Company: HVIIR
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001641172-25-001741
Chunk: 27

Company: Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VII
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
Chunk 27
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 or any of their respective affiliates will select
which shareholders to purchase shares from based on the negotiated price and number of shares and any other factors that they may deem
relevant and will be restricted from purchasing shares if such purchases do not comply with Regulation M under the Exchange Act and the
other federal securities laws.

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HVII’s
management team, sponsor or any of their respective affiliates will be restricted from making purchases of shares if the purchases would
violate Section 9(a)(2) or Rule 10b-5 of the Exchange Act. HVII expects any such purchases would be reported by such person pursuant
to Section 13 and Section 16 of the Exchange Act to the extent such purchasers are subject to such reporting requirements. Additionally,
in the event HVII’s management team, sponsor or any of their respective affiliates were to purchase public shares or share rights
from 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:

  HVII’s                                                                                           
  registration statement/proxy statement filed for its business combination transaction would      
  disclose the possibility that HVII’s management team, sponsor or any of their respective         
  affiliates may purchase shares or share rights from public shareholders outside the redemption   
  process, along with the purpose of such purchases;                                               
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Please
see the section of this Report entitled “ Risk Factors - If HVII seeks shareholder approval of its initial business combination,
HVII’s management team, sponsor or any of their respective affiliates may elect to purchase public shares or share rights from
public shareholders. This may influence a vote on a proposed initial business combination and reduce the public “float” of
HVII’s Class A ordinary shares.

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Redemption
Rights for Public Shareholders Upon Completion of HVII’s Initial Business Combination

HVII
will provide its public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their public shares upon the completion of its
initial business combination at a per share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account
as of two business days prior to the consummation of its initial business