Heartland Financial USA (HTLF) 8-K Heartland Financial Usa, Inc. Declares Cash Dividend

CONTACT:	FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Bryan R. McKeag	October 20, 2016
Executive Vice President
Chief Financial Officer
(563) 589-1994
bmckeag@htlf.com

HEARTLAND FINANCIAL USA, INC. DECLARES CASH DIVIDEND

Dubuque, Iowa, October 20, 2016 - Heartland Financial USA, Inc. (NASDAQ: HTLF), announced that its board of directors approved a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 per share on the company's common stock payable on December 2, 2016, to stockholders of record at the close of business on November 18, 2016. At September 30, 2016, there were 24,681,380common shares outstanding listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol HTLF.

About Heartland Financial USA, Inc.

Heartland Financial USA, Inc. is a diversified financial services company with assets exceeding $8 billion. The company provides banking, mortgage, private client, investment, insurance and consumer finance services to individuals and businesses. Heartland currently has 108 banking locations serving 85 communities in Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, New Mexico, Arizona, Montana, Colorado, Minnesota, Kansas, Missouri, Texas and California. Additional information about Heartland Financial USA, Inc. is available at www.htlf.com.

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