Every material Form 8-K McKinley Acquisition Corp has filed with the SEC since August 29, 2025, read and summarized by AI: what happened, the key figures, whether it reads positive or negative for shareholders, and how big a deal it is (impact 1-5). Newest first; each brief links to its own page and to the filing on SEC.gov.
McKinley Acquisition Corp (Nasdaq: MKLY), a special purpose acquisition company, entered into a business combination agreement on July 30, 2026 with Space-Eyes, Inc., a Delaware geospatial intelligence and counter-drone technology company. The combined company would be renamed Space-Eyes, Inc. and is expected to trade as CUAS, with closing targeted for the fourth quarter of 2026 and subject to shareholder and regulatory approvals. The filing also discloses a PIPE financing of up to $75 million in senior secured convertible notes, and the transaction would dilute existing shareholders through issuance of new shares.
Space-Eyes stockholders would receive shares of Domesticated SPAC Common Stock calculated by dividing $275,000,000 by $10.00, plus up to 8,000,000 earn-out shares
PIPE financing with JBA Asset Management-managed funds provides up to $75 million, starting with a $5 million initial closing tied to the S-4 filing
Notes bear 10% interest, mature in 2031, and carry a $12.00 warrant exercise price; the agreement has an outside date of April 30, 2027
McKinley Acquisition Corp's Class B shareholders appointed Joseph Shaposhnik as an additional independent director on May 14, 2026, and the board named him a Class I director with a term ending at the company's first annual general meeting. He also joined the Audit and Compensation Committees, and will receive interests in the sponsor, McKinley Partners, LLC, for his service.
Appointed May 14, 2026 by holders of Class B ordinary shares as an additional independent director
Serves as Class I Director until the first annual general meeting; joins Audit and Compensation Committees
Founder and Portfolio Manager of Rainwater Equity; previously established TCW Group's New America unit in 2015
Will receive interests in sponsor McKinley Partners, LLC for his director service
McKinley Acquisition Corporation filed an 8-K to report that it completed its initial public offering of 15,000,000 units at $10.00 per unit, generating $150 million in gross proceeds, plus a private placement of 465,000 units. The $150 million was deposited in a trust account for public shareholders, and the auditor's report includes a going concern warning, stating that the company lacks the capital to fund operations for a reasonable period and that there is substantial doubt about its ability to continue. The company has not yet identified a business combination target and must complete one within 18 months of the IPO closing or redeem public shares.
15,000,000 units sold at $10.00 each, generating $150 million in gross proceeds; the IPO closed on August 13, 2025
465,000 private placement units sold at $10.00 each, or $4.65 million, to McKinley Partners LLC, Clear Street LLC and Brookline Capital Markets, with $500,000 not yet received
$150 million deposited in the trust account for public shareholders as of August 13, 2025; the company has 18 months to complete an initial business combination
CBIZ CPAs P.C. included a going concern explanatory paragraph in its audit report dated August 29, 2025
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