secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VIII (HCIC)
CIK:        0002099093
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001493152-26-005574
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 1.01, 3.02, 5.02, 5.03, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VIII closes upsized $241.5M IPO, units trade on Nasdaq
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- Priced 24.15M units at $10.00 each, including full exercise of 3.15M over-allotment; gross proceeds $241.5M.
- Each unit consists of one Class A ordinary share and one right to receive 1/12 of a Class A share upon business combination.
- $241.5M deposited into trust account; funds released only upon business combination, redemption, or failure to complete deal within 24 months.
- Sponsor purchased 671,000 private placement units at $10.00 each, generating $6.71M in additional gross proceeds.
- Company to focus on targets in industrial innovation and energy transition sectors; new board of directors appointed.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2099093/000149315226005574/0001493152-26-005574-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2099093/000149315226005574/form8-k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-005574

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