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      <securitiesClassTitle>Common Stock</securitiesClassTitle>
      <eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>09/30/2026</eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>
      <issuerInfo>
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        <issuerName>Haymaker Acquisition Corp V</issuerName>
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          <ns1:street1>515 NORTH FLAGLER DRIVE</ns1:street1>
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          <ns1:city>WEST PALM BEACH</ns1:city>
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      <reportingPersonName>BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA</reportingPersonName>
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        <filingPersonName>BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA</filingPersonName>
        <principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>40 TEMPERANCE STREET
TORONTO, Ontario, Canada
M5H 0B4</principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>
        <citizenship>BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA - CANADA (FEDERAL LEVEL)</citizenship>
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        <otherTypeOfPersonFiling>A parent holding company, in accordance with 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(g)</otherTypeOfPersonFiling>
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        <amountBeneficiallyOwned>2,123,000</amountBeneficiallyOwned>
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        <certifications>By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the foreign regulatory scheme applicable to Bank of Nova Scotia is substantially comparable to the regulatory scheme applicable to the functionally equivalent U.S. institution(s). I also undertake to furnish to the Commission staff, upon request, information that would otherwise be disclosed in a Schedule 13D.</certifications>
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      <reportingPersonName>BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>Raj Sachedeva</signature>
        <title>Vice-President, Head of GBM&amp;T, Compliance Canada</title>
        <date>10/16/2026</date>
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