Adage Capital Management, L.P., together with Robert Atchinson and Phillip Gross, reported beneficial ownership of 1,890,000 Class A ordinary shares of Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VIII (CUSIP G44055104), representing 7.61% of the class. The percentage is calculated using 24,821,000 shares outstanding as of March 30, 2026. The filing states those shares are directly held by Adage Capital Partners, L.P., and that shared voting and dispositive power is reported.
Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VIII reports beneficial ownership positions for HC VIII Sponsor LLC, Hennessy Capital Group LLC, Daniel J. Hennessy and Thomas D. Hennessy as of March 31, 2026.
As of that date, HC VIII Sponsor LLC, Hennessy Capital Group LLC and Daniel J. Hennessy each may be deemed beneficial owner of 10,183,515 Class A ordinary shares (approximately 29.7%), calculated using 24,821,000 Class A ordinary shares outstanding as of March 30, 2026. Thomas D. Hennessy may be deemed beneficial owner of 10,933,515 Class A ordinary shares (approximately 31.2%).
Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VIII, a Cayman Islands SPAC, reports its first quarter as a public company with net income of $725,333 for the three months ended March 31, 2026. Results are driven by interest income, as the company has not yet completed a business combination.
General and administrative costs were $498,102, offset by $1,223,435 of interest earned on cash held in the trust account. Following its February 6, 2026 IPO of 24,150,000 units at $10.00 per unit, $241,500,000 of gross proceeds, plus a portion of private placement proceeds, were placed into a U.S. trust account.
As of March 31, 2026, the trust account balance was $242,723,435 and cash outside the trust was $805,607, with working capital of $839,543. Management discloses that limited liquidity raises substantial doubt about the company’s ability to continue as a going concern and plans to address this by completing an initial business combination within the 24‑month completion window.