Company: MKLY
Filing Date: 2025-08-15
Form Type: 8-K
Source: 0001213900-25-077438
Chunk: 1

Company: McKinley Acquisition Corp
Filing Date: 2025-08-15
Form: 8-K
Item: Item 3.02
Chunk 1
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Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

Simultaneously with the
closing of the IPO, pursuant to the Private Placement Units Purchase Agreements, the Company completed the private placement of an aggregate
of 465,000 units (the “ Private Placement Units”) to the Sponsor, Clear
Street and Brookline, at $10.00 per Unit, each Unit consisting of one Class A Ordinary Share and one Right of the Company.

The Private Placement Units
are identical to the Units sold in the IPO, except that the Private Units are subject to transfer restrictions. The Sponsor, Clear Street
and Brookline were granted certain demand and piggyback registration rights in connection with the purchase of the Private Placement Units.

The Private Placement Units
were issued pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as the transactions did not involve a public offering.

Item 5.03. Amendments to Certificate of Incorporation or
Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On August 11, 2025, in connection
with the IPO, the Company filed its amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (the “ Amended
and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association”) with the Cayman Islands Registrar of Companies, which was effective
on August 11, 2025. The terms of the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association are set forth in the Registration Statement
and are incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association is attached as Exhibit
3.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 8.01. Other Events.