---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001280784-26-000035"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HTGC"
cik: "0001280784"
company_name: "Hercules Capital, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-07-24T20:16:12+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-24T20:17:12.426335+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hercules Capital issues $325M of 6.300% Notes due 2031

## Summary
- Issued $325M aggregate principal of 6.300% Notes due July 24, 2031; interest paid semiannually.
- Notes are unsecured, rank pari passu with existing unsecured debt, and structurally subordinated to subsidiary debt.
- Net proceeds to repay outstanding unsecured/secured indebtedness and fund investments.
- Underwriting agreement with Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.
- Offering closed July 24, 2026; registered under Form N-2 (No. 333-283735).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001280784-26-000035
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HTGC
- cik: 0001280784
- company_name: Hercules Capital, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-07-24T20:16:12+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1280784/000128078426000035/0001280784-26-000035-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1280784/000128078426000035/htgc-20260721.htm

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