Item 8.01 Other Events.

The Board of Directors of Hercules Capital, Inc. (the "Company") appointed Kiersten Zaza Botelho as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer effective January 10, 2022.

From July 2019 to December 2021, Ms. Botelho, age 36, was a vice president and associate general counsel in the Boston office of Bain Capital Credit, LP. At Bain, she advised the private credit and structured credit groups on transactions, offerings and strategic initiatives, with a specific responsibility for Bain's business development company. Prior to Bain, Ms. Botelho was a vice president in the New York legal department of BlackRock, Inc. from May 2017 to June 2019, where she focused on the firm's closed-end funds and business development company. Before BlackRock, she was an associate in the investment management group at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in Boston from September 2013 to March 2017, where she represented public and private investment funds and investment advisers with the structuring and distribution of investment products, and in other regulatory, compliance and governance matters.

Ms. Botelho holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations from Boston University and a Juris Doctor from Boston University School of Law. She is a member of the Massachusetts State Bar.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Botelho and any other persons pursuant to which Ms. Botelho was appointed as the General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of the Company.

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