On February 23, 2022, Lynn B. “Butch” Fuller, Executive Operating Chairman of Heartland Financial USA, Inc. announced that he is planning to retire as an HTLF employee at its 2022 Annual Meeting, after five decades of service with HTLF. Mr. Fuller is a member of the HTLF Board of Directors where he is serving a three-year-term. That term ends in 2024 in accordance with their governance structure, and Mr. Fuller has no plans to retire from the HTLF Board prior to the expiration of his current term.