汉尼西资本投资公司第八期A类2026年季度报告

FORM 10-Q (MARK ONE) For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2026 OR HENNESSY CAPITAL INVESTMENT CORP. VIII (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the SecuritiesExchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submittedpursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smallerreporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period forcomplying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes☒No☐ As of May 11, 2026, there were 24,821,000 Class A ordinary shares, and 10,692,515 Class B ordinary shares issued and outstanding. PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION Commitments and Contingencies (Note 6)Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption; 24,150,000 and no (1)As of December 31, 2025, includes an aggregate of up to 1,365,430 Class B ordinary shares subject to forfeiture by the holdersthereof depending on the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment option was exercised (Note 5). On February 6, 2026,the Company consummated the Initial Public Offering (as defined below) and sold 24,150,000 Units, including 3,150,000 Units (2)On February 4, 2026, the Company, through a share dividend, issued 1,782,086 Class B ordinary shares to the initial shareholders,resulting in the initial shareholders holding an aggregate of 10,692,515 Class B ordinary shares. All shares and per-share amounts The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensed financial statements. HENNESSY CAPITAL INVESTMENT CORP. VIIICONDENSED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS HENNESSY CAPITAL INVESTMENT CORP. VIIICONDENSED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS Note 1 — Organization and Business Operations Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VIII (the “Company”) is a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islandsexempted company on July 15, 2025. The Company was incorporated for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, assetacquisition,share purchase,reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses(the“Business As of March 31, 2026, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity for the period from July 15, 2025(inception) through March 31, 2026 relates to the Company’s formation, its initial public offering (the “Initial Public Offering”), whichis described below, and subsequent to the Initial Public Offering, identifying a target company for an initial Business Combination.The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of its initial Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company’s sponsor is HC VIII Sponsor LLC (the “Sponsor”). The registration statement for the Company’s InitialPublic Offering was declared effective on February 4, 2026. On February 6, 2026, the Company consummated the Initial PublicOffering of 24,150,000 units (the “Units”), which includes the full exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option of3,150,000 Units, at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $241,500,000. Each Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share and Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the sale of an aggregate of 671,000private placement units to the Sponsor (each a “Private Placement Unit”, collectively the “Private Placement Units”) at a price of$10.00 per Private Placement Unit, generating gross proceeds of $6,710,000. Each Private Placement Unit consists of one Class A Transaction costs of the Initial Public Offering amounted to $10,611,812, consisting of $4,830,000 of cash underwriting fees,$4,830,000 of deferred underwriting fees, and $951,812 of other offering costs. The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the InitialPublic Offering and the Private Placement Units, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be generally applied The Company’s initial Business Combination must be with one or more target businesses that together have a fair marketvalue equal to at least 80% of the net balance in the Trust A