---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-017606"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HTGC"
cik: "0001280784"
company_name: "Hercules Capital, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-01-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T07:04:41.639972+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Brad Koenig resigns from Hercules Capital board to accept federal government role

## Summary
- Brad Koenig notified the Board on Jan 26, 2023; resignation effective Jan 27, 2023.
- He resigned to accept a position with the federal government, a condition of his new role.
- Resignation was not due to any disagreement with management or the Board.
- Koenig served as a Class II director and on Audit and Compensation Committees.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-017606
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HTGC
- cik: 0001280784
- company_name: Hercules Capital, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-01-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1280784/000119312523017606/0001193125-23-017606-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1280784/000119312523017606/d442589d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-017606
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-017606.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-017606.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Brad Koenig resigned as Director at Hercules Capital, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On January 26, 2023, director Brad Koenig notified the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hercules Capital, Inc. (the “Company”) of his decision to accept a position with the federal government and, as a consequence, resign from his position as a member of the Board, effective as of the close of business on January 27, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1280784/000119312523017606/0001193125-23-017606-index.htm

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