---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000920112-24-000173"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0000920112"
company_name: "HEARTLAND FINANCIAL USA INC"
filed_at: "2024-08-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T10:37:44.951350+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Paul W. Taylor resigns from Heartland Financial USA board effective Aug 7, 2024

## Summary
- Paul W. Taylor resigned from the Board of Directors effective August 7, 2024.
- Resignation was not due to any dispute or disagreement with the Company or management.
- No replacement director has been announced at this time.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000920112-24-000173
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0000920112
- company_name: HEARTLAND FINANCIAL USA INC
- filed_at: 2024-08-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/920112/000092011224000173/0000920112-24-000173-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/920112/000092011224000173/htlf-20240807.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000920112-24-000173
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000920112-24-000173.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000920112-24-000173.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Paul W. Taylor resigned as Director at HEARTLAND FINANCIAL USA INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On August 9, 2024, Heartland Financial USA, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Paul W. Taylor resigned from the Company’s Board of Directors effective August 7, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/920112/000092011224000173/0000920112-24-000173-index.htm

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