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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 3, 2025

 

  BABCOCK & WILCOX ENTERPRISES, INC.  
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   001-36876   47-2783641
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

1200 East Market Street
Suite 650

Akron
, Ohio
  44305
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (330) 753-4511

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
   
¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
   
¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
   
¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Each Class   Trading Symbol   Name of Each Exchange on which Registered
Common stock, $0.01 par value per share   BW   New York Stock Exchange
8.125% Senior Notes due 2026   BWSN   New York Stock Exchange
7.75% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock   BW PRA   New York Stock Exchange
6.50% Senior Notes due 2026   BWNB   New York Stock Exchange

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

 

Emerging growth company  ¨

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ¨

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

Amendment to Credit Agreement

 

On July 3, 2025, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. (the “Company”) with certain subsidiaries of the Company as guarantors, the lenders party to the Credit Agreement (as defined below), and Axos Bank (“Axos”), as administrative agent, entered into the Eighth Amendment to Credit Agreement (the “Eighth Amendment”), to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of January 18, 2024 (as amended, restated, modified, or supplemented from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”). Capitalized terms have the meaning as defined in the Eighth Amendment. Pursuant to the Eighth Amendment, Axos and the Lenders party to the Credit Agreement consented to amend certain provisions of the Credit Agreement to, among other things, (i) temporarily increase the amounts available to be borrowed based on inventory in the borrowing base under the Credit Agreement, and (ii) temporarily reduce the amount of the PBGC Reserve by $3,000,000, provided that (A) such temporary reduction shall terminate upon the earlier to occur of (x) the date of the consummation of any Disposition of material assets of the Loan Parties or (y) September 15, 2025 and (B) such reduction shall be permanent following the Company’s repayment of the September 2025 PBGC Installment, in an aggregate amount equal to $3,000,000 on or prior to September 15, 2025. As a condition to the forgoing consent and agreements, the Company agreed to apply the net cash proceeds from the Diamond Power Disposition in the following order and amounts: (i) to the repayment of the September 2025 PBGC Installment, in an aggregate amount equal to $3,000,000; (ii) to the repayment of Revolving Loans under the Credit Agreement, in an aggregate amount equal to $48,300,000 (which amounts may be reborrowed in whole or in part to the extent permitted under the Credit Agreement at such time and may be used for purposes permitted under the Credit Agreement, including for working capital needs); (iii) to the partial repayment of the Unsecured Notes; and (iv) the remainder to be retained by the Company in accounts subject to finance working capital, capital expenditures and acquisitions and for general corporate purposes (including the payment of fees and expenses).

 

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off- Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant

 

The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference into this Item 2.03.

 

 

 

 

 

Signatures

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

  BABCOCK & WILCOX ENTERPRISES, INC.
   
   
July 10, 2025 By: /s/ Cameron Frymyer
    Cameron Frymyer
    Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Accounting Officer and Duly Authorized Representative)