Kiersten Zaza Botelho - 04 Dec 2025 Form 4 Insider Report for Hercules Capital, Inc. (HTGC)

Role: Chief Legal Officer & CCO
Signature: /s/ /Eileen Bagarella, Attorney-in-Fact for Kiersten Zaza Botelho
Issuer symbol: HTGC
Transactions as of: 04 Dec 2025
Net transactions value: $0
Form type: 4
Filing time: 08 Dec 2025, 16:53:17 UTC
Previous filing: 15 Oct 2025
Next filing: 12 Jan 2026
SEC: View on sec.gov

Reporting Owners (1)

Name	Relationship	Address	Signature	Signature date	CIK
Botelho Kiersten Zaza	Chief Legal Officer & CCO	C/O HERCULES CAPITAL, INC., 31 ST. JAMES AVENUE, SUITE 1005, BOSTON	/s/ /Eileen Bagarella, Attorney-in-Fact for Kiersten Zaza Botelho	08 Dec 2025	0001902313

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Underlying Class	Amount	Exercise Price	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	HTGC	Restricted Stock Units	Award	$0	+10,560	+44%	$0.000000	34,335	04 Dec 2025	Common Stock	0		Direct	F1, F2

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Issuer's common stock.
F2	The Reporting Person received an award of restricted stock units on December 4, 2025 which will vest 100% on December 4, 2032.