Company: HVIIR
Filing Date: 2025-10-23
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001493152-25-019005
Chunk: 4

Company: Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VII
Filing Date: 2025-10-23
Form: 425
Chunk 4
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Registration Statement

As promptly as practicable after the date of the Business Combination Agreement and receipt by the Purchaser of the PCAOB Audit (as defined below), the Purchaser and the Company will prepare and the Purchaser will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a registration statement on Form S-4 (the “Registration Statement”), which will include a prospectus with respect to the Purchaser’s securities to be issued in connection with the Business Combination Agreement and a proxy statement to be distributed to the Purchaser’s shareholders in connection with the Purchaser’s solicitation of proxies for the vote by the Purchaser’s shareholders with respect to the proposed Business Combination with the Company and other matters to be described in the Registration Statement (the “Proxy Statement”).

Representations and Warranties

The Business Combination Agreement contains customary representations and warranties of (a) the Purchaser and Merger Sub and (b) the Company, in each case relating to, among other things, their ability to enter into the Business Combination Agreement and their outstanding capitalization. The representations and warranties of the Purchaser, the Company and Merger Sub will not survive the Closing, and the Business Combination Agreement does not provide for indemnification with respect to any of the representations and warranties of the parties thereto.

Covenants

The Business Combination Agreement contains customary covenants of the parties, including, among others, covenants requiring (i) the parties to conduct their respective businesses in the ordinary course through the Closing Date, (ii) the parties not to solicit, initiate, submit, facilitate, discuss or negotiate with third parties regarding alternative transactions and to comply with certain related restrictions, (iii) the Purchaser and the Company to prepare and the Purchaser to file with the SEC the Registration Statement, and (iv) the Company to deliver to the Purchaser as soon as reasonably practicable following the date of the Business Combination Agreement, but in no event later than December 31, 2025, financial statements of the Company as of and for the period from inception through September 30, 2025 audited in accordance with GAAP and PCAOB standards (the “PCAOB Audit”).

Governance

The Business Combination Agreement provides that, immediately following the Closing, the board of directors of the Purchaser (i) will consist of two (2) directors designated in writing by the Purchaser, reasonably acceptable