Heartland Express, Inc. Announces Participation In BB & T Capital Markets Conference and the Deutsche Bank Small Cap Growth Conference

Business Wire, Feb 12, 2008

NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa -- Heartland Express, Inc. (Nasdaq: HTLD) announced that on Wednesday, February 13, 2008, John P. Cosaert, Chief Financial Officer, and Michael Gerdin, President will present at the 2008 BB & T Capital Markets Conference at 9:45 a.m.(EST) and Thursday, February 14, 2008 at the Deutsche Bank Small Cap Growth Conference in Naples, Florida at 8:40 a.m.(EST).

Interested investors can access a live audio webcast of the BB & T Transportation Services Conference at http://www.wsw.com/webcast/bbt11/htld/ and Deutsche Bank Small Cap Growth Conference http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/confLobby.zhtml?ticker=HTLD&item_id= 1748588 (Due to its length, this URL may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.)

Heartland Express, Inc. is an irregular route truckload carrier of general commodities. The Company has built a solid reputation for providing superior service to the short to medium haul truckload market. Principal traffic lanes lie east of the Rocky Mountains. The Company has expanded to the Western United States in June 2005 with a regional operating center in Phoenix, Arizona.

The Company ended the year with an 81.3% operating ratio (operating expenses as a percentage of revenues) and cash, cash equivalents, and investments of $196.6 million. The Company's balance sheet continues to be debt-free.

This press release and the webcast announced in this press release may contain statements that might be considered as forward-looking statements or predictions of future operations. Such statements are based on management's belief or interpretation of 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.