Hercules Capital, Inc. (NYSE:HTGC) Q1 2022 Earnings Conference Call May 5, 2022 5:00 PM ET

Company Participants

Michael Hara – Investor Relations and Corporate Communications

Scott Bluestein – Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer

Seth Meyer – Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Crispin Love – Piper Sander

Kevin F – JMP

Finian O’Shea – Wells Fargo

John Hecht – Jefferies

Ryan Lynch – KBW

Operator

Good day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Hercules Capital Q1 2022 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speakers’ presentation, there will be a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] Please be advised that today’s conference is being recorded. [Operator Instructions]

I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today, Mr. Michael Hara. Mr. Hara, the floor is yours.

Michael Hara

Thank you, Chris. Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to Hercules’ conference call for the first quarter 2022. With us on the call today from Hercules are Scott Bluestein, CEO and Chief Investment Officer; and Seth Meyer, CFO. Hercules first quarter 2022 financial results were released just after today’s market close and can be accessed from Hercules Investor Relations section at htgc.com. We have arranged for a replay of the call at Hercules web page or by using the telephone number and a pass code provided in today’s earnings release.

During this call, we may make forward-looking statements based on current expectations. Actual financial results filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission may differ from those contained herein due to timing delays between the date of this release and in the confirmation and final audit results.

In addition, the statements contained in this release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, the risks and uncertainties, including the uncertainty surrounding the current market turbulence caused by the ongoing pandemic and geopolitical crisis, and other factors we identified from time to time in our filings with the SEC.

Although, we believe that the assumptions on which these forward-looking statements are reasonable, any of those assumptions can prove to be inaccurate, and as a result, the forward-looking statements based on those assumptions also can be incorrect. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements contained in this release are made as of the date hereof, and Hercules assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements or subsequent events. To obtain copies of related SEC filings, please visit our website.