Willow Lane Acquisition Corp. II 10-Q

wliiu-20260630 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-Q (Mark One) ☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2026 or ☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to Commission File Number: 001-43126 Willow Lane Acquisition Corp. II (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Cayman Islands 37-2213855 (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 250 West 57 th Street, Suite 415 New York , New York 10107 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) (646) 565-3861 (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) Not Applicable (Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered Units, each consisting of one Class A Ordinary Share and one-fourth of one redeemable Warrant WLIIU The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC Class A Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share WLII The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC Warrants, each whole Warrant exercisable for one Class A Ordinary Share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share WLIIW The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Large accelerated filer ☐ Accelerated filer ☐ Non-accelerated filer ☒ Smaller reporting company ☒ Emerging growth company ☒ If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☒ No ☐ As of August 12, 2026, there were 14,889,055 Class A Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share, and 5,259,857 Class B Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of the registrant issued and outstanding. WILLOW LANE ACQUISITION CORP. II FORM 10-Q FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED JUNE 30, 2026 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION 1 Item 1. Financial Statements. 1 Unaudited Condensed Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025 1 Unaudited Condensed Statements of Operations for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2026 2 Unaudited Condensed Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Deficit for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2026 3 Unaudited Condensed Statement of Cash Flows for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2026 4 Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements 5 Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. 18 Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk. 22 Item 4. Controls and Procedures. 22 PART II – OTHER INFORMATION 23 Item 1. Legal Proceedings. 23 Item 1A. Risk Factors. 23 Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds. 23 Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities. 24 Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures. 24 Item 5. Other Information. 24 Item 6. Exhibits. 24 SIGNATURES 25 i Unless otherwise stated in this Report (as defined below), or the context otherwise requires, references to: ● “2026 First Quarter Form 10-Q” are to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2026, as filed with the SEC (as defined below) on May 14, 2026; ● “Administrative Services Agreement” are to the Administrative Services Agreement, dated February 12, 2026, which we entered into with an affiliate of our Sponsor (as defined below); ● “Amended and Restated Articles” are to our Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, as currently in effect; ● “ASC” are to the FASB (as defined below) Accounting Standards Codification; ● “ASU” are to the FASB Accounting Standards Update; ● “BTIG” are to BTIG, LLC, the sole book-running manager for and representative of the Underwriters (as defined below); ● “Board of Directors” or “Board” are to our board of directors; ● “Business Combination” are to a merger, amalgamation, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses; ● “Certifying Officers” are to our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, together; ● “Class A Ordinary Shares” are to our Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share; ● “Class B Ordinary Shares” are to our Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share; ● “Combination Period” are to (i) the 24-month period, from the closing of the Initial Public Offering (as defined below) to February 17, 2028 (or such earlier date as determined by the Board), that we have to consummate an initial Business Combination, or (ii) such other period in which we must consummate an initial Business Combination pursuant to an amendment to the Amended and Restated Articles and consistent with applicable laws, regulations and stock exchange rules; ● “Company,” “our,” “we” or “us” are to Willow Lane Acquisition Corp. II, a Cayman Islands exempted company; ● “Continental” are to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, trustee of our Trust Account (as defined below) and warrant agent of our Warrants (as defined below); ● “Deferred Fee” are to the additional aggregate fee of $5,031,250 or 3.50% of the gross proceeds of the Initial Public Offering to which the Underwriters are entitled that is payable only upon our completion of the initial Business Combination and shall not be paid from the accrued interest in the Trust Account; ● “Exchange Act” are to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; ● “FASB” are to the Financial Accounting Standards Board; ● “Founder Shares” are to the (i) Class B Ordinary Shares initially purchased by our Sponsor prior to the Initial Public Offering and (ii) Class A Ordinary Shares that will be issued upon the automatic conversion of the Class B Ordinary Shares (x) at the time of our Business Combination as described in the IPO Registration Statement (as defined below) or (y) earlier at the option of the holders thereof, as described in the IPO Registration Statement; for the avoidance of doubt, such Class A Ordinary Shares will not be “Public Shares” (as defined below); ● “GAAP” are to the accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; ii ● “Initial Public Offering” or “IPO” are to the initial public offering that we consummated on February 17, 2026; ● “Initial Shareholders” are to holders of our Founder Shares prior to our Initial Public Offering, including our Sponsor; ● “Investment Company Act” are to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; ● “IPO Promissory Note” are to that certain unsecured promissory note in the principal amount of up to $300,000 issued to our Sponsor on August 15, 2025; ● “IPO Registration Statement” are to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 initially filed with the SEC (as defined below) on January 7, 2026, as amended, and declared effective on January 30, 2026 (File No. 333-292597); ● “Letter Agreement” are to the Letter Agreement, dated February 12, 2026, which we entered into with our Sponsor and our directors and officers; ● “Management” or our “Management Team” are to our executive officers and non-independent directors; ● “Nasdaq” are to The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC; ● “Nasdaq 36-Month Requirement” are to the requirement pursuant to the Nasdaq Rules (as defined below) that a SPAC (as defined below) must complete one or more Business Combinations within 36 months following the effectiveness of its initial public offering registration statement; ● “Nasdaq Rules” are to the continued listing rules of Nasdaq, as they exist as of the date of this Report; ● “Option Units” are to the 1,875,000 units that were purchased by the Underwriters pursuant to the full exercise of the Over-Allotment Option (as defined below); ● “Ordinary Shares” are to the Class A Ordinary Shares and the Class B Ordinary Shares, together; ● “Over-Allotment Option” are to the 45-day option that the Underwriters had to purchase up to an additional 1,875,000 Option Units to cover over-allotments, if any, pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement (as defined below), which was fully exercised; ● “Private Placement” are to the private placement of Private Placement Units (as defined below) that occurred simultaneously with the closing of our Initial Public Offering, pursuant to the Private Placement Units Purchase Agreements (as defined below); ● “Private Placement Shares” are to the Class A Ordinary Shares included within the Private Placement Units purchased by our Sponsor and BTIG in the Private Placement; ● “Private Placement Units” are to the units issued to our Sponsor and BTIG in the Private Placement; ● “Private Placement Units Purchase Agreements” are to the (i) Private Placement Units Purchase Agreement, dated February 12, 2026, which we entered into with our Sponsor and (ii) Private Placement Units Purchase Agreement, dated February 12, 2026, which we entered into with BTIG, together; ● “Private Placement Warrants” are to the warrants included within the Private Placement Units purchased by our Sponsor and BTIG in the Private Placement; iii ● “Public Shareholders” are to the holders of our Public Shares, including our Sponsor and Management Team to the extent our Sponsor and/or the members of our Management Team purchase Public Shares, provided that our Sponsor’s and each member of our Management Team’s status as a “Public Shareholder” will only exist with respect to such Public Shares; ● “Public Shares” are to the Class A Ordinary Shares sold as part of the Public Units (as defined below) in our Initial Public Offering (whether they were purchased in our Initial Public Offering or thereafter in the open market); ● “Public Units” are to the units sold in our Initial Public Offering, with each Public Unit consisting of one Public Share and one-fourth of one Public Warrant (as defined below); ● “Public Warrants” are to the redeemable warrants sold as part of the Public Units in our Initial Public Offering (whether they were subscribed for in our Initial Public Offering or purchased in the open market); ● “Registration Rights Agreement” are to the Registration Rights Agreement, dated February 12, 2026, which we entered into with the Sponsor and the other holders party thereto; ● “Report” are to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2026; ● “SEC” are to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; ● “Securities Act” are to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; ● “SPAC” are to a special purpose acquisition company; ● “Sponsor” are to Willow Lane Sponsor II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; ● “Trust Account” are to the U.S.-based trust account in which an amount of $143,750,000 from the proceeds of the sale of the Public Units in the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement Units in the Private Placement was placed following the closing of the Initial Public Offering; ● “Trust Agreement” are to the Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated February 12, 2026, which we entered into with Continental, as trustee of the Trust Account; ● “Underwriters” are to the several underwriters of the Initial Public Offering; ● “Underwriting Agreement” are to the Underwriting Agreement, dated February 12, 2026, which we entered into with BTIG, as representative of the Underwriters; ● “Units” are to the Private Placement Units and the Public Units, together; ● “Warrant Agreement” are to the Warrant Agreement, dated February 12, 2026, which we entered into with Continental, as Warrant agent; ● “Withum” are to WithumSmith+Brown, PC, our independent registered public accounting firm; and ● “Working Capital Loans” are to funds that, in order to provide working capital or finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor or certain of our directors and officers may, but are not obligated to, loan us. iv PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION Item 1. Financial Statements. WILLOW LANE ACQUISITION CORP. II CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS June 30, 2026 December 31, 2025 (unaudited) ASSETS Current assets Cash $ 1,315,359 $ ― Prepaid expenses 127,299 4,503 Total Current Assets 1,442,658 4,503 Deferred offering costs — 92,149 Prepaid insurance – long-term 46,903 — Marketable securities held in Trust Account 145,586,328 — TOTAL ASSETS $ 147,075,889 $ 96,652 Liabilities, Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption, and Shareholders’ Deficit: Current liabilities Accrued expenses $ 36,113 $ ― Accrued offering costs 75,000 30,766 IPO Promissory Note – related party — 84,818 Total Current Liabilities 111,113 115,584 Deferred Fee payable 5,031,250 ― Total Liabilities 5,142,363 115,584 Commitments and Contingencies (Note 7) Class A Ordinary Shares subject to possible redemption, $ 0.0001 par value; 14,375,000 and 0 shares issued and outstanding at redemption value of $ 10.13 and $ 0 per share as of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively 145,586,328 — Shareholders’ Deficit Preference shares, $ 0.0001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025 — — Class A Ordinary Shares, $ 0.0001 par value; 500,000,000 shares authorized; 514,055 and 0 shares issued and outstanding (excluding 14,375,000 ordinary shares subject to possible redemption) as of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively 51 ― Class B Ordinary Shares, $ 0.0001 par value; 50,000,000 shares authorized; 5,259,857 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025 526 526 Additional paid-in capital — 24,474 Accumulated deficit ( 3,653,379 ) ( 43,932 ) Total Shareholders’ Deficit ( 3,652,802 ) ( 18,932 ) Total Liabilities, Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption, and Shareholders’ Deficit $ 147,075,889 $ 96,652 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements. 1 WILLOW LANE ACQUISITION CORP. II CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED) For the Three Months Ended June 30, For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2026 2026 General and administrative costs $ 185,788 $ 346,276 Loss from operations ( 185,788 ) ( 346,276 ) Other income (expense): Interest earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account 1,467,500 1,836,328 Share-based compensation expense ( 19,981 ) ( 152,961 ) Other income, net 1,447,519 1,683,367 Net income $ 1,261,731 $ 1,337,091 Basic and diluted weighted average redeemable Class A Ordinary Shares outstanding 14,375,000 10,562,845 Basic and diluted income loss per redeemable Class A Ordinary Share $ 0.06 $ 0.08 Basic weighted average non-redeemable Class A and B Ordinary Shares outstanding 5,773,912 5,455,647 Basic net income per non-redeemable Class A and B Ordinary Share $ 0.06 $ 0.08 Diluted weighted average non-redeemable Class A and B Ordinary Shares outstanding 5,773,912 5,773,912 Diluted net income per non-redeemable Class A and B Ordinary Share $ 0.06 $ 0.08 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements. 2 WILLOW LANE ACQUISITION CORP. II CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT FOR THE THREE AND SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2026 (UNAUDITED) Class A Class B Additional Total Ordinary Shares Ordinary Shares Paid-in Accumulated Shareholders’ Shares Amount Shares Amount Capital Deficit Deficit Balance as of December 31, 2025 — $ — 5,259,857 $ 526 $ 24,474 $ ( 43,932 ) $ ( 18,932 ) Sale of Private Placement Units 514,055 51 — — 5,140,499 — 5,140,550 Fair Value of Public Warrants at issuance — — — — 575,000 — 575,000 Allocated value of transaction costs to Class A Ordinary Shares — — — — ( 51,659 ) — ( 51,659 ) Shares based compensation expense — — — — 132,980 — 132,980 Accretion for Class A Ordinary Shares to redemption amount — — — — ( 5,821,294 ) ( 3,499,019 ) ( 9,320,313 ) Net income — — — — — 75,360 75,360 Balance at March 31, 2026 (unaudited) 514,055 51 5,259,857 526 — ( 3,467,591 ) ( 3,467,014 ) Shares based compensation expense — — — — 19,980 — 19,980 Accretion for Class A Ordinary Shares to redemption amount — — — — ( 19,980 ) ( 1,447,519 ) ( 1,467,499 ) Net income — — — — — 1,261,731 1,261,731 Balance at June 30, 2026 (unaudited) 514,055 $ 51 5,259,857 $ 526 $ — $ ( 3,653,379 ) $ ( 3,652,802 ) The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements. 3 WILLOW LANE ACQUISITION CORP. II CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2026 (UNAUDITED) Cash Flows from Operating Activities: Net income $ 1,337,091 Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities: Payment of general and administrative expenses through the IPO Promissory Note – related party 31,825 Interest earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account ( 1,836,328 ) Compensation expense 152,961 Changes in operating assets and liabilities: Prepaid expenses and other current assets ( 122,796 ) Long-term prepaid insurance ( 46,903 ) Accrued expenses 36,112 Net cash used in operating activities ( 448,038 ) Cash Flows from Investing Activities: Investment of cash in Trust Account ( 143,750,000 ) Net cash used in investing activities ( 143,750,000 ) Cash Flows from Financing Activities: Proceeds from sale of Public Units, net of underwriting discounts paid 140,875,000 Proceeds from sale of Private Placement Units 5,140,550 Repayment of IPO Promissory Note - related party ( 138,697 ) Payment of offering costs ( 363,456 ) Net cash provided by financing activities 145,513,397 Net Change in Cash 1,315,359 Cash – Beginning of period — Cash – End of period $ 1,315,359 Non-cash investing and financing activities: Deferred offering costs included in accrued offering costs $ 44,234 Deferred offering costs paid through promissory note – related party $ 48,879 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements. 4 WILLOW LANE ACQUISITION CORP. II NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS JUNE 30, 2026 (UNAUDITED) NOTE 1 — DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS Willow Lane Acquisition Corp. II (the “Company”) is a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted corporation on August 1, 2025 . The Company was incorporated for the purpose of effecting a 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. As of June 30, 2026, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity for the period from August 1, 2025 (inception) through June 30, 2026 relates to the Company’s formation, the Initial Public Offering (as defined below), and subsequent to the Initial Public Offering, identifying a target company for a Business Combination. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of its initial Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company generates non-operating income 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 Willow Lane Sponsor II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability Company (the “Sponsor”). The Registration Statement on Form S-1 for the Initial Public Offering, initially filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on January 7, 2026, as amended (File No. 333-292597), was declared effective on January 30, 2026 (the “IPO Registration Statement”). On February 17, 2026, the Company consummated the initial public offering, which consisted of 14,375,000 units (the “Public Units”), which includes the full exercise of the Over-Allotment Option (as defined in Note 7) of 1,875,000 units (the “Option Units”). The Public Units were sold at a price of $ 10.00 per Public Unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $ 143,750,000 (the “Initial Public Offering”). Each Public Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share, par value $ 0.0001 per share, of the Company (the “Class A Ordinary Shares” and with respect to the Class A Ordinary Shares included in the Public Units, the “Public Shares”) and one-fourth of one redeemable warrant of the Company (each, a “Public Warrant”), with each whole warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share for $ 11.50 per share. Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the sale of an aggregate of 514,055 units (the “Private Placement Units” and, together with the Public Units, the “Units”) to (i) the Sponsor and (ii) BTIG, LLC (“BTIG”), the representative of the underwriters (the “Underwriters”), at $ 10.00 per Private Placement Unit, generating gross proceeds of $ 5,140,550 . Of those 514,055 Private Placement Units, the Sponsor purchased 370,305 Private Placement Units and BTIG purchased 143,750 Private Placement Units. Each Private Placement Unit consists of one Class A Ordinary Share of the Company (the “Private Placement Shares”) and one-fourth of one redeemable warrant of the Company (each, a “Private Placement Warrant”), with each whole warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share for $ 11.50 per share. Transaction costs amounted to $ 8,428,143 , consisting of $ 2,875,000 of cash underwriting fee, $ 5,031,250 of Deferred Fee (as defined in Note 6), and $ 521,893 of other offering costs. The Company’s management (“Management”) has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the sale of Private Placement Units, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be generally applied toward consummating a Business Combination (less the Deferred Fee (as defined below) and taxes payable, if any). The 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 Deferred Fee held and income 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 WILLOW LANE ACQUISITION CORP. II NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS JUNE 30, 2026 (UNAUDITED) Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering on February 17, 2026, an amount of $ 143,750,000 ($ 10.00 per Public Unit), comprised of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and a portion of the net proceeds from the Private Placement, was placed in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) located in the United States, with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“Continental”) acting as trustee. The funds in the Trust Account are held in cash, including in demand deposit accounts at a bank, or invested in U.S. Department of the Treasury (“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, that 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 Management’s ongoing assessment of all factors related to the potential status under the Investment Company Act), instruct Continental 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 amounts withdrawn to pay taxes, other than excise taxes, if any, the proceeds from the Initial Public Offering and the portion of proceeds from the Private Placement deposited into the Trust Account will not be released from the Trust Account until the earliest of (i) the completion of the initial Business Combination, (ii) the redemption of the Public Shares if the Company is unable to complete the initial Business Combination by February 17, 2028, or such earlier date as the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) may approve (the “Combination Period”) in accordance with the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (the “Amended and Restated Articles”), or such later date as its shareholders may approve in accordance with its Amended and Restated Articles, 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 Articles (1) to 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 Combination Period or (2) with respect to any other material provisions relating to the rights of holders of Class A ordinary shares 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 holders of the Public Shares (the “Public Shareholders”). The Company will provide the 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 Public 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 (net of amounts withdrawn to pay its taxes, other than excise taxes, if any), divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, subject to the limitations of applicable law and the Amended and Restated Articles. The amount in the Trust Account is initially anticipated to be $ 10.00 per Public Share. The Ordinary Shares (as defined below) subject to redemption were recorded at a redemption value and classified as temporary equity at 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 has only the duration of the Combination Period to complete the initial Business Combination. If the Company is unable to complete its initial Business Combination within the Combination Period, 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 taxes, if any, 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. 6 WILLOW LANE ACQUISITION CORP. II NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS JUNE 30, 2026 (UNAUDITED) The Sponsor and the Company’s officers and directors have entered into a letter agreement with the Company, dated February 12, 2026, pursuant to which they have agreed to (i) waive their redemption rights with respect to their Founder Shares (as defined in Note 6), Private Placement Shares (as defined below in Note 4) and Public Shares in connection with (x) the completion of the initial Business Combination or an earlier redemption in connection with the commencement of the procedures to consummate the initial Business Combination if the Company determines it is desirable to facilitate the completion of the initial Business Combination and (y) a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to the Amended and Restated Articles to modify (1) 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 Public Shares if the Company has not consummated an initial Business Combination within the Combination Period or (2) any other material provisions relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-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 Amended and Restated Articles; (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 Combination Period, 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 Combination Period 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) in favor of the initial Business Combination. The Sponsor has 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 (other than the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm), 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 Public Share due to reductions in the value of the Trust Account assets, less income taxes payable, 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 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, there can be no assurance that the Sponsor will be able to satisfy those obligations. Liquidity and Capital Resources The Company’s liquidity needs up to June 30, 2026 had been satisfied through the loan under an unsecured promissory note from the Sponsor of up to $ 300,000 (see Note 6), as well from a portion of the proceeds from the Private Placement as described above. As of June 30, 2026, the Company had $ 1,315,359 in cash and a working capital of $ 1,331,545 . In order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, or certain of the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required (the “Working Capital Loans”). Such Working Capital Loans would be evidenced by promissory notes. The notes may be repaid upon completion of a Business Combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $ 1,500,000 of the Working Capital Loans may be converted upon completion of a Business Combination into private units at a price of $ 10.00 per unit. Such private units would be identical to the Private Placement Units. In the event that a 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. As of June 30, 2026, there were no Working Capital Loans outstanding. In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with FASB ASC 205-40, “Presentation of Financial Statements - Going Concern,” the Company does not believe it will need to raise additional funds in order to meet the expenditures required for operating its business. However, if the estimate of the costs of identifying a target business, undertaking in-depth due diligence and negotiating a Business Combination are less than the actual amount necessary to do so, the Company may have insufficient funds available to operate its business prior to the initial Business Combination. The Company has the Combination Period to complete the initial Business Combination. Management has determined that the Company has sufficient funds to finance the working capital needs of the Company within one year from the date of issuance of the unaudited condensed financial statements. 7 WILLOW LANE ACQUISITION CORP. II NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS JUNE 30, 2026 (UNAUDITED) 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES Basis of Presentation The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X of the SEC. Certain information or footnote disclosures normally included in the accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC for interim financial reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes necessary for a complete presentation of financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. In the opinion of Management, the accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements include all adjustments, consisting of a normal recurring nature, which are necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, operating results and cash flows for the periods presented. The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the IPO Registration Statement, as well as the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on February 23, 2026. The interim results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2026, or for any future periods. Emerging Growth Company Status The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of 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, as amended, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in its periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding 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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that a 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 accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements with another public company that is neither an (i) emerging growth company nor (ii) emerging growth company that 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 the accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires 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 accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Making estimates requires Management to exercise significant judgment. 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 accompanying unaudited condensed 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. 8 WILLOW LANE ACQUISITION CORP. II NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS JUNE 30, 2026 (UNAUDITED) 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 $ 1,315,359 and $ 0 in cash and no cash equivalents as of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively. Marketable Securities Held in Trust Account As of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the assets in the Trust Account, amounting to $ 145,586,328 and $ 0 , respectively, were held in money market marketable securities. Such investments are classified as trading securities which are presented at fair value. Gains and losses resulting from the change in fair value of these securities are included in income from investments held in the Trust Account in the accompanying unaudited condensed statement of operations. The estimated fair values of investments held in the Trust Account are determined using available market information. 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 Deposit Insurance Corporation coverage limit of $ 250,000 . Any loss incurred or a lack of access to such funds could have a significant adverse impact on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows. Offering Costs The Company complies with the requirements of the FASB ASC Topic 340-10-S99, “Accounting for Offering Costs,” and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 5A, “Expenses of Offering.” Offering costs consist principally of professional and registration fees that are related to the Initial Public Offering. FASB ASC Topic 470-20, “Debt with Conversion and Other Options,” addresses the allocation of proceeds from the issuance of convertible debt into its equity and debt components. The Company applied this guidance to allocate Initial Public Offering proceeds from the Units between Public Shares and Public Warrants, using the residual method by allocating Initial Public Offering proceeds first to assigned value of the Public Warrants and then to the Public Shares. Offering costs allocated to the Public Shares were charged to temporary equity, and offering costs allocated to Warrants were charged to shareholders’ deficit. After Management’s evaluation, the Warrants were accounted for under equity treatment. Income Taxes The Company accounts for income taxes under FASB ASC Topic 740, “Income Taxes” (“ASC 740”), 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 accompanying unaudited condensed 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. The Company complies with the accounting and reporting requirements of ASC 740 which prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the unaudited condensed financial statements 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. Management determined that the Cayman Islands is the Company’s only major tax jurisdiction. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. As of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 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 periods presented. 9 WILLOW LANE ACQUISITION CORP. II NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS JUNE 30, 2026 (UNAUDITED) Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption The Public Shares contain a redemption feature that allows for the redemption of such Public Shares in connection with the Company’s liquidation, or if there is a shareholder vote or tender offer in connection with the initial Business Combination. In accordance with FASB ASC Topic 480-10-S99, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity,” the Company classifies Class A Ordinary Shares subject to redemption outside of permanent equity as the redemption provisions are not solely within the control of the Company. The Company recognizes changes in redemption value immediately as they occur and will adjust the carrying value of redeemable shares to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. Immediately upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company recognized the accretion from initial book value to redemption amount value. The change in the carrying value of redeemable Class A Ordinary Shares resulted in charges against additional paid-in capital (to the extent available) and an accumulated deficit. Accordingly, as of June 30, 2026, Class A Ordinary Shares subject to possible redemption are presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the shareholders’ deficit section of the accompanying condensed balance sheet. As of June 30, 2026, the Class A Ordinary Shares subject to redemption reflected in the accompanying condensed balance sheet are reconciled in the following table: Gross proceeds $ 143,750,000 Less: Proceeds allocated to Public Warrants ( 575,000 ) Public Shares issuance cost ( 8,376,484 ) Plus: Accretion of carrying value to redemption value 9,320,313 Class A Ordinary Shares subject to possible redemption, March 31, 2026 144,118,829 Plus: Accretion of carrying value to redemption value 1,467,499 Class A Ordinary Shares subject to possible redemption, June 30, 2026 $ 145,586,328 Net Income Per Ordinary Share The Company complies with accounting and disclosure requirements of FASB ASC Topic 260, “Earnings Per Share.” The Company has two classes of ordinary shares, Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B ordinary shares, par value $ 0.0001 per share (the “Class B Ordinary Shares,” and together with the Class A Ordinary Shares, the “Ordinary Shares”). Income and losses are shared pro rata between the two classes of Ordinary Shares. This presentation assumes a Business Combination as the most likely outcome. Net income per Ordinary Share is calculated by dividing the net income by the weighted average Ordinary Shares outstanding for the respective period. The Company complies with accounting and disclosure requirements of FASB ASC Topic 260, “Earnings Per Share.” Net income per ordinary share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of shares of ordinary shares outstanding for the period. The Company has two classes of Ordinary Shares, which are referred to as Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares. Accretion associated with the redeemable Class A Ordinary Shares is excluded from income per ordinary share as the redemption value approximates fair value. Shares that were subject to cancellation until exercise of the over-allotment option at IPO are included in the calculation of the diluted net income per share. The calculation of diluted net income per Ordinary Share does not consider the effect of the Warrants issued in connection with the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement to purchase an aggregate of 3,722,264 Class A Ordinary Shares in the calculation of diluted income per Ordinary Share, because their exercise is contingent upon future events. The following tables present a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator used to compute basic and diluted net income per Ordinary Share: For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2026 For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2026 Class A redeemable Class A and B non-redeemable Class A redeemable Class A and B non-redeemable Basic net income per Ordinary Share Numerator: Allocation of net income $ 900,167 $ 361,564 $ 881,699 $ 455,392 Denominator: Basic weighted average Ordinary Shares outstanding 14,375,000 5,773,912 10,562,845 5,455,647 Basic net income per Ordinary Share $ 0.06 $ 0.06 $ 0.08 $ 0.08 10 WILLOW LANE ACQUISITION CORP. II NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS JUNE 30, 2026 (UNAUDITED) For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2026 For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2026 Class A redeemable Class A and B non-redeemable Class A redeemable Class A and B non-redeemable Diluted net income per Ordinary Share Numerator: Allocation of net income $ 900,167 $ 361,564 $ 864,522 $ 472,569 Denominator: Diluted weighted average Ordinary Shares outstanding 14,375,000 5,773,912 10,562,845 5,773,912 Diluted net income per Ordinary Share $ 0.06 $ 0.06 $ 0.08 $ 0.08 Fair Value of Financial Instruments The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under FASB ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurement,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the accompanying unaudited condensed balance sheets, primarily due to their short-term nature, except for warrants issued as part of IPO (see Note 9). Warrant Instruments The Company accounts for the Public Warrants 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 classified the warrant instruments under equity treatment at their assigned values. Recent Accounting Pronouncements In November 2023, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) Topic 2023-07, “Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures” (“ASU 2023-07”). The amendments in ASU 2023-07 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. ASU 2023-07 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 FASB ASC Topic 280, “Segment Reporting” (“ASC 280”), in interim periods, and entities with a single reportable segment are required to provide all the disclosures required by the amendments in ASU 2023-07 and existing segment disclosures in ASU 280. ASU 2023-07 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 August 1, 2025, the date of its incorporation. Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s unaudited condensed financial statements. Note 3 — Initial Public Offering In the Initial Public Offering that closed on February 17, 2026, the Company sold 14,375,000 Public Units, which included the full exercise of the Over-Allotment Option in the amount of 1,875,000 Option Units, at a price of $ 10.00 per Unit. Each Unit consists of one Class A Ordinary Share and one-fourth of one Public Warrant. Each whole Public Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share at a price of $ 11.50 per share, subject to adjustment. Note 4 — Private Placement Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Sponsor and BTIG purchased an aggregate of 514,055 Private Placement Units at a price of $ 10.00 per Private Placement Unit, generating gross proceeds of $ 5,140,550 . Each Private Placement Unit consists of one Private Placement Share and one-fourth of one Private Placement Warrant. Of those 514,055 Private Placement Units, the Sponsor purchased 370,305 Private Placement Units and BTIG purchased 143,750 Private Placement Units. Each whole warrant entitles the holder to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share at a price of $ 11.50 per share. The Private Placement Units are identical to the Public Units, subject to certain limited exceptions. 11 WILLOW LANE ACQUISITION CORP. II NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS JUNE 30, 2026 (UNAUDITED) Note 5 — Segment Information ASC 280 establishes standards for companies to report, in their unaudited condensed financial statements, information about operating segments, products, services, geographic areas, and major customers. Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise that engages 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 CODM, 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 assets, operating results, and financial metrics 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 unaudited condensed statements of operations as net income or loss. The measure of segment assets is reported on the accompanying unaudited condensed balance sheets 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: June 30, 2026 December 31, 2025 Cash $ 1,315,359 $ ― Marketable securities held in Trust Account $ 145,586,328 $ ― For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2026 For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2026 General and administrative expenses $ 185,788 $ 346,276 The CODM reviews general and administrative expenses 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 general and administrative expenses to manage, maintain and enforce all contractual agreements to ensure costs are aligned with all agreements and budget. General and administrative expenses, as reported on the unaudited condensed statements of operations, are the significant segment expenses provided to the CODM on a regular basis. The CODM reviews the position of total assets available with the Company to assess if the Company has sufficient resources available to discharge its liabilities. The CODM is provided with details of cash and liquid resources available with the Company. Additionally, the CODM regularly reviews the status of deferred costs incurred to assess if these are in line with the planned use of proceeds to be raised from the Initial Public Offering. Note 6 — Related Party Transactions Founder Shares On August 15, 2025, the Sponsor made a capital contribution of $ 25,000 , or approximately $ 0.006 per Class B Ordinary Share, through payments of offering costs and expenses on the Company’s behalf, for which the Company issued 4,216,667 Class B Ordinary Shares, to the Sponsor (the “Founder Shares”). In December 2025, the Company issued an additional 1,043,190 Class B Ordinary Shares to the Sponsor by way of a share capitalization following which the Sponsor now holds 5,259,857 Class B Ordinary Shares. All share and per-share data has been retrospectively presented. Up to 686,068 of the Founder Shares were subject to surrender by the Sponsor for no consideration depending on the extent to which the Underwriters’ Over-Allotment Option was exercised. The Underwriters exercised their Over-Allotment Option in full at the date of the IPO and such shares are no longer subject to cancellation. 12 WILLOW LANE ACQUISITION CORP. II NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS JUNE 30, 2026 (UNAUDITED) On February 12, 2026, the Sponsor assigned and transferred an aggregate of 399,000 Founder Shares in the form of equity interest of the Sponsor to the directors and officers of the Company for their services as directors and officers through the Company’s initial Business Combination. The transfer of the Founder Shares to the holders of such interests is in the scope of FASB ASC 718. Under FASB ASC 718, share-based compensation associated with equity classified awards is measured at fair value upon the assignment date. The total fair value of the 399,000 Founder Shares on February 12, 2026 was $ 594,510 or $ 1.49 per share. The Company established the initial fair value of the Founder Shares on February 12, 2026, the date of the grant agreement, using a calculation prepared by a third-party valuation team which takes into consideration the fair value of one Public Unit at Initial Public Offering date of $ 10.00 , fair value of one quarter of one Public Warrant at Initial Public Offering date of $ 0.04 and probability of Business Combination at expected Business Combination date of 15.0 %, as well as volatility of 5.0 % and risk-free rate of 3.75 %. The Founder Shares were assigned subject to different provisions and share-based compensation would be recognized as follows: (a) $ 126,319 compensation expense or 84,778 fully vested units, at the date of the Initial Public Offering, (b) $ 239,774 compensation expense or 160,922 time-vested units, on monthly basis for 36 months starting on the month after Initial Public Offering, and (c) $ 228,417 compensation expense or 153,300 performance units, the Business Combination is considered probable (i.e., upon consummation of a Business Combination), in an amount equal to the number of Founder Shares transferred multiplied by the grant date fair value per share (unless subsequently modified) less the amount initially received for the transfer of the Founder Shares. As of June 30, 2026, there were 102,658 Founder Shares that were fully vested and the compensation expense of $ 19,981 and $ 152,961 is recorded for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2026, respectively. The Founder Shares are designated as Class B Ordinary Shares and, except as described below, are identical to the Class A Ordinary Shares included in the Public Units being sold in the Initial Public Offering, and holders of Founder Shares have the same shareholder rights as public shareholders, except that (i) the Founder Shares are subject to certain transfer restrictions, as described in more detail below, (ii) the Founder Shares are entitled to registration rights; (iii) the Sponsor and the Company’s officers and directors have entered into a letter agreement with the Company, pursuant to which they have agreed to (A) waive their redemption rights with respect to their Founder Shares, Private Placement Shares and Public Shares in connection with the completion of the initial Business Combination, (B) waive their redemption rights with respect to their Founder Shares, Private Placement Shares and Public Shares in connection with a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles (A) to modify the substance or timing of its obligation to allow redemption in connection with its initial Business Combination or to redeem 100 % of the Public Shares if the Company has not consummated an initial Business Combination within the Combination Period or (B) with respect to any other material provisions relating to the rights of holders of Class A Ordinary Shares or pre-initial Business Combination activity, (C) waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to their Founder Shares or Private Placement Shares if the Company fails to complete the initial Business Combination within the Combination Period, 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 such time period and to liquidating distributions from assets outside the Trust Account and (D) vote any Founder Shares and Private Placement 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 transaction) in favor of the initial Business Combination, (iv) the Founder Shares are automatically convertible into Class A Ordinary Shares concurrently with or immediately following the consummation of the initial Business Combination or earlier at the option of the holder on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment as described herein and in the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles, and (v) prior to the closing of the initial Business Combination, only holders of the Class B Ordinary Shares will be entitled to vote on the appointment and removal of directors or continuing the company in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands (including any special resolution required to amend its constitutional documents or to adopt new constitutional documents, in each case, as a result of its approving a transfer by way of continuation in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands). IPO Promissory Note The Sponsor agreed to loan the Company an aggregate of up to $ 300,000 to be used for a portion of the expenses of the Initial Public Offering, pursuant to an unsecured promissory note (the “IPO Promissory Note”). The IPO Promissory Note is non-interest bearing, unsecured and due at the earlier of December 31, 2026 or the closing of the Initial Public Offering. The Company had borrowed $ 138,697 , which was repaid in full at the closing of the Initial Public Offering. Borrowing under the IPO Promissory Note is no longer available. 13 WILLOW LANE ACQUISITION CORP. II NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS JUNE 30, 2026 (UNAUDITED) Working Capital Loans In order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor, certain of the Company’s officers or directors, or any of their respective affiliates may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company Working Capital Loans as may be required. If the Company completes a Business Combination, the Company would repay the Working Capital Loans. In the event that a Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of the working capital held outside the Trust Account to repay the Working Capital Loans but no proceeds from the Trust Account would be used to repay the Working Capital Loans. Up to $ 1,500,000 of such Working Capital Loans may be convertible into units of the post-Business Combination entity at a price of $ 10.00 per unit at the option of the lender. As of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, no such Working Capital Loans were outstanding. Administrative Services Agreement Commencing on February 12, 2026, the Company entered into an agreement with an affiliate of the Sponsor to pay an aggregate of $ 25,000 per month for office space, utilities, and secretarial and administrative support. These monthly fees will cease upon the completion of the initial Business Combination or the liquidation of the Company. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, $ 75,000 and $ 100,000 , respectively, were incurred and paid under this agreement. Note 7 — Commitments and Contingencies Risks and Uncertainties The Company’s ability to complete an initial Business Combination may be adversely affected by various factors, many of which are beyond the Company’s control. The Company’s ability to consummate an initial Business Combination could be impacted by, among other things, changes in laws or regulations, downturns in the financial markets or in economic conditions, inflation, fluctuations in interest rates, increases in tariffs, supply chain disruptions, declines in consumer confidence and spending, public health considerations, and geopolitical instability, such as the military conflicts in Ukraine, between the United States, Israel and Iran and others in the Middle East, and Southwest Asia or other armed hostilities. The Company cannot at this time predict the likelihood of one or more of the above events, their duration or magnitude or the extent to which they may negatively impact the Company’s ability to complete an initial Business Combination. Registration Rights The holders of (i) Founder Shares, (ii) Private Placement Units and (iii) units that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans (and their underlying securities), if any, any Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of the founder shares and any Class A Ordinary Shares held by the initial shareholders at the completion of the Initial Public Offering or acquired prior to or in connection with the initial Business Combination, will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement, dated February 12, 2026. These holders will be entitled to make up to three demands and have piggyback registration rights. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements. Underwriting Agreement The Company granted the Underwriters a 45-day option from the date of the Initial Public Offering to purchase an additional 1,875,000 Option Units to cover over-allotments, if any (the “Over-Allotment Option”). On February 17, 2026, the Underwriters exercised the Over-Allotment Option, closing on the 1,875,000 Option Units simultaneously with the Initial Public Offering. The Underwriters were paid a cash underwriting discount of 2.00 % of the gross proceeds of the Initial Public Offering, or $ 2,875,000 . Additionally, the Underwriters are entitled to a deferred underwriting fee of 3.50 % of the gross proceeds of the Initial Public Offering, or $ 5,031,250 (the “Deferred Fee”), payable upon the closing of an initial Business Combination in three portions, as follows: (i) $ 0.15 per unit shall be paid to Underwriters in cash, (ii) up to $ 0.10 per unit shall be paid to Underwriters in cash, such amount to be pro-rated based on the funds remaining in the Trust Account after giving effect to Public Shares that are redeemed in connection with an initial Business Combination and net of any Public Shares held by public shareholders that have entered into forward purchase agreements or other arrangements whereby the Company has a contractual obligation to repurchase such shares after closing of the initial Business Combination, and (iii) up to $ 0.10 per unit shall be paid to Underwriters in cash (the “Allocable Amount”), provided that, after completion of the Initial Public Offering, the Company or the Sponsor shall have the right to allocate (in its sole discretion) any portion of the Allocable Amount to pay for expenses incurred by the Company in consummating its initial Business Combination. 14 WILLOW LANE ACQUISITION CORP. II NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS JUNE 30, 2026 (UNAUDITED) Note 8 — Shareholders’ Deficit Preference Shares — The Company is authorized to issue a total of 5,000,000 preference shares at par value of $ 0.0001 each. As of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, there were no preference shares issued or outstanding. Class A Ordinary Shares — The Company is authorized to issue a total of 500,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares at par value of $ 0.0001 each. As of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, there were 514,055 Class A and 0 Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding, respectively, excluding 14,375,000 Class A Ordinary Shares subject to possible redemption. Class B Ordinary Shares — The Company is authorized to issue a total of 50,000,000 Class B Ordinary Shares at par value of $ 0.0001 each. On August 15, 2025, the Sponsor made a capital contribution of $ 25,000 , or approximately $ 0.006 per share, through payments of offering costs and expenses on the Company’s behalf, for which the Company issued 4,216,667 Class B Ordinary Shares, known as Founder Shares, to the Sponsor. On December 23, 2025, the Company issued an additional 1,043,190 Class B Ordinary Shares to the Sponsor by way of a share capitalization following which the Sponsor now holds 5,259,857 Class B Ordinary Shares. All share and per-share data has been retrospectively presented. Up to 686,068 of the Founder Shares may be surrendered by the Sponsor for no consideration depending on the extent to which the Over-Allotment Option is exercised. As a result of the Underwriters’ election to fully exercise the Over-Allotment Option on February 17, 2026, 686,068 Founder Shares are no longer subject to forfeiture by the Sponsor. The Founder Shares will automatically convert into Class A Ordinary Shares concurrently with or immediately following the consummation of the initial Business Combination or earlier at the option of the holder on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment for share subdivisions, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like, and subject to further adjustment as provided herein. In the case that additional Class A Ordinary Shares, or any other equity-linked securities, are issued or deemed issued in excess of the amounts sold in the Initial Public Offering and related to or in connection with the closing of the initial Business Combination, the ratio at which Class B Ordinary Shares convert into Class A Ordinary Shares will be adjusted (unless the holders of a majority of the outstanding Class B Ordinary Shares agree to waive such 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, 26.8 % of the sum of (i) the total number of all Class A Ordinary Shares outstanding upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering (including any Class A Ordinary Shares issued pursuant to exercises of the Over-Allotment Option and excluding the Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Private Placement Units issued to the Sponsor), plus (ii) all Class A Ordinary Shares and equity-linked securities issued or deemed issued, in connection with the closing of the initial Business Combination (excluding any shares or equity-linked securities issued, or to be issued, to any seller in the initial Business Combination and any private placement-equivalent units issued to the Sponsor, certain of the Company’s officers or directors upon conversion of Working Capital Loans) minus (iii) any redemptions of Public Shares by Public Shareholders in connection with an initial Business Combination; provided that such conversion of Founder Shares will never occur on a less than one-for-one basis. Holders of the Ordinary Shares are entitled to one vote for each Ordinary Share held on all matters to be voted on by shareholders. Unless specified in the Amended and Restated Articles or as required by the Companies Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands or stock exchange rules, an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law and the Amended and Restated Articles, 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 Amended and Restated Articles, such actions include amending the Amended and Restated Articles 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 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 (i) have the right to vote on the appointment and removal of directors and (ii) are 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 Class A Ordinary Shares are not entitled to vote on these matters during such time. These provisions of the Amended and Restated Articles 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. Warrants — There are 3,593,750 Public Warrants and 128,514 Private Placement Warrants are currently outstanding. Each whole Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share at a price of $ 11.50 per share, subject to adjustment as discussed herein. The Warrants cannot be exercised until 30 days after the completion of the initial Business Combination, and will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, five years after the completion of the initial Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation. 15 WILLOW LANE ACQUISITION CORP. II NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS JUNE 30, 2026 (UNAUDITED) The Company will not be obligated to deliver any Class A Ordinary Shares pursuant to the exercise of a Warrant and will have no obligation to settle such Warrant exercise unless a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to the Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants is then effective and a prospectus relating thereto is current. No Warrant will be exercisable and the Company will not be obligated to issue a Class A Ordinary Share upon exercise of a Warrant unless the Class A Ordinary Share issuable upon such Warrant exercise has been registered, qualified or deemed to be exempt under the securities laws of the state of residence of the registered holder of the Warrants. In the event that the conditions in the two immediately preceding sentences are not satisfied with respect to a Warrant, the holder of such Warrant will not be entitled to exercise such Warrant and such warrant may have no value and expire worthless. In no event will the Company be required to net cash settle any warrant. In the event that a registration statement is not effective for the exercised Warrants, the purchaser of a Unit containing such Warrant will have paid the full purchase price for the Unit solely for the Class A Ordinary Share underlying such Unit. Under the terms of the Warrant Agreement, dated February 12, 2026, that the Company entered into with Continental (the “Warrant Agreement”), the Company has agreed that, as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 20 business days, after the closing of its Business Combination, it will use its commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC a post-effective amendment to the IPO Registration Statement or a new registration statement covering the registration under the Securities Act of the Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants and thereafter will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the same to become effective within 60 business days following the initial Business Combination and to maintain a current prospectus relating to the Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants until the expiration of the Warrants in accordance with the provisions of the Warrant Agreement. If a registration statement covering the Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants is not effective by the sixtieth (60 th ) business day after the closing of the initial Business Combination, warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when the Company will have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise Warrants on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act or another exemption. Notwithstanding the above, if the Class A Ordinary Shares are at the time of any exercise of a Warrant not listed on a national securities exchange such that they satisfy the definition of a “covered security” under Section 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act, the Company may, at its option, require holders of Public Warrants who exercise their warrants to do so on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act and, in the event the Company so elects, the Company will not be required to file or maintain in effect a registration statement, and in the event the Company does not so elect, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify the Class A Ordinary Shares under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available. If the holders exercise their Public Warrants on a cashless basis, they would pay the warrant exercise price by surrendering the Public Warrants for that number of Class A Ordinary Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants, multiplied by the excess of the “fair market value” of the Class A Ordinary Shares over the exercise price of the Public Warrants by (y) the fair market value. The “fair market value” is the average reported closing price of the Class A Ordinary Shares for the 10 trading days ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the notice of exercise is received by the warrant agent or on which the notice of redemption is sent to the holders of Public Warrants, as applicable. Redemption of Warrants When the Price per Class A Ordinary Share Equals or Exceeds $ 18.00 : The Company may redeem the outstanding warrants: ● in whole and not in part; ● at a price of $ 0.01 per Public Warrant; ● upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption; and ● if, and only if, the closing price of the Class A Ordinary Shares equals or exceeds $ 18.00 per share (as adjusted for adjustments to the number of Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise or the exercise price of a Public Warrant) for any 20 trading days within a 30 -trading day period commencing at least 30 days after completion of the initial Business Combination and ending three business days before the Company sends the notice of redemption to the warrant holders. Additionally, if the number of outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares is increased by a share capitalization payable in Class A Ordinary Shares, or by a subdivision of Ordinary Shares or other similar event, then, on the effective date of such share capitalization, subdivision or similar event, the number of Class Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of each Warrant will be increased in proportion to such increase in the outstanding Ordinary Shares. A rights offering made to all or substantially all holders of Ordinary Shares entitling holders to purchase Class A Ordinary Shares at a price less than the fair market value will be deemed a share capitalization of a number of Class A Ordinary Shares equal to the product of (i) the number of Class A Ordinary Shares actually sold in such rights offering (or issuable under any other equity securities sold in such rights offering that are convertible into or exercisable for Class A Ordinary Shares) and (ii) the quotient of (x) the price per Class A Ordinary Share paid in such rights offering and (y) the fair market value. For these purposes (i) if the rights offering is for securities convertible into or exercisable for Class A Ordinary Shares, in determining the price payable for Class A Ordinary Shares, there will be taken into account any consideration received for such rights, as well as any additional amount payable upon exercise or conversion and (ii) fair market value means the volume weighted average price of Class A Ordinary Shares as reported during the ten (10) trading day period ending on the trading day prior to the first date on which the Class A Ordinary Shares trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive such rights. 16 WILLOW LANE ACQUISITION CORP. II NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS JUNE 30, 2026 (UNAUDITED) Note 9 — Fair Value Measurements Fair value is defined as the price that would be received for sale of an asset or paid to transfer of a liability, in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). These tiers include: ● 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. In some circumstances, the inputs used to measure fair value might be categorized within different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In those instances, the fair value measurement is categorized in its entirety in the fair value hierarchy based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The following table presents information about the Company’s assets that are measured at fair value as of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair value: June 30, December 31, Level 2026 2025 Assets: Marketable securities held in Trust Account 1 $ 145,586,328 $ ― The fair value of the Public Warrants issued in the Initial Public Offering is $ 575,000 , or $ 0.16 per Public Warrant and was determined using Monte Carlo Simulation Model. The Public Warrants issued in the Initial Public Offering have been classified within shareholders’ deficit and will not require remeasurement after issuance. The following table presents the quantitative information regarding market assumptions used in the Level 3 valuation of the Public Warrants issued in the Initial Public Offering: February 17, 2026 Expected term to de-SPAC (years) 2.0 Underlying stock price $ 9.96 Exercise price $ 11.50 Probability of de-SPAC and instrument-specific market adjustment 15.0 % Risk-free rate (continuous) 3.75 % Volatility 5.00 % Note 10 — Subsequent Events The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the condensed balance sheet date through the date that the accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements were issued. Based upon this review, the Company did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements. 17 Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this Report including, without limitation, statements under this Item regarding our financial position, possible Business Combinations and the financing thereof, and related matters, and the plans and objectives of Management for future operations, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. When used in this Report, words such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend” and similar expressions, as they relate to us or our Management, identify forward-looking statements. We have based these forward-looking statements on our Management’s current expectations and projections about future events, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to our Management. Actual results could differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors detailed in our filings with the SEC. All subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are qualified in their entirety by this paragraph. The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the unaudited condensed financial statements and the notes thereto included in this Report under Item 1. “Financial Statements.” Overview We are a blank check company incorporated in the Cayman Islands on August 1, 2025 for the purpose of effecting a Business Combination. Our Sponsor is Willow Lane Sponsor II, LLC. Although we are not limited in our search for target businesses to a particular industry or sector for the purpose of consummating the Business Combination, we are focusing our search on one or more businesses that have established and growing revenue streams. We are an early stage and emerging growth company and, as such, we are subject to all of the risks associated with early stage and emerging growth companies. We expect to incur significant costs in the pursuit of our acquisition plans. There can be no assurance that our plans to complete a Business Combination will be successful. Our IPO Registration Statement became effective on January 30, 2026. On February 17, 2026, we consummated our Initial Public Offering of 14,375,000 Public Units, including 1,875,000 Option Units issued pursuant to the full exercise of the Over-Allotment Option. Each Public Unit consists of one Public Share and one-fourth of one Public Warrant. The Public Units were sold at a price of $10.00 per Public Unit, generating gross proceeds to us of $143,750,000. Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering and pursuant to the Private Placement Units Purchase Agreements, we completed the sale of an aggregate of 514,055 Private Placement Units to the Sponsor and BTIG in the Private Placement at a purchase price of $10.00 per Private Placement Unit, generating gross proceeds to us of $5,140,550. Of those 514,055 Private Placement Units, the Sponsor purchased 370,305 Private Placement Units and BTIG purchased 143,750 Private Placement Units. The Private Placement Units (and underlying securities) are identical to the Public Units (and underlying securities), except as otherwise disclosed in the IPO Registration Statement. Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering and Private Placement, an amount of $143,750,000 from the proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement was initially placed in the Trust Account located in the United States with Continental acting as trustee. Pursuant to the Trust Agreement, the Trust Account may be invested only (i) in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act with a maturity of 185 days or less, (ii) in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund selected by us meeting the conditions of paragraphs (d)(1), (d)(2), (d)(3) and (d)(4) of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, (iii) as uninvested cash or (iv) in interest or non-interest bearing demand deposit accounts at a U.S. chartered commercial bank with consolidated assets of $100 billion or more selected by Continental that is reasonably satisfactory to us, until the earlier of: (x) the completion of the Business Combination and (y) the distribution of the Trust Account, as described below. We have until February 17, 2028 (24 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering), or until such (x) earlier date as our Board may approve or (y) later date as our shareholders may approve, pursuant to the Amended and Restated Articles, to consummate the Business Combination. If we are unable to complete the Business Combination by the end of the Combination Period, we will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) 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 and not previously released to us to pay taxes, if any, divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish Public Shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining shareholders and our Board, dissolve and liquidate, subject, in each case, to our obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. 18 We may seek to extend the Combination Period consistent with applicable laws, regulations and stock exchange rules by amending our Amended and Restated Articles. Any such amendment would require the approval of our shareholders, and our Public Shareholders will be provided the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares in connection with the vote on such approval. Such redemptions will decrease the amount held in our Trust Account and our capitalization, and may affect our ability to maintain our listing on Nasdaq. In addition, the Nasdaq Rules currently require SPACs (such as us) to complete their initial Business Combination in accordance with the Nasdaq 36-Month Requirement. If we do not meet the Nasdaq 36-Month Requirement, our securities will likely be subject to a suspension of trading and delisting from Nasdaq. Our Sponsor may also, in its discretion, consider selling its interest in our Company to another sponsor entity, which may result in a change to our Management Team. Results of Operations We have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenues to date. Our only activities since August 1, 2025 (inception) through June 30, 2026 have been (i) organizational activities and (ii) activities relating to (x) the Initial Public Offering and (y) identifying and evaluating prospective acquisition candidates and activities in connection with the initial Business Combination. We will not generate any operating revenues until after completion of our initial Business Combination. We have generated non-operating income in the form of interest income on investments held in the Trust Account after the Initial Public Offering. We expect to incur increased expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance, among other things), as well as for due diligence expenses. For the three months ended June 30, 2026, we had net income of $1,261,731, which consisted of interest earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account of $1,467,500 offset by general and administrative expenses of $185,788 and compensation expense of $19,981. For the six months ended June 30, 2026, we had net income of $1,337,090, which consisted of interest earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account of $1,836,328 offset by general and administrative expenses of $346,277 and compensation expense of $152,961. Liquidity and Capital Resources Following the Initial Public Offering, including the full exercise of the Over-Allotment Option, and the Private Placement, a total of $143,750,000 was placed in the Trust Account. We incurred fees of $8,428,143 in the Initial Public Offering, consisting of $2,875,000 of cash underwriting fee, the Deferred Fee of $5,031,250, and $521,893 of other offering costs. For the six months ended June 30, 2026, cash used in operating activities was $448,037. Net income of $1,337,090 was affected by interest earned on marketable securities held in the Trust Account of $1,836,328, compensation expense of $152,961 and payment of operation costs through the IPO Promissory Note of $31,825. Changes in operating assets and liabilities used $203,401 of cash for operating activities. As of June 30, 2026, we had cash balance of $1,315,359 outside of the Trust Account and a working capital surplus of $1,331,545. As of June 30, 2026, we had cash and investments held in the Trust Account of $145,586,328 (including approximately $1,836,328 of interest income earned since the IPO available to pay taxes, if any). We may withdraw interest from the Trust Account to pay taxes, if any. We intend to use substantially all of the funds held in the Trust Account, including any amounts representing interest earned on the Trust Account (which interest shall be net of any taxes payable and exclude the Deferred Fee), to complete our Business Combination. To the extent that our share capital or debt is used, in whole or in part, as consideration to complete our Business Combination, the remaining proceeds held in the Trust Account will be used as working capital to finance the operations of the post-Business Combination company, to make other acquisitions and to pursue growth strategies. 19 To mitigate the risk that we might be deemed to be an investment company for purposes of the Investment Company Act, which risk increases the longer that we hold investments in the Trust Account, we may, at any time, (based on our Management Team’s ongoing assessment of all factors related to our potential status under the Investment Company Act) instruct Continental 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. As of June 30, 2026, we had cash held outside of the Trust Account of $1,315,359. We use the funds held outside the Trust Account primarily to identify and evaluate target businesses, perform business due diligence on prospective target businesses, travel to and from the offices, plants, or similar locations of prospective target businesses or their representatives or owners, review corporate documents and material agreements of prospective target businesses, and structure, negotiate and complete a Business Combination. Our liquidity needs through June 30, 2026 have been satisfied through (i) a contribution of $25,000 from the Sponsor in exchange for the issuance of our Founder Shares, (ii) a loan pursuant to the IPO Promissory Note, and (iii) the net proceeds from the consummation of the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement held outside the Trust Account. IPO Promissory Note Prior to the closing of our Initial Public Offering, our Sponsor agreed to loan us an aggregate of up to $300,000 under the IPO Promissory Note to cover expenses related to the Initial Public Offering. Such loans and advances were non-interest bearing and were payable on the earlier of December 31, 2026 or the completion of our Initial Public Offering. The loan of $138,697 was fully repaid upon the consummation of our Initial Public Offering on February 17, 2026. No additional borrowing is available under the IPO Promissory Note. Working Capital Loans In order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor, or certain of our officers and directors or their affiliates may, but are not obligated to, loan us Working Capital Loans, as may be required. If we complete a Business Combination, we intend to repay such Working Capital Loans, except to the extent that the lender opts to convert such Working Capital Loans into warrants, as described below. In the event that a Business Combination does not close, we may use a portion of the working capital held outside the Trust Account to repay such Working Capital Loans, but no proceeds from our Trust Account would be used for such repayment. Up to $1,500,000 of such Working Capital Loans may be converted into units of the post-Business Combination entity at a price of $10.00 per unit. Such units (and underlying securities) would be identical to the Private Placement Units (and underlying securities). As of June 30, 2026, we did not have any borrowings under any Working Capital Loans. In connection with our assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 205-40, “Presentation of Financial Statements — Going Concern,” we do not currently believe we will need to raise additional funds to meet the expenditures required for operating our business. However, if our estimate of the costs of identifying a target business, undertaking in-depth due diligence and negotiating a Business Combination are less than the actual amount necessary to do so, we may have insufficient funds available to operate our business prior to our Business Combination. Moreover, we may need to obtain additional financing either to complete our Business Combination or because we become obligated to redeem a significant number of our Public Shares upon consummation of our Business Combination, in which case we may issue additional securities or incur debt in connection with such Business Combination. Contractual Obligations We do not have any long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or long-term liabilities, other than as follows: Administrative Services Agreement Commencing on February 12, 2026, and until the completion of our Business Combination or liquidation, we reimburse an affiliate of the Sponsor $25,000 per month for office space, utilities, and secretarial and administrative support pursuant to the Administrative Services Agreement. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, were $75,000 and $100,000, respectively, were incurred and paid under the Administrative Services Agreement. 20 Underwriting Agreement Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Underwriters had a 45-day option from the date of the Initial Public Offering to purchase up to an additional 1,875,000 Option Units to cover over-allotments, if any. On February 17, 2026, the Underwriters elected to fully exercise the Over-Allotment Option. The Underwriters were entitled to a cash underwriting discount of $2,875,000 (2.0% of the gross proceeds of the Public Units offered in the Initial Public Offering). Additionally, the Underwriters are entitled to the Deferred Fee of 3.50% of the gross proceeds of the base Initial Public Offering held in the Trust Account, which equates to $5,031,250 in the aggregate following the full exercise of the Over-Allotment Option and is payable to the Underwriters, upon the completion of the initial Business Combination subject to the terms of the Underwriting Agreement. Registration Rights Agreement The holders of (i) the Founder Shares, (ii) the Private Placement Units and (iii) any private placement-equivalent units issued in connection with the Working Capital Loans, if any (and in each case holders of their underlying securities, as applicable) are entitled to registration rights pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, requiring us to register such securities for resale (in the case of the Founder Shares, only after conversion to our Class A Ordinary Shares). The holders of the majority of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that we register such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggyback” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the consummation of a Business Combination and rights to require us to register for resale such securities pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act. BTIG may only make a demand on one occasion and only during the five-year period beginning on the effective date of the IPO Registration Statement. In addition, BTIG may participate in a “piggyback” registration only during the seven-year period beginning on the effective date of the IPO Registration Statement. We will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements. Letter Agreement Our Sponsor, directors and officers have entered into the Letter Agreement with us, pursuant to which, they have waived their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any Founder Shares held by them if we fail to complete our initial Business Combination within the Combination Period. However, if they acquire Public Shares in or after the Initial Public Offering, they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to such Public Shares if we fail to complete our initial Business Combination within the Combination Period. Additionally, pursuant to the Letter Agreement, our Sponsor, directors and officers will not propose any amendment to our Amended and Restated Articles to modify (i) the substance or timing of our obligation to allow redemption in connection with our initial Business Combination or to redeem 100% of our Public Shares if we do not complete our initial Business Combination within the Combination Period or (ii) any other material provisions relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity, unless we provide our Public Shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their Public Shares upon approval of any such amendment 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 and not previously released to us to pay our taxes, divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares. Furthermore, pursuant to the Letter Agreement, our Sponsor, directors, officers have agreed that: (x) the Founder Shares shall be subject to a transfer restrictions of the earlier of (i) six months after the completion of our initial Business Combination or earlier if, subsequent to our initial Business Combination, the closing price of the Class A Ordinary Shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 30 days after our initial Business Combination and (ii) the date following the completion of our initial Business Combination on which we complete a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction that results in all of our shareholders having the right to exchange their Class A Ordinary Shares for cash, securities or other property; (y) the Private Placement Units (including their underlying securities) shall be subject to transfer restriction until 30 days after the completion of our initial Business Combination; and (z) any Units, Warrants, Ordinary Shares or any other securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any Units, Ordinary Shares, Founder Shares or Warrants shall be subject to transfer restriction for 180 days. 21 Critical Accounting Estimates The preparation of the unaudited condensed financial statements and notes thereto included in this Report under Item 1. “Financial Statements” in conformity with GAAP requires Management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, income and expenses, and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities, in our unaudited condensed financial statements. These accounting estimates require the use of assumptions about matters, some of which are highly uncertain at the time of estimation. Management bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions it believes to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments, and we evaluate these estimates on an ongoing basis. To the extent actual experience differs from the assumptions used, our unaudited condensed financial statements and notes thereto included in this Report under Item 1. “Financial Statements” could be materially affected. We believe that the following accounting policies involve a higher degree of judgment and complexity. As of June 30, 2026, we did not have any critical accounting estimates to be disclosed. 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 ASU 2023-07 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 ASU 2023-07 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 August 1, 2025, the date of its inception. Management does not believe that there are any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards, which, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the unaudited condensed financial statements and notes thereto included in this Report under Item 1. “Financial Statements.” Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk. We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act and are not required to provide the information otherwise required under this Item. Item 4. Controls and Procedures. Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures Disclosure controls and procedures are designed with the objective of ensuring that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Exchange Act, such as this Report, is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures are also designed with the objective of ensuring that such information is accumulated and communicated to our Management, including our Certifying Officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Under the supervision and with the participation of our Management, including our Certifying Officers, we carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Based on the foregoing, our Certifying Officers concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of June 30, 2026. We do not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures will prevent all errors and all instances of fraud. Disclosure controls and procedures, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the disclosure controls and procedures are met. Further, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all disclosure controls and procedures, no evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures can provide absolute assurance that we have detected all our control deficiencies and instances of fraud, if any. The design of disclosure controls and procedures also is based partly on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting Not applicable. 22 PART II – OTHER INFORMATION Item 1. Legal Proceedings. To the knowledge of our Management Team, there is no material litigation currently pending or contemplated against us, any of our officers or directors in their capacity as such, or against any of our property. Item 1A. Risk Factors. As a smaller reporting company under Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act, we are not required to include risk factors in this Report. However, for detailed descriptions of the risks relating to our Company, see the section titled “Risk Factors” contained in our (i) IPO Registration Statement and (ii) 2026 First Quarter Form 10-Q. As of the date of this Report, there have been no material changes with respect to those risk factors. Any of these previously disclosed risk factors could result in a significant or material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition. Additional risks not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also affect our ability to consummate an initial Business Combination. We may disclose changes to such risk factors or disclose additional risk factors from time to time in our future filings with the SEC. Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities There were no sales of unregistered securities during the quarterly period covered by this Report. Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering and pursuant to the Private Placement Units Purchase Agreements, we completed the sale of an aggregate of 514,055 Private Placement Units to the Sponsor and BTIG in the Private Placement at a purchase price of $10.00 per Private Placement Unit, generating gross proceeds to us of $5,140,550. Of those 514,055 Private Placement Units, the Sponsor purchased 370,305 Private Placement Units and BTIG purchased 143,750 Private Placement Units. The Private Placement Units (and underlying securities) are identical to the Public Units (and underlying securities), except as otherwise disclosed in the IPO Registration Statement. No underwriting discounts or commissions were paid with respect to such sale. The issuance of the Private Placement Units was made pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. Use of Proceeds There were no offerings of registered securities and therefore no planned use of proceeds from such offerings during the quarterly period covered by this Report. For a description of the use of proceeds generated in our Initial Public Offering and Private Placement, see Part II, Item 2 of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2026. There has been no material change in the planned use of proceeds from our Initial Public Offering and Private Placement as described in the IPO Registration Statement. The specific investments in our Trust Account may change from time to time. To mitigate the risk that we might be deemed to be an investment company for purposes of the Investment Company Act, which risk increases the longer that we hold investments in the Trust Account, we may, at any time, (based on our Management Team’s ongoing assessment of all factors related to our potential status under the Investment Company Act) instruct the Continental 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. Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers There were no purchases of our equity securities by us or an affiliate during the quarterly period covered by this Report. 23 Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities. None. Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures. Not applicable. Item 5. Other Information. Trading Arrangements During the quarterly period ended June 30, 2026, none of our directors or officers (as defined in Rule 16a-1(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act) adopted or terminated any “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or any “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement,” as each term is defined in Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K. Additional Information None. Item 6. Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed as part of, or incorporated by reference into, this Report. No. Description of Exhibit 31.1 Certification of the Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.* 31.2 Certification of the Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.* 32.1 Certification of the Principal Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.** 32.2 Certification of the Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.** 101.INS Inline XBRL Instance Document.* 101.SCH Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.* 101.CAL Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.* 101.DEF Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.* 101.LAB Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.* 101.PRE Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.* 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (Embedded as Inline XBRL document and contained in Exhibit 101).* * Filed herewith. ** Furnished herewith. 24 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. Dated: August 12, 2026 WILLOW LANE ACQUISITION CORP. II By: /s/ B. Luke Weil Name: B. Luke Weil Title: Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) Dated: August 12, 2026 By: /s/ George Peng Name: George Peng Title: Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) 25