Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. ("B&W" or the "Company") (NYSE:BW) announced that it priced an underwritten public offering of 10,810,811 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $18.50 per share (the "Offering"), for gross proceeds of approximately $200 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by the Company. The Company has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 15% of its common stock sold in the Offering at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions. All of the shares in the Offering are being offered by B&W. The Offering is expected to close on May 18, 2026, subject to customary closing conditions.

The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the Offering to prepay amounts outstanding under its Credit Agreement and subsequently reborrow such amounts under its Credit Agreement and use any such reborrowed amounts to fund project-related capital and working capital needs to influence steam turbine and boiler production capacity, support growth initiatives, including AI data center power generation projects and BrightLoop™ technology commercialization, potential acquisitions of aftermarket or other energy businesses, strengthen the Company's balance sheet and for general corporate purposes.