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

Hercules Capital, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On February 16, 2019, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Seth H. Meyer as Chief Financial Officer, effective March 4, 2019. Mr. Meyer, age 50, will serve as both the principal accounting officer and principal financial officer for the Company. He served as the Chief Financial Officer for Swiss Re Corporate Solutions Ltd., a reinsurance company supporting the commercial insurance business, from February 2011 to November 2017 and in a variety of financial-related or tax-related positions from July 2000 to February 2011. Prior to that, Mr. Meyer served as a tax manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP from October 1997 to July 2000. Mr. Meyer also served in various tax-related positions at other companies, including Jackson National Life Insurance Company, KPMG Peat Marwick and Burke & Stegman CPA’s, from January 1990 to October 1997. Mr. Meyer received his Bachelors of Arts in Accounting and his Masters in Business Administration in Professional Accounting from Michigan State University.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Meyer and any other persons pursuant to which Mr. Meyer was selected as an officer of the Company. There are also no family relationships between Mr. Meyer and any director or executive officer of the Company. Mr. Meyer does not have any direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

The Company also issued a press release announcing the appointment of Mr. Meyer. The text of the press release is included as an exhibit to this Form 8-K.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits 

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.