Press Release - 3rd December 2009

As a joint venture between the British Computing Society, a leading organization devoted to promoting social and economic progress through the advancement of information technology, and Computing magazine, the UK IT Industry Awards celebrate best practices, innovation and excellence. Bottomline earned a top spot in the Organizational Excellence category, winning the “Best SME IT Strategy” award as one of the first companies in Europe to successfully integrate the disparate IT systems that comprise the Order to Cash process in a cloud environment.

“To be recognised with a UK IT Industry Award is a tremendous achievement and we’re delighted to see the vision and commitment of our team rewarded,” said Nigel Savory, Managing Director of Bottomline Technologies. “Our track record and domain expertise in ensuring a compelling return on investment for clients through our own cloud-based solutions played a significant role in this success. As a result, our focus on innovative solutions and client service has enabled us to deliver added value to clients, business partners and internal users.”

Around the world, Bottomline’s portfolio of award-winning solutions for payments, invoicing, global cash management, supply chain finance and document process automation have been deployed by leading corporations, banks and financial institutions, including 15 of the top 25 global banks, 80 of the Fortune 100 and 70 of the FTSE (Financial Times) 100.

Calculate the Environmental Savings
To help raise awareness of the environmental benefits achieved by transitioning from paper to electronic processing, Bottomline has posted a green savings calculator on its Web site at: www.bottomline.com/gogreen.

About Bottomline Technologies
Bottomline Technologies (NASDAQ: EPAY) provides payments and invoice automation software and services to organisations seeking more secure and efficient financial processes. The company remains at the forefront of delivering innovative solutions that complement and extend the value of existing financial processes, business relationships and back-office systems. These solutions have enabled industry-leading corporations, banks and financial institutions to automate, manage and control processes involving payments and collections, invoice approval, cash flow, risk mitigation, reporting and document archive. For more information, please visit www.bottomline.com,

Bottomline Technologies and the BT logo are registered trademarks of Bottomline Technologies, Inc. which may be registered in certain jurisdictions. All other brand/product names are trademarks of their respective holders.

Cautionary Language
This press release may contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors. Among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements are competition, market demand, technological change, strategic relationships, recent acquisitions, international operations and general economic conditions. For additional discussion of factors that could impact Bottomline Technologies' financial results, refer to the Company's Form 10-K filed September 2006, Form 10-Q filed November 2006 and any recently filed Form 8K's. Any forward-looking statements represent our views only as of today and should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any subsequent date. We do not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements.

Contact
Alana Schmitt Burns
Vice President
Corporate Communications
Bottomline Technologies
Phone: 603 501 6601
Cell: 978 314 1046
aburns@bottomline.com