---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000799233-24-000034"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HTLD"
cik: "0000799233"
company_name: "HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC"
filed_at: "2024-09-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T03:48:10.832392+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Heartland Express director Michael J. Sullivan passes away on Sept 14, 2024

## Summary
- Independent director Michael J. Sullivan died on September 14, 2024; served since 2018.
- Sullivan was on Audit and Risk Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee.
- Company expresses deep sadness; succession or replacement not announced yet.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000799233-24-000034
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HTLD
- cik: 0000799233
- company_name: HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC
- filed_at: 2024-09-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799233/000079923324000034/0000799233-24-000034-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799233/000079923324000034/htld-20240914.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000799233-24-000034
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000799233-24-000034.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000799233-24-000034.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael J. Sullivan departed as Director at HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC.
  - Action: passed away
  - Role: Director
  source text: Heartland Express, Inc. (the “Company”) is deeply saddened to announce that director Mr. Michael J. Sullivan passed away on September 14, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799233/000079923324000034/0000799233-24-000034-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.