form11k061808.htm
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
11K
[X] ANNUAL
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
For the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2007
OR
[ ] TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
For
transition period __________ to __________
Commission
File Number: 33-76228
A. Full
title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the
issuer named below:
Heartland
Financial USA, Inc. 2006 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
B. Name of
issuer of the securities held pursuant to the
plan and the address of its principal executive office:
Heartland
Financial USA, Inc.
1398
Central Avenue
Dubuque,
IA 52001
REQUIRED
INFORMATION
The
Heartland Financial USA, Inc. 2006 Employee Stock Purchase Plan is not subject
to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended. Accordingly, the audited financial statements prepared in
accordance with the instructions to Form 11-K are provided as Exhibit 99.1 to
this Form 11-K.
SIGNATURES
The
Plan
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees (or
other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this
annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly
authorized.
HEARTLAND
FINANCIAL USA, INC.
2006
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
BY: /s/
John K. Schmidt
-----------------------------
John K.
Schmidt
Executive
Vice President
Chief
Operating Officer and
Chief
Financial Officer
Date: June
26, 2008
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HEARTLAND
FINANCIAL USA, INC. 2006 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
EXHIBIT
INDEX
TO
ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 11-K
| Exhibit
No. |
Description |
| |
|
| 23 |
Independent
Auditors’ Consent |
| 99.1 |
Financial
Statements |