UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13E-3

(Amendment No. 5)

RULE 13e-3 TRANSACTION STATEMENT

Under Section 13(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

PIKE CORPORATION

(Name of the Issuer)

Pike Corporation

Pioneer Parent, Inc.

Pioneer Merger Sub, Inc.

Court Square Capital Partners III, L.P.

Court Square Capital GP III, LLC

Mr. J. Eric Pike

Takuan, LLC

Joe B. / Anne A. Pike Generation Skipping Trust

(Names of Persons Filing Statement)

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

721283 10 9

(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

(Names, Addresses and Telephone Numbers of Persons Authorized to Receive

Notices and Communications on Behalf of the Persons Filing Statement)

Copies to:

This statement is filed in connection with (check the appropriate box):

Check the following box if the soliciting materials or information statement referred to in checking box (a) are preliminary copies:  ¨

Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results of the transaction:  ¨

CALCULATION OF FILING FEE

Introduction

This Amendment No. 5 to Rule 13e-3 Transaction Statement on Schedule 13E-3, together with the exhibits hereto (this “Transaction Statement”), is being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to Section 13(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (together with the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, the “Exchange Act”), jointly by the following persons (each, a “Filing Person,” and collectively, the “Filing Persons”): (i) Pike Corporation, a North Carolina corporation (the “Company”) and the issuer of the common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), that is subject to the Rule 13e-3 transaction, (ii) Pioneer Parent, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), (iii) Pioneer Merger Sub, Inc., a North Carolina corporation and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), (iv) Court Square Capital Partners III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and Court Square Capital GP III, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and (v) Mr. J. Eric Pike, an individual and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and sole member and manager of Takuan, LLC, a North Carolina limited liability company, and the Joe B. / Anne A. Pike Generation Skipping Trust.

On August 4, 2014, the Company, Parent and Merger Sub entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as it may be amended from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent. On November 18, 2014, the Company filed with the SEC a definitive proxy statement (the “Definitive Proxy Statement”) under Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act, relating to a special meeting of the shareholders of the Company at which the holders of the Common Stock will be asked to consider and vote on a proposal to approve the Merger Agreement. On December 9, 2014, the Company filed certain supplemental disclosures to the Definitive Proxy Statement (as supplemented, the “Proxy Statement”). The approval of the Merger Agreement by the affirmative vote (in person or by proxy) of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock entitled to vote thereon is a condition to the consummation of the Merger.

This Transaction Statement is being filed for the purpose of amending Item 16 to incorporate by reference into that Item the disclosures identified below in Exhibits (a)(2)(x), (a)(2)(xi) and (d)(6).

Pursuant to General Instruction F to Schedule 13E-3, the information contained in the Proxy Statement, including all appendices thereto, is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety, and the response to Item 16 in this Transaction Statement is qualified in its entirety by the information contained in the Proxy Statement and the appendices thereto.

While each of the Filing Persons acknowledges that the Merger is a going private transaction for purposes of Rule 13e-3 under the Exchange Act, the filing of this Transaction Statement shall not be construed as an admission by any Filing Person, or by any affiliate of a Filing Person, that the Company is “controlled” by any other Filing Person.

All information contained in, or incorporated by reference into, this Transaction Statement concerning each Filing Person has been supplied by such Filing Person.

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SIGNATURES

After due inquiry and to the best of each of the undersigned’s knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated as of December 11, 2014

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