Heartland Financial USA, Inc. (the \”Company\”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders in Dubuque, Iowa, on May 22, 2019. At the meeting, stockholders approved the following voting matters:

There were 34,603,611>issued and outstanding shares of common stock entitled to vote at the annual meeting. At the annual meeting, 28,353,261 total shares of stock were present in person or by proxy, representing approximately 82% of the total voting power of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock entitled to vote. The voting results on the above described matters were as follows:

About Heartland Financial USA, Inc. (NASDAQ:HTLF)

Heartland Financial USA, Inc. (Heartland) is a multi-bank holding company. The Company’s segments include community and other banking, and retail mortgage banking. Its community and other banking segment is engaged in making loans to, and generating deposits from, individuals and businesses in the markets where Heartland has banks. Its retail mortgage banking segment is engaged in the origination of residential loans and subsequent sale of those loans to investors. The Company conducts its community banking business through independently chartered community banks (collectively, the Bank Subsidiaries). Its loans include commercial, commercial real estate and consumer loans. Its securities portfolio consists of United States Government corporations and agencies, mortgage-backed securities and other securities. Its deposit products include checking and other demand deposit accounts, negotiable order of withdrawal accounts, certificates of deposit and other time deposits.