Company: HVIIR
Filing Date: 2025-10-23
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001493152-25-019005
Chunk: 8

Company: Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VII
Filing Date: 2025-10-23
Form: 425
Chunk 8
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 postpone or adversely affect the Transactions in any material respect and (b) not to transfer or redeem any of the ordinary shares or units of the Purchaser held by them prior to Closing, subject to certain exceptions.

The foregoing description of the Sponsor Support Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Sponsor Support Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.2 to this Report and is incorporated herein by reference.

Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement

In connection with the Closing, the Purchaser, certain of the Purchaser’s shareholders (including Sponsor) and certain of the Company’s Members will enter into an Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D to the Business Combination Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), which will amend and restate the Purchaser’s existing registration rights agreement. Pursuant to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, effective upon the Closing, the Purchaser will, within 30 days after the Closing, file with the SEC (at the Purchaser’s sole cost and expense) a registration statement (the “Resale Registration Statement”) registering the resale of certain securities held by or issuable to the Purchaser’s stockholders party thereto (“Registration Rights Holders”), and the Purchaser will use its reasonable best efforts to have the Resale Registration Statement declared effective as soon as reasonably practicable after the filing thereof. In certain circumstances, the Registration Rights Holders can demand underwritten offerings and will be entitled to certain customary piggyback registration rights, in each case subject to certain limitations set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement, provided, that the Purchaser is not obligated to effect more than an aggregate of three (3) underwritten offerings.

The foregoing description of the form of Registration Rights Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form of Registration Rights Agreement, a copy of which is included as Exhibit D to the Business Combination Agreement, filed as Exhibit 2.1 to this Report, and incorporated herein by reference.

Lock-Up Agreements

In connection with the Closing, certain of the Purchaser’s shareholders (including Sponsor) and the Company’s Members will enter into Lock-Up Agreements with the Purchaser substantially in the form attached as Exhibit E to the Business Combination Agreement (each a “Lock-up Agreement”). Each Lock-Up Agreement will provide that the securities held by such stockholder of the Purchaser will be subject to transfer restrictions (subject to certain customary exceptions) for the period commencing on the Closing Date and