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(WSP)", "authorId": "54_Spruce_Point_Capital", "authorName": "Spruce Point Capital Management", "documentKindSlug": "activist-deck", "documentKindLabel": "Activist deck", "sourceTypeSlug": "short_seller", "sourceTypeLabel": "Short seller", "presentationDate": "2024-04-03 00:00:00", "orientation": "landscape", "aspectRatio": 1.3333334, "pageNumber": 48, "pageCount": 68, "prevPage": 47, "nextPage": 49, "slideType": "expose_contradiction", "function": "expose_contradiction", "density": "dense", "nDataPoints": 0, "notes": "The slide uses red underlining to highlight specific text in the quoted excerpt from the WSP Annual Report.", "elementsJson": [ "headline_text", "callout_box", "paragraph", "bullet_list", "footnote" ], "metadataConfidence": 1, "imagePath": null, "slideHref": "/slides/019dd923-622c-750b-8b99-7df068ad1ae5/48", "deckHref": "/decks/019dd923-622c-750b-8b99-7df068ad1ae5", "deckJsonHref": "/decks/019dd923-622c-750b-8b99-7df068ad1ae5.json", "deckAnchorHref": "/decks/019dd923-622c-750b-8b99-7df068ad1ae5#slide-48", "components": [ { "bbox": { "h": 0.15, "w": 0.96, "x": 0.02, "y": 0.17 }, "kind": "callout", "text": "WSP's geographic reporting bears little resemblance to geographic realities, especially with respect to India. It is universally accepted that India is a country in South Asia. Many public companies report Europe, the Mideast and Africa together as EMEA. WSP singles out India specifically and reports EMEIA. WSP also has an Asia Pacific (APAC) reporting segment but does not include India within its Asia operating segment. WSP should clarify why India is uniquely important to its financial reporting considering whistleblower allegations of tax evasion.", "attrs": null, "subkind": "primary", "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "d378de5f-a492-493a-b253-2399944b5989", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": null, "kind": "callout", "text": "WSP should clarify why India is uniquely important to its financial reporting considering whistleblower allegations of tax evasion.", "attrs": null, "subkind": null, "toolName": "Visual emphasis", "toolSlug": "visual-emphasis", "confidence": null, "componentId": "019dd953-0398-7399-b331-5e633acd905b", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.48, "w": 0.82, "x": 0.09, "y": 0.41 }, "kind": "paragraph", "text": "SEGMENTED INFORMATION\n\nThe Corporation manages its business by geographic region. The Corporation's operating segments represent countries, or groups of countries, in which it operates. The Corporation has four reportable segments: Canada, Americas (US and Latin America), EMEIA (Europe, Middle East, India and Africa) and APAC (Asia Pacific, comprising Asia, Australia and New Zealand). Management has applied the following judgments to aggregate certain operating segments:\n\n- Americas - The operating segments of US and Latin America are in the same geographic region of the Americas and have been aggregated as the Latin America operating segment does not meet any of the quantitative thresholds to be reported separately.\n- EMEIA - The operating segments of the United Kingdom \"UK\" and Ireland, Nordic European countries and Central European countries have been aggregated as these segments have similar products and services, the same types of customers and operate in similar economies. The Middle East, India and Africa operating segments have also been aggregated in EMEIA as they do not meet any of the quantitative thresholds to be reported separately.\n- APAC - The operating segments of Australia and New Zealand have been aggregated as these segments have similar products and services, the same types of customers and operate in similar economies. 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