Every material Form 8-K Willow Lane Acquisition Corp. II has filed with the SEC since February 23, 2026, 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.
On June 22, 2026, the board of Willow Lane Acquisition Corp. II appointed Joseph Samuels as a Class I director, effective immediately. Samuels is founder and CEO of Islet Management, LP, and previously spent over a decade as a partner at Och-Ziff Capital Management, so the appointment adds a director with investment management experience to the board.
Joseph Samuels, 51, appointed Class I director on June 22, 2026, effective immediately
Founder and CEO of Islet Management, LP since January 2018
Partner at Och-Ziff Capital Management from December 2003 to July 2016
Company entered into a joinder to its letter agreement and indemnity agreement with Samuels, on substantially the same terms as those with other officers and directors
Willow Lane Acquisition Corp. II, a blank check company, said holders of its units may separately trade Class A ordinary shares and warrants starting April 6, 2026. Units not separated will keep trading under WLIIU, and separated shares and warrants will trade as WLII and WLIIW on the Nasdaq Global Market. This is an administrative change to how the securities trade and does not alter the company's financial position or business combination plans.
Separate trading of Class A ordinary shares and warrants begins April 6, 2026.
Each unit holds one Class A ordinary share and one-fourth of one redeemable warrant; each whole warrant exercises at $11.50 per share.
Separated securities trade as WLII (shares) and WLIIW (warrants); unseparated units continue as WLIIU on Nasdaq Global Market.
Holders must have brokers contact Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company to separate units; no fractional warrants will be issued.
Willow Lane Acquisition Corp. II, a blank-check company (SPAC), closed its initial public offering on February 17, 2026, selling 14,375,000 units at $10.00 each for gross proceeds of $143.75 million, including the full exercise of the underwriters' over-allotment option. The full $143.75 million was placed in a U.S.-based trust account, and the company states it has not yet selected a business combination target.
IPO closed February 17, 2026: 14,375,000 units at $10.00 per unit, including 1,875,000 over-allotment units, for gross proceeds of $143.75 million.
Simultaneous private placement of 514,055 units at $10.00 each, for $5,140,550, sold to the sponsor (370,305 units) and BTIG, LLC (143,750 units).
$143.75 million held in trust with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company as trustee; the company has 24 months from the IPO closing to complete a business combination.
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