[10-Q] McKinley Acquisition Corp Quarterly Earnings Report
McKinley Acquisition Corporation, a blank check company, filed its quarterly report showing it is still seeking a business combination and has not begun operating activities. Total assets were $178.2M as of March 31, 2026, including $176.7M of cash in its Trust Account and $1.4M of cash outside the trust.
The company reported net income of $1.29M for the quarter, driven by $1.52M of interest income on Trust Account assets, partially offset by formation and public‑company operating costs. Most public Class A shares are classified as redeemable, and shareholders may redeem in connection with a future merger vote or if no deal is completed within the specified timeframe.
Management disclosed that, despite working capital of $1.44M, there is “substantial doubt” about the company’s ability to continue as a going concern for one year from issuance of the financial statements unless it completes a business combination. Until then, the Trust Account remains restricted for use in a merger or shareholder redemptions.
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Insights
Interest income supports SPAC cash, but going‑concern doubt remains.
McKinley Acquisition is a SPAC with $176.7M in its Trust Account and $1.4M in operating cash as of March 31, 2026. Quarterly net income of $1.29M comes almost entirely from interest on trust funds, while operating expenses reflect normal public‑company and search costs.
Despite positive net income, management notes “substantial doubt” about the ability to continue as a going concern for one year from issuance. This is because the company must complete a business combination within its defined window and has limited operating liquidity relative to ongoing search and compliance costs.
For investors, the key mechanics are that the $176.7M trust balance is restricted for a future business combination or redemptions, while only the $1.4M outside the trust funds day‑to‑day activities. Subsequent filings will clarify whether a target is identified or the completion window is extended or approached without a deal.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
| PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION | |||
| Item 1. | Financial Statements | 1 | |
| Condensed Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2026 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2025 (Audited) | 1 | ||
| Unaudited Condensed Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and for the period from March 27, 2025 (inception) through March 31, 2025 | 2 | ||
| Unaudited Condensed Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Deficit for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and for the period from March 27, 2025 (inception) through March 31, 2025 | 3 | ||
| Unaudited Condensed Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and for the period from March 27, 2025 (inception) through March 31, 2025 | 4 | ||
| Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements | 5 | ||
| Item 2. | Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations | 20 | |
| Item 3. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk | 26 | |
| Item 4. | Controls and Procedures | 26 | |
| PART II – OTHER INFORMATION | |||
| Item 1. | Legal Proceedings. | 27 | |
| Item 1A. | Risk Factors. | 27 | |
| Item 2. | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds. | 27 | |
| Item 3. | Defaults Upon Senior Securities. | 28 | |
| Item 4. | Mine Safety Disclosures. | 28 | |
| Item 5. | Other Information. | 28 | |
| Item 6. | Exhibits. | 28 | |
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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
MCKINLEY
ACQUISITION CORPORATION
CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS
| March 31, | December 31, | |||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | |||||||
| (Unaudited) | (Audited) | |||||||
| Assets: | ||||||||
| Current assets: | ||||||||
| Cash | $ | $ | ||||||
| Prepaid expenses – current | ||||||||
| Due from related party | — | |||||||
| Total current assets | ||||||||
| Non-current assets: | ||||||||
| Cash held in Trust Account | ||||||||
| Prepaid expenses – non-current | ||||||||
| Total non-current assets | ||||||||
| Total Assets | $ | $ | ||||||
| Liabilities, Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Redemption, and Shareholders’ Deficit: | ||||||||
| Current liabilities: | ||||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | |||||||
| Accrued expenses | ||||||||
| Administrative services fee payable – related party | — | |||||||
| Total current liabilities | ||||||||
| Non-current liabilities: | ||||||||
| Deferred underwriting commissions | ||||||||
| Total non-current liabilities | ||||||||
| Total Liabilities | ||||||||
| Commitments and Contingencies (Note 7) | ||||||||
| Class A ordinary shares subject to redemption, $ | ||||||||
| Shareholders’ Deficit | ||||||||
| Preference shares, $ | — | — | ||||||
| Class A ordinary shares, $ | ||||||||
| Class B ordinary shares, $ | ||||||||
| Subscription note receivable | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Additional paid-in capital | — | — | ||||||
| Accumulated deficit | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Total Shareholders’ Deficit | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Total Liabilities, Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Redemption, and Shareholders’ Deficit | $ | |||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.
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MCKINLEY
ACQUISITION CORPORATION
UNAUDITED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
| For the Three Months Ended | For the Period From March 27, 2025 (Inception) Through | |||||||
| March 31, 2026 | March 31, 2025 | |||||||
| Loss from operations: | ||||||||
| Formation, general and administrative expenses | $ | $ | ||||||
| Listing fees | — | |||||||
| Insurance expense | — | |||||||
| Subscription expense | — | |||||||
| Net loss from operations | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Other income: | ||||||||
| Interest income on Trust Account | — | |||||||
| Net other income | — | |||||||
| Net income (loss) | $ | $ | ( | ) | ||||
| Basic weighted average Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption outstanding | — | |||||||
| Basic net income per Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption | $ | $ | — | |||||
| Basic weighted average Class A & Class B ordinary shares not subject to possible redemption outstanding | — | |||||||
| Basic net income per Class A & Class B ordinary shares not subject to possible redemption | $ | $ | — | |||||
| Diluted weighted average Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption outstanding | — | |||||||
| Diluted net income per Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption | $ | $ | — | |||||
| Diluted weighted average Class A & Class B ordinary shares not subject to possible redemption outstanding | — | |||||||
| Diluted net income per Class A & Class B ordinary shares not subject to possible redemption | $ | $ | — | |||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.
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MCKINLEY
ACQUISITION CORPORATION
UNAUDITED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2026
| Class A ordinary shares | Class B ordinary shares | Subscription Note | Additional Paid-In | Accumulated | Total Shareholders’ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | Receivable | Capital | Deficit | Deficit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of January 1, 2026 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | — | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Increase to deferred underwriting commissions due to exercise of over-allotment option(1) | — | — | — | — | — | — | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Remeasurement of Class A ordinary shares to redemption value | — | — | — | — | — | — | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of March 31, 2026 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | — | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
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FOR THE PERIOD FROM MARCH 27, 2025 (INCEPTION) THROUGH MARCH 31, 2025
| Class A ordinary shares | Class B ordinary shares | Subscription Note | Additional Paid-In | Accumulated | Total Shareholder’s | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | Receivable | Capital | Deficit | Deficit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of March 27, 2025 (Inception) | — | — | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | — | — | — | — | — | — | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of March 31, 2025 | — | — | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.
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MCKINLEY
ACQUISITION CORPORATION
UNAUDITED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
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| For the Three Months Ended | March 27, 2025 (Inception) Through | |||||||
| March 31, | March 31, | |||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | |||||||
| Cash Flows from Operating Activities: | ||||||||
| Net income (loss) | $ | $ | ( | ) | ||||
| Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities: | ||||||||
| Interest income on Trust Account | ( | ) | — | |||||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
| Prepaid expenses | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Due from related party | — | |||||||
| Accounts payable | ( | ) | ||||||
| Accrued expenses | ||||||||
| Administrative service fee payable – related party | — | |||||||
| Net cash used in operating activities | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Cash Flows from Financing Activities: | ||||||||
| Proceeds from Sponsor for purchase of Class B ordinary shares | — | |||||||
| Proceeds from promissory note – related party | — | |||||||
| Net cash provided by financing activities | — | |||||||
| Net change in cash | ( | ) | — | |||||
| Cash – beginning of period | — | |||||||
| Cash – end of period | $ | $ | — | |||||
| Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities: | ||||||||
| Remeasurement of Class A ordinary shares to redemption value | $ | $ | — | |||||
| Increase to deferred underwriting commissions due to exercise of over-allotment option | $ | $ | — | |||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.
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MCKINLEY
ACQUISITION CORPORATION
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2026
Note 1 — Organization and Business Operations
McKinley Acquisition Corporation (the “Company”) was incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company on
As of March 31, 2026, the Company had not yet commenced operations. All activity for the period from
The registration statement for the Company’s Initial Public Offering was declared effective on August 11, 2025. On August 13, 2025, the Company consummated the Initial Public Offering of
Simultaneously with the consummation of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the sale of an aggregate of
Transaction costs amounted to $
The Company’s Business Combination must be with one or more target businesses that together have a fair market value equal to at least
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Upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering and exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option, $
The Company will provide the Company’s public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares upon the completion of the initial Business Combination either (i) in connection with a general meeting called to approve the initial Business Combination or (ii) without a shareholder vote by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the Company will seek shareholder approval of a proposed initial Business Combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company, solely in its discretion. The public shareholders will be entitled to redeem their shares at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of the initial Business Combination, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account (less taxes payable (other than excise or similar taxes)), divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, subject to the limitations. The amount in the Trust Account is initially anticipated to be $
The Company will have only the duration of the Completion Window to complete the initial Business Combination. However, if the Company is unable to complete its initial Business Combination within the Completion Window, the Company will as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the Public Shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account (less taxes payable (other than excise or similar taxes) and up to $
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The Sponsor, officers and directors entered into a letter agreement with the Company, pursuant to which they agreed to (i) waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares and Public Shares in connection with the completion of the initial Business Combination; (ii) waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares and Public Shares in connection with a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association; (iii) waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to their founder shares if the Company fails to complete the initial Business Combination within the Completion Window, although they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any Public Shares they hold if the Company fails to complete the initial Business Combination within the Completion Window and to liquidating distributions from assets outside the Trust Account; and (iv) vote any founder shares held by them and any Public Shares purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering (including in open market and privately negotiated transactions, aside from shares they may purchase in compliance with the requirements of Rule 14e-5 under the Exchange Act, which would not be voted in favor of approving the Business Combination) in favor of the initial Business Combination.
The Company’s Sponsor agreed that it will be liable to the Company if and to the extent any claims by a third party for services rendered or products sold to the Company, or a prospective target business with which the Company has entered into a written letter of intent, confidentiality or other similar agreement or Business Combination agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below the lesser of (i) $
Going Concern and Liquidity
As of March 31, 2026, the Company had $
Risks and Uncertainties
Various social and political circumstances in the U.S. and around the world (including wars and other forms of conflict, including rising trade tensions between the United States and China, and other uncertainties regarding actual and potential shifts in the U.S. and foreign, trade, economic and other policies with other countries, terrorist acts, security operations and catastrophic events such as fires, floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes and global health epidemics), may contribute to increased market volatility and economic uncertainties or deterioration in the U.S. and worldwide. Specifically, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and the conflicts in the Middle East, and resulting market volatility could adversely affect the Company’s ability to complete a Business Combination. In response to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the U.S. and other countries have imposed sanctions or other restrictive actions against Russia.
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In addition to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the U.S.-Israel-Iran conflict has had immediate and substantial effects on global trade, energy markets and financial markets. Disruptions to critical maritime shipping routes have led major shipping companies and tanker operators to suspend or reroute operations, increasing transit times and freight costs and causing widespread supply chain disruptions. Insurance coverage for certain high-risk areas has become more costly or unavailable, and regional airspace closures have adversely affected commercial aviation. These developments have contributed to volatility in global commodity prices, including oil, and have resulted in declines in global equity markets and increased demand for safe-haven assets. The evolving conflict environment has also led to heightened sanctions enforcement and increased compliance risks in financial markets.
Any of the above factors, including sanctions, export controls, tariffs, trade wars and other geopolitical actions, could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to complete a Business Combination and any target business with which the Company may ultimately consummate an initial Business Combination. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of these uncertainties.
Note 2 — Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying financial statements are presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
Emerging Growth Company
The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the “Securities Act”, as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”), and it may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in its periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.
Further, Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that an emerging growth company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such election to opt out is irrevocable. The Company has elected not to opt out of such extended transition period which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, the Company, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard. This may make comparison of the Company’s financial statements with another public company which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.
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Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires the Company’s management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period.
Making estimates requires management to exercise significant judgement. It is at least reasonably possible that the estimate of the effect of a condition, situation or set of circumstances that existed at the date of the financial statements, which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near term due to one or more future confirming events. Accordingly, the actual results could differ significantly from those estimates.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all short-term investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. The Company had $
Cash Held in Trust Account
As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the assets held in the Trust Account, amounting to $
Concentration of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of a cash account in a financial institution, which, at times, may exceed the Federal Depository Insurance Coverage of $
Due From Related Party
The Company had a $
Deferred Offering Costs
The Company complies with the requirements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) ASC 340-10-S99, “Other Assets and Deferred Costs – SEC Materials” and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) Topic 5A — “Expenses of Offering.” Deferred offering costs were $
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 820, “Fair Value Measurement,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the balance sheet, primarily due to their short-term nature.
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The Company applies ASC 820, which establishes a framework for measuring fair value and clarifies the definition of fair value within that framework. ASC 820 defines fair value as an exit price, which is the price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability in the Company’s principal or most advantageous market in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. The fair value hierarchy established in ASC 820 generally requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability and are developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the entity’s own assumptions based on market data and the entity’s judgments about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability and are to be developed based on the best information available in the circumstances.
| ● | Level 1, defined as observable inputs such as quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical instruments in active markets; |
| ● | Level 2, defined as inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable such as quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets or quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and |
| ● | Level 3, defined as unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions, such as valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable. |
Derivative Financial Instruments
The Company evaluates its financial instruments to determine if such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives in accordance with ASC Topic 815, “Derivatives and Hedging.” For derivative financial instruments that are accounted for as liabilities, the derivative instrument is initially recorded at its fair value on the grant date and is then re-valued at each reporting date, with changes in the fair value reported in the statement of operations. The classification of derivative instruments, including whether such instruments should be recorded as liabilities or as equity, is evaluated at the end of each reporting period. Derivative liabilities are classified in the balance sheet as current or non-current based on whether or not net cash settlement or conversion of the instrument could be required within 12 months of the balance sheet date. The underwriters’ over-allotment option is deemed to be a freestanding financial instrument indexed on the shares subject to redemption and will be accounted for as a liability pursuant to ASC 480 if not fully exercised at the time of the Initial Public Offering. On August 15, 2025, the underwriters formally notified the Company that they will exercise their over-allotment option to the full extent of
Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes under ASC Topic 740, “Income Taxes,” which requires an asset and liability approach to financial accounting and reporting for income taxes. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are computed for differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities that will result in future taxable or deductible amounts, based on enacted tax laws and rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.
ASC Topic 740 prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. The Company’s management determined that the Cayman Islands is the Company’s major tax jurisdiction. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. As of December 31, 2025, there were no unrecognized tax benefits and no amounts accrued for interest and penalties. The Company is currently not aware of any issues under review that could result in significant payments, accruals or material deviation from its position.
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In December 2023, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2023-09, “Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures” (“ASU 2023-09”), which provides for additional disclosures primarily related to the income tax rate reconciliations and income taxes paid. ASU 2023-09 requires entities to annually disclose the income tax rate reconciliation using both amounts and percentages, considering several categories of reconciling items, including state and local income taxes, foreign tax effects, tax credits and nontaxable or nondeductible items, among others. Disclosure of the reconciling items is subject to a quantitative threshold and disaggregation by nature and jurisdiction. ASU 2023-09 also requires entities to disclose net income taxes paid or received to federal, state and foreign jurisdictions, as well as by individual jurisdiction, subject to a five percent quantitative threshold. ASU 2023-09 may be adopted on a prospective or retrospective basis and is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024 with early adoption permitted. The Company has assessed the impact of ASU 2023-09 and determined there is no material impact on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBA”). ASC 740, “Income Taxes”, requires the effects of changes in tax laws to be recognized in the period in which the legislation is enacted. The Company evaluated the impact of the new law and determined none of the tax provisions are expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements.
The Company is considered to be an exempted Cayman Islands company with no connection to any other taxable jurisdiction and is presently not subject to income taxes or income tax filing requirements in the Cayman Islands or the United States. As such, the Company’s tax provision was
Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Redemption
The Company accounts for its Class A ordinary shares subject to redemption in accordance with the guidance in ASC Topic 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity” (ASC 480). Ordinary shares subject to mandatory redemption (if any) will be classified as a liability instrument and will be measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable ordinary shares (including ordinary shares that features redemption rights that are either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within the Company’s control) will be classified as temporary equity. At all other times, ordinary shares will be classified as shareholders’ equity. In accordance with ASC 480-10-S99, the Company classifies the Class A ordinary shares subject to redemption outside of permanent equity as the redemption provisions are not solely within the control of the Company. Given that the
| Class A ordinary shares subject to redemption at December 31, 2025 | ||||
| Plus: | ||||
| Accretion of Class A ordinary shares subject to redemption | ||||
| Class A ordinary shares subject to redemption at March 31, 2026 |
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Net Income per Ordinary Share
The Company complies with accounting and disclosure requirements of ASC 260, “Earnings Per Share.” The Company has two categories of shares for the purposes of calculating net income per ordinary share, which include redeemable Class A ordinary shares and non-redeemable Class A and Class B ordinary shares. Income is allocated pro rata between the two categories of shares. Net income per ordinary share is calculated by dividing the net income by the weighted average ordinary shares outstanding for the period. Diluted net income per share attributable to ordinary shareholders adjusts the basic net income per share attributable to ordinary shareholders and the weighted-average ordinary shares outstanding for the potentially dilutive impact of outstanding warrants.
| For the Three Months Ended | ||||||||
| March 31, 2026 | ||||||||
| Redeemable Class A ordinary shares | Non-redeemable Class A & Class B ordinary shares | |||||||
| Basic and diluted net income per ordinary share | ||||||||
| Numerator: | ||||||||
| Allocation of net income | $ | $ | ||||||
| Denominator: | ||||||||
| Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding | ||||||||
| Basic and diluted net income per ordinary share | $ | $ | ||||||
There were no redeemable Class A ordinary shares or non-redeemable Class A and Class B ordinary shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2025. As such, there are no earnings per share to report for the period from March 27, 2025 (inception) through March 31, 2025.
Share Rights
The Company accounts for the Public and Private Placement Rights issued in connection with the Initial Public Offering and the private placement in accordance with the guidance contained in FASB ASC Topic 815, “Derivatives and Hedging”. Accordingly, the Company evaluated and classified the rights under equity treatment at its fair value at the closing of the Initial Public Offering.
Correction of Error in the Prior Period Financial Statements
The Company identified an error in the balance of the deferred underwriting fee commissions as of December 31, 2025 as a result of the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option on August 15, 2025. The Company recorded an out of period adjustment to the financial statements as of, and for the three months ended, March 31, 2026 of $
Recent Accounting Standards
In May 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-03, Business Combinations (Topic 805) and Consolidation (Topic 810): Determining the Accounting Acquirer in the Acquisition of a Variable Interest Entity (“VIE”). This standard clarifies the guidance in determining the accounting acquirer in certain transactions involving VIEs. The update aims to improve consistency and comparability in financial reporting, especially when companies merge with a SPAC. ASU 2025-03 requires entities to apply the same factors used for determining the accounting acquirer in other acquisition transactions. The ASU is applied prospectively to all business combinations with acquisition dates occurring on or after the date of initial application. The ASU is effective for all annual reporting periods (and interim periods in annual reporting periods) beginning after December 15, 2026. Early adoption is permitted in interim or annual reporting periods in which financial statements have not yet been issued (or made available for issuance). The Company has elected to early adopt ASU 2025-03 in 2026.
In November 2024, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2024-03, “Income Statement-Reporting Comprehensive Income-Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses”, requiring public entities to disclose additional information about specific expense categories in the notes to the financial statements on an interim and annual basis. ASU 2024-03 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and for interim periods beginning after December 15, 2027, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2024-03.
Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the accompanying financial statements.
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Note 3 — Initial Public Offering
On August 13, 2025, the Company sold
Note 4 — Private Placement
Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Sponsor and the underwriters purchased an aggregate of
Non-managing Sponsor Investors
Select institutional investors (none of which are affiliated with any member of our management, our sponsor or any other investor), which are referred to as the “non-managing sponsor investors”, have indirectly purchased, through the purchase of non-managing sponsor membership interests, an aggregate of
Additionally, the Sponsor issued membership interests to the non-managing sponsor investors reflecting interests in bonus shares, which provide for an additional distribution of founder shares from the Sponsor to the non-managing sponsor members in the event the variable-weighted average price of Class A ordinary shares is less than $
The agreement with the non-managing investors was entered into directly with the Sponsor and makes reference to the Private Placement Units and founder shares of the Company. The interests and Private Placement Units associated in the agreement are supported on one-for-one basis with the Company’s underlying Private Placement Units and founder shares. The fact that the Sponsor provided the non-managing members with interests in founder shares and Bonus Shares for their participation in the private placement is a benefit to the Company and falls under SAB Topic 5A and 5T. As such, the Company obtained valuations for the founder shares and the non-managing sponsors interests in Bonus Shares as of the date of the Initial Public Offering to account for the charge of such transfer of interests to the non-managing members. As of the close of the Initial Public Offering on August 13, 2025, the fair value of the founder shares was $
Underwriter Securities Transfer Agreement
An underwriter purchased
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The Transfer Agreement with the underwriter was entered into directly with the Sponsor. The fact that the Sponsor sold the underwriter founder shares at a discount (“Discount”) and granted the underwriter an interest in the Bonus Shares for their participation in the private placement is a benefit to the Company and falls under SAB Topic 5A. As such, the Company obtained valuations for the founder shares and the underwriter’s interests in the Bonus Shares as of the date of the Initial Public Offering to account for the charge of the Discount and their interests in the Bonus Shares. As of the close of the Initial Public Offering on August 13, 2025, the fair value of the founder shares was $
Note 5 — Segment Information
ASC Topic 280, Segment Reporting, establishes standards for companies to report, in their financial statements, information about operating segments, products, services, geographic areas, and major customers. Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise that engage in business activities from which it may recognize revenues and incur expenses, and for which separate financial information is available that is regularly evaluated by the Company’s chief operating decision maker, or group, in deciding how to allocate resources and assess performance.
The CODM assesses performance for the single segment and decides how to allocate resources based on net income or loss that also is reported on the statement of operations as net income or loss. The measure of segment assets is reported on the balance sheet as total assets.
March 31, 2026 | December 31, 2025 | |||||||
| Cash | $ | $ | ||||||
| Cash held in Trust Account | $ | $ | ||||||
| Total Assets | $ | $ | ||||||
For the March 31, 2026 | For the Period from March 27, 2025 (Inception) through March 31, 2025 | |||||||
| Net loss from operations | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||
| Interest income on Trust Account | $ | $ | — | |||||
| Net income (loss) | $ | $ | ( | ) | ||||
The CODM reviews net loss from operations to manage and forecast cash to ensure enough capital is available to complete a business combination or similar transaction within the business combination period. The CODM also reviews net loss from operations to manage, maintain and enforce all contractual agreements to ensure costs are aligned with all agreements and budget. The CODM also reviews interest income on the Trust Account to review and forecast the amounts held in the Trust Account available to complete a business combination or similar transaction. These items, as reported on the statement of operations, are the significant segment information provided to the CODM on a regular basis. All other segment items included in net income or loss are reported on the statement of operations and described within their respective disclosures.
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The CODM reviews the position of cash available to the company to assess if the Company has sufficient resources available to discharge its liabilities. The CODM also reviews the amount held in the Trust Account to review and forecast the amounts held in the Trust Account available to complete a business combination or similar transaction.
Note 6 — Related Party Transactions
Founder Shares
On April 9, 2025, the Company issued an aggregate of
These ordinary shares will be deemed compensation by FINRA and are therefore subject to a lock-up for a period of
As used herein, unless the context otherwise requires, “Founder Shares” shall be deemed to include the Public Shares issuable upon conversion thereof. The Founder Shares are identical to the Public Shares included in the Units being sold in the Initial Public Offering except that the Founder Shares automatically convert into Public Shares at the time of the initial Business Combination (with such conversion taking place immediately prior to, simultaneously with, or immediately following the time of the initial Business Combination, as may be determined by the directors of the Company) or earlier at the option of the holder and are subject to certain transfer restrictions, as described in more detail below. The Sponsor will not be entitled to redemption rights with respect to any Founder Shares and any Public Shares held by the Sponsor in connection with the completion of the initial Business Combination. If the initial Business Combination is not completed within
The Sponsor has agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of its Founder Shares until the earlier to occur of (A) one year after the completion of the initial Business Combination or (B) subsequent to the initial Business Combination (x) if the last reported sale price of the Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $
Administrative Services Agreement
The Company entered into an agreement with the Sponsor to pay an affiliate the Sponsor a total of up to $
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Promissory Note — Related Party
On March 27, 2025, the Company and the Sponsor entered into a loan agreement, whereby the Sponsor agreed to loan the Company an aggregate of up to $
Private Placement Units Note
In connection with the Sponsor’s purchase of Private Placement Units in the private placement, a total of
Related Party Loans
In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with its initial Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, or the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required (“Working Capital Loans”). If the Company completes its initial Business Combination, the Company would repay the Working Capital Loans. In the event that the initial Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of proceeds held outside the Trust Account to repay the Working Capital Loans but no proceeds held in the Trust Account would be used to repay the Working Capital Loans. If the Sponsor makes any Working Capital Loans, up to $
Note 7 — Commitments and Contingencies
Registration Rights
The holders of the founder shares, placement units, Working Capital Units and Extension Units that may be issued upon conversion of loans made by our sponsor or one of its affiliates, and their permitted transferees, will have registration rights to require us to register a sale of any of our securities held by them (in the case of the founder shares, only after conversion to our Class A ordinary shares) pursuant to a registration rights agreement to be signed prior to or on the effective date of the Initial Public Offering. These holders will be entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form registration demands, that we register such securities for sale under the Securities Act. In addition, these holders will have “piggy-back” registration rights to include such securities in other registration statements filed by us and rights to require us to register for resale such securities pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act. However, the registration rights agreement provides that we will not be required to effect or permit any registration or cause any registration statement to become effective until termination of the applicable lock-up period. We will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
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Underwriting Agreement
The underwriters were granted a
The underwriters were paid a cash underwriting discount of $
Representative Shares
The Company issued an aggregate of
Note 8 — Shareholders’ Deficit
Preference Shares — The Company is authorized to issue
Class A Ordinary Shares — The Company is authorized to issue a total of
Class B Ordinary Shares — The Company is authorized to issue a total of
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The Founder Shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares at the time of a Business Combination or earlier at the option of the holder, on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment. In the case that additional Class A ordinary shares, or equity-linked securities, are issued or deemed issued in excess of the amounts issued in the Initial Public Offering and related to the closing of a Business Combination, the ratio at which the Class B ordinary shares will convert into Class A ordinary shares will be adjusted (unless the holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding Class B ordinary shares agree to waive such anti-dilution adjustment with respect to any such issuance or deemed issuance) so that the number of Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of all Class B ordinary shares will equal, in the aggregate, on an as-converted basis,
Except as set forth herein, holders of record of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares are entitled to
Rights
Except in cases where the Company is not the surviving Company in a business combination, each holder of a right will automatically receive one-tenth (1/10) of
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The Company will not issue fractional shares in connection with an exchange of rights. Fractional shares will either be rounded down to the nearest whole share or otherwise addressed in accordance with the applicable provisions of Cayman Islands Law. As a result, holders must hold rights in multiples of eight in order to receive shares for all of their rights upon closing of a Business Combination. If the Company is unable to complete an initial Business Combination within the required time period and the Company liquidates the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of rights will not receive any of such funds with respect to their rights, nor will they receive any distribution from the assets held outside of the Trust Account with respect to such rights, and the rights will expire worthless. Further, there are no contractual penalties for failure to deliver securities to the holders of the rights upon consummation of an initial Business Combination. Additionally, in no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the rights. Accordingly, the rights may expire worthless.
Note 9 — Fair Value Measurements
The fair value of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities reflects management’s estimate of amounts that the Company would have received in connection with the sale of the assets or paid in connection with the transfer of the liabilities in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.
Recurring Fair Value Measurements
The following table presents information about the Company’s recurring fair value measurements as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair value:
| Level | March 31, 2026 | ||||||
| Assets: | |||||||
| Cash held in Trust Account | 1 | $ | |||||
| Level | December 31, 2025 | ||||||
| Assets: | |||||||
| Cash held in Trust Account | 1 | $ | |||||
| Liabilities | |||||||
| Over-allotment option liability | 3 | $ | — | ||||
The over-allotment option was accounted for as a liability in accordance with ASC 815-40 and was presented within liabilities on the balance sheet. The over-allotment liability is measured at fair value at inception and on a recurring basis, with changes in fair value presented within change in fair value of over-allotment liability in the statement of operations.
A Black-Scholes model was used to value the over-allotment option. The Company estimates the volatility of its ordinary share based on historical volatility that matches the expected remaining life of the option. The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Constant Maturity Treasury rates on the grant date for a maturity similar to the expected remaining life of the option. The expected life of the option is assumed to be equivalent to their remaining contractual term.
| August 13, 2025 | ||||
| Unit price | $ | |||
| Exercise price | ||||
| Risk-free rate | % | |||
| Estimated volatility | % | |||
| Time to expiration (years) | ||||
The Company determined that the change in fair value of the over-allotment option liability from August 13, 2025, the date of the Company’s Initial Public Offering, to August 15, 2025, the date the underwriters’ over-allotment option was exercised in full, was de minimis.
Note 10 — Subsequent Events
The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after March 31, 2026, the balance sheet date, up to the date the financial statements were issued. Based upon this review, the Company did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustments or disclosure in the financial statements.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Unless otherwise stated or the context otherwise requires, references in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to (i) the “Company,” “us,” or “we” are to McKinley Acquisition Corporation, a Cayman Islands exempted company; (ii) “founder shares” are to shares of our Class B ordinary shares initially purchased by our Sponsor in a private placement prior to our Initial Public Offering, and the shares of our Class A ordinary shares issued upon the conversion thereof; and (iii) “Sponsor” are to McKinley Partners LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. The following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto contained elsewhere in this report. Certain information contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including statements under this “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” includes forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our or our management team’s expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intends,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not a forward-looking statement. Such forward-looking statements relate to future events or future performance, but reflect management’s current beliefs, based on information currently available. A number of factors could cause actual events, performance or results to differ materially from the events, performance and results discussed in the forward-looking statements. For information identifying some of the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements, please refer to the discussion under the headings “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors” in our final prospectus filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on August 12, 2025 in connection with our Initial Public Offering (our “Final Prospectus”). The Company’s securities filings can be accessed on the EDGAR section of the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Except as expressly required by applicable securities law, we disclaim any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Overview
We are a blank check company incorporated on March 27, 2025 as a Cayman Islands exempted company and formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, amalgamation, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses, which we refer to throughout this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as our initial business combination. We have not selected any business combination target and we have not, nor has anyone on our behalf, initiated any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any business combination target.
The issuance of additional shares in connection with a business combination to the owners of the target or other investors:
| ● | may significantly dilute the equity interest of investors in our Initial Public Offering, which dilution would increase if the anti-dilution provisions in the Class B ordinary shares resulted in the issuance of Class A ordinary shares on a greater than one-to-one basis upon conversion of the Class B ordinary shares; |
| ● | may subordinate the rights of holders of Class A ordinary shares if preference shares are issued with rights senior to those afforded our Class A ordinary shares; |
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| ● | could cause a change in control if a substantial number of our Class A ordinary shares are issued, which may affect, among other things, our ability to use our net operating loss carry forwards, if any, and could result in the resignation or removal of our present officers and directors; |
| ● | may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control of us by diluting the share ownership or voting rights of a person seeking to obtain control of us; and |
| ● | may adversely affect prevailing market prices for our Class A ordinary shares and/or rights. |
Similarly, if we issue debt securities or otherwise incur significant debt to bank or other lenders or the owners of a target, it could result in:
| ● | default and foreclosure on our assets if our operating revenues after an initial business combination are insufficient to repay our debt obligations; |
| ● | acceleration of our obligations to repay the indebtedness even if we make all principal and interest payments when due if we breach certain covenants that require the maintenance of certain financial ratios or reserves without a waiver or renegotiation of that covenant; |
| ● | our immediate payment of all principal and accrued interest, if any, if the debt security is payable on demand; |
| ● | our inability to obtain necessary additional financing if the debt security contains covenants restricting our ability to obtain such financing while the debt security is outstanding; |
| ● | using a substantial portion of our cash flow to pay principal and interest on our debt, which will reduce the funds available for expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions and other general corporate purposes; |
| ● | limitations on our flexibility in planning for and reacting to changes in our business and in the industry in which we operate; |
| ● | increased vulnerability to adverse changes in general economic, industry and competitive conditions and adverse changes in government regulation; and |
| ● | limitations on our ability to borrow additional amounts for expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions, debt service requirements, execution of our strategy and other purposes and other disadvantages compared to our competitors who have less debt. |
As indicated in the financial statements, at March 31, 2026, we had $1,410,014 of cash and $176,657,691 of amounts held in the Trust Account. We expect to incur significant costs in the pursuit of our initial business combination. We cannot assure you that our plans to raise capital or to complete our initial business combination will be successful.
Results of Operations and Known Trends or Future Events
As of March 31, 2026, we have neither engaged in any business operations nor generated any revenues. Our only activities since inception have been organizational activities, those necessary to prepare for the Initial Public Offering that closed on August 13, 2025, and following the Initial Public Offering, seeking a target business to acquire. We will not generate any operating revenues until after completion of our initial business combination. We will generate non-operating income in the form of interest income on cash and cash equivalents held in the Trust Account. We expect to incur increased expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for due diligence expenses in connection with identifying a target business to acquire.
For the three months ended March 31, 2026, we had net income of $1,286,495. Net income was comprised of $1,519,942 interest income on cash and marketable securities held in the Trust Account, offset by $193,756 of general and administrative expenses, listing fee expense of $20,783, insurance expense of $16,644, and subscription expense of $2,264.
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For the period from March 27, 2025 (inception) through March 31, 2025, we had net loss of $8,601, comprised of formation, general and administrative expenses of $8,601.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
We had cash of $1,410,014 and $1,663,042 and no cash equivalents as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively. We had working capital of $1,438,915 and $1,655,718 as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively.
Our liquidity needs were satisfied prior to the completion of the Initial Public Offering through $25,000 paid by the sponsor to cover certain of our offering and formation costs in exchange for the issuance of the founder shares to our sponsor and up to $185,000 in loans from our sponsor.
On August 13, 2025, the Company consummated the Initial Public Offering of 15,000,000 units at $10.00 per unit (the “Public Units”), generating proceeds of $150,000,000. Each Public Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share (each, a “Public Share”) and one right to receive one-tenth (1/10th) of one Class A ordinary share upon the consummation of an initial Business Combination (each, a “Public Right”). The Company’s underwriters fully exercised their over-allotment option to purchase an additional 2,250,000 Public Units at $10.00 per unit in full on August 15, 2025. The over-allotment units were delivered to the underwriters in connection with the closing on August 19, 2025, generating an additional $22,500,000 of proceeds which were deposited into the Trust Account.
Simultaneously with the consummation of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the sale of an aggregate of 465,000 private placement units (the “Private Placement Units”) to the Sponsor and the underwriters, at a price of $10.00 per unit, or $4,650,000 in the aggregate, in a private placement that closed simultaneously with the Initial Public Offering. Each Private Placement Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share (each, a “Private Placement Share”) and right to receive one-tenth (1/10) of a Class A ordinary share upon the consummation of an initial Business Combination (each, a “Private Placement Right”). Of the $4,650,000 purchase price, $500,000 has not yet been received and is included in the balance sheet as a subscription note receivable, representative of the non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note issued to the Sponsor.
Transaction costs amounted to $7,262,013, consisting of a $1,500,000 cash underwriting fee, $4,500,000 of deferred underwriting fee, and $1,262,013 of other offering costs.
A total of $172,500,000 from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the Initial Public Offering, the proceeds from the exercise of the underwriters over-allotment option, and certain proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Units was placed into the Trust Account. The proceeds held in the Trust Account will initially be invested only in cash held in a demand deposit account, U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 185 days or less, or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations; the holding of these assets in this form is intended to be temporary and for the sole purpose of facilitating the intended business combination. To mitigate the risk that we might be deemed to be an investment company for purposes of the Investment Company Act, which risk increases the longer that we hold investments in the Trust Account, we may, at any time (based on our management team’s ongoing assessment of all factors related to our potential status under the Investment Company Act), instruct the trustee to liquidate the investments held in the Trust Account and instead to hold the funds in the Trust Account in cash or in an interest bearing demand deposit account at a bank.
We intend to use substantially all of the funds held in the Trust Account, including any amounts representing interest earned on the Trust Account (excluding contingent, deferred underwriting commissions). We may withdraw interest for permitted withdrawals, including the payment of income or franchise (but not excise) taxes. Our annual income tax obligations will depend on the amount of interest and other income earned on the amounts held in the Trust Account. We expect the interest earned on the amount in the Trust Account will be sufficient to pay our taxes. To the extent that our equity or debt is used, in whole or in part, as consideration to complete our initial business combination, the remaining proceeds held in the Trust Account will be used as working capital to finance the operations of the target business or businesses, make other acquisitions and pursue our growth strategies.
Upon the completion of an initial business combination, three percent (3.0%) of amounts remaining in the Trust Account, after redemption payments and other permitted withdrawals, and excluding amounts related to any non-redemption agreements, forward purchase agreements or similar agreements, shall be paid to the underwriters as contingent, deferred underwriting commissions.
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Prior to the completion of our initial business combination, we will have available to us funds that are held outside the Trust Account. We will use these funds to primarily identify and evaluate target businesses, perform business due diligence on prospective target businesses, travel to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses or their representatives or owners, review corporate documents and material agreements of prospective target businesses, and structure, negotiate and complete a business combination.
We do not believe we will need to raise additional funds following the Initial Public Offering in order to meet the expenditures required for operating our business prior to our initial business combination. However, if our estimates of the costs of identifying a target business, undertaking in-depth due diligence and negotiating an initial business combination are less than the actual amount necessary to do so, we may have insufficient funds available to operate our business prior to our initial business combination. In order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial business combination, our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor or certain of our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required. If we complete our initial business combination, we would repay such loaned amounts. In the event that our initial business combination does not close, we may use amounts held outside of the Trust Account to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds from our Trust Account would be used for such repayment. Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into private placement units of the post business combination entity at a price of $10.00 per unit at the option of the lender. Such units would be identical to the private placement units. The terms of such loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. Prior to the completion of our initial business combination, we do not expect to seek loans from parties other than our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor as we do not believe third parties will be willing to loan such funds and provide a waiver against any and all rights to seek access to funds in our Trust Account.
We expect our primary liquidity requirements during that period to include approximately $1,000,000 for legal, accounting and other third party expenses attendant to the search for target businesses and to the due diligence investigation, structuring and negotiation of a business combination, $465,000 for legal and accounting fees related to SEC reporting obligations, $180,000 for infrastructure, technology and administrative expenses, $175,000 for D&O liability insurance premiums and $580,000 for working capital and reserves.
These amounts are estimates and may differ materially from our actual expenses. In addition, we could use amounts held outside of the Trust Account to pay commitment fees for financing, fees to consultants to assist us with our search for a target business or as a down payment or to fund a “no-shop” provision (a provision designed to keep target businesses from “shopping” around for transactions with other companies or investors on terms more favorable to such target businesses) with respect to a particular proposed business combination, although we do not have any current intention to do so. If we entered into an agreement where we paid for the right to receive exclusivity from a target business, the amount that would be used as a down payment or to fund a “no-shop” provision would be determined based on the terms of the specific business combination and the amount of our available funds at the time. Our forfeiture of such funds (whether as a result of our breach or otherwise) could result in our not having sufficient funds to continue searching for, or conducting due diligence with respect to, prospective target businesses.
Moreover, we may need to obtain additional financing to complete our initial business combination, either because the transaction requires more cash than is available from the proceeds held in our Trust Account or because we become obligated to redeem a significant number of our public shares upon completion of the business combination, in which case we may issue additional securities or incur debt in connection with such business combination. In addition, we intend to target businesses with enterprise values that are greater than we could acquire with the net proceeds of our Initial Public Offering and the sale of the private placement units, and, as a result, if the cash portion of the purchase price exceeds the amount available from the Trust Account, net of amounts needed to satisfy any redemptions by public shareholders, we may be required to seek additional financing to complete such proposed initial business combination. We may also obtain financing prior to the closing of our initial business combination to fund our working capital needs and transaction costs in connection with our search for and completion of our initial business combination. There is no limitation on our ability to raise funds through the issuance of equity or equity-linked securities or through loans, advances or other indebtedness in connection with our initial business combination, including pursuant to forward purchase agreements or backstop agreements we may enter into following consummation of our Initial Public Offering. Subject to compliance with applicable securities laws, we would only complete such financing simultaneously with the completion of our initial business combination. If we are unable to complete our initial business combination because we do not have sufficient funds available to us, we will be forced to liquidate the Trust Account. In addition, following our initial business combination, if cash on hand is insufficient, we may need to obtain additional financing in order to meet our obligations.
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Related Party Transactions
On April 9, 2025, the sponsor entered into a certain subscription agreement with the company, paying $25,000, or approximately $0.004 per share, in exchange for the issuance of 6,543,103 founder shares to the sponsor. The sponsor transferred 200,000 founder shares to Clear Street in connection with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, for the amount of $0.004 per share prior to the consummation of our Initial Public Offering. Clear Street also has the right to receive up to 229,008 Class B ordinary shares if the Lookback Price is less than $1.25. The “Lookback Price” is equal to the volume-weighted average price of the Class A Ordinary Shares (or the securities into which such shares have converted) for a 30-trading day period ending on the Release Date. The “Release Date” is the date that is the later of (i) the date that all contractual lock-ups on the founder shares have expired, and (ii) the date on which a resale registration statement relating to the founder shares (or proceeds thereof) has been declared effective by the SEC.
Our sponsor, McKinley Partners LLC, which we refer to as the “sponsor”, the underwriters, which we refer to as “Clear Street”, and Brookline Capital Markets, a division of Arcadia Securities, LLC, which we refer to as “Brookline”, committed to purchase an aggregate of 465,000 units, in a private placement at $10.00 per unit for a total purchase price of $4,650,000 (which includes $4,150,000 in cash and the Private Placement Units Note) at the closing of the Initial Public Offering. Of those 465,000 Private Placement Units, our sponsor has agreed to purchase 420,000 Private Placement Units, Clear Street agreed to purchase 25,000 Private Placement Units, and Brookline agreed to purchase 20,000 Private Placement Units. The Private Placement Units are identical to the units sold in the Initial Public Offering, subject to certain limited exceptions as described below. Of the 420,000 Private Placement Units to be purchased by the sponsor, a total of 50,000 of those units were purchased by a non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note that issued to the sponsor simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering in the principal amount of $500,000 (the “Private Placement Units Note”), which we may draw down at any time and from time to time in our sole discretion. At the closing of our initial business combination, we will cancel the number of Private Placement Units proportional to the amount not drawn under the Private Placement Units Note and the Private Placement Units Note will be canceled.
The Private Placement Units are identical to the units sold in the Initial Public Offering except that, so long as they are held by our sponsor, Clear Street, Brookline, or their permitted transferees, the Private Placement Units (i) may not (including the Class A ordinary shares underlying these units), subject to certain limited exceptions, be transferred, assigned or sold by the holders until 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination and (ii) will be entitled to registration rights.
Pursuant to an agreement we entered into with our sponsor, we will pay a monthly technology, software, computer systems, administrative support, secretarial services and infrastructure fee of $10,000 to our sponsor.
Prior to or in connection with the completion of our initial business combination, there may be payment by the company to our sponsor, officers or directors, or their affiliates, of a finder’s fee, advisory fee, consulting fee or success fee for any services they render in order to effectuate the completion of our initial business, which, if made prior to the completion of our initial business combination, will be paid from amounts held outside the Trust Account.
Our audit committee will review on a quarterly basis all payments that were made to our sponsor, officers, directors or our or their affiliates.
In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial business combination, our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor or certain of our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required on a non-interest basis. If we complete an initial business combination, we would repay such loaned amounts. Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into Private Placement Units of the post business combination entity at a price of $10.00 per unit at the option of the lender. Such units would be identical to the Private Placement Units. Except as set forth above, the terms of such loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. Prior to the completion of our initial business combination, we do not expect to seek loans from parties other than our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor as we do not believe third parties will be willing to loan such funds and provide a waiver against any and all rights to seek access to funds in our Trust Account.
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After our initial business combination, members of our management team who remain with us may be paid consulting, management or other fees from the combined company with any and all amounts being fully disclosed to our shareholders, to the extent then known, in the proxy solicitation or tender offer materials, as applicable, furnished to our shareholders. It is unlikely the amount of such compensation will be known at the time of distribution of such tender offer materials or at the time of a general meeting held to consider our initial business combination, as applicable, as it will be up to the directors of the post-combination business to determine executive and director compensation.
We have entered into a registration rights agreement with respect to the founder shares and Private Placement Units.
Contractual Obligations
We do not have any long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or long-term liabilities. No unaudited quarterly operating data is included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as we have not conducted any business operations to date.
Critical Accounting Estimates
The preparation of financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and income and expenses during the periods reported. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates. We have identified the following critical accounting estimates as of March 31, 2026:
Over-allotment Option Liability
A Black-Scholes model was used to value the over-allotment option. The Company estimates the volatility of its ordinary share based on historical volatility that matches the expected remaining life of the option. The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Constant Maturity Treasury rates on the grant date for a maturity similar to the expected remaining life of the option. The expected life of the option is assumed to be equivalent to their remaining contractual term. The following is a summary of key inputs utilized:
| August 13, 2025 | ||||
| Unit price | $ | 9.98 | ||
| Exercise price | 10.00 | |||
| Risk-free rate | 4.36 | % | ||
| Estimated volatility | 3.63 | % | ||
| Time to expiration (years) | 0.12 | |||
Public Rights
The Public Rights were valued using an iterative analysis based on market comparable. The valuation was based on a peer group selection of comparable special purpose acquisition companies who were pre-business combination, included one right to redeem one-tenth of one Class A ordinary share as part of their units that were publicly trading, had consummated their initial public offerings within six months of the valuation date. Utilizing this criteria a right price of $0.220, reflective of the 75th percentile peer group range, was selected. An implied right price of $0.289 was determined through a backsolve approach, and after taking the weighted average of the two right prices determined the fair value of a Public Right was $0.241.
Interests in Founder Shares
The interests in founder shares were valued by determining a value of the common stock price reduced by the probability of no acquisition and by a discount for lack of marketability. The following is a summary of key inputs utilized:
| August 13, 2025 | ||||
| Underlying stock price | $ | 9.74 | ||
| Estimated probability of successful business combination | 70.00 | % | ||
| Indicated marketable value of Class B ordinary shares | $ | 6.82 | ||
| Estimated volatility | 80.00 | % | ||
| Risk-free rate | 3.76 | % | ||
| Time to expiration (years) | 1.50 | |||
| Indicated cost of put option | $ | 2.31 | ||
| Estimated fair value of one Class B ordinary share | $ | 4.51 | ||
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Bonus Shares
The Bonus Shares were valued using a Monte Carlo simulation to estimate the fair value of the non-managing sponsor and underwriter interests in the Bonus Shares. The simulation utilized a Geometric Brownian Motion, and on a risk-neutral basis, the price of Class A ordinary shares considering the contractual mechanisms for the Bonus Shares to be distributed. Key inputs included a $9.74 value of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares, a risk-free interest rate based on the U.S. Treasury yields for a term similar to the expected remaining life until the Lookback Date, and pre-business combination and post-business combination volatility based on precedent analysis.
Recent Accounting Standards
Refer to Note 2 – Significant Accounting Policies in Part I. Financial Statements.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
As smaller reporting company, we are not required to make disclosures under this Item.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Disclosure controls are procedures that are designed with the objective of ensuring that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Exchange Act, such as this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures are also designed with the objective of ensuring that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Certifying Officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Certifying Officers, we carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Based on the foregoing, our Certifying Officers concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of March 31, 2026.
We do not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures will prevent all errors and all instances of fraud. Disclosure controls and procedures, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the disclosure controls and procedures are met. Further, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all disclosure controls and procedures, no evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures can provide absolute assurance that we have detected all our control deficiencies and instances of fraud, if any. The design of disclosure controls and procedures also is based partly on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.
Management’s Report on Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q does not include a report of management’s assessment regarding internal control over financial reporting or an attestation report of our independent registered public accounting firm due to a transition period established by rules of the SEC for newly public companies.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) during the most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings.
To the knowledge of our management, there is no material litigation, arbitration or governmental proceeding currently pending against us, any of our officers or directors in their capacity as such or against any of our property.
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
Factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are any of the risks described in our Final Prospectus. Any of these factors could result in a significant or material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition. Additional risk factors not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business or results of operations.
As of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, there have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in our Final Prospectus. We may disclose changes to such factors or disclose additional factors from time to time in our future filings with the SEC.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
On August 13, 2025, we consummated our Initial Public Offering of 15,000,000 Units at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $150,000,000. Clear Street and Brookline acted as the underwriters. The securities sold in the Initial Public Offering were registered under the Securities Act on registration statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-288439). The SEC declared the registration statement effective on August 11, 2025.
Simultaneously with the consummation of the Initial Public Offering, on August 13, 2025, we consummated the private sale of an aggregate of 465,000 Private Placement Units to the Sponsor and the underwriters at a purchase price of $10.00 per unit, generating gross proceeds of $4,650,000. The Private Placement Units are identical to the Units sold in the Initial Public Offering, except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement. No underwriting discounts or commissions were paid with respect to such sale. The issuance of the Private Placement Units was made pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
We incurred transaction costs amounting to $7,262,013, consisting of $1,500,000 cash underwriting fee, $4,500,000 of deferred underwriting fee, and $1,262,013 of other offering costs.
Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering, of the net proceeds received from the consummation of the Initial Public Offering and simultaneous Private Placement, $150,000,000 ($10.00 per unit sold in the Initial Public Offering) was placed in the Trust Account.
On August 15, 2025, Clear Street formally notified the Company that they will exercise their over-allotment option to the full extent of 2,250,000 Units at $10.00 per Unit, generating additional proceeds to the Company of $22,500,000. The Units were delivered to Clear Street in connection with the closing on August 19, 2025. The $22,500,000 of proceeds was placed in the Trust Account.
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There has been no material change in the planned use of proceeds from the Initial Public Offering and Private Placement as is described in the Company’s Final Prospectus.
Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers during the Quarter Ended March 31, 2026
None.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.
None.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Other Information.
Item 6. Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed as part of, or incorporated by reference into, this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 31.1* | Certification of the Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15(d)-14(a), as adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | |
| 31.2* | Certification of the Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15(d)-14(a), as adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | |
| 32.1** | Certification of the Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | |
| 32.2** | Certification of the Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | |
| 101.INS* | XBRL Instance Document | |
| 101.CAL* | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document | |
| 101.SCH* | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document | |
| 101.DEF* | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document | |
| 101.LAB* | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document | |
| 101.PRE* | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101) |
| * | Filed herewith |
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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 thereunto duly authorized.
| McKinley Acquisition Corporation | |||
| May 15, 2026 | By: | /s/ Peter Wright | |
| Name: | Peter Wright | ||
| Title: | Chief
Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) | ||
| May 15, 2026 | By: | /s/ Daphne Huang | |
| Name: | Daphne Huang | ||
| Title: | Chief
Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) | ||
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