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10-Q - 10-Q - HEARTLAND FINANCIAL USA INChtlfq12018form10-q.htm
EX-32.2 - EXHIBIT 32.2 - HEARTLAND FINANCIAL USA INCex-32203312018.htm
EX-31.2 - EXHIBIT 31.2 - HEARTLAND FINANCIAL USA INCex-31203312018.htm
EX-31.1 - EXHIBIT 31.1 - HEARTLAND FINANCIAL USA INCex-31103312018.htm
EX-10.3 - FORM PERF BASED RSU AGMT 3-YEAR - HEARTLAND FINANCIAL USA INCex103perfbased3yearagmt.htm
EX-10.2 - FORM PERF BASED RSU AGMT 1-YEAR - HEARTLAND FINANCIAL USA INCex102perfbased1yearrsuagmt.htm
EX-10.1 - FORM TIME BASED RSU AGMT - HEARTLAND FINANCIAL USA INCex101timebasedrsuagmt.htm


EXHIBIT 32.1


CERTIFICATION 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 Quarterly Report of Heartland Financial USA, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ending March 31, 2018, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report), I, Lynn B. Fuller, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
 
(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.



/s/ Lynn B. Fuller
Lynn B. Fuller
Chief Executive Officer
 
 
Date:
May 8, 2018