0001492520-12-000010.txt : 20120423 0001492520-12-000010.hdr.sgml : 20120423 20120423142733 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001492520-12-000010 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120419 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120423 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120423 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Ferland E James Jr CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001404512 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-34658 FILM NUMBER: 12772848 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ALVARADO SQUARE STREET 2: MS 2850 CITY: ALBUQUERQUE STATE: NM ZIP: 87158 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Babcock & Wilcox Co CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001486957 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ENGINES & TURBINES [3510] IRS NUMBER: 800558025 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 13024 BALLANTYNE CORPORATE PLACE STREET 2: SUITE 700 CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28277 BUSINESS PHONE: 434-522-6800 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 13024 BALLANTYNE CORPORATE PLACE STREET 2: SUITE 700 CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28277 3 1 edgar.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0205 3 2012-04-19 0 0001486957 Babcock & Wilcox Co BWC 0001404512 Ferland E James Jr 13024 BALLANTYNE CORPORATE PLACE SUITE 700 CHARLOTTE NC 28277 1 1 0 0 President and CEO No securities beneficially owned 0 D E. James Ferland, by Angela P. Winter, attorney-in-fact 2012-04-23 EX-24 2 ferlandpoa.htm

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY



Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and  appoints each of Benjamin H. Bash, James D. Canafax, and Angela P. Winter and, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:



(1) prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;



(2) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of The Babcock & Wilcox Company (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;



(3) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which  may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and



(4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.



The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.



This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 19th day of April, 2012.





Signature:  /s/ E. James Ferland

Print Name:  E. James Ferland