Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VIII 10-Q

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures Disclosure controls are procedures that are designed with the objective of ensuring that information required to be disclosed in HCIC’s reports filed under the Exchange Act, such as this Quarterly Report, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time period specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls are also designed with the objective of ensuring that such information is accumulated and communicated to HCIC’s management, including the chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. HCIC’s management evaluated, with the participation of HCIC’s current chief executive officer and chief financial officer (HCIC’s “Certifying Officers”), the effectiveness of HCIC’s disclosure controls and procedures as of June 30, 2026, pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b) under the Exchange Act. Based upon that evaluation, HCIC’s Certifying Officers concluded that, as of June 30, 2026, HCIC’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective. HCIC does not expect that its disclosure controls and procedures will prevent all errors and all instances of fraud. Disclosure controls and procedures, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the disclosure controls and procedures are met. Further, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all disclosure controls and procedures, no evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures can provide absolute assurance that HCIC has detected all of HCIC’s control deficiencies and instances of fraud, if any. The design of disclosure controls and procedures also is based partly on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting There were no changes in HCIC’s internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) during the most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, HCIC’s internal control over financial reporting. 20 PART II - OTHER INFORMATION ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS To the knowledge of HCIC’s management, there is no litigation currently pending against HCIC, any of HCIC’s officers or directors in their capacity as such or against any of HCIC’s property.