Hercules Capital (HTGC) closes $325 million notes offering at 6.300%, due 2031
In focus for HTGC: Hercules Capital, Inc. closed a $325 million unsecured notes offering on July 24, 2026, printing a 6.300% coupon on paper that matures July 24, 2031. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and SMBC Nikko Securities…
In focus for HTGC: Hercules Capital, Inc. closed a $325 million unsecured notes offering on July 24, 2026, printing a 6.300% coupon on paper that matures July 24, 2031. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. served as representatives of the underwriting syndicate, with the deal pricing under the company's shelf registration on Form N-2.
The deal structure
The company entered an Eleventh Supplemental Indenture with U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee, amending the base indenture originally dated March 6, 2012. Semiannual interest payments begin January 24, 2027, then repeat each July 24 thereafter. Hercules retains call optionality, able to redeem the notes in whole or in part at par plus a make-whole premium at any point before the 2031 maturity date.
On the capital structure, the notes rank as unsecured obligations senior in right of payment to any existing or future debt expressly subordinated to them. They sit pari passu with the company's other non-subordinated liabilities. Secured debt outranks them to the extent of pledged collateral, and obligations at the subsidiary or financing-vehicle level rank structurally ahead. No subsidiary guarantee attaches to the offering.
The Indenture also carries covenants requiring compliance with Sections 18(a)(1)(A) and 18(a)(1)(B) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as modified by Section 61(a), with those obligations persisting even if Hercules were to lose its 1940 Act status.
Proceeds and registration
Hercules Capital said it expects net proceeds to go toward retiring existing unsecured or secured borrowings, funding new portfolio investments in line with its investment objectives, and general corporate purposes. The notes were offered under shelf registration statement Form N-2 (Registration No. 333-283735), originally filed with the SEC on December 11, 2024. The preliminary prospectus supplement carried a July 21, 2026 date; the final supplement was filed with the SEC on July 23, 2026.
What to watch
Hercules Capital already carries NYSE-listed debt on the tape. The 6.25% Notes due 2033 trade under the symbol HCXY, making the new 6.300% Notes due 2031 a shorter-dated addition to that fixed-income shelf. How the market prices relative value between the two issues will be the first legible signal on how investors are reading credit duration inside the HTGC capital stack. The definitive Eleventh Supplemental Indenture and form of global note are on file with the SEC as exhibits to the July 24, 2026 Form 8-K.