Pike Electric Corporation (NYSE: PIKE) ("Pike"), one of the nation's leading energy solutions providers, today announced the closing of the upsized secondary public offering of 8,000,000 shares of its common stock (the "offering") by an affiliate of Lindsay Goldberg LLC (the "selling stockholder") at a price to the public of $11.50 per share, which includes the full exercise of the underwriters' option to purchase up to 1,043,478 additional shares from the selling stockholder. The selling stockholder received all of the proceeds from the offering; no shares in the offering were sold by Pike or any of its officers or directors.

Pike also announced the completion of its $40 million stock repurchase pursuant to a previously announced share repurchase agreement with the selling stockholder whereby Pike repurchased 3,661,327 shares of its common stock at a price of $10.925 per share, which was the price per share paid by the underwriters to the selling stockholder in the offering. Pike funded the share repurchase with available cash and borrowings under its revolving credit facility. The repurchased shares have been cancelled by Pike.

J.P. Morgan and BofA Merrill Lynch acted as Joint Bookrunning Managers for the offering. BB&T Capital Markets, FBR, Janney Montgomery Scott, KeyBanc Capital Markets and Stifel acted as Co-Managers for the offering.

The offering was made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement, including a prospectus and a prospectus supplement related to the offering, filed by Pike with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). Copies of the prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained from: J.P. Morgan, Attention: Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717, or by telephone at +1 (866) 803-9204 or BofA Merrill Lynch, Attn: Prospectus Department, 222 Broadway, New York, New York 10038, or by e-mail at dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com. You may also obtain these documents for free from the SEC's EDGAR database available online at www.sec.gov.

This press release is for informational purposes only and shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction.

About Pike Electric Corporation

Pike Electric Corporation is a leading provider of energy solutions to over 300 investor-owned, municipal and co-operative utilities in the United States. Our comprehensive services include facilities planning and siting, permitting, engineering, design, installation, maintenance and repair of electric and communication infrastructure. Our common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "PIKE." For more information, visit us online at www.pike.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

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Pike Electric Corporation
Investor Relations:
Frank Milano, 336-719-4622
IR@pike.com