As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 28, 2017

Registration No. 333-204812
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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BABCOCK & WILCOX ENTERPRISES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  _________________________
DELAWARE
3433
47-2783641
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number
The Harris Building
13024 Ballantyne Corporate Place
Suite 700
Charlotte, North Carolina 28277
Phone: (704) 625-4900
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
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E. James Ferland
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc.
The Harris Building
13024 Ballantyne Corporate Place
Suite 700
Charlotte, North Carolina 28277
 Phone: (704) 625-4900
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) 
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Copies to:
Michael J. Solecki
Jones Day
901 Lakeside Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44114-1190
Phone: (216) 586-3939
Fax: (216) 579-0212
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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box.   ¨





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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-204812) of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. (the “Registrant”), initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 9, 2015 (the “Registration Statement”), hereby further amends the Registration Statement to deregister all securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement and not otherwise sold by the participants in the Registrants’ Amended and Restated 2015 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “LTIP”) as of the date this post-effective amendment is filed.
On the date hereof, the Registrant has filed a new registration statement on Form S-3 that became effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to register the shares of common stock that may be acquired by participants in the LTIP upon the exercise of certain options to purchase shares of the Registrant’s common stock and upon vesting of certain restricted stock awards and restricted stock units.
In compliance with the Registrant’s undertaking in Part II, Item 17(3) of the Registration Statement, the Registrant is removing from registration by means of this post-effective amendment any securities remaining unsold.





SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Charlotte, State of North Carolina, on February 28, 2017.

BABCOCK & WILCOX ENTERPRISES, INC.
By:
/s/ E. James Ferland
 
E. James Ferland, Attorney-in-Fact
 
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on February 28, 2017.
Signature
 
Title
*
 
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
E. James Ferland
*
 
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
Jenny L. Apker
*
 
Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
Daniel W. Hoehn
*
 
Director
Thomas A. Christopher
 
 
Director
Cynthia S. Dubin
*
 
Director
Brian K. Ferraioli
*
 
Director
Stephen G. Hanks
 
 
Director
Anne R. Pramaggiore
*
 
Director
Larry L. Weyers
 
 
 
*
This registration statement has been signed on behalf of the above directors and officers by E. James Ferland,
as attorney-in-fact pursuant to a power of attorney filed as Exhibit 24.1 to the Registration Statement.

By:
/s/ E. James Ferland
 
 
E. James Ferland, Attorney-in-Fact
February 28, 2017