Company: HVIIR
Filing Date: 2025-01-15
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001493152-25-002259
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Company: Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VII
Filing Date: 2025-01-15
Form: S-1/A
Chunk 22
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 the consumer and industrial economy here in the United States and internationally. Second, according to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, the United States has and produces the most abundant, most versatile source of energy in the form of natural gas at a cost of approximately 25% when compared to natural gas prices in the European Union and Asia. Finally, U.S. Federal Government programs, most notably programs under the CHIPS and Science Act and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 – representing over $750 billion in estimated combined spending according to McKinsey – have contributed to the acceleration of reshoring/onshoring, or supply chain repatriation and localized manufacturing strategy, and what we call an industrial/manufacturing renaissance in the United States as shown below: Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Our Acquisition Criteria Consistent with this strategy, we have identified the following general criteria and guidelines that we believe are important in evaluating prospective target businesses. We will use these criteria and guidelines in evaluating acquisition opportunities, but we may decide to enter into our initial business combination with a target business that does not meet these criteria and guidelines.

| ● | Expected                                                                                                                               
 $500 Million+ Target Business Size. We will seek to acquire one or more businesses with an expected aggregate enterprise value         
 of $500 million or greater, determined at the sole discretion of our officers and directors according to reasonably accepted valuation 
 standards and methodologies.                                                                                                           |

| ● | Large                                                                                                                               
 Addressable Market. We will target companies that operate in large addressable markets within industrial technology and energy      
 transition sectors. We believe our management team and our board are skilled in analyzing and evaluating companies in these markets 
 based on their significant past SPAC execution, investing, and operating experience.                                                |

| ● | Scalable                                                                                                                         
 and Sustainable Growth Platform. We intend to focus on segments and businesses within our target sectors that are poised for     
 scalable, sustainable growth due to shifting customer preferences in favor of products and technologies that enable improvements 
 in automation, efficiency, safety, and customer experience.                                                                      |

| ● | Strong                                                                                                                                 
 Competitive Positioning and Differentiated Technology. We plan to focus on attractive companies with distinct intellectual property    
 and highly defensible, differentiated technology aimed at solving critical challenges in their areas of focus. Companies with unique   
 and disruptive platforms and product offerings, including technology innovators, will be at the forefront of our evaluation process.   
 Our management team and our board have extensive operational, commercial and transactional experience with technology-driven companies 
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