Company: HYAC-WT
Filing Date: 2025-07-01
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-064707
Chunk: 63

Company: Haymaker Acquisition Corp. 4
Filing Date: 2025-07-01
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 63
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 I Directors named below be appointed as a Class I Director for a three-year term expiring at our 2028 Annual Meeting or until such director’s successor is duly elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier death, resignation, disqualification or removal. Shares represented by proxies will be voted “FOR” the appointment of each of the Class I Directors named below, unless the proxy is marked to withhold authority to so vote. If any nominee for any reason is unable to serve or for good cause will not serve, the proxies may be voted for such substitute nominee as the proxy holder might determine. Each nominee has consented to being named in this Proxy Statement and to serve if appointed. Proxies may not be voted for more than two directors. Shareholders may not cumulate votes for the appointment of directors. Nominees to Our Board The nominees and their ages, occupations and lengths of service on our Board as of the date of this Proxy Statement are provided in the table below and in the additional biographical descriptions set forth in the text below the table.

| Name                  | ​ | ​ | Age |   |    |   | ​ | ​ | Position                      | ​ | ​ | DirectorSince |   |      |   | ​ |
| Brian Shimko(1)(2)(3) | ​ | ​ | ​   | ​ | 39 | ​ | ​ | ​ | Director and Director Nominee | ​ | ​ | ​             | ​ | 2023 | ​ | ​ |

(1) Member of the Audit Committee (2) Member of the Compensation Committee (3) Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Brian Shimko, who has served as one of our directors since July 2023, has served as a General Partner at Maywic Select Investments since 2017 as well as principal of Comm Investments, a diversified investment firm he founded, since 2016. Mr. Shimko has over 15 years of experience investing in acquisition candidates, completing due diligence, financial modeling, and deal structuring. Also, his experience spans evaluating, executing and monitoring public, private, and venture capital investments. He has served on the board of Hungry Harvest Inc., a privately held food distribution company, since 2024, Fortis Security Products, LLC., a privately held banking infrastructure company, since 2018, and Lake Ridge Academy, a private school located in North Ridgeville, Ohio, since 2017. Previously, Mr. Shimko served as the director of The Sill,