---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-107469"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BW"
cik: "0001630805"
company_name: "Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-10-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T16:41:05.895188+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Babcock & Wilcox sells SPIG and Vølund for ~$40M to reduce debt

## Summary
- Base purchase price €36.7M (~$40M) in cash at closing, subject to customary adjustments and expenses.
- Sale of Italy-based SPIG S.p.A. and Sweden-based Babcock & Wilcox Vølund AB (non-core businesses).
- Buyer is funds managed by AUCTUS Capital Partners AG; deal expected to close by end of October 2024.
- Divestiture aligns with B&W's strategy to reduce long-term debt, improve balance sheet, and increase liquidity.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-107469
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BW
- cik: 0001630805
- company_name: Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-10-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1630805/000110465924107469/0001104659-24-107469-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1630805/000110465924107469/tm2425925d1_8k.htm

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