McKinley Acquisition Corp 10-Q

Item 1. Financial Statements MCKINLEY ACQUISITION CORPORATION UNAUDITED CONDENSED BALANCE SHEET SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 Assets: Current assets: Cash $ 1,883,395 Prepaid expenses – current 90,609 Due from related party 30,478 Total current assets 2,004,482 Non-current assets: Cash held in Trust Account 173,451,679 Prepaid expenses – non-current 58,253 Total non-current assets 173,509,932 Total Assets $ 175,514,414 Liabilities, Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Redemption, and Shareholders’ Deficit: Current liabilities: Accounts payable $ 73,969 Accrued expenses 79,000 Administrative services fee payable – related party 10,452 Total current liabilities 163,421 Non-current liabilities: Deferred underwriting commissions 4,500,000 Total non-current liabilities 4,500,000 Total Liabilities 4,663,421 Commitments and Contingencies (Note 7) Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption, $ 0.0001 par value; 17,250,000 shares issued and outstanding at redemption value of $ 10.06 per share 173,451,679 Shareholders’ Deficit Preference shares, $ 0.0001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued or outstanding — Class A ordinary shares, $ 0.0001 par value; 239,000,000 shares authorized; 540,000 shares issued and outstanding (excluding 17,250,000 shares subject to possible redemption) 55 Class B ordinary shares, $ 0.0001 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized; 6,543,103 shares issued and outstanding 654 Share receivable ( 500,000 ) Additional paid-in capital — Accumulated deficit ( 2,101,395 ) Total Shareholders’ Deficit ( 2,600,686 ) Total Liabilities, Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Redemption, and Shareholders’ Deficit $ 175,514,414 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements. 1 MCKINLEY ACQUISITION CORPORATION UNAUDITED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS For the Three Months Ended For the Period From March 27, 2025 (Inception) Through September 30, 2025 September 30, 2025 Loss from operations: Formation, general and administrative expenses $ 327,697 $ 391,118 Listing fees 12,308 12,308 Insurance expense 9,247 9,247 Net loss from operations ( 349,252 ) ( 412,673 ) Other income: Interest income on Trust Account 951,679 951,679 Net other income 951,679 951,679 Net income $ 602,427 $ 539,006 Basic weighted average Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption outstanding 9,040,761 4,424,202 Basic net income per Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption $ 0.04 $ 0.05 Basic weighted average Class A & Class B ordinary shares not subject to possible redemption outstanding 6,349,527 6,012,571 Basic net income per Class A & Class B ordinary shares not subject to possible redemption $ 0.04 $ 0.05 Diluted weighted average Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption outstanding 9,040,761 4,424,202 Diluted net income per Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption $ 0.04 $ 0.05 Diluted weighted average Class A & Class B ordinary shares not subject to possible redemption outstanding 6,804,081 6,670,816 Diluted net income per Class A & Class B ordinary shares not subject to possible redemption $ 0.04 $ 0.05 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements. 2 MCKINLEY ACQUISITION CORPORATION UNAUDITED CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDER’S DEFICIT FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 AND FOR THE PERIOD FROM MARCH 27, 2025 (INCEPTION) THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 Class A ordinary shares Class B ordinary shares Share Additional Paid-In Accumulated Total Shareholder’s Shares Amount Shares Amount Receivable Capital Deficit Deficit Balance as of March 27, 2025 (inception) — $ — — $ — $ — $ — $ — $ — Net loss — — — — — — ( 8,601 ) ( 8,601 ) Balance as of March 31, 2025 (Unaudited) — — — — — — ( 8,601 ) ( 8,601 ) Issuance of Class B ordinary shares to Sponsor — — 6,543,103 654 — 24,346 — 25,000 Net loss — — — — — — ( 54,820 ) ( 54,820 ) Balance as of June 30, 2025 (Unaudited) — — 6,543,103 $ 654 — $ 24,346 $ ( 63,421 ) $ ( 38,421 ) Sale of Public Units — — — — — 3,622,244 — 3,622,244 Sale of Private Placement Units 465,000 47 — — ( 500,000 ) 4,649,953 — 4,150,000 Capital contribution of membership interests — — — — — 12,765,331 — 12,765,331 Cost of raising capital for non-managing sponsor and underwriter interests — — — — — ( 12,765,331 ) — ( 12,765,331 ) Issuance of Representative Shares 75,000 8 — — — 749,992 — 750,000 Allocated value of transaction costs to Rights — — — — — ( 175,365 ) — ( 175,365 ) Exercise of over-allotment option — — — — — 149,000 — 149,000 Remeasurement of Class A ordinary shares to redemption value — — — — — ( 9,020,170 ) ( 2,640,401 ) ( 11,660,571 ) Net income — — — — — — 602,427 602,427 Balance as of September 30, 2025 (Unaudited) 540,000 $ 55 6,543,103 $ 654 $ ( 500,000 ) $ — $ ( 2,101,395 ) $ ( 2,600,686 ) The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements. 3 MCKINLEY ACQUISITION CORPORATION UNAUDITED CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE PERIOD FROM MARCH 27, 2025 (INCEPTION) THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 Cash Flows from Operating Activities: Net income $ 539,006 Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities: Interest income on Trust Account ( 951,679 ) Changes in operating assets and liabilities: Prepaid expenses ( 148,862 ) Accounts payable 73,969 Accrued expenses 79,000 Administrative services fee payable – related party 10,452 Net cash used in operating activities ( 398,114 ) Cash Flows from Investing Activities: Investment of cash into Trust Account ( 172,500,000 ) Net cash used in investing activities ( 172,500,000 ) Cash Flows from Financing Activities: Proceeds from sale of Public Units 150,000,000 Proceeds from exercise of over-allotment option 22,500,000 Proceeds from sale of Private Placement Units 4,650,000 Payment of underwriter fees and commissions ( 1,575,000 ) Proceeds from issuance of Class B ordinary shares 25,000 Proceeds from promissory note – related party 154,522 Payment of promissory note – related party ( 185,000 ) Payment of offering costs ( 288,013 ) Share receivable ( 500,000 ) Net cash provided by financing activities 174,781,509 Net change in cash 1,883,395 Cash – beginning of period — Cash – end of period $ 1,883,395 Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities: Remeasurement of Class A ordinary shares to redemption value $ 11,660,571 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements. 4 MCKINLEY ACQUISITION CORPORATION NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 Note 1 — Organization and Business Operations McKinley Acquisition Corporation (the “Company”) was incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company on March 27, 2025. The Company was incorporated for the purpose of effecting merger, amalgamation, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (the “Business Combination”). The Company has not selected any specific Business Combination target and the Company has not, nor has anyone on its behalf, engaged in any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any Business Combination target with respect to an initial Business Combination with the Company. As of September 30, 2025, the Company had not yet commenced operations. All activity for the period from March 27, 2025 (inception) through September 30, 2025 relates to the Company’s formation, the initial public offering (“Initial Public Offering”), which is described below, and following the Initial Public Offering, seeking a target business to acquire. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of its initial Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company will generate non-operating income in the form of interest income on cash and cash equivalents from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end. The Company’s sponsor is McKinley Partners LLC (the “Sponsor”). 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 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 (defined below). 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 (Note 4). 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 receivable, representative of the non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note issued to the Sponsor (see Note 6). Transaction costs amounted 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. The Company’s Business Combination must be with one or more target businesses that together have a fair market value equal to at least 80 % of the net balance in the Trust Account (as defined below) (excluding the amount of contingent, deferred underwriting discounts held and taxes payable on the income earned on the Trust Account) at the time of the signing an agreement to enter into a Business Combination. However, the Company will only complete a Business Combination if the post-Business Combination company owns or acquires 50 % or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). There is no assurance that the Company will be able to successfully effect a Business Combination. 5 MCKINLEY ACQUISITION CORPORATION NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 Upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering and exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option, $ 150,000,000 of the proceeds from the Initial Public Offering and $ 22,500,000 of the proceeds from the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option were deposited into the Trust Account (the “Trust Account”), respectively, and is 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 the Company might be deemed to be an investment company for purposes of the Investment Company Act, which risk increases the longer that the Company holds investments in the Trust Account, the Company may, at any time (based on the management team’s ongoing assessment of all factors related to the Company’s 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. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account that may be released to the Company to pay its taxes, if any, the proceeds from the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Units will not be released from the Trust Account until the earliest of (i) the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination, (ii) the redemption of the Company’s Public Shares if the Company is unable to complete the initial Business Combination within 18 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering or by such later time as the shareholders of the Company may approve by special resolution (the “Completion Window”), subject to applicable law, or (iii) the redemption of the Company’s Public Shares properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to amend the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to (A) modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with the initial Business Combination or to redeem 100 % of the Company’s Public Shares if the Company has not consummated an initial Business Combination within the Completion Window or (B) with respect to any other material provisions relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity. The proceeds deposited in the Trust Account could become subject to the claims of the Company’s creditors, if any, which could have priority over the claims of the Company’s public shareholders. 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 $ 10.00 per public share. The ordinary shares subject to redemption will be recorded at redemption value and classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering, in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” 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 $ 100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will constitute full and complete payment for the Public Shares and completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation or other distributions, if any), subject to the Company’s obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and subject to the other requirements of applicable law. 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. 6 MCKINLEY ACQUISITION CORPORATION NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 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) $ 10.00 per public share and (ii) the actual amount per public share held in the Trust Account as of the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account, if less than $ 10.00 per share due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, less taxes payable (other than excise or similar taxes), provided that such liability will not apply to any claims by a third party or prospective target business who executed a waiver of any and all rights to the monies held in the Trust Account (whether or not such waiver is enforceable) nor will it apply to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriters of the Initial Public Offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). However, the Company has not asked the Sponsor to reserve for such indemnification obligations, nor has the Company independently verified whether the Sponsor has sufficient funds to satisfy its indemnity obligations, and the Company believes that the Sponsor’s only assets are securities of the Company. Therefore, the Company cannot assure that the Sponsor would be able to satisfy those obligations. Going Concern and Liquidity As of September 30, 2025, the Company had $ 1,883,395 cash and working capital of $ 1,841,061 . Further, the Company has incurred and expects to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of its financing and acquisition plans. In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-15, “Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern,” as of September 30, 2025, the Company does not have sufficient liquidity to meet its current obligations which is considered to be one year from the date of the issuance of the financial statements. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management plans to address this uncertainty by completing an initial Business Combination. However, there is no assurance that the Company’s plans to consummate a Business Combination will be successful within the Combination Period. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. Risks and Uncertainties The United States and global markets are experiencing volatility and disruption following the geopolitical instability resulting from the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict and the recent escalation of the Israel-Hamas conflict. In response to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (“NATO”) deployed additional military forces to eastern Europe, and the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union and other countries have announced various sanctions and restrictive actions against Russia, Belarus and related individuals and entities, including the removal of certain financial institutions from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication payment system. Certain countries, including the United States, have also provided and may continue to provide military aid or other assistance to Ukraine and to Israel, increasing geopolitical tensions among a number of nations. The invasion of Ukraine by Russia and the escalation of the Israel-Hamas conflict and the resulting measures that have been taken, and could be taken in the future, by NATO, the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, Israel and its neighboring states and other countries have created global security concerns that could have a lasting impact on regional and global economies. Although the length and impact of the ongoing conflicts are highly unpredictable, they could lead to market disruptions, including significant volatility in commodity prices, credit and capital markets, as well as supply chain interruptions and increased cyber-attacks against U.S. companies. Additionally, any resulting sanctions could adversely affect the global economy and financial markets and lead to instability and lack of liquidity in capital markets. Furthermore, changes to policy implemented by the U.S. Congress, the Trump administration or any new administration have impacted and may in the future impact, among other things, the U.S. and global economy, international trade relations, unemployment, immigration, healthcare, taxation, the U.S. regulatory environment, inflation and other areas. For example, during the prior Trump administration, increased tariffs were implemented on goods imported into the U.S., particularly from China, Canada, and Mexico. On February 1, 2025, the U.S. imposed a 25 % tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico, which were subsequently suspended for a period of one month, and a 10 % additional tariff on imports from China. More recently on April 2, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order imposing a minimum 10 percent baseline tariff on all U.S. imports, with higher tariffs applied to imports from 57 specific countries. The baseline tariff rate became effective on April 5, while tariffs on imports from the 57 targeted nations, ranging from 11 to 50 percent, took effect on April 9. On the same day, President Trump announced a 90-day ‘pause’ on reciprocal tariffs for all but China, which continues to face tariffs as high as 145%. Historically, tariffs have led to increased trade and political tensions, between not only the U.S. and China, but also between the U.S. and other countries in the international community. In response to tariffs, other countries have implemented retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods. 7 MCKINLEY ACQUISITION CORPORATION NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 Any of the above mentioned factors, or any other negative impact on the global economy, capital markets or other geopolitical conditions resulting from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Israel-Hamas conflict and subsequent sanctions or related actions, and tariff on imports from foreign countries could adversely affect the Company’s search for an initial business combination and any target business with which the Company may ultimately consummate an initial Business Combination. 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. 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 $ 1,883,395 cash and no cash equivalents as of September 30, 2025. Cash Held in Trust Account As of September 30, 2025, the assets held in the Trust Account, amounting to $ 173,451,679 , were held in cash. 8 MCKINLEY ACQUISITION CORPORATION NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 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 $ 250,000 . The Company has not experienced losses on this account and management believes the Company is not exposed to significant risks on such account. Due From Related Party The Company had a $ 30,478 receivable from the Sponsor as of September 30, 2025 (see Note 6). The amount is expected to be repaid in full. 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 $ 1,113,013 , consisting of $ 750,000 value of the Representative Shares (see Note 7) and $ 363,013 of legal and other expenses that were directly related to the Initial Public Offering and were charged to shareholders’ deficit upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering. 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. 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 2,250,000 Units. The Units were delivered to the underwriters in connection with the closing on August 19, 2025. 9 MCKINLEY ACQUISITION CORPORATION NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 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 September 30, 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. 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 zero for the period presented. Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption The Company accounts for its Class A ordinary shares subject to possible 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 15,000,000 Class A ordinary shares sold as part of the Units in the Initial Public Offering were issued with other freestanding instruments (i.e., rights), the initial carrying value of Class A ordinary shares classified as temporary equity has been allocated to the proceeds determined in accordance with ASC 470-20. If it is probable that the equity instrument will become redeemable, the Company has the option to either (i) accrete changes in the redemption value over the period from the date of issuance (or from the date that it becomes probable that the instrument will become redeemable, if later) to the earliest redemption date of the instrument or (ii) recognize changes in the redemption value immediately as they occur and adjust the carrying amount of the instrument to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. The Company has elected to recognize the changes immediately. The initial accretion and subsequent remeasurements will be treated as a deemed dividend (i.e., a reduction to retained earnings, or in absence of retained earnings, additional paid-in capital). Accordingly, as of September 30, 2025, Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption are presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the shareholders’ equity section of the Company’s balance sheet. As of September 30, 2025, the Class A ordinary shares subject to redemption reflected in the balance sheet are reconciled in the following table: Gross proceeds from Initial Public Offering $ 150,000,000 Less: Proceeds allocated to Public Rights ( 3,446,879 ) Proceeds allocated to over-allotment option liability ( 145,402 ) Offering costs allocated to Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption ( 6,941,246 ) Offering costs allocated to Public Rights ( 175,365 ) Plus: Underwriter exercise of over-allotment option 22,500,000 Accretion of Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption 11,660,571 Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption at September 30, 2025 $ 173,451,679 10 MCKINLEY ACQUISITION CORPORATION NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 Net Income per Ordinary Share The Company complies with accounting and disclosure requirements of ASC 260, “Earnings Per Share.” The Company has two classes of shares, which are referred to as redeemable Class A ordinary shares and non-redeemable Class A and Class B ordinary shares. Income and losses are shared pro rata between the two classes of shares. Net income per ordinary share is calculated by dividing the net income by the weighted average ordinary shares outstanding for the respective 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. However, because the warrants are anti-dilutive, they have been excluded from the calculation of diluted income per ordinary share for the periods presented. For the period from For the Three Months Ended March 27, 2025 (inception) through September 30, 2025 September 30, 2025 Redeemable Class A ordinary shares Non-redeemable Class A & Class B ordinary shares Redeemable Class A ordinary shares Non-redeemable Class A & Class B ordinary shares Basic net income per ordinary share Numerator: Allocation of net income $ 353,885 $ 248,542 $ 228,487 $ 310,519 Denominator: Basic weighted average shares outstanding 9,040,761 6,349,527 4,424,202 6,012,571 Basic net income per ordinary share $ 0.04 $ 0.04 $ 0.05 $ 0.05 For the period from For the Three Months Ended March 27, 2025 (inception) through September 30, 2025 September 30, 2025 Redeemable Class A ordinary shares Non-redeemable Class A & Class B ordinary shares Redeemable Class A ordinary shares Non-redeemable Class A & Class B ordinary shares Diluted net income per ordinary share Numerator: Allocation of net income $ 343,733 $ 258,694 $ 214,932 $ 324,074 Denominator: Diluted weighted average shares outstanding 9,040,761 6,804,081 4,424,202 6,670,816 Diluted net income per ordinary share $ 0.04 $ 0.04 $ 0.05 $ 0.05 11 MCKINLEY ACQUISITION CORPORATION NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SEPTEMBER 30, 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 will classify the rights under equity treatment at its fair value once determined upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering. Recent Accounting Standards In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, “Segment reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures” (“ASU 2023-07”). The amendments in this ASU require disclosures, on an annual and interim basis, of significant segment expenses that are regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”), as well as the aggregate amount of other segment items included in the reported measure of segment profit or loss. The ASU requires that a public entity disclose the title and position of the CODM and an explanation of how the CODM uses the reported measure(s) of segment profit or loss in assessing segment performance and deciding how to allocate resources. Public entities will be required to provide all annual disclosures currently required by Topic 280 in interim periods, and entities with a single reportable segment are required to provide all the disclosures required by the amendments in this ASU and existing segment disclosures in Topic 280. The ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. The Company adopted ASU 2023-07 on March 27, 2025, the date of its incorporation. 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 is currently evaluating the impact of the new law. However, none of the tax provisions are expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements. Note 3 — Initial Public Offering On August 13, 2025, the Company sold 15,000,000 Public Units at a purchase price of $ 10.00 per Public Unit. Each Public Unit that the Company is offering has a price of $ 10.00 and consists of one Class A ordinary share and right to receive one-tenth (1/10) of a Class A ordinary share upon the consummation of an initial Business Combination. Each ten rights entitle the holder thereof to receive one Class A ordinary share at the closing of an initial Business Combination. The Company will not issue fractional Class A ordinary shares. As a result, holders must hold rights in multiples of ten in order to receive shares for all of their rights upon closing of an initial Business Combination. Note 4 — Private Placement Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Sponsor and the underwriters purchased an aggregate of 465,000 Private Placement Units at a price of $ 10.00 per Private Placement Unit, or $ 4,650,000 in the aggregate in a private placement. Each Private Placement Unit consists of one Private Placement Share and one 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 receivable, representative of the non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note issued to the Sponsor (see Note 6). 12 MCKINLEY ACQUISITION CORPORATION NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 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 327,500 of the 420,000 Private Placement Units that were purchased by the Sponsor at a price of $ 10.00 per unit ($ 3,275,000 in the aggregate) in a private placement that closed simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering. The Sponsor issued membership interests at a nominal purchase price ($ 0.004 ) to the non-managing sponsor investors, reflecting interests in an aggregate of 2,620,000 founder shares held by the Sponsor as a result of the non-managing sponsor investors purchase of Private Placement Units. 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 to the sponsor members in the event the variable-weighted average price of Class A ordinary shares is less than $ 1.25 per share for the 30 -trading day period ending on the date that is later than (i) the day 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 (the “Lookback Date”) (the “Bonus Shares”). 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. 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 $ 4.51 per share, or $ 11,809,000 in the aggregate, and the fair value of the non-managing sponsor interests in Bonus Shares was $ 51,725 . Since the cost of these interest allocations to the non-managing members are considered offering costs, the Company recorded the aggregate fair value of $ 11,860,725 into equity for the non-managing sponsor transaction at the closing of the Initial Public Offering. Underwriter Securities Transfer Agreement An underwriter purchased 25,000 Private Placement Units from the Sponsor at a price of $ 10.00 , or $ 250,000 in the aggregate, in connection with the private placement that closed simultaneously with the Initial Public Offering. Additionally, pursuant to the transfer agreement entered into between the Sponsor and the underwriter, the underwriter purchased 200,000 Class B ordinary shares from the Sponsor for a purchase price of $ 0.004 per share, or $ 800 in the aggregate (the “Transfer Agreement”). The Transfer Agreement additionally provides for the distribution of Bonus Shares. 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 interest in 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 $ 4.51 per share, or $ 902,000 in the aggregate, and the fair value of the underwriter’s interest in the Bonus Shares was $ 2,606 . Since the Discount and interest in Bonus Shares are considered offering costs, the Company recorded the aggregate fair value of $ 904,606 into equity for the transaction at the closing of the Initial Public Offering. 13 MCKINLEY ACQUISITION CORPORATION NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 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 Company’s CODM has been identified as the Chief Financial Officer , who reviews the operating results for the Company as a whole to make decisions about allocating resources and assessing financial performance. Accordingly, management has determined that the Company only has one reportable segment. 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. When evaluating the Company’s performance and making key decisions regarding resource allocation, the CODM reviews several key metrics included in net income or loss and total assets, which include the following: September 30, 2025 Cash $ 1,883,395 Cash held in Trust Account $ 173,451,679 Total Assets $ 175,514,414 For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2025 For the Period from March 27, 2025 (Inception) through September 30, 2025 Net loss from operations $ ( 349,252 ) $ ( 412,673 ) Interest income on Trust Account $ 951,679 $ 951,679 Net income $ 602,427 $ 539,006 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. 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. 14 MCKINLEY ACQUISITION CORPORATION NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 Note 6 — Related Party Transactions Founder Shares On April 9, 2025, the Company issued an aggregate of 6,543,103 Class B ordinary shares, $ 0.0001 par value (the “Founder Shares”), in exchange for a $ 25,000 payment (approximately $ 0.004 per share) from the Sponsor to cover certain expenses on behalf of the Company. Up to 853,448 of the founder shares were subject to complete or partial forfeiture by the Sponsor for no consideration had the underwriters’ over-allotment option not been exercised in full. The sponsor transferred 200,000 founder shares to the underwriters in connection with the Initial Public Offering, for the amount of $ 0.004 per share. the underwriters also have 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. These ordinary shares will be deemed compensation by FINRA and are therefore subject to a lock-up for a period of 180 days from the date of the commencement of sales in the Initial Public Offering pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110(e)(1). Pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110(e)(1), these securities will not be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged or hypothecated or the subject of any hedging, short sale, derivative, put or call transaction that would result in the economic disposition of the securities by any person for a period of 180 days from the commencement of sales of the Initial Public Offering except to any underwriter and selected dealer participating in the offering and their officers, partners, registered persons or affiliates. 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 has agreed to forfeit up to an aggregate of 853,448 Founder Shares to the extent that the over-allotment option is not exercised in full by the underwriters so that the Founder Shares will represent approximately 20 % of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares after the Initial Public Offering. If the Company increases or decreases the size of the offering, the Company will effect a share capitalization or share surrender, as applicable, immediately prior to the consummation of the Initial Public Offering in such amount as to maintain the Founder Share ownership of the Company’s shareholders prior to the Initial Public Offering at 20 % of the Company’s issued and outstanding ordinary shares upon the consummation of the Initial Public Offering. 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 18 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Sponsor will not be entitled to rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any Founder Shares held by it. 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 $ 12.00 per share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, share capitalizations, rights issuances, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the initial Business Combination or (y) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, share exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all of the public shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property. Administrative Services Agreement The Company entered into an agreement with the Sponsor to pay an affiliate the Sponsor a total of up to $ 10,000 per month for office space and administrative and support service. Payments commence on the effective date of the registration statement for the Initial Public Offering until the earlier of the Company’s consummation of an initial Business Combination or its liquidation. For the three months ended September 30, 2025 and for the period from March 27, 2025 (inception) through September 30, 2025, the Company incurred $ 16,452 of fees under the administrative services agreement and has made payments of $ 6,000 , resulting in an accrual of $ 10,452 as of September 30, 2025. 15 MCKINLEY ACQUISITION CORPORATION NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 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 $ 125,000 to cover expenses related to the Initial Public Offering pursuant to a promissory note (the “Note”). The Company amended and restated the Note to increase the principal sum to $ 185,000 (the “A&R Note”). This loan is non-interest bearing and payable on the earlier of December 31, 2025, or the date on which the Company consummates the Initial Public Offering. As of the date of the Initial Public Offering, the Company had borrowed $ 154,522 under the A&R Note. In connection with the consummation of the Initial Public Offering and private placement on August 13, 2025, $ 185,000 of proceeds were used to repay the A&R Note in full, resulting in an overpayment of $ 30,478 which is recorded on the balance sheet as a related party receivable. Borrowings under the Note and A&R Note are no longer available subsequent to the consummation of the Initial Public Offering. Private Placement Units Note In connection with the Sponsor’s purchase of Private Placement Units in the private placement, a total of 50,000 units were purchased by a non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note that was 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 the Company may draw down at any time and from time to time in its sole discretion. At the closing of an initial Business Combination, the Company 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 Note was not yet issued and there are no amounts outstanding as of September 30, 2025. 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 $ 1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into private placement-equivalent units of the post-Business Combination entity at a price of $ 10.00 per unit (“Working Capital Units”), with each unit comprised of one Class A ordinary shares (“Working Capital Share”) and one right to receive one-tenth (1/10 th ) of one Class A ordinary share upon the consummation of an initial Business Combination. As of September 30, 2025, the Company had no borrowings under the Working Capital Loans. 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. Underwriting Agreement The underwriters were granted a 45 -day option to purchase up to 2,250,000 additional Units to cover any over-allotments at the Initial Public Offering price less the underwriting discounts and commissions. The Units that would be issued in connection with the over-allotment option would be identical to the Units issued in 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 2,250,000 Units at $ 10.00 per Unit, generating additional proceeds to the Company of $ 22,500,000 . The Units were delivered to the underwriters in connection with the closing on August 19, 2025. The $ 22,500,000 of proceeds was placed in the Trust Account. 16 MCKINLEY ACQUISITION CORPORATION NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 The underwriters were paid a cash underwriting discount of $ 0.10 per Unit, or $ 1,500,000 in the aggregate, upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering. In addition, the underwriter are entitled to a contingent, deferred fee of $ 0.30 per Unit, or $ 4,500,000 in the aggregate. The contingent, deferred fee will become payable to the underwriters from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in the event that the Company completes an initial Business Combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement. Representative Shares The Company issued 75,000 ordinary shares to the underwriters and/or its designees (the “Representative Shares”) at the consummation of the Initial Public Offering. The Company accounts for the Representative Shares as an offering cost of the Initial Public Offering, resulting in a charge directly to shareholders’ equity. the underwriters (and any of its designees to whom the Representative Shares are issued) agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any such shares without the Company’s prior consent until the completion of an initial Business Combination. In addition, the Representative Shares were deemed to be underwriting compensation by FINRA pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110 and will, accordingly, be subject to certain transfer restrictions or a period of 180 days beginning on the date of commencement of sales of the Units in the Initial Public Offering. Furthermore, the underwriters agreed (and any of its designees to whom the Representative Shares are issued agreed) (i) to waive its redemption rights (or right to participate in any tender offer) with respect to such shares in connection with the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination and (ii) to waive its rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to such shares if the Company fails to complete an initial Business Combination within the Combination Period. Note 8 — Shareholders’ Deficit Preference Shares — The Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 preference shares with a par value of $ 0.0001 per share with such designations, voting and other rights and preferences as may be determined from time to time by the Company’s board of directors. As of September 30, 2025, there were no preference shares issued or outstanding. Class A Ordinary Shares — The Company is authorized to issue a total of 239,000,000 Class A ordinary shares at par value of $ 0.0001 each. At September 30, 2025, there were 17,790,000 Class A ordinary shares issued and outstanding, including 17,250,000 Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption. Class B Ordinary Shares — The Company is authorized to issue a total of 10,000,000 Class B ordinary shares at par value of $ 0.0001 each. On April 9, 2025, the Company issued 6,543,103 Class B ordinary shares to the Sponsor for $ 25,000 , or approximately $ 0.004 per share. The Founder Shares include an aggregate of up to 853,448 shares subject to complete or partial forfeiture if the over-allotment option is not exercised by the underwriters in full or in part, so that the initial shareholders will collectively own 20 % of the Company’s issued and outstanding ordinary shares after the Initial Proposed Offering. As of September 30, 2025, there were 6,543,103 Class B ordinary shares issued and outstanding. 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, 20 % of the sum of all ordinary shares issued and outstanding upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering plus all Class A ordinary shares and equity-linked securities issued or deemed issued in connection with a Business Combination, excluding any shares or equity-linked securities issued, or to be issued, to any seller in a Business Combination. 17 MCKINLEY ACQUISITION CORPORATION NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 Except as set forth herein, holders of record of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares are entitled to one vote for each share held on all matters to be voted on by shareholders. Unless specified in the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association or as required by the Companies Act or stock exchange rules, an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law and the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, which requires the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the votes cast by such shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at the applicable general meeting of the company is generally required to approve any matter voted on by the Company’s shareholders. Approval of certain actions requires a special resolution under Cayman Islands law, which (except as specified below) requires the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the votes cast by such shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at the applicable general meeting, and pursuant to the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, such actions include amending the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association and approving a statutory merger or consolidation with another company. There is no cumulative voting with respect to the appointment of directors, meaning, following the Company’s initial Business Combination, the holders of more than 50 % of the ordinary shares voted for the appointment of directors can elect all of the directors. Prior to the consummation of the initial Business Combination, only holders of the Class B ordinary shares will (i) have the right to vote on the appointment and removal of directors and (ii) be entitled to vote on continuing the Company in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands (including any special resolution required to amend the constitutional documents or to adopt new constitutional documents, in each case, as a result of approving a transfer by way of continuation in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands). Holders of the Class A ordinary shares will not be entitled to vote on these matters during such time. These provisions of the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association may only be amended if approved by a special resolution passed by the affirmative vote of at least 90 % (or, where such amendment is proposed in respect of the consummation of the initial Business Combination, two-thirds) of the votes cast by such shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at the applicable general meeting of the Company. Share Receivable In connection with the Sponsor’s purchase of Private Placement Units in the private placement, a total of 50,000 units ($ 500,000 in the aggregate) were purchased by the Private Placement Units Note. As there are no amounts outstanding under the Private Placement Units Note as of September 30, 2025, the Company has not yet received $500,000 of the proceeds and has recorded a share receivable on the balance sheet. At the closing of an initial Business Combination, the Company 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. 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 one Class A ordinary share upon consummation of the initial Business Combination, even if the holder of a public right redeemed all Class A ordinary shares held by it in connection with the initial Business Combination or an amendment to the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association with respect to the pre-business combination activities. In the event the Company will not be the surviving company upon completion of the initial Business Combination, each holder of a right will be required to affirmatively convert its rights in order to receive the one-tenth (1/10) of one Class A ordinary share underlying each right upon consummation of the Business Combination. No additional consideration will be required to be paid by a holder of rights in order to receive its additional shares of Class A ordinary share upon consummation of an initial Business Combination. The shares issuable upon exchange of the rights will be freely tradable (except to the extent held by affiliates of the Company). If the Company enters into a definitive agreement for a Business Combination in which it will not be the surviving entity, the definitive agreement will provide for the holders of rights to receive the same per share consideration the holders of the Class A ordinary shares will receive in the transaction on an as-converted into Class A ordinary share basis. 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. 18 MCKINLEY ACQUISITION CORPORATION NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 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 September 30, 2025, and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair value: Level September 30, 2025 Assets: Cash held in Trust Account 1 $ 173,451,679 Liabilities Over-allotment option liability 3 $ — 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. The following table presents the change in fair value of Level 3 recurring fair value measurements: Level 3 Balance as of March 27, 2025 (inception) $ — Change in fair value — Balance as of March 31, 2025 — Over-allotment option liability 149,000 Change in fair value — Exercise of over-allotment option ( 149,000 ) Balance as of September 30, 2025 $ — Non-recurring Fair Value Measurements The following table presents information about the Company’s non-recurring fair value measurements on August 13, 2025 in connection with the consummation of the Company’s Initial Public Offering, and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair value: Level August 13, 2025 Liabilities: Over-allotment option liability 3 $ 149,000 Equity: Fair value of Public Rights for Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption allocation 3 $ 3,446,879 Class B ordinary shares (per share) 3 $ 4.51 Non-managing sponsor interest in Bonus Shares 3 $ 51,725 Underwriter interest in Bonus Shares 3 $ 2,606 19 MCKINLEY ACQUISITION CORPORATION NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 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. The following is a summary of key inputs utilized: Over-allotment Option Unit price $ 9.98 Exercise price 10.00 Risk-free rate 4.36 % Estimated volatility 3.63 % Time to expiration 0.12 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 75 th 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 . 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. Note 10 — Subsequent Events The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after September 30, 2025, the balance sheet date, up to the date the unaudited condensed 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 unaudited condensed financial statements. 20