B. Riley Securities Serves as Lead Bookrunner on Babcock & Wilcox's $230 Million Equity Follow-On Offering

May 19, 2026 - B. Riley Securities, Inc. ("B. Riley Securities"), a leading full-service investment bank, is pleased to have served as lead bookrunner to Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: BW) ("BW") in its $230 million equity follow-on offering.

The offering included participation from institutional and strategic investors, including Applied Digital Corporation (NASDAQ: APLD) ("Applied Digital"), which purchased approximately 540,500 shares at the public offering price.

BW is a globally focused energy technologies provider with nearly 160 years of experience providing diversified energy and emissions control solutions. BW's proven platforms help utilities, data centers, oil and gas, and other industries meet rising demand, while its comprehensive aftermarket services keep existing power plants operating efficiently.

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 BrightLoopTM technology commercialization, potential acquisitions of aftermarket or other energy businesses, strengthen the Company's balance sheet and for general corporate purposes.

Our investment banking team included Bryant Riley, Alex Wolodzko, and Joseph Brown. Our capital markets team included Ryan Aceto, Dawn Farrell, Kathy Innis, and Bishal Ghosh. Read more about this transaction here.

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