Company: HVIIR
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001641172-25-001741
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Company: Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VII
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
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 funds in the trust account as described below.

On
January 30, 2025, HVII announced that, commencing February 6, 2025, holders of the units sold in its initial public offering may elect
to separately trade the Class A ordinary shares and the share rights included in the units. Those units not separated continued to trade
on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “ HVIIU” and HVII’s Class A ordinary shares and the share rights that were
separated trade under the symbols “ HVII” and “ HVIIR,” respectively.

While
HVII may pursue an acquisition opportunity in any business, industry, sector or geographical location, HVII intends to focus on industries
that complement its management team’s background, and to capitalize on the ability of its management team to identify and acquire
a business, focusing on the industrial technology and energy transition sectors. HVII is seeking to acquire one or more businesses with
an expected aggregate enterprise value of $500 million or greater.

HVII’s
Sponsor

HVII’s
sponsor is a Nevada limited liability company formed for the purpose of serving as HVII’s sponsor in connection with its search
for an initial business combination. The roles and responsibilities of HVII’s sponsor and its affiliates are to initiate HVII’s
formation through an initial public offering, to identify, acquire and operate one or more businesses, and to hold security interests
in HVII.

The
following entities and individuals have a direct or indirect material interest in the sponsor:

  i.        Hennessy                                                                              
  ii.       Daniel                                                                                
  iii.      Thomas                                                                                

Since
2014, HVII’s management team has announced, completed or otherwise served as an advisor to 13 different business combinations with
early- to late-stage industrial products and services companies, industrial technology and energy transition companies on six continents.
HVII’s management team is one of the most experienced SPAC sponsors and is a leader in the SPAC asset class. Below are experiences
HVII’s sponsor, its affiliates, and any of its promoters and HVII’s management have had in organizing SPACs and other SPACs
in which HVII’s sponsor, its affiliates and any of its promoters, and HVII’s management are involved, along with certain
other information:

  Hennessy                                                                                        
  I (2014): SPAC (Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. (“ Hennessy I”)), Target                     
  (Blue Bird Corp. (“