0001664284-16-000002.txt : 20160204 0001664284-16-000002.hdr.sgml : 20160204 20160204190454 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001664284-16-000002 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20150611 FILED AS OF DATE: 20160204 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160204 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000799233 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TRUCKING (NO LOCAL) [4213] IRS NUMBER: 930926999 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 901 NORTH KANSAS AVENUE CITY: NORTH LIBERTY STATE: IA ZIP: 52317 BUSINESS PHONE: 3196263600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 901 NORTH KANSAS AVENUE CITY: NORTH LIBERTY STATE: IA ZIP: 52317 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Janssen Angela K CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001664284 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-15087 FILM NUMBER: 161389839 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 901 NORTH KANSAS AVENUE CITY: NORTH LIBERTY STATE: IA ZIP: 52317 3 1 wf-form3_145463068295325.xml FORM 3 X0206 3 2015-06-11 0 0000799233 HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC HTLD 0001664284 Janssen Angela K 901 NORTH KANSAS AVENUE NORTH LIBERTY IA 52317 0 0 0 1 Co-Trustee of 10% Owner Common Stock 12491319 I Co-Trustee of Trust Common Stock 29984 I Co-Trustee of Trust Common Stock 2043372 I Beneficiary of Trust Common Stock 562669 I Beneficiary of Trust Common Stock 4802738 I Beneficiary of Trust Common Stock 1936276 I Co-General Partner of Partnership Common Stock 6313 I By Spouse The reporting person is co-trustee over shares held by the Ann S. Gerdin Revocable Trust. As co-trustee, Mrs. Janssen has shared voting and dispositive powers with respect to this trust. Beneficial ownership is disclaimed. The reporting person is co-trustee over shares held by trusts created for the benefit of her children. As co-trustee, Mrs. Janssen has shared voting and dispositive powers with respect to this trust. Beneficial ownership is disclaimed. The reporting person is one of the beneficiaries of the 2005 Gerdin Children's Trust. Mrs. Janssen does not have voting and dispositive powers with respect to this trust. Lawrence D. Crouse served as trustee as of the event date. Beneficial ownership is disclaimed. The reporting person is one of the beneficiaries of the 2007 Gerdin Heartland Trust. Mrs. Janssen does not have voting and dispositive powers with respect to this trust. Lawrence D. Crouse served as trustee as of the event date. Beneficial ownership is disclaimed. The reporting person is one of the beneficiaries of the 2009 Gerdin Heartland Trust. Mrs. Janssen does not have voting and dispositive powers with respect to this trust. Lawrence D. Crouse served as trustee as of the event date. Beneficial ownership is disclaimed. The reporting person is one of the general partners of Gerdin Family Investments LP. Mrs. Janssen does not have voting and dispositive powers with respect to this partnership. Lawrence D. Crouse served as voting trustee over the shares represented by a voting trust certificate as of the event date. Beneficial ownership is disclaimed except to the extent of the reporting person's percentage ownership of general and limited partner shares in the partnership. Mrs. Janssen's husband owns these shares. Beneficial ownership of these shares is disclaimed. /s/Angela K. Janssen, by Thomas E. Hill, pursuant to power of attorney filed herewith 2016-02-04 EX-24 2 angelakjanssenpoa.htm ANGELA K. JANSSEN POWER OF ATTORNEY

Angela K. Janssen
POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Chris Strain, Josh Helmich and Tom Hill, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer, director, and/or ten percent stockholder of Heartland Express, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, including a Form ID, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's sole discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

In consideration of the attorneys-in-fact acting on the undersigned's behalf pursuant to this Power of Attorney, the undersigned hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each attorney-in-fact, each substitute attorney-in-fact, and each of their respective heirs, executors, legal representatives, successors, and assigns from and against the entirety of any and all losses, claims, causes of action, damages, fines, defense costs, amounts paid in settlement, liabilities, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses (collectively, "Losses"), relating to or arising out of the exercise of this Power of Attorney by any such attorney-in-fact or substitute attorney-in-fact, and will reimburse each such indemnified person for all Losses as they are incurred by such indemnified person in connection with any pending or threatened claim, action, suit, proceeding, or investigation with which such indemnified person is or is threatened to be made a party. The undersigned will not, however, be responsible for any Losses that are finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted solely from an attorney-in-fact's or substitute attorney-in-fact's bad faith or willful misconduct.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 4th day of February, 2016.

/s/Angela K. Janssen
Angela K. Janssen