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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-061321"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BW"
cik: "0001630805"
company_name: "Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-14T21:13:08+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T21:14:38.992535+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Babcock & Wilcox announces $200M common stock offering for debt prepayment and growth

## Summary
- Offering of $200M of common stock; underwriters have 30-day option to purchase additional 15%.
- Net proceeds to prepay Credit Agreement amounts, then reborrow for AI data center power, BrightLoop, acquisitions, working capital.
- B. Riley Securities leads; Craig-Hallum and Lake Street Capital Markets act as joint book-runners.
- Offered under effective shelf registration statement (Form S-3); preliminary prospectus dated May 14, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-061321
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BW
- cik: 0001630805
- company_name: Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-14T21:13:08+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1630805/000110465926061321/0001104659-26-061321-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1630805/000110465926061321/tm2614629d1_8k.htm

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