Company: HVIIR
Filing Date: 2025-10-23
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001493152-25-019005
Chunk: 9

Company: Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VII
Filing Date: 2025-10-23
Form: 425
Chunk 9
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 ending on the earliest to occur of: (x) the six month anniversary of the Closing Date, (y) such date that the reported last sale price of the Common Stock equals or exceeds $11.00 per share for any twenty (20) trading days within any thirty (30) consecutive trading day period commencing after the Closing, and (z) the date after the Closing on which the Purchaser consummates a liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction with an unaffiliated third party that results in all of the Purchaser’s shareholders having the right to exchange their shares of Common Stock for cash, securities or other property.

The foregoing description of the form of Lock-Up Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form of Lock-Up Agreement, a copy of which is included as Exhibit B to the Merger Agreement, filed as Exhibit 2.1 to this Report, and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On October 23, 2025, the Purchaser and the Company issued a joint press release announcing the execution of the Business Combination Agreement. The press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.

Furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.2 and incorporated herein by reference is an investor presentation that the Purchaser and the Company have prepared for use in connection with the Business Combination Agreement.

The foregoing (including Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2) and the information set forth therein are being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 and shall not be deemed to be filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise be subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall they be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.

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Important Information for Investors and Stockholders

In connection with the proposed business combination, HVII intends to file the Registration Statement, which will include the Proxy Statement. After the SEC declares the Registration Statement effective, HVII plans to file the definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC and to mail copies to shareholders of HVII as of a record date to be established for voting on the proposed business combination.

This Report does not contain all the information that should be considered concerning the proposed business combination and is not a substitute for the Registration Statement, Proxy Statement or for any other document that HV