Company: HVIIR
Filing Date: 2025-01-13
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001493152-25-001958
Chunk: 196

Company: Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VII
Filing Date: 2025-01-13
Form: S-1/A
Chunk 196
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 by contract, to refrain from engaging directly or indirectly in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as us; and (ii) we renounce any interest or expectancy in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any potential transaction or matter which may be a corporate opportunity for to any director or officer on the one hand, and us, on the other. As a result, the fiduciary, contractual or other obligations or duties of our officers or directors could materially affect our ability to complete our initial business combination.

We are not prohibited from pursuing an initial business combination with a company that is affiliated with members of our management team. In the event we seek to complete our initial business combination with a business that is affiliated with members of our management team, we, or a committee of independent and disinterested directors, will obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm that is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA, or from an independent registered public accounting firm, that such an initial business combination is fair to our company from a financial point of view.

Members of our management team may participate in the formation of, invest in (on behalf of themselves, their affiliates or its and their clients), or become an officer or director of, any other blank check company prior to completion of our initial business combination. As a result, members of our management team could have conflicts of interest in determining whether to present business combination opportunities to us or to any other blank check company with which they may become involved.

Potential investors should also be aware of the following other potential conflicts of interest:

| ● | None                                                                                             
 of our officers or directors is required to commit his or her full time to our affairs and,      
 accordingly, may have conflicts of interest in allocating his or her time among various business 
 activities.                                                                                      |

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 the course of their other business activities, our officers and directors may become aware        
 of investment and business opportunities which may be appropriate for presentation to us          
 as well as the other entities with which they are affiliated. Our management may have conflicts   
 of interest in determining to which entity a particular business opportunity should be presented. 
 Please see “— Directors and Executive Officers” for a description of our                          
 management’s other affiliations.                                                                  |

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 initial shareholders, officers and directors will agree to waive their redemption rights            
 with respect to any founder shares and any public shares held by them in connection with            
 the consummation of our initial business combination. Additionally