HEARTLAND VALUE PLUS FUND (Prospectus Summary) | HEARTLAND VALUE PLUS FUND

heartland value plus fund

Investment Goal

The Value Plus Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation and modest current income.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE VALUE PLUS FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold Investor or Institutional Class Shares of the Value Plus Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees HEARTLAND VALUE PLUS FUND (USD $)	Investor Class Shares	Institutional Class Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases	none	none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load)	none	none
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Reinvested Distributions	none	none
Redemption Fee (as a percentage of the net asset value of any shares that are redeemed or exchanged within 10 days after they were purchased)	2.00%	2.00%
Exchange Fee	none	none

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses HEARTLAND VALUE PLUS FUND	Investor Class Shares	Institutional Class Shares
Management Fees	0.70%	0.70%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees	0.25%	none
Other Expenses	0.19%	0.19%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	1.14%	0.89%

Example.

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Value Plus Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example HEARTLAND VALUE PLUS FUND (USD $)	Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year	Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years	Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years	Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years
Investor Class Shares	116	362	627	1,385
Institutional Class Shares	91	284	493	1,095

Portfolio Turnover

The Value Plus Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 26% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies of the Value Plus Fund

The Value Plus Fund invests primarily in a concentrated number (generally 40 to 70) of small-capitalization equity securities selected on a value basis. A majority of its assets are generally invested in dividend-paying common stocks. The Fund primarily invests in companies with market capitalizations between $250 million and $4 billion at the time of purchase.

The Fund utilizes Heartland Advisors’ disciplined and time-tested 10 Principles of Value Investing ^TM framework to identify securities with the potential for appreciation and a potential margin of safety to limit downside risk. The 10 Principles of Value Investing™ are: catalyst for recognition, low price in relation to earnings, low price in relation to cash flow, low price in relation to book value, financial soundness, positive earnings dynamics, sound business strategy, capable management and insider ownership, value of the company, and positive technical analysis.

Principal Risks of Investing in the Value Plus Fund

The Value Plus Fund is designed for investors who seek capital appreciation from small company stocks that may produce modest dividend income to the Fund. It is designed for long-term investors who can tolerate the greater investment risk and market volatility associated with smaller companies, but want to manage these risks by investing in companies believed to be undervalued relative to their intrinsic value.

The principal risk of investing in the Value Plus Fund is that its share price and investment return will fluctuate, and you could lose money. Additional principal investment risks of the Fund include:

- Management Risk. The ability of the Fund to meet its investment objective is directly related to Heartland Advisors’ investment strategies for the Fund.

- General Market Risk. The market value of a security may move up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. These fluctuations may cause a security to be worth less than the price originally paid for it, or less than it was worth at an earlier time.

- Equity Market Risk. Common stocks are susceptible to general stock market fluctuations and to volatile increases and decreases in value as market confidence in and perceptions of their issuers change.

- Value-Style Investing Risk. Value stocks can perform differently from the market as a whole and from other types of stocks. Value investments are subject to the risk that their intrinsic value may not be recognized by the broad market.

- SMALLER COMPANY SECURITIES RISK. Equity securities of the smaller companies in which the Fund may invest generally involve a higher degree of risk than investments in the broad-based equity markets. The security prices of smaller companies generally are more volatile than those of larger companies, they generally will have less market liquidity, and they may be more likely to be adversely affected by poor economic or market conditions.

- Limited Portfolio Risk . As the Fund invests in a limited number of stocks, a change in the value of any single holding may have a more pronounced effect on the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) and performance than would be the case if it held more positions. This generally will increase the volatility of the Fund’s NAV and investment return.

An investment in a Fund is not a deposit of a bank, nor insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or any other governmental agency. It is not designed to be a complete investment program, and while you may make money, you can also lose money. Each Fund’s share price will fluctuate.

Past Performance

The following tables show historical performance of the Value Plus Fund and provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. Table I shows how the total returns before taxes for the Fund’s Investor Class Shares have varied from year to year for the past 10 years. Table II shows how the Fund’s average annual total returns compare to those of a securities market index. Performance information for the Institutional Class Shares prior to May 1, 2008 is based on the performance of the Investor Class. Past performance (before and after taxes) does not guarantee future results. Recent performance information for the Fund is available on the Fund’s website at heartlandfunds.com or by calling 1-800-432-7856.

TABLE I Value PLUS Fund - Investor Class Shares - Year-by-Year Total Returns

Best Quarter:	Worst Quarter:
4th Quarter of 2010….17.23%	3rd Quarter of 2011. . . .   -22.84 %

TABLE II Value plus Fund - Average Annual Total Returns [for the periods ended 12/31/14]

Average Annual Total Returns HEARTLAND VALUE PLUS FUND

Average Annual Returns, Label

Average Annual Returns, 1 Year

Average Annual Returns, 5 Years

Average Annual Returns,10 Years

Average Annual Returns, Since Inception

Average Annual Returns, Inception Date

Investor Class Shares

Return Before Taxes

(2.70%)

12.07%

8.27%

11.08%

Oct. 26, 1993

Investor Class Shares After Taxes on Distributions

Return After Taxes on Distributions

4.82%

10.82%

7.07%

9.66%

Oct. 26, 1993

Investor Class Shares After Taxes on Distributions and Sales

Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares

0.24%

9.72%

6.74%

9.11%

Oct. 26, 1993

Institutional Class Shares

Return Before Taxes

(2.45%)

12.38%

8.47%

11.18%

Oct. 26, 1993

Russell 2000® Value Index

Russell 2000 ^® Value Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)

4.22%

14.26%

6.89%

10.32%

Oct. 26, 1993

After-tax returns are calculated using the highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. In addition, after-tax returns are shown only for Investor Class Shares, and after-tax returns for the Institutional Class Shares will vary. The differences in before-tax returns and after-tax returns on distributions and sale of Fund shares are due to adjustments incorporated into the after-tax returns for qualified taxable dividend income and qualifying foreign tax credits.