Company: HVIIR
Filing Date: 2025-10-23
Form Type: 8-K
Source: 0001493152-25-019001
Chunk: 5

Company: Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VII
Filing Date: 2025-10-23
Form: 8-K
Item: Item 1.01
Chunk 5
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 postpone or adversely affect the Merger or the other Transactions
in any material respect and (b) not to transfer or redeem any Company Units held by them prior to Closing, subject to certain exceptions.

The
foregoing description of the Member Support Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Member Support
Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Report and is incorporated herein by reference.

Sponsor
Support Agreement

On
October 22, 2025, HC VII Sponsor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the existing sponsor of the Purchaser (the “ Sponsor”),
the Company, the Purchaser and certain shareholders of the Purchaser named therein, executed a Sponsor Support Agreement (the “ Sponsor
Support Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, Sponsor
and the other Purchaser shareholders party thereto agreed (a) to vote all of the ordinary shares of Purchaser that they
hold in favor of the Business Combination Agreement, the Transactions and any related actions, and against any other transactions or
proposals intended, or that would reasonably be expected, to prevent, impede, interfere with, delay, postpone or adversely affect
the Transactions in any material respect and (b) not to transfer or redeem any of the ordinary shares or units of the Purchaser
held by them prior to Closing, subject to certain exceptions.

The
foregoing description of the Sponsor Support Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Sponsor Support
Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.2 to this Report and is incorporated herein by reference.

Amended
and Restated Registration Rights Agreement

In
connection with the Closing, the Purchaser, certain of the Purchaser’s shareholders (including Sponsor) and certain of the Company’s
Members will enter into an Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D to the
Business Combination Agreement (the “ Registration Rights Agreement”), which will amend and restate the Purchaser’s
existing registration rights agreement. Pursuant to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, effective upon the Closing, the Purchaser
will, within 30 days after the Closing, file with the SEC (at the Purchaser’s sole cost and expense) a registration statement
(the “ Resale Registration Statement”) registering the resale of certain securities held by or issuable to the Purchaser’s
stockholders