Company: HVIIR
Filing Date: 2025-12-23
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001493152-25-029121
Chunk: 182

Company: Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VII
Filing Date: 2025-12-23
Form: S-4
Chunk 182
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 ONE Nuclear amended the LOI to extend the exclusivity period until October 24, 2025.

Between October 17, 2025 and October 22, 2025, representatives of Sidley and Nelson Mullins participated in numerous conference calls and exchanged multiple drafts of the Business Combination Agreement, Sponsor Support Agreement, form of A&R Registration Rights Agreement and form of Lock-Up Agreement. The final material points negotiated in the Business Combination Agreement included: (i) setting December 31, 2025 as the deadline for delivery of ONE Nuclear’s PCAOB audited financial statements and (ii) extending the outside date to April 30, 2025.

On October 21, 2025, Teneo conducted a commercial due diligence call with Rolls-Royce SMR.

On October 22, 2025, the HVII Board met and representatives from CCM, Teneo, Lockton and Sidley provided final due diligence updates, and HVII’s management team discussed the final updates to the investor presentation. At the meeting, Sidley also presented to the HVII Board the proposed final terms of the Business Combination Agreement, including forms of the A&R Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement, Sponsor Support Agreement and Member Support Agreement, and upon conclusion of the presentation, the HVII Board (including all independent directors) unanimously approved and adopted the proposed Business Combination Agreement, Sponsor Support Agreement, Member Support Agreement and all other transactions and transaction documents contemplated thereby.

Later on October 22, 2025, the parties executed the Business Combination Agreement, the Sponsor Support Agreement and the Member Support Agreement.

Before the market opened on October 23, 2025, HVII and ONE Nuclear issued a joint press release announcing the parties’ entrance into the agreements. Shortly afterwards, HVII filed a Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC, which included the joint press release, the investor presentation, the Business Combination Agreement (and related exhibits), Sponsor Support Agreement and Member Support Agreement.

On November 14, 2025, HVII
signed an engagement letter with CCM to formalize its engagement of CCM in connection with the Business Combination, pursuant to which
CCM agreed to act as a non-exclusive financial advisor in connection with HVII’s initial business combination (including the Business
Combination) and capital markets advisor and placement agent in connection with any private placement of equity, debt or convertible
securities or other capital raising transaction by HVII (including the PIPE Investment). As compensation for CCM