Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders Form 8 K

On August 15, 2024, Hercules Capital (the "Company") reconvened its 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting"), which was initially held on June 20, 2024 and adjourned to August 15, 2024 with respect to Proposal 3. As of April 19, 2024, the record date for the Annual Meeting, 162,177,712 shares of the Company's common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote.

The following matter was submitted at the reconvened Annual Meeting to stockholders for consideration:

Stockholders authorized the Company to sell or issue shares of its common stock at a price below its then-current NAV per share, subject to the conditions set forth in Proposal 3. Detailed results of this vote are below. The results of the votes held on June 20, 2024 were previously reported on the Company's Current Report on Form 8-Kfiled with the Commission on June 21, 2024.