MUMBAI: Entertainment Partners, a leading provider of payroll and production management solutions for the entertainment industry, has been selected by The ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan) Association as the ‘California/Western States Chapter 2010 ESOP Company of the Year.‘

With this title, Entertainment Partners will be the Chapter`s nominee for the "National ESOP Company of the Year Award" at the May 2010 national conference in Washington, D.C.

In addition to the top prize, Entertainment Partners‘ ESOP Communications Committee leader Justin Standard, a senior programmer analyst, placed as a finalist for "Employee Owner of the Year."

The Award was based on an overall assessment of how Entertainment Partners,which became 100 per cent employee owned in 2004, has developed a culture of employee ownership.

In May, Entertainment Partners was named first runner-up in the Annual Awards for Communication Excellence by The ESOP Association.

The ESOP Association, founded in 1978, is a national non-profit membership organization with 18 local Chapters, serving approximately 2,500 ESOP companies, professionals with a commitment to ESOPs, and companies considering the implementation of an ESOP.