Company: MKLY
Filing Date: 2025-06-30
Form Type: S-1
Source: 0001213900-25-059789
Chunk: 24

Company: McKinley Acquisition Corp
Filing Date: 2025-06-30
Form: S-1
Chunk 24
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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 significant additional capital in the near term. •Strategic Differentiation: Offers a product or service with clear competitive advantages — such as proprietary technology, customer loyalty, or cost leadership — that collectively establish a defensible market position and sustainable competitive moat. •Near -TermTrading Catalysts: Has identifiable upcoming milestones — such as product launches, key partnerships, or market expansions — that can sustain investor engagement and enhance the company’s valuation narrative following the business combination. •High -CaliberManagement Team: Led by experienced executives with a proven ability to scale operations, attract and retain top talent, and deliver on strategic objectives. We seek teams that are committed to aligning with public shareholders and whose liquidity needs can be appropriately managed within a public company framework. Leadership should possess strong industry expertise and maintain significant equity. •Public Company Readiness: Public company worthy, ready and eager — possesses or can readily establish the governance, reporting, compliance, and operational infrastructure required to operate as a public company, with the added benefit of leveraging the public markets to raise growth capital, execute acquisitions, and optimize cost of capital. •Value Creation from the Business Combination: Has the potential to realize immediate and long -termvalue from partnering with us, including access to our strategic guidance, capital resources, and extensive network of industry relationships, investors, and advisors. These criteria serve as a general framework for our opportunity assessment and are not intended to be exhaustive. Our management team may consider additional factors it deems relevant in evaluating potential targets. Should we pursue a business combination with a target that does not meet one or more of the criteria described above, we will disclose this in our shareholder communications — either in the proxy solicitation or in the tender offer materials filed with the SEC in connection with such transaction. Acquisition Process We believe rigorous due diligence is fundamental to identifying and executing a successful business combination — particularly in progressive, innovation -drivenindustries where emerging companies may face both rapid growth and evolving challenges. Our approach to evaluating potential targets will be comprehensive, disciplined, and data -driven, leveraging the collective expertise of our management team and board of directors.