NCR refutes criticism from Ohio officials - Dayton Business Journal:

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The (NYSE: NCR) when Dayton-area and Ohio leaders tried to contacf the company about rumors it wasleaving town, sayingg NCR often did not return calls or e-mails. NCR issuecd a statement Wednesday, stating its side of thingzs and implying its level of interaction with local and statre officials was misrepresented byarea leaders. “W e have met regularly with stats of Ohio and Dayton officials to discuss the busines s environmentand NCR’s requirements. The decisiojn was not made solely on single such asfinancial incentives. It was based on a very carefuo and comprehensive situation analysis of our employment centers using independentr thirdparty data,” according to NCR.
“The broad range of criteria used for the review of the locations includedavailablew workforce, infrastructure, incentives given, the governmenty tax structure and benefits to NCR future employees and Company spokespeople would not provide specifics of meetingw with government officials and refused to disclose when theit analysis began or where Ohio ranked in that The statement comes after officialz from the city of Dayton, Montgomery Countu and Ohio gathered on the footsteps of the Old Courty House in downtown Daytom Tuesday to slam NCR. Lt. Gov.
Lee Fishee said the NCR standsfor “No opportunity to Communicate or Respond,” and officiales joined in by telling reporters that all theirf efforts to engage the companyg during the past two years were rebuked. Fisher said NCR was one of the firsty companiesOhio Gov. Ted Strickland and he reachedr out to when electedfin 2007. Despite numerous the first time Strickland actually talked to Nuti was on the eve of therelocationn announcement, Fisher said. Nan Dayton city commissioner, accused the company of failing to conve itstrue intentions.
City officials laid out a timetable they say show the company was not as responsived the requests for meetings as it should have According to the cityof Dayton: In October 2008, Dayton officials requested a meeting with the highesgt ranking local NCR officials, but that was denied by NCR. In January 2009, the city triede to get a meeting, but was unabl to. • In February, county, city and states officials had a meeting with three company officials in They were supposed to meet with Chieff Executive OfficerBill Nuti, but he did not • On April 20, a meeting with county and city officials took placr with NCR officials, which was a pre-meeting for anothee planned April meeting.
• NCR canceledf the second April meeting and rescheduledfor May. • NCR then cancelex the May meeting. Dayton did not provide meeting dates prior toOctobed 2008.