12/07/2020		G(3)	819,878	A	$0	14,478,232	D(2)
Common Stock	12/07/2020		G(3)	328,412	A	$0	4,245,275	I	Co-Trustee of Trust(4)
Common Stock							38,424	I	Trustee of Trusts(5)
Common Stock							38,424	I	Trustee of Trusts(6)
Common Stock							5,003,805	I	Co-Trustee of Trust(7)
Common Stock							7,813	I	By Spouse(8)
Common Stock							1,936,276	I	Co-General Partner of Partnership(9)
Common Stock							681,124	D(10)
Common Stock							681,124	D(11)

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)
					(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Ann S. Gerdin Revocable Trust (Last) (First) (Middle) 901 HEARTLAND WAY (Street) NORTH LIBERTY IA 52317 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) Co-Trustee of 10% Owner

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Janssen Angela K (Last) (First) (Middle) 901 NORTH KANSAS AVENUE (Street) NORTH LIBERTY IA 52317 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) Co-Trustee of 10% Owner

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Gerdin Ann S (Last) (First) (Middle) 901 NORTH KANSAS AVENUE (Street) NORTH LIBERTY IA 52317 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Durr Julie J (Last) (First) (Middle) 901 NORTH KANSAS AVENUE (Street) NORTH LIBERTY IA 52317 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) Co-Trustee of 10% Owner

Explanation of Responses:

1. The Ann S. Gerdin Revocable Trust transferred shares to three grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATs) for the benefit of Anne S. Gerdin.

2. Michael Gerdin, Mrs. Durr, Mrs. Janssen, and Mrs. Gerdin serve as co-trustees over shares held by the Ann S. Gerdin Revocable Trust. As co-trustees, they have shared voting and dispositive powers with respect to this trust. Beneficial ownership is disclaimed for Mr. Gerdin, Mrs. Durr, and Mrs. Janssen.

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

4. Mr. Gerdin, Mrs. Durr, and Mrs. Janssen are the beneficiaries of the 2009 Gerdin Heartland Trust. Mr. Gerdin, Mrs. Durr, and Mrs. Janssen serve as co-trustees over shares held by the trust. Beneficial ownership is disclaimed with respect to this trust because none of the trustees have the power to vote or dispose shares without consent of the other two trustees.

5. Mrs. Janssen is the trustee of trusts created for the benefit of her children. As trustee, Mrs. Janssen has voting and dispositive powers with respect to this trust. Beneficial ownership is disclaimed.

6. Mrs. Durr is the trustee of trusts created for the benefit of her children. As trustee, Mrs. Durr has voting and dispositive powers with respect to this trust. Beneficial ownership is disclaimed.

7. Mr. Gerdin, Mrs. Durr, and Mrs. Janssen are the beneficiaries of the 2007 Gerdin Heartland Trust. Mr. Gerdin, Mrs. Durr, and Mrs. Janssen serve as co-trustees over shares held by the trust. Beneficial ownership is disclaimed with respect to this trust because none of the trustees have the power to vote or dispose shares without the consent of the other two trustees.

8. Mrs. Janssen's husband owns these shares. Beneficial ownership of these shares is disclaimed.

9. The Ann S. Gerdin Revocable Trust, Mr. Gerdin, Mrs. Durr, and Mrs. Janssen are co-general partners of Gerdin Family Investments LP. None of the Ann S. Gerdin Revocable Trust, Mr. Gerdin, Mrs. Durr, or Mrs. Janssen has voting and dispositive powers with respect to this partnership without consent of the majority of the other co-general partners. Beneficial ownership is disclaimed except to the extent of each such reporting person's percentage ownership of general and limited partner shares in the partnership.

10. Mrs. Janssen's directly owned shares.

11. Mrs. Durr's directly owned shares.

Remarks:

	/s/Michael Gerdin, Co-Trustee of the Ann S. Gerdin Revocable Trust, by Chris Strain, pursuant to power of attorney previously filed	02/12/2021
	/s/Angela K. Janssen, by Chris Strain, pursuant to power of attorney previously filed	02/12/2021
	/s/Julie J. Durr, by Chris Strain, pursuant to power of attorney previously filed	02/12/2021
	/s/ Ann S. Gerdin, by Chris Strain, pursuant to power of attorney previously filed	02/12/2021
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