Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) 13 Aug 202020 Q2 Earnings call transcript

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Babcock & Wilcox Second Quarter 2020 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speakers’ presentation, there will be a question-and-answer session [Operator Instructions]. I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker for today, Megan Wilson, Vice President Investor Relations. ma’am. ahead, go Please

and second everyone. call. quarter President at Wilson, Chantal, & I’m to Wilcox Vice B&W. Relations Investor Enterprises XXXX of good you, Welcome afternoon, Babcock Megan Thank earnings conference

Kenny are Chief Salamone, to afternoon this Officer, me Young, Chief and Financial quarter Executive second our B&W’s discuss Louis Officer results. Joining

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global aftermarket as operational execution our within business own with as We our and discuss steadily to while over With points presence, we performances efforts services growth base our our to competitors, geographically, development quarter pipeline sales, installed of expect throughout our our drive and to those service as our and XXXX. turn significant the earnings expect financial parts second business broaden XXXX our of increasing and beyond. capabilities expand growth it now new combined and the from call the organizational well our of alignment we expanding I'll worldwide. Lou grow to key of improved branding, to global service

Thank you, Kenny.

Our consolidated bookings deferring segments anticipated into by and COVID-XX revenues million. $XXX.X our business in XXXX delaying in of projects later second XXXX. impacted into or negatively the quarter all were or

of settlement million, million. and operating advisory included costs consolidated GAAP $X.X loss Our was restructuring, $X.X which

second Our GAAP operations million. $XX.X continuing compared from improvement loss represents of to $XX.X quarter This a the was million XXXX.

again, EBITDA of offset Babcock of by our projects across affected, completed in of the $X.X COVID-XX all segment was also large XXXX. Adjusted end of the and completion the adjusted and & the they Our of business, adversely as XXXX million. EBITDA impacts consolidated was segments construction early the was Wilcox by several at

of maybe of operations savings the in Babcock the drive SG&A of consolidated the improvement, in costs. the over masked to is by our year. year While cost also XXXX. XX.X% These reduction drive positive see helped and implemented initiatives continue COVID-XX, impacts period this helped This initiatives increasing of This the to Wilcox a These benefits $X.X affects same SG&A XX.X% quarter XX.X% profit compared half to both gross and adverse million we of compared initiatives. saving in the saving cost cost in our of impacts the quarter. previously quarter, the to last our as our efforts expense segment a cost last second & adjusted

initiatives in XXXX as continue and our changes cost into these see in implemented We expect over of XXXX are implemented to from the XXXX saving benefits savings to the time. fully

$XXX.X revolver needs. U.S. approximately and last-out a to liquidity. this from June $XXX million quarter $XX.X borrowings primarily operations approximately million. $XXX.X in flow, available the working for Cash $XX.X our use quarter equivalents debt and capital million the well facility. and million flow cash unrestricted We revolving ended $XX.X our of under as related with and the was to cash balance loans. sheet, million, was second to XX for our was million Turning of cash at term was Total as credit

quarter. quarter is credit as can flow the debt revolving was in expense deferred fees contingent managing the related including second results, our the sheet we're to of reduced Further earnings All $XX.X quarter to and on our financing yesterday. be driven continues. senior compared our commitment with regarding and our facility. non-current. U.S. our related Interest decrease comparisons in release pandemic the prior was second the cash consent in Today, The focused filed global million, as cost found our on year XXXX by detail and of COVID-XX balance $XX.X primarily classified XX-K as million quarter

localities, in its we taken our effects to various measures restrictions continue long support evaluating on customers While other changing term. the by business the and and our

As XXXX. of of while expect it, of our certain majority in performance fully our deferred we the projects and it's impossible on continue affect to the XXXX to we delays and throughout and projects late anticipate COVID-XX business, and XXXX, remobilize predict the to will impact that deferrals evaluate in

also or manage furloughs deferrals of salaries CARES for employees in measures, including employees, rest April plan the suspended of payment of efforts certain number with facilities U.S. measures taken Act and to As the unpaid our XX% of year through for part of to participated the of fees for of Directors. in temporary as the match cost XXX(k) year. $X.X XX% Board as other payments and XXXX, temporary well of We've deferrals and the of team temporary cash. a for million pension certain deferring accordance crisis, each members cash we've in management We've certain our of rent also our the of July, our to compensation service contribution our this for conserve payable

and move we branding, appropriate. our In the infrastructure our our to continue to systems systems particular, infrastructure under we new are cloud. as as organizational our to to also amount strengthen internal have of modernize and IT continue significant forward, structure IT a our strengthening begun Looking we

the also cost efficiencies, these and from policies -- we various and are contracts. from recoveries under European recover from are subcontractors pursue of to losses EPC pursuing to some insurance cost We further continuously the continuing

reporting our We Kenny. expect now turn under to to it starting XXXX begin segments, our back the results. new full year results over financial I'll with

Thanks, Lou.

how COVID-XX undertake seeing as and upgrades, progress our or timing will and the of many bookings new technology. near-term, of While the opportunities predict in customers we restart paused renewed are projects we leveraging affect projects can't emerging fully project our

and design and pursuing and grants to research are won technologies. We new paid emerging build new have opportunities

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Right.

Ken. Okay. Thank you,

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