Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc.

Liquidity

Our primary liquidity requirements include debt service, funding of dividends on preferred stock and working capital needs. We fund our liquidity requirements primarily through cash generated from operations, external sources of financing, including our Credit Agreement, senior notes, and equity offerings, and our Preferred Stock, each of which are described in the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item I of this Quarterly Report in further detail.

Our assessment of our ability to fund future operations is inherently subjective, judgment-based and susceptible to change based on future events. In prior periods, we incurred operating losses, primarily due to losses recognized on our Vølund and B&W Solar business as well as higher debt service costs and recurring cash deficits from operating activities. While these conditions and events raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern, we believe it is probable that our alternative measures contemplated alleviate the substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

In response to the conditions, we have implemented several strategies to obtain the required funding for future operations and are considering other alternative measures to improve cash flow, including suspension of the dividend on our Preferred Stock and delaying development of new products, which together would reduce our annual cash spending. The following actions were completed through the issuance date of this Quarterly Report:

•sold non-core businesses for $197.1 million in net proceeds (described in Note 3 and Note 21 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements);

•sold 10.2 million common shares for net proceeds of $15.0 million pursuant to our At-The-Market offering (described in Note 14 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements);

•completed privately negotiated exchanges with two institutional investors of noteholders that resulted in $47.8 million aggregate principal amount of the Company's 6.50% Senior Notes due 2026 and $84.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Company's 8.125% Senior Notes due 2026 being exchanged for $100.7 million aggregate principal amount of newly-issued 8.75% Senior Notes (described in Note 13 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements);

•commenced a cash tender offer for the Company's remaining 6.5% Senior Notes due 2026 and 8.125% Senior Notes due 2026 (described in Note 13 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements);

•signed the Ninth Amendment to the Credit Agreement to extend the maturity date of the Credit Facility to November 30, 2026 (described in Note 21 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements); and

•are actively in discussions with certain parties to further divest non-core assets. We cannot provide any assurances that such transaction will close or that proceeds will not be more or less than we anticipate.

Based on our ability to raise funds through the actions noted above and our Cash and cash equivalents as of June 30, 2025, we have concluded it is probable that such actions would provide sufficient liquidity to fund operations for the next twelve months following the date of this Quarterly Reports.

Cash and Cash Flows

At June 30, 2025, our cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash totaled $110.8 million, and we had total debt of $471.3 million as well as $191.7 million of gross preferred stock outstanding. Our foreign business locations held $13.1 million of our total cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash as of June 30, 2025. In general, our foreign cash balances are not available to fund our U.S. operations unless the funds are repatriated or used to repay intercompany loans made from the U.S. to foreign entities, which could expose us to taxes we have not made a provision for in our results of operations. We have no plans to repatriate these funds to the U.S. In addition, we had $72.3 million of restricted cash as of June 30, 2025 related to collateral for certain letters of credit as part of funding for several ongoing projects.

Cash flows used in operating activities was $33.8 million in the six months ended June 30, 2025, which is primarily attributable to the year-to-date net loss of $80.5 million, partially offset by non-cash expenses arising from loss on sale of business of $35.8 million and impairment of long-lived assets of $9.9 million. Cash flows used in operating activities also included movements in certain operating assets and liabilities such as accounts receivable trade, net of $(2.6) million, contracts in progress of $9.8 million, and advanced billings on contracts of $(1.1) million which are primarily impacted by timing differences related to progress made on ongoing projects, billings, and collections, and may fluctuate significantly period to period. Operating cash flow decreases from pension liabilities, accrued postretirement benefits and employee benefits of $(6.9) million is a result of contributions made to the plan. Operating cash flow increases from accounts payable of $(0.9) million and accrued and other current liabilities of $8.1 million is the result of timing of payments to vendors.

Cash flows used in operating activities was $26.7 million in the six months ended June 30, 2024, which was attributable to the year-to-date net income of $8.6 million offset primarily by the BWRS non-cash gain of $40.2 million. Non-cash expenses including the loss on the debt extinguishment of $6.1 million, depreciation and amortization of long-lived assets of $9.5 million, deferred taxes of $2.5 million and operating lease expenses of $3.7 million were primarily offset by movements in certain operating assets and liabilities such as accounts receivable - trade, net of $(3.9) million, contracts in progress of

$(17.4) million, advanced billings on contracts of $(15.0) million, and accrued and other current liabilities of $(12.0) million due to the same factors described above for 2025.

Cash flows provided by investing activities was $10.6 million in the six months ended June 30, 2025, primarily due to proceeds from the sale of our Vølund business $20.1 million, offset by purchases of fixed assets relating to BrightLoop™projects. Cash flows provided by investing activities were $76.0 million in the six months ended June 30, 2024, primarily related to the $83.5 million proceeds from the sale of BWRS, offset by purchases of fixed assets relating to BrightLoop™projects.

Cash flows provided by financing activities was $2.6 million in the six months ended June 30, 2025, primarily related to the net borrowings on the Axos Credit Agreement $6.9 million, partially offset by debt issuance related to the debt refinancing as described in Note 13 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of $5.1 million, preferred stock dividend payment of $3.7 million and proceeds pursuant to our At-The-Market offering in the quarter as described in Note 14 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. Cash flows provided by financing activities was $81.6 million in the six months ended June 30, 2024 and was primarily related to the net borrowings on the Axos Credit Agreement of $95.8 million, partially offset by preferred stock dividend payments of $7.4 million and debt issuance costs related to the Axos Credit Agreement of $5.1 million.

Debt and Credit Facilities

As described in Note 13 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report, we entered into a Credit Agreement in January 2024. B. Riley, a related party, has provided a guaranty of payment with regard to our obligations under the Credit Agreement, which is no longer in place as Axos has suspended the current need for the guarantee. This agreement substantially replaced the Reimbursement Agreement, Revolving Credit Agreement and Letter of Credit Agreement. We completed the transition of letters of credit outstanding under the Letter of Credit Agreement and Reimbursement Agreement to the Credit Agreement in August 2024. Information related to our Debt and Credit Facilities is described in Note 13 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and is incorporated herein by reference.

Taxes

On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill (the "OBBB") Act was enacted in the United States. This legislation increases federal support for oil and gas production while reducing support for renewable energy and infrastructure development. Notably, the OBBBA accelerates the phaseout of certain clean energy tax credits established under the Inflation Reduction Act (the “IRA”), including the clean electricity production and investment credits for solar and wind projects. These credits will no longer apply to projects that begin construction more than 12 months after the enactment date, or that are placed in service after December 31, 2027. Certain provisions of the OBBBA remain subject to further regulatory interpretation and implementation that are expected to be finalized during the remainder of 2025. The OBBBA, along with other evolving trade and immigration policies, may have both positive and negative effects on our business. Potential impacts include, but are not limited to, shifts in the timing and scope of customer projects, fluctuations in demand for our services, and changes in capital and labor costs, including availability.