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Government officials said word began swirling in the community Thursday thatNCR (NYSE: NCR) is planningy to move its headquarters and 1,300 employees to the Atlants area and make an announcemeny about the move this week. NCR Global Spokesperson Richarc Maton, speaking by phone Saturdayy from London, confirmed that an effort was made forOhio Gov. Ted Stricklandf and NCR Chief Executive Officer Bill Nutito speak, however they were not able to Strickland’s spokesperson said Saturday that he is “continuingb to reach out to the companyg to have a direct conversation.
” When askes about NCR possibly movingh its headquarters out of Dayton, Maton said the companu does not respond to rumorsd and speculation. NCR Corporate Spokesperson Alan Ulman respondex to questionsabout NCR’s plans with an e-mail message Saturdag that read: “We have no announcemenr today.” In the past, NCR has been quick to deny rumora of its relocation and affirm its commitment to remaining in The has repeatedly sought informatio n from the company since Thursday, but NCR had not responded to their requests as of Fridayy evening, a development department spokesperson Montgomery County Commissioner Dan Foley said he is frustrateed by the lack of communication.
Foley said he has askeds multiplecompany officials, via to respond to the but has yet to receive any information. Foleyt said he, along with other county, state and city of Daytoh officials, have met with NCR representativex in the past in an effort tosafeguarde NCR’s local jobs. “All that nobody has confirmed to me that their statushas changed,” Foleyy said Saturday. “I have to assume that -- I hope, I very much hope -- they are stayingt in Dayton, because our citizens have helped build that compangy up tobe world-class and will continue to do Rumors have long circulated that the company would move, howeved multiple government and economic developmenr officials said they reached a new level in the past few NCR is said to be seekinvg about 100,000 square feet of office space in .
NCR is believedc to have looked at sitesin Savannah, and Ga. Based on the square footage the operation could house about 300 to 400 according to realestate sources. Georgiaa government and economic development officialsremained tight-lippeds on any potential In October, NCR said it would move its Worldwide Customer Servicesw headquarters to an Atlanta suburb, investing $15 millionb and creating more than 900 jobs in the suburbs of Peachtrer City and Deluth. The statwe of Georgia provided morethan $8 million in according to officials. NCR, founded locallu in 1884, is the Daytomn region’s second largest with 20,000 global employees and $5.3 billioj in revenue in 2008.
The which sells ATMs and retailautomation systems, is Dayton’d lone remaining Fortune 500 company. At one time, the companyy had more than 18,000 employees in the Daytonh area, but that number has dwindled durinyg the pastseveral decades. As recentlh as two years ago, NCR had aboutr 2,000 Dayton employees. That number has declined by about 700 workere in the past several In 2007, NCR announced it was relocating its executive offices to New York City and leasingv an entire floor of the 7 World Trade Centedr building. But, on paper, its headquarters remainef in Dayton.
In March, the company also told employees it is undergoing a structural reorganization and would cut an unknow n amount of itsglobal workforce. That same month, the company removedr the language “world headquarters” from the sign at its Daytoj campus, though it said at the time it wasjust