Jena Acquisition Corporation II

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Jena Acquisition Corporation II is a newly formed company whose business purpose is merger and acquisitions in several industries with initial focus on financial technology or information and business services which act as an essential utility to industries that are core to the economy. We may also pursue a target outside of the financial technology or information services sector should we find an attractive business that fits within William P. Foley, II's and Richard N. Massey's historical areas of business expertise.

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William P. Foley, II. Mr. Foley is a co-founder, Chairman and serves as a director. Mr. Foley is a founder of Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (“FNF”) and has served as Chairman of the board of directors of FNF since 1984. He served as Chief Executive Officer of FNF until May 2007 and as President of FNF until December 1994. Mr. Foley has served as Vice Chairman of Cannae Holdings, Inc. (“Cannae”) since May 2025, and served as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Cannae from February 2024 to May 2025, and he served as Chairman of Cannae from July 2017 to February 2024. Mr. Foley has also served as non-executive Chairman of the board of directors of Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. (“Dun & Bradstreet”) since February 2019 and as Executive Chairman since February 2022. Mr. Foley has served as Executive Chairman of F&G since November 2022. Mr. Foley has served as a director of Alight Inc. since April 2021 and served on the board of its predecessor, Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corporation (“FTAC”) from May 2020 until April 2021. Mr. Foley served as a director of System1 from January 2022 to March 2023. From January 2014 to June 2021, Mr. Foley served as Chairman of the Board of Black Knight and its predecessors. He served as non-executive Chairman of the board of directors of Paysafe Limited and its predecessor, Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II (“FTAC II)), from March 2020 until March 2022. Mr. Foley formerly served as Co-Chairman of FGL Holdings, as a director of Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc. (now known as Dayforce, Inc.) and as Vice Chairman of FIS. Mr. Foley formerly served on the boards of Austerlitz Acquisition Corporation I and Austerlitz Acquisition Corporation II and Trebia Acquisition Corp., which were blank check companies, but resigned from those boards in April 2021. Mr. Foley formerly served as Chairman of Foley Wines Ltd., a New Zealand company, until March 2023, and thereafter rejoined the board as a director in January 2025. After receiving his B.S. degree in engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point, Mr. Foley served in the U.S. Air Force, where he attained the rank of captain. Mr. Foley received his Master of Business Administration from Seattle University and his Juris Doctor from the University of Washington. Mr. Foley serves on the boards of various foundations and charitable organizations.

We believe that Mr. Foley’s qualifications to serve on our Board include more than 35 years as a director and executive officer of FNF, his long and deep knowledge of our business and industry, his strategic vision, his experience as a Board member and executive officer of public and private companies in a wide variety of industries, and his strong track record of building and maintaining stockholder value and successfully negotiating and implementing mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Foley provides high-value added services to our Board and has sufficient time to focus on the company.

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Richard N. Massey. Mr. Massey is a co-founder, our Chief Executive Officer and a director. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Cannae Holdings until February 2024. From March 2020 to July 2021, Mr. Massey served as Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Foley Trasimene I, and from January 2021 to December 2022 served as Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Austerlitz I and Austerlitz II, and previously served as Chief Executive Officer and as a director of Foley Trasimene II from July 2020 until March 2021. Mr. Massey served as the Chairman and principal shareholder of Bear State Financial, Inc., a publicly traded financial institution, and the parent company of Bear State Bank, from 2011 until April 2018. Mr. Massey previously served on Cannae Holdings’ board of directors from June 2018 until June 2024 and on Black Knight’s board of directors from December 2014 until July 2020 and as a director of FNF from February 2006 until January 2021. Mr. Massey currently serves as a director of Dunn and Bradstreet and Alight. Mr. Massey was Chief Strategy Officer and General Counsel of Alltel Corporation until its sale to Verizon and served as a Managing Director of Stephens Inc., a private investment bank, during which time his financial advisory practice focused on software and information technology companies, and he formerly served as a director of FIS and FGL Holdings. Mr. Massey is also a director of the Oxford American Literary Project and the Arkansas Razorback Foundation.

We believe that Mr. Massey’s significant financial expertise and experience on the boards of a number of public companies make him well qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors. We believe that Mr. Massey is able to fulfill his roles and devote sufficient time and attention to his duties as Chief Executive Officer, as a member of our board of directors upon completion of this offering and as a director of the other public company on which he serves.

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W. Dabbs Cavin.  Mr. Cavin will serve as one of our directors as of the commencement of the trading of our units on the NYSE. Mr. Cavin is the Chief Executive Officer of Mountaire Corporation which is the fourth largest vertically integrated poultry company in the United States. Mr. Cavin previously served in a variety of positions with Mountaire including serving as Chief Financial Officer for the Company from 2013 to 2018. Mr. Cavin has served on Mountaire’s board of directors since 2012. Mr. Cavin also served as Chief Executive Officer of Bear State Financial from 2011 to 2013 and served as Vice Chairman of Bear State Financial until its sale in 2018. Mr. Cavin has significant experience in commercial banking having served in a variety of executive positions during his 20+ year banking career. Mr. Cavin is a graduate of the University of Arkansas with a degree in Finance and Banking and he also received his Juris Doctor from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law.

We believe Mr. Cavin is qualified to be a member of our board of directors because of his financial experience and experience in serving public and private company boards of directors.

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Dexter Fowler. Mr. Fowler will serve as one of our directors as of the commencement of the trading of our units on the NYSE. Mr. Fowler has served as a member of the System 1, Inc. Board of Directors from January 2022 to April 2025. Mr. Fowler was an American professional baseball outfielder who played in 14 Major League Baseball (MLB) seasons, most recently with the Los Angeles Angels, before retiring in 2023. Prior to the Angels, Mr. Fowler played for the St. Louis Cardinals from April 2017 to October 2020, for the Chicago Cubs from April 2015 to October 2016 and before that for the Houston Astros from April 2014 to October 2014. Mr. Fowler began his MLB career with the Colorado Rockies in 2004. Mr. Fowler also represented the United States in the 2008 Summer Olympics, as a member of the United States national baseball team. Mr. Fowler also served on the board of directors of Austerliz Acquisition Corporation I, a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, from January 2021 through December 2022. 

We believe Mr. Fowler is qualified to be a member of our board of directors because of his professional experience and experience in serving public company boards of directors.

Tim Hsia. Mr. Hsia will serve as one of our directors as of the commencement of the trading of our units on the NYSE. Mr. Hsia is the Founder and Managing Partner of Context Ventures, a venture fund that invests at the preseed stage and primarily invests in backing military veteran founders. He is also the Founder of Media Mobilize, an integrated ad network, marketing agency, and media company. Tim’s investments include Workflow (acquired by Apple), Morning Brew (acquired by Business Insider), The Hustle (acquired by HubSpot), Proterra (SPAC), Lime (scooter), Beehiiv, and Secureframe. Mr. Hsia is a distinguished honor graduate of West Point and was commissioned as an infantry officer in the US Army. Mr. Hsia deployed twice to Iraq: he served as an infantry platoon leader in combat with 1-24 Infantry, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division in Mosul, Iraq. As an executive officer with 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment (3/2 SCR) he helped the unit move from Ft. Lewis, WA to Vilseck, Germany. He then served as a logistics officer for 3/2 SCR during its fourteen month deployment in support of the surge in Iraq and earned a Bronze Star. After leaving active duty in 2010, Mr. Hsia earned both a JD and MBA from Stanford University (2014). While at Stanford, he taught ROTC cadets at Stanford and Santa Clara University. Tim is a board member at Service to School (co-founder) and the Marine’s Memorial. He has published articles and opinion pieces in the Infantry Magazine, Small Wars Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and The New York Times.

We believe Mr. Hsia is qualified to be a member of our board of directors because of his professional experience and experience in serving on company boards of directors.

Amanda G. Sturgeon.  Ms. Sturgeon serves as our Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Since March 2024, Ms. Sturgeon has served as Chief Financial Officer of Foley Entertainment Group, a management company of a portfolio of boutique luxury hotels and hospitality centers, as well as its affiliate hotel properties since March 2024; MAP Assetco, LLC, HC Assetco, LLC, BWI Venture, LLC, Hotel Les Mars, LLC and FHI Assetco. She has also served as Director of Accounting for Rock Creek Cattle Company, a 30,000-acre working cattle ranch and private golf club in Montana since October 2022, as well as Chief Financial Officer of Foley Family Farms, a portfolio of 5,000 acres of vineyards located on California, Oregon and Washington, since June 2019. Prior to joining Foley Family Farms, Ms. Sturgeon served as Accounting Manager for Foley Family Wines from November 2018 to June 2019. Prior to joining Foley Family Wines, Ms. Sturgeon began her career at Deloitte Tax in Orange County, CA. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from Biola University, and a Master of Science in Taxation from California State University, Fullerton.

Michael L. Gravelle.  Mr. Gravelle has served as our General Counsel and Corporate Secretary since February 2025. Mr. Gravelle has served as the Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of FNF since January 2010. He has served as Corporate Secretary since April 2008. Mr. Gravelle joined FNF in 2003, serving as Senior Vice President. Mr. Gravelle joined a subsidiary of FNF in 1993. Mr. Gravelle has also served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Cannae since April 2017 and as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of F & G Annuities and Life, Inc. since May 2024. Mr. Gravelle previously served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Black Knight and its predecessors from January 2014 until December 2023, where he also served as Corporate Secretary from January 2014 until May 2018. He previously served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Austerlitz I and Austerlitz II from January 2021 through December 2022, of Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corporation II from July 2020 through March 2021, and of Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corporation I from March 2020 to July 2021.