secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Hercules Capital, Inc. (HTGC)
CIK:        0001280784
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001280784-26-000028
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Hercules Q1 NII $0.48/sh, commitments $1.81B (+78% YoY); declares $0.47/sh dividend
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- Record Q1 total investment income $141.5M (+18.4% YoY); NII $88.1M ($0.48/sh), covering 120% of base dividend.
- Total new debt/equity commitments $1.81B (+77.8% YoY); fundings $706.4M (+31% YoY).
- NAV per share $11.90 (-1.9% from Q4); net regulatory leverage 97.8%; GAAP effective yield 12.8%.
- Declared Q1 2026 cash distribution $0.47/sh ($0.40 base + $0.07 supplemental), payable May 21.
- Issued $300M 5.350% unsecured notes due 2029; available liquidity $454.5M.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1280784/000128078426000028/0001280784-26-000028-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1280784/000128078426000028/htgc-20260430.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001280784-26-000028

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