One of the North Sea’s biggest power firms was dived right into dilemma on Thursday after a shock bookkeeping examination by audit titan Deloitte caused a 50pc loss in its share cost.
Aberdeen- based Wood Group, which uses 35,000 individuals throughout 60 nations, saw a document loss in shares after a string of write-offs on a number of huge agreements motivated it to introduce an immediate evaluation of various other agreements on its publications.
It alerted that the evaluation, led by its auditors Deloitte, would certainly evaluate whether “any prior year restatement may be required” for various other huge agreements– triggering worries from financiers that Wood might need to publication additionally write-offs.
The firm has actually been detailed on the London Stock Exchange for years– having actually debuted in 2002– however saw one of the most ruthless securities market sell-off in its background on Thursday, with shares dropping from 125p to as reduced as 6p, a 49pc decrease.
It suggests the firm is currently worth ₤ 430m– below ₤ 860m on Wednesday night.
The evaluation, efficiently an audit, complies with the news of a huge ₤ 761m loss in the fifty percent year results, released in August.
Deloitte’s examination will certainly concentrate on “reported positions on contracts in projects, accounting, governance and controls” pertaining to a collection of “exceptional contract write-offs”.
One of Deloitte’s jobs will certainly be to evaluate if any kind of restatement of prior-year earnings or losses is called for.
Ken Gilmartin, Wood Group’s president, explained the team’s efficiency as “mixed”, including: “Our projects business delivered a disappointing quarter, impacted by delayed awards in our chemicals business and our continued weakness in minerals and life sciences.
“As such, we continue to take actions to redress this underperformance.”
The company is midway with a three-year restructuring targeted at transforming business around however it has actually remained in difficulty since it rejected a collection of requisition proposals.
Apollo Global Management walked away from a possible takeover last year and Sidara finished a number of months of settlements in very early August, pointing out “rising geopolitical risks and financial market uncertainty”.
Wood Group included a declaration: “Following the exceptional contract write-offs relating to the exit from lump sum turnkey and large-scale engineering, procurement and construction reported at the half-year 2024 results, and in conjunction with the auditor’s ongoing work, the board, in response to dialogue with its auditor, has agreed to commission an independent review to be performed by Deloitte.”
Wood Group plays an essential function in a few of the UK’s vital power shift jobs.
