ONE Nuclear Energy LLC
private/Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VIIprivateHennessy Capital VII to merge with ONE Nuclear Energy in $1B deal
Key takeaways
- Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VII acquires ONE Nuclear Energy LLC — $1.0B aggregate (stock).
Deal value
$1.0B
stock
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Announced
Apr 24, 2026
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Acquirer side· Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VII
Legal
- · Jeffrey N. Smith
- · Michael P. Heinz
“Jeffrey N. Smith, Michael P. Heinz, Sidley Austin LLP, One South Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60603, Tel: (312) 853-7000”
Target side· ONE Nuclear Energy LLC
Legal
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
- · Jonathan H. Talcott
- · E. Peter Strand
“Jonathan H. Talcott, E. Peter Strand, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, 101 Constitution Avenue, NW Suite 900, Washington, D.C., 20001, Tel: (202) 689-2800”
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sidley Austin LLP | Legal | Acquirer | 3 | View deals → |
| Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP | Legal | Target | 1 | View deals → |
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Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VII (HVII), a Cayman Islands blank-check company, agreed to merge with ONE Nuclear Energy LLC, an independent developer of large-scale energy solutions using natural gas and advanced nuclear small modular reactor technologies. The aggregate consideration is $1.00 billion in stock (the Base Purchase Price) plus up to 13.0 million earnout shares contingent on share price milestones. Following closing and domestication, HVII will be renamed ONE Nuclear Energy Inc. and ONE Nuclear will become its wholly-owned subsidiary.