{"url_path":"/sec/wlii/8-k/2026-06-26/item-5-02","section_key":"item-5-02","section_title":"Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-06-26","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2083946/0001213900-26-072611-index.html","accession_number":"0001213900-26-072611","cik":"0002083946","ticker":"WLII","issuer_name":"Willow Lane Acquisition Corp. II","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2083946/0001213900-26-072611-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0002083946","primary_entity_name":"Willow Lane Acquisition Corp. II"},"word_count":379,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item\n5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of\nCertain Officers**\n\n** **\n\nOn\nJune 22, 2026, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Willow Lane Acquisition Corp.\nII, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), appointed Joseph Samuels to serve as a Class I director\non the Board, effective immediately.\n\n \n\nJoseph\nSamuels, 51, has served as founder and Chief Executive Officer of Islet Management, LP since January 2018. Prior to founding Islet, Mr.\nSamuels was a Partner at Och-Ziff Capital Management from December 2003 to July 2016, where he served as Co-Head of the U.S. Equity Business\nand Head of Trading, and was a member of the Portfolio Management Committee, the Risk Committee, and the Managing Director Committee.\nBefore joining Och-Ziff, Mr. Samuels worked at Pequot and, prior to that, worked at Merrill Lynch. Mr. Samuels received a BA in Economics\nfrom Rutgers College.\n\n \n\nThere\nare no family relationships between Mr. Samuels and any director or executive officer of the Company. There are no transactions between\nthe Company and Mr. Samuels that\nare subject to disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.\n\n \n\nIn\nconnection with the appointment of Joseph Samuels to the Board, the Company entered into a joinder to the letter agreement and indemnity\nagreement with Mr. Samuels, on substantially the same terms as the form of letter agreement\nand form of indemnity agreement previously entered into by and between the Company and each of its other officers and directors in connection\nwith the Company’s initial public offering. The form of the Company’s letter agreement is included as Exhibit 10.5 to the\nCompany’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)\non February 19, 2026. The form of the Company’s indemnity agreement is included as Exhibit 10.7 to the Company’s Current\nReport on Form 8-K filed by the Company with the SEC on February 19, 2026.\n\n \n\n1\n\n \n\n** **\n\n**SIGNATURE**\n\n \n\nPursuant\nto the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by\nthe undersigned hereunto duly authorized.\n\n \n\n \n**WILLOW\nLANE ACQUISITION CORP. II**\n\n \n \n \n\n \nBy:\n*/s/\nB. Luke Weil*\n\n \nName: \n\nB.\nLuke Weil\n\n \nTitle:\nChief\nExecutive Officer\n\n \n \n \n\nDated:\nJune 26, 2026\n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n2"}