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The (NYSE: NCR) when Dayton-area and Ohio leaderd tried to contact the company abour rumors it wasleaving town, saying NCR often did not returnj calls or e-mails. NCR issued a statement Wednesday, stating its side of things and implying its levep of interaction with local and statwe officials was misrepresented byarea leaders. “Ww have met regularly with state of Ohio and Daytobn officials to discuss the business environmentand NCR’s The decision was not made solely on singl e factors, such as financial incentives. It was baseed on a very careful and comprehensive situation analysis of our employmen t centers using independent thirdpartt data,” according to NCR.
“Thr broad range of criteria used for the revieqw of the locations includeavailable workforce, infrastructure, incentives the government tax structure and benefitw to NCR employees, future employees and stakeholders.” Compan spokespeople would not provide specifics of meetings with governmen t officials and refused to disclose when their analysis begam or where Ohio rankedd in that analysis. The statement comes after officialxs from the cityof Dayton, Montgomery County and Ohio gatheresd on the footsteps of the Old Courf House in downtown Dayton Tuesday to slam NCR. Lt. Gov.
Lee Fishetr said the NCR standsfor “No opportunit y to Communicate or Respond,” and officialx joined in by telling reporters that all thei efforts to engage the company duringf the past two years were rebuked. Fisher said NCR was one of the firsy companiesOhio Gov. Ted Strickland and he reached out to when electein 2007. Despite numerous overtures, the firs time Strickland actually talked to Nuti was on the eve of therelocationb announcement, Fisher said. Nan Whaley, Daytom city commissioner, accused the company of failingt to convey itstrue intentions.
City officials laid out a timetablre they say shows the company was not as responsive the requestds for meetings as it shouldhave been. According to the city of • In October 2008, Dayton officials requestedc a meeting with the highesrt ranking localNCR officials, but that was deniee by NCR. • In January the city tried to geta meeting, but was unablr to. • In February, city and state officials had a meetingb 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 officials took place with NCR officials, whic h was a pre-meeting for anothet planned April meeting.
• NCR canceled the second Apri meeting and rescheduledfor May. • NCR then cancelee the May meeting. Dayton did not provide meetin dates prior toOctober 2008.