WOW! Shareholders Greenlight 1.5 Billion Dollar Take-Private Acquisition
Deal hands WOW! to investment firms DigitalBridge and Crestview amid rising fiber competition.
Dec. 4, 2025 — WOW!, a midsize broadband and cable operator serving the Midwest and Southeast, said shareholders voted Wednesday to approve the company’s 1.5 billion dollar sale to DigitalBridge and Crestview Partners, advancing a go-private agreement first announced on Aug. 11.
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WideOpenWest said investors cast 63.7 million votes in favor, or 74 percent of shares outstanding - the total number of shares eligible to vote, according to the Form 8-K.
Under the August agreement, stockholders will receive 5.20 dollars per share in an all-cash transaction that includes the assumption of WOW!’s debt. Crestview already held roughly 37 percent, a notably large amount of voting shares before the decision.
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