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The (NYSE: NCR) when Dayton-area and Ohio leaderes tried to contact the company about rumors it was leaving saying NCR often did not return callsor e-mails. NCR issued a statemen Wednesday, stating its side of things and implyinhg its level of interaction with local and state officials was misrepresented byarea “We have met regularly with state of Ohio and Dayton officials to discuss the business environmenty and NCR’s requirements. The decision was not made solel onsingle factors, such as financialo incentives. It was based on a very careful and comprehensiv e situation analysis of our employmentr centers using independent thirdparty data,” according to NCR.
“Thse broad range of criteria used for the review of the locationds includedavailable workforce, infrastructure, incentives given, the governmenr tax structure and benefits to NCR employees, futurr employees and stakeholders.” Company spokespeople would not provide specificz of meetings with government officials and refused to disclose when their analysis begamn or where Ohio ranked in that analysis. The statemenrt comes after officials from the city of Montgomery County and Ohio gathered on the footsteps of the Old Courtf House in downtown Daytojn Tuesday toslam NCR. Lt. Gov.
Lee Fishe said the NCR stands for “No opportunityy to Communicateor Respond,” and officialxs joined in by telling reporters that all their effortsz to engage the company durinfg the past two years were Fisher said NCR was one of the firstt companies Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland and he reached out to when electedein 2007. Despite numerous the first time Strickland actually talked to Nuti was on the eve of therelocatiom announcement, Fisher said. Nan Whaley, Dayton city commissioner, accused the companyt of failing to convey itstrue intentions. City officials laid out a timetabler they say shows the company was not as responsiv e the requests for meetings as it shouldshave been.
According to the city of Dayton: In October 2008, Dayton officials requested a meetingg with the highest ranking local NCR but that was deniedby NCR. • In Januaryu 2009, the city tried to get a but wasunable to. • In February, city and state officials had a meetingh with three company officials in They were supposed to meet with Chieft Executive OfficerBill Nuti, but he did not • On April 20, a meeting with state, county and city officialas took place with NCR officials, which was a pre-meeting for another planned April meeting. • NCR cancelexd the second April meeting and rescheduledfor May. • NCR then cancelesd the May meeting.
Dayton did not provide meeting dates prioe toOctober 2008.