Company: HVIIR
Filing Date: 2025-12-23
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001493152-25-029121
Chunk: 274

Company: Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VII
Filing Date: 2025-12-23
Form: S-4
Chunk 274
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 that the Sponsor or HVII’s officers, directors, advisors, or any of their respective affiliates enter into a private purchase, they would identify and contact only potential selling HVII Public Shareholders who have expressed their election to redeem their HVII Public Shares for a pro rata share of the Trust Account or vote against HVII’s initial business combination, but only if such HVII Public Shares have not already been voted at the Extraordinary General Meeting. Such persons would select the HVII Public Shareholders from whom to acquire HVII Public Shares based on the number of HVII Public Shares available, the negotiated price per HVII Public Share and such other factors as any such person may deem relevant at the time of purchase. The price per HVII Public Share paid in any such transaction may be different than, but not higher than, the amount per HVII Public Share a HVII Public Shareholder would receive if it elected to redeem its HVII Public Shares in connection with HVII’s initial business combination. The Sponsor or HVII’s officers, directors, advisors, or any of their respective affiliates will purchase HVII Public Shares only if such purchases comply with Regulation M under the Exchange Act and the other federal securities laws.

Additionally, in the event the Sponsor or HVII’s officers, directors, advisors and/or any of their respective affiliates were to purchase HVII Securities from HVII Public Shareholders, such purchases would be structured in compliance with the requirements of Rule 14e-5 under the Exchange Act including, in pertinent part, through adherence to the following (i) HVII’s registration statement/proxy statement filed for HVII’s initial business combination transaction would disclose the possibility that the Sponsor or HVII’s officers, directors, advisors and/or any of their respective affiliates may purchase HVII Public Shares or HVII Rights from HVII Public Shareholders outside the redemption process, along with the purpose of such purchases; (ii) if the Sponsor or HVII’s officers, directors, advisors and/or any of their respective affiliates were to purchase HVII Public Shares or HVII Rights from HVII Public Shareholders, they would do so at a price no higher than the price offered through HVII’s redemption process; (iii) HVII’s registration statement/proxy statement filed for HVII’s initial business combination would include a representation that any HVII Securities purchased by the Sponsor or HVII’s officers, directors, advisors and/or any of their respective affiliates would not be voted in favor of approving the initial business combination; and (iv) the Sponsor or