A Charlotte-based team of McGuireWoods attorneys represented the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Pike Corporation (NYSE: PIKE) in connection with the Special Committee’s negotiations and Pike’s entry into a merger agreement under which New York private equity firm Court Square Capital Partners and J. Eric Pike, Pike’s chairman and chief executive officer, will acquire Pike in a “going-private” transaction valued at approximately $595 million. At the effective time of the merger, each of Pike’s shareholders will receive $12 per share in cash, which represents a premium of approximately 50.8% over Pike’s closing price on Aug. 1, 2014, and a premium of approximately 39.6% over the 30-day volume-weighted average closing prices leading up to that date.
The McGuireWoods deal team was led by partners Harrison Marshall and Rakesh Gopalan, with assistance from partners Rick Viola and Peter Covington, associates John Hoke and Curtis Griner and paralegal Cheryl Smith.
