UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 13, 2017

Hercules Capital, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (650) 289-3060

Not Applicable

(Former name or address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter)

Emerging growth company  ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

Item 5.07

On December 13, 2017, Hercules Capital, Inc., a Maryland corporation, (the “Company”), held its 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). As of October 30, 2017, the record date for the Annual Meeting, 84,162,661 shares of the Company’s common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote. The following matters were submitted at the Annual Meeting, including any adjournments thereof, to the stockholders for consideration to:

Robert P. Badavas and Jorge Titinger were each elected to serve as a director for the term specified above, or until their successor is elected and qualified, and proposals 2, 3 and 4 were approved by the Company’s stockholders. The detailed voting results of the shares voted with regards to each of these matters are as follows:

Continuing directors are as follows: Manuel A. Henriquez, Joseph F. Hoffman, Thomas J. Fallon, Doreen Woo Ho, Brad Koenig and Allyn C. Woodward.

The Company’s named executive officer compensation was approved.

The frequency of one year was approved.

The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers was ratified.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.