Company: MKLY
Filing Date: 2025-07-25
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001213900-25-067524
Chunk: 173

Company: McKinley Acquisition Corp
Filing Date: 2025-07-25
Form: S-1/A
Chunk 173
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, and messaging services, Intro -actplays a critical role in improving market positioning for companies entering or operating in the public markets. In addition, Mr. Wright serves as President of PartnerCap Securities, LLC, a registered broker -dealer, where he has advised on numerous SPAC capital raises and strategic transactions. Mr. Wright’s end -to-endSPAC experience includes: •Pre -Combination: Sourcing and evaluating acquisition candidates; •Business Combination: Structuring transactions and securing aligned capital; •Post -Combination: Institutional engagement, messaging refinement, and ongoing market support. Together, Mr. Dooley and Mr. Wright bring extensive SPAC execution capabilities, a disciplined approach to target selection, and a strong track record of delivering shareholder value in the public markets. 114 Business Combination Criteria We have established a set of strategic, non -exclusivecriteria to guide our evaluation of potential business combination targets. While we intend to identify a target that aligns with many of the attributes outlined below, we may ultimately pursue an initial business combination with a company that does not meet all of these guidelines, provided our management believes the opportunity offers strong long -termvalue potential for our shareholders. We intend to focus our evaluation on businesses that demonstrate some or all of the following characteristics: •Properly Sized: Seeking a company with an enterprise value of $500million to $2billion, with a total addressable market greater than $1billion and annual sales of $75 -350million. •Positioned in a Progressive Industry: Operates within a high -growth, innovation -drivensegment of its broader sector — benefiting from structural tailwinds and disruptive trends that drive outsized demand for its products or services. •Market Leadership: Holds or is capable of attaining a leading position within its category or sub -sector, supported by a sizable addressable market with potential to scale as a public company. •Clear Growth Trajectory: Demonstrates a well -definedand executable growth plan, encompassing both organic and strategic (inorganic) expansion, with a track record or roadmap to sustain high -growthperformance post -combination, specifically with potential to generate 255%+ growth. •Scalable Business Model: Exhibits strong customer adoption, with operating leverage that supports margin expansion and reduced capital intensity as the business grows. More specifically, companies with recurring, or predictable sales at attractive margins and favorable customer acquisition economics. •Sound Capitalization: Maintains a healthy balance sheet and financial profile that supports execution of its growth strategy without requiring