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Babcock & 威尔科克斯 Enterprises宣布董事会变动,反映了改进的运营稳定性和新的以市场为中心的举措
- 三名新的独立董事加入董事会
- 首席执行官Kenneth Young和首席战略官Henry Bartoli也加入董事会
- 新董事是精心策划的过渡和战略转变的一部分,目的是在提高运营稳定性的情况下加速增长
- 五名董事已经退休,新的董事会由六名成员组成,其中四名独立任职
- Kenneth Young接替Matthew Avril担任董事会主席,现任董事Alan Howe担任首席独立董事
- 公司将于今天召开电话会议,讨论董事会变动并提供运营更新
(俄亥俄州阿克伦- 2020年9月3日)- Babcock & 威尔科克斯 Enterprises, Inc.(“B&W”或“公司”)(纽约证券交易所代码:BW)今天宣布任命三名新的独立成员加入其董事会,这反映了一个精心策划的过渡和战略转变,以加速B&W内部的增长,提高运营稳定性。新的独立成员是Philip Moeller, Rebecca Stahl和Joseph Tato。首席执行官Kenneth Young和首席战略官Henry Bartoli也加入了董事会,Young被任命为董事会主席。
由于这一过渡,Matthew Avril(前董事长)、Cynthia Dubin、Brian Kahn、Bryant Riley和Kenneth Siegel已从董事会退休。作为过渡的结果,新董事会由六名成员组成,其中四人担任独立董事,包括现任董事Alan Howe成为首席独立董事。为了提供连续性,退休的执行局成员将在年底前为新的执行局提供支助。
前董事长Matthew Avril表示:“我们今天的宣布标志着B&W的重大转变,突出了公司最近的再融资和运营稳定性的改善。”“我想对即将退休的董事们表示感谢,感谢他们在过去几年里为公司做出的不懈努力和指导,监督解决了一系列复杂的财务和运营问题。新董事会具有行业深度和专业知识,可以帮助引导B&W度过下一阶段。”
B&W首席执行官兼董事长Kenneth Young表示:“B&W正走在一条令人兴奋的前进道路上,我们正在努力执行我们的增长战略,包括扩大我们的全球销售团队,追求新技术的战略投资,并在我们新的可再生能源,环境和热能领域利用强大的全球管道。新董事在这些领域都有强大而成功的背景,在全球增长计划方面经验丰富。我们非常感谢前一届董事会的努力和他们在过去几年里的支持,因为我们专注于减少EPC项目的损失和为我们的债务进行再融资,以及他们愿意支持董事会过渡。我们最近的组织调整和品牌重塑工作反映了我们的使命,即为全球客户提供解决方案,同时提供经过验证的行业领先技术。随着我们的财务状况得到加强,重组董事会是我们专注于长期增长机会的合乎逻辑的下一步。”
前B&W董事会成员、B. Riley Financial Inc.董事长兼联合首席执行官Bryant Riley补充说:“B&W最近的转型成功巩固了我们对公司运营稳定性和增长轨迹的信心。随着B&W进入公司发展的下一个阶段,我们对公司管理层和新董事的技能充满信心。”
即将离任的B&W董事会成员Brian Kahn补充说:“Kenny和他的团队做了大量工作,使公司摆脱了昂贵的传统固定价格EPC项目,对B&W进行了整体重组,并将公司的融资延长了两年。即将上任的董事会成员带来了技能、关系和整体经验,非常适合加速B&W在可再生能源、环境和热能技术方面的进步,我们相信这将在未来几年共同推动股东价值。”
董事会新成员
Henry E. Bartoli是Babcock & 威尔科克斯的首席战略官。Bartoli是一位经验丰富的高管,在全球电力行业拥有超过35年的经验,最近从2004年到2014年担任日立电力系统美国有限公司的总裁兼首席执行官。从2002年到2004年,Bartoli担任The Shaw Group的执行副总裁,此前从1992年到2002年,他曾在Foster Wheeler Ltd.担任多个高级领导职务,包括能源设备集团的集团执行和企业高级副总裁,以及Foster Wheeler Power Systems Group的集团执行和企业副总裁和集团执行。从1971年到1992年,他在Burns and Roe Enterprises, Inc.担任多个越来越重要的职位。Bartoli也是Fermilab的董事会成员,Fermilab是美国能源部拥有的美国首屈一指的粒子物理实验室。
Bartoli持有Rutgers University的机械工程学士学位,以及New Jersey Institute of Technology的机械工程硕士学位。
Philip Moeller是Edison Electric Institute (EEI)的执行副总裁,负责业务运营集团和监管事务,这是一个代表全国所有投资者拥有的电力公司的协会。在这个职位上,Moeller负责监督影响电力行业未来结构的问题,不断发展的竞争市场的新规则,以及能源供应、环境和监管问题等战略领域。在2016年加入EEI之前,Moeller于2006年至2015年担任联邦能源监管委员会(FERC)委员。在他的职业生涯早期,Moeller领导了Alliant能源公司在华盛顿特区的办公室,担任过美国参议员Slade Gorton (R-WA)的能源政策高级立法助理,以及华盛顿州参议院能源和电信委员会在奥林匹亚的工作人员协调员。
Moeller在斯坦福大学获得政治学学士学位。
Rebecca Stahl目前担任制造技术协会(AMT)的首席财务官,这是一个代表和促进美国制造技术及其成员的组织,拥有25年的财务和会计经验。在AMT之前,Rebecca从2008年到2015年担任Lightbridge Communications Corporation(一家跨国无线工程公司)的首席财务官,并于2015年被北弗吉尼亚技术委员会授予私人公司年度首席财务官奖。在职业生涯早期,她还曾在BT Infonet、Walt Disney Company和Arthur Anderson担任职务。
她持有The Pennsylvania State University的会计学学士学位和The Anderson School of Management at University of California Los Angeles的工商管理硕士学位。她也是一名注册会计师。
Joseph Tato是Covington & Burling, LLP的合伙人,该公司是世界领先的监管实践之一。Tato定期代表项目发起人、股权投资者、金融机构和政府在美国、非洲、拉丁美洲和欧洲的电力、石油和天然气、液化天然气、可再生能源、水、采矿和其他基础设施项目的开发和融资。在此之前,他曾担任DLA Piper, LLP的合伙人、项目和基础设施主席、能源部门联合主席,并曾在LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, LLP (Dewey & LeBoeuf)工作,担任合伙人、全球项目融资主席和非洲实践主席。
他在哥伦比亚大学获得学士学位,在哥伦比亚大学获得硕士学位,在纽约大学法学院获得法学博士学位。
Kenneth Young,自2018年11月起担任Babcock & 威尔科克斯 (B&W)的首席执行官,自2020年9月起担任董事长,拥有超过30年的运营,执行和董事经验,主要在全球能源,通信和金融行业。他目前担任B. Riley Financial, Inc.的总裁和B. Riley Principal Investments (B. Riley Financial的全资子公司)的首席执行官。
在加入B. Riley之前,他曾担任Lightbridge Communications Corporation (LCC)的行政领导职务,LCC是世界上最大的独立电信建设和服务公司,也是公认的提供网络服务的领导者。最初担任LCC的美洲总裁兼首席运营官,他于2008年被任命为总裁兼首席执行官,直到他领导公司于2015年出售。在他的领导下,LCC的收入增长了200%以上,公司的地理分布扩展到50多个国家。在加入LCC之前,Young曾担任Liberty Media的TruePosition的首席营销和运营官,并在多家公司担任过各种高级管理职位,包括Cingular Wireless、SBC Wireless、Southwestern Bell Telephone和AT&T,这是他在现已合并的AT&T Corporation的16年任期的一部分。
他持有Graceland University的计算机科学学士学位和the University of Southern Illinois的工商管理硕士学位。他曾任职于7家上市公司董事会,目前是Sonim Technologies (NASDAQ: SONM)和B. Riley Principal Merger Corp. II (NYSE: BMRG)的董事会成员。
电话会议信息
B&W计划于美国东部时间今天(2020年9月3日,星期四)上午10点召开电话会议,讨论公司董事会的变动并提供运营更新。电话会议的音频将通过互联网在B&W的投资者关系网站上直播。美国参会人员的拨入号码为:(833)227-5843;美国以外地区的参与者的拨入号码是(647)689-4070。所有与会者的会议ID为8117968。本次电话会议的重播将在有限的时间内在公司网站的投资者关系部分保留。
前瞻性陈述
B&W cautions that this release contains forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, statements relating to expectations regarding future growth, expansion and profitability, as well as statements about B&W’s future pipeline of new projects and business within its new Renewable, Environmental and Thermal operating segments and their impact on future shareholder value. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations and involve a number of risks and uncertainties, including, among other things, the impact of COVID-19 on us, the capital markets and the global economic climate generally; our recognition of any asset impairments as a result of any decline in the value of our assets or our efforts to dispose of any assets in the future; our ability to obtain and maintain sufficient financing to provide liquidity to meet our business objectives, surety bonds, letters of credit and similar financing; our ability to comply with the requirements of, and to service the indebtedness under, our credit agreement as amended and restated; our ability to obtain waivers of required pension contributions; the highly competitive nature of our businesses and our ability to win work, including identified project opportunities in our pipeline; general economic and business conditions, including changes in interest rates and currency exchange rates; cancellations of and adjustments to backlog and the resulting impact from using backlog as an indicator of future earnings; our ability to perform contracts on time and on budget, in accordance with the schedules and terms established by applicable contracts with customers; failure by third-party subcontractors, partners or suppliers to perform their obligations on time and as specified; our ability to successfully resolve claims by vendors for goods and services provided and claims by customers for items under warranty; our ability to realize anticipated operational and strategic benefits from our new board members and new market-focused initiatives; our ability to successfully address productivity and schedule issues in fulfilling our customer agreements, including the ability to complete our EPC projects and other loss projects within the expected time frame and the estimated costs; our ability to successfully partner with third parties to win and execute new contracts; changes in our effective tax rate and tax positions, including any limitation on our ability to use our net operating loss carryforwards and other tax assets; our ability to maintain operational support for our information systems against service outages and data corruption, as well as protection against cyber-based network security breaches and theft of data; our ability to protect our intellectual property and renew licenses to use intellectual property of third parties; our use of the percentage-of-completion method of accounting to recognize revenue over time; our ability to successfully manage research and development projects and costs, including our efforts to successfully develop and commercialize new technologies and products; the operating risks normally incident to our lines of business, including professional liability, product liability, warranty and other claims against us; changes in, or our failure or inability to comply with, laws and government regulations; actual or anticipated changes in governmental regulation, including trade and tariff policies; difficulties we may encounter in obtaining regulatory or other necessary permits or approvals; changes in, and liabilities relating to, existing or future environmental regulatory matters; changes in actuarial assumptions and market fluctuations that affect our net pension liabilities and income; potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; our ability to successfully compete with current and future competitors; the loss of key personnel and the continued availability of qualified personnel; our ability to negotiate and maintain good relationships with labor unions; changes in pension and medical expenses associated with our retirement benefit programs; social, political, competitive and economic situations in foreign countries where we do business or seek new business; the possibilities of war, other armed conflicts or terrorist attacks; the willingness of customers and suppliers to continue to do business with us on reasonable terms and conditions; our ability to successfully consummate strategic alternatives for non-core assets, if we determine to pursue them; the impact of the upcoming U.S. Presidential and Congressional elections; and the other factors specified and set forth under "Risk Factors" in our periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our most recent annual report on Form 10-K and our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2020. The Company cautions not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this report, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, except to the extent required by applicable law.
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