Heartland Express Inc 8-K, filed Mar 19, 2024
Heartland Express Inc (HTLD)
8-K
2024-03-19
For: 2024-03-15
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About this 8-K
Heartland Express Inc filed this 8-K on March 19, 2024, reporting on events of March 15, 2024.
Items reported
- Item 8.01: Other events
- Item 9.01: Financial statements and exhibits
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
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Item 8.01. OTHER EVENTS
On March 15, 2024, Heartland Express, Inc. (the “Company”) announced the declaration of a quarterly cash dividend. A copy of the press release issued by the Company is attached as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(c) Exhibits
The Exhibit listed on the Exhibit Index accompanying Form 8-K is furnished herewith.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| HEARTLAND EXPRESS, INC. | ||||||||||||||
| Date: | March 19, 2024 | By:/s/Christopher A. Strain | ||||||||||||
| Christopher A. Strain | ||||||||||||||
| Vice President-Finance, | ||||||||||||||
| Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||||||||
EXHIBIT INDEX
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| Press release issued by the Company on March 15, 2024, announcing the | |||||
| declaration of a quarterly cash dividend. | |||||
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Exhibit 99.1
Friday March 15, 2024, For Immediate Release
Press Release
Heartland Express, Inc. Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend
NORTH LIBERTY, IOWA – March 15, 2024 - The Board of Directors of Heartland Express, Inc. (Nasdaq: HTLD) announced today the declaration of a regular quarterly cash dividend. The $0.02 per share dividend will be paid on April 5, 2024, to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 26, 2024. We currently estimate that a total of approximately $1.6 million will be paid on the Company's 79.1 million shares of common stock. This is the Company's eighty-third consecutive quarterly cash dividend. With the payment of this dividend, the Company will have paid a total of $550.5 million in cash dividends, including four special dividends since the dividend program was implemented in the third quarter of 2003.
The press release may contain forward-looking statements, which are based on information currently available. These statements and assumptions involve certain risks and uncertainties. Actual events may differ from these expectations as specified from time to time in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to the extent it becomes aware that it will not be achieved for any reason.
For further information contact
Michael J. Gerdin, CEO
Christopher A. Strain, CFO
Heartland Express, Inc.
319-645-7060