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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-065724"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BW"
cik: "0001630805"
company_name: "Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-22T20:15:28+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T21:10:19.596947+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Babcock & Wilcox stockholders reject board declassification, approve LTIP share increase

## Summary
- Two governance proposals (board declassification, removal of 80% vote requirement) failed to get needed 80% approval.
- Directors Alan B. Howe and Rebecca L. Stahl elected as Class II directors for three-year terms ending 2029.
- Stockholders ratified BDO as auditor for 2026 and approved non-binding say-on-pay proposal.
- Stockholders approved amendment to 2021 LTIP, increasing authorized shares from 5.25M to 10.25M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-065724
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BW
- cik: 0001630805
- company_name: Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-22T20:15:28+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1630805/000110465926065724/0001104659-26-065724-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1630805/000110465926065724/tm2615416d1_8k.htm

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