Company: HVIIR
Filing Date: 2025-12-23
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001493152-25-029121
Chunk: 311

Company: Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VII
Filing Date: 2025-12-23
Form: S-4
Chunk 311
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 Public Shares held by them in favor of HVII’s initial business combination, and HVII’s officers and directors also will agree to vote HVII Public Shares purchased by them (if any) during or after this offering in favor of HVII’s initial business combination (except that any public shares such parties may purchase in compliance with the requirements of Rule 14e-5 under the Exchange Act would not be voted in favor of approving the business combination transaction).

The Business of the Sponsor

HVII’s sponsor is a Nevada limited liability company formed for the purpose of serving as HVII’s sponsor in connection with its search for an initial business combination. The Sponsor has no prior or current involving in other special acquisition companies. The business of the Sponsor is managed by HCG. The roles and responsibilities of the Sponsor and its affiliates are to initiate HVII’s formation through the IPO, to identify, acquire and operate one or more businesses, and to hold security interests in HVII.

The following entities and individuals have a direct or indirect material interest in the Sponsor:

| (i) | Hennessy                                                                      
 Capital Group, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“HCG”) has a direct 
 material interest in HVII’s sponsor as its sole managing member;              |

| (ii) | Daniel                                                                                         
 J. Hennessy has an indirect material interest in the Sponsor as a managing member and majority 
 equity owner of HCG; and                                                                       |

| (iii) | Thomas                                                                                         
 D. Hennessy has an indirect material interest in the Sponsor as a managing member and minority 
 equity owner of HCG.                                                                           |

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<div align='center'>HVII MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS</div>

Overview

HVII is a SPAC organized in the Cayman Islands on September 27, 2024, formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, amalgamation, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more businesses. HVII intends to effectuate its initial business combination using cash derived from the proceeds of the IPO and the sale of the Private Placement Units and any sale of securities in connection with the IPO, its shares, debt or a combination of cash, shares and debt.

The issuance of additional HVII Ordinary Shares in an initial business combination:

| ● | may                                                                                                
 significantly dilute the equity interest of the HVII Public Shareholders, which dilution           
 would increase if the anti