Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation
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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.
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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) |