# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001627218
**File Stem:** 0001627218-26-000006
**Filing Date:** 2026-5
**Character Count:** 7750
**Document Hash:** d0e2ba7bbfe4ccab47987e17cf28351a
**Contains OCR:** False
**Source Format:** 

## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001627218-26-000006.hdr.sgml**: 20260528

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001627218-26-000006

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 3

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 2

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260518

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260528

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260528

**REPORTING-OWNER**: 

**OWNER DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Olson Andrew
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001627218

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 3
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 814-00702
- **FILM NUMBER:** 261033202

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** C/O HERCULES TECHNOLOGY GROWTH CAPITAL
- **STREET 2:** 400 HAMILTON AVENUE, SUITE 310
- **CITY:** PALO ALTO
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 94301
**ISSUER**: 

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

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

**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

## Ex-24

```

POWER OF ATTORNEY

I, Andrew Olson, hereby constitute, appoint, authorize and
designate each of Kiersten Zaza Botelho,Seth H. Meyer,
Harry Pangas and Rachel Harney as my agent and lawful
attorney in fact,with full power of substitution to:
(1)prepare and sign on my behalf, in my capacity as an
officer and/or director of Hercules Capital, Inc.
the Company,Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules thereunder, and to file the same
with the Securities and Exchange Commission and each stock
exchange on which the Company?s stock is listed:
(2)	prepare and sign on my behalf any Form 144 Notice under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and file the same
with the Securities and Exchange Commission; and
(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such
attorney in fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest
of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this
Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such
terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in
suchattorneyinfact?s discretion. The undersigned hereby grants
to such attorneyinfact full power and authority to do and
perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the
rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally
present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorneyinfact, or such attorneyinfact?s substitute or
substitutes,shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request
of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company
assuming, any of the undersigned?s responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, or Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, or Rule 144 promulgated under such Act.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, 5 and
144 with respect to the undersigned?s holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company,unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this
Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 18th day of May.
SIGNED: /s/Andrew Olson
Andrew Olson

```

### UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
**Washington, D.C. 20549**

## FORM 3

### INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

[ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

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| | | |
|:---|:---|:---|
| **1. Name and Address of Reporting Person**<sup>*</sup><br>Olson Andrew<br><sub>(Last) (First) (Middle)</sub><br>C/O HERCULES CAPITAL, INC.<br>1 NORTH B STREET, SUITE 2000<br><sub>(Street)</sub><br>SAN MATEO, CA 94401<br><sub>(City) (State) (Zip)</sub> | **3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol**<br>Hercules Capital, Inc. [ HTGC ] | **5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)**<br>  |
| **2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)**<br>2026-05-18 | **4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer**<br>(Check all applicable)<br>[ ] Director   [ ] 10% Owner<br>[X] Officer (give title below)   [ ] Other (specify below)<br>_Chief Financial Officer_ | **6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)**<br>[X] Form filed by One Reporting Person<br>[ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |

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## Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

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|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. Title of Security | 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned | 3. Ownership Form | 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| Common Stock | 30386.00<sup>(1)</sup> | D |  |

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## Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

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|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. Title of Derivative Security | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities | 3. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities | 4. Conversion or Exercise Price | 5. Ownership Form | 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| 1. Title of Derivative Security | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | 4. Conversion or Exercise Price | 5. Ownership Form | 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| Restricted Stock Units<sup>(2)</sup> | <sup>(2)</sup> | <sup>(2)</sup> | Common Stock | 25756.00 | $0.00 | D |  |

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### Footnotes:

(1) Includes 25,756 shares of an unvested restricted stock award granted on May 15, 2026 pursuant to the 2018 Amended Equity Incentive Plan. The grant vests as to one third of the shares approximately one year after, but not before, the first anniversary of the grant date followed by equal quarterly vestings over approximately two years.

(2) Represents 25,756 units of an unvested restricted stock unit award granted on May 15, 2026 pursuant to the 2018 Amended Equity Incentive Plan. The grant will vest 100% on May 15, 2033.

**Signature:** /s /Kiersten Zaza Botelho, Attorney-in-Fact for Andrew Olson  
**Date:** 2026-05-28

### Remarks:

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v).

** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.

**Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.**