Simpson Thacher is representing a consortium formed by funds managed by affiliates of DigitalBridge Group, Inc. and Crestview Partners in connection with the take private of WideOpenWest (WOW!), Inc., a leading broadband provider in the United States. DigitalBridge and Crestview will acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock of WOW! not already owned by Crestview and its affiliates for $5.20 per share in an all-cash transaction with an enterprise value of approximately $1.5 billion.
WOW! is one of the nation's leading broadband providers, with an efficient and high-performing network that passes nearly 2 million residential, business and wholesale consumers. WOW! provides services in 20 markets, primarily in the Midwest and Southeast.
The Simpson Thacher team included Gabriel Silva, Chris May, Ana Sanchez, Keegan Lopez, David Goodman, Braxton Duhon, Amy Zhou, Arthur Kopilevich and Katherine Howard (M&A); Brian Gluck and Jackie Song (Credit); Andrew Purcell and George Rhein (Tax); Ron Ben-Yehuda and Sara Liu (IP and Privacy); Dennis Loiacono (Real Estate); David Rubinsky, Jesslyn Nunez and Abigail Janik (ECEB); and Jonathan Lindabury, Nathan Utterback and Jhaton White (Derivatives).