SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Baker Peyton S.

(Last) (First) (Middle)
13024 BALLANTYNE CORPORATE PLACE
SUITE 700

(Street)
CHARLOTTE NC 28277

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
04/01/2011
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Babcock & Wilcox Co [ BWC ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
President - NOG
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
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 9,580 D
Common Stock 880(1) I 401k Plan
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Options (right to buy) (2) 03/05/2016 Common Stock 4,551 10.58 D
Stock Options (right to buy) (3) 03/04/2017 Common Stock 2,489 24.55 D
Stock Options (right to buy) (4) 03/04/2018 Common Stock 8,217 34.55 D
Restricted Stock Units (5) 03/04/2013 Common Stock 2,612 0 D
Restricted Stock Units (6) 03/05/2012 Common Stock 1,247 0 D
Restricted Stock Units (7) 03/04/2014 Common Stock 2,601 0 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. Based on number of units held in the BWC Thrift Plan and the fair market value of BWC common stock as of April 1, 2011.
2. Stock options vest in three equal annual installments beginning March 5, 2010.
3. Stock options vest in three equal annual installments beginning March 4, 2011.
4. Stock options vest in three equal annual installments beginning March 4, 2012.
5. RSUs vest in three equal annual installments beginning March 4, 2011.
6. RSUs vest in three equal annual installments beginning March 5, 2010.
7. RSUs vest in three equal annual installments beginning March 4, 2012.
Remarks:
Peyton S. Baker, by Angela P. Winter, attorney-in-fact 04/11/2011
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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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) 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;



(2) 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



(3) 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 30th day of March 2011.





Signature:  /s/ P. SANDY BAKER

Print Name:  P. Sandy Baker