Company: HVIIR
Filing Date: 2025-01-13
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001493152-25-001958
Chunk: 288

Company: Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VII
Filing Date: 2025-01-13
Form: S-1/A
Chunk 288
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 the Company may ultimately consummate an initial Business Combination.

Registration Rights

The holders of the founder shares, Private Placement Units and the Class A ordinary shares underlying such Private Placement Units and Private Placement Rights and units that may be issued upon conversion of the Working Capital Loans will have registration rights to require the Company to register a sale of any of the Company’s securities held by them and any other securities of the Company acquired by them prior to the consummation of the initial Business Combination pursuant to a registration rights agreement to be signed prior to or on the effective date of the Proposed Public Offering. The holders of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that the Company registers such securities. In addition, the holders have certain piggyback registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the completion of the initial Business Combination. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.

Underwriters Agreement

The underwriters have a 45-day option from the date of the Proposed Public Offering to purchase up to an additional 2,625,000 units to cover over-allotments, if any.

The underwriters will be entitled to a cash underwriting discount of $0.20 per Unit, or $3,500,000 in the aggregate (or up to $4,025,000 if the over-allotment option is exercised in full). Additionally, the underwriters will be entitled to a deferred underwriting discount of $0.40 per Unit in the base offering, or $7,000,000 in the aggregate (or up to $8,050,000 if the over-allotment option is exercised in full) payable to the underwriters for deferred underwriting commissions on amounts remaining in the Trust Account after all redemptions by public shareholders have been met. The deferred underwriting discount will become payable to the underwriters from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in the event the Company completes its Initial Business Combination.

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<div align='center'>HENNESSY CAPITAL INVESTMENT CORP. VII

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

OCTOBER 11, 2024</div>

Note 7 — Shareholder’s Equity

Preference Shares— The Company is authorized to issue a total of 1,000,000 preference shares at par value of $0.0001 each. At October 11, 2024, there were no preference shares issued or outstanding.

Class A Ordinary Shares— The