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Employee Benefit Plans
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]  
Employee Benefit Plans
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

Heartland sponsors a defined contribution retirement plan covering substantially all employees. Contributions to this plan are subject to approval by the Heartland Board of Directors. The Heartland subsidiaries fund and record as an expense all approved contributions. Costs of these contributions, charged to operating expenses, were $2.6 million, $2.6 million, and $2.2 million for 2013, 2012, and 2011, respectively. This plan includes an employee savings program, under which the Heartland subsidiaries make matching contributions of up to 3% of the participants’ wages in 2013, 2012, and 2011. Costs charged to operating expenses with respect to the matching contributions were $1.9 million, $1.6 million, and $1.3 million for 2013, 2012, and 2011, respectively.