Company: HVIIR
Filing Date: 2025-01-15
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001493152-25-002259
Chunk: 198

Company: Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VII
Filing Date: 2025-01-15
Form: S-1/A
Chunk 198
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 our completion of a liquidation, merger, stock exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction which results in all of our public shareholders having the right to exchange their Class A ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property subsequent to the completion of the initial business combination; (i) to a nominee or custodian of a person or entity to whom a disposition or transfer would be permissible under clauses (a) through (h) above; provided, however, that in the case of clauses (a) through (e) and (i), these permitted transferees must enter into a written agreement agreeing to be bound by the transfer restrictions herein and the other restrictions contained in the letter agreement.

Registration Rights

The holders of the founder shares, private placement units, private placement units that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans (and the Class A ordinary shares and Share Rights underlying any private placement units and the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of the founder shares) and their permitted transferees will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement to be signed prior to or on the effective date of this offering requiring us to register such securities for resale (in the case of the founder shares, only after conversion to Class A ordinary shares). The holders of these securities, having at least $25 million in the aggregate, will collectively be entitled to demand, excluding short form registration demands, that we register such securities. The holders of these securities, having at least $25 million in the aggregate, will be entitled to make up to three demands for underwritten offerings, excluding short form demands, that we register such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to our completion of our initial business combination and rights to require us to register for resale such securities pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act. Pursuant to such registration rights agreement, we will agree that, within 30 days after the consummation of an initial business combination, we will file with the SEC a registration statement registering the resale or other disposition of such securities. We will use our commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective by the SEC as soon as reasonably practicable after the initial filing of the registration statement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the underwriters may only make a demand on one occasion and only during the five-year period beginning on the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. In addition, the underwriters may participate in a “