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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February&nbsp;25, 2011
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>PIKE ELECTRIC CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Delaware
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">20-3112047</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">100 Pike Way</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Mount Airy, NC
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">27030</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Address of principal executive offices)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Zip Code)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Pike Compensation Deferral Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">James R. Fox<BR>
General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Vice President of Risk Management<BR>
Pike Electric Corporation<BR>
100 Pike Way<BR>
Mount Airy, North Carolina 27030<BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)<BR>
(336)&nbsp;789-2171<BR>
(Telephone number, including area code,<BR>
of agent for service)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><I>Copy to:</I>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">James R. Wyche<BR>
K&#038;L Gates LLP<BR>
Hearst Tower, 47th Floor<BR>
214 North Tryon Street<BR>
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202<BR>
(704)&nbsp;331-7400
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 3%">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Exchange Act.
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Large accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Proposed maximum</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">to be registered (1)</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">per Obligation (2)</TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Deferred Compensation Obligations</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">20,000,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">100</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">20,000,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">2,322</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Deferred Compensation Obligations are unsecured obligations of Pike Electric Corporation
to pay deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the Pike
Compensation Deferral Plan. The amount to be registered represents the dollar amount of the
compensation deferred and payable in the future in accordance with the Plan and participant
elections.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Calculated pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h).</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>PART I</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">The document(s) containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of this Registration Statement
on Form S-8 will be sent or given to employees participating in the Pike Compensation Deferral Plan
(the &#147;Plan&#148;) as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;). These documents and the documents incorporated by reference herein pursuant to
Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II hereof, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of
Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">The following documents previously filed by Pike Electric Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) are incorporated herein by reference:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June&nbsp;30, 2010, as
amended by Amendment No.&nbsp;1 thereto on Form 10-K/A filed on January&nbsp;28, 2011;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended September&nbsp;30,
2010 and December&nbsp;31, 2010; and</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on September&nbsp;3, 2010, September&nbsp;21,
2010, December&nbsp;1, 2010 and February&nbsp;4, 2011.</TD>
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</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">All reports and other documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), after the date
hereof, and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which
indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof
from the date of filing of such reports and documents. The Company is not incorporating by
reference any reports or documents or portions thereof that are not considered to be &#147;filed&#148; with
the SEC.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Any statement contained in this Registration Statement, in an amendment hereto or in a
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such earlier statement. Any statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a
part of this Registration Statement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">This Registration Statement relates to deferred compensation obligations (the &#147;Deferred
Compensation Obligations&#148;) that may be offered under the Plan. The following summary of the Plan
is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Plan document, a copy of which has been filed as
an exhibit to and is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Under the Plan, eligible employees, including the Company&#146;s senior executives and employees
designated by the Company&#146;s Chief Executive Officer as eligible participants, are provided the
opportunity to defer payment of certain base salary and annual bonuses, and receive certain
employer contributions, in accordance with the terms and provisions set forth in the Plan. The
amount of compensation to be deferred by each participating eligible employee (each a
&#147;Participant&#148;) is determined in accordance with the Plan based on elections by the Participant.
The amount of the matching employer contribution received by a Participant is determined in
accordance with the Plan based on the Participant&#146;s eligibility to receive matching contributions
under the Company&#146;s 401(k) plan. Amounts will be credited with investment returns based on deemed
investment vehicles selected by the Participant from a menu of deemed investment vehicles
determined by the Company from time to time. Each payment obligation for distribution of the
Deferred Compensation Obligations is payable in cash on a date or dates selected by the Participant
at the time of enrollment, subject to change in certain specified circumstances.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">The Deferred Compensation Obligations are not subject to redemption, in whole or in part,
prior to the individual payment dates specified by each Participant, at the option of the Company
or through operation of a mandatory or optional sinking fund or analogous provision. However, the
Company may amend or terminate the Plan at any time, provided that no such action shall reduce the
amount credited to a Participant&#146;s account or further defer the due date of any payment under the
Plan without the consent of the Participant. A Participant may not assign or transfer his or her
rights and interests under the Plan.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">The Deferred Compensation Obligations are unsecured general obligations of the Company to pay
the deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the Plan and will rank
equally with other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company from time to time
outstanding.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">The Deferred Compensation Obligations are not convertible into another security of the
Company. The Deferred Compensation Obligations will not have the benefit of a negative pledge or
any other affirmative or negative covenant on the part of the Company. No trustee has been
appointed having the authority to take action with respect to the Deferred Compensation Obligations
and each Participant will be responsible for acting independently with respect to, among other
things, the giving of notices, responding to any requests for consents, waivers or amendments
pertaining to the Deferred Compensation Obligations, enforcing covenants and taking action upon
default.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-left: 4%">None.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Section&nbsp;145(a) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the &#147;DGCL&#148;) provides in relevant part
that a corporation may indemnify any officer or director who was or is a party or is threatened to
be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (other than an
action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that such person is or was a
director or officer of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director or officer of another entity, against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments,
fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection
with such action, suit or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person&#146;s
conduct was unlawful.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Section&nbsp;145(b) of the DGCL provides in relevant part that a corporation may indemnify any
person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor
by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at
the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees)
actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such
action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to
be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification
shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been
adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery
or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that,
despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person
is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or
such other court shall deem proper.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">The Company&#146;s bylaws generally provide that it will indemnify its directors and officers to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors that
provide that the Company will indemnify and hold harmless a director if the director is made a
party to or is otherwise involved in certain legal proceedings as a result of actions related to
the director&#146;s service as a director of the Company or as a director of another enterprise at the
Company&#146;s request. Such indemnification includes all expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees),
judgments, fines and other amounts paid in settlement, provided that the director acted in good
faith and in a manner the director reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the Company.
The indemnification agreements require the Company to advance the expenses incurred by a director
in defending against any such proceeding. However, the director must deliver an undertaking to the
Company to repay all amounts advanced if it is ultimately determined that the director is not
entitled to be indemnified. The rights of the directors under the indemnification agreements are
not exclusive and are in addition to their rights under the Company&#146;s certificate of incorporation
and bylaws and under applicable law.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">The Company has also obtained officers&#146; and directors&#146; liability insurance which insures
against liabilities that officers and directors of the registrant may, in such capacities, incur.
Section 145(g) of the DGCL provides that a corporation shall have power to purchase and maintain
insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise
against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such
capacity, or arising out of such person&#146;s status as such, whether or not the corporation would have
the power to indemnify such person against such liability under that section.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Insofar as indemnification for liability arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the Company pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, the Company understands that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and therefore may be unenforceable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Not applicable.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">The following exhibits are filed herewith or incorporated by reference as part of this
Registration Statement:
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="86%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Exhibit</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Number</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Pike Compensation Deferral Plan (filed herewith)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">5.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of K&#038;L Gates LLP (filed herewith)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP (filed herewith)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of K&#038;L Gates LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">24</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page of this Registration Statement)</DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-left: 4%">(a)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-left: 8%">(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-left: 12%">(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-left: 12%">(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this
registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to
Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent
no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in
the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration
statement; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-left: 12%">(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any
material change to such information in this registration statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-left: 8%">(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering
thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-left: 8%">(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of
the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-left: 4%">(b)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of
an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that
is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-left: 4%">(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of
the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion
of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.
</DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">SIGNATURES
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Company certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Mt. Airy, State of North Carolina, on this 25th day of February,
2011.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">PIKE ELECTRIC CORPORATION<BR>
(Registrant)<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ J. Eric Pike
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">J. Eric Pike&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints J. Eric Pike, Anthony K.
Slater, and James R. Fox, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, severally, for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their or his or her
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of
attorney may be executed in counterparts.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ J. Eric Pike
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
J. Eric Pike
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and
<br>President
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">February&nbsp;25, 2011</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Anthony K. Slater
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Anthony K. Slater
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Executive Vice President and Chief
<br>Financial Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">February&nbsp;25, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jeffrey S. Calhoun
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jeffrey S. Calhoun
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chief Accounting Officer&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">February&nbsp;25, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Charles E. Bayless
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Charles E. Bayless
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">February&nbsp;25, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James R. Helvey III
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James R. Helvey III
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">February&nbsp;25, 2011</TD>
</TR>
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<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Peter Pace
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Peter Pace
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">February&nbsp;25, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert D. Lindsay
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert D. Lindsay
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">February&nbsp;25, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Daniel J. Sullivan
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Daniel J. Sullivan
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">February&nbsp;25, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Louis F. Terhar
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Louis F. Terhar
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">February&nbsp;25, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 25, 2011
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
PIKE ELECTRIC CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
20-3112047
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
100 Pike Way
Mount Airy, NC
27030
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Pike Compensation Deferral Plan
(Full title of the plan)
James R. Fox
General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Vice President of Risk Management
Pike Electric Corporation
100 Pike Way
Mount Airy, North Carolina 27030
(Name and address of agent for service)
(336) 789-2171
(Telephone number, including area code,
of agent for service)
Copy to:
James R. Wyche
K&L Gates LLP
Hearst Tower, 47th Floor
214 North Tryon Street
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
(704) 331-7400
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
þ
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Amount of
Title of securities
Amount to be
offering price
aggregate
registration
to be registered (1)
registered (2)
per Obligation (2)
offering price (2)
fee (3)
Deferred Compensation Obligations
$
20,000,000
100
%
$
20,000,000
$
2,322
(1)
The Deferred Compensation Obligations are unsecured obligations of Pike Electric Corporation
to pay deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the Pike
Compensation Deferral Plan. The amount to be registered represents the dollar amount of the
compensation deferred and payable in the future in accordance with the Plan and participant
elections.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.
(3)
Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h).
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of this Registration Statement
on Form S-8 will be sent or given to employees participating in the Pike Compensation Deferral Plan
(the "Plan") as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"). These documents and the documents incorporated by reference herein pursuant to
Item 3 of Part II hereof, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of
Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents previously filed by Pike Electric Corporation (the "Company") with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") are incorporated herein by reference:
•
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010, as
amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto on Form 10-K/A filed on January 28, 2011;
•
The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended September 30,
2010 and December 31, 2010; and
•
The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on September 3, 2010, September 21,
2010, December 1, 2010 and February 4, 2011.
All reports and other documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), after the date
hereof, and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which
indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof
from the date of filing of such reports and documents. The Company is not incorporating by
reference any reports or documents or portions thereof that are not considered to be "filed" with
the SEC.
Any statement contained in this Registration Statement, in an amendment hereto or in a
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such earlier statement. Any statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a
part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
This Registration Statement relates to deferred compensation obligations (the "Deferred
Compensation Obligations") that may be offered under the Plan. The following summary of the Plan
is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Plan document, a copy of which has been filed as
an exhibit to and is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
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Under the Plan, eligible employees, including the Company's senior executives and employees
designated by the Company's Chief Executive Officer as eligible participants, are provided the
opportunity to defer payment of certain base salary and annual bonuses, and receive certain
employer contributions, in accordance with the terms and provisions set forth in the Plan. The
amount of compensation to be deferred by each participating eligible employee (each a
"Participant") is determined in accordance with the Plan based on elections by the Participant.
The amount of the matching employer contribution received by a Participant is determined in
accordance with the Plan based on the Participant's eligibility to receive matching contributions
under the Company's 401(k) plan. Amounts will be credited with investment returns based on deemed
investment vehicles selected by the Participant from a menu of deemed investment vehicles
determined by the Company from time to time. Each payment obligation for distribution of the
Deferred Compensation Obligations is payable in cash on a date or dates selected by the Participant
at the time of enrollment, subject to change in certain specified circumstances.
The Deferred Compensation Obligations are not subject to redemption, in whole or in part,
prior to the individual payment dates specified by each Participant, at the option of the Company
or through operation of a mandatory or optional sinking fund or analogous provision. However, the
Company may amend or terminate the Plan at any time, provided that no such action shall reduce the
amount credited to a Participant's account or further defer the due date of any payment under the
Plan without the consent of the Participant. A Participant may not assign or transfer his or her
rights and interests under the Plan.
The Deferred Compensation Obligations are unsecured general obligations of the Company to pay
the deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the Plan and will rank
equally with other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company from time to time
outstanding.
The Deferred Compensation Obligations are not convertible into another security of the
Company. The Deferred Compensation Obligations will not have the benefit of a negative pledge or
any other affirmative or negative covenant on the part of the Company. No trustee has been
appointed having the authority to take action with respect to the Deferred Compensation Obligations
and each Participant will be responsible for acting independently with respect to, among other
things, the giving of notices, responding to any requests for consents, waivers or amendments
pertaining to the Deferred Compensation Obligations, enforcing covenants and taking action upon
default.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
None.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145(a) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL") provides in relevant part
that a corporation may indemnify any officer or director who was or is a party or is threatened to
be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (other than an
action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that such person is or was a
director or officer of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director or officer of another entity, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments,
fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection
with such action, suit or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person's
conduct was unlawful.
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Section 145(b) of the DGCL provides in relevant part that a corporation may indemnify any
person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor
by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at
the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys' fees)
actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such
action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to
be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification
shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been
adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery
or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that,
despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person
is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or
such other court shall deem proper.
The Company's bylaws generally provide that it will indemnify its directors and officers to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors that
provide that the Company will indemnify and hold harmless a director if the director is made a
party to or is otherwise involved in certain legal proceedings as a result of actions related to
the director's service as a director of the Company or as a director of another enterprise at the
Company's request. Such indemnification includes all expenses (including attorneys' fees),
judgments, fines and other amounts paid in settlement, provided that the director acted in good
faith and in a manner the director reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the Company.
The indemnification agreements require the Company to advance the expenses incurred by a director
in defending against any such proceeding. However, the director must deliver an undertaking to the
Company to repay all amounts advanced if it is ultimately determined that the director is not
entitled to be indemnified. The rights of the directors under the indemnification agreements are
not exclusive and are in addition to their rights under the Company's certificate of incorporation
and bylaws and under applicable law.
The Company has also obtained officers' and directors' liability insurance which insures
against liabilities that officers and directors of the registrant may, in such capacities, incur.
Section 145(g) of the DGCL provides that a corporation shall have power to purchase and maintain
insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise
against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such
capacity, or arising out of such person's status as such, whether or not the corporation would have
the power to indemnify such person against such liability under that section.
Insofar as indemnification for liability arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the Company pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, the Company understands that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and therefore may be unenforceable.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
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Item 8. Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed herewith or incorporated by reference as part of this
Registration Statement:
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Pike Compensation Deferral Plan (filed herewith)
5.1
Opinion of K&L Gates LLP (filed herewith)
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP (filed herewith)
23.2
Consent of K&L Gates LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
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Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page of this Registration Statement)
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this
registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to
Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent
no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in
the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration
statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any
material change to such information in this registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering
thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of
the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
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(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of
an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that
is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of
the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion
of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Company certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Mt. Airy, State of North Carolina, on this 25th day of February,
2011.
PIKE ELECTRIC CORPORATION
(Registrant)
By:
/s/ J. Eric Pike
J. Eric Pike
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints J. Eric Pike, Anthony K.
Slater, and James R. Fox, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, severally, for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their or his or her
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of
attorney may be executed in counterparts.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ J. Eric Pike
J. Eric Pike
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and
President
February 25, 2011
/s/ Anthony K. Slater
Anthony K. Slater
Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
February 25, 2011
/s/ Jeffrey S. Calhoun
Jeffrey S. Calhoun
Chief Accounting Officer
February 25, 2011
/s/ Charles E. Bayless
Charles E. Bayless
Director
February 25, 2011
/s/ James R. Helvey III
James R. Helvey III
Director
February 25, 2011
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Peter Pace
Peter Pace
Director
February 25, 2011
/s/ Robert D. Lindsay
Robert D. Lindsay
Director
February 25, 2011
/s/ Daniel J. Sullivan
Daniel J. Sullivan
Director
February 25, 2011
/s/ Louis F. Terhar
Louis F. Terhar
Director
February 25, 2011
/s/ J. Russell Triedman
J. Russell Triedman
Director
February 25, 2011
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Pike Compensation Deferral Plan (filed herewith)
5.1
Opinion of K&L Gates LLP (filed herewith)
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP (filed herewith)
23.2
Consent of K&L Gates LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
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Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page of this Registration Statement)