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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-065459"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HTGC"
cik: "0001280784"
company_name: "Hercules Capital, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-10-08T20:19:12+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T15:27:58.310465+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hercules Capital prices $400M 6.700% notes due 2029; proceeds to repay debt

## Summary
- $400M aggregate principal of 6.700% Notes due 2029; semiannual interest April 8 and October 8, commencing April 8, 2027; maturity October 8, 2029.
- Underwriting agreement dated October 5, 2026 with Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. as representatives; transaction closed October 8, 2026.
- Net proceeds to repay outstanding unsecured and/or secured indebtedness under financing arrangements, fund investments, and other general corporate purposes.
- Notes are unsecured, rank senior to subordinated debt, not guaranteed by subsidiaries, and redeemable at par plus make-whole premium.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-065459
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HTGC
- cik: 0001280784
- company_name: Hercules Capital, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-10-08T20:19:12+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1280784/000162828026065459/0001628280-26-065459-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1280784/000162828026065459/htgc-20261005.htm

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