Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
STEEL PARTNERS HOLDINGS L.P.
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. [BW] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR, 		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
04/30/2018
(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10022		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock, par value $0.01 (1) 04/30/2018   X   19,581,013 (3) A $ 2 26,574,232 I By Steel Excel Inc. (2)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 (1) 04/30/2018   P   3,400,809 (4) A $ 2 29,975,041 I By Steel Excel Inc. (2)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Subscription Rights (right to buy) (1) $ 2 04/30/2018   X     6,993,219 (5) 03/19/2018 04/30/2018 Common Stock, par value $0.01 19,581,013 $ 0 0 I By Steel Excel Inc. (2)

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
STEEL PARTNERS HOLDINGS L.P.
590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10022		     X    
SPH Group LLC
C/O STEEL PARTNERS HOLDINGS L.P.
590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10022		     X    
SPH Group Holdings LLC
C/O STEEL PARTNERS HOLDINGS L.P.
590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10022		     X    
Steel Partners Holdings GP Inc.
590 MADISON AVENUE
32ND FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10022		     X    
Steel Excel Inc.
C/O STEEL PARTNERS HOLDINGS L.P.
590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10022		     X    

Signatures

 By: Steel Partners Holdings L.P., By: Steel Partners Holdings GP Inc., General Partner, By: /s/ Douglas B. Woodworth, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   05/02/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
 By: SPH Group LLC, By: Steel Partners Holdings GP Inc., Managing Member, By: /s/ Douglas B. Woodworth, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   05/02/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
 By: SPH Group Holdings LLC, By: Steel Partners Holdings GP Inc., Manager, By: /s/ Douglas B. Woodworth, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   05/02/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
 By: Steel Partners Holdings GP Inc., By: /s/ Douglas B. Woodworth, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   05/02/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
 By: Steel Excel Inc., By: /s/ Douglas B. Woodworth, Treasurer   05/02/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) This Form 4 is filed jointly by Steel Partners Holdings L.P. ("Steel Holdings"), SPH Group LLC ("SPHG"), SPH Group Holdings LLC ("SPHG Holdings"), Steel Partners Holdings GP Inc. ("Steel Holdings GP") and Steel Excel Inc. ("Steel Excel") (collectively, the "Reporting Persons"). Steel Holdings owns 99% of the membership interests of SPHG. SPHG is the sole member of SPHG Holdings. Steel Holdings GP is the general partner of Steel Holdings, the managing member of SPHG and the manager of SPHG Holdings. SPHG Holdings owns 100% of the outstanding shares of common stock of Steel Excel. Each of the Reporting Persons may be deemed to be a member of a Section 13(d) group that collectively owns more than 10% of the Issuer's outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(2) Represents securities owned directly by Steel Excel. By virtue of their relationships with Steel Excel discussed in Footnote 1, each of Steel Holdings, SPHG, SPHG Holdings and Steel Holdings GP may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly by Steel Excel. Each of Steel Holdings, SPHG, SPHG Holdings and Steel Holdings GP disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities owned directly by Steel Excel, except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein.
(3) Shares of Common Stock acquired by Steel Excel following the exercise of its basic subscription privilege in the Issuer's rights offering (the "Offering").
(4) Shares of Common Stock acquired by Steel Excel pursuant to Steel Holdings' previously disclosed agreement with Vintage Capital Management, LLC ("Vintage") to backstop Vintage's obligation under the equity commitment agreement entered into between Vintage and the Issuer with respect to the Offering.
(5) Subscription rights acquired by Steel Excel in connection with the Offering. For each share of Common Stock held by a shareholder of the Issuer, such shareholder received one subscription right to purchase 2.8 shares of Common Stock in connection with the Offering.

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