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Long-Term Debt | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2014
Line of Credit, Long-Term Debt [Abstract] |
Long-Term Debt | Long-Term Debt On November 11, 2013, the Company entered into a credit agreement by and among Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, (the "Bank"), Heartland Express, Inc. of Iowa (the "Borrower"), GTI, and the other members of the Company's consolidated group, as Guarantors (the "Credit Agreement"). Pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Bank provided a five-year, $250.0 million unsecured revolving line of credit (the "Revolver"). The Bank's commitment will decrease to $225.0 million on November 1, 2014, to $200.0 million on November 1, 2015, and to $175.0 million on November 1, 2016 through October 31, 2018. The Revolver is unsecured and the Company can not pledge assets of the Company's consolidated group, except for debt associated with permitted acquisitions, new purchase-money debt and capital lease obligations as described in the Credit Agreement. The Revolver matures on October 31, 2018 (the "Maturity Date"). The Borrower has the ability to terminate the commitment at any time at no additional cost to the Borrower. Borrowings under the Credit Agreement can either be, at Borrower's election, (i) one-month or three-month LIBOR (Index) plus 0.625%, floating, or (ii) Prime (Index) plus 0.0%, floating. There is a commitment fee on the unused portion of the Revolver at 0.0625%, due quarterly. The Credit Agreement contains customary financial covenants including, but not limited to, (i) a maximum adjusted leverage ratio of 2:1, measured quarterly, (ii) a minimum net income requirement of $1.00, measured quarterly, (iii) a minimum tangible net worth of $200 million requirement, measured quarterly, and (iv) limitations on other indebtedness and liens. The Credit Agreement also includes customary events of default, conditions, representations and warranties, and indemnification provisions. The Company was in compliance with the respective financial covenants at June 30, 2014. Long term debt consisted of the following at June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 (in thousands):
|  | June 30, 2014 |  | December 31, 2013
Notes payable to Bank under the Revolver |  | $ | 43,000 |  |  | $ | 75,000 |
Long-term debt |  | $ | 43,000 |  |  | $ | 75,000 |
The weighted average variable annual percentage rate (“APR”) for amounts borrowed and outstanding at June 30, 2014 was 0.778%. Borrowing under the line of credit is recorded in "Long-term debt" in the consolidated balance sheets. Outstanding letters of credit associated with the Revolver at June 30, 2014 were $5.5 million. As of June 30, 2014, the line of credit available for future borrowing was $201.5 million.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for long-term debt. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 02 -Paragraph 22 -Article 5 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.22) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 + Details
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