# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001280784
**File Stem:** 0001193125-25-139261
**Filing Date:** 2025-6
**Character Count:** 4094
**Document Hash:** 1628cbb9806f50df7fe76f5effe2c0f6
**Contains OCR:** False
**Source Format:** 

## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-25-139261.hdr.sgml**: 20250611

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-25-139261

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 497AD

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250611

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250611

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Hercules Capital, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001280784

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 743113410
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** MD
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 497AD
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-283735
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251040889

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1 NORTH B STREET
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 2000
- **CITY:** SAN MATEO
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 94401
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 650-289-3060

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1 NORTH B STREET
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 2000
- **CITY:** SAN MATEO
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 94401

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** HERCULES TECHNOLOGY GROWTH CAPITAL INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20040219

**Filed pursuant to Rule 497(a)**<br> **Registration No. 333-283735**<br> **Rule 482ad**<br>

**\*\* New Deal: Hercules Capital, Inc. (HTGC) \*\*** 

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|:---|:---|
| Issuer: | Hercules Capital, Inc. ("HTGC") |
| Format: | SEC Registered |
| Ranking: | Senior Unsecured |
| Expected Ratings (Moody's/Fitch)**\***: | Baa3 (positive) / BBB- (stable) |
| Size: | $300mm |
| Tenor: | 5yr Fixed |
| Maturity Date: | June 16, 2030 |
| IPTs: | T+[ ] bps area |
| Settlement**\*\***: | T+3 (June 16, 2025) |
| Optional Redemption: | Make Whole Call |
| Par Call: | 1 month prior to maturity |
| Change of Control: | Yes, at 100% |
| Active Bookrunners: | GS (B&D), SMBC |
| Use of Proceeds: | To repay outstanding secured indebtedness under existing financing arrangements |
| Denominations: | $2,000 x $1,000 |
| Marketing: | Direct Link:<br> <u>www.netroadshow.com/nrs/home/#!/?show=6d227695</u><br> <u>www.netroadshow.com</u> \| Entry Code: HTGC2025 |
| CUSIP: | 427096 AN2 |
| ISIN: | US427096AN29 |
| Timing: | Today's Business |

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*\** *A rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time*.*** 

*\*\** *Note: Under Rule 15c6-1 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, trades in the secondary market are required to settle in one business day, unless the parties to any such trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade these notes prior to the business day before the delivery of these notes will be required, by virtue of the fact that these notes initially settle in T+3, to specify an alternative arrangement at the time of any such trade to prevent a failed settlement and should consult their own advisors.* 

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