Company: HVIIR
Filing Date: 2025-01-15
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001493152-25-002259
Chunk: 270

Company: Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VII
Filing Date: 2025-01-15
Form: S-1/A
Chunk 270
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                                                                              |     | $ |  86,560 |   |

| (1) | Includes                                                                                    
 up to 875,000 Class B ordinary shares subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment           
 option is not exercised in full or in part by the underwriters (Note 7).                    |
| (2) | On                                                                                          
 January 10, 2025, the Company issued an additional 958,333 founder shares for no additional 
 consideration, resulting in the Sponsor holding a total of 6,708,333 founder shares. All    
 share and per share data has been retrospectively presented.                                |

<div align='center'>The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.</div>

| F-3 |

<div align='center'>HENNESSY CAPITAL INVESTMENT CORP. VII
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE PERIOD FROM SEPTEMBER 27, 2024 (INCEPTION) THROUGH OCTOBER 11, 2024</div>

| Formation,                                                             
 general and administrative costs                                       |     | $ |    15,301 |   |
| Net                                                                    
 loss                                                                   |     | $ |   (15,301 | ) |
| Basic                                                                  
 and diluted weighted average Class B ordinary shares outstanding(1)(2) |     |   | 5,833,333 |   |
| Basic                                                                  
 and diluted net loss per Class B ordinary share                        |     | $ |     (0.00 | ) |

| (1) | Excludes up                                                                                                                  
 to 875,000 Class B ordinary shares subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option is not exercised in full or in part by 
 the underwriters (Note 7).                                                                                                   |
| (2) | On                                                                                                                           
 January 10, 2025, the Company issued an additional 958,333 founder shares for no additional                                  
 consideration, resulting in the Sponsor holding a total of 6,708,333 founder shares. All                                     
 share and per share data has been retrospectively presented.                                                                 |

<div align='center'>The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.</div>

| F-4 |

<div align='center'>HENNESSY CAPITAL INVESTMENT CORP. VII
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDER’S EQUITY
FOR THE PERIOD FROM SEPTEMBER 27, 2024 (INCEPTION) THROUGH OCTOBER 11, 2024</div>

| Balance