UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE ~~SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934~~

~~Date of~~SECURITIES ~~Report~~EXCHANGE ~~(Date~~ACT ofOF ~~earliest event reported): January 21, 2025~~1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 30, 2025

Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VII

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Cayman Islands

001-42479

98-1813620

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

195 US Hwy 50, Suite 309

Zephyr Cove, Nevada ~~89448~~ ~~(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)~~89448

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (775) 339-1671

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share and one right	HVIIU	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share	HVII	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Rights, each right entitling the holder to receive one-twelfth (1/12) of one Class A ordinary share upon the consummation of an initial business combination	HVIIR	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 8.01. Other Events.

AsOn ~~previously disclosed, on~~ January 2130, 2025, Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VII, ~~a Cayman Islands exempted company~~ (the “Company”) announced that, ~~consummated~~ ~~its~~commencing ~~initial~~on ~~public~~February ~~offering~~6, 2025, (the ~~“IPO”)~~holders of ~~19.0~~units ~~million~~issued ~~units~~in the Company’s initial public offering (the “Units”), ~~which included~~each ~~1.5~~consisting ~~million~~of one ~~Units~~Class ~~sold~~A ~~pursuant~~ordinary toshare ~~the partial exercise~~ of the ~~Underwriters’~~Company, ~~(as~~par ~~defined~~value ~~below) over-allotment option~~$0. ~~Each~~0001 ~~Unit~~per ~~consists of one Class A ordinary~~ share (the “Class A ~~ordinary~~Ordinary ~~share~~Share”), and one right to receive one-twelfth (1/12) of one Class A ordinary share upon the consummation of the Company’s initial business combination. (the “Share Right”), may elect to separately trade the Class A Ordinary Share and Share Right included in the Units. The Class A Ordinary Shares and the Share Rights are expected to trade on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbols “HVII” and “HVIIR,” respectively. Any Units ~~were~~not ~~sold~~separated atwill acontinue ~~price~~to trade on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “HVIIU.” Holders of ~~$10.00~~Units ~~per~~will ~~Unit~~need to have their brokers contact Odyssey Transfer and Trust Company, ~~generating~~the ~~gross~~Company’s ~~proceeds~~transfer agent, in order to separate the ~~Company~~Units ofinto ~~$190.0~~Class ~~million~~A Ordinary Shares and Share Rights.

~~Simultaneously~~A ~~with~~copy ~~the closing~~ of the ~~IPO~~press onrelease ~~January~~issued ~~21,~~by ~~2025,~~ the Company ~~completed~~announcing the ~~private~~separate ~~placement~~trading ~~and sale~~ of ~~an aggregate of 690,000 private placement units (~~the ~~“Private~~Class ~~Placement~~A ~~Units”)~~Ordinary atShares aand ~~price of $10.00 per Private Placement Unit, generating gross proceeds to~~ the ~~Company~~Share ofRights ~~$6.9 million. Of the 690,000 Private Placement Units, 500,000 Private Placement Units were purchased by HC~~included ~~VII~~in ~~Sponsor LLC,~~ the ~~Company’s sponsor, and an aggregate of 190,000 Private Placement~~ Units ~~were~~is ~~purchased~~attached byhereto ~~the~~as ~~underwriters of~~Exhibit ~~the IPO (collectively, the “Underwriters”): Cohen & Company Capital Markets, a division of J~~99.V1.~~B Financial Group, LLC (133,000); Clear Street LLC (28,500); and Loop Capital Markets LLC (28,500).~~

AItem ~~total of $190~~9.~~0 million of the net proceeds from the IPO and the sale of the Private Placement Units (which amount includes the Underwriters’ deferred underwriting discounts and commissions of up to $7~~01.6 ~~million)~~Financial ~~was~~Statements ~~deposited into a segregated trust account (the “Trust Account”) located in the United States, with Odyssey Transfer~~ and ~~Trust Company acting as trustee~~Exhibits. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account that may be released to the Company to pay its taxes (other than excise taxes, if any) and to fund its working capital requirements, subject to an annual limit of 5.0% of the interest earned, and up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses, the funds held in the Trust Account will not be released from the Trust Account until the earliest of: (1) the completion of the Company’s initial business combination; (2) the redemption of any Class A ordinary shares sold as part of the Units in the IPO (the “public shares”) properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to amend the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (i) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to provide for the redemption of the Company’s public shares in connection with the Company’s initial business combination or to redeem 100% of the public shares if the Company has not consummated an initial business combination within 24 months from the closing of the IPO (the “Completion Window”) or (ii) with respect to any other provision relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity; and (3) the redemption of all of the public shares if the Company is unable to complete an initial business combination within the Completion Window, subject to applicable law.

An audited balance sheet as of January 21, 2025 reflecting receipt of the proceeds upon consummation of the IPO and the sale of the Private Placement Units has been issued by the Company and is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01. Financial Statement and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

The following exhibits are being filed herewith:

Exhibit Number		Description
99.1		Press Release, dated January 30, 2025
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

	Exhibit No.		Description
	99.1		Audited Balance Sheet as of January 21, 2025.
	104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VII

	By:	/s/ Nicholas Geeza
	Name:	Nicholas Geeza
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

Dated: January 2730, 2025

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