Company: HVIIR
Filing Date: 2025-01-13
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001493152-25-001958
Chunk: 199

Company: Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VII
Filing Date: 2025-01-13
Form: S-1/A
Chunk 199
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 shares. Such shares will automatically convert    
 into Class A ordinary shares at the time of our initial business combination, or at any time prior thereto at the option of the holder    
 thereof, on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment, as described in the section entitled “Description of Securities.”                 |
| (3) | HC                                                                                                                                        
 VII Sponsor LLC is the record holder of the shares reported herein. Hennessy Capital Group LLC is the sole manager of our sponsor.        
 Daniel J. Hennessy, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Thomas D. Hennessy, our President, Chief Operating Officer and a        
 director, are the sole managing members of Hennessy Capital Group LLC. Consequently, each of Mr. Daniel Hennessy and Mr. Thomas Hennessy  
 may be deemed the beneficial owner of securities held by our sponsor and have shared voting and dispositive control over such securities. 
 Each of Mr. Daniel Hennessy and Mr. Thomas Hennessy disclaims beneficial ownership over any securities owned by our sponsor in which      
 he does not have any pecuniary interest.                                                                                                  |
| (4) | Mr. Thomas D. Hennessy is the record holder of 750,000                                                                                    
 of the Class B ordinary shares reported herein.                                                                                           |

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Upon the completion of this offering, our initial shareholders will beneficially own 25.0% of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares (excluding the private placement shares). Our initial shareholders will have the right to elect all of our directors prior to the consummation of our initial business combination and to vote to continue our company in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands prior to the completion of our initial business combination as a result of holding all of the founder shares. In addition, because of this ownership block, our initial shareholders may be able to effectively influence the outcome of all matters requiring approval by our shareholders, including amendments to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association and approval of significant corporate transactions, including our initial business combination. If we increase or decrease the size of this offering, we will effect a capitalization or share repurchase or redemption or other appropriate mechanism, as applicable, with respect to our Class B ordinary shares immediately prior to the consummation of the offering in such amount as to maintain the ownership of our initial shareholders at 25.0% of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares upon the consummation of this offering. Our public shareholders may incur material dilution due to such anti-d