---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-072611"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WLII"
cik: "0002083946"
company_name: "Willow Lane Acquisition Corp. II"
filed_at: "2026-06-26T20:10:37+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T20:12:22.936285+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Willow Lane Acquisition Corp. II appoints Joseph Samuels to Board as Class I director

## Summary
- Joseph Samuels appointed to Board effective June 22, 2026 as Class I director.
- Samuels is founder and CEO of Islet Management, LP; former partner at Och-Ziff Capital Management.
- No family relationships or reportable transactions with the Company.
- Samuels entered into standard letter agreement and indemnity agreement consistent with other directors.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-072611
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WLII
- cik: 0002083946
- company_name: Willow Lane Acquisition Corp. II
- filed_at: 2026-06-26T20:10:37+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2083946/000121390026072611/0001213900-26-072611-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2083946/000121390026072611/ea0295689-8k_willow2.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-26-072611
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-26-072611.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-26-072611.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Joseph Samuels was appointed as Class I director at Willow Lane Acquisition Corp. II.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class I director
  source text: On June 22, 2026, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Willow Lane Acquisition Corp. II, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), appointed Joseph Samuels to serve as a Class I director on the Board, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2083946/000121390026072611/0001213900-26-072611-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.