EX-32.2 7 exhibit3222011q4.htm PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER SECTION 906 CERTIFICATION
Exhibit No. 32.2
CERTIFICATION OF
PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER
PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Heartland Express, Inc. (the "Company"), on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2011 (the "Report"), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, I, John P. Cosaert, Executive Vice President, Treasurer-Finance and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of my knowledge:
1. | The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and
2. | The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: | February 28, 2012 |  | By: | /s/ John P. Cosaert
|  |  |  | John P. Cosaert
|  |  |  | Executive Vice President-Finance, Treasurer
|  |  |  | and Chief Financial Officer