Heartland Financial USA Schedules Third Quarter Earnings Conference Call for October 26, 2009

• Press Release
• Source: Heartland Financial USA, Inc.
• On 9:00 am EDT, Tuesday October 13, 2009

DUBUQUE, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Officials of Heartland Financial USA, Inc. (NASDAQ:HTLF - News) announced today that the company plans to broadcast a conference call detailing the its third quarter 2009 earnings live over the internet at www.htlf.com at 5:00 p.m. ET on Monday, October 26, 2009. Lynn B. Fuller, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, John K. Schmidt, Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, and Kenneth J. Erickson, Executive Vice President, Chief Credit Officer will conduct the conference call. The financial results will be available on the company’s web site on October 26, 2009 after the market closes. There will be a question-and-answer session following the presentation.

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Shareholders, analysts and other interested parties are invited to join the call. To listen to the live call, please dial 877-941-6010 or 480-629-9771 at least five minutes before start time. To listen to the live webcast, please visit the company’s website, http://www.htlf.com, at least 15 minutes early to register, download and install any necessary audio software.

A replay of the call will be available until January 26, 2010 by dialing 303-590-3030 or 800-406-7325, pass code 4172485.

About Heartland Financial USA:

Heartland Financial USA, Inc. is a $3.8 billion diversified financial services company providing banking, mortgage, wealth management, insurance and consumer finance services to individuals and businesses. The Company currently has 61 banking locations in 41 communities in Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, New Mexico, Arizona, Montana, Colorado and Minnesota.

Additional information about Heartland Financial USA, Inc. is available at www.htlf.com.

Heartland Financial USA, Inc.
John K. Schmidt, 563-589-1994
Chief Operating Officer
Chief Financial Officer
jschmidt@htlf.com