# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0002067592
**File Stem:** 0001213900-26-058426
**Filing Date:** 2026-5
**Character Count:** 6349
**Document Hash:** 393d8909d130c9570b0601e2fccf5412
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001213900-26-058426.hdr.sgml**: 20260518

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001213900-26-058426

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 12

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260514

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260518

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260518

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** McKinley Acquisition Corp
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0002067592
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** BLANK CHECKS [6770]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 05 Real Estate & Construction
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** E9
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-42799
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26993113

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 75 SECOND AVENUE, SUITE 605
- **CITY:** NEEDHAM
- **STATE:** MA
- **ZIP:** 02494
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 617-671-5148

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 75 SECOND AVENUE, SUITE 605
- **CITY:** NEEDHAM
- **STATE:** MA
- **ZIP:** 02494

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**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D.C. 20549**

**Form 8-K**

**Current Report**

**Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the**

**Securities Exchange Act of 1934**

**May 14, 2026**

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

**<u>McKinley Acquisition Corporation</u>**

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

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| **Cayman Islands** | **001-42799** | **98-1852078** |
| (State or other jurisdiction<br> of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer<br> Identification No.) |

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| **75 Second Ave., Suite 605<br> Needham, MA** | **02494** |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |

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Registrant's telephone number, including area code: **617-671-5148**

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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| **Title of each class** | **Trading Symbol(s)** | **Name of each exchange on which registered** |
| Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share | MKLY | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
| Rights, one right to receive one-tenth (1/10th) of one Class A ordinary share | MKLYR | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
| Units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share and one right to receive one-tenth (1/10th) of one Class A ordinary shares | MKLYU | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

Emerging growth company ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

**Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers**

On May 14, 2026, the holders of Class B ordinary shares in McKinley Acquisition Corporation (the "**<u>Company</u>**") appointed Joseph Shaposhnik as an additional independent director of the Company, and Mr. Shaposhnik consented to such appointment.

In addition, Mr. Shaposhnik was designated by the board of directors of the Company (the "**<u>Board</u>**") as an additional Class I Director who shall stand elected for a term expiring at the Company's first annual general meeting and the Board appointed Mr. Shaposhnik to the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee.

Joseph Shaposhnik is the Founder and Portfolio Manager of Rainwater Equity, an asset management firm that invests in recurring revenue businesses built by exceptional leaders. Prior to founding Rainwater Equity, he established TCW Group's New America business unit in 2015, where he served as Portfolio Manager for a range of investment strategies, including the TCW New America Premier Equities Fund/Compounders ETF (GRW), Global Premier Sustainable Equities UCITS, and Global Space Technology Equities portfolios. Before joining TCW Group in 2011, Mr. Shaposhnik was an Equity Research Associate at Fidelity Investments, where he covered the semiconductor and entertainment software industries for the firm's U.S. domestic equity funds. Mr. Shaposhnik holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley and an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Shaposhnik and any other person pursuant to which he was appointed to serve as a director of the Board and Mr. Shaposhnik does not have a direct or indirect material interest in any "related party" transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. There are no family relationships between Mr. Shaposhnik and any director or executive officer of the Company.

Mr. Shaposhnik will receive interests in McKinley Partners, LLC, the Company's sponsor, for his service as a director of the Company.

**SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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| Dated: May 18, 2026 | Dated: May 18, 2026 |
| MCKINLEY ACQUISITION CORPORATION | MCKINLEY ACQUISITION CORPORATION |
| By: | */s/ Peter Wright* |
| Name: | Peter Wright |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer |

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