Company: HVIIR
Filing Date: 2025-01-13
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001493152-25-001958
Chunk: 275

Company: Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VII
Filing Date: 2025-01-13
Form: S-1/A
Chunk 275
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 |     | Shareholder’s 
 Equity        |       — |   |
|:------------------------------------------|:----|:----------------|----------:|:----|:-------|----:|:----|:-----------|-------:|:----|:------------|:--------|:--|:----|:--------------|--------:|:--|
| Class                                     
 B ordinary shares issued to Sponsor(1)(2) |     |                 | 6,708,333 |     |        | 671 |     |            | 24,329 |     |             | —       |   |     |               |  25,000 |   |
| Net                                       
 loss                                      |     |                 |         — |     |        |   — |     |            |      — |     |             | (15,301 | ) |     |               | (15,301 | ) |
| Balance                                   
 as of October 11, 2024                    |     |                 | 6,708,333 |     | $      | 671 |     | $          | 24,329 |     | $           | (15,301 | ) |     | $             |   9,699 |   |

| (1) | Includes                                                                                    
 up to 875,000 Class B ordinary shares subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment           
 option is not exercised in full or in part by the underwriters (Note 7).                    |
| (2) | On                                                                                          
 January 10, 2025, the Company issued an additional 958,333 founder shares for no additional 
 consideration, resulting in the Sponsor holding a total of 6,708,333 founder shares. All    
 share and per share data has been retrospectively presented.                                |

<div align='center'>The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.</div>

| F-5 |

<div align='center'>HENNESSY CAPITAL INVESTMENT CORP. VII
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE PERIOD FROM SEPTEMBER 27, 2024 (INCEPTION) THROUGH OCTOBER 11, 2024</div>

| Cash                                                            
 flows from operating activities:                                |     |   |         |   |
|:----------------------------------------------------------------|:----|:--|--------:|:--|
| Net                                                             
 loss                                                            |     | $ | (15,301 | ) |
| Adjustments                                                     
 to reconcile net loss to net