Company: MKLY
Filing Date: 2025-06-17
Form Type: DRS/A
Source: 0001213900-25-054874
Chunk: 165

Company: McKinley Acquisition Corp
Filing Date: 2025-06-17
Form: DRS/A
Chunk 165
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 SPAC sponsor and operator. Peter Wright — SPAC Advisory and Capital Markets Expertise Mr. Wright, our Chief Executive Officer, has advised dozens of SPACs and target companies across all phases of the SPAC transaction lifecycle. His experience includes supporting sponsor groups with target identification, deal structuring, and capital raising — including risk capital, PIPE equity, and structured financing — as well as preparing companies for the operational and investor -facingdemands of being publicly traded. Mr. Wright is the Founder and President of Intro -act, a capital markets advisory firm that partners with investment banks and investor relations professionals to enhance institutional engagement and investor readiness for both private and public companies. Through data -drivenbenchmarking, targeting, 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. 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. 109 We intend to focus our evaluation on businesses that demonstrate some or all of the following characteristics: •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