secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Hercules Capital, Inc. (HTGC)
CIK:        0001280784
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-06-18T20:30:39+00:00
Accession:  0001280784-26-000030
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.15
Item codes: 5.07, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Hercules Capital shareholders elect Robert P. Badavas as director, approve equity plan amendments
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- Robert P. Badavas elected Class I independent director until 2029 with 56.4M for, 8.0M against.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved; frequency set at 1 year.
- Amended 2018 Equity Incentive Plan approved: 59.3M for, 4.1M against.
- Amended 2018 Non-Employee Director Plan approved: 59.7M for, 3.6M against.
- PricewaterhouseCoopers ratified as auditor for 2026 with 126.7M for, 1.6M against.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1280784/000128078426000030/0001280784-26-000030-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1280784/000128078426000030/htgc-20260618.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001280784-26-000030

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