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Long-Term Debt
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 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, with a negative pledge against all 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 March 31, 2014.

Long term debt consisted of the following at March 31, 2014 (in thousands):
 
 
March 31, 2014
Notes payable to Bank under the Revolver
 
$
62,000

Long-term debt
 
$
62,000




The weighted average variable annual percentage rate (“APR”) for amounts borrowed and outstanding at March 31, 2014 was 0.780%. 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 March 31, 2014 were $5.5 million. As of March 31, 2014, the line of credit available for future borrowing was $182.5 million.