Patersons HR and Payroll Solutions Wins Global Business Excellence Award

Company Recognized for Outstanding Payroll Solution


RALEIGH, NC and SALISBURY, UK--(Marketwire - May 20, 2009) - Patersons HR and Payroll Solutions, a leading global HR and payroll software and services business delivering expert solutions to clients in more than 160 countries, today announced it has been awarded a Global Business Excellence Award (GBEA) for Outstanding Payroll Solution.

The GBEA is an independent awards program that recognizes and rewards business excellence across all sectors, private and public. It is marketed and administered by Awards Intelligence, the U.K.'s largest provider of awards support services, news and information to progressive organizations.

Patersons HR and Payroll Solutions was acknowledged for its global payroll solution, which is the world's only flexible software-as-a-service (SaaS) based solution, covering more than 160 countries worldwide in more than 30 languages on a single platform and on a single global contract.

On Patersons winning a prestigious GBEA for Outstanding Payroll Solution, the chair of the judges commented: "The vision and determination shown by Patersons to develop and market such an outstanding payroll solution internationally is inspirational. The business model is clearly scalable and the company seems to have been built on strong foundations and a tenacious ability to attract funding for expansion at a time when such support is in short supply. We look forward to watching the company go from strength to strength."

"We're proud to have been recognized by GBEA as this award reflects our significant achievements and future opportunities," said Karen Paterson, founder and Chief Executive of Patersons HR and Payroll Solutions. "More and more companies are turning to us to manage their global payroll requirements and we are committed to providing them with cutting-edge solutions and unparalleled customer support."

About Patersons HR and Payroll

Headquartered in Salisbury, U.K. with offices in the U.S., central Europe and Asia, Patersons HR and Payroll is a leading global HR and payroll software and services business delivering expert solutions to clients in more than 160 countries. The Company's secure Internet-based software as a service is multi-currency and multi-lingual (covering over 30 languages), features an easy-to-use interface, supports fast implementation times and facilitates integration with existing systems. Patersons HR and Payroll differentiates itself by: one contract, one software solution, one enterprise interface and one cohesive system approach. As a result, Patersons has proved the impossible by being able to run multi-jurisdictional payroll rules for multiple clients on one database and one instance of source code worldwide. More information and contact details can be accessed at www.patersons.net.