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The (NYSE: NCR) when Dayton-areaz and Ohio leaders tried to contacg the company about rumors it wasleavingh town, saying NCR often did not return callds or e-mails. NCR issued a statement stating its side of thing and implying its level of interaction with localk and state officials was misrepresented byarea “We have met regularly with state of Ohio and Daytonj officials to discuss the business environment and NCR’e requirements. The decision was not made solelyg onsingle factors, such as financiall incentives. It was based on a very careful and comprehensive situatiomn analysis of our employment centers using independentf thirdparty data,” according to NCR.
“The broad rang of criteria used for the review of the locationsa includedavailable workforce, infrastructure, incentivese given, the government tax structure and benefits to NCR future employees and stakeholders.” Company spokespeople would not provide specifics of meetingz with government officials and refused to disclos e when their analysis began or wherew Ohio ranked in that analysis. The statement comeds after officials from the cityof Dayton, Montgomery County and Ohio gathereds on the footsteps of the Old Court Housr in downtown Dayton Tuesday to slam NCR. Lt. Gov.
Lee Fishefr said the NCR standsfor “No opportunit to Communicate or and officials joined in by tellinh reporters that all theirf efforts to engage the company durinbg the past two yearsd were rebuked. Fisher said NCR was one of the firs t companiesOhio Gov. Ted Strickland and he reachede out to when electedin 2007. Despite numerousd overtures, the first time Stricklands actually talked to Nuti was on the eve of the relocation Fisher said. Nan Whaley, Dayton city accused the company of failinbg to convey its true City officials laid out a timetable they say shows the company was not as responsive the requests for meetings as it shoulxhave been.
According to the city of • In October 2008, Dayton officials requester a meeting with the highesgt ranking localNCR officials, but that was denied by NCR. • In January 2009, the city tried to get a meeting, but was unablre to. • In February, county, city and statw officials had a meeting with three company officialwin Dayton. They were supposed to meet with Chief Executiver OfficerBill Nuti, but he did not show. On April 20, a meeting with state, county and city officials took place withNCR officials, which was a pre-meetingg for another planned April • NCR canceled the second April meeting and reschedulecd for May. • NCR then canceled the May meeting.
Dayton did not provide meeting dates prior toOctoberf 2008.