Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership (3)

FORM 3	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0104 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5
	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Kass Leslie C

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY) 5/23/2017

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. [BW]

(Last) (First) (Middle)

20 S. VAN BUREN AVENUE

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
___ X ___ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Senior Vice President /

(Street)

BARBERTON, OH 44203

(City) (State) (Zip)

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

_ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	6439	D
Common Stock	228 ⁽¹⁾	I	401k Plan

*Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g.* , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)**
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YYYY)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security		6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Stock Options (right to buy)	⁽²⁾	3/4/2020	Common Stock	3749	$15.88	D
Stock Options (right to buy)	⁽³⁾	3/3/2021	Common Stock	3105	$19.37	D
Stock Options (right to buy)	⁽⁴⁾	3/2/2025	Common Stock	16036	$18.32	D
Stock Options (right to buy)	⁽⁵⁾	7/1/2025	Common Stock	3315	$19.90	D
Stock Options (right to buy)	⁽⁶⁾	3/1/2026	Common Stock	10089	$19.00	D
Restricted Stock Units	⁽⁷⁾	3/2/2018	Common Stock	2970	$0	D
Restricted Stock Units	⁽⁸⁾	3/2/2018	Common Stock	959	$0	D
Restricted Stock Units	⁽⁹⁾	7/1/2018	Common Stock	588	$0	D
Restricted Stock Units	⁽¹⁰⁾	7/1/2018	Common Stock	911	$0	D
Restricted Stock Units	⁽¹¹⁾	3/1/2019	Common Stock	1726	$0	D
Restricted Stock Units	⁽¹²⁾	3/3/2020	Common Stock	10428	$0	D

Explanation of Responses:
(1)	Based on number of units held in the BW Thrift Plan and the fair market value of BW common stock as of May 24, 2017.
(2)	2/3 of the stock options vested on July 6, 2015. The remaining 1/3 of the stock options vested on March 4, 2016.
(3)	1/3 of the stock options vested on July 6, 2015 The remaining 2/3 of the stock options vested in two equal annual installments beginning March 3, 2016.
(4)	Stock options vest in three equal annual installments beginning March 2, 2016.
(5)	Stock options vest in three equal annual installments beginning July 1, 2016.
(6)	Stock options vest in three equal annual installments beginning March 1, 2017.
(7)	100% of the RSUs vest on March 2, 2018.
(8)	RSUs vest in three equal annual installments beginning March 2, 2016.
(9)	RSUs vest in three equal annual installments beginning July 1, 2016.
(10)	100% of the RSUs vest on July 1, 2018.
(11)	RSUs vest in three equal annual installments beginning March 1, 2017.
(12)	RSUs vest in three equal annual installments beginning March 3, 2018.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Kass Leslie C 20 S. VAN BUREN AVENUE BARBERTON, OH 44203			Senior Vice President

Signatures
Leslie C. Kass, by Angela P. Winter, attorney-in-fact		5/25/2017
^** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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