Kiersten Zaza Botelho - 08 Jan 2026 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: 08 Jan 2026
Net transactions value: +$624,994
Form type: 4
Filing time: 12 Jan 2026, 16:27:47 UTC
Previous filing: 08 Dec 2025
Next filing: 13 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	12 Jan 2026	0001902313

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	HTGC	Common Stock	Award	$624,994	+34,265	+53%	$18.24	98,368	08 Jan 2026	Direct	F1

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

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	Restricted stock issued as a grant pursuant to the Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan and subject to forfeiture restrictions of one-third vesting on the one year anniversary of the grant date followed by quarterly vesting over the following 24 months.