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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


FORM 10-Q

 


 

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2007

Commission File Number 001-00395

 


NCR CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Maryland   31-0387920

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

1700 South Patterson Blvd.

Dayton, Ohio 45479

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (937) 445-5000

 


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

            Large accelerated filer  x            Accelerated filer  ¨            Non-accelerated filer  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No  x

Number of shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, outstanding as of July 31, 2007, was approximately 180.5 million.

 



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PART I. Financial Information

  
     

Description

   Page
Item 1.    Financial Statements   
   Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2007 and 2006    3
     
   Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited) June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006    4
     
   Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) Six Months Ended June 30, 2007 and 2006    5
     
   Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements    6
Item 2.    Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations    20
Item 3.    Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk    30
Item 4.    Controls and Procedures    31

PART II. Other Information

  
Item 1.    Legal Proceedings    31
Item 1A.    Risk Factors    32
Item 2.    Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds    32
Item 3.    Defaults Upon Senior Securities    32
Item 4.    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders    32
Item 5.    Other Information    32
Item 6.    Exhibits    32
   Signatures    33
   Exhibits   

 

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Part I. Financial Information

Item 1. Financial Statements

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)

 

In millions, except per share amounts   

Three Months Ended

June 30

   

Six Months Ended

June 30

 
   2007     2006     2007     2006  

Product revenue

   $ 850     $ 805     $ 1,515     $ 1,442  

Service revenue

     759       726       1,440       1,372  
                                

Total revenue

     1,609       1,531       2,955       2,814  
                                

Cost of products

     531       534       1,007       936  

Cost of services

     579       572       1,106       1,101  

Selling, general and administrative expenses

     283       264       528       509  

Research and development expenses

     60       58       116       118  
                                

Total operating expenses

     1,453       1,428       2,757       2,664  
                                

Income from operations

     156       103       198       150  

Interest expense

     6       6       12       12  

Other income, net

     (7 )     (5 )     (16 )     (14 )
                                

Income before income taxes

     157       102       202       152  

Income tax expense

     59       24       70       33  
                                

Net income

   $ 98     $ 78     $ 132     $ 119  
                                

Net income per common share

        

Basic

   $ 0.54     $ 0.43     $ 0.73     $ 0.66  
                                

Diluted

   $ 0.54     $ 0.42     $ 0.72     $ 0.64  
                                

Weighted average common shares outstanding

        

Basic

     180.1       181.1       179.7       181.4  

Diluted

     182.8       184.2       182.4       184.6  

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)

 

In millions, except per share amounts   

June 30,

2007

    December 31,
2006
 

Assets

    

Current assets

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 1,139     $ 947  

Accounts receivable, net

     1,385       1,408  

Inventories, net

     739       677  

Other current assets

     343       300  
                

Total current assets

     3,606       3,332  
                

Property, plant and equipment, net

     370       378  

Goodwill

     148       150  

Prepaid pension cost

     727       639  

Deferred income taxes

     336       374  

Other assets

     428       354  
                

Total assets

   $ 5,615     $ 5,227  
                

Liabilities and stockholders’ equity

    

Current liabilities

    

Short-term borrowings

   $ 1     $ 1  

Accounts payable

     516       534  

Payroll and benefits liabilities

     248       291  

Deferred service revenue and customer deposits

     556       492  

Other current liabilities

     515       452  
                

Total current liabilities

     1,836       1,770  
                

Long-term debt

     306       306  

Pension and indemnity plan liabilities

     477       481  

Postretirement and postemployment benefits liabilities

     448       463  

Deferred income taxes

     42       27  

Income tax accruals

     168       132  

Other liabilities

     174       147  

Minority interests

     17       20  
                

Total liabilities

     3,468       3,346  
                

Commitments and contingencies (Note 8)

    

Stockholders’ equity

    

Preferred stock: par value $0.01 per share, 100.0 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006

  

 

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Common stock: par value $0.01 per share, 500.0 shares authorized, 180.5 and 178.9 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively

  

 

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Paid-in capital

     720       655  

Retained earnings

     2,032       1,900  

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     (607 )     (676 )
                

Total stockholders’ equity

     2,147       1,881  
                

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

   $ 5,615     $ 5,227  
                

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)

 

     Six Months Ended
June 30
 
In millions    2007     2006  

Operating activities

    

Net Income

   $ 132     $ 119  

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

    

Depreciation and amortization

     87       78  

Stock-based compensation expense

     16       14  

Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation

     (8 )     (12 )

Deferred income taxes

     41       18  

Other adjustments to income, net

     (4 )     (1 )

Changes in assets and liabilities:

    

Receivables

     23       4  

Inventories

     (62 )     (65 )

Current payables and accrued expenses

     (59 )     (67 )

Deferred service revenue and customer deposits

     64       50  

Employee severance and pension

     (3 )     34  

Other assets and liabilities

     6       (26 )
                

Net cash provided by operating activities

     233       146  
                

Investing activities

    

Expenditures for property, plant and equipment

     (45 )     (38 )

Proceeds from sales of property, plant and equipment

     11       12  

Additions to capitalized software

     (54 )     (44 )

Other investing activities, business acquisitions and divestitures, net

     (4 )     (31 )
                

Net cash used in investing activities

     (92 )     (101 )
                

Financing activities

    

Repurchases of Company common stock

     —         (186 )

Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation

     8       12  

Short-term borrowings, repayments

     (1 )     —    

Proceeds from employee stock plans

     36       61  

Other financing activities, net

     1       —    
                

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     44       (113 )
                

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

     7       5  
                

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

     192       (63 )

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

     947       810  
                

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

   $ 1,139     $ 747  
                

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared by NCR Corporation (NCR, the Company, we or us) without audit pursuant to the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and, in the opinion of management, include all adjustments necessary for a fair statement of the consolidated results of operations, financial position, and cash flows for each period presented. The consolidated results for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the full year. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with NCR’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006.

Strategic Separation On January 5, 2007, NCR announced its intention to separate into two independent publicly traded companies through the spin-off of 100% of the Company’s Teradata Data Warehousing business to holders of shares of NCR stock. The transaction, expected to be tax-free to NCR and its shareholders, will enable the two public companies to better focus on their distinct customer bases, business strategies and operational needs.

The stock distribution ratio for the Teradata Data Warehousing spin-off is expected to be one-for-one, and the separation is expected to be completed at the end of the third quarter of 2007. Consummation of the proposed separation is subject to certain conditions, including final approval by NCR’s Board of Directors, receipt of a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) with respect to the tax-free status of the spin-off, the absence of any material changes or developments, and the acceptance of registration statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The separation will not require a vote by NCR shareholders.

In connection with the proposed separation, the Company incurred $12 million of costs in the second quarter of 2007 and $14 million of costs for the six months ended June 30, 2007. These costs were primarily for legal, accounting, and other professional and consulting fees, which have been recorded as selling, general and administrative expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. In total, the Company expects to incur $55 to $65 million of nonrecurring costs related to the spin-off. These nonrecurring costs are expected to consist of, among other things, legal, tax and accounting fees, professional advisory services, employee transition costs and other costs associated with executing the separation transaction.

Out of Period Adjustments In the second quarter of 2007, the Company recorded an adjustment to increase income tax expense by $18 million relating to immaterial errors originating in prior years. The adjustment is composed of an increase to income tax expense of $26 million due to an understatement of income tax expense in the years 2001 through 2006 and the first quarter of 2007 relating to the accounting for income taxes on intercompany profit. This adjustment is offset, in part, by an adjustment to reduce income tax expense by $8 million as a result of an overstatement of income tax expense (and the related liability) in 2006 due to an error in preparing that year’s income tax provision. Because these errors, either individually or in the aggregate, were not material to any of the prior years’ financial statements, and the impact of correcting these errors in the current year is not expected to be material to the full year 2007 financial statements, we have recorded the correction of these errors in the second quarter of 2007 financial statements.

Additionally, we are correcting our disclosures as it relates to the impact of the adoption of FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes - an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109 (FIN 48). In the financial statements for the quarter ended March 31, 2007, we recorded and described the impact of adopting FIN 48 as an $8 million reduction at January 1, 2007 in the liability for unrecognized tax benefits, with a corresponding increase in retained earnings. This previously recorded and disclosed amount relates to a reduction of tax liabilities to correct the $8 million tax provision error recorded in 2006 and described above. The correction of that error should not have been described as an impact of adopting FIN 48 and should not have been recognized as an adjustment to retained earnings as of January 1, 2007. The out of period adjustment described above properly reflects the correction of that error as a decrease to income tax expense. See Note 9 - Income Taxes for further details.

 

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Use of Estimates The preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) requires management to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and revenues and expenses during the period reported. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

2. SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

    

Three Months Ended

June 30

   

Six Months Ended

June 30

 
In millions    2007     2006     2007     2006  

Comprehensive Income

        

Net income

   $ 98     $ 78     $ 132     $ 119  

Other comprehensive income, net of tax:

        

Unrealized loss on securities

     —         (2 )     (1 )     (1 )

Unrealized loss on derivatives accounted for as hedges

     (1 )     (2 )     (2 )     (4 )

Amortization of costs associated with pension, postemployment and postretirement benefits

     22       —         45       —    

Currency translation adjustments

     21       50       27       61  

Other adjustments

     —         —         —         3  
                                

Total comprehensive income

   $ 140     $ 124     $ 201     $ 178  
                                
In millions               

June 30,

2007

   

December 31,

2006

 

Inventories

        

Work in process and raw materials

       $ 124     $ 106  

Finished goods

         231       215  

Service parts

         384       356  
                    

Total inventories, net

       $ 739     $ 677  
                    

3. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

FASB Interpretation No. 48 In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued FASB Interpretation No. 48 (FIN 48), Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes – an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109. FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes by prescribing thresholds and attributes for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The Interpretation also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, and disclosure. The Company adopted the provisions of FIN 48 on January 1, 2007. See Note 9 for further discussion of the adoption of FIN 48.

Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157 In September 2006, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157 (SFAS 157), Fair Value Measurements. This statement defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in GAAP and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting SFAS 157 on our financial condition and results of operations.

Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 159 In February 2007, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 159 (SFAS 159), The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities – Including an Amendment of FASB Statement No. 115. This statement permits entities to choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value. The fair value option may be elected on

 

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an instrument-by-instrument basis, with few exceptions. SFAS 159 also establishes presentation and disclosure requirements to facilitate comparisons between companies that choose different measurement attributes for similar assets and liabilities. SFAS 159 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting SFAS 159 on our financial condition and results of operations.

4. MANUFACTURING REALIGNMENT

On January 11, 2007, NCR announced plans to realign its global manufacturing operations. These include:

 

   

Reducing manufacturing operations and shifting the focus of the Dundee, Scotland facility to new product introductions and the manufacturing of high-complexity/low-volume solutions;

 

   

Meeting volume demand in Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific through lower-cost manufacturing facilities in Hungary, China and India; and

 

   

Moving to a contract manufacturing model with Solectron in the Americas.

The realignment is expected to reduce overall operating costs and to free capital to invest in revenue-generating programs in sales, engineering and market development. The Company will continue to focus resources on engineering and advanced development, product management and marketing in affected locations where the manufacturing realignment is anticipated to result in reductions in manufacturing employment. As a result of these changes, in the first quarter of 2007, the Company recorded $46 million for employee severance and other termination benefits in cost of products. Of the $46 million total, $37 million was recorded as a discrete cost in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 112, Employers’ Accounting for Postemployment Benefits, when the severance liability was determined to be probable and reasonably estimable. The remaining $9 million was recorded in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 146, Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities. For the six months ended June 30, 2007, a total of $14 million has been paid related to these plans. As some employees were terminated prior to eligibility for severance and others are now expected to continue employment in other parts of the company, as well as due to the mix of employees differing from the original expected employee mix, the amount of severance payouts is expected to be lower than originally expected. Accordingly, the Company reduced the restructuring reserves by $11 million in the second quarter of 2007 to reflect the change in estimate. This reduction was recorded in cost of products in the condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2007.

The following table summarizes the costs recorded for these activities and the remaining liability as of June 30, 2007, which is included on the condensed consolidated balance sheet in other current liabilities. The cash expenditures necessary to satisfy the remaining obligations will be primarily paid over the balance of 2007.

 

In millions    Employee
Severance and
Other Benefits
 

Restructuring reserve liability

  

Beginning balance as of January 1, 2007

   $ —    

Costs initially recognized during the first six months of 2007

     46  

Payments during the first six months of 2007

     (14 )

Change in estimate

     (11 )
        

Ending balance as of June 30, 2007

   $ 21  
        

Related to the manufacturing realignment described above, the Company expects to incur an additional $10 to $15 million in restructuring costs in 2007 for potential impairment costs associated with stranded assets, lease termination costs, employee retention payouts and other costs that are a direct result of the restructuring initiative.

 

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The costs for these activities primarily relate to the Company’s Financial Self Service segment. The operating results by segment, reported under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 131, Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information, excludes the impact of these costs, which is consistent with the manner by which management assesses the performance and views the results of each segment.

5. IDENTIFIABLE INTANGIBLE ASSETS

NCR’s identifiable intangible assets, reported under Other Assets in the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets, were specifically identified when acquired, and are determined to have finite lives. The gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization for NCR’s identifiable intangible assets were as follows:

 

In millions   

Original

Amortization
Life (in Years)

   June 30, 2007     December 31, 2006  
      Gross Carrying
Amount
   Accumulated
Amortization
    Gross Carrying
Amount
   Accumulated
Amortization
 

Identifiable intangible assets

             

Non-compete arrangements

   4 - 5    $ 5    $ (2 )   $ 5    $ (1 )

Intellectual property

   4 - 10      67      (26 )     61      (21 )
                                 

Total identifiable intangible assets

      $ 72    $ (28 )   $ 66    $ (22 )
                                 

During the quarter, the increase in intellectual property was primarily due to the purchase of software, related to new industry solutions in our Teradata Data Warehousing business.

The aggregate amortization expense (actual and estimated) for identifiable intangible assets for the following periods is as follows:

 

In millions   

Six months ended
June 30,

2007

   For the year ended (estimated)
      2007    2008    2009    2010    2011

Amortization expense

   $ 6    $ 13    $ 13    $ 11    $ 8    $ 3
                                         

6. STOCK COMPENSATION PLANS

As of June 30, 2007, the Company’s primary types of share-based compensation were stock options and restricted stock. The Company recorded stock-based compensation expense, under the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised 2004), Share-Based Payment, for the periods ended June 30, 2007 and June 30, 2006 as follows:

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30
    Six Months Ended
June 30
 
In millions    2007     2006     2007     2006  

Stock options

   $ 4     $ 4     $ 9     $ 8  

Restricted stock

     4       3       7       6  
                                

Total stock-based compensation (pre-tax)

     8       7       16       14  

Tax benefit

     (2 )     (2 )     (4 )     (4 )
                                

Total stock-based compensation, net of tax

   $ 6     $ 5     $ 12     $ 10  
                                

 

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Stock-based compensation expense for the first six months of 2007 was computed using the fair value of options as calculated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The weighted average fair value of grants was estimated based on the below weighted average assumptions and was $18.39 for three months ended June 30, 2007 and $17.03 for the six months ended June 30, 2007.

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30
    Six Months Ended
June 30
 
     2007     2006     2007     2006  

Dividend yield

   —       —       —       —    

Risk-free interest rate

   4.63 %   4.96 %   4.51 %   4.61 %

Expected volatility

   31.6 %   35.3 %   32.5 %   35.7 %

Expected holding period (years)

   5.0     5.3     5.0     5.3  

Expected volatility incorporates a blend of both historical volatility of the Company’s stock over a period equal to the expected term of the options and implied volatility from traded options on the Company’s stock, as management believes this is more representative of prospective trends. The Company uses historical data to estimate option exercise and employee termination within the valuation model. The expected holding period represents the period of time that options are expected to be outstanding. The risk-free interest rate for periods within the contractual life of the option is based on the five-year U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant.

7. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

Components of net periodic benefit expense for the three months ended June 30 are as follows:

 

     U.S. Pension Benefits     International Pension Benefits     Total Pension Benefits  
In millions    2007     2006     2007     2006     2007     2006  

Net service cost

   $ —       $ 11     $ 11     $ 12     $ 11     $ 23  

Interest cost

     46       45       23       21       69       66  

Expected return on plan assets

     (62 )     (60 )     (32 )     (31 )     (94 )     (91 )

Settlement charge

     —         —         —         (1 )     —         (1 )

Amortization of:

            

Prior service cost

     —         —         3       2       3       2  

Actuarial loss

     1       13       21       23       22       36  
                                                

Net benefit (income) cost

   $ (15 )   $ 9     $ 26     $ 26     $ 11     $ 35  
                                                

Components of net periodic benefit expense for the six months ended June 30 are as follows:

 

     U.S. Pension Benefits     International Pension Benefits     Total Pension Benefits  
In millions    2007     2006     2007     2006     2007     2006  

Net service cost

   $ —       $ 23     $ 21     $ 22     $ 21     $ 45  

Interest cost

     92       90       45       41       137       131  

Expected return on plan assets

     (123 )     (120 )     (63 )     (60 )     (186 )     (180 )

Special Termination Benefit

     —         9       —         —         —         9  

Amortization of:

            

Prior service cost

     —         —         6       3       6       3  

Actuarial loss

     2       26       42       45       44       71  
                                                

Net benefit (income) cost

   $ (29 )   $ 28     $ 51     $ 51     $ 22     $ 79  
                                                

 

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The net periodic benefit cost of the postretirement plan for the three months and six months ended June 30 were:

 

    

Three Months Ended

June 30

   

Six Months Ended

June 30

 
In millions    2007     2006     2007     2006  

Interest cost

   $ 2     $ 2     $ 4     $ 4  

Amortization of:

        

Prior service benefit

     (4 )     (4 )     (7 )     (7 )

Actuarial loss

     2       2       3       4  
                                

Net benefit cost

   $ —       $ —       $ —       $ 1  
                                

The net periodic benefit cost of the postemployment plan for the three months and six months ended June 30 were:

 

    

Three Months Ended

June 30

  

Six Months Ended

June 30

In millions    2007     2006    2007    2006

Net service cost

   $ 8     $ 8    $ 16    $ 17

Interest cost

     1       5      6      9

Amortization of:

          

Prior service cost

     —         —        —        —  

Actuarial loss

     7       7      13      14
                            

Net benefit cost

   $ 16     $ 20    $ 35    $ 40

Restructuring severance (benefit) cost

     (8 )     —        29      —  
                            

Total Postemployment cost

   $ 8     $ 20    $ 64    $ 40
                            

Employer Contributions

Pension For the three months ended June 30, 2007, NCR contributed approximately $26 million to its international pension plans and $2 million to its executive pension plan. For the six months ended June 30, 2007, NCR contributed approximately $43 million to its international pension plans and $4 million to its executive pension plan. NCR anticipates contributing an additional $57 million to its international pension plans for a total of $100 million and $6 million to its executive pension plan for a total of $10 million in 2007. NCR does not anticipate making cash contributions to its U.S. qualified pension plan in 2007. There is no net service cost related to the U.S. pension plan due to the Company’s decision to freeze the plan effective January 1, 2007.

Postretirement For the three months ended June 30, 2007, the Company made $4 million in contributions to its U.S. postretirement plan. For the six months ended June 30, 2007, the Company made $8 million in contributions to its U.S. postretirement plan. NCR anticipates contributing an additional $10 million to its U.S. postretirement plan for a total of $18 million in 2007.

Postemployment For the three months ended June 30, 2007, NCR contributed approximately $21 million to its postemployment plans, including $11 million related to the previously announced ATM manufacturing realignment. For the six months ended June 30, 2007, the Company made $32 million in contributions to its postemployment plans, including $11 million for the manufacturing realignment. NCR anticipates contributing an additional $44 million to its postemployment plans in 2007 for a total of $76 million. This includes $18 million in additional contributions related to the manufacturing realignment initiative.

As described in Note 4, during the first quarter of 2007, the Company recorded certain costs associated with the manufacturing realignment as a $37 million discrete cost related to its postemployment benefit liability. In the second quarter, based upon changes in estimates, this discrete cost was reduced by $8 million, to $29 million.

 

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8. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

In the normal course of business, NCR is subject to various regulations, proceedings, lawsuits, claims and other matters, including actions under laws and regulations related to the environment and health and safety, among others. NCR believes the amounts provided in its condensed consolidated financial statements, as prescribed by GAAP, are adequate in light of the probable and estimable liabilities. However, there can be no assurances that the actual amounts required to satisfy alleged liabilities from various lawsuits, claims, legal proceedings and other matters, including the Fox River environmental matter discussed below, and to comply with applicable laws and regulations, will not exceed the amounts reflected in NCR’s condensed consolidated financial statements or will not have a material adverse effect on its condensed consolidated results of operations, financial condition or cash flows. Any costs that may be incurred in excess of those amounts provided as of June 30, 2007 cannot currently be reasonably determined.

Presently, the United States Department of Justice is conducting an investigation regarding the propriety of the Company’s Teradata Data Warehousing business’ arrangements or understandings with others in connection with certain federal contracts. The investigation arises in connection with civil litigation in federal district court filed under the qui tam provisions of the civil False Claims Act against a number of information technology companies, including the Company. The complaints against the Company remain under seal, and the Company is conducting its own internal investigation focusing on the propriety of certain transactions under four federal programs under which the Company was a contractor, through the Teradata Data Warehousing business. The Company’s internal investigation is also focusing on the adequacy of pricing disclosures to the government under certain of the Company’s federal contracts. The Company has shared evidence of questionable conduct that the Company has uncovered with the Justice Department and intends to continue to cooperate with the Justice Department in its investigation. The Company has recorded a reserve of approximately $1 million related to the current best estimate of potential liability relating to this matter.

Environmental Matters NCR’s facilities and operations are subject to a wide range of environmental protection laws, and NCR has investigatory and remedial activities underway at a number of facilities that it currently owns or operates, or formerly owned or operated, to comply, or to determine compliance, with such laws. Also, NCR has been identified, either by a government agency or by a private party seeking contribution to site clean-up costs, as a potentially responsible party (PRP) at a number of sites pursuant to various state and federal laws, including the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), and comparable state statutes.

NCR is one of eight entities that have been formally notified by governmental and other entities (such as local Native American tribes) that they are PRPs for environmental claims under CERCLA and other statutes arising out of the presence of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in sediments in the lower Fox River and in the Bay of Green Bay, in Wisconsin. NCR was identified as a PRP because of alleged PCB discharges from two carbonless copy paper manufacturing facilities it previously owned, which are located along the Fox River. Some parties contend that NCR is also responsible for PCB discharges from paper mills owned by other companies because carbonless paper manufactured by NCR was purchased by those mills as a raw material for their paper making processes. NCR sold the facilities in 1978 to Appleton Papers Inc. (API), which has also been identified as a PRP. The other Fox River PRPs that received notices are P.H. Glatfelter Company, Fort James Operating Company (a subsidiary of Georgia-Pacific Corp., which was recently acquired by Koch Industries), WTM I Co. (formerly Wisconsin Tissue Mills, now owned by Chesapeake Corporation), Riverside Paper Corporation, U.S. Paper Mills Corp. (owned by Sonoco Products Company), and Menasha Corporation.

During the second quarter of 2007, NCR increased its net reserve for the Fox River matter to $85 million compared to $74 million as of March 31, 2007. The reserve increase of $11 million was the result of a $26 million increase in NCR’s estimated liability, partially offset by a $15 million increase in the receivable related to the indemnification by AT&T Inc. and Lucent Technologies, Inc. (now owned by Alcatel-Lucent). NCR’s other

 

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income, net in the condensed consolidated statements of operations for the second quarter of 2007 includes $7 million net expense related to the Fox River, as a result of the increase in net reserve described above, offset by $4 million of insurance settlements received. The basis for the reserve increase, the receivable and insurance settlement are described below. NCR regularly re-evaluates the assumptions used in determining the appropriate reserve for the Fox River matter as additional information becomes available and, when warranted, makes appropriate adjustments.

In July 2003, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) issued their final clean-up plan (known as a Record of Decision, or ROD) for the largest portion of the Fox River. The ROD addressed the lower part of the Fox River and portions of Green Bay, where USEPA and WDNR (the Governments) estimate the bulk of the sediments that need to be remediated are located. In two portions of the lower part of the Fox River covered by the ROD –Operable Units (OUs) 3 and 4 – the Governments selected large-scale dredging as the clean-up approach. In the ROD, the Governments estimated that approximately 6.5 million cubic yards of sediment would be removed from these portions at an estimated cost of approximately $284 million. The Governments also identified “capping” the river bed with appropriate materials as a “contingent remedy” to be evaluated during the remedial design process. For Green Bay, or OU 5, the Governments selected monitored natural attenuation as the clean-up approach at an estimated cost of approximately $40 million. The Governments also indicated that some limited dredging near the mouth of the river might be required, but this will be determined during the design stage of the project. Earlier, in January 2003, the Governments had issued their ROD for the upper portions of the Fox River projecting the cost of that work to be approximately $65 million for OU 1 and $10 million for OU 2. Combining the cost estimates from both RODs issued in 2003, the Governments expected the selected remedies for all five OUs to cost approximately $400 million, exclusive of contingencies.

By letter dated September 30, 2003, the Governments notified NCR and the seven other PRPs of their potential liability for remediation of the lower portions of the Fox River and requested that one or more of the PRPs enter into an agreement with the Governments to perform the engineering design work for the clean-up of OUs 2-5. In response, in 2004, NCR and Fort James entered into an Administrative Order on Consent (AOC) with the Governments to perform this design work, which is not expected to be completed until 2009. In November 2006, the Governments issued for public comment a proposal to amend the RODs for the lower river. The proposal called for a combination of dredging and capping to remediate the PCB-containing sediments, as opposed to using dredging throughout the lower river.

In April 2006, NCR and U.S. Paper Mills entered into a consent decree with the Governments to undertake a removal action involving an area of elevated PCBs downriver of the De Pere Dam (Phase 1 work). The consent decree was approved in November 2006 by the federal court in Wisconsin, and the work is being performed this year. The estimated costs of this project are included in the estimates discussed below.

On June 28, 2007, the Governments issued their amendment to the 2003 RODs (“Amended ROD”) adopting the proposal to use a combination of dredging and capping to remediate the sediments in OUs 2-5 (the Amended ROD did not address OU 1). The Amended ROD stated that the cost of this work will be $390 million. This amount represents an increase of over $50 million from the cost projected for OUs 2-5 in the 2003 RODs. Even with this increase, the cost of the lower river remedy will be almost $200 million less than the Governments’ projected cost of the original all-dredging remedy in the ROD Amendment.

By letter received February 14, 2007, the Governments again notified NCR and the seven other PRPs of their potential liability for remediation and requested that the parties contact the Governments to enter into negotiations over a consent decree for implementing the remedy for the lower river. In response, NCR and the other PRPs (along with a ninth, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) have been participating in settlement discussions with the Governments and among themselves. The PRPs have retained a mediator to assist them in their settlement discussions. The settlement discussions are ongoing, and the Governments have indicated that a settlement needs to be reached this summer. If not, the Governments have indicated they may issue unilateral administrative orders requiring the PRPs to conduct the remedy required by the Amended ROD.

 

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The extent of NCR’s potential liability remains subject to many uncertainties. NCR’s eventual liability – which is expected to be paid out over a period of at least twelve years – will depend on a number of factors. In general, the most significant factors include: (1) the total of the clean-up costs for each of the segments of the river; (2) the total natural resource damages for the site; (3) the shares NCR and API will jointly bear of future clean-up costs and natural resource damages as former and current owners of paper manufacturing facilities located along the Fox River; (4) the share NCR will bear of the joint NCR/API payments for such clean-up costs and natural resource damages; and (5) NCR’s transaction costs to defend itself in this matter. In establishing the reserve, NCR attempts to estimate a range of reasonably possible outcomes for each of these factors, although each range is itself highly uncertain. NCR uses its best estimate within the range, if that is possible. Where there is a range of equally possible outcomes, and there is no amount within that range that is considered to be a better estimate than any other amount, NCR uses the low end of the range. These factors are discussed below:

 

   

For the first factor described above, the total of the clean-up costs for each of the segments of the river, NCR uses a best estimate of $594 million. Previously, NCR used a best estimate of $551 million. The new estimate uses the $390 million cost for the lower river work set forth in the Amended ROD and increases it to $403 million to account for the cost of certain work required by the Amended ROD but not included in the Amended ROD’s official cost estimate. The total cost also uses updated estimates for the OU 1 work, the Phase I work and the remedial design work. Finally, it adds to these estimates a 20% contingency for possible cost overruns and future Government oversight costs and an amount for Government past costs. The range of reasonably possible outcomes is estimated to be between $521 million (assuming no cost-overrun contingency) and $643 million (assuming a 30% contingency). However, there can be no assurances that these amounts will not be significantly higher.

 

   

Second, for total natural resource damages (NRD), NCR uses a best estimate of $76 million. Previously, NCR used a best estimate of $131 million. This reduction is based on new information NCR recently obtained. NCR believes the range of reasonably possible outcomes for NRD, if it were to be litigated, is between zero and $176 million.

 

   

Third, for the NCR/API shares of future clean-up costs, NCR has determined that there are ranges of equally possible outcomes for the different segments of the river, and that no estimates within these ranges are better than the other estimates. Accordingly, NCR uses the low ends of the ranges, which are based primarily on the proximity of the areas to be remediated to the locations at which PCBs from the NCR/API plants were discharged to the river. The extensive data that has been collected over the last few years, along with various recent analyses of this data, have allowed NCR to move away from its prior discharge analysis and use this proximity approach. There are other estimates that are significantly higher; however, NCR believes there is such uncertainty surrounding these estimates that it cannot quantify the high end of the range, although NCR does not believe the joint NCR/API percentage of direct discharges is near 100%. As for the NCR/API share of NRD, which is discussed above, NCR uses a best estimate.

 

   

Fourth, for the NCR share of the joint NCR/API payments, NCR uses 45 percent for the first $75 million in total costs attributable to the joint NCR/API share, and uses 40 percent for costs in excess of $75 million. These percentages are set by an agreement between NCR and API and an arbitration award. NCR’s analysis of this factor assumes that API is able to pay its share of the NCR/API joint share.

 

   

Finally, NCR estimated the transaction costs it is likely to incur to defend this matter through 2019, the time period NCR’s engineering consultants believe it will take to complete the design work and implement the remedy for the river. This estimate is based on an analysis of NCR’s costs since this matter first arose in 1995 and estimates of what NCR’s defense and transaction costs will be in the future. NCR expects that the bulk of these transaction costs will be incurred in the earlier years of this time period, when the design work is completed and the initial clean-up activities begin. NCR believes that once clean-up is underway, its transaction costs will decrease on an annual basis.

 

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Given the ongoing remedial design work being conducted by NCR and Fort James and the ongoing settlement discussions among the Governments and PRPs, it is possible there could be additional changes to some elements of the reserve over the upcoming periods, although that is difficult to predict at this time.

AT&T Inc. and Lucent are jointly responsible for indemnifying NCR for a portion of the amounts incurred by NCR for the Fox River matter over a certain threshold. NCR’s estimate of what AT&T and Lucent will pay under the indemnity is recorded as a long-term receivable of $23 million and is deducted in determining the net reserve discussed above.

In addition, NCR reached settlement agreements with certain of its principal insurance carriers for settlements in a combined total of approximately $29 million. Of this amount, $9 million is subject to competing claims by another party, and NCR and the other party have agreed that these funds will be used for Fox River costs and will be shared on an agreed upon basis (subject to reallocation at a later date). NCR’s agreed upon share of the $9 million is expected to be $4 million, which represents the offset to the $11 million net increase in the reserve and results in the $7 million net expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations for the second quarter of 2007.

It is difficult to estimate the future financial impact of environmental laws, including potential liabilities. NCR records environmental provisions when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount or range of the liability is reasonably estimable. Provisions for estimated losses from environmental restoration and remediation are, depending on the site, based primarily on internal and third-party environmental studies (except for the Fox River site, where the estimated clean-up costs and natural resource damages are estimated as described above), estimates as to the number and participation level of any other PRPs, the extent of the contamination, and the nature of required clean-up and restoration actions. Reserves are adjusted as further information develops or circumstances change. Management expects that the amounts reserved from time to time will be paid out over the period of investigation, negotiation, remediation and restoration for the applicable sites. The amounts provided for environmental matters in NCR’s condensed consolidated financial statements are the estimated gross undiscounted amounts of such liabilities, without deductions for insurance or third-party indemnity claims. Except for the sharing agreement with API described above with respect to the Fox River site, in those cases where insurance carriers or third-party indemnitors have agreed to pay any amounts and management believes that collectibility of such amounts is probable, the amounts would be reflected as receivables in the condensed consolidated financial statements. For the Fox River site, an asset relating to the AT&T and Lucent indemnity has been recognized, since payment is considered probable.

Guarantees and Product Warranties Guarantees associated with NCR’s business activities are reviewed for appropriateness and impact to the Company’s financial statements. Periodically, NCR’s customers enter into various leasing arrangements coordinated by NCR with a leasing partner. In some instances, NCR guarantees the leasing partner a minimum value at the end of the lease term on the leased equipment or guarantees lease payments between the customer and the leasing partner. As of June 30, 2007, the maximum future payment obligation of this guaranteed value and the associated liability balance was $6 million.

NCR provides its customers a standard manufacturer’s warranty and records, at the time of the sale, a corresponding estimated liability for potential warranty costs. Estimated future obligations due to warranty claims are based upon historical factors such as labor rates, average repair time, travel time, number of service calls per machine and cost of replacement parts. Each business unit consummating a sale recognizes the total customer revenue and records the associated warranty liability using pre-established warranty percentages for that product class. From time to time, product design or quality corrections are accomplished through modification programs. When identified, associated costs of labor and parts for such programs are estimated and accrued as part of the warranty reserve.

 

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The following table identifies the activity relating to the warranty reserve for the six months ended June 30:

 

In millions    2007     2006  

Warranty reserve liability

    

Beginning balance at January 1

   $ 21     $ 19  

Accruals for warranties issued

     23       21  

Settlements (in cash or in kind)

     (26 )     (23 )
                

Ending balance at June 30

   $ 18     $ 17  
                

NCR also offers extended warranties to its customers as maintenance contracts. NCR accounts for these contracts by deferring the related maintenance revenue over the extended warranty period. Amounts associated with these maintenance contracts are not included in the table above.

In addition, NCR provides its customers with certain indemnification rights. In general, NCR agrees to indemnify the customer if a third party asserts patent or other infringement on the part of the customer for its use of the Company’s products. From time to time, NCR also enters into agreements in connection with its acquisition and divesture activities that include indemnification obligations by the Company. The fair value of these indemnification obligations is not readily determinable due to the conditional nature of the Company’s potential obligations and the specific facts and circumstances involved with each particular agreement. The Company has not recorded a liability in connection with these indemnifications. Historically, payments made by the Company under these types of agreements have not had a material effect on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

9. INCOME TAXES

In the second quarter of 2007, the Company recorded an $18 million net adjustment to increase income tax expense for certain prior period errors (see Note 1). The effective tax rate for the second quarter of 2007 was 38%, which included 12% for the out of period adjustments recorded in the quarter described above, and the effective tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2007 was 35%, which included 9% for the out of period adjustments. This compares to an effective tax rate of 23% in the three months ended June 30, 2006 and 22% in the six months ended June 30, 2006. In addition to the out of period adjustments, the increase in effective tax rate was primarily due to unfavorable changes in the mix of taxable profits and losses by country.

In June 2006, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 48 (FIN 48), Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes – an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109. FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes by prescribing thresholds and attributes for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The interpretation also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, and disclosure. Under FIN 48, the Company may recognize the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the position. The tax benefits recognized in the financial statements from such a position should be measured based on the largest benefit that has a greater than fifty percent likelihood of being realized upon settlement.

The Company adopted the provisions of FIN 48 on January 1, 2007. There was no cumulative effect of adopting FIN 48. The net current and non-current liability for income taxes associated with uncertain tax positions as of January 1, 2007 was $134 million. This liability can be reduced by $38 million for offsetting tax benefits associated with potential transfer pricing adjustments across different tax jurisdictions. The net unrecognized tax benefit of $96 million would favorably impact the Company’s effective tax rate, if recognized.

The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties associated with uncertain tax positions as part of the tax provision, which is consistent with the recognition of these items in prior reporting periods. As of January 1, 2007, the Company had $32 million of accrued interest and penalties, and as of June 30, 2007 the Company had $36 million of accrued interest and penalties.

 

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The Company is subject to income taxes in the U.S. (federal and state) and numerous foreign jurisdictions. The Company has effectively settled all U.S. federal tax audits through 2002; however, the U.S. federal statute of limitations remains open for 2000 and onward. The Company is currently under examination by the IRS for 2003 – 2005. The Company expects that the IRS will complete the examination of 2003 and 2004 and issue its examination report during 2007. The examination report should include all proposed adjustments for tax years 2003 and 2004. Upon receipt of the report, the Company will have 30 days to review and either agree with the adjustments or issue a formal protest.

Foreign and U.S. state jurisdictions have statutes of limitations generally ranging from 3 to 5 years. The Company is currently under examination by foreign tax authorities in major jurisdictions including Canada (1997-2004), France (1997-2003), Germany (2001-2004), Japan (2000-2005), Netherlands (2000-2003), and the United Kingdom (1994-2006). The Company is also currently under examination in various U.S. state jurisdictions.

Prior to its spin-off from AT&T in 1996, the Company filed certain consolidated or combined federal and state tax returns with AT&T. These returns are subject to a tax sharing agreement governing the allocation and apportionment of the uncertain federal and state tax benefits and liabilities. Our net liability for income taxes associated with uncertain tax positions includes items subject to the tax sharing agreement with AT&T. The Company anticipates that recorded uncertain tax benefits may change during the next 12 months as a result of ongoing examinations. However, given the status of these examinations, the Company cannot reasonably estimate a range of these changes at this time.

10. EARNINGS PER SHARE

Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing net income by the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the reported period. The calculation of diluted earnings per share is similar to basic earnings per share, except that the weighted average number of shares outstanding includes the dilution from potential shares added from stock options and unvested restricted stock awards.

The components of basic and diluted earnings per share are as follows:

 

    

Three Months Ended

June 30

   Six Months Ended
June 30
In millions, except per share amounts    2007    2006    2007    2006

Net income available for common stockholders

   $ 98    $ 78    $ 132    $ 119
                           

Weighted average outstanding shares of common stock

     180.1      181.1      179.7      181.4

Dilutive effect of employee stock options and restricted stock

     2.7      3.1      2.7      3.2
                           

Common stock and common stock equivalents

     182.8      184.2      182.4      184.6

Earnings per share:

           

Basic

   $ 0.54    $ 0.43    $ 0.73    $ 0.66

Diluted

   $ 0.54    $ 0.42    $ 0.72    $ 0.64

Options to purchase less than 0.1 million shares of common stock for the second quarter of 2007, 0.2 million shares for the second quarter of 2006, less than 0.1 million shares for the first six months of 2007, and 1.1 million shares for the first six months of 2006 were outstanding but were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because the options’ exercise prices were greater than the average market price of the common shares and, therefore, the effect would have been anti-dilutive.

11. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

On August 6, 2007, the Company amended and renewed its $500 million, five-year unsecured revolving credit facility to update certain terms and conditions. This replacement credit facility contains certain representations and warranties; conditions; affirmative, negative and financial covenants; and events of default customary for such facilities. Interest rates charged on borrowings outstanding under the credit facility are based on prevailing market rates. No amount was outstanding under the prior facility at July 31, 2007.

 

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12. SEGMENT INFORMATION

NCR is managed through the following businesses, which are also the Company’s operating segments: (1) Teradata Data Warehousing, (2) Financial Self Service, (3) Retail Store Automation, (4) Customer Services, (5) Systemedia and (6) Payment & Imaging and Other.

In recognition of the volatility of the effects of pension on operating income and to maintain operating focus on business performance, pension expense, restructuring costs associated with the manufacturing realignment initiative and strategic separation costs have been excluded from segment operating income or loss when evaluating business unit performance and are separately delineated to reconcile back to total reported operating income. See Notes 1 and 4 for further discussion on separation and restructuring costs.

 

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The following table presents data for revenue and operating income (loss) by segment:

 

    

Three Months Ended

June 30

   

Six Months Ended

June 30

 
In millions    2007     2006     2007     2006  

Revenue by segment

        

Teradata Data Warehousing

        

Products

   $ 220     $ 210     $ 399     $ 373  

Professional and installation-related services

     123       103       216       187  
                                

Total Data Warehousing solution

     343       313       615       560  

Teradata Data Warehousing support services

     90       86       176       165  
                                

Total Teradata Data Warehousing revenue

     433       399       791       725  

Financial Self Service (ATMs)

        

Products

     317       277       578       488  

Professional and installation-related services

     63       66       114       114  
                                

Total Financial Self Service revenue

     380       343       692       602  

Retail Store Automation

        

Products

     164       167       273       298  

Professional and installation-related services

     57       54       103       95  
                                

Total Retail Store Automation revenue

     221       221       376       393  

Customer Services

        

Customer Service Maintenance:

        

Financial Self Service

     181       167       351       322  

Retail Store Automation

     123       117       244       233  

Payment & Imaging and Other

     30       32       60       62  

Third-Party Products and Exited Businesses

     57       67       111       126  
                                

Total Customer Services Maintenance

     391       383       766       743  

Third-Party Product Sales

     11       8       19       16  

Professional and installation-related services

     69       66       123       117  
                                

Total Customer Services revenue

     471       457       908       876  

Systemedia

     114       120       208       221  

Payment & Imaging and Other

        

Products

     23       23       38       46  

Professional and installation-related services

     13       14       26       30  
                                

Total Payment & Imaging and Other

     36       37       64       76  

Elimination of installation-related services revenue included in both the Customer Services segment and other segments

     (46 )     (46 )     (84 )     (79 )
                                

Total Revenue

   $ 1,609     $ 1,531     $ 2,955     $ 2,814  
                                

Operating Income (Loss) by Segment

        

Teradata Data Warehousing

   $ 92     $ 86     $ 157     $ 153  

Financial Self Service (ATMs)

     47       31       75       44  

Retail Store Automation

     8       8       (2 )     1  

Customer Services

     29       25       57       45  

Systemedia

     4       1       6       1  

Payment & Imaging and Other

     —         (1 )     (3 )     5  

Elimination of installation-related services operating income included in both the Customer Services segment and other segments

     (12 )     (12 )     (21 )     (20 )
                                

Subtotal - Segment operating income

     168       138       269       229  

Pension expense

     (11 )     (35 )     (22 )     (79 )

Other adjustments(1)

     (1 )     —         (49 )     —    
                                

Total income from operations

   $ 156     $ 103     $ 198     $ 150  
                                

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Item 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (MD&A)

Overview

As more fully discussed in later sections of this MD&A, the following were the significant events for the second quarter of 2007:

 

   

Overall revenue growth driven by increases in Financial Self Service and Teradata Data Warehousing; and

 

   

Results in the second quarter include $12 million of costs for the anticipated spin-off of our Teradata Data Warehousing business, an $11 million release of an accrual related to the Company’s manufacturing realignment reserve, $7 million in net expense for the Fox River environmental matter and $18 million net additional tax expense related to prior periods.

We continued our focus in the quarter on our strategic initiatives to increase operating income and provide maximum value to our stakeholders. The initiatives and the actions we are taking are as follows:

 

  1) Execute strategic separation – On January 5, 2007, the Company announced its intention to separate into two independent publicly traded companies through the spin-off of 100% of the Company’s Teradata Data Warehousing business to holders of shares of NCR stock. The transaction, expected to be tax-free to NCR and its shareholders, will enable the two public companies to better focus on their distinct customer bases, business strategies and operational needs.

The stock distribution ratio for the Teradata Data Warehousing spin-off is expected to be one-for-one. The separation is expected to be completed at the end of the third quarter of 2007. Consummation of the proposed separation is subject to certain conditions, including final approval by NCR’s Board of Directors, receipt of a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) with respect to the tax-free status of the spin-off, the absence of any material changes or developments, and the acceptance of registration statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The separation will not require a vote by NCR shareholders.

During the second quarter of 2007, the Company continued implementing its plan to complete the eventual spin-off. The Company has requested a favorable tax ruling from the IRS regarding the proposed tax-free distribution of NCR’s wholly-owned subsidiary that will own the assets and liabilities associated with the Teradata Data Warehousing business. In addition, NCR filed the Form 10 registration statement on May 10, 2007, with respect to the spin-off, with the SEC. On July 2, 2007, the Company filed an amended Form 10 registration statement with the SEC.

 

  2) Drive profitable growth – We expect to continue our investments in sales and other demand creation resources in areas with the greatest potential for profitable growth. We believe that NCR has growth opportunities in data warehousing/enterprise analytics and self-service technologies, such as self-check-in/out and other self-service solutions. We are broadening the scope of our self-service solutions for our existing customers and introducing these solutions into new industries such as travel and entertainment, hospitality and gaming, health care and public sector. In the second quarter, we continued to take actions to improve our future revenue growth and operating performance, primarily in our Teradata Data Warehousing segment to reach into newer industry-vertical markets such as manufacturing, financial, healthcare, insurance and government. Additionally, we continue to evaluate acquisitions and investments that we believe will increase our market coverage and enhance our existing solution offerings.

 

  3)

Strengthen competitive position – The Company expects to focus on increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of our core functions and the productivity of our employees. Areas of emphasis are expected to include product development, manufacturing and supply chain, customer services delivery

 

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and our overall management system. During the second quarter of 2007, we continued the transition of our high-volume ATM manufacturing from Scotland to Hungary that we had started in the first quarter of 2007. In the Americas, we anticipate that Solectron will begin shipping ATMs in the third quarter of 2007. Refer to “Restructuring and Re-engineering” in this MD&A for more information regarding our manufacturing realignment initiative.

 

  4) Evolve to a more customer-focused, high-technology culture – We expect to focus on the traits and competencies necessary to enable us to deliver profitable growth and strengthen our competitive position. This will be accomplished through organizational and people development, management system changes and alignment, and a stronger linkage between compensation and performance.

We expect to continue with these initiatives for the remainder of 2007 and beyond, as we refine our business model and position the Company for improved growth and profitability.

Results of Operations for Three Months Ended June 30, 2007

Compared to Three Months Ended June 30, 2006

 

In millions    2007    2006

Consolidated revenue

   $ 1,609    $ 1,531
             

Consolidated gross profit

   $ 499    $ 425

Consolidated operating expenses:

     

Selling, general and administrative expenses

     283      264

Research and development expenses

     60      58
             

Consolidated income from operations

   $ 156    $ 103
             

Revenue increased 5% from the second quarter of 2006. The revenue increase included a benefit of 2% from foreign currency fluctuations. The revenue increase was driven primarily by growth in the Financial Self Service and Teradata Data Warehousing businesses. Consolidated income from operations during the second quarter of 2007 included an $11 million release of a portion of an accrual related to the Company’s manufacturing realignment initiative that was originally recorded in the first quarter of 2007 and $12 million of costs for the anticipated spin-off of our Teradata Data Warehousing business. Overall, consolidated income from operations increased primarily due to higher revenue in Financial Self Service and Teradata Data Warehousing and lower pension expense.

Gross Margin

Gross margin as a percentage of revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2007 was 31% compared to 27.8% in the second quarter of 2006. Product gross margin increased to 37.5% in the second quarter of 2007 compared to 33.7% in the second quarter of 2006. The margin improvement was primarily due to higher revenue and the $11 million release of an accrual related to the Company’s manufacturing realignment initiative described below. Services gross margin increased to 23.7% for the second quarter of 2007 from 21.2% in the second quarter of 2006, due to lower pension costs of $13 million, higher revenue and increased mix of NCR-branded products. Pension costs were lower because of the Company’s decision to freeze its U.S. pension plan effective January 1, 2007.

Operating Expenses

Total operating expenses, characterized as “selling, general and administrative expenses” and “research and development expenses” in the condensed consolidated statement of operations, were $343 million for the second quarter of 2007 compared to $322 million during the same period of 2006. As a percentage of revenue, total operating expenses were 21.3% in the second quarter of 2007, compared to 21.0% for the same period of 2006. Overall, the increase was due to $12 million of expenses for the anticipated spin-off of the Teradata Data Warehousing business, $9 million of increased investments in demand creation resources in Teradata Data

 

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Warehousing and increases of $10 million across each of our other businesses and infrastructure. The increases more than offset a reduction in pension expense of $10 million. The pension expense was lower due to the Company’s decision to freeze its U.S. pension plan effective January 1, 2007.

Effects of Pension, Postemployment, and Postretirement Benefit Plans

Cost of revenue and total operating expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 were impacted by certain employee benefit plans as shown below:

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30
In millions    2007    2006

Pension expense

   $ 11    $ 35

Postemployment expense

     8      20

Postretirement expense

     —        —  
             

Net expense

   $ 19    $ 55
             

Pension expense was lower in the second quarter of 2007 primarily due to the impact of the Company’s decision to freeze its U.S. pension plan effective January 1, 2007.

Postemployment plan expense during the second quarter of 2007 decreased by $12 million compared to the same time period in 2006. The decrease was primarily due to an $8 million reduction in the liability related to the manufacturing realignment initiative, benefits offered to former employees on long-term disability, as well as headcount and severance payment decreases in recent years.

Revenue by Region

The following table presents data for revenue by region for the three months ended June 30:

 

In millions    2007    % of
Total
    2006    % of
Total
    % Increase
(Decrease)
    % Increase
(Decrease)
Constant
Currency*
 

Americas

   $ 771    48 %   $ 765    50 %   1 %   1 %

Europe/Middle East/Africa (EMEA)

     537    33 %     507    33 %   6 %   1 %

Japan

     106    7 %     113    7 %   (6 )%   (0 )%

Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan)

     195    12 %     146    10 %   34 %   25 %
                              

Consolidated revenue

   $ 1,609    100 %   $ 1,531    100 %   5 %   3 %
                              

* Constant currency is used to depict revenue without the benefit or detriment occurring from currency fluctuations. Constant currency is calculated by presenting the 2006 results using 2007 monthly average currency rates.

Overall revenue in the second quarter of 2007 included 2% of benefit from currency fluctuations. Regionally, changes in the exchange rate provided a favorable impact of 5% in the EMEA region and 9% in the Asia/Pacific region on second quarter 2007 revenue versus second quarter 2006 revenue. The stronger U.S. dollar compared to the Japanese Yen resulted in a negative impact of 6% in Japan.

Revenue changes in constant currency In the Americas region, revenue increased in Teradata Data Warehousing, Financial Self Service and Payment & Imaging and Other, which was partially offset by declines in Retail Store Automation, Customer Services and Systemedia. In the EMEA region, growth in Customer Services, Financial Self Service and Teradata Data Warehousing was slightly offset by decreases in Store Automation, Systemedia and Payment & Imaging and Other. In Japan, growth in Retail Store Automation and Systemedia was offset by decreases in Teradata Data Warehousing, Customer Services and Payment & Imaging and Other. Finally, in our Asia/Pacific region, the revenue increase was driven by double-digit increases in Teradata Data Warehousing, Financial Self Service, Store Automation and Systemedia.

 

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Results of Operations by Segment

Our key solutions are categorized as Teradata Data Warehousing, Financial Self Service, Retail Store Automation and Customer Services, each of which is a reportable operating segment. In addition, our smaller businesses are reported in the Systemedia and Payment & Imaging and Other segments. Our segments are comprised of hardware, software and professional and installation-related services along with maintenance and support services in our Teradata Data Warehousing and Customer Service segments.

For purposes of discussing our operating results by segment, we exclude the impact of certain items from operating income or loss, consistent with the manner by which management views each segment and reports our operating segment results under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 131 (SFAS 131), Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information. This format is useful to investors because it allows analysis and comparability of operating trends. It also includes the same information that is used by NCR management to make decisions regarding the segments and to assess our financial performance. The effects of pension expense have been excluded from the operating income (loss) for each reporting segment presented and discussed below. In addition, the segment results in the second quarter of 2007 exclude $1 million, net, of restructuring and strategic separation costs. Our segment results are reconciled to total Company results reported under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) in Note 12 of Notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

In the segment discussions, we have disclosed the impact of foreign currency fluctuations as it relates to our segment revenue due to its significance during the quarter. As a result of the weaker U.S. Dollar, the Company benefited from currency fluctuations, primarily in our EMEA and Asia/Pacific regions.

Teradata Data Warehousing: Teradata Data Warehousing revenue increased 9% during the second quarter of 2007 from the second quarter of 2006, led by strong demand in the Asia/Pacific region. Foreign currency fluctuations provided a 1% benefit to the period-over-period revenue comparison. Operating income was $6 million higher than generated in the second quarter of 2006. Teradata’s operating income increased as higher revenue more than offset an unfavorable revenue mix of professional services revenues and increased investment in demand-creation and engineering.

Financial Self Service: Financial Self Service revenue increased 11% during the second quarter of 2007 from the second quarter of 2006, led by strong growth in the Asia/Pacific region. Foreign currency fluctuations provided a 4% benefit to the period-over-period revenue comparison. Operating income increased $16 million compared to the same period of 2006. Higher revenue and the benefit of currency translation more than offset an unfavorable shift in geographic revenue mix.

Retail Store Automation: Retail Store Automation revenue in the second quarter of 2007 was comparable to the second quarter of 2006. Foreign currency fluctuations provided a 1% benefit to the period-over-period revenue comparison. Retail Store Automation revenue saw an improved mix of self-service technologies. Operating income was $8 million, the same as generated in the second quarter of 2006. Operating income was benefited by an improved mix of revenues from self-service technologies, which was offset by inventory write downs and increased investment in sales, marketing and research and development related to the company’s self-service initiatives.

Customer Services: Customer Services revenue increased 3% in the second quarter of 2007 from the second quarter of 2006. Foreign currency fluctuations provided a 2% benefit to the period-over-period revenue comparison. In line with our strategy, we continue to improve the mix of revenue from the service of NCR-branded products while reducing lower-margin revenues associated with servicing third-party products. Revenues from the maintenance of ATMs increased 8% in the second quarter, while revenues from the maintenance of third-party products declined by 15%. Operating income increased $4 million in the second quarter of 2007 compared to the second quarter of 2006. The improvement in the period-over-period comparison was largely due to higher revenue.

 

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Systemedia: Systemedia revenue decreased 5% in the second quarter of 2007 from the second quarter of 2006. Foreign currency fluctuations provided a 1% benefit to the period-over-period revenue comparison. Revenue was lower primarily due to the sale of the U.S. forms and laser documents consumables portfolio in the third quarter of 2006. Operating income increased $2 million in the second quarter of 2007 due to cost and expense reductions, which more than offset the negative impact of the lower overall revenue.

Payment & Imaging and Other: Revenue for this segment decreased 3% in the second quarter of 2007 from the second quarter of 2006. Foreign currency fluctuations had less than 1% of negative impact on the period-over-period revenue comparison. Operating income was $1 million higher in the second quarter compared to the same period in 2006. Operating income increased due to a favorable mix of products sold and cost reductions, which more than offset the negative impact of lower revenue.

Interest and Other Income Items

Interest expense of $6 million was unchanged in the second quarter of 2007, compared to the second quarter of 2006.

Other income, net, was $7 million in the second quarter of 2007, compared to $5 million of income in the second quarter of 2006. Other income includes items such as interest income, minority interest, changes in foreign exchange and gains or losses on equity investments. Interest income was $14 million in the second quarter of 2007 compared to $8 million in the second quarter of 2006. The increase in interest income, primarily due to higher cash balances, was offset by $7 million net expenses related to the Fox River environmental matter.

Provision for Income Taxes

Income tax provisions for interim (quarterly) periods are based on estimated annual income tax rates calculated separately from the effect of significant infrequent or unusual items. The tax rate in the second quarter of 2007 was 38% and includes the impact of a 12% unfavorable net adjustment related to prior periods. In addition to the net adjustment, the second quarter tax rate increased compared to 23% in the second quarter of 2006 primarily due to unfavorable changes in the mix of taxable profits and losses by country. See Note 9 for further information regarding the correction of errors in the second quarter of 2007.

NCR is subject to numerous U.S. and foreign audits. While NCR believes that appropriate reserves exist for issues that might arise from these audits, should these audits be settled, the resulting tax effect could impact the tax provision and cash flows in future periods. See Note 9 for further information regarding our uncertain tax positions.

Results of Operations for Six Months Ended June 30, 2007

Compared to Six Months Ended June 30, 2006

 

In millions    2007    2006

Consolidated revenue

   $ 2,955    $ 2,814
             

Consolidated gross profit

   $ 842    $ 777

Consolidated operating expenses:

     

Selling, general and administrative expenses

     528      509

Research and development expenses

     116      118
             

Consolidated income from operations

   $ 198    $ 150
             

Revenue increased 5% for the first six months ended June 30, 2007 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2006. The revenue increase included a benefit of 2% from foreign currency fluctuations. The revenue increase

 

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was driven by growth in our Financial Self Service, Teradata Data Warehousing and Customer Services businesses. Income from operations during the first six months of 2007 included $35 million net restructuring costs for the manufacturing realignment initiative and $14 million of costs for the anticipated spin-off of our Teradata Data Warehousing business. After adjusting for these items, consolidated income from operations increased due to the improved profitability in Financial Self Service, Teradata Data Warehousing and Customer Services, in addition to lower overall pension expense.

Gross Margin

Gross margin as a percentage of revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2007 was 28.5% compared to 27.6% for the six months ended June 30, 2006. Product gross margin decreased to 33.5% compared to 35.1% for the prior period primarily due to $35 million of manufacturing realignment costs. Services gross margins increased to 23.2% for the first six months of 2007 from 19.8% in the same period of 2006, primarily due to lower pension costs of $36 million. Pension costs were lower due to our decision to freeze the U.S. pension plan effective January 1, 2007, along with $9 million of cost associated with an early retirement program reflected in the prior period. Services gross margins also improved as we continue to lower our service delivery costs and reduce the number of service contracts related to lower-margin third-party products.

Operating Expenses

Total operating expenses, characterized as “selling, general and administrative expenses” and “research and development expenses” in the condensed consolidated statement of operations, were $644 million for the first six months of 2007 compared to $627 million during the same period of 2006. As a percentage of revenue, total operating expenses decreased to 21.8% in the first six months of 2007 from 22.3% for the same period of 2006. Total operating expenses included $14 million of expense for the anticipated spin-off of our Teradata Data Warehousing business and an increase in sales and demand creation spending of $18 million in the Teradata Data Warehousing, which was offset by a decrease in pension expense of $21 million due to the Company’s decision to freeze its U.S. pension plan effective January 1, 2007. In addition to these items, expenses were higher due to the demands associated with higher revenue.

Effects of Pension, Postemployment, and Postretirement Benefit Plans

Cost of revenue and total operating expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 were impacted by certain employee benefit plans as shown below:

 

     Six Months Ended
June 30
In millions    2007    2006

Pension expense

   $ 22    $ 79

Postemployment expense

     64      40

Postretirement expense

     —        1
             

Net expense

   $ 86    $ 120
             

The decrease in pension expense was primarily the result of the Company’s decision to freeze its U.S. pension plan along with $9 million of non-cash special termination benefits related to an early retirement program reflected in the prior period. We expect total pension expense of approximately $65 million in 2007.

The increase in postemployment expense was driven primarily by $29 million net costs relating to the manufacturing realignment initiative which is described in more detail in the “Restructuring and Re-engineering” section of this MD&A.

 

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Revenue by Region

The following table presents data for revenue by region for the six months ended June 30:

 

In millions    2007    % of
Total
    2006    % of
Total
    % (Decrease)
Increase
    % (Decrease)
Increase
Constant
Currency*
 

Americas

   $ 1,397    47 %   $ 1,440    51 %   (3 )%   (3 )%

Europe/Middle East/Africa (EMEA)

     1,005    34 %     902    32 %   11 %   6 %

Japan

     196    7 %     201    7 %   (3 )%   1 %

Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan)

     357    12 %     271    10 %   32 %   25 %
                              

Consolidated revenue

   $ 2,955    100 %   $ 2,814    100 %   5 %   3 %
                              

* Constant currency is used to depict revenue without the benefit or detriment occurring from currency fluctuations. Constant currency is calculated by presenting the 2006 results using 2007 monthly average currency rates.

Overall revenue in the first six months of 2007 included 2% of benefit from currency fluctuations. Regionally, changes in the exchange rate provided a favorable impact of 5% in the EMEA region and 7% in the Asia/Pacific region in the first six months of 2007 revenue compared to the prior period. The stronger U.S. dollar compared to the Japanese Yen resulted in a negative impact of 4% in Japan.

Revenue changes in constant currency In the Americas region, revenue decreased primarily due to Financial Self Service, Retail Store Automation, Systemedia and Payment & Imaging and Other. In the EMEA region, a decrease in Retail Store Automation and Payment & Imaging and Other was more than offset by increases in Teradata Data Warehousing, Financial Self Service and Customer Services. In Japan, solid growth in Retail Store Automation and Systemedia was partially offset by decreases in Teradata Data Warehousing, Customer Services and Payment & Imaging and Other. Finally, in our Asia/Pacific region, the revenue increase was driven by double-digit increases in Financial Self Service, Store Automation and Systemedia and solid growth in Teradata Data Warehousing and Customer Services.

Results of Operations by Segment

The description of our operating segments and the exclusion of certain items from operating income or loss of the operating results by segment is discussed in this MD&A under “Results of Operations by Segment” for the three months ended June 30, 2007, compared to the three months ended June 30, 2006.

In the segment discussions, we have disclosed the impact of foreign currency fluctuations as it relates to our segment revenue due to its significance during the first six months of the year. As a result of the weaker U.S. Dollar, the Company benefited from currency fluctuations, primarily in our EMEA and Asia/Pacific regions.

Teradata Data Warehousing: Teradata Data Warehousing revenue increased 9% during the first six months of 2007 from the same period in 2006, led by strong demand in the Asia/Pacific and EMEA region. Foreign currency fluctuations provided a 1% benefit to the period-over-period revenue comparison. Operating income was $4 million higher than generated in the first six months of 2006. The improvement in operating income was due to higher volume and increased profitability from support services offset by increased investment in sales and demand-creation, as well as an increased reserve related to a 2002 legal matter in China.

Financial Self Service: Financial Self Service revenue increased 15% during the first six months of 2007 from the first six months of 2006. The increase in revenue was primarily due to growth in Asia/Pacific and EMEA region. Foreign currency fluctuations provided a 4% benefit to the period-over-period revenue comparison. Operating income increased $31 million compared to the same period of 2006. Higher revenue and benefit from foreign currency fluctuation more than offset the cost of operating two manufacturing facilities in Europe as we continued implementing our manufacturing realignment initiative through the first six months of 2007.

 

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Retail Store Automation: Retail Store Automation revenue decreased 4% in the first six months of 2007 compared to the prior period. Foreign currency fluctuations provided a 1% benefit to the period-over-period revenue comparison. Revenue was lower due to the timing of traditional point of sale (POS) transactions. Operating income decreased $3 million in the first six months compared to the same period of 2006. The decrease in operating income was largely due to lower revenue and inventory write downs.

Customer Services: Customer Services revenue increased 4% in the first six months of 2007 compared to the prior period. Foreign currency fluctuations provided a 2% benefit to the period-over-period revenue comparison. In line with our strategy, we continue to improve the mix of revenue from the service of NCR-branded products while reducing lower-margin revenues associated with servicing third-party products. Revenues from the maintenance of ATMs increased 9% in the first six months, while revenues from the maintenance of third-party products declined by 12%. Operating income increased $12 million in the first six months of 2007 compared to the prior period. Operating income increased due to higher revenues, favorable mix of revenue and continued emphasis on cost reduction.

Systemedia: Systemedia revenue decreased 6% in the first six months of 2007 compared to the prior period. Foreign currency fluctuations provided a 1% benefit to the period-over-period revenue comparison. Revenue was lower primarily due to the sale of the U.S. forms and laser documents consumables portfolio in the third quarter of 2006. Operating income increased $5 million period-over-period due to cost and expense reductions, which more than offset the negative impact of lower revenue.

Payment & Imaging and Other: Revenue for this segment decreased 16% in the first six months of 2007 compared to the first six months of 2006. Foreign currency fluctuations provided less than 1% of benefit to the period-over-period revenue comparison. As expected, revenue decreased as financial institutions continue to shift to digital imaging products from traditional paper processing systems. Operating income was $8 million lower in the first six months of 2007 compared to the same period in 2006. Operating income decreased due to lower revenue and an unfavorable mix of products sold.

Interest and Other Income Items

Interest expense of $12 million was unchanged in the first six months of 2007, compared to the first six months of 2006.

Other income, net, was $16 million in the first six months of 2007, compared to $14 million in the first six months of 2006. Other income included $7 million net expense associated with the Fox River environmental matter. Other income also includes items such as interest income, minority interest, changes in foreign exchange and gains or losses on equity investments. Interest income was $26 million in the first six months of 2007 compared to $16 million in the first six months of 2006. The increase in interest income was primarily due to increased cash balances.

Provision for Income Taxes

Income tax provisions for interim (quarterly) periods are based on estimated annual income tax rates calculated separately from the effect of significant infrequent or unusual items. The tax rate in the first six months of 2007 was 35% and includes the impact of a 9% unfavorable net adjustment related to prior periods. The effective tax rate in the first six months of 2006 was 22%. In addition to the adjustment, the increase in tax rate was primarily due to unfavorable changes in the mix of taxable profits and losses by country. See Note 9 for further information regarding the correction of errors in the first six months of 2007.

NCR is subject to numerous U.S. and foreign audits. While NCR believes that appropriate reserves exist for issues that might arise from these audits, should these audits be settled, the resulting tax effect could impact the tax provision and cash flows in future periods. See Note 9 for further information regarding our uncertain tax positions.

 

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Restructuring and Re-engineering

On January 11, 2007, the Company announced plans to realign its global manufacturing operations. This includes:

 

   

Reducing manufacturing operations and shifting the focus of the Dundee, Scotland, facility to new product introductions and the manufacturing of high-complexity/low-volume solutions;

 

   

Meeting volume demand in Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific through lower-cost manufacturing facilities in Hungary, China and India; and

 

   

Moving to a contract manufacturing model with Solectron in the Americas.

The realignment is expected to reduce overall operating costs and to free capital to invest in revenue-generating programs in sales, engineering and market development. The Company will continue to focus resources on engineering and advanced development, product management and marketing in affected locations where the manufacturing realignment is anticipated to result in reductions in manufacturing employment. As a result of these changes, the Company recorded $46 million for employee severance and other termination benefits in cost of products in the condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2007. Of the $46 million total, $37 million was recorded as a discrete cost in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 112, Employers’ Accounting for Postemployment Benefits, when the severance liability was determined to be probable and reasonably estimable. The remaining $9 million was recorded in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 146, Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities. For the six months ended June 30, 2007 a total of $14 million has been paid related to these plans. As some employees were terminated prior to eligibility for severance and others are now expected to continue employment in other parts of the company, as well as due to the mix of employees differing from the original expected employee mix, the amount of severance payouts is expected to be lower than originally expected. Accordingly, the Company reduced the restructuring reserves by $11 million in the second quarter of 2007 to reflect the change in estimate. This reduction was recorded in cost of products in the condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2007.

The accrued liability of $21 million included on the condensed consolidated balance sheet in other current liabilities represents the cash expenditures necessary to satisfy remaining obligations, which will be primarily paid over the balance of 2007.

The Company expects to incur an additional $10 to $15 million in restructuring costs in 2007 in potential impairment costs associated with stranded assets, lease termination costs, employee retention payouts and other costs that are a direct result of the restructuring initiative. In addition, the Company is currently evaluating the sale of certain long-lived assets in connection with the restructuring. The sale of these assets could positively impact earnings in future periods. The restructuring initiative is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s revenues, liquidity or sources and uses of capital resources. The restructuring costs are expected to be funded by the Company’s cash, and although this will result in short-term cash outflows, the Company expects future cost savings and no adverse impact to revenue as a result of these changes.

Financial Condition, Liquidity, and Capital Resources

NCR’s management uses a non-GAAP measure called “free cash flow,” which we define as net cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures for property, plant and equipment, and additions to capitalized software, to assess the financial performance of the Company. Free cash flow does not have a uniform definition under GAAP and therefore, NCR’s definition may differ from other companies’ definitions of this measure. The components that are used to calculate free cash flow are GAAP measures that are taken directly from the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. We believe free cash flow information is useful for investors because it relates the operating cash flow of the Company to the capital that is spent to continue and improve business operations. In particular, free cash flow indicates the amount of cash available after capital expenditures for, among other things, investments in the Company’s existing businesses, strategic acquisitions, repurchase of NCR stock and repayment of debt obligations. Free cash flow does not represent the residual cash flow available for discretionary expenditures since there may be other non-discretionary expenditures that are not deducted from the measure. This non-GAAP measure should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, cash flows from operating activities under GAAP.

 

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The table below shows net cash provided by operating activities and capital expenditures for the following periods:

 

In millions    Six Months Ended
June 30
 
   2007     2006  

Net cash provided by operating activities

   $ 233     $ 146  

Less: Expenditures for property, plant and equipment

     (45 )     (38 )

Less: Additions to capitalized software

     (54 )     (44 )
                

Free cash flow

   $ 134     $ 64  
                

For the first six months of 2007, cash provided by operating activities increased by $87 million, while capital expenditures increased by $17 million, resulting in a net increase in free cash flow of $70 million compared to the first six months of 2006. The increase in cash provided by operating activities was driven by net income (net of non-cash items) as well as improvements in other working capital items. Capital expenditures increased due to planned manufacturing initiatives and increased investment in software development.

Financing activities and certain other investing activities are not included in our calculation of free cash flow. These other investing activities included net proceeds of $11 million, primarily from sale of property. Our financing activities in the first six months of 2007 primarily consisted of cash inflows from the issuance of shares through our employee stock plans. Cash inflows from stock plans were $36 million in the first six months of 2007 compared to $61 million in the first six months of 2006. The reduction was primarily due to a decrease in the number of options exercised in the first six months of 2007. During the first six months of 2006, the Company purchased 4.8 million shares of NCR common stock for $186 million. The Company did not repurchase shares in the first six months of 2007 and does not intend to repurchase shares through the anticipated strategic separation of our Teradata Data Warehousing business.

Contractual and Other Commercial Commitments: There has been no significant change in our contractual and other commercial commitments as described in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006. The Company’s unrecognized tax benefits are not expected to have a significant impact on liquidity or sources and uses of capital resources. Our guarantees and product warranties are discussed in Note 8 of Notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

Our cash and cash equivalents totaled $1.1 billion as of June 30, 2007. We believe our cash flows from operations, the credit facilities (existing or future arrangements), and other short- and long-term debt financing, will be sufficient to satisfy our future working capital, research and development activities, capital expenditures, pension contributions and other financing requirements for the foreseeable future. Our ability to generate positive cash flows from operations is dependent on general economic conditions, competitive pressures, and other business and risk factors. If we are unable to generate sufficient cash flows from operations, or otherwise comply with the terms of our credit facilities and senior notes, we may be required to refinance all or a portion of our existing debt or seek additional financing alternatives.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Management has reassessed the critical accounting policies as disclosed in our 2006 Form 10-K and determined that there was one change to our critical accounting policies in the six months ended June 30, 2007, which is described below. Also, there were no significant changes in our estimates associated with those policies. See Note 8 of Notes to condensed consolidated financial statements for an update relating to the reserve for the Fox River environmental matter.

Income Taxes The Company adopted FASB Interpretation No. 48 (FIN 48), Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes – an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109, on January 1 2007. FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes by prescribing thresholds and attributes for the financial statement recognition and

 

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measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The interpretation also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, and disclosure. Under FIN 48, the Company may recognize the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the position. The tax benefits recognized in the financial statements from such a position should be measured based on the largest benefit that has a greater than fifty percent likelihood of being realized upon settlement. Under our previous policy, we evaluated our liabilities under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 5, Accounting for Contingencies, which required an accrual for estimated losses when it was probable that a liability had been incurred and the amount could be reasonably estimated.

New Accounting Pronouncements

See discussion in Note 3 of Notes to condensed consolidated financial statements for new accounting pronouncements.

Item 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

We are exposed to market risk, including changes in foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates. We use a variety of measures to monitor and manage these risks, including derivative financial instruments. Since a substantial portion of our operations and revenue occurs outside the United States, and in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, our results can be significantly impacted by changes in foreign currency exchange rates. To manage our exposures and mitigate the impact of currency fluctuations on the operations of our foreign subsidiaries, we hedge our main transactional exposures through the use of foreign exchange forward contracts. This is primarily done through the hedging of foreign currency denominated inter-company inventory purchases by the marketing units and of foreign currency denominated inventory sales by the manufacturing units. All of these transactions are firmly committed or forecasted. These foreign exchange contracts are designated as cash flow hedges and are highly effective in offsetting the exposure to foreign exchange movements. The gains or losses are deferred in other comprehensive income and recognized in the determination of income when the underlying hedged transaction impacts earnings. As we hedge inventory purchases, the ultimate gain or loss from the derivative contract is recorded in cost of products when the inventory is sold to an unrelated third party.

We have exposure to approximately 50 functional currencies, in which our primary exposure is from fluctuations in the Euro, British Pound and Japanese Yen. Due to our global operations, weaknesses in some of these currencies are sometimes offset by strengths in others. The U.S. Dollar was weaker in the second quarter of 2007 as compared to the second quarter of 2006 based on comparable weighted averages for our functional currencies. This had a favorable impact of 2% on second quarter 2007 revenue versus second quarter 2006 revenue. This excludes the effects of our hedging activities and, therefore, does not reflect the actual impact of fluctuations in exchange rates on our operating income.

Our strategy is to hedge, on behalf of each subsidiary, a portion of our non-functional currency denominated cash flows for a period of up to 15 months. As a result, some of the impact of currency fluctuations on non-functional currency denominated transactions (and hence on subsidiary operating income, as stated in the functional currency) is mitigated in the near term. The amount we hedge and the length of time hedge contracts are entered into may vary significantly. In the longer term (longer than the hedging period of up to 15 months), the subsidiaries are still subject to the impacts of foreign currency fluctuations. In addition, the subsidiary results are still subject to any impact of translating the functional currency results to U.S. Dollars. When hedging certain foreign currency transactions of a long-term investment nature (net investments in foreign operations), the gains and losses are recorded in the currency translation adjustment component of stockholders’ equity. Gains and losses on other foreign exchange contracts are recognized in other income or expense as exchange rates change.

For purposes of potential risk analysis, we use sensitivity analysis to quantify potential impacts that market rate changes may have on the fair values of our hedge portfolio related to firmly committed or forecasted transactions. The sensitivity analysis represents the hypothetical changes in value of the hedge position and does not reflect the related gain or loss on the forecasted underlying transaction. A 10% appreciation in the value of the U.S. Dollar against foreign currencies from the prevailing market rates would result in increases of $14 million as of June 30, 2007 and $15 million as of June 30, 2006 in the fair value of the hedge portfolio. Conversely, a 10% depreciation of the U.S. Dollar against foreign currencies from the prevailing market rates would result in decreases of $14 million as of June 30, 2007 and $15 million as of June 30, 2006 in the fair value of the hedge portfolio.

 

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The interest rate risk associated with our borrowing and investing activities as of June 30, 2007 was not material in relation to our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

We utilize non-exchange traded financial instruments, such as foreign exchange forward contracts that we purchase exclusively from highly rated financial institutions. We record these contracts on our balance sheet at fair market value based upon market price quotations from the financial institutions. We do not enter into non-exchange traded contracts that require the use of fair value estimation techniques, but if we did, they could have a material impact on our financial results. Also, we do not enter into hedges for speculative purposes.

We are potentially subject to concentrations of credit risk on accounts receivable and financial instruments, such as hedging instruments, short-term investments, and cash and cash equivalents. Credit risk includes the risk of nonperformance by counterparties. The maximum potential loss may exceed the amount recognized on the balance sheet. Exposure to credit risk is managed through credit approvals, credit limits, selecting major international financial institutions (as counterparties to hedging transactions) and monitoring procedures. Our business often involves large transactions with customers for which we do not require collateral. If one or more of those customers were to default in its obligations under applicable contractual arrangements, we could be exposed to potentially significant losses. Moreover, a downturn in the global economy could have an adverse impact on the ability of our customers to pay their obligations on a timely basis. We believe that the reserves for potential losses are adequate. As of June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, we did not have any major concentration of credit risk related to financial instruments.

Item 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

NCR has established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act)) to ensure that information required to be disclosed by NCR in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by NCR in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to NCR’s management, including its Chief Executive and Chief Financial Officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Based on their evaluation as of the end of the second quarter of 2007, conducted under their supervision and with the participation of management, the Company’s Chief Executive and Chief Financial Officers have concluded that NCR’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective to meet such objective and that NCR’s disclosure controls and procedures adequately alert them on a timely basis to material information relating to the Company (including its consolidated subsidiaries) required to be included in NCR’s Exchange Act filings.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Part II. Other Information

Item 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

The information required by this item is included in the material under Note 8 of Notes to condensed consolidated financial statements of this quarterly report and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Item 1A. RISK FACTORS

There have not been any material changes to the risk factors previously disclosed in Part I, Item 1A of the Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006.

Item 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

None.

Item 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

None.

Item 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

Voting results for the matters submitted to stockholder vote in connection with the Company’s 2007 Annual Stockholders’ meeting held on April 25, 2007 were included in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the first quarter of 2007, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 10, 2007.

Item 5. OTHER INFORMATION

None.

Item 6. EXHIBITS

 

3.1   Articles of Amendment and Restatement of NCR Corporation as amended May 14, 1999 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 from the NCR Corporation Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 1999).
3.2   Bylaws of NCR Corporation, as amended and restated on January 24, 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(ii) to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 25, 2007).
4.1   Common Stock Certificate of NCR Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 from the NCR Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999).
4.2   NCR Corporation hereby agrees to furnish the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon its request, a copy of any instrument which defines the rights of holders of long-term debt of NCR Corporation and all of its subsidiaries for which consolidated or unconsolidated financial statements are required to be filed, and which does not exceed 10% of the total assets of NCR Corporation and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
4.3   Indenture, dated as of June 1, 2002, between NCR Corporation and The Bank of New York (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the June 30, 2002 Form 10-Q).
4.4   Registration Rights Agreement, dated June 6, 2002, by and between NCR Corporation and Salomon Smith Barney Inc., Banc One Capital Markets, Inc., BNY Capital Markets, Inc., Fleet Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and McDonald Investments Inc., relating to $300,000,000 principal amount of 7.125% Senior Notes due 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the June 30, 2002 Form 10-Q).
4.5(a-c)   Terms of 7.125% Senior Notes due 2009, including the form of notes (incorporated by reference to Exhibits 4.6(a-c) to the June 30, 2002 Form 10-Q).
10.1   Fifth Amendment to the NCR Nonqualified Excess Plan.
10.2   NCR Corporation 2006 Stock Incentive Plan amended July 27, 2007.
31.1   Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 dated August 8, 2007.
31.2   Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 dated August 8, 2007.
32   Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 dated August 8, 2007.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

  NCR CORPORATION
Date: August 8, 2007   By:  

/s/ Robert Fishman

    Robert Fishman
    Vice President and Interim Chief Financial Officer

 

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Fifth Amendment to the NCR Nonqualified Excess Plan

Exhibit 10.1

FIFTH AMENDMENT

TO THE NCR NONQUALIFIED EXCESS PLAN

AMENDMENT TO THE NCR NONQUALIFIED EXCESS PLAN (the “Plan”) as restated and in effect January 1, 1996 by NCR Corporation (“NCR”).

WHEREAS, the Plan was amended and restated effective January 1, 1996, and amended by a First Amendment effective September 1, 2004, to admit no new participants in the Plan and cease benefit accruals for all participants other than a grandfathered group, a Second Amendment effective January 1, 2006, a Third Amendment effective December 31, 2006, and a Fourth Amendment executed May 8, 2007; and

WHEREAS, NCR desires to amend the Plan (i) to clarify that the provision added by the Fourth Amendment permitting participants who are employees of Teradata Corporation immediately after the spin-off (or, pursuant to the terms of a Transition Services Agreement between NCR and Teradata Corporation, are transferred to Teradata Corporation at the conclusion of the transition services period) of Teradata Corporation by NCR (the “Spin-Off”) to receive credit for their service with Teradata Corporation after the Spin-Off for purposes of determining whether such participants have satisfied the requirement for a benefit under the Plan that they terminate employment from the Company at or after age 55 also applies to participants who are on an approved leave of absence at the time of the Spin-Off and become employees of Teradata Corporation upon return to active employment and (ii) to provide that such service credit shall not be granted for any participant who has received a distribution of his or her PensionPlus Benefit under the NCR Pension Plan;

NOW, THEREFORE, NCR does hereby amend the Plan, effective as of the effective time of the Spin-Off, as follows:

A new sentence is added at the end of Section 2.1 of the Plan providing as follows:

For the purpose of determining whether a participant who was an employee of the Company or Teradata Corporation immediately prior to the spin-off of Teradata Corporation by the Company (the “Spin-Off”) and an employee of Teradata Corporation or a subsidiary of Teradata Corporation immediately after the Spin-Off (or who was on an approved leave of absence at the time of the Spin-Off and becomes an employee of Teradata Corporation or a subsidiary of Teradata Corporation upon return to active employment, or, pursuant to the terms of a Transition Services Agreement between NCR and Teradata Corporation, is transferred to Teradata Corporation or a subsidiary of Teradata Corporation at the conclusion of the transition services period) and who has not received a distribution of his or her PensionPlus Benefit under the NCR Pension Plan, terminates from the Company at or after age 55, as required by the preceding sentence, such participant shall not be deemed to have terminated from the Company until the date


on which the participant terminates from Teradata Corporation and its subsidiaries, or, if the participant returns to the Company from Teradata Corporation or a subsidiary of Teradata Corporation without incurring a break in service, the date on which the participant subsequently terminates from the Company; provided, however, that (i) such participant shall be deemed to have incurred a termination of employment upon the termination of employment with, or performance of services for, Teradata Corporation and its subsidiaries, and (ii) unless otherwise determined by the Company, such a participant employed by, or performing services for, a subsidiary or a division of Teradata Corporation and its subsidiaries shall be deemed to incur a termination of employment if, as a result of a Disaffiliation, such subsidiary or division ceases to be a subsidiary or division, as the case may be, and such employee does not immediately thereafter become an employee of, or service provider for, Teradata Corporation or another subsidiary. For the purposes of this Section 2.1, “Disaffiliation” shall mean a subsidiary’s or division’s ceasing to be a subsidiary or division of Teradata Corporation for any reason (including, without limitation, as a result of a public offering, or a spin-off or sale by Teradata Corporation, of the stock of the subsidiary or a sale of a division of Teradata Corporation or its subsidiaries).

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, NCR has caused this amendment to the Plan to be executed this 25th day of July, 2007.

 

FOR NCR CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Andrea Ledford

  Andrea Ledford
  Senior Vice President, Human Resources
NCR Corporation 2006 Stock Incentive Plan amended July 27, 2007

Exhibit 10.2

NCR CORPORATION

2006 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

SECTION 1.    Purpose; Definitions

The purpose of this Plan is to give the Company a competitive advantage in attracting, retaining and motivating officers, employees, directors and/or consultants and to provide the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates with a stock plan providing incentives directly linked to stockholder value. Certain terms used herein have definitions given to them in the first place in which they are used. In addition, for purposes of this Plan, the following terms are defined as set forth below:

(a) “Affiliate” means a corporation or other entity controlled by, controlling or under common control with, the Company.

(b) “Applicable Exchange” means the New York Stock Exchange or such other securities exchange as may at the applicable time be the principal market for the Common Stock.

(c) “Award” means an Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, Performance Units or Other Stock-Based Award granted pursuant to the terms of this Plan.

(d) “Award Agreement” means a written document or agreement setting forth the terms and conditions of a specific Award.

(e) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

(f) “Cause” means, unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, (i) “Cause” as defined in any Individual Agreement to which the applicable Participant is a party, or (ii) if there is no such Individual Agreement or if it does not define Cause: (A) conviction of the Participant for committing a felony under federal law or the law of the state in which such action occurred, (B) dishonesty in the course of fulfilling the Participant’s employment duties, (C) failure on the part of the Participant to perform substantially such Participant’s employment duties in any material respect, (D) a material violation of the Company’s ethics and compliance program, or (E) before a Change in Control, such other events as shall be determined by the Committee and set forth in a Participant’s Award Agreement. Notwithstanding the general rule of Section 2(c), following a Change in Control, any determination by the Committee as to whether “Cause” exists shall be subject to de novo review.

(g) “Change in Control” has the meaning set forth in Section 10(b).

(h) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and any successor thereto.


(i) “Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency.

(j) “Committee” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).

(k) “Common Stock” means common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company.

(l) “Company” means NCR Corporation, a Maryland corporation.

(m) “Disability” means (i) “Disability” as defined in any Individual Agreement to which the Participant is a party, (ii) if there is no such Individual Agreement or it does not define “Disability,” (A) permanent and total disability as determined under the Company’s long-term disability plan applicable to the Participant, or (B) if there is no such plan applicable to the Participant, “Disability” as determined by the Committee.

(n) “Disaffiliation” means a Subsidiary’s or Affiliate’s ceasing to be a Subsidiary or Affiliate for any reason (including, without limitation, as a result of a public offering, or a spinoff or sale by the Company, of the stock of the Subsidiary or Affiliate) or a sale of a division of the Company and its Affiliates.

(o) “Eligible Individuals” means directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, and prospective employees and consultants who have accepted offers of employment or consultancy from the Company or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates.

(p) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and any successor thereto.

(q) “Fair Market Value” means, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, the average of the high and low sale prices of a share of Common Stock on the Applicable Exchange on the date of measurement, or if Shares were not traded on the Applicable Exchange on such measurement date, then on the next preceding date on which Shares were traded, all as reported by such source as the Committee may select. If the Common Stock is not listed on a national securities exchange, Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Committee in its good faith discretion.

(r) “Free-Standing SAR” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).

(s) “Full-Value Award” means any Award other than an Option or Stock Appreciation Right or dividend equivalent right.

(t) “Grant Date” means (i) the date on which the Committee by resolution selects an Eligible Individual to receive a grant of an Award and determines the number of Shares to be subject to such Award, or (ii) such later date as the Committee shall provide in such resolution.

 

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(u) “Incentive Stock Option” means any Option that is designated in the applicable Award Agreement as an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code, and that in fact so qualifies.

(v) “Individual Agreement” means an employment, consulting or similar agreement between a Participant and the Company or one of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates.

(w) “Nonqualified Option” means any Option that is not an Incentive Stock Option.

(x) “Option” means an Award granted under Section 5.

(y) “Other Stock-Based Award” means Awards of Common Stock and other Awards that are valued in whole or in part by reference to, or are otherwise based upon, Common Stock, including (without limitation), unrestricted stock, dividend equivalents, and convertible debentures.

(z) “Participant” means an Eligible Individual to whom an Award is or has been granted.

(aa) “Performance Goals” means the performance goals established by the Committee in connection with the grant of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Units or Other Stock-Based Awards. In the case of Qualified Performance-Based Awards, (i) such goals shall be based on the attainment of specified levels of one or more of the following measures: revenues; revenue growth; earnings (including earnings before taxes, earnings before interest and taxes or earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization); earnings per share; operating income (including non-pension operating income); pre- or after-tax income; cash flow (before or after dividends); cash flow per share (before or after dividends); gross margin; return on equity; return on capital (including return on total capital or return on invested capital); cash flow return on investment; return on assets or operating assets; economic value added (or an equivalent metric); stock price appreciation; total stockholder return (measured in terms of stock price appreciation and dividend growth); cost control; gross profit; operating profit; cash generation; unit volume; stock price; market share; sales; asset quality; cost saving levels; marketing-spending efficiency; core non-interest income; or change in working capital with respect to the Company or any one or more subsidiaries, divisions, business units or business segments of the Company either in absolute terms or relative to the performance of one or more other companies or an index covering multiple companies and (ii) such Performance Goals shall be set by the Committee within the time period prescribed by Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

(bb) “Performance Period” means that period established by the Committee at the time any Performance Unit is granted or at any time thereafter during which any Performance Goals specified by the Committee with respect to such Award are to be measured.

(cc) “Performance Unit” means any Award granted under Section 8 of a unit valued by reference to a designated amount of property other than Shares, which value may be paid to the Participant by delivery of such property as the Committee shall determine, including, without

 

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limitation, cash, Shares, or any combination thereof, upon achievement of such Performance Goals during the Performance Period as the Committee shall establish at the time of such grant or thereafter.

(dd) “Plan” means this NCR Corporation 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, as set forth herein and as hereafter amended from time to time.

(ee) “Qualified Performance-Based Award” means an Award intended to qualify for the Section 162(m) Exemption, as provided in Section 11.

(ff) “Restricted Stock” means an Award granted under Section 6.

(gg) “Restricted Stock Units” means an Award granted under Section 7.

(hh) “Section 162(m) Exemption” means the exemption from the limitation on deductibility imposed by Section 162(m) of the Code that is set forth in Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code.

(ii) “Senior Manager” means any manager of the Company or any Affiliate holding a position at a salary grade of 15 or higher or any future grade that is the equivalent thereof.

(jj) “Share” means a share of Common Stock.

(kk) “Stock Appreciation Right” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).

(ll) “Subsidiary” means any corporation, partnership, joint venture or other entity during any period in which at least a 50% voting or profits interest is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or any successor to the Company.

(mm)”Tandem SAR” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).

(nn) “Term” means the maximum period during which an Option or Stock Appreciation Right may remain outstanding, subject to earlier termination upon Termination of Employment or otherwise, as specified in the applicable Award Agreement.

(oo) “Termination of Employment” means the termination of the applicable Participant’s employment with, or performance of services for, the Company and any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, if a Participant’s employment with the Company and its Affiliates terminates but such Participant continues to provide services to the Company and its Affiliates in a non-employee capacity, such change in status shall not be deemed a Termination of Employment. A Participant employed by, or performing services for, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate or a division of the Company and its Affiliates shall be deemed to incur a Termination of Employment if, as a result of a Disaffiliation, such Subsidiary, Affiliate, or division ceases to be a Subsidiary, Affiliate or division, as the case may be, and the Participant does not immediately thereafter become an employee of, or service provider for,

 

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the Company or another Subsidiary or Affiliate. Temporary absences from employment because of illness, vacation or leave of absence and transfers among the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates shall not be considered Terminations of Employment.

 

SECTION 2.    Administration

(a) Committee. The Plan shall be administered by the Compensation and Human Resource Committee of the Board or such other committee of the Board as the Board may from time to time designate (the “Committee”), which shall be composed of not less than two directors, and shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Board. The Committee shall, subject to Section 11, have plenary authority to grant Awards pursuant to the terms of the Plan to Eligible Individuals. Among other things, the Committee shall have the authority, subject to the terms of the Plan:

(i) to select the Eligible Individuals to whom Awards may from time to time be granted;

(ii) to determine whether and to what extent Incentive Stock Options, Nonqualified Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Units, Other Stock-Based Awards, or any combination thereof, are to be granted hereunder;

(iii) to determine the number of Shares to be covered by each Award granted hereunder;

(iv) to determine the terms and conditions of each Award granted hereunder, based on such factors as the Committee shall determine;

(v) subject to Section 12, to modify, amend or adjust the terms and conditions of any Award;

(vi) to adopt, alter and repeal such administrative rules, guidelines and practices governing the Plan as it shall from time to time deem advisable;

(vii) to interpret the terms and provisions of the Plan and any Award issued under the Plan (and any agreement relating thereto);

(viii) determine whether, to what extent and under what circumstances cash, Shares and other property and other amounts payable with respect to an Award under this Plan shall be deferred either automatically or at the election of the Participant;

(ix) to establish any “blackout” period that the Committee in its sole discretion deems necessary or advisable; and

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(b) Procedures.

(i) The Committee may act only by a majority of its members then in office, except that the Committee may, except to the extent prohibited by applicable law or the listing standards of the Applicable Exchange and subject to Section 11, allocate all or any portion of its responsibilities and powers to any one or more of its members and may delegate all or any part of its responsibilities and powers to any person or persons selected by it.

(ii) Subject to Section 11(c), any authority granted to the Committee may also be exercised by the full Board. To the extent that any permitted action taken by the Board conflicts with action taken by the Committee, the Board action shall control.

(c) Discretion of Committee. Subject to Section 1(f), any determination made by the Committee or by an appropriately delegated officer pursuant to delegated authority under the provisions of the Plan with respect to any Award shall be made in the sole discretion of the Committee or such delegate at the time of the grant of the Award or, unless in contravention of any express term of the Plan, at any time thereafter. All decisions made by the Committee or any appropriately delegated officer pursuant to the provisions of the Plan shall be final and binding on all persons, including the Company, Participants, and Eligible Individuals.

(d) Cancellation or Suspension. The Committee shall have full power and authority to determine whether, to what extent and under what circumstances any Award shall be canceled or suspended. In particular, but without limitation, all outstanding Awards to any Participant may be canceled if the Participant, without the consent of the Committee, while employed by the Company or after termination of such employment, becomes associated with, employed by, renders services to, or owns any interest in (other than any nonsubstantial interest, as determined by the Committee), any business that is in competition with the Company or with any business in which the Company has a substantial interest, as determined by the Committee or any one or more Senior Managers or committee of Senior Managers to whom the authority to make such determination is delegated by the Committee.

(e) Award Agreements. The terms and conditions of each Award, as determined by the Committee, shall be set forth in a written (or electronic) Award Agreement, which shall be delivered to the Participant receiving such Award upon, or as promptly as is reasonably practicable following, the grant of such Award. The effectiveness of an Award shall not be subject to the Award Agreement’s being signed by the Company and/or the Participant receiving the Award unless specifically so provided in the Award Agreement. Award Agreements may be amended only in accordance with Section 12 hereof.

SECTION 3.    Common Stock Subject to Plan

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granted pursuant to Options intended to be Incentive Stock Options shall be 5,000,000 Shares and shall not be affected by the provisions of Section 3(c)(ii). Shares subject to an Award under the Plan may be authorized and unissued Shares.

(b) Individual Limits. No Participant may be granted Options and Free-Standing SARs covering in excess of 2,000,000 Shares, or Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units or other award subject to Performance Goals covering in excess of 750,000 Shares, in either case, during any consecutive 36-month period.

(c) Rules for Calculating Shares Delivered.

(i) To the extent that any Award is forfeited, or any Option and the related Tandem SAR (if any) or Free-Standing SAR terminates, expires or lapses without being exercised, or any Award is settled for cash, the Shares subject to such Awards not delivered as a result thereof shall again be available for Awards under the Plan.

(ii) If the exercise price of any Option and/or the tax withholding obligations relating to any Award are satisfied by delivering Shares (either actually or through attestation) or withholding Shares relating to such Award or if any Shares subject to an Award shall otherwise not be delivered in settlement of such Award (including upon the exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right), only the net number of Shares received by the Participant shall be deemed to have been issued for purposes of the maximum number of Shares in the first sentence of Section 3(a).

(iii) The provisions of Section 3(c)(i) and 3(c)(ii) shall also apply to awards granted under the Management Stock Plan that are outstanding on the Effective Date such that any Shares subject to such awards that are forfeited or terminated, expire, lapse without being exercised or are settled for cash shall again be available for Awards under the Plan.

(d) Adjustment Provision. In the event of (i) a stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, extra-ordinary dividend of cash or other property, share combination, or recapitalization or similar event affecting the capital structure of the Company (each, a “Share Change”), or (ii) a merger, consolidation, acquisition of property or shares, separation, spinoff, reorganization, stock rights offering, liquidation, Disaffiliation, or similar event affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (each, a “Corporate Transaction”), the Committee or the Board may in its discretion make such substitutions or adjustments as it deems appropriate and equitable to (A) the aggregate number and kind of Shares or other securities reserved for issuance and delivery under the Plan, (B) the various maximum limitations set forth in Sections 3(a) and 3(b) upon certain types of Awards and upon the grants to individuals of certain types of Awards, (C) the number and kind of Shares or other securities subject to outstanding Awards; and (D) the exercise price of outstanding Options and Stock Appreciation Rights. In the case of Corporate Transactions, such adjustments may include, without limitation, (1) the cancellation of outstanding Awards in exchange for payments of cash, property or a combination thereof having an aggregate value equal to the value of such Awards, as determined by the Committee or the Board in its sole discretion (it being understood

 

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that in the case of a Corporate Transaction with respect to which stockholders of Common Stock receive consideration other than publicly traded equity securities of the ultimate surviving entity, any such determination by the Committee that the value of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall for this purpose be deemed to equal the excess, if any, of the value of the consideration being paid for each Share pursuant to such Corporate Transaction over the exercise price of such Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall conclusively be deemed valid), provided, that in the event of the cancellation of such Awards pursuant to this clause (1), the Awards shall vest in full immediately prior to the consummation of such Corporate Transaction; (2) the substitution of other property (including, without limitation, cash or other securities of the Company and securities of entities other than the Company) for the Shares subject to outstanding Awards; and (3) in connection with any Disaffiliation, arranging for the assumption of Awards, or replacement of Awards with new awards based on other property or other securities (including, without limitation, other securities of the Company and securities of entities other than the Company), by the affected Subsidiary, Affiliate, or division or by the entity that controls such Subsidiary, Affiliate, or division following such Disaffiliation (as well as any corresponding adjustments to Awards that remain based upon Company securities). The Committee may adjust in its sole discretion the Performance Goals applicable to any Awards to reflect any unusual or non-recurring events and other extraordinary items, impact of charges for restructurings, discontinued operations, and the cumulative effects of accounting or tax changes, each as defined by generally accepted accounting principles or as identified in the Company’s financial statements, notes to the financial statements, management’s discussion and analysis or the Company’s SEC filings, provided that in the case of Performance Goals applicable to any Qualified Performance-Based Awards, such adjustment does not violate Section 162(m) of the Code.

SECTION 4.    Eligibility

Awards may be granted under the Plan to Eligible Individuals; provided, however, that Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to employees of the Company and its subsidiaries or parent corporation (within the meaning of Section 424(f) of the Code).

SECTION 5.    Options and Stock Appreciation Rights

(a) Types of Options. Options may be of two types: Incentive Stock Options and Nonqualified Options. The Award Agreement for an Option shall indicate whether the Option is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonqualified Option.

(b) Types and Nature of Stock Appreciation Rights. Stock Appreciation Rights may be “Tandem SARs,” which are granted in conjunction with an Option, or “Free-Standing SARs,” which are not granted in conjunction with an Option. Upon the exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right, the Participant shall be entitled to receive an amount in cash, Shares, or both, in value equal to the product of (i) the excess of the Fair Market Value of one Share over the exercise price of the applicable Stock Appreciation Right, multiplied by (ii) the number of Shares in respect of which the Stock Appreciation Right has been exercised. The applicable Award Agreement shall specify whether such payment is to be made in cash or Common Stock or both, or shall reserve to the Committee or the Participant the right to make that determination prior to or upon the exercise of the Stock Appreciation Right.

 

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(c) Tandem SARs. A Tandem SAR may be granted at the Grant Date of the related Option. A Tandem SAR shall be exercisable only at such time or times and to the extent that the related Option is exercisable in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5, and shall have the same exercise price as the related Option. A Tandem SAR shall terminate or be forfeited upon the exercise or forfeiture of the related Option, and the related Option shall terminate or be forfeited upon the exercise or forfeiture of the Tandem SAR.

(d) Exercise Price. The exercise price per Share subject to an Option or Free-Standing SAR shall be determined by the Committee and set forth in the applicable Award Agreement, and shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of a share of the Common Stock on the applicable Grant Date. In no event may any Option or Free-Standing SAR granted under this Plan be amended, other than pursuant to Section 3(d), to decrease the exercise price thereof, be cancelled in conjunction with the grant of any new Option or Free-Standing SAR with a lower exercise price, or otherwise be subject to any action that would be treated, for accounting purposes, as a “repricing” of such Option or Free-Standing SAR, unless such amendment, cancellation, or action is approved by the Company’s stockholders.

(e) Term. The Term of each Option and each Free-Standing SAR shall be fixed by the Committee, but shall not exceed ten years from the Grant Date (except in the case of death or Disability).

(f) Vesting and Exercisability. Except as otherwise provided herein, Options and Free-Standing SARs shall be exercisable at such time or times and subject to such terms and conditions as shall be determined by the Committee, provided that in no event shall the normal vesting schedule of an Option or Free-Standing SAR provide that such Option or Free-Standing SAR vest prior to the first anniversary of the date of grant (other than in the case of death or Disability). If the Committee provides that any Option or Free-Standing SAR will become exercisable only in installments, the Committee may at any time waive such installment exercise provisions, in whole or in part, based on such factors as the Committee may determine.

(g) Method of Exercise. The method of exercising Options and SARs shall be set forth in the applicable Award Agreement.

(h) Delivery; Rights of Stockholders. No Shares shall be delivered pursuant to the exercise of an Option until the exercise price therefor has been fully paid and applicable taxes have been withheld. The applicable Participant shall have all of the rights of a stockholder of the Company holding the class or series of Common Stock that is subject to the Option or Stock Appreciation Right (including, if applicable, the right to vote the applicable Shares and the right to receive dividends), when the Participant (i) has given written notice of exercise, (ii) if requested, has given the representation described in Section 14(a), and (iii) in the case of an Option, has paid in full for such Shares.

 

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(i) Nontransferability of Options and Stock Appreciation Rights. No Option or Free-Standing SAR shall be transferable by a Participant other than (i) by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, or (ii) in the case of a Nonqualified Option or Free-Standing SAR, as otherwise expressly permitted by the Committee including, if so permitted, pursuant to a transfer to the Participant’s family members, whether directly or indirectly or by means of a trust or partnership or otherwise. For purposes of this Plan, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, “family member” shall have the meaning given to such term in General Instructions A.1(a)(5) to Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any successor thereto. A Tandem SAR shall be transferable only with the related Option as permitted by the preceding sentence. Any Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall be exercisable, subject to the terms of this Plan, only by the applicable Participant, the guardian or legal representative of such Participant, or any person to whom such Option or Stock Appreciation Right is permissibly transferred pursuant to this Section 5(i), it being understood that the term “Participant” includes such guardian, legal representative and other transferee; provided, however, that the term “Termination of Employment” shall continue to refer to the Termination of Employment of the original Participant.

SECTION 6.    Restricted Stock

(a) Nature of Awards and Certificates. Shares of Restricted Stock are actual Shares issued to a Participant, and shall be evidenced in such manner as the Committee may deem appropriate, including book-entry registration or issuance of one or more stock certificates. Any certificate issued in respect of Shares of Restricted Stock shall be registered in the name of the applicable Participant and shall bear an appropriate legend referring to the terms, conditions, and restrictions applicable to such Award, substantially in the following form:

“The transferability of this certificate and the shares of stock represented hereby are subject to the terms and conditions (including forfeiture) of the NCR Corporation, 2006 Stock Incentive Plan and an Award Agreement. Copies of such Plan and Agreement are on file at the offices of NCR Corporation, 1700 S. Patterson Blvd., Dayton, Ohio 45479.”

The Committee may require that the certificates evidencing such shares be held in custody by the Company until the restrictions thereon shall have lapsed and that, as a condition of any Award of Restricted Stock, the applicable Participant shall have delivered a stock power, endorsed in blank, relating to the Common Stock covered by such Award.

(b) Terms and Conditions. Shares of Restricted Stock shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:

(i) The Committee may, prior to or at the time of grant, designate an Award of Restricted Stock as a Qualified Performance-Based Award, in which event it shall condition the grant or vesting, as applicable, of such Restricted Stock upon the attainment of Performance Goals. If the Committee does not designate an Award of Restricted Stock as a Qualified Performance-Based Award, it may also condition the grant or

 

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vesting thereof upon the attainment of Performance Goals. Regardless of whether an Award of Restricted Stock is a Qualified Performance-Based Award, the Committee may also condition the grant or vesting thereof upon the continued service of the applicable Participant. The conditions for grant or vesting and the other provisions of Restricted Stock Awards (including without limitation any applicable Performance Goals) need not be the same with respect to each recipient.

(ii) Subject to the provisions of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement, during the period, if any, set by the Committee, commencing with the date of such Restricted Stock Award for which such Participant’s continued service is required (the “Restriction Period”), and until the later of (A) the expiration of the Restriction Period and (B) the date the applicable Performance Goals (if any) are satisfied, the Participant shall not be permitted to sell, assign, transfer, pledge or otherwise encumber Shares of Restricted Stock. Subject to the terms of the Plan, any Award of Restricted Stock shall be subject to vesting during the Restriction Period of at least three years following the date of grant, provided that a Restriction Period of at least one year following the date of grant is permissible if vesting is conditioned upon the achievement of Performance Goals, and provided, further that an Award may vest in part on a pro rata basis prior to the expiration of any Restriction Period, provided, further, that up to five percent of Shares available for grant as Restricted Stock (together with all other Shares available for grant as Full-Value Awards) may be granted with a Restriction Period of at least one year following the date of grant regardless of whether vesting is conditioned upon the achievement of Performance Goals.

(iii) Except as provided in this Section 6 and in the applicable Award Agreement, the applicable Participant shall have, with respect to the Shares of Restricted Stock, all of the rights of a stockholder of the Company holding the class or series of Common Stock that is the subject of the Restricted Stock, including, if applicable, the right to vote the Shares and the right to receive any cash dividends. If so determined by the Committee in the applicable Award Agreement and subject to Section 14(e), (A) cash dividends on the class or series of Common Stock that is the subject of the Restricted Stock Award shall be automatically deferred and reinvested in additional Restricted Stock, held subject to the vesting of the underlying Restricted Stock, and (B) subject to any adjustment pursuant to Section 3(d), dividends payable in Common Stock shall be paid in the form of Restricted Stock of the same class as the Common Stock with which such dividend was paid, held subject to the vesting of the underlying Restricted Stock.

(iv) If and when any applicable Performance Goals are satisfied and the Restriction Period expires without a prior forfeiture of the Shares of Restricted Stock for which legended certificates have been issued, unlegended certificates for such Shares shall be delivered to the Participant upon surrender of the legended certificates.

 

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SECTION 7.    Restricted Stock Units

(a) Nature of Awards. Restricted Stock Units are Awards denominated in Shares that will be settled, subject to the terms and conditions of the Restricted Stock Units, in an amount in cash, Shares, or both, based upon the Fair Market Value of a specified number of Shares.

(b) Terms and Conditions. Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:

(i) The Committee may, in connection with the grant of Restricted Stock Units, designate them as Qualified Performance-Based Awards, in which event it shall condition the vesting thereof upon the attainment of Performance Goals. If the Committee does not designate Restricted Stock Units as Qualified Performance-Based Awards, it may also condition the vesting thereof upon the attainment of Performance Goals. Regardless of whether Restricted Stock Units are Qualified Performance-Based Awards, the Committee may also condition the vesting thereof upon the continued service of the Participant. The conditions for grant or vesting and the other provisions of Restricted Stock Awards (including without limitation any applicable Performance Goals) need not be the same with respect to each recipient. An Award of Restricted Stock Units shall be settled as and when the Restricted Stock Units vest or at a later time specified by the Committee or in accordance with an election of the Participant, if the Committee so permits.

(ii) Subject to the provisions of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement, during the period, if any, set by the Committee, commencing with the date of such Restricted Stock Units Award for which such Participant’s continued service is required (the “Restriction Period”), and until the later of (A) the expiration of the Restriction Period and (B) the date the applicable Performance Goals (if any) are satisfied, the Participant shall not be permitted to sell, assign, transfer, pledge or otherwise encumber Restricted Stock Units. Subject to the terms of the Plan, any Restricted Stock Unit Awards shall be subject to vesting during the Restriction Period of at least three years following the date of grant, provided that a Restriction Period of at least one year following the date of grant is permissible if vesting is conditioned upon the achievement of Performance Goals, and provided, further that a Restricted Stock Unit Award may vest in part on a pro rata basis prior to the expiration of any Restriction Period, provided, further, that up to five percent of Shares available for grant as Restricted Stock Units (together with all other Shares available for grant as Full-Value Awards) may be granted with a Restriction Period of at least one year following the date of grant regardless of whether vesting is conditioned upon the achievement of Performance Goals.

(iii) The Award Agreement for Restricted Stock Units shall specify whether, to what extent and on what terms and conditions the applicable Participant shall be entitled to receive current or deferred payments of cash, Common Stock or other property corresponding to the dividends payable on the Common Stock (subject to Section 14(e) below).

 

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SECTION 8.    Performance Units.

Performance Units may be issued hereunder to Eligible Individuals, for no cash consideration or for such minimum consideration as may be required by applicable law, either alone or in addition to other Awards granted under the Plan. The Performance Goals to be achieved during any Performance Period and the length of the Performance Period shall be determined by the Committee upon the grant of each Performance Unit, provided that the Performance Period shall be no less than one year following the date of grant. The Committee may, in connection with the grant of Performance Units, designate them as Qualified Performance-Based Awards. The conditions for grant or vesting and the other provisions of Performance Units (including without limitation any applicable Performance Goals) need not be the same with respect to each recipient. Performance Units may be paid in cash, Shares, other property or any combination thereof, in the sole discretion of the Committee at the time of payment. The performance levels to be achieved for each Performance Period and the amount of the Award to be distributed shall be conclusively determined by the Committee. Performance Units may be paid in a lump sum or in installments following the close of the Performance Period. The maximum value of the property, including cash, that may be paid or distributed to any Participant pursuant to a grant of Performance Units made in any one calendar year shall be ten million dollars ($10,000,000).

SECTION 9.    Other Stock-Based Awards

Other Stock-Based Awards may be granted under the Plan, provided that any Other Stock-Based Awards that are Awards of Common Stock that are unrestricted shall only be granted in lieu of other compensation due and payable to the Participant. Subject to the terms of the Plan, any Other Stock-Based Award that is a Full-Value Award shall be subject to vesting during a Restriction Period of at least three years following the date of grant, provided that a Restriction Period of at least one year following the date of grant is permissible if vesting is conditioned upon the achievement of Performance Goals, and provided, further that an Other Stock-Based Award that is a Full-Value Award may vest in part on a pro rata basis prior to the expiration of any Restriction Period, provided, further, that up to five percent of Shares available for grant as Other Stock-Based Awards that are Full-Value Awards (together with all other Shares available for grant as Full-Value Awards) may be granted with a Restriction Period of at least one year following the date of grant regardless of whether vesting is conditioned upon the achievement of Performance Goals.

SECTION 10.    Change in Control Provisions

(a) Impact of Event. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement, notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the contrary, unless Awards are not assumed, converted or replaced in which case such Awards shall vest immediately prior to the Change in Control, upon a Participant’s Termination of Employment, during the 24-month period following a Change in Control, (x) by the Company other than for Cause or Disability or (y) for Participants

 

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who are participants in the NCR Change in Control Severance Plan (the “CIC Severance Plan”), for Participants who participate in a NCR Severance Policy (“Severance Policy”) at a level that provides the Participant with the opportunity to resign for “good reason,” and for other Participants to the extent set forth in an Award Agreement, by the Participant for Good Reason (as defined below):

(i) any Options and Stock Appreciation Rights outstanding as of such Termination of Employment which were outstanding as of the date of such Change in Control shall be fully exercisable and vested and shall remain exercisable until the later of (A) the last date on which such Option or Stock Appreciation Right would be exercisable in the absence of this Section 10(a) and (B) the first anniversary of such Termination of Employment, provided that in no event shall the Option or Stock Appreciation Right be exercisable beyond the expiration of the Term of such Option or Stock Appreciation Right;

(ii) the restrictions and deferral limitations applicable to any Restricted Stock shall lapse, and such Restricted Stock outstanding as of such Termination of Employment which were outstanding as of the date of such Change in Control shall become free of all restrictions and become fully vested and transferable; and

(iii) all Restricted Stock Units outstanding as of such Termination of Employment which were outstanding as of the date of such Change in Control shall be considered to be earned and payable in full, and any deferral or other restriction shall lapse and such Restricted Stock Units shall be settled as promptly as is practicable in (subject to Section 3(d)) the form set forth in the applicable Award Agreement.

For purposes of this Section 10, “Good Reason” means if the Participant is a participant in the CIC Severance Plan or is subject to the Severance Policy, “Good Reason” as defined in the CIC Severance Plan or the Severance Policy, as applicable, or, if the Participant is not a participant in the CIC Severance Plan or the Severance Policy, as applicable, “Good Reason” as defined in any Individual Agreement or Award Agreement to which the applicable Participant is a party.

(b) Definition of Change in Control. For purposes of the Plan, a “Change in Control” shall mean any of the following events:

(i) The acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) (a “Person”) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of thirty percent (30%) or more of either (a) the then outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (the “Outstanding Company Common Stock”) or (b) the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Outstanding Company Voting Securities”); provided, however, that for purposes of this subsection (i), the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change in Control: (A) any acquisition directly from the Company, (B) any

 

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acquisition by the Company, (C) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any corporation controlled by the Company, or (d) any acquisition pursuant to a transaction which complies with clauses (A), (B) and (C) of subsection (iii) of this Section 10(b); or

(ii) Individuals who, as of the date of this Plan, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the date of this Plan whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders, was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board; or

(iii) Consummation of a reorganization, merger or consolidation or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or the acquisition of assets of another entity (a “Corporate Transaction”), in each case, unless, following such Corporate Transaction, (A) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent (50%) of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction (including, without limitation, a corporation which as a result of such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be; (B) no Person (excluding any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or such corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, thirty percent (30%) or more of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction or the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of such corporation except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Corporate Transaction; and (C) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or of the action of the Board, providing for such Corporate Transaction; or

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SECTION 11.    Qualified Performance-Based Awards; Section 16(b)

(a) The provisions of this Plan are intended to ensure that all Options and Stock Appreciation Rights granted hereunder to any Participant who is or may be a “covered employee” (within the meaning of Section 162(m)(3) of the Code) in the tax year in which such Option or Stock Appreciation Right is expected to be deductible to the Company qualify for the Section 162(m) Exemption, and all such Awards shall therefore be considered Qualified Performance-Based Awards and this Plan shall be interpreted and operated consistent with that intention (including, without limitation, to require that all such Awards be granted by a committee composed solely of members who satisfy the requirements for being “outside directors” for purposes of the Section 162(m) Exemption (“Outside Directors”)). When granting any Award other than an Option or Stock Appreciation Right, the Committee may designate such Award as a Qualified Performance-Based Award, based upon a determination that (i) the recipient is or may be a “covered employee” (within the meaning of Section 162(m)(3) of the Code) with respect to such Award, and (ii) the Committee wishes such Award to qualify for the Section 162(m) Exemption, and the terms of any such Award (and of the grant thereof) shall be consistent with such designation (including, without limitation, that all such Awards be granted by a committee composed solely of Outside Directors). Within 90 days after the commencement of a Performance Period or, if earlier, by the expiration of 25% of a Performance Period, the Committee will designate one or more Performance Periods, determine the Participants for the Performance Periods and establish the Performance Goals for the Performance Periods.

(b) Each Qualified Performance-Based Award (other than an Option or Stock Appreciation Right) shall be earned, vested and payable (as applicable) only upon the achievement of one or more Performance Goals, together with the satisfaction of any other conditions, such as continued employment, as the Committee may determine to be appropriate.

(c) The full Board shall not be permitted to exercise authority granted to the Committee to the extent that the grant or exercise of such authority would cause an Award designated as a Qualified Performance-Based Award not to qualify for, or to cease to qualify for, the Section 162(m) Exemption.

(d) The provisions of this Plan are intended to ensure that no transaction under the Plan is subject to (and not exempt from) the short-swing recovery rules of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act (“Section 16(b)”). Accordingly, the composition of the Committee shall be subject to such limitations as the Board deems appropriate to permit transactions pursuant to this Plan to be exempt (pursuant to Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) from Section 16(b), and no delegation of authority by the Committee shall be permitted if such delegation would cause any such transaction to be subject to (and not exempt from) Section 16(b).

 

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SECTION 12.    Term, Amendment and Termination

(a) Effectiveness. The Plan was adopted by the Board on February 28, 2006, and will be effective as of the date (the “Effective Date”) it is approved by a least a majority of the outstanding shares of the Company.

(b) Termination. The Plan will terminate on the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date. Awards outstanding as of such date shall not be affected or impaired by the termination of the Plan.

(c) Amendment of Plan. The Board may amend, alter, or discontinue the Plan, but no amendment, alteration or discontinuation shall be made which would materially impair the rights of the Participant with respect to a previously granted Award without such Participant’s consent, except such an amendment made to comply with applicable law, including without limitation Section 409A of the Code, stock exchange rules or accounting rules. In addition, no such amendment shall be made without the approval of the Company’s stockholders to the extent such approval is required by applicable law or the listing standards of the Applicable Exchange.

(d) Amendment of Awards. Subject to Section 5(d), the Committee may unilaterally amend the terms of any Award theretofore granted, but no such amendment shall cause a Qualified Performance-Based Award to cease to qualify for the Section 162(m) Exemption or without the Participant’s consent materially impair the rights of any Participant with respect to an Award, except such an amendment made to cause the Plan or Award to comply with applicable law, stock exchange rules or accounting rules.

SECTION 13.    Unfunded Status of Plan

It is presently intended that the Plan constitute an “unfunded” plan for incentive and deferred compensation. The Committee may authorize the creation of trusts or other arrangements to meet the obligations created under the Plan to deliver Common Stock or make payments; provided, however, that unless the Committee otherwise determines, the existence of such trusts or other arrangements is consistent with the “unfunded” status of the Plan.

SECTION 14.    General Provisions

(a) Conditions for Issuance. The Committee may require each person purchasing or receiving Shares pursuant to an Award to represent to and agree with the Company in writing that such person is acquiring the Shares without a view to the distribution thereof. The certificates for such Shares may include any legend which the Committee deems appropriate to reflect any restrictions on transfer. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or agreements made pursuant thereto, the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any certificate or certificates for Shares under the Plan prior to fulfillment of all of the following conditions: (i) listing or approval for listing upon notice of issuance, of such Shares on the Applicable Exchange; (ii) any registration or other qualification of such Shares of the Company under any state or federal law or

 

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regulation, or the maintaining in effect of any such registration or other qualification which the Committee shall, in its absolute discretion upon the advice of counsel, deem necessary or advisable; and (iii) obtaining any other consent, approval, or permit from any state or federal governmental agency which the Committee shall, in its absolute discretion after receiving the advice of counsel, determine to be necessary or advisable.

(b) Additional Compensation Arrangements. Nothing contained in the Plan shall prevent the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate from adopting other or additional compensation arrangements for its employees.

(c) No Contract of Employment. The Plan shall not constitute a contract of employment, and adoption of the Plan shall not confer upon any employee any right to continued employment, nor shall it interfere in any way with the right of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate to terminate the employment of any employee at any time.

(d) Required Taxes. No later than the date as of which an amount first becomes includible in the gross income of a Participant for federal, state, local or foreign income or employment or other tax purposes with respect to any Award under the Plan, such Participant shall pay to the Company, or make arrangements satisfactory to the Company regarding the payment of, any federal, state, local or foreign taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld with respect to such amount. Unless otherwise determined by the Company, withholding obligations may be settled with Common Stock, including Common Stock that is part of the Award that gives rise to the withholding requirement. The obligations of the Company under the Plan shall be conditional on such payment or arrangements, and the Company and its Affiliates shall, to the extent permitted by law, have the right to deduct any such taxes from any payment otherwise due to such Participant. The Committee may establish such procedures as it deems appropriate, including making irrevocable elections, for the settlement of withholding obligations with Common Stock.

(e) Limitation on Dividend Reinvestment and Dividend Equivalents. Reinvestment of dividends in additional Restricted Stock at the time of any dividend payment, and the payment of Shares with respect to dividends to Participants holding Awards of Restricted Stock Units, shall only be permissible if sufficient Shares are available under Section 3 for such reinvestment or payment (taking into account then outstanding Awards). In the event that sufficient Shares are not available for such reinvestment or payment, such reinvestment or payment shall be made in the form of a grant of Restricted Stock Units equal in number to the Shares that would have been obtained by such payment or reinvestment, the terms of which Restricted Stock Units shall provide for settlement in cash and for dividend equivalent reinvestment in further Restricted Stock Units on the terms contemplated by this Section 14(e).

(f) Designation of Death Beneficiary. The Committee shall establish such procedures as it deems appropriate for a Participant to designate a beneficiary to whom any amounts payable in the event of such Participant’s death are to be paid or by whom any rights of such eligible Individual, after such Participant’s death, may be exercised.

 

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(g) Subsidiary Employees. In the case of a grant of an Award to any employee of a Subsidiary of the Company, the Company may, if the Committee so directs, issue or transfer the Shares, if any, covered by the Award to the Subsidiary, for such lawful consideration as the Committee may specify, upon the condition or understanding that the Subsidiary will transfer the Shares to the employee in accordance with the terms of the Award specified by the Committee pursuant to the provisions of the Plan. All Shares underlying Awards that are forfeited or canceled should revert to the Company.

(h) Governing Law and Interpretation. The Plan and all Awards made and actions taken thereunder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Marlyand, without reference to principles of conflict of laws. The captions of this Plan are not part of the provisions hereof and shall have no force or effect.

(i) Non-Transferability. Except as otherwise provided in Section 5(i) or by the Committee, Awards under the Plan are not transferable except by will or by laws of descent and distribution.

(j) Foreign Employees and Foreign Law Considerations. The Committee may grant Awards to Eligible Individuals who are foreign nationals, who are located outside the United States or who are not compensated from a payroll maintained in the United States, or who are otherwise subject to (or could cause the Company to be subject to) legal or regulatory provisions of countries or jurisdictions outside the United States, on such terms and conditions different from those specified in the Plan as may, in the judgment of the Committee, be necessary or desirable to foster and promote achievement of the purposes of the Plan, and, in furtherance of such purposes, the Committee may make such modifications, amendments, procedures, or subplans as may be necessary or advisable to comply with such legal or regulatory provisions.

(k) Deferrals. The Committee shall be authorized to establish procedures pursuant to which the payment of any Award may be deferred. Subject to the provisions of this Plan and any Award Agreement, the recipient of an Award (including, without limitation, any deferred Award) may, if so determined by the Committee, be entitled to receive, currently or on a deferred basis, interest or dividends, or interest or dividend equivalents, with respect to the number of shares covered by the Award, as determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion, and the Committee may provide that such amounts (if any) shall be deemed to have been reinvested in additional Shares or otherwise reinvested.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Plan to be executed on this 1st day of August, 2007.

 

FOR NCR CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Andrea Ledford

Name:   Andrea Ledford
Title:   Senior Vice President, Human Resources

 

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Section 302 CEO Certification

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

PURSUANT TO SECURITIES

EXCHANGE ACT RULE 13a-14

I, William Nuti, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of NCR Corporation;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting;

5. The registrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: August 8, 2007  

/s/ William Nuti

  William Nuti
  President and Chief Executive Officer
Section 302 CFO Certification

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

PURSUANT TO SECURITIES

EXCHANGE ACT RULE 13a-14

I, Robert Fishman, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of NCR Corporation;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting;

5. The registrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: August 8, 2007  

/s/ Robert Fishman

  Robert Fishman
  Vice President and Interim Chief Financial Officer
Section 906 CEO and CFO Certification

Exhibit 32

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of NCR Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), on Form 10-Q for the period ending June 30, 2007 as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), each of the undersigned officers of the Company does hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350 (section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002), that:

 

  (1) the Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

  (2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.

The foregoing certification (i) is given to such officers’ knowledge, based upon such officers’ investigation as such officers reasonably deem appropriate; and (ii) is being furnished solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350 (section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002) and is not being filed as part of the Report or as a separate disclosure document.

 

Dated: August 8, 2007  

/s/ William Nuti

  William Nuti
  President and Chief Executive Officer
Dated: August 8, 2007  

/s/ Robert Fishman

  Robert Fishman
  Vice President and Interim Chief Financial Officer

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or other document authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the signatures that appear in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement required by Section 906, has been provided to NCR Corporation and will be retained by NCR Corporation and furnished to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.