Form 8-K

8-K — McKinley Acquisition Corp

Accession: 0001213900-26-058426

Filed: 2026-05-18

Period: 2026-05-14

CIK: 0002067592

SIC: 6770 (BLANK CHECKS)

Item: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

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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)

McKinley Acquisition

Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant

as Specified in its Charter)

Cayman Islands

001-42799

98-1852078

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

75 Second Ave., Suite 605

Needham, MA

02494

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

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:

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

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 “Company”) 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 “Board”) 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.

Dated: May 18, 2026

MCKINLEY ACQUISITION CORPORATION

By:

/s/ Peter Wright

Name:

Peter Wright

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

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