{"url_path":"/sec/htld/8-k/2026-06-17/item-9-01","section_key":"item-9-01","section_title":"Item 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-06-17","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799233/0000799233-26-000035-index.html","accession_number":"0000799233-26-000035","cik":"0000799233","ticker":"HTLD","issuer_name":"HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799233/0000799233-26-000035-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0000799233","primary_entity_name":"HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC"},"word_count":225,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS\n\n(d)     Exhibits\n\n    \n\n EXHIBIT \n\nNUMBEREXHIBIT DESCRIPTION\n\n  \n\n[99.1](htld2026q2dividendreleasee.htm)\nPress release issued by the Company on June 12, 2026, announcing the\n\n declaration of a quarterly cash dividend.\n\n104Cover Page Interactive Data File\n\nThe information in this report and the exhibit hereto may contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and such statements are subject to the safe harbor created by those sections and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. Such statements are made based on the current beliefs and expectations of the Company's management and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results or events may differ from those anticipated by forward-looking statements. Please refer to the paragraph at the end of the attached press release and various disclosures by the Company in its press releases, stockholder reports, and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for information concerning risk, uncertainties, and other factors that may affect future results.\n\nSIGNATURE\n\nPursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.\n\n  HEARTLAND EXPRESS, INC.\n\n   \n\nDate:June 17, 2026 By:/s/Christopher A. Strain\n\n  Christopher A. Strain\n\n  Vice President-Finance,\n\n  Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer"}