secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VIII (HCIC)
CIK:        0002099093
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-12T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001493152-26-006405
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Hennessy Capital VIII closes $241.5M IPO and $6.71M private placement; trust funded
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- IPO of 24.15M units at $10/unit closed Feb 6, 2026; includes full overallotment exercise of 3.15M units.
- Private placement of 671,000 units to sponsor HC VIII Sponsor LLC at $10/unit, gross $6.71M.
- Net proceeds $241.5M deposited in trust; deferred underwriting fee $4.83M.
- Audited balance sheet: cash $1.25M, trust $241.5M, shareholders' deficit $3.97M (accumulated deficit).
- Company has 24 months from IPO to complete an initial business combination.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2099093/000149315226006405/0001493152-26-006405-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2099093/000149315226006405/form8-k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-006405

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