{"url_path":"/sec/mklyu/8-k/2026-05-18/item-5-02","section_key":"item-5-02","section_title":"Item 5.02 Departure","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-05-18","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2067592/0001213900-26-058426-index.html","accession_number":"0001213900-26-058426","cik":"0002067592","ticker":"MKLY","issuer_name":"McKinley Acquisition Corp","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2067592/0001213900-26-058426-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0002067592","primary_entity_name":"McKinley Acquisition Corp"},"word_count":385,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 5.02 Departure\nof Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers**\n\n \n\nOn May 14, 2026, the holders of Class B ordinary\nshares in McKinley Acquisition Corporation (the “**Company**”) appointed Joseph Shaposhnik as an additional independent\ndirector of the Company, and Mr. Shaposhnik consented to such appointment.\n\n \n\nIn addition, Mr. Shaposhnik was designated by\nthe board of directors of the Company (the “**Board**”) as an additional Class I Director who shall stand elected\nfor a term expiring at the Company’s first annual general meeting and the Board appointed Mr. Shaposhnik to the Audit Committee\nand the Compensation Committee.\n\n \n\nJoseph Shaposhnik is the Founder and Portfolio Manager of Rainwater\nEquity, an asset management firm that invests in recurring revenue businesses built by exceptional leaders. Prior to founding Rainwater\nEquity, he established TCW Group’s New America business unit in 2015, where he served as Portfolio Manager for a range of investment\nstrategies, including the TCW New America Premier Equities Fund/Compounders ETF (GRW), Global Premier Sustainable Equities UCITS, and\nGlobal Space Technology Equities portfolios. Before joining TCW Group in 2011, Mr. Shaposhnik was an Equity Research Associate at Fidelity\nInvestments, where he covered the semiconductor and entertainment software industries for the firm’s U.S. domestic equity funds.\nMr. Shaposhnik holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley and\nan MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management.\n\n \n\nThere are no arrangements or understandings between\nMr. Shaposhnik and any other person pursuant to which he was appointed to serve as a director of the Board and Mr. Shaposhnik\ndoes not have a direct or indirect material interest in any “related party” transaction required to be disclosed pursuant\nto Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. There are no family relationships between Mr. Shaposhnik and any director or executive\nofficer of the Company.\n\n \n\nMr. Shaposhnik will receive interests in McKinley\nPartners, LLC, the Company’s sponsor, for his service as a director of the Company.\n\n \n\n1\n\n \n\n \n\n**SIGNATURES**\n\n \n\nPursuant to the requirements\nof the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto\nduly authorized.\n\n \n\nDated: May 18, 2026\n \n\n \n \n \n\nMCKINLEY ACQUISITION CORPORATION\n \n\n \n \n \n\nBy:\n*/s/ Peter Wright*\n \n\nName: \nPeter Wright\n \n\nTitle:\nChief Executive Officer\n \n\n \n\n2"}