Company: MKLY
Filing Date: 2025-06-30
Form Type: S-1
Source: 0001213900-25-059789
Chunk: 53

Company: McKinley Acquisition Corp
Filing Date: 2025-06-30
Form: S-1
Chunk 53
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 combination or as placement agent in connection with a related financing transaction. Our underwriter is entitled to receive contingent, deferred underwriting commissions that will be released from the trust account only upon a completion of an initial business combination. These financial incentives may cause them to have potential conflicts of interest in rendering any such additional services to us after this offering, including, for example, in connection with the sourcing and consummation of an initial business combination. We may engage the underwriter or their respective affiliates to provide additional services to us after this offering, including, for example, identifying potential targets, providing M&A advisory services, acting as a placement agent in a private offering or arranging debt financing transactions. We may pay such underwriter or its affiliate fair and reasonable fees or other compensation that would be determined at that time in an arm’s length negotiation; 46 Table of Contents provided that no agreement will be entered into with the underwriter or their respective affiliates and no fees or other compensation for such services will be paid to the underwriter or their respective affiliates prior to the date that is 60 days from the date of this prospectus, unless such payment would not be deemed underwriter’s compensation in connection with this offering. The underwriter is also entitled to receive contingent, deferred underwriting commissions that are conditioned on the completion of an initial business combination. The underwriter’s or their respective affiliates’ financial interests tied to the consummation of a business combination transaction may give rise to potential conflicts of interest in providing any such additional services to us, including potential conflicts of interest in connection with the sourcing and consummation of an initial business combination. The underwriter is under no obligation to provide any further services to us in order to receive all or any part of the contingent, deferred underwriting commissions. We may not be able to complete our initial business combination within the completion window, in which case we would redeem our public shares. We may not be able to find a suitable target business and complete our initial business combination within the completion window after the closing of this offering. Our ability to complete our initial business combination may be negatively impacted by general market conditions, volatility in the capital and debt markets and the other risks described herein. If we have not completed our initial business combination within such time period, we will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter (and subject to lawfully available funds therefor), redeem the public shares, at a per -shareprice