Thesis: fraud, analyst: spruce-point-capital, sector: not sure.
Following our forensic report on WSP Global Inc. (TSX: WSP) which was released a week ago, WSP has issued no formal response. Multiple sell-side promoters issued cherry-picked “rebuttals” and continue to endorse the stock. We believe the rebuttals are weak and dodge critical issues. Analysts have downplayed the tax evasion allegations in India as immaterial because India is inconsequential in size to the organization. We completely disagree. We have sourced the whistleblower documents and provide fresh and incontrovertible evidence that the matter was at the attention of the Board and WSP's top executives. In fact, we observe that within two months of receiving the email, WSP's Chief Legal Officer resigned, and within a year the CFO left. Furthermore, we have documented emails that show disagreement around the operating structure and within two months of being on an email chain, WSP's finance director in the UK left. WSP should explain if these key executive departures are purely coincidental or were related to the tax evasion allegations.Also, on the day we issued our report, WSP filed its Management Information Circular (MIC), which uncovered new evidence that strengthened our opinion that WSP is experiencing financial pressures and reporting anomalies. We take a close look at WSP's Louis Berger Services divestiture and find evidence of revenue and margin anomalies that are difficult to explain.
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