---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001280784-26-000046"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HTGC"
cik: "0001280784"
company_name: "Hercules Capital, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-09-17T20:16:43+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-17T20:18:10.634130+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hercules Capital appoints Alfred B. Fichera as independent director

## Summary
- Board expanded from 7 to 8; Fichera elected Class I director, term expiring 2029.
- Fichera will serve on Audit Committee; ex-KPMG global head of alternative investments (1982-2019).
- No interested-person or transaction disclosures; qualifies as NYSE independent director.
- Fichera entitled to standard non-employee director retainer and restricted stock awards.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001280784-26-000046
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HTGC
- cik: 0001280784
- company_name: Hercules Capital, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-09-17T20:16:43+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1280784/000128078426000046/0001280784-26-000046-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1280784/000128078426000046/htgc-20260917.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001280784-26-000046
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001280784-26-000046.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001280784-26-000046.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Alfred B. Fichera was elected as independent director at Hercules Capital, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: independent director
  source text: On September 17, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Hercules Capital, Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board from seven to eight directors and elected Alfred B. Fichera as an independent director of the Company to fill the vacancy created by the increase.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1280784/000128078426000046/0001280784-26-000046-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.